2013.. The Good, the Bad.. the Ugly...

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The last week of December always leaves me with a nostalgic feeling...
Between looking back at the year gone by... and what the coming year might hold....

 So  here's some of the stuff the year brought by...

 Movie of the year: Jolly LLB & Table No 21
Both movies from lesser known directors.. and none of the cliched A league stars.... but both Jolly LLB & Table No 21 proved that if you've got the right story, and directors & actors to pull it through, the audience will shower praise... I think such cinema is the biggest boon multiplexes have given us.

 Most hyped book of the year: The Oath of the Vayuputras
I understand the emergence of this cult of authors who have taken to writing plots intermingled with ancient history/mythology... I guess the trend was started by Dan Brown internationally, and successfully encashed by Amish Tripathi & Ashwin Sanghi amongst other.... 
But with this book, Amish stretched the concept (which sounded like a nice one in the first book - Meluha) a little too much.. I writer needs to reinvent... and can't be harping over the same in thing over and over again.

 Teleseries of the year (India): 24
I accept that this isn't an original script... but one has to accept that Anil Kapoor has done a good job of Indianizing it.... also, he successfully avoided the trap which most tele-directors face and trying to extend the series for a few more episodes... He keep it crisp, chose a brilliant star cast.. and executed it with panache.

 Will keep updating the list as and when I think of more items on this list.... afterall I only have this one week to rewind, after which its all about looking ahead :)

Comments

  1. Arpit24 December 2013 at 23:31

    Crap, not a single thing i could connect to, except the feeling of leaving this year behind for a new one!
    Would be checking for more.. :)

    Merry X'mas!

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  2. KK26 December 2013 at 08:03

    From all these things, Jolly LLB is the only one I have experienced. Great movie. One that can be watched a thousand times without boredom.

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    1. Dwiti R14 January 2014 at 11:52

      True... and i'm liking the kind of work Arshad Warsi is doing nowadays...

      Happy New Year !

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