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Actually , I'm loving my life alot now . Apart from the stress that I attain from looking high and low for a job , life's good . Since I'm banned from exercising due to the blood blister on my toenail , I've been spending my free time with much quality . For a good start , I'm back with one of my most favourite hobbies - reading ! . I should thank Mr Kabi-o for it of course . Well , please wait before you guys jump into any conclusions . Kabi-o hates reading . Haha . Well he brought me for the Sherlock Holmes movie and that propelled me to touch my books again .


I've always been a die-hard Sherlock Holmes fan . I love reading stories about him and he instigated my love to become a detective when I grow up . Trust me peeps , I would always make my own deductions , analysis and all whenever I read good books . You guys should check out my "Angels and Demons " , "Da Vinci Code" , "Tuesdays with Morrie" and etc - they'll be extremely dirty and messy with post-its , highlights and loads of foolscap papers stuck in between the pages . Anyways , let me continue my rant before I go off the tangent . I didn't really enjoy Sherlock Holmes movie . They changed Holmes' character . He's nothing like how they portrayed him in the movie and obviously , being an ardent lover of Holmes' , I got frustrated . But the only 2 consolations were - 1) Jude Law was acting and 2) HANS ZIMMER's composition !! . Oh my crazy hell !!! He's excellent ! He's soooooooooooo good ! I loved each and every composition in that movie ! I'm soo going to purchase the movie's soundtrack ! It's simply freaking good ! . Perhaps , I should add - I'm a huge fan of Hans Zimmer ! .


And I've been watching a plethora of different films and obviously , all are hindi flicks . No offence , but in case my readers didn't know , I have special preference for hindi films . They're my priority , followed by English films , Tamil , Thai , Japanese/Korean and Local films . And I was watching Dil Bole Hadippa and the dvd had to be spoilt . Grrrr . I was furious . I asked the aunty for a brand new dvd ( for rental ) and she told me she only had 1 of that . So she asked me to exchange it for another film . I decided to watch "Fashion" . It was a movie by Madur Bhandarkar . He's so well known for coming up with excellent concepts , realistic films and etc . He also has a penchant for putting up female artiste as the main protagonist in his films ! It's such a refreshing unique exploration that he has made in his films . And of course , he's a National Award winner ! .


Fashion - Part 1 . Click on this and watch the entire flick :)





Well , fashion explores a very interesting concept known as "casting couch" . Well it technically means that you sell your body to gain entry into the job of your choice - most of the time - the cinema , music , modelling industries . The main protagonist - Meghna Mathur ( played by Priyanka Chopra ) aspires to become a supermodel and she leaves her hometown to become a supermodel . She has a gay bestfriend who's an assistant to a top designer . She went to Mumbai to become a model based on his advice . Her journey to become a model was fraught with obstacles . Eventually she'll become an ordinary model and that's when she realises that in order to be a supermodel , she need to be the showstopper for the fashion show and during her stint as an ordinary model , Shonali Gujral was the showstopper and she was a pretty arrogant woman who smoked , got herself drunk and abused drugs . Soon after , Meghna becomes the new face of a major modelling agency and she becomes a supermodel . She was becoming more and more famous each day . Her newfound fame gave her an air of complacency and arrogance and her rise to fame also affected her relationship and she broke up with her boyfriend and continued modelling . Shonali Gujral was kicked out of being the supermodel and Meghna replaced her . Shonali became an heavy drunkard and was heavily addicted to drugs . Shonali was on a downward spiral towards her own demolition . Meghna also started an affair with her boss and was growing arrogant . Soon she became pregnant and was kicked out my the modelling agency and her boss asked her to go for an abortion because according to the contract that she signed , she is not allowed to be pregnant . Well , apparently , the unwritten rule is - her boss is allowed to sleep with her and yet , she cannot threaten him with it nor become pregnant . She was depressed and she lost her status as a supermodel due to her arrogance and complacency . She was heavily addicted to alcohol and abused drugs and was literally destroying herself and her image . Then one fine day , she had too much of drugs and she clubbed her night away at a club and ended up being on bed with a black man . She was knocked off her senses due to her intoxication and it happened . Soon she lost all her desire to be a model and her self confidence reached its nadir and she flew back to her hometown . She was in exile for 1 year and her dad 0 who was against modelling , motivated her to go back to modelling and encouraged and gave her confidence to do well .


She went back to being a supermodel and it was a herculean task for her and most of them who were acquainted with her arrogance gave her the boot and she was struggling to make it big . She managed to become an ordinary model and during her walk down the ramp , she froze on stage because of her own fear of the past . And soon after , she gets to know that Shonali Gujral is now a depressed alcoholic and drug addict and has become a destitute . She decided to revamp Shonali's life and brought her home . Soon after , Meghna gets an opportunity to become the showstopper for a fashion show and Shonali was Meghna's pillar of support . Then one day , Shonali goes missing and it was Meghna's big day . Before she took the ramp , she gets to know Shonali was found dead on the streets due to drug overdose . This terribly affected Meghna and she couldn't walk the ramp . Her phobia of her past kicked in and she froze on stage . Somehow , she plucked up the courage and made that walk down the ramp . She dedicated her comeback to Shonali's support and she gets selected to be a model in Paris .


I like this story because , Madhur managed to highlight the dark side of fashion so aptly . When you watch the movie , you will understand why most of the famous artiste in the world are addicted to drinks , cigarettes and drugs . And the practice of casting couch still exist ! . It's such a pity because artiste are not as innocent , good and etc as how their characters portray them as . And it's very depressing to know that your idol may turn out to be a consensual victim of casting couch . I like the hard-smacking reality that Madhur introduced in this film . And now , I'm all equipped to watch his next film - "Jail" which will highlight the jail conditions in India .


The 2nd movie that I watched was "Wake up Sid"





I think this is a cute and romantic hindi flick . It shows how an immatured , carefree college student comes of age . I was really smiling from ear to ear when I was watching this flick . I like this movie man . It is has alot of happy stuff inside . Haha :P . Please do watch it too peeps .

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