Band Baaja Baaraat

I have been completely hooked to a few songs of they movie Band Baaja Baaraat for a while now. The reason being... they are awesome. I usually don't blog about movies here but this movie is a little special. This happens to the first movie I saw with my wife. Now how can I forget this! The other contributing factor that makes this a special movie is that the movie is centered around planning and executing weddings!! There were so many nuances that we could relate to our wedding. The preparations, the planning, the hiccups and the fun. Watching it with my wife,just after the marriage, was like watching your own wedding as a third person!! It was awesome fun and we couldn't stop feeling nice! The crisp dialogs and the situations were here relatable!! I could say that the movie, if not re-living the experience, was a fun and glamourous remix of not only our but any Indian wedding!

About the movie, it has a pretty decent and light story. It'll keep you engage till end. That what I expect from any movie! Two thumbs up!!


more later...

*****Ankur
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Location:Bhopal, India

so far so good...

It all started from Portland airport with a Denver scrambled breakfast. 14 hour trip from SFO to Dubai accompanied by Inception as well as Big Bang Theory as in-flight entertainment. Starbucks to rescue at Dubai international. 3 hour flight to Delhi with awesome Dabangg. Amazing day with great food at Delhi. A slightly delayed trip to Bhopal. Very fast and busy day at Bhopal. Shopping got clothes and wedding ring. Pre engagement evening and meeting Gauri. Cannot forget the moment. Engagement day with some awesome functions and beautiful to-be wife. Post-engagement things...;). 1 week to marriage. House full of relatives. Fun with little brothers. Shopping continues. Decent forex rates helped. 22 baarathis to Nashik. Great train trip. Fun all night. Nashik welcomes all. Great arrangement. Delicious breakfast. Trip to the Shrine. Dressing for the evening begins. All-males trip to the 'beautician' while the women still waiting for the makeup lady! 3 hour later, all dressed to best. All set to dance. Truckload of fun with Band Baaja Baarat. Constant smiling faces at the reception. Photography session with wife. Midnight wedding. Pooja and paath. Stealing of my shoes-success. 11k gone!! Registering marriage at municipal corporation. Dealing with whims of 'Babu'. Back to Bhopal with wife. Preps for the grand reception. More relatives pouring in, more fun. Another reception, much more fun. Much more smiles and much more photography. Grrreat food. New year celebration eve with family,sweets and crackers. Movie day with cousins and wife. Welcome chilly New-Delhi. Early morning scouting outside US consulate. H1B and H4 stamped. CP, Palika Baazar and some great times. Cough and cold! Home remedies and human experiments. Survived and improved. Relaxed last few days with family and wife.

The above would have been my twitter/facebook updates if wi-fi and time would have been on my side.

more later...

*****Ankur
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Tea, Chai etc...

Morning tea, midday tea, afternoon tea, evening tea, tea at random times of the day, tea because someone came in etc etc... If my eventful trip to India is to be put in a book, every page will smell of tea leaves. There hasn't been a single event, big or small,which didn't transpired within or around a cup of tea. Right from waiting for Indian railways at station to waiting for the stations to come in the trains. From planning the wedding to executing those plans. Meeting my fiancé over a cup of tea to taking her out and having the same. Taking some and staring out on a 2 degree weather to having one again as soon as we hit it. Having tea outside the US consulate and getting one as soon as out of it. One on the steps outside Palika Baazar in Delhi while one outside a Shrine in Nasik. One in the midst of cold wave in open night while a few in the comforts of the cozy bed. The list here is endless... Long story short, I enjoyed each and every cup of it and reminded me of the good old days.

I also had two cups in the middle of my marriage ceremony.

*****Ankur
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