Vicky Donor- What a "SPERM"tastic movie!

Having grown in a society that has made us to think that marriage is a license to sex and that a marriage becomes full only when the couple have a child, there is very less awareness about infertility among us! When a couple have not conceived a child within one or two years of the marriage, the girl's relatives,especially her in-laws, make life living hell for her by asking her numerous uncomfortable questions and make her undergo so many invasive tests and procedures while it does not occur to even the most educated people that the problem could be with the boy too! this is the result of a society that is predominantly male chauvinistic where even many women believe that a man can never go wrong and there can be nothing wrong with a boy physiologically!
 Millions of couples world over are faced with the problem of infertility either with one or both in a couple being infertile! Though the filed of medicine has advanced so much that even 55 year old women can give birth, artificial insemination, sperm donation, in-vitro fertilization, surrogacy are all still tabooed in India!
Shoojit Sircar, the Director of Vicky Donor deserves a standing ovation and a loud applause from the whole of India for choosing to make a sensible, sensitive yet light-hearted and fun-filled movie based on this serious issue!
The movie does not preach sperm donation in even a single frame, there are no double innuendos for the reproductive organs or sperm, no sick jokes, no disgusting humor and no dirty scenes! The director deserves the pat on the back for having made the movie so clean!

Many Bollywood directors have long since acquired the guts to make movies without duets and party songs and utilize music only to make the movie forward and Shoojit is not left behind! Sadly, the directors have a really long way to go before they could get the guts to switch to this healthy trend! the few songs and the background score of the movie is really moving!
When i first watched Ayushmaan in IPL's Extraa innings, i told myself that this handsome dude would go places someday and man, i'm happy that i was right about him! Ayushmaan is simply BRILLIANT as Vicky Arora and he sure has a great future waiting for him!
Yami Gautam as the Bong girl Ashima is nothing but scintillating! It's been quite sometime since bollywood saw such a refreshing mix of beauty, sensuality and talent! Yami is sure a breath-taker!
But the actors who really steal the show are Annu Kapoor as Dr.Chaddha, Dolly as Vicky's mother and the modern grandma! They're like a breath of fresh air in the movie and are so natural in their performances!
Those who had watched TV serials in DD Metro would vividly remember Annu and his antics!Man, he's one helluva performer!

John Abraham really needs to be appreciated for choosing such a bold subject for his maiden production venture!
I really wanted to catch this one in the big screen! Well, i havent been lucky enough! But it was nothing short of rejoicing to watch it alone on my computer!
Vicky Donor does not intend to give sermons about sperm donation, or preach about infertility or make fun of reproductively challenged couples or promote adoption! But, i'm sure it'd make people's minds if not fully at least a little more open to all this!
The arrival of a kid can bring so much happiness into the lives of a couple and if you can give that happiness to someone, then it cannot be wrong or disgusting right?! Well, that's the bottomline of VICKY DONOR!
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2317337/

Oscar Marathon!!!

I am gonna start watching the movies nominated for the Academy Awards 2012 in all the major categories over the next 21 days before the awards are given away at the Kodak Theater, Hollywood, LA!!!

 I hope i can get hold of all the movies nominated under the major categories of "Best Picture", "Best Actor in a Lead Role","Best Actress in a lead Role", "Best Actor in a Supporting Role", "Best Actress in a Supporting 
Role" and ";Best Director" and "Best Animation movie" within the next 20 days!!

Nominees For Best Picture:

• The Artist
• The Descendants
• Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close ( Whatta title man!! )
• The Help
• Midnight in Paris
• Hugo
• Moneyball
• The tree of Life
• War Horse

Nominees for Actor in a Leading Role:

• Demia`n Bichir ( A better Life)
• George Clooney ( The Descendants)
• Jean Dujardin ( The Artist)
• Gary Oldman ( Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy)
• Brad Pitt (Moneyball)

Nominees for Actress in a Leading Role:

• Glenn close ( Albert Nobbs)
• Viola Davis ( The Help)
• Rooney Mara ( The Girl With the dragon Tattoo)
• Meryl Streep ( The Iron Lady)
• Michelle Williams ( My week with Marilyn)

Nominees for Actor in a Supporting Role:

• Kenneth Branagh (My week with Marilyn)
• Jonah Hill ( Moneyball)
• Nick Nolte (Warrior)
• Christopher plummer (Beginners)
• Max Von Sydow (Extremely loud and Incredibly Close)

Nominees for actress in a supporting Role :

• Be`re`nice Bijo ( The Artist)
• Jessica Chastain ( the Help)
• Melissa McCarthy (Bridesmaids)
• Janet McTeer ( Albert Nobbs)
• Octavia Spencer ( The Help)

Nominees for animated feature film :

• A cat in Paris
• Chico & Rita
• Kung Fu Panda 2
• Puss in Boots
• Rango

Nominees for Best Directing:

• Michel Hazanavicius ( The Artist )
• Alexander Payne ( The Descendants)
• Martin Scorsese  ( Hugo )
• Woody Allen   (Midnight in Paris )
• Terrence Malick (The Tree of Life)

Much to the chagrin and disappointment of many Harry Potter fans world over, the final part of the series has also not been nominated in any of the major categories. 

The last movie in the harry potter series, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2" has been nominated for "Best Art Direction", "Best Makeup" and "Best Visual Effects Alone". i really hope that the movie bags at least one of these! Poor Potter fans need SOMETHING to be happy about at the Oscars! :P

So, here i begin! I will write about the movie for my day later today after i finish enjoying it!!

HAPPY MOVIE WATCHING TO ME!! :D

21 days to go! And 22 movies to watch!! 

OH I AM GONNA HAVE A BALL!!! this is so exciting like how the Superbowl is for the football fans or the world-cup football or the world-cup cricket is for the sports enthusiasts, this is to me!!! YIPPEE!!! 

Stanley Ka Dabba- Treat for all!

The movie opens with an image of Stanley,played by Partho Gupte( None other than Amole Gupte's son), praying before a statue of Mother Mary and Baby Jesus in front of the school gate,looking all bruised and dirty!He tears the calendar sheet and sleeps off after completing his homework on the bench! And the director starts to makes you wonder "what could be this boy's story?" right from that moment!

I would prefer not to reveal the story and the narrative as it would be a spoiler for enjoying the movie!

The movie has a cast that is nothing less than BRILLIANT! Starting from the characters of Stanley, "khadoos", Rosy miss, Mrs.Iyer,the history teacher, aman mehra, abishek and the entire dabba gang are simply adorable and fit perfectly into the roles! 

One of the BEST aspects of this movie is the wonderful and aesthetic cinematography that captures the food, the dabbas, the school, and the characters in such a brilliant manner that each scene keeps you engrossed and perfectly in tune with the theme of the movie!

Though the songs appear as montages, they are all enjoyable and the background score is impeccable enough to suit the movie!


The movie runs to a little over 90 mins and i enjoyed watching every single minute including the opening and the end credits!


"Rosy miss" played by Divya Dutta is one character that is bound to make us all reminiscent of the BEST teachers we have had during our school days! if You have not watched Divya Dutta in "Veer Zaara " and "Welcome to Sajjanpur", you ought to watch her in this to adore her!! I fell in love with Divya all over again!!

Mrs.Iyer, the maths teacher, the art teacher and the principal are all very natural and sure would take us back to thos good old schooldays which we would all love to re live! 


"khadoos", the hindi teacher played by Amole himself has a lust for food and the way that Amole has brought the character to life is simply phenomenal!

Last but never the least, the character of STANLEY played so brilliantly by Partho deserves special mention!
Stanley makes his friends laugh, Stanley is shy to take food from his friends, Stanley satiates his hunger by drinking tap water, Stanley keeps saying that he's gonna eat hot food and never eats, Stanley recites wonderful poetry and writes funny essays, Stanley makes innovative science projects, Stanley dances and Stanley sings!Stanley makes us laugh, Stanley makes us cry, Stanley makes us sit up in shock, Stanley makes us bowled with surprise! Stanley is a boy that you and i may have been or the boy that w know and we have seen often! But what IS the story with Stanley?! why does not he bring a DABBA?!!

To know that and to reminisce your schooldays, grab a DVD or download the movie and sit with a dabba of popcorn and chips to le yourself into the world of STANLEY KA DABBA!!! 

Stanley Ka Dabba- Treat for all!

The movie opens with an image of Stanley,played by Partho Gupte( None other than Amole Gupte's son), praying before a statue of Mother Mary and Baby Jesus in front of the school gate,looking all bruised and dirty!He tears the calendar sheet and sleeps off after completing his homework on the bench! And the director starts to makes you wonder "what could be this boy's story?" right from that moment!

I would prefer not to reveal the story and the narrative as it would be a spoiler for enjoying the movie!

The movie has a cast that is nothing less than BRILLIANT! Starting from the characters of Stanley, "khadoos", Rosy miss, Mrs.Iyer,the history teacher, aman mehra, abishek and the entire dabba gang are simply adorable and fit perfectly into the roles! 

One of the BEST aspects of this movie is the wonderful and aesthetic cinematography that captures the food, the dabbas, the school, and the characters in such a brilliant manner that each scene keeps you engrossed and perfectly in tune with the theme of the movie!

Though the songs appear as montages, they are all enjoyable and the background score is impeccable enough to suit the movie!


The movie runs to a little over 90 mins and i enjoyed watching every single minute including the opening and the end credits!


"Rosy miss" played by Divya Dutta is one character that is bound to make us all reminiscent of the BEST teachers we have had during our school days! if You have not watched Divya Dutta in "Veer Zaara " and "Welcome to Sajjanpur", you ought to watch her in this to adore her!! I fell in love with Divya all over again!!

Mrs.Iyer, the maths teacher, the art teacher and the principal are all very natural and sure would take us back to thos good old schooldays which we would all love to re live! 


"khadoos", the hindi teacher played by Amole himself has a lust for food and the way that Amole has brought the character to life is simply phenomenal!

Last but never the least, the character of STANLEY played so brilliantly by Partho deserves special mention!
Stanley makes his friends laugh, Stanley is shy to take food from his friends, Stanley satiates his hunger by drinking tap water, Stanley keeps saying that he's gonna eat hot food and never eats, Stanley recites wonderful poetry and writes funny essays, Stanley makes innovative science projects, Stanley dances and Stanley sings!Stanley makes us laugh, Stanley makes us cry, Stanley makes us sit up in shock, Stanley makes us bowled with surprise! Stanley is a boy that you and i may have been or the boy that w know and we have seen often! But what IS the story with Stanley?! why does not he bring a DABBA?!!

To know that and to reminisce your schooldays, grab a DVD or download the movie and sit with a dabba of popcorn and chips to le yourself into the world of STANLEY KA DABBA!!!