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Raghu Romeo is a 2003 Hindi movie that received a lot of critical acclaim but did not make it big in the box office. The movie went on to win the Silver Lotus for the Best Feature Film (in Hindi) at the National Film Awards. An award whose recipients over the years were Black , Raincoat, Dil Chahta Hai and Bandit Queen.

This offbeat movie about Raghu Romeo who is a lower middle class 30 years old man waiter henpecked by mom at home and by the boss who seldom pays him at a girly club. In his naivety, Raghu thinks he must protect the virtue of that joint’s girls from grabby clients, especially Sweety, a hitman’s honey who has a soft spot for the clueless hero. But he only has eyes for Neeta, a typical TV-soap suffering heroine played by Maria Goretti. Not able to distinguish between reel and real life, Raghu kidnaps the actress when it turns out she is on the hit-list of the hitman, bringing her to the countryside house of Sweety.

What is brilliant about the movie is the ingenuity of the writer who pulls no stops to make the flow of script unpredictable. Let it be a conversation with the actress via a TV or the parallelism of the tv scenes to Raghu’s life or the songs of the movie or the confusion yet clarity in the mind of Raghu. There is so much packed in this seemingly mediocre comedy.

This is one of those movies that you cant help but admire and something you wont forget easily.

It might take you ages to find the right path… It only takes a moment to get lost again.

A literal translation is like the wrong side of a tapestry: the threads are all there but the pattern is missing.

- Kamala Subramaniam (preface of Mahabaratha)

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The above panorama was taken from the Sky Bridge between the Patronas Twin Towers. It is hard to explain the feeling of looking down at the beautiful city of Kuala Lumpur from there. Easily one of the unforgettable moments from my life
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Last Sunday I had been to a mini high school reunion and met friends I hadn’t seen for almost 10 years now. It was pretty amazing catching up with old friends, discussing almost forgotten things.

One of the things I have realized over the last few months is that whenever I do meet an old friend, the main topic of discussion at least about me tends to be about my work. Most ppl are really surprised by what I do and what follows is as scurry of questions about its details. I am not complaining, I actually enjoy the attention and love to talk about my work

What pleasantly surprised me was that, the other thing they asked me about was the photos I had uploaded to Facebook/Orkut. Specifically these photos: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=11156&id=733639578&l=c9dd036dd1

Now the topic of those photos(or about my blog) does appear often with friends but the fun thing was. I wasn’t expecting it at all. Its odd that I had uploaded the photos a long time back and had even forgotten about them. Now I found myself explaining how I took the photos