QSQT : Mobile Dimensions of Cinema

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I was couching at home and chanced upon the movie "Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak" being aired on some channel. This movie was and still is a Huge hit when it comes to indian cinema.

The point I want to mention is that. The hero and heroine in the movie fall in love in a Jungle.

And all hell breaks loose when the parents come to know of this.

But imagine if they *had* mobiles then !

The hero would have cautioned the heroine in advance so every damn thing would have moved Peacfully. NO Story for the movie :).

New age cinema story writing becomes that much more difficult with a mobile phones.

The Hypthetical scenarios cease to exist with the cell around :)

~Cheers!

Kahaan gaye woh log !!!

Thinking of India in the NanoAge sure feels good. India is study in contrast to Pakistan which was born on the same day. India is a hyper developed country which is underdeveloped in some ways. It has intellectuals fuelling the world economy.Scientists who work for Fortune 100 companies to world class universities. The indians are simply irresistible.

From Roti-Naan to the Nano car its been a jolly good ride...
What could have been a Super sonic Flight to stardom for india was cut short by the British colonising and bleeding from ages.

Corruption was not present in the pre-East India Company age. It was the british divide and rule culture which spoilt the Indian Moral Fabric. Why I do care of pre-Independence facts ??

There is a very Huge fault line which was drawn at the time of slavery.

All natural resources were drained by the UK Government. Which lead to a rich india languishing into a under developed poor state.

Corruption started raising its ugly head then.

And then it rose exponentially :(

Now we have reached a stage of Point of No Return. Any government job now involves hidden costs(bribes).
There used to be an age of self-reliance and the outside world used to rely on Bharat Varsh(India) for Gold, Spices, Cotton, Silk etc.

Now sadly we see Foreign companies encircling us in a tightened Noose. From toothpaste to boots every thing is now with a Foreign Label. Videshi seems to be the order of marketing. I still used to remember the Shoe maker "Power" with its unique logo. The indigenous companies has vanished without a trace. BPL, Videocon, Godrej, Kelvinator seem to have faded away. It would be interesting to know what really happened. was it lack of innovation or cheap immitation from MNCs which did them in. How much ever we want to use desi items, videsi items are stock piled in our markets.

The Tata, Mittal way of buying companies may be good to grow inorganically in a short period. But is there some soul searching by the government on why it cannot help a company be a global giant like Samsung or LG.

Other countries actively promote their companies with a sense of pride not seen here in india. Take the case of Corus/Arcelor deals, The native governments were against it. But had to bow to the Business acumen of indians. what is stopping these giants to cultivate local companies and go global. Only Vijay mallya seems to be the person who goes the distance. Indeed he is as shrewd and intelligent a business man as his dad was.
The next 2/3 years I see a domination of chinese products and goods and unless India goes through a industrial revolution. We will end up consuming and fuelling the global economy rather than using our local Products. Wonder where all the indian MBAs are and in what way they are helping India in this Century.

I myself would love to be an entrepreneur but due to paucity of funds I remain as an Engineer waiting to make things happen for india.Lets hope by next 26th January I do something +ve for India and the Indian community at large.

-Jai Hind ! Vande Mataram !

Quotation for the Year 2008

From one Emerson essay:
A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines.

With consistency a great soul has simply nothing to do. He may as well concern himself with his shadow on the wall.

Speak what you think now in hard words, and to-morrow speak what to-morrow thinks in hard words again, though it contradict every thing you said to-day.

— 'Ah, so you shall be sure to be misunderstood.'

— Is it so bad, then, to be misunderstood?

Pythagoras was misunderstood, and Socrates, and Jesus, and Luther, and Copernicus, and Galileo, and Newton, and every pure and wise spirit that ever took flesh.

To be great is to be misunderstood.

Are you going Bonkers with the hunky Dorky gibberish....well then Read my next post about New Year Resolutions.