The ties that bind..

Watched DOR over the weekend. It had been much hyped, and the director is an old favorite anyways…

A story, one could even call “simple”, if it weren’t lifted from that, by the clean sketches that Nagesh Kukunoor etched.

2 women, one strong, the other soft, both in very happy marriages. The husbands, going to Saudi for work, become friends and roommates, till a freak accident kills one, and police suspect foul play. So one sets out on a journey to save her hubby, thru a “maafi-naama” that only the other woman can give, and ends up making amazing friends along the way.

Lovely and haunting music, spectacular locales (H.P. and Rajasthan) and truly amazing acting by each and every cast member made it a movie worth every penny spent and more.

The only irritant was N.K himself, who has developed a penchant for doing cameos in his own movies. Thought it a bit forced and artificial acting, and in the smoothness of the fabric of the movie, it jarred. He is infinitely better as a director, a role he slips into with ease and finesse.

Out of Africa

The muse is dead! Long live the muse!

Yep, she’s back. Yes, it did take a trip to do the trick.

For those who knew, and those who didn’t.. I was off on an African Safari, to Kenya.. sort of a birthday gift, albeit rather an extravagant one, to myself.

Had two weeks of the best time EVER, and will keep writing about it, in bits and pieces. Will also try to upload the pictures on Flickr soon, its just the sheer number of them is bogging me down a bit.