Smartfone for Dumb!

Well, after five years I bought a new cell phone. I was still content using my old phone but much to my dismay, I couldn’t disconnect my phone as the button was not working. So unless the person at the opposite end didn’t disconnect, the phone was still on.

Also, my family and friends (who already knew I was a great miser) coerced me to hunt down some good color phone with lots of features and so called apps (read as android and bb’s). What they didn’t know that I am technologically challenged and will probably never use any of the above features except listening to the music. This is one thing which I thought that my current phone lacked.

So on Saturday afternoon, I was on my way to buy a phone. Unfortunately, my sister got up early from her afternoon siesta and joined me in my phone hunt. What I was very clear about that I would be purchasing a Samsung phone. She also liked Samsung so I was saved by the torture of arguing which phone is the best one.

We reached the store and I made a point of just taking 15 mins. to finalize the phone, but I forgot I was with my sister who is a hardcore android devotee. I selected one simple Samsung cdma phone having FM radio+Music player and it was costing Rs.4650/-. It was a little higher priced as compared to GSM but I didn’t want to change my service provider so had to accept the price. I still can’t figure out why is there a need to CDMA and GSM. GSM is sufficient and it has more varieties of phone at cheaper rates than the CDMA versions, but our telecom ministry wants to make things complicated for the consumer.

“Why are you buying this one?” Ruchi spoke with pursed lips. She was aghast with what I was buying. She informed that I was not going along with the trend. “I am not a trend setter” I replied with annoyance. But she insisted me to buy the android version (Galaxy Pop) costing Rs.8500/-. I was quite defiant. Its simple, I am not smart enough to buy a smartfone :). Why should I freak out additional 3000/- bucks for the phone features which I am hardly going to use? “So if you are not buying I am gonna buy it”. I gawked at her! But who can win against women. She didn’t have her debit card and ultimately I had to pay Rs.13500/- (This was a lesson of being Smart! :()

Delhi Belly **** should be negative starred

Can film reviews be compared to the hyped growth stock? Undoubtedly, I would like to compare Delhi Belly as a tech stock of 2000’s. Absolutely no value and all hype!

It was the first movie in my life where I wanted to just leave in the interval (there was no interval, so after 45 mins. I felt I had to just move out of the movie hall). What is Aamir Khan trying to show in this movie, I still can’t figure out...

Yes, he has become a master salesman who can sell any lame movie with all the Peppery words to the public. All Ivy league B-school grads should call him as a guest lecturer. After all we do need to train these chaps in becoming big shots in insidious firms like Lehman and Bear Stearns. Well, he will be a best prof to guide that, especially when he can get 4 Stars in all the major newspapers for this crappy movie.

All major newspapers said it’s the best youth movie which is gonna be a cult movie. Now I can understand Dil Chahta Hai and even Rang De Basanti being a cult movie, but Delhi Belly – not even in my wildest dreams!

There is hardly any story line. It is just one of the stereotype movies where the smuggled diamonds are misplaced by the protagonists, and there is complete chaos for getting the diamonds back by goons and them. I would have been okay with stuff too but this is just one part of it. The movie begins with an abuse (all words BC, MC, G, C, etc. etc….) and ends with an abuse and there is nothing except this. Yes, there is farting too in this one (bad Belly you see :)).

Now come to the worst part, people were laughing whenever these words were spoken! or some farting scene was shown. This was supposed to be a funny movie….but we have stooped so low in making such movies or we fell so low in our standards, that we are calling this funny stuff. Farting will be enjoyed once….not in every other scene. Even kiddos will laugh for 5-6 times max. but we adults weren’t tired of laughing….

Does youthfulness means using abusive language as fad and showing off? Well I am still a youth (I assume :P) and I sparingly use any of the above words but I have friends who use them, but occasionally, definitely not in every sentence….and I presume that this would be applicable to most of us!

So was just wondering, how does this movie get 4 stars. Hats off to Aamir! You are truly a RocketSingh...