Done Done London - So Over Done

Before I start venting out my frustration on this Done Done movie,  I must say that I am really relieved about Yash Chopra's heavenly abode. I also pray that SRK stops acting in romantic movies.... Let me get to the great story line and wonder how this movie got 3.5 by Times of India and 4 by Filmfare.

Firstly, story is OK till the time and again plot of "rich gal falling in love with waiter". But I can't understand the following stuff:
1. Rich girl having an affair with waiter behind her fiance's back and no one getting a hint of this.
2. Rich girl forgiving her mother for abandoning her and her "loving and caring" dad just because she understood that her mom fell in love. The logic is unsettling.
3.Also I did not know this deal of lending 500 pounds to a Lahori roommate and in return he builds a 5 star restaurant from it AND also keeps your share safe until you return to London. Looks like a really good deal to me!
4. And of course the Retrograde Amnesia. I did not care to google this but I am appalled by the creativity of Bolly writers in making up diseases. They have come a long way from Cancer!
5. And the baap of all, when SRK is asked his age, in the movie, he tells 28!!!!! MFing 28!!!! Have some decency man! You are nearing 48!!
6. And the lets not forget the great Lahori friend abandoning his own bungalow so that SRK can romance Katrina in it. I mean who gets such friends!!
6. And the UK police allowing SRK to diffuse a bomb, without even telling out his name or showing his ID. Again very surprising...
7. And Anushka sacrificing SRK for Katrina. So unwomanly now yaar! Really no cat-fight???

 I thought I should have watched Twilight-Breaking Dawn instead. But again that is also very much Bollywood, where a mother lets her old lover romance her 3 year old daughter. Yuck... I wonder if such plots are inspired by blue films.

After watching all this unbelievable stuff in one movie, I thought I can give some suitable titles to this movie:
Of course there is 1. Done Done London- So Poorly Done
2. 500 pounds se 5 star hotel tak
3. Ek side Meera aur doosre me Akira
4. The man who cannot die  will not age
5. 10 saal baad mujhe aayi Meera yaad
6. Kab tak hai Rukna?
7. Line cross karnewali Meera
8. Lahori ka Jaadu
9. Meera ki kurbani aur Akira ki jawani
10. Samar hua Amar

.... and many many more....
I am done with third grade romantic movies.

Single in Saudi - Book Review

Before I start the review, I want to take this space to talk about my new love! Yes, there is an app called Kindle, where you can buy books and read them in your cell phone. The collection is awesome and many of the books are also free too!!!

So I am this kind of person who believes that books are treasure and they need to be treasured! Hence, there is a big shelf back in Coimbatore where all my books are lying around. Whenever, I notice a book exhibition, a shop where the guy is selling damaged books at a cheaper rate, book carts, my mom/husband sighs that they have to spend at least half hour with me there, until I decide which book I wanna buy.

I wanted to read Single in Saudi since the time I read a free chapter in Scribd. I tried to search it in Landmark and Crossword but couldn’t get it. So when I started purchasing books in Kindle, I knew what I wanted to buy. And the good thing is that I have shared my account with my hubby, so he also can download the books available in my account. And we also found out that one can’t buy books in iPhone through Kindle. They have to log in to Amazon.com to buy books. Phew what a waste of time. Lucky to be with Android here!!! :D And ya iBooks is a stupid app with only the page-turning graphic as a face-saver :P

Finally, let me get on with the review. Single in Saudi is about the adventures and misadventures of an American nurse who comes to Saudi Arabia in the late 70s to make some quick buck. I like the way she narrated her stories and the humor sprinkled in. In fact, while reading the book, I almost regretted for not considering a medical career. But I immediately bounced back, when I read about the blood and muck that nurses have to see every day. But the truth is that nurses are in high demand all over the world. My husband decreed it as a cheap sleaze and that there was too much of mindless sex sprinkled in. Guys! They still prefer watching porn over reading porn…J

Anyways, the author Jane Smith justified that she was told to put some sleaze in it so that it will sell more. And on my part, it worked because I bought it!!!

So the reasons to read Single in Saudi:

·         Get an idea of the Middle East society in the 70s (BTW it is still the same today…)

·         Get a glimpse of a nurse’s life (a naughty nurse though)

·         Get to know on how much money the Saudis had to throw around from the 70s itself (I mean, Americans, who shudder at the thought of living in Mexico, coming to work in Saudi will give an idea of how rich the Saudi is)