Review || Mere Brother Ki Dulhan

Statutory Warning - When u are going for a Bollywood movie, especially one that is supposedly 'masala' and has been labelled as one falling under the genre of 'Romance' by PVR Cinemas, u need to Close Your Mind i.e. Seal Your Brains!

Considering that u are abiding by the above mentioned warning (consider guideline), there are very high chances of u liking the movie!

Since it's a Yash Chopra film, there has to be marriage and good music involved, and so it does!

Plot - Luv, who is an investment banker in London, breaks up with his girlfriend Pyaali Patel (which gujju calls their daughter pyaali? Wonder what do they call their son - Cup? Chai? U know .. Chai-Pyaali or may be Cup-Pyaali? :P)

So yeah, 15 mins after his break-up he calls up his brother Kush (Imraan Khan obv) to look for a dulhan for him. Kush finds Dimple (Katrina), the perfect bride. What happens next? Watch the movie!

Music - The title track lives up to all expectations, even the lyrics are great, barring 'Matrimonial si aankhein', sung by the chorus and maimed by Imran Khan too. All other songs are great. However, my personal favourite was 'Kaisa yeh isk hai'.

Actors - A random 'reviewer' on Big 92.7 FM said that Ali suits best in films like 'Phas Gaye Re Obama'. Someone please go and tell her that Ali was not a part of that film, he made 'Tere Bin Laden' which was also a wonderful satirical comedy. However, Ali has done a good enough job. Of course, there are portions which are not perfect, but not that bad huh! Imran is great, looks good. However, I think he wasn't as carefree as he was in Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na or even Kidnap.

Other characters played by Katrina's brother, Imran's friends, the parents have all done a good job. But, Katrina is the one who steals the show! She's got the perfect looks (esp in the song Dhunki and the scooter sequence), the hindi dialogues (well, her character has been customized for her), and she's totally confident and cool throughout the film.

If u think that I'm a die-hard romantic and this film will give u all the mills & boons sort of things, no way! But yes, it will remind u of one of the biggest Yash Raj banner's successes .. Yes, it'll remind u of DDLJ (Ugh!).

However, I'd say, all in all, it's a must watch!

My rating - **** (4/5) :D

Kaisa yeh isk hai, ajab sa risk hai ....

Review || Zomato.com

Started off as Foodiebay.com, I first came to know of this website through a random poster put up on the notice board of Kailash Hostel, IIT Delhi (Old Kailash, mind u!). At that time, I didn't quite understand what was it all about. So I decided to google and OMG, what I found was spell binding!

Though I don't know who all started it but I've met one of its co-founders Pankaj Chaddah personally and I must say they're all, quite an impressive lot. And the timing was so perfect ... I was working in full swing for Phokatcopy's operations so yeah, in a way it was inspiring too.

Coming back to zomato, let's mention some likes and some dislikes/ scope of improvement at this website. Let me try to stick to the standard no. of 3 :P

Likes -

1. In the current version of the website, what I really like is the way it all starts. No complications, simple straight forward options listed - All, Delivery, Dine-out, Night-life. And of course, u have the option to look for a joint of ur choice by location of simply search its name.

2. The good part about the search is the 'Auto correct'. I don't know whether the makers themselves are aware of this or not, but this happened with me yesterday when I was looking for the menu of Khaaja Chowk. I ended up typing Khwaja Chowk (a wrong spelling), yet I got the correct menu! :P

Lucky me!

3. Lots of cities covered. And I think they're adding more!

4. Yes, there is another point! And that is their latest app! It's bunderphool .. I mean wonderful!

5. And of course, the mention of facilities like air-conditioning, wi-fi and yes, the map!

6. contests! Like the latest, write for a bite contest! For further details, check out www.zomato.com

7. The 'About Us' page ... I don't know who wrote this all, but that person is impressively witty and I just love the way it's been penned er.. typed! :P

Dislikes/ Scope for improvement -

1. I've noticed spelling mistakes in reviews at times, I think they should work on them. Only heavy words won't do.

2. Variation in price. Yes, surprisingly, I saw that at couple of places too. For instance, more than a year ago, when Barbeque Nation used to serve 2 different buffets for lunch with the higher version priced around 450/- plus taxes, zomato (then foodiebay) mentioned cost for two as 1500/-, which of course, was not correct. Thankfully, it's been rectified to 1200/-.

So there can be slight variations at times. But generally, as in 90% of the information is correct.

3. Cut the crap! I don't think there can be any dislike! Quoting a friend .. 'sab kuch to mast hai' and of course, the only probable dislike 'someone else owns the company' ;-)

Well ... nothing more to say!

I'd rate tomato .. I mean Zomato ****1/2. Yes, I've left 1/2 coz I dunno what else are they gonna come up with, considering the new 'Events' section added.

Random || Writing reviews

Well, everyone on this earth is used to (and some of them are sick of) my habit of commenting on everything. So I thought it's high time I should actually start writing reviews about anything and everything. Actually, a one-lined rating of a book on Facebook seems a bit tacky to me! :P

So here goes, and I think I'll make a perfect start with Zomato!!! :D