Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na

Probably this weekend was one of the best I have had in the last 6-7 months. Thanks for all those who pray for me :)

On Sunday's we usually play at the SPT Layout - which requires a travel of around 10kms - but the enthu of the FCUK (Football Club of Urban Koramangala) group is such that we do manage to find 10-15 people every Sunday to make a good game happen. I personally detest playing on Sunday's - but Santy drew me into the game somehow. 

Had a very tiring, but very satisfying football game. Played full field, got all the space I usually crave for in the midfield, and managed to dart a jumping header into the net from Ludi's cross! The eventual score: 10-9 (yes - we were playing football) in our favour.

The evening was even better: Vinayak, our star forward, suggested that we meet at Geoffrey's (a high-end pub) for the Chelsea-ManU match - and we (Samrat, Ljubisa, Vinayak, Unni, KK and me) did egg-jhackt-lee that. It was good fun - and would have been better if ManU could hold on to their lead for 10 more minutes. However, like Alex the Great, I am personally happy with a point from the match - because it was the revitalized display of true football that bodes well of the coming weeks.

In footballing terms (well, my entire life is revolving around football currently - be it recreation, or work in MeraSport), there was more pleasing news for me: The Old Lady won her Serie A match, while Valencia continued to top the La Liga table! 

Now! That's what I call a weekend!

But that's not where my weekend normally ends. As a rule, I normally watch a movie at PVR on Monday mornings (alone - it's a great achievement to watch films all alone in a theatre full of cosy-couples and friend-groups hanging around - you feel like a deer lost on the streets) - and today I chose to watch Jaane Tu ... highly recommended to me. Like expected after so many reviews, it turned out to be a mast and, hence, must movie. It would be useless to write down a review here - but I will do it nonetheless.

The movie has a selflessness to it - the cast seemed to be *actually* working for the audience. The story-style (not the story) had such a minty flavor to it - very refreshing.

Probably the reason for both these qualities was the absence of the big-time stars with their bulging egos, or, the presence of freshly-grated performers like Imran and Genila (you have to fall in love with both of them at the end of it all - Genila reminds me of Sonali Kulkarni). Plus, the Shah couple was used so well in the film (it was hilarious, and yet so amazing, to see Naseeruddin Shah perform in just a frameful of space and yet do it so, so well). I also liked the character of Aditi's brother - just the right amount of him in the movie. The friends, of course, were just like friends are: fantastique!

Verdict (as if anyone cares): This is one of the best 70/- I have spent in recent times - for me the value for money was slightly more than the value of spending 70 bucks on 'A Wednesday'.

PS: In the theatre, I had a very elderly couple sitting next to me! I was very, very amused to see an elderly couple to come all by themselves, to watch an out-n-out youthful movie, and that too on a Monday morning show :) This is what "retiring in style" is!

The sign-off for today:

"Quotations are for people who aren't saying things worth quoting."

Like Laxman Prasad Dashrath Prasad once said to Bhawaani Shankar: "Tu Du ..."