Wednesday, April 2, 2008

Virgin mobile

Now a days, u surf channels n all u get are a dozen wacky adverts, the wackiest being Virgin mobile adverts .First one with dat young gurl doin something 'hatke' than the average teenager...telling her parents that shes not interested in boys. And this relle makes the viewers go " wat the hell !" ..and relle grips u for the first few times...and then starts the blame game between her parents allowing her a trip to Goa with her friends TenSingh (imagine tendulkars fine but tensingh ???) , the trip being labelled as "co curricular activities" by her father.
The second one is every ametuer riders imaginitive excuse at being caught for the first time..
having no money but a cell fone...his dada gves a damn n actually tells the cop to punish him harshly...but the poor cop..little did he know dat th 'father' was a teenage single guy with extra ordinary mimicry skills...
Virgin mobile is basically a UK based youth centric MVNO with about 15 million subscribers
and it has struck a deal with Tata teleservices through which it would get access to Indias network and could help TATA tel woth its customer service (call centres) and Virgin music!
Lets see if this is an new chapter in international companies tying up with Indian companies in the comm sector.

Monday, March 31, 2008

30 secs @ Dadar

I usually board a train from Malad to my college in Churchgate.This day (i din remember when) I was standin (gettin a seat is like a bonus now-a-days)...listening to my music..suddenly my attention goes to this guy who looks familiar n was callin out my name..(i cudnt hear him before cuz of my earphones-sony erricson)..ppl ..as usual...were rushin ..battlin to be exact.. to get out of the train without any physical damage n ppl outside the train r waitin to climb in..n within this 30 secs @ Dadar...i went through a roller coster of memories about this school friend of mine whom im meetin after like half a dozen years..y exchanged basic Qs like "what're u studyin"
b4 i cud ask another Q the train started...i went bak 2 listenin to my music...after sm time i realised wat those 30 secs meant..memories of a LOST friend.i sometimes still rember this incident @ Dadar. :)
Adios.

Raced 2 the finish!

Talk about broken promises.....first it was reliance power (u bought it?) .n now most recent movie Race.
The 'wannabe' flm relle got to me....it was a film trying to b a hit but desperately failing at it.
Look at the starcast : Saif , Bips, Katrina, and others...the promos of the title song Race saanson kiii (which was a HUGE letdown when i actually heard it in the theatre) were bang on.Saif with a guitar...Bips with or actually without wearing too much ..got every ones attention.The kids were
dying to get a glimpse of the film.Little did people know that admist all this glitz and glamour, the film would lack the MOST important part of a film : the script.With the two brothers just double crossing each other (the twists and turns were something new to bollywood),and a 'foodie' detective (he literally ate every fruit available..including sugarcane...if u call it a fruit).I got a minor shock when i knew that Akshay was the younger sibling.But inspite all this...a dazzling opening sourted out the films way to BO success.After the star cast, the best thing about the film were its two chart busters : Race saansoo ki and Pehli nazar mein. Actually the best part of the movie (n this is strictly personal ) was the part wherein i bought popcorn n cola for myself.
At the end im happy i didnt watch this blunder in a multiplex and burn a hole in my pocket.
Adios.