Oppa Spidey Style

This is how I impressed my beloved.

Long ago in 1592, Jyothsna was princess of Punjagutta. On 31st Feb 1592, thaantrik paathala bhairavi kidnapped her...Hijacked her...She was held hostage in one of the minars of Charminar.

I got to know about that. I have to save her... What could this small ordinary boy (still I am) do?

 

The thaantrik was supremely powerful. I had to do something. Even, I have to become powerful to defeat him. Then I went to university of Pennsylvania and went close to every spider I found and put my hand and said, "Come, bite me". At last, the magic spider did bite me.

Then I became Spiderman.

I was in a hurry to save Jyothsna, I have to come back. I booked my return flight on kingfisher airlines. I was on time, but flight was late. I waited there but it didn't come. Nevertheless, I realised I am Spiderman, do I really need a flight? I can fly...

Sshhhhhoooookk...Sshhhhhoooookk...

I kept swinging from one aeroplane to another and finally I reached charminar and jumped right in. just before reaching the ground, I saw boiling oil. I immediately used my web and went on to the top of one of the minars. I was wondering what I should do...

Then...

Thadaak...a slap on my face.

I didn't know what happened. I went to another minar...then one more slap...I didn't understand what was happening. Then I turned around and I saw there was Jadoo of koi mil gaya standing there.

The thaantrik actually had 4 Jaadoos on all the four minars of Charminar.

My super computer brain started thinking...I have to do something...I was slow, so Jadoo kept slapping me. One slap after the other... One slap after the other....

I said to Jadoo "hold on! Let me think". But Jadoo didn't wait...

Then the masterstroke to Jadoo...

I sent web on to the moon...ssshhwwooookk... Dragged the moon in front of the sun and created the solar eclipse...

No sunlight (Ha ha ha)

I went to all the four minars and kicked Jadoos into the oil... What does Jadoo do? I was waiting there... I had one more challenge... The thaantrik.

Right in front of Jyothsna on the opposite minar, the thaantrik was with magical wand in his hand and a flying carpet on which he was standing. Every time I went to a minar, he was there in front of me. He would hit me, go back, and stand beside her...

I have to save Jyothsna... After all, I promised her father that I'll save her.

Then, my master brain thought for a while...and I said "Hey! What happened to you?". The thaantrik got distracted and he turned back...Silly fellow....

I sent one web on to his eyes...and other onto his carpet, pulled the carpet. He fell into the oil...

I reached the minar where Jyothsna was there and said, "Man, Spiderman." she proposed, "Will you marry me?". I accepted and danced.

Oppa Spidey Style

The Attacks of 26/11

Cast: Nana Patekar, Sanjeev Jaiswal

          As much as I want to say Ram Gopal Varma has made a very good movie after a very long time, it’s hard to call “The Attacks of 26/11″ a ‘good’ film because of what is about. As much as RGV may have wanted to direct with the story he couldn’t do it, so he painstakingly gathered all the information and has presented the chilling facts of the 2008 terror attacks. The Attacks Of 26/11 takes you with Mohammed Amir Ajmal Kasab and his cohorts from Pakistani seas to what they did in Mumbai as narrated by Joint Commissioner Rakesh Maria. Unlike other RGV movies The Attacks Of 26/11 doesn’t give a chance to the director to shake his camera or throw in an item number but Ram Gopal Varma does manage to get a couple of actors to overact. Sanjeev Jaiswal plays Ajmal Kasab and while he seems to remain true to the character of the brainwashed Lashkar-E-Taiba terrorist for most part, his post-interrogation impudence is hard to digest. Nobody (and certainly not Ajmal Kasab) could be cheeky after being slapped by Mumbai cops. Most people would lose their sense of hearing in that chosen ear, so yeah.

Nana Patekar, though, remains in fine form throughout the film. As the stunned Joint Commissioner who is clueless as to how to save his cursed city as the damage unfolds and gets bigger before his eyes, and later as the composed cop deposing in court, Patekar does full justice to his role. RGV too should be commended for gathering all the data and statistics and portraying a detailed account of the attacks without indulging himself as he is wont to.

          He recreates the attacks on CST, The Taj Lobby, the blast at Santacruz, the killing of the then ATS Chief Hemant Karkare, encounter specialist Vijay Salaskar and ACP Ashok Kamte as well as the shooting at Leopold Cafe Gripping is the manner in which he shows the terrorists calmly walk through the fishermen colony to hail cabs to their various destinations, backpack in tow. It was as if they were on a picnic.

          The film helps one understand the complete crumbling of intelligence and the state of our policemen on beat, most with just laathis. One scene at the Leopold Cafe highlights this with two cops lobbing stones into the cafe after the terrorists have moved on. They have just their laathis with them. A stark display of how unarmed and vulnerable our policemen are. Ram Gopal Varma needs a standing ovation for his Guts. Hats Off!!!

          The Attacks of 26/11 is a film that will shock and anger you and even leave you questioning how safe you are. While plush hotels now take all the necessary precautions, imagine how protected you will be if a unit of men opens fire at the pub you and your friends are downing drinks at. Think of what will happen if a suicide bomber blows himself/herself up at the railway station while you’re waiting for the damned train to show up.

That’s right – be angry, and ask that question.