Tuesday, September 11, 2007

Google Webmaster Central gets a new look

Google have introduced a new look to Webmaster Central.
A year have passed since Google introduced the Webmaster Central in August 2006 which made it easier for webmasters to submit their sites, sitemaps and many other website related stuffs. Google hopes that the new interface will make it easier for webmasters to make full use of the tools.

Saturday, September 8, 2007

water

The movie deals with, the widows of Benaras and their oppression, in the late 1930s. The whole setting is wonderfully reconstructed, though I didn't really figure out what Water had to do with it.
It no doubt had a commanding screen presence and makes an appearance in many scenes. It probably also symbolises, the Hindu religion, that although expansive and well-defined in its flow, can be skillfully shaped up, to the needs of those who read the scriptures - the Brahmins.
It might represent the time-frame of a widow's life from the instant, her husband's ashes meet the waters till the time she (or her ashes) drown themselves.
It could stand for innumerous tears that are suppressed.
Or it could be something different altogether.

Unlike, Dor where, the widow did love her husband & missed him, Water speaks of girls, not even in their teens, widowed before they met their husbands, for whom they could have no possible affection. Also, while we feel sad for Meera, what happens to the playful Chuhiya, only about 7 yrs. old, is graphicaly brutal. The setting of the ashram, with the same grief multiplied in each inmate, is gripping. We learn, during the course of the movie, that Manu allows, a widow only 3 forms of life. A Sati (death in the pyre of her husband), or a life devoid of earthly pleasures, or (subject to consent of the family) a marriage to the younger brother of the dead husband. While it seemingly, subjects the widow to the mercy of others, it also ensures that she is not left uncared for. In a male-hounding society, it gave the widow a slight immunity against being subject to humiliation.as per Hinduism, there is no action that ever goes unaccounted for. Each action has to be redeemed and its fruits (bitter or sweet) to be consumed. Hence, in light of such atrocities, the overwhelming anti-brahminical sentiments that are running amok all over the country start to appear.

Thursday, September 6, 2007

chak de india:my review

The film starts with Kabir Khan failing 2 score a penalty shot and our Team India loses the final against PAKis in da final of World cup. He is labelled as traitor and he goes in oblivion to resurface after 7 years to take up da challenge as the Coach of Indian National Women’s Hockey team(loosely based on the true story of former hockey goalkeeper and coach Mir Ranjan Negi, who was charged with allegations of match-fixing after India’s humiliating defeat to Pakistan in the 1982 Asian Games hockey final. Seven years later, Negi’s honour was restored. He coached the national women’s hockey team that won gold at the 2002 Manchester Commonwealth Games).
Kabir Khan (Shah Rukh), former hockey captain of India, returns to the field as the coach of the Indian women’s national hockey team that exists more on paper and less in reality.The team is a bunch of girls with their own agenda.How kabir handels them,how he changes them and how in the end these girls brings kabirs lost respect back is the main story.The screenplay and script was quite good. Great Script by Jaideep Sahni.All the 5 major girls deleivered very good performances well i liked most out of them was komal chautala followed closely by angry punjaban. Shahrukh khan was excellent from start till end.Some of the scenes really stand out especially the girls intro,their pre interval carnage and finally the climax.Its a must watch movie and most importantly watch it for direction of shimit,great scriptwork from jaideep and finally srk ,his acting, expressions, screen presence, dialogue delivery all looks perfect this one comes in his top performances along with Kabhi haan Kabhi naa,Devdas & SWADES.All and all brave effort of Shimit Amin and Jaideep Sahni.Must watch it once for a bunch of actors who really fitted on to their roles.

dhokha:my take

Dhokha as a film deals with hindu muslims relation in india(with a hidden noble message that both green and saffron are the part of tri-colour and without them it is incompleate) as well as it distinguishes between good and terrorist muslims.
Plot begins with Zaid ahmed khan who is an honest a.c.p (who in his past aspired to be a singer as well had an ex-flame) is happy in his relationship with his wife saara untill he discovered his wife passed away in a terrorist bomb explosion after in shocking turn of event his wife is accused of being suicide bomber and killing 20 other innocents from the results of interrogation which he refuses to beleive as he has always known his wife as noble soul .He faces the public anger but refused to quit in his resolve untill he founds his wife was indeed a zihadi that begins his journey to start discovering about this hidden side of his wife and the reasons for her to take this path,on his way he found out the humiliation as well as the explotation of muslims(with refrence of kashmir and jihadi groups) as well as what the phyche of a suicide bomber is .How he handles these group and changes the mindset of his wifes younger brother to prevent another fidayeen attack is the main plot here.Its a brave subject and is certainly the best project that has come out of bhatt camp for a long while with a powerful script.Muzzamil Ibrahim does the great job for a newcomer and has a powerful screen presence along with dam good physique and looks an exciting talent .Tulip Joshi looks cute and is mostly used in picture frame with not a bigger role,other actress is simply a let down and is mostly used as glam quotient ,music is refreshing with some good soundtracks.
Gulshan grover excels ,ashutosh rana emerges nasty in just couple of frames compared to aawarapan,anupam kher provides the natural touch to his role.This is certainly one of the best products of bhatts and is simply the best for pooja overall a powerful movie with a powerful subject