WELL, it was a Saturday morning wasted i would say since the movie had a lot of reviews and we had booked the ticket on the internet for the funrepublic cinemas. there was a lot of effort put in since the booking of tickets was planned long back and getting up early morning on a holiday was itself a task. well with all the efforts we did manage to reach the movie hall and entered the comfortable confines of the cinema.
what unfolded in front of us was a nice comedian in the form of Amitabh Bachchan (albiet a lil sex crazy man) who later tells his real story of his love for his wife. but shah rukh khan was at his worst in the movie. Rani Mukherji did a good job at looking good, wearing those expensive clothes through out and crying the whole time. (must have cost Karan Johar a whole lot to get those glycerine bottles). Priety Zinta's role is a bit confused though. Accolades must be given to Abhishek Bachchan for being a faithful husband and carrying his part very well. good acting on his part though he gets overshadowed slightly by so many actors around. I think its time that Shah Rukh starts doing lesser movies and selects his roles with more care.
the first half of the movie is still bearable with the comedy but the second half and the ending is pathetic. there is no sense of direction and story. i cant imagine couples living apart for few years like this and then getting back just to tell their partners with whom they have annuled the marriage that they are still in love with them and suddenly with their married lovers too. Ohh such a mis- direction . at least turn the story in such a way that its palatable to the generation of today either Indian or if Karan thinks, that indians are not upto the maturity level today, then for the NRI's who would have seen more of this kind of happenings but with lesser time span as is in the movie. if you want to earn money in India , boy, at least you should have given a better ending at least.
the music is reasonably tolerable but nothing like his previous successes. overall on a scale of one to five , i would easily rate it at about one point five only.
thats pretty low for you karan . so try to do a better job next time
Saturday, August 12, 2006
Thursday, August 10, 2006
London police 8/10: A most condemnable terrorist threat
London police 8/10: A most condemnable terrorist threat
British police said on Thursday that they thwarted a terrorist plot, possibly just days away, to blow up U.S.-bound jetliners over the Atlantic and kill thousands. Chilling accounts leaked by investigators described a plan on the scale of 9/11 that would use liquid explosives concealed as sports drink bottles and common electronic devices to bring down as many as 10 planes in a nearly simultaneous strike.
British authorities have already arrested 24 people based partly on intelligence from Pakistan, where authorities detained up to three others several days earlier.
The suspects, whose ages ranged from 17 to the mid-30s, were looking to sneak at least some chemicals on the planes in sports drink bottles. Teams of at least two or three men were assigned to each flight, the schedules for which they had researched on the Internet,
Terror threat levels were raised to some of their highest levels and hundreds of flights were canceled worldwide. Passengers stood in line for hours and airport trash bins bulged with everything from mouthwash and shaving cream to maple syrup and fine wine.
Experts say the nature of the plot could herald a new age of terrorism where attackers have access to explosives that are easy to carry and conceal. Emergency security measures quickly implemented on Thursday provided a stark vision of the possible future of air travel.
Mothers tasted baby food in front of airport security guards to prove it contained no liquid explosives. Liquids and gels were banned from flights. Travelers repacked their luggage in airports, stowing all but the most necessary items in the hold.
Although plots to blow up airliners using liquid explosives are not new — such an attempt was foiled more than a decade ago — the U.S. government has been slow to upgrade its security equipment at airport checkpoints to detect explosives on passengers.
Targeted were United, American and Continental Airlines flights from Britain to major U.S. destinations, which counterterrorism officials said probably included New York, Los Angeles and Washington
In terms of scale, it was probably designed to be ... a new Sept. 11," said Jean-Charles Brisard, a French private investigator who works with lawyers of many Sept. 11 victims. "It involved the same tools, the same transportation tools and devices."
The close call also shifted attention once more to Britain's Islamic community just over a year after the London transit attacks. Three Britons of Pakistani descent and a Jamaican convert to Islam carried out those deadly bombings with a peroxide-based explosive that trained operatives can make using ordinary ingredients such as hair bleach.
Raids were carried out at homes in London, the nearby town of High Wycombe and in Birmingham, in central England. Searches continued throughout the day, and police cordoned off streets in several locations. Police also combed a wooded area in High Wycombe.
The British government raised its threat assessment to its highest level — critical — which warns that a terrorist attack could be imminent. The U.S. government, following suit, raised its threat assessment to red alert, also its highest level, for commercial flights from Britain to the United States.
British police said on Thursday that they thwarted a terrorist plot, possibly just days away, to blow up U.S.-bound jetliners over the Atlantic and kill thousands. Chilling accounts leaked by investigators described a plan on the scale of 9/11 that would use liquid explosives concealed as sports drink bottles and common electronic devices to bring down as many as 10 planes in a nearly simultaneous strike.
British authorities have already arrested 24 people based partly on intelligence from Pakistan, where authorities detained up to three others several days earlier.
The suspects, whose ages ranged from 17 to the mid-30s, were looking to sneak at least some chemicals on the planes in sports drink bottles. Teams of at least two or three men were assigned to each flight, the schedules for which they had researched on the Internet,
Terror threat levels were raised to some of their highest levels and hundreds of flights were canceled worldwide. Passengers stood in line for hours and airport trash bins bulged with everything from mouthwash and shaving cream to maple syrup and fine wine.
Experts say the nature of the plot could herald a new age of terrorism where attackers have access to explosives that are easy to carry and conceal. Emergency security measures quickly implemented on Thursday provided a stark vision of the possible future of air travel.
Mothers tasted baby food in front of airport security guards to prove it contained no liquid explosives. Liquids and gels were banned from flights. Travelers repacked their luggage in airports, stowing all but the most necessary items in the hold.
Although plots to blow up airliners using liquid explosives are not new — such an attempt was foiled more than a decade ago — the U.S. government has been slow to upgrade its security equipment at airport checkpoints to detect explosives on passengers.
Targeted were United, American and Continental Airlines flights from Britain to major U.S. destinations, which counterterrorism officials said probably included New York, Los Angeles and Washington
In terms of scale, it was probably designed to be ... a new Sept. 11," said Jean-Charles Brisard, a French private investigator who works with lawyers of many Sept. 11 victims. "It involved the same tools, the same transportation tools and devices."
The close call also shifted attention once more to Britain's Islamic community just over a year after the London transit attacks. Three Britons of Pakistani descent and a Jamaican convert to Islam carried out those deadly bombings with a peroxide-based explosive that trained operatives can make using ordinary ingredients such as hair bleach.
Raids were carried out at homes in London, the nearby town of High Wycombe and in Birmingham, in central England. Searches continued throughout the day, and police cordoned off streets in several locations. Police also combed a wooded area in High Wycombe.
The British government raised its threat assessment to its highest level — critical — which warns that a terrorist attack could be imminent. The U.S. government, following suit, raised its threat assessment to red alert, also its highest level, for commercial flights from Britain to the United States.
interesting definitions of cigarettes, marriage, love affairs, dictionary , atom bomb and ecstasy
CLASSIC DEFINITIONS
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>
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> Cigarette: A pinch of tobacco rolled in paper with fire at one end & a
> fool at the other.
>
> 2. Love affairs : Something like cricket where one-day internationals
> are more popular than a five day test.
>
> 3. Marriage : It's an agreement in which a man loses his bachelor
> degree and a woman gains her master
>
> 4. Divorce : Future tense of marriage
>
> 5. Lecture : An art of transferring information from the notes of the
> lecturer to the notes of the students without passing through "the
> minds of either".
>
> 6. Conference : The confusion of one man multiplied by the number present.
>
> 7. Compromise : The art of dividing a cake in such a way that
> everybody believes he got the biggest piece.
>
> 8. Tears : The hydraulic force by which masculine will-power is
> defeated by feminine water-power ...
>
> 9. Dictionary : A place where divorce comes before marriage.
>
> 10. Conference Room : A place where everybody talks, nobody listens &
> everybody disagrees later on.
>
> 11. Ecstasy : A feeling when you feel you are going to feel a feeling
> you have never felt before.
>
> 12. Classic : A book which people praise, but do not read.
>
> 13. Smile : A curve that can set a lot of things straight.
>
> 14. Office : A place where you can relax after your strenuous home life.
>
> 15. Yawn : The only time some married men ever get to open their mouth.
>
> 16. Etc. : A sign to make others believe that you know more than you
> actually do.
>
> 17. Committee: Individuals who can do nothing individually and sit to
> decide that nothing can be done together.
>
> 18. Experience : The name men give to their mistakes.
>
> 19. Atom Bomb: An invention to end all inventions.
>
> 20. Philosopher : A fool who torments himself during life, to be
> spoken of when dead.
>
> 21. Diplomat : A person who tells you to go to hell in such a way that
> you actually look forward to the trip.
>
> 22. Opportunist : A person who starts taking a bath if he accidentally
> falls into a river.
>
> 23. Optimist : A person who while falling from Eiffel Tower says in
> midway "See I am not injured yet."
>
> 24. Pessimist : A person who says that O is the last letter in ZERO,
> Instead of the first letter in word OPPORTUNITY.
>
> 25. Miser : A person who lives poor so that he can die rich.
>
> 26. Father : A banker provided by nature.
>
> 27. Criminal : A guy no different from the rest... except that he got
caught.
>
> 28. Boss : Someone who is early when you are late and late when you are
early.
>
> 29. Politician : One who shakes your hand before elections and your
> Confidence after.
>
> 30. Doctor : A person who kills your ills by pills, and kills you with
> his bills.
>
> 31. Computer Engineer : One who gets paid for reading such mails...
>
>
>
>
> Cigarette: A pinch of tobacco rolled in paper with fire at one end & a
> fool at the other.
>
> 2. Love affairs : Something like cricket where one-day internationals
> are more popular than a five day test.
>
> 3. Marriage : It's an agreement in which a man loses his bachelor
> degree and a woman gains her master
>
> 4. Divorce : Future tense of marriage
>
> 5. Lecture : An art of transferring information from the notes of the
> lecturer to the notes of the students without passing through "the
> minds of either".
>
> 6. Conference : The confusion of one man multiplied by the number present.
>
> 7. Compromise : The art of dividing a cake in such a way that
> everybody believes he got the biggest piece.
>
> 8. Tears : The hydraulic force by which masculine will-power is
> defeated by feminine water-power ...
>
> 9. Dictionary : A place where divorce comes before marriage.
>
> 10. Conference Room : A place where everybody talks, nobody listens &
> everybody disagrees later on.
>
> 11. Ecstasy : A feeling when you feel you are going to feel a feeling
> you have never felt before.
>
> 12. Classic : A book which people praise, but do not read.
>
> 13. Smile : A curve that can set a lot of things straight.
>
> 14. Office : A place where you can relax after your strenuous home life.
>
> 15. Yawn : The only time some married men ever get to open their mouth.
>
> 16. Etc. : A sign to make others believe that you know more than you
> actually do.
>
> 17. Committee: Individuals who can do nothing individually and sit to
> decide that nothing can be done together.
>
> 18. Experience : The name men give to their mistakes.
>
> 19. Atom Bomb: An invention to end all inventions.
>
> 20. Philosopher : A fool who torments himself during life, to be
> spoken of when dead.
>
> 21. Diplomat : A person who tells you to go to hell in such a way that
> you actually look forward to the trip.
>
> 22. Opportunist : A person who starts taking a bath if he accidentally
> falls into a river.
>
> 23. Optimist : A person who while falling from Eiffel Tower says in
> midway "See I am not injured yet."
>
> 24. Pessimist : A person who says that O is the last letter in ZERO,
> Instead of the first letter in word OPPORTUNITY.
>
> 25. Miser : A person who lives poor so that he can die rich.
>
> 26. Father : A banker provided by nature.
>
> 27. Criminal : A guy no different from the rest... except that he got
caught.
>
> 28. Boss : Someone who is early when you are late and late when you are
early.
>
> 29. Politician : One who shakes your hand before elections and your
> Confidence after.
>
> 30. Doctor : A person who kills your ills by pills, and kills you with
> his bills.
>
> 31. Computer Engineer : One who gets paid for reading such mails...
>
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