I haven't written in a while and the restlessness was gnawing my insides. I don't know if it was writer's block or plain simple lethargy. But now that I'm ready to write again, albeit temporarily of course, inspiration hit in the strangest of ways.
I got up in the morning and went to the living room today and it was co ole telly empty. Quite strange for a Sunday. What was stranger was that the tv was on and paused at a certain channel. My brother promptly entered a minute later and started the tv again. It was a silly movie which I found out was Race 2. Saif Ali Khan was dying so I assumed that the movie was about to end. But boy was I wrong! I entered the living room some half an hour later and the movie was still going on. And not only that! Saif Ali Khan wasn't even dead! So I thought about all these other movies from the same category. Dhoom, race, and all its sequels! They have so many things in common, it looks like they all have the same, uninterested, unmotivated, unimaginative writer! Here's how...
1. Hot wheels: it is like an exotic car and bike exhibition in these movies. Bright red ferraris, shiney yellow lambhorginis, jet black bullets, they've got it all!! And these cars are destroyed in the blink of an eye. I own a Maruti swift and I get upset even with the slightest dent. And these guys have no problem about blowing up a sexy purple Porsche!! Sigh! I feel poor now!
2. The dudes: these movies are full of beefed up men who are driving (and abusing) the aforementioned hot wheels. They are the kind who don't look back when there is a massive blast behind them, wear awesome sunglasses (even at night) and drive their cars/bikes like they were in an amusement park, driving those dodgem cars!
3. The babes: these girls with svelte, drool worthy bodies which they flaunt with great gusto in their short dresses, bikinis and shorts!! They loiter around trying to be relevant and important. But the most they bring to the table is their not so envy worthy wardrobe. And the dances. Oh yeah!! These girls dance to songs with weird lyrics! Crazy kiya re, lat lag gayi, and God knows what!
4. Money, money, money: the protagonists tend to talk in 100s of crores of rupees or billions of dollars!! It's like loose change for them!! Makes you raise an eyebrow if nothing else. It's like those guys thought the movie will still be relevant 50 years later and so they used exaggerated amounts if money now!
5. The what the f...!!! Moment: all these movies will have plenty of what the f...!! Moments where you will wonder what hit you!! Things like people dying, but not really dying, cars being blown up, girls saying "men are many but money is money!" These movies are full of such moments!!
6. The ammunition: just like the cars, these movies are also full of crazy big ass guns and bombs and other such ammunition which would make guys in the army sit up in their seats and wonder! So there you have a guy blowing up a car with a gun, or a pen gun or whatever. Fun!!
So there you have it! Still a little worried about the cars being blown up like that but there are a lot of other common features. Enjoy the movies but know that if you've seen one, you've seen the others! Do let me know what you think and what would you like to read next!
Loads of love :) :)
I got up in the morning and went to the living room today and it was co ole telly empty. Quite strange for a Sunday. What was stranger was that the tv was on and paused at a certain channel. My brother promptly entered a minute later and started the tv again. It was a silly movie which I found out was Race 2. Saif Ali Khan was dying so I assumed that the movie was about to end. But boy was I wrong! I entered the living room some half an hour later and the movie was still going on. And not only that! Saif Ali Khan wasn't even dead! So I thought about all these other movies from the same category. Dhoom, race, and all its sequels! They have so many things in common, it looks like they all have the same, uninterested, unmotivated, unimaginative writer! Here's how...
1. Hot wheels: it is like an exotic car and bike exhibition in these movies. Bright red ferraris, shiney yellow lambhorginis, jet black bullets, they've got it all!! And these cars are destroyed in the blink of an eye. I own a Maruti swift and I get upset even with the slightest dent. And these guys have no problem about blowing up a sexy purple Porsche!! Sigh! I feel poor now!
2. The dudes: these movies are full of beefed up men who are driving (and abusing) the aforementioned hot wheels. They are the kind who don't look back when there is a massive blast behind them, wear awesome sunglasses (even at night) and drive their cars/bikes like they were in an amusement park, driving those dodgem cars!
3. The babes: these girls with svelte, drool worthy bodies which they flaunt with great gusto in their short dresses, bikinis and shorts!! They loiter around trying to be relevant and important. But the most they bring to the table is their not so envy worthy wardrobe. And the dances. Oh yeah!! These girls dance to songs with weird lyrics! Crazy kiya re, lat lag gayi, and God knows what!
4. Money, money, money: the protagonists tend to talk in 100s of crores of rupees or billions of dollars!! It's like loose change for them!! Makes you raise an eyebrow if nothing else. It's like those guys thought the movie will still be relevant 50 years later and so they used exaggerated amounts if money now!
5. The what the f...!!! Moment: all these movies will have plenty of what the f...!! Moments where you will wonder what hit you!! Things like people dying, but not really dying, cars being blown up, girls saying "men are many but money is money!" These movies are full of such moments!!
6. The ammunition: just like the cars, these movies are also full of crazy big ass guns and bombs and other such ammunition which would make guys in the army sit up in their seats and wonder! So there you have a guy blowing up a car with a gun, or a pen gun or whatever. Fun!!
So there you have it! Still a little worried about the cars being blown up like that but there are a lot of other common features. Enjoy the movies but know that if you've seen one, you've seen the others! Do let me know what you think and what would you like to read next!
Loads of love :) :)
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