Rosesh Sarabhai. Dubbed voice?!

I just watched 'lady plumber' episode of Sarabhai vs Sarabhai. I guess
this is the third time I watched it. As with all episodes I enjoyed it
throughly. If you are out of touch, the episodes of old seasons are
aired on Star One on week nights.

The timings are kinda wierd. On Mondays and Tuesdays one has to wait
till midnight. But the wait is always worth it. And on Wed and
Thursdays it's shown at 10.30. For me it's like a daily dose of
comedy. I look forward to it all day. Those of you who have been
following this blog from beginning would know that.

The pleasure is a little hurt these days. Anyone who has liked this
sitcom would remember the child-like voice of pampered Rosesh. After
watching the last couple of episodes I can confidently say that the
famed voice has been tampered with. I get a feel the artist must be
wanting to get out of the image of a childly voice and the channel
must have obliged his request.

This is for sure not a good news for die hard fans of svs. There are
so many episodes that are extremely hilarious only because of Rosesh's
character and of course his voice. Like the one in which he makes an
attempt to do a shoot for some commercial. And the one in which he's
kidnapped. I cant imagine watching them again in this changed voice. I
wag hoping stupendous popularity would encourage the channel to shoot
one more season but this is a step backward.

Hope better sense prevails.

Rock On!!

(Don't worry there are no spoilers!!)
So Close.. But still so far...

This could have gone down as one of the most sought after movies in the history of Indian cinema.
We Indian cine-goers would have been blessed with a path breaking kinda movie in the form of Rock On!!
But it just misses the bus.

To put it in the simplest of the words, I liked the movie but..
Yeah, it comes with a but.
..but it could have been a much much better movie.

Every frame and sequence starts off great but then becomes dull thereby loosing the potential of making a great impact on the audience.
There are quite a few dull moments in the movie in the middle of rocking songs especially in the 1st half.
The two stories (One current and one from the past) go on together for more time than necessary.

Let's talk about the good things too :
The music is - yeah - rocking!

-- While Meri Laundry ka bill is hip and rocking, Sinbad Sikandar gives out the
    message that one should follow his / her dream and should not give up.
-- And Tum ho to is just awesome. What melody and what lyrics. Beautiful.
-- Other songs like Tumhari meri baatein are nice soft melodies.
-- And Rock On, the title song rocks like anything.
-- Remember the climax sequence in Lakshya? (Hrithik Roshan climbs the hill)
-- The background music piece of that scene is used here for this song.
-- It just rocks.

Subject of the movie is new. A very good break from the 'jane tu.. kinda crap'.
Has a good message for the society.

This is what probably went wrong :
Farhan Akhtar chose a wrong movie to let someone else direct a movie he wrote / produced.
He could have done more justice to this movie as a director than as the lead actor.
He could have chosen Amir Khan / SRK to play the lead role instead.

All in all, I believe Farhan Akhtar has done a great job as an actor though he has no experience of it.

A very good movie just falling short of being GREAT.
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Legitimate Buyer

Feeling very good over the last 4 days.
Watched a movie on Saturday : Rock On!! (Bought legitimate tickets)
Liked the music of the movie.
Straight away headed to music store.
Bought a cd.
Could have downloaded or asked some friend to send across a zip.
Feels really good to listen to the music I have BOUGHT!

The goodness of the feeling is for being able to appreciate the hard work put on by the young minds.
Is also in expectations that it will encourage them to come up with more good work in the future!
But above all, it is the effect of the movie!

My review of the movie will follow very soon on the blog.