Hey Babyy !

0042 hours : August 27, 2007

This Sunday was not a typical one. Can't remember the last time I woke up as early as 7 am on a Sunday ! But then, this is probably going to be the norm now.. no more dozing till late as GD is going to be a regular weekly affair hereafter. As I am currently not overflowing with a dozen or so interesting topics, lets start with a dissection of my first 'GD training class'. The teacher, a 'smarty' who did his MBA from XIM-Bhubaneswar, now working in a financial firm was unable to make a healthy impression on me and most of my fellow batch-mates. He was definitely smart, confident, probably also knew a lot about GD's, but that in no way justifies his ridiculing of certain students, apart from trying to act as 'Mr. Know-it-All' about engineers. Some students were a part of the mock-GD which didn't even remotely qualify as a discussion. It was more of a series of verbal blasts of oddly-framed, mostly irrelevant sentences, often phrases directed at each other with tons of aggression thrown in. The instructor's not to be blamed in this case, he wanted to show what possibly can go wrong in such situations. His critical analysis of the situation started out on a good note, but was left without a proper conclusion, which again didn't seem OK with me. Finally, by the time I was on the way back, I had made up my mind to focus on how can I extract the best out of this resource available at my disposal. He definitely had certain desirable qualities and attributes. The onus is on us to derive the maximum benefit out of him.

The later part of the day was spent in an equally disappointing venture – `Hey Babyy`. Grossly below expectations. I hardly criticize a flick this harshly, but this one deserves worst. Ignoring the fact that I have a personal dislike for Sajid Khan, I find the direction absolutely direction-less. The star cast, especially Ritesh Deshmukh and Vidya Balan must have been out of their minds to have signed to a script which is so pathetically predictable. I haven't mentioned Akshay Kumar because he is an established actor and one mistake won't cost him much. Fardeen Khan never seemed of any use to me in the celluloid frame, so I am excluding him from the list too. Even if the story and script were given even a fraction of attention that the title track was given, Akshay could have managed the rest of the show. Typical cliché bollywood dialogues, predictable storyline, hapless repetitive comedy – I don't remember the last time I made such a bad investment ! 'Aap Ka Suroor' was a lot better compared to this shit which is supposed to be a rib-tickling entertainer. If this is all left of originality left in the industry, I would prefer lift-offs from other cinemas worldwide.

Two things that went right today was the Lassi we had at Ligaraj, Shahidnagar and the 'methi ke parathe' at the mess.

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