Rock on, Fahran Akhtar and Ritesh Sidwani’s latest production who’ve given some gems like Dil Chahta hai and Lakshya, have the producer himself as lead star in their latest venture. Farhan plays the central character Aditya Shroff, who was the lyricist and singer of their Magik rock band in college with Joe (Arjun Rampal) as [...]
Archive for August, 2008
Rock on – review
Posted in Music, review, tagged arjun rampal, farhan akhtar, luke kenny, movie, prachi desai, purab kohli, review, Rock on, sahana goswami on August 30, 2008 | 24 Comments »
Breaking the not-a-Movie-buff jinx
Posted in Life, people, Uncategorized, tagged movies on August 29, 2008 | 29 Comments »
How many movie reviews have i read in others’ blogs? by Nova – the marathon movie watcher, Meghana – a very close competitor, and Reema – another close competitor. Seems like a zillion. My comment would generally be ‘Oh ya.. got to watch that one. Adding to my must watch list‘, ‘I’d wanna skip that‘, [...]
Valley School birding trip
Posted in bangalore, bird watching, Birding, photography, travel, tagged bangalore, Birding, Canon EOS 450D, photography, valley school on August 24, 2008 | 35 Comments »
Last Sunday along with Shashank and Arun of BWS, I went for my first bird photography trip on Kanakapura road, around Valley school campus. There were lots of birds. Robins, Munias, Bulbuls and many more, that i can’t identify as yet, were around. Early on we couldn’t get good shots even with Shashank’s 100-400mm + [...]
7 tips before you buy your first DSLR
Posted in photography, tagged camera, Canon, DSLR, photography on August 18, 2008 | 36 Comments »
I bought my first DSLR a few weeks ago, a Canon EOS 450D. From my limited experience, here i list a few tips i feel is important for any amateur or rookie to think over and be prepared for before buying a DSLR . 1. Understand how a SLR camera works, and how it is [...]
Lalbagh flower show
Posted in bangalore, bird watching, photography, travel, tagged bangalore, botanical garden, flower, lalbagh on August 11, 2008 | 26 Comments »
Lalbagh botanical garden of royal origin was my weekend photography stop. Lalbagh probably has the most diversified collection of trees and plants of any botanical garden in the world. The huge botanical garden, spread over 240 acres, in the heart of the city has over 1800 species of flora. A lake inside the garden attracts [...]
Long exposure shot – View of street @ night
Posted in photography, tagged Canon EOS 450D, night, photography, street on August 9, 2008 | 15 Comments »
Tried a long exposure shot in front of my house at 10pm. Not many vehicles were passing, with a 4 second exposure i could manage to take this shot. P.S.: Sorry to all the regular readers of my blog, i’m posting too many photography related posts of late. Thinking if i should start a separate [...]
Discount sale shopping
Posted in bangalore, market, tagged adidas, bangalore, discount, Nike, Puma, Reebok, shoe, shopping, Woodlands on August 8, 2008 | 25 Comments »
The season with minimal festivals, June-July-August, is the season of discount sales. The thing about these sales is one would end up buying even if they don’t actually need it at the time of sale. Blame it on credit cards or yourself, it’s hard to resist when you’d see a good tees or shoes going [...]
Notebook Distribution Program @ HD Kote
Posted in Life, people, travel, tagged DSF, HD Kote, iQuest India, NGO on August 2, 2008 | 24 Comments »
Dream School Foundation, and iQuest India together had co-ordinated a notebook distribution program for underprivileged government school kids in the HD Kote taluk on Tuesday, as they have been doing so for about 7-8 years now in various places in Karnataka. I happened to be a part of this exciting program this year. We started [...]
