Battleship Potemkin : Revolution in Cinema
The lion was in a slumber. The lion woke up to revolt. The lion rose to roar in glory of the rebellion, which held the promise of a free tomorrow - Eisenstein’s adept use of montage could kindle life into cold marble- three shots of a marble figure from three different angles, juxtaposed, became the metaphor for the Mutiny at Odessa. For years to come this scene shall provide, film critics, from all over the world, with an example of the best use of intellectual montage ever on celluloid. And for the common cine- enthusiast, this shall be one of the most memorable junctures in the History of World Cinema - Surely one of its defining moments. Eisenstein dared to free the medium from its fetters and to propose a new language for it. Collision of shots, shall from now on make celluloid all the more eloquent. Cinema would never be the same again.
Hyderabad to Chennai in just Rupees 14 !
My friend travelled from hyd to chennai in just Rupees 14.
A journey is nevertheless enjoyable, joyful with some real fun and people around. Also, it is very much true that not all journeys are same. A twist here and there, a surprise out of unknown baggage, a delay in reaching to station, glitches, meeting unknown people, what not, these are few things that make a transit memorable.
So, why am I taking about journey?
Yes, there is a reason my dear friends, it is because of my dearest friend, who travelled all the way from Hyderabad to Chennai. C'mon why is this journey so different? No point in wasting the time let us delve into the details....
One day I got a call from my friend "COOL DUDE", he was happy to tell me that he is joining ICICI bank in chennai, more than joining his bank, we are meeting after a long time of one year. I was happy too, thinking we will have fun along with my other friends in my room. He told he is coming on so and so date.
All set my boy, his adventurous journey started on 13-Aug-2010 at 7.00 PM in Charminar Express, at Hyderabad. Got into the train, went to his berth, to his surprise another person was already sitting. Oh Gosh! he is even more surprised to see someone occupying his seat. Started explaining to that guy this is so and so train and he is owner of that berth for that day. The other guy was also in dire shock, so both had a cross check of their respective tickets, HOLY COW, are these tickets Xerox with only the name change. My friend ran to TT standing on the platform and tried to explain the situation. Instead of driving the point home, TT advised our COOL DUDE to entrain.
Wow! Journey started, these two poor people saw each of their faces, fellow passengers joined, out of those herd someone pointed to the grave mistake (probably the truth) COOL DUDE's ticket was booked for 14-AUG-2010. "Are you crazy, :() , how on earth you could travel a day earlier, with next days reservation." COOL DUDE, asked himself.
Now it is time to get panic, yes he did panic, called up few friends, thought of getting down from running train to pulling the chain... all the thoughts that can possible come to already panicked brain, a kind of dismal thoughts. The best thought, of course, was to call friends, YES, he received a suggestion to just speak to TT and try to get a berth.
Not all bad things happen to good people, COOL DUDE met a bunch of good people, out of which fortunately or unfortunately one of the guy missed the train. He engaged into a conversation with them and told about his adventure, GOOD PEOPLE right, they offered him a berth. Our COOL DUDE was looking at TT , traversed S1 to S14 and S14 to S1 , 3 times, no signs of TT. "GOD IS GREAT", felt himself, and slept.
Haaa, a yarn, phone rang early in the morning, don’t mistake me it is 7.15AM 14-Aug-2010. I woke up, COOL DUDE on the other side, he was tensed..... grrrr ( my feeling)... He got berth, slept bindaaaaas whole night, not paid a penny to TT, why tensed. COOL DUDE got down at sullurpet (last stop before Chennai), thinking he will get caught in chennai for travelling without a valid ticket. OMG! I yelled, I was about to start to railway station to pick him up(although I woke up just now), was not prepared for this unexpected twist!!!
Okay, I suggested him again to catch up a local train and come to chennai.
Great, a adventure ended, finally the cost of travelling from Hyderabad to Chennai is 14Rs.
Do you think, this is the end of the story? Believe me it is not, YES, it is not... now comes the roller coaster ride.
I am at Chennai central station, with bleak charge in my mobile, hoping that it will not shutdown till I meet COOL DUDE. Dialed his number.... tring tring .... tring tring... this is what I expected, else you would have expected some ring back tone..
"The Mobile phone number you are trying to reach is currently, switched OFF"
What, yes COOL DUDE's mobile is switched OFF. He is gone, the only contact for him in Chennai is me, and .. and what no other option.
Suddenly, my mobile switched OFF..
Do you expect a better suspense, a thriller, or what ever you name it..... Enough...
I was searching for Common charging point and STORY COMES TO AN END, COOL DUDE is also there to charge his mobile, calling me just to hear, what I heard....
"The Mobile phone number you are trying to reach is currently, switched OFF"
This cool dude is an Assistant Manager in ICICI bank.
By
Sai Karthik
A journey is nevertheless enjoyable, joyful with some real fun and people around. Also, it is very much true that not all journeys are same. A twist here and there, a surprise out of unknown baggage, a delay in reaching to station, glitches, meeting unknown people, what not, these are few things that make a transit memorable.
So, why am I taking about journey?
Yes, there is a reason my dear friends, it is because of my dearest friend, who travelled all the way from Hyderabad to Chennai. C'mon why is this journey so different? No point in wasting the time let us delve into the details....
One day I got a call from my friend "COOL DUDE", he was happy to tell me that he is joining ICICI bank in chennai, more than joining his bank, we are meeting after a long time of one year. I was happy too, thinking we will have fun along with my other friends in my room. He told he is coming on so and so date.
All set my boy, his adventurous journey started on 13-Aug-2010 at 7.00 PM in Charminar Express, at Hyderabad. Got into the train, went to his berth, to his surprise another person was already sitting. Oh Gosh! he is even more surprised to see someone occupying his seat. Started explaining to that guy this is so and so train and he is owner of that berth for that day. The other guy was also in dire shock, so both had a cross check of their respective tickets, HOLY COW, are these tickets Xerox with only the name change. My friend ran to TT standing on the platform and tried to explain the situation. Instead of driving the point home, TT advised our COOL DUDE to entrain.
Wow! Journey started, these two poor people saw each of their faces, fellow passengers joined, out of those herd someone pointed to the grave mistake (probably the truth) COOL DUDE's ticket was booked for 14-AUG-2010. "Are you crazy, :() , how on earth you could travel a day earlier, with next days reservation." COOL DUDE, asked himself.
Now it is time to get panic, yes he did panic, called up few friends, thought of getting down from running train to pulling the chain... all the thoughts that can possible come to already panicked brain, a kind of dismal thoughts. The best thought, of course, was to call friends, YES, he received a suggestion to just speak to TT and try to get a berth.
Not all bad things happen to good people, COOL DUDE met a bunch of good people, out of which fortunately or unfortunately one of the guy missed the train. He engaged into a conversation with them and told about his adventure, GOOD PEOPLE right, they offered him a berth. Our COOL DUDE was looking at TT , traversed S1 to S14 and S14 to S1 , 3 times, no signs of TT. "GOD IS GREAT", felt himself, and slept.
Haaa, a yarn, phone rang early in the morning, don’t mistake me it is 7.15AM 14-Aug-2010. I woke up, COOL DUDE on the other side, he was tensed..... grrrr ( my feeling)... He got berth, slept bindaaaaas whole night, not paid a penny to TT, why tensed. COOL DUDE got down at sullurpet (last stop before Chennai), thinking he will get caught in chennai for travelling without a valid ticket. OMG! I yelled, I was about to start to railway station to pick him up(although I woke up just now), was not prepared for this unexpected twist!!!
Okay, I suggested him again to catch up a local train and come to chennai.
Great, a adventure ended, finally the cost of travelling from Hyderabad to Chennai is 14Rs.
Do you think, this is the end of the story? Believe me it is not, YES, it is not... now comes the roller coaster ride.
I am at Chennai central station, with bleak charge in my mobile, hoping that it will not shutdown till I meet COOL DUDE. Dialed his number.... tring tring .... tring tring... this is what I expected, else you would have expected some ring back tone..
"The Mobile phone number you are trying to reach is currently, switched OFF"
What, yes COOL DUDE's mobile is switched OFF. He is gone, the only contact for him in Chennai is me, and .. and what no other option.
Suddenly, my mobile switched OFF..
Do you expect a better suspense, a thriller, or what ever you name it..... Enough...
I was searching for Common charging point and STORY COMES TO AN END, COOL DUDE is also there to charge his mobile, calling me just to hear, what I heard....
"The Mobile phone number you are trying to reach is currently, switched OFF"
This cool dude is an Assistant Manager in ICICI bank.
By
Sai Karthik
Krishna doesn't share food!
One of my colleague has a complaint on me, she repeatedly used to say that 'You have a bad habit of not sharing food with your collegues and friends'. I was a bit surprised with that statement, she was partially correct, i dont share food but its not true with all the food items which i eat, i would readily grant the whole plate if it is made from Dondakaya or Bendakaya.
So my colleague tells this to her friend and her friend asks "Is Krishna the only offspring?" and she was spot on, and what made her ask this question (conclusion?) . The theory which she told is that the Only son/daughter are not used to sharing food in their childhood as they dont have any brothers or sisters to share. May be she is right but i would not agree to such an allegation because i do share food with others. So what made my colleague to make such a statement? She has seen me couple of times for not allowing my friends to share my Ice-Cream and thus she had made a opinion on me.
I still dont get how others share their Ice-Creams and Chocolates. If i share my ice-creams or choclocates i feel that i havent eaten it at all. I admire people who share their Ice-Creams and Chocolates with their friends and colleagues.
So my colleague tells this to her friend and her friend asks "Is Krishna the only offspring?" and she was spot on, and what made her ask this question (conclusion?) . The theory which she told is that the Only son/daughter are not used to sharing food in their childhood as they dont have any brothers or sisters to share. May be she is right but i would not agree to such an allegation because i do share food with others. So what made my colleague to make such a statement? She has seen me couple of times for not allowing my friends to share my Ice-Cream and thus she had made a opinion on me.
I still dont get how others share their Ice-Creams and Chocolates. If i share my ice-creams or choclocates i feel that i havent eaten it at all. I admire people who share their Ice-Creams and Chocolates with their friends and colleagues.
3 years down
Its been 3 years … I still remember the day, around 2000 candidates appeared for the first round to get selected into this IT company which was held in my college itself, somehow cleared the first round, and somehow cleared the Technical Round where the interviewer was asking random questions from UNIX, Operating Systems, C, JAVA, Database etc.. , I really don’t know what I was answering …the subject mentioned were part of my Computer Engineering Curriculum but as you know… who gives a damn about studies when you are swimming in the pool of engineering life?.. After the technical round I was allowed to enter the HR round… Krishna Rao Pasupuleti with all the wisdom which he gained by his engineering days FAKES almost every reply to the questions asked by HR. I came out of the room which was like an oven for me as the Q and A with the HR were deciding my career; it was around 10:30 pm ….Yet to have my dinner, dragged myself into the cafeteria, had some food and was roaming in my college campus, security guards warned me not to roam in the campus as even snakes talk a walk at that time. I went to the Ganesh Temple which was recently built and I was thinking “What IF I screw this one too? ..It would be a HATTRICK..3 in a row” …. Slept on the marble floor of the temple till 2:30 am and something woke me up… results are announced at 3:00 am. I am selected to work with this IT giant.
--------Fast forward---------
My Engineering is completed. The joyful days are over.
Here comes the uninvited guest Recession, some call it as the worst financial crisis after the great depression. Thanks to the U.S.A and its clients, the Indian IT Industry receives a Mohammed Ali punch. We were totally bewildered … I didn't tell you that we are yet to hear about an another IT company which is going to make news …yes …the SATYAM Scam. Suddenly the Software Industry which is full of shine to outsiders now seems to be a black hole to many. Guys like me who have no other choice other than to join the company and earn bucks to fill the stomachs are in –(Cloud 9). Everyday I was asking the same question ‘What is my future? Why the hell did I choose Computer Engineering?’…
A confession (not exactly a confession..) tasted C2H5OH and Nicotine for the first time.
-----Days get passed--------
By the way…i still have the same passion, love, craze for movies which I had in my engineering days...in fact my love for movies multiplied, i was literally watching 3 movies every day...let's call them as Morning, Matinee and Second Shows. Now ORKUT is my Ex-lover, Dating FACEBOOK & flirting with TWITTER. After flirting with TWITTER I felt that it was not for me and left it. Movies, Movies and Movies are my world, now almost officially movies are my life. Middle class life is not an easy one, now I have to search for a job till I get a call from my company. Attended 15 interviews to find a job in BPO filed, there were 2 things common in all the 15 interviews which I attended, 1) I was rejected in all the interviews. 2) I was rejected in Voice/Accent round . The BPO trials were a learning experience for me…It didn’t make me improve my English language but it made me feel that I would never try to improve my English…come what may.
Being a movie-buff I read a lot about news related to films. Never liked the Telugu Cinema websites for various reasons…I accidentally find a place where all the film lovers meet … it www.passionforcinema.com.. It took me 4 articles to be an author at PFC, came to know about OZ, his real name is Pankaj (was very much impressed by his blog, which is not active now), and WB, real name is Ranga (Used to call me from Australia just to talk with me on Telugu films) and had a lot of fun at PFC-Club. To be frank I was a very bad writer and it is very much reflected in articles which I wrote. Journey with PFC was good and there was break to this journey to some reasons which I don’t want to disclose here. In the mean time I used to meet Satish Kasetty garu, talking with him increased my knowledge on films, his views on films were a bit different from mine, met some Assistant Directors, Editors, writers who live in Krishna Nagar, these guys are very hard working people, Shiva is one of them, he took me into Annapoorna Studios, it was my first time. I hope Shiva gets a break as a director very soon…. Ram Gopal Varma and Aamir Khan were actively blogging. Aamir was talking about some dog and Ram Gopal Varma says that we all are dogs.
26/11 happened. Ram Gopal Varma is seen in Taj and Vilas Rao is fired by Madamji, etc.. etc… we never learned from our mistakes. Indian Journalists and Media were practicing true spirit of journalism as always. The largest democracy in the world goes to polls and I am witnessing the whole tamasha on TV. Chiranjeevi enters politics, Chandra Babu brings Jr.NTR and Balayya for the TDP campaigns, YSR brings Supers Star Krishna and Krishna tries to bring Mahesh Babu. Mahesh Babu says ‘I don’t know the difference between MP and a MLA’. YSR is back to power, I was preparing myself to my state to be renamed to ‘Rajiv Pradesh’ the media said Singh is King (really?). Rahul Gandhi is close to 40 but media still says that he is young, Sachin is 36 and the media says that he is old.
-----Days get passed--------
I am back on twitter, deleted the only tweet and posted my first tweet ‘Back to Twitter’, the special journey has started, now Twitter is my new crush, met a lot of interesting people .. Celebrities on twitter were growing like mushrooms, met a lot of hyderabadis and attended the Tweetup meets which were held on the weekends. Good things for me is that I found few movie-buffs like me, even though i met many people through i would like to mention Vemana and Hemanth as we used to meet regularly and they were film lovers like me, I liked their passion for films, Hemanth occasionally used to talk about the last days which he is spending in SATYAM, Vemana is tech geek and movie-buff like me, he doesnt like Woody Allen though… Now Vemana, Hemanth and I planned to do something which was related to movies….nothing concrete was happening due to some reasons… I am asked by my company to report at Chennai for training.
End of Part 1.
--------Fast forward---------
My Engineering is completed. The joyful days are over.
Here comes the uninvited guest Recession, some call it as the worst financial crisis after the great depression. Thanks to the U.S.A and its clients, the Indian IT Industry receives a Mohammed Ali punch. We were totally bewildered … I didn't tell you that we are yet to hear about an another IT company which is going to make news …yes …the SATYAM Scam. Suddenly the Software Industry which is full of shine to outsiders now seems to be a black hole to many. Guys like me who have no other choice other than to join the company and earn bucks to fill the stomachs are in –(Cloud 9). Everyday I was asking the same question ‘What is my future? Why the hell did I choose Computer Engineering?’…
A confession (not exactly a confession..) tasted C2H5OH and Nicotine for the first time.
-----Days get passed--------
By the way…i still have the same passion, love, craze for movies which I had in my engineering days...in fact my love for movies multiplied, i was literally watching 3 movies every day...let's call them as Morning, Matinee and Second Shows. Now ORKUT is my Ex-lover, Dating FACEBOOK & flirting with TWITTER. After flirting with TWITTER I felt that it was not for me and left it. Movies, Movies and Movies are my world, now almost officially movies are my life. Middle class life is not an easy one, now I have to search for a job till I get a call from my company. Attended 15 interviews to find a job in BPO filed, there were 2 things common in all the 15 interviews which I attended, 1) I was rejected in all the interviews. 2) I was rejected in Voice/Accent round . The BPO trials were a learning experience for me…It didn’t make me improve my English language but it made me feel that I would never try to improve my English…come what may.
Being a movie-buff I read a lot about news related to films. Never liked the Telugu Cinema websites for various reasons…I accidentally find a place where all the film lovers meet … it www.passionforcinema.com.. It took me 4 articles to be an author at PFC, came to know about OZ, his real name is Pankaj (was very much impressed by his blog, which is not active now), and WB, real name is Ranga (Used to call me from Australia just to talk with me on Telugu films) and had a lot of fun at PFC-Club. To be frank I was a very bad writer and it is very much reflected in articles which I wrote. Journey with PFC was good and there was break to this journey to some reasons which I don’t want to disclose here. In the mean time I used to meet Satish Kasetty garu, talking with him increased my knowledge on films, his views on films were a bit different from mine, met some Assistant Directors, Editors, writers who live in Krishna Nagar, these guys are very hard working people, Shiva is one of them, he took me into Annapoorna Studios, it was my first time. I hope Shiva gets a break as a director very soon…. Ram Gopal Varma and Aamir Khan were actively blogging. Aamir was talking about some dog and Ram Gopal Varma says that we all are dogs.
26/11 happened. Ram Gopal Varma is seen in Taj and Vilas Rao is fired by Madamji, etc.. etc… we never learned from our mistakes. Indian Journalists and Media were practicing true spirit of journalism as always. The largest democracy in the world goes to polls and I am witnessing the whole tamasha on TV. Chiranjeevi enters politics, Chandra Babu brings Jr.NTR and Balayya for the TDP campaigns, YSR brings Supers Star Krishna and Krishna tries to bring Mahesh Babu. Mahesh Babu says ‘I don’t know the difference between MP and a MLA’. YSR is back to power, I was preparing myself to my state to be renamed to ‘Rajiv Pradesh’ the media said Singh is King (really?). Rahul Gandhi is close to 40 but media still says that he is young, Sachin is 36 and the media says that he is old.
-----Days get passed--------
I am back on twitter, deleted the only tweet and posted my first tweet ‘Back to Twitter’, the special journey has started, now Twitter is my new crush, met a lot of interesting people .. Celebrities on twitter were growing like mushrooms, met a lot of hyderabadis and attended the Tweetup meets which were held on the weekends. Good things for me is that I found few movie-buffs like me, even though i met many people through i would like to mention Vemana and Hemanth as we used to meet regularly and they were film lovers like me, I liked their passion for films, Hemanth occasionally used to talk about the last days which he is spending in SATYAM, Vemana is tech geek and movie-buff like me, he doesnt like Woody Allen though… Now Vemana, Hemanth and I planned to do something which was related to movies….nothing concrete was happening due to some reasons… I am asked by my company to report at Chennai for training.
End of Part 1.
One Shot that defines INCEPTION
Lets say 'What is Christopher Nolan's INCEPTION to you?' . Nolan's INCEPTION is not a path breaking nor a trend setting film. For me its just a film which increases my love towards films. Many film lovers like me started comparing the complexity of 'Inception' with 'Mulholland Drive','2001 A Space Odyssey', '8 1/2' etc.. i would disagree to view INCEPTION on those lines... its a film with a different meaning and different substance. For me one shot in the film defines the whole film and it is ....
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Wild Fruits
Wild Fruits which i found at an SEZ(Special Economic Zone) in Ongole, Andhra Pradesh.
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