Pics from the DAS trip

Money drying after being pushed into the water with it

My class 9C

Vishak, as usuall gobbling up a lot of food

Back from the dead

Yesterday, I was out for the Shakthi Foundation`s annual fund raiser show, this year caled Panchtatva 2006 once again beginning qith a half dead Vasantha Raghuveer explaining what the foundation is all about. For all you ignorant people out there, Shakthi Foundation is an organisation which helps the physically challenged people and lesser priviledged children.
Panchtatva 2006 had the artists Hari Prasad Chaurasia, Pandit Jasraj, Taufiq Quereshi, U.Srinivas, Selvaganesh n Vijay Ghate.
The mandolin started the show with Selva, Ghate and Taufiq joining in brilliantly. No one was interested in listening to Jasraj and his stinking voice(even i would have sounded better) whose singing was like somebody fartting and him sure Hrishi can sing at two octaves higher.
The show didnt live upto to everyone`s expectation and wasnt as lively as the last couple of years. Mainly coz the two old men, Jasraj and Chaurasia were there but some witty lines to end the show left the audience laughing.

Earlier in the evening was Shweta`s bday which was quite funny with Arjun squirting sauce of everybody and Praddy coming to Ispahani in his trademark Nike shirt and shorts. Oh and if anybody wants to know about Praddy and his "street"Lovelife, you shall know in the coming up posts.

I gotto go and finish off my Biology record coz my annuals are coming up. Best of luck to all those writing their boards!!!

P.S. Dont miss the Basant Utsav on March 4th it has Sivamani, Viku Vinayakram and many others!!!

A Bollywood Lexicon

Aashique Banaya Aapne:(n) when a movie is worth one song

Abu Salem:(n) a villain who bcums hero

Abhishek(adj.):the ability to succeed after you fail.

Amitabh(adj.):a state of mind.

Black(adj.): emtion you feel when you watch a fantastic film wherein a deaf, dumb and mute girl narrates how a rantin old man taught a mentally retarted child to eat with a spoon.

DVD(n):another term for "original idea" or "script". When a director says, "I have been wrkin on this script for two years", you know instantly that he has been watching DVDs of Old Boy(Zinda) or Man on Fire(Ek Ajnabee).

Guest appearance: another name for havig a friend like Abhishek Bachchan.

Iqbal(v): to make films that you truly believe in. If Yashraj, and not Kukunoor had made this film, it would have featured Hrithik Roshan as the boy and Amitabh Bachchan as the coach. Of course it would have been a blockbuster and replaced Paheli as India`s nominee to the Oscars!

Item Number(n): a skin show to lure people away from the Theatre`s toilet to the screen.

John Abraham:(v) to love body/bikes/Bipasha.

Kisna(n): A Subhash Ghai joke nobody understands.

Mangal Pandey(adj.): to look silly after five years.

Multiplex(n): a place where filmakers are clueless as to which film will click. the only success
guarenteed is the Popcorn and the Pepsi.

No Entry(n): a welcome sign for producers to make libidinous men-chasing women comedies.

Paheli(n): posing riddles as films. Like why was Paheli nominated for the Oscars?
Hint: The same reason why Saif won the National Award for best actor in Hum Tum.

Rai(n):a misguided opinion that Indians are creating ripples in Hollywood.

Rani(n): a Babli person reigning ovcer the Box Office.

Rap: what Dev Anand desperately needs.

Reviewer(n): a joker who makes filmakers cry.

Salaam Namaste(v): to salute the box office with a dumber version of Hum Tum and a highly
intelligent version of Neal `n' Nikki.

Salman(n): a state of helplessness when you wanna take your shirt off.

Shahrukh(v): to avoid work, instead indulge yourself by learning to play the guitar and splashing water in a bathtub with beauties.

Sunil Dutt(n): an endangered species.

Superhit(adj.): the term producers use to describe their own movies in ads and posters for films like Rok Sako To Rok Lo or Shabd.

Swades(n): when you love your country but it doesnt love you.

Yashraj(v): an old Indian proverb that means means packaging is profit.

I am just a struggler; someone who keeps thinking he will make it one day and, until then, keeps shooting his toes...