Amruta's Writing Block!

Trying to find a balance between my need to communicate, to be in control, and to get over my writer's block – all to fulfill my dream of being the new kid (or old lady) on the "writing block"… Yeah, yeah, I do sarcastic comedy on the side! :D

About Me

Music, Film, & TV

  • Movie review : Love Story 2050

    Is the time machine a new concept? Is having red-hair a style of the future? Even in 2050, will we have to hear pop songstresses in scanty clothes crooning to stupid songs? In today’s age where Asimov sci-fiction is known by all, will the  idea of a colourful and shining globular time machine wherein we enter Read more

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  • Movie Review – BhoothNath!

    Once upon a time there was an old man(Amitabh Bachhan) whose NRI son(Priyanshu Chatterjee) refused to stay with him even after his mom(Neena Kulkarni) died. The man, in attempt to stop his son from leaving, ran down the steps of his palacial villa, tripped, and fell to death. And since his son wanted to sell the Read more

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  • Movie Review – Tashan!

    HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!! Rating: HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAAHHA!!!!!!! Watch the movie to understand why I am doubling and tripling up with laughter! On a second thought, don’t! Your reactions might not be as friendly as mine! 🙂 Read more

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  • In the world of melodies………..Part One

    My favourite music, or my favourite songs cannot be encompassed in a single article/post….so thought of breaking them up into many. And since currently I need some inspiration desperately, lemme begin this chain by listing out my favourite inspiring songs! So here I go….. 1) Main Zindagi Ka Saath Nibhaata Chala Gaya………….. Very soulful, meaningful and melodious! Read more

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  • U, ME AUR HUMari misdirected love story!!!

    Whoever said that all other intense actors could direct a movie as well as Mr. Perfect Aamir Khan?? Whoever said that the power-packed performances of Kajol and Ajay Devgan could carry off a movie with a badly written script and pathetic dialogues?? And last but not the least, whoever said that if you give a movie a Read more

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  • Bollywood movie dialogues are getting crispier!!

    That Bollywood movie dialogues are all about ‘inspired’ (read as copied) lines,is a popular notion amongst most of us, and not without a reason! There was a time, and a long one, wher bollywod dialogue never recovered from the shackles of typical romance and typical comedy and typical action and typical revenge dialogues!! But no longer!! Of Read more

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  • Movie review: Sunday

    Occasion: Me n my friend roaming around, find nothing better to do! Place: Inox, Pune Time: 7:45 p.m Price: 170 bucks Movie: Sunday Star Cast: Ajay Devgan, Ayesha Takia, Irrfan Khan, Arshad Warsee Theme: A simple fun-loving girl goes to a pub one Saturday-night, someone mixes Rohypnol in her drink, the girl undergoes a series Read more

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  • Movie Review: Taare Zameen Par

    “Kholo Kholo Darwaze Parde Karo Kinare Khuntey Se Bandhi Hai Hawa Mil Ke Chhudao Saare!!” And so goes a song, from one of the most intelligent and sensible films that Bollywood has ever produced. For those who don’t understand Hindi,(although that’s strange, since they are reading the review of a Hindi film…) let me translate Read more

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  • Laaga Chunari me Daag…..

    Laaga chunari me daag, chhupaun kaise, laaga chunari me daag… Chunari me daag, chhupaun kaise, ghar jaaun kaise, laaga chunari me daag… And so goes one of my favorite songs since childhood!! Not only did I like the lovely lovely music of the song, I also kinda sensed the pain, the irony, the anguish, and Read more

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  • A Summons to Die Hard is not a Piece Of Cake!

    Confused by the title people?? Actually its just my laziness to write 3 seperate reviews for the 3 pieces of work i read/watched of late…. So lets not beat around the bush and get straight to the point! 😉 John Grisham’s Summons is an ok-ok story abt Ray Atlee, a law professor having a celebrity Read more

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  • Lyrics that have touched my heart……………

    When you are listening to a song, what is more important to you? The music or the lyrics? Well I have always been partial towards music.. I ‘ve always been more attentive to words only when recited without music, you know, poetry and stuff… But our very own Hindi songs too(without which our bollywood movies Read more

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  • Cheeni Kum!!

    What happens when a 64 years old chef falls in love with a 34 year old practical thinking female, who has a hypocrit 58 year-old as a father? What happens when the father of this girl, goes on a Satyagraha of sorts to prevent his daughter from getting married to a man older than him? Read more

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  • My favorite scenes and dialogues from movies

    ********************************************************************************  Though I hated the movie ‘Fanaa’, and thought its shero-shayari was very amateurish, I loved this one piece by Ghalib used by Rishi Kapoor in the movie. When Kajol asks her father not to drink in front of her mother’s photograph, he replies, “Sharaab peete baith masjid me ghalib, Sharaab peete baith masjid me Read more

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  • Delectable, yummy, tickling, ammmazzing Bheja Fry!!!

     What would be your impression about a movie starring Rajat Kapoor, Sarika, Vinay Pathak and Ranveer Shorey? “oh, no hero!!” ?? What would be your reaction if I told you that it lasted for barely an hour and half?? “Oh there must have been nothing there to show!!”?? What if I told you that there was Read more

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  • Provoked!

    Just happened to watch the Aishwarya Rai-starrer ‘Provoked’. I said ‘just happened to’ because I didn’t intend to in the first place, but when I did, I was glad I did! Seriously… Here’s one Indian movie that has handled a sensitive subject so well, that they didn’t need to show excessive violence or gregarious acts of abuse Read more

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