Music, Movies and, And Life!

                I have noticed it for a certain period of time. Its never the same everyday. I wonder why. You do not wake up every morning with the same feeling. I don’t. One morning I am THE most cheerful, and it does vary from a dull morning to already the head is loaded with heavy thoughts and a feeling that the day is going to be hectic and busy. And some mornings which are often quite a lot are those‘Sleepy mornings’ that you curse you should’ve been to bed early the previous night. Its ironic that this same feeling haunts the more as the day progresses , you sit to finish up something and yawn so wide and the level of irritation is too damn high. Nevertheless, the cycle continues.

                No matter how it is, it always starts with music. Speak of music, which I have done here in my blog, like countless times, yet, it does play important role in my life. I know that, the song has been out for really long time, I have heard it too, its not that I haven’t. But, I just dint pay attention to it closely, which one day I finally had to. Spotify playlist which I share with my Sister, she had saved this famous track of Happy by Pharell Williams, and its one of those mid week mornings, was so dull, I played this song as I came across it. One doesn’t have the idea, to the extent how this song lifted my spirits. From dull, yawning morning to a cheerful one. I’ve had this song on loop until I reached my destination, I was singing out loud in my head ofcourse and I said to myself damn this is a HAPPY song. Such is the impact of music on me. Well, not that I listen to tragic songs and cry within, but well I do listen to dark numbers, but that’s about it.

                Just for the heck of it, can you go out of your way by any chance? Can you stay away from facebook for a month? Forget a month, for a week? Can you do the same for whatsapp? Can you not use your phone for a day? The person who smokes, can you try not doing for a month? We, specially me, get used so much to our habits, that a small disruption to it, we lose our mind. Don’t we? I was in such situations many times. We cringe with in. It is tough to be away from our old habits right? Hence, at the beginning of this month, June, I took a bold decision. Well, it was bold for me. I don’t know if it is a bad thing, but I drink coffee. Specially, Starbucks’ coffee at least once a day. With out my notice, my legs automatically walk to the store and buy a dark roast or a medium roast (No, lattes is not Coffee). My day never ends without drinking a 16 oz coffee. So, there I am. I challenged myself to not drink coffee for a month. Do you know how big of a deal it is for me. That’s like I’m turning my world upside down.

                And, I was successful in doing that so. But for how long. It lasted until my birthday. I was successfully away from a single drop for the first 10 days and then, I volunteered myself to give up. The whole point was, I wanted to see how long I could with stand. I have the confidence that if I want I can go for a longer duration. It will be tough, yet, its achievable, which I figured out practically doing it.

                The idea of this occurred to me as I felt that days are boring and I haven’t had challenges for a while. In order to spice things I came up with this. So, try out few things and let me know too, I’ll try as well. J

                I cannot do it. That’s just not me. It would burn me. May be if someone offers me a huge ransom, I’ll still not be able to do it. How can one watch a movie at home the very next day its out in theatres. A Cam/Pirated print. That’s like smashing the head of a person with a glass bottle, yeah you’re literally killing the film. I mean I understand the desperation or it may be the situations demanding you to do so, but at least I would respect the hardwork. If I miss the movie in theatres, I’ll literally wait until the blu ray is out, worst case DVD. Well, my rule book of watching a movie goes something like this alright, when you go to a theatre right, grab a cuppa coffee, before that arrive well in advance, mind you, you can be late to work or a class or what ever it is, but never late to theatre. So, once you’ve grabbed your coffee or drinks, not even miss the ridiculous of the commercials and the never ending promos of upcoming releases. So, the other day I was watching a movie at home right, it was obviously a blu ray copy, I was saying to myself, why not I volunteer myself to watch the commercials. I mean I say that’s heights of honesty. Isn’t it. Ofcourse, I dint do it though, that would make me insane, no? J. The next thing that cringes me is people skip the songs man. I mean, come on. But, my attitude towards the songs changed over the past 2-3 years, ever since telugu movie industry has been gifted with these new talented music directors, I’m sorry, I’m forced to skip the songs too.

                Anyways, that’s just my opinion. I like to watch every bit of the cinema, when there’s so much effort involved from so many people. Direction, cinematography, photography, dance numbers, the dialogues and the story. Since, many of the recent movies doesn’t have these, I wouldn’t blame the audience too. Isn’t it like the food in your plate. Would you want to leave something behind? No right, well, I wouldn’t. :D :D Alright alright, I think its time that I stop this.

                Over the weekend  I have seen this new movie, Ek Villain. When the promo was out, I thought a gripping story will do. The fact that it comes from Ekta Kapoor camp, Mohit Suri is the director and the music is from Aashiqui composers (one of the composer), obviously had my hopes high. Did it live up to the hype? Yes for me! Dude, the heroine of the movie is killed off in the first 10 minutes of the movie and yet the remaining two hours is gripping, that is some good narration. Well, my friend killed off the good feeling at the end of the movie saying it’s a Korean rip off, yet, I haven’t seen  the Korean version and this one was impressive for me. Agree it’s a little slow paced but as long as the narration is good, I’d like it. The music is melodious and has the dark theme to them to go with that of the movie.

Kisi shaayar ki ghazal, Jo de rooh ko sukoon ke pal

Koi mujhko yun mila hain, Jaise banjaare ko ghar

Naye mausam ki sehar, Yaa sard mein dopahar

Koi mujhko yun mila hain, Jaise banjare ko ghar

Lines from the song 'Banjaara' from the same movie. How can you even come up with this stuff man?

                There’s something about holidays isn’t it. I tend to stay upbeat for the entire week   when I know that it is going to be an extra holiday over the weekend or one less day to work that week. Now, do not ask me if I fully utilize the long weekend, cause that’s a whole new story. Nevertheless, the wait for the holiday keeps me on the edge. Fourth of July, which incidentally falls on Friday bringing us a long weekend. Shame, I haven’t planned anything yet, but Wimbledon and Fifa world cup should pretty much keep me occupied for the rest of the week as a matter of fact. J

                And also, shame that this is just the second post of this year, we’re through half of the year and what am I doing??

As you stay tuned for more posts from me, thats it from this one!

Keep Smiling. Stay Healthy. Just Breathe.

Vasu.