Bollywood's boutique actor

Which celebrity do you follow on Twitter? Who's tweets do you particularly enjoy reading?

For me, the 'boutique Bollywood actor" Rahul Khanna is it! His tweets are so witty and such a treat to read. Not to mention, the pictures of himself that he posts sometimes. Delish ;-) (Don't judge me. Yes, I am a happily married mother of 1, but hey, everyone loves some eye candy!) 

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Some of my favorite tweets from him are - 

"I hate waking up with the dull regret of a bad decision. What was I thinking last night? Why did I skip dessert"


"Upon whoever dinged my car door while I was parked at the gym, I wish the worst curse I can think of: A lifetime of low flow shower heads."


"How can you tell you've had one Bloody Mary too many at brunday Sunch?"

Barfi gets an Oscar nomination!

First, apologies on 2 accounts

- This space is fast becoming a bollywood movie talk 

- If you follow Bollywood news, you'd be yawning - this is old news already!

Ok, so Barfi got an Oscar nomination! Isn't that wonderful! I know everyone who has seen the movie has been raving about it - about its story, its performances, its positivity!

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Nothing much to add here - I am very happy for this movie getting an international audience now - it deserves to be seen by the world!

And good going for Priyanka Chopra - an international album, and now recognition by way of this movie. Congratulations PC!

It was a bummer

If there is anyone other than myself reading this blog, here is an update on the presentation on Friday that I was so scared about. 

It was a bummer.

I prepared my presentation, shared it with the boss on Thursday morning. He called me in the evening and said that I need to include a lot more material. And cover more topics. So I kind of panicked. Called up my husband to pick up the kid from day care and go home so I could stay late at work and finish off the presentation.

I did that - was up till 1 am. Woke up at 7 the next morning, and pictured myself presenting, made a few modifications and I was all set. Nervous, but prepared. 

I sent out the presentation to the boss, and left for work. 15 minutes before the presentation, the boss sent me a presentation - containing the same material I had covered. But this one was prepared by him. I asked him what it was.

He said since he didn't receive the updated presentation from me till midnight, he woke up at 5 and prepared it himself. Since this was a big decisive meeting, he didn't want to take chances and wait for the last minute for my presentation. What if it was not up to the mark?

Hmm..

Valid concerns from a manager's point of view.

So he presented instead of me..

I spoke for 5 minutes. That's all.

I was sort of bummed. Lesson learnt - Keep your boss updated at every step. Think from his point of view as well sometimes. 

Ah, well..

Wish me luck!

No, nothing very major, no announcement or anything, but I need some luck.

These past few months have been 'challenging' to say the least. Mostly due to work related stress etc. 
This Friday, I can either make it or break it!

I have been asked to share my knowledge with an audience full of very senior people, who know a lot about the subject already. I am not sure if it is to brush up their knowledge, or to check how much our team is capable (before taking certain harsh decisions). At the end of the day, I need to prove myself, whatever their reason for asking for this session is!

I am nervous.
I am scared.
Hell, I am shit scared!

I could do with some luck!
Needless to say, I'll be reading my horoscope!

Heroine is a flop

After a lot of hype, including a photo call at last year's Cannes film festival, the film "Heroine" finally released this past Friday. 

Aishwarya Rai was to do the film earlier, but opted out due to her pregnancy,  to be replaced by Kareena Kapoor. I haven't seen the movie yet, (and going by the reviews, I do not intend to watch it any time soon!), but I was wondering what goes through the minds and hearts of the cast and crew of a film that they believed so much in, when they read words words like 'unbelievably trashy', 'fraud', 'don't bother', and other such 'what-were-they-thinking' comments.

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Apparently, the director, Madhur Bhandarkar waited many years to launch his magnum opus - it was his dream project!

Hmm..

I think I will watch the movie to know what was it that made Madhur believe so much in it, and then, also to see what is it that is trashy and boring. Actually, I don't want to know the boring and trashy part - there are way too many Akshay Kumar movies that I have attempted to watch in the hope that this one would be different! 

They aren't .

Tod's and Tucci

This weekend we did a lot of window shopping at the designer stores here on Orchard Road. There are 3 Louis Vuitton stores within 5 minutes walking distance of each other. And, of course, there is Hermès,  Miu Miu, Tod's and all the others. 

While returning home in the cab, I just happened to mention the word "Tod's" in my sentence. And my 16 month kiddo - who is the at height of copying whatever he hears, went about saying - Todge, Todge, Todge! 
Then I mentioned "Gucci", and he "repeated". Tucci.

The next 5 minutes were spent hearing Todge, Tucci, Todge, Tucci...

Love listening to my bunny :)

Prada Baroque Sunglasses

Much has been said, written and loved about the gorgeous Prada Baroque Sunglasses
I am here to say some more - of the same. How gorgeous are these beauties! 

They have been on my lust list - and each time I see someone wear it, I sigh!

Image courtesy - Saks Fifth Avenue