Book Review and Analysis: Haruki Murakami's 'Norwegian Wood'

Let’s enter the world of good books.  Possibly there are two categories of books here; works which make you feel good for the next few days but leaves you soon and the works which stays with you forever like a sweet memory.  And this beautiful work of Murakami which essentially deals with the theme of loss of loved ones and the way the characters try to cope up with it definitely belongs to the latter category. This possibly is the most simple and straight forward work from Murakami but still it retains all the essence and the flavor of his writing.

Film Review and Analysis: David Lynch's "Mulholland Drive" Unearthed Completely

'Mulholland Drive' is an American film written and directed by David Lynch. The film is famous for its surreal content and bizarre imagery. The implications of the film are not straight forward and Lynch had declined to offer an explanation leaving the audience and critics to speculate about the film. I had a difficult time unearthing the mysteries involved in it and had to view it many times for appreciating the artistic content involved in the film. It is no doubt one of the finest of Lunch’s work establishing him as one of the greatest directors.

Film Review and Analysis: Tarantino's Death Proof

"Death Proof" is a thriller film directed by Quentin Tarantino. The film centers on a psychopathic stuntman whose sole purpose as it appears is to follow young (may be intoxicated) women before murdering them in staged car accidents using his "death-proof" stunt car. First of all, is it really a thriller film?

I watched Tarentino’s masterpieces Reservoir Dogs and Pulp fiction before watching this film. Unlike those films, the story line is simple without any non linear features but he ensures that the viewer is bound to the screen till the film ends. The introduction of the stuntman (Mike), his clumsy way of eating, his car, his looks at the young girls and many other unusual things makes us think what he is up to? The stuntman also has got nice way of dealing with girls by putting them at ease with his apt words. So, definitely his character intrigues you more. The lap dance scene is surely worth seeing and sometimes orgasmic. With all this going on, the viewer is definitely interested to know what would happen next. He is suddenly horrored when Mike kills the young girl who is on a ride with him by his atrocious driving when she is put in a cage without any safety restraints ultimately smashing her skull. This follows the breath taking accident scene where all the young intoxicated women whom Mike has been following are brutally killed by him in a barbarous accident where everyone is dead in a horrified manner. The scene is highlighted and is shown in various angles highlighting the fate of each one of them during the accident. There would be no evidence to convict Mike and hence would be set free. He doesn't weed any smoke,doesn't drink alcohol, turns on the head lights before the crash, destroys the photographs and most importantly targets the intoxicated young women.

After fourteen months, Mike is again ready for his new adventure when he comes across another bunch of young girls at a store. One of the girls wanted to test drive a car similar to the one in the film 'Vanishing Point'. She convinces her friends and rides on the car's hood using only leather belts to hold onto, while one of her friends drives it at high speeds. The scenes worth watching are shot well. Mike who will be observing them from a distance gets ready for his new adventure with his death proof car. Unfortunately for him, the girls turn out to be the masters this time. The movie ends when the girls physically strike him until he falls unconscious on the ground.

This is a film probably with an aim to highlight ”Every dog(Mike here) has its day” type thing where the issue of a bully targeting young and helpless women is dealt . Though the thrill is maintained initially by first disclosing the way the stuntman does his amazing psychotic acts, the ending disappoints you as Mike stays in defense for most of the time while the girls take the lead. This might have been necessary for the script where the bully need to be taught a nice lesson but this leaves the viewer questioning why the stunt man was shown so aggressive and skilful in his stunts with the first group of girls. On the whole the film is worth watching. You get everything you expect from Tarentino without troubling your brain much. Nice dialogues with 'fuck' inserted wherever possible, great cinematic shots, nice editing and back ground score with occasional references to pop music to boost you up. Give it a try in case you don’t get anything else. One who doesn't know Tarentino can safely give it a rating of 7.5.

Unrecognised Potential - The Novel authored by me

Four friends — Siddharth, Surya, Swetha and Imran — in their early twenties, hailing from different social and economic backgrounds, live in the metropolis of Hyderabad. Siddharth, frustrated with the way the world is, constantly questions the basis of the existing systems of the modern world. Driven by the passion to do something for the people's sufferings and for all the iniquities and the inequalities in the society, he is always looking to embark on his heart-craving philanthropic career.

Mother and The Cycle of Her Sacrifices...

Mother, the word so close to heart. Her love as deep as the ocean,  her warmth as soothing as the early sun ray and her hug as fresh as the betimes spring. Just a glimpse of her in the mind, flood of thoughts of her eternal love appears, bringing out all the pearls accumulated in the mind in the form of her.

She does everything she could for the child sacrificing herself most of the time. What did she expect in return? And did the child give her?

Is Old really GOLD..??

Why do people say that old is Gold? Is old really gold or is it just like many other notions which we take it for granted and tend to believe them as true?First of all ,Why do people think Old is gold.Is it because they find all the songs , films ,customs,traditions and all very good? Are they really good? Or are all of them good? or for that matter ,our generation songs or movies or customs not good? Definitely not... right?Then why is it that people say OLD is GOLD...??Lets try to explore it further...

Every generation has its own good and bad. All the goods are accumulated and stored, hoping that they would benefit the future mankind. LIKE US every generation is frustrated by their own generation as they experience bad along with the good where often the goods are forgotten very easily but all the bads are retained in the memory for a long time. In the frustration and their search to seek something different and since they cant get anything from future (:P) ,they try to access the past(childhood or old songs or all those THOSE DAYS :P) where all the accumulated GOODs are first exposed. They compare it with their own generation and get even more frustrated. The cycle continues.A break from the cycle is obtained if we try to appreciate all the GOOD that is around us and give enough strength to BAD to make them realize that it is not really that BAD as we think. Thus BAD can be made GOOD or GOOD can be made BAD..!!!EVERYTHING is all around us. We just need to feel the way we need it.

Happiness in not Knowing..

I was good at Mathematics in my school. Students asked me doubts and teachers praised me. I sometimes did even better than the teachers. I thought I knew everything. I felt like an Alexander in the world of mathematics. My mind windows were always closed for advices. I was in a boat sailing in a river proud that there was no body near me. I was in to the college. Like a flash, I came across the vast oceans where I was exposed to the people in the BIG BIG ships trying to explore the vastness of the oceans.