A candid interview of the acting genius - Aamir Khan. It was broadcasted last Wednesday - 03/25/2009 on CNN Talk Asia.
Enjoy his witty and honest answers to the questions revolving around his movies, career, and social & political views.
Interview Part 1
Interview Part 2
Interview Part 3
Post-interview Q & A Part 1
Post-interview Q & A Part 2
P.S.: By now, I have watched this interview 2-3 times, without getting bored at all. Ideally, I would like to post my favorite quips from the interview. I will probably do that too, whenever I get time...
Also,
1. I have published some of my old drafted posts. So if you feel like, do browse through my previous posts.
2. I have added my Pandora stations sidebar to the blog. So, feel free to enjoy my (terrible?) taste of music.
Saturday, March 28, 2009
Friday, March 27, 2009
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Saturday, March 14, 2009
Welcome to planet Earth!
I am an alien, the non-resident kind :P
(For the uninitiated, US naturalization services refers to non-resident foreign citizens as non-resident aliens. And I am fully aware that by explaining this I am spoiling all the fun :) )
(For the uninitiated, US naturalization services refers to non-resident foreign citizens as non-resident aliens. And I am fully aware that by explaining this I am spoiling all the fun :) )
Thursday, March 05, 2009
Gattaca : The story of human will
While talking to a friend today, somehow the topic of one of my all time favorite movies - Gattaca, came up.
Its a futuristic story of a naturally born, hence genetically inferior (!) kid - Vincent, who has enormous will that could surpass all his physical or biological deficiencies. He always tries to match up with his genetically superior, hence much pampered brother - Anton. Their favorite pastime is to swim in ocean to see who can go the farthest. After endless defeats, Vincent wins this race for the first time when he is a teenager. For the first time he realizes that he can win. He leaves his discouraging parents behind to pursue his dream of going to the stars (space research). But again this field is reserved for the genetically superior only.
Faking an identity of another genetically superior but demotivated person, he pursues his dream. When he is almost near to his dreams, a drama unfolds. Vincent's eyelashes are found at the murder-spot in the space research center - Gattaca. The murder investigation brings back two separated brothers. When Vincent's brother - Anton, sees what Vincent has achieved, he fails to believe it.
He challenges Vincent to compete with him the old way. Anton tries to prove his genetic supremacy for one last time. They swim in a cold & dark ocean for long time. When Anton is about to give up, following dialogue takes place:
Anton: Vincent! How are you doing this Vincent? How have you done any of this? We have to go back.
Vincent: It's too late for that. We're closer to the other side.
Anton: What other side? You wanna drown us both?
Vincent: You wanna know how I did it? This is how I did it Anton. I never saved anything for the swim back.
There are so many beautiful lines in this movie. I would leave you with a compilation of some of those lines:
Its a futuristic story of a naturally born, hence genetically inferior (!) kid - Vincent, who has enormous will that could surpass all his physical or biological deficiencies. He always tries to match up with his genetically superior, hence much pampered brother - Anton. Their favorite pastime is to swim in ocean to see who can go the farthest. After endless defeats, Vincent wins this race for the first time when he is a teenager. For the first time he realizes that he can win. He leaves his discouraging parents behind to pursue his dream of going to the stars (space research). But again this field is reserved for the genetically superior only.
Faking an identity of another genetically superior but demotivated person, he pursues his dream. When he is almost near to his dreams, a drama unfolds. Vincent's eyelashes are found at the murder-spot in the space research center - Gattaca. The murder investigation brings back two separated brothers. When Vincent's brother - Anton, sees what Vincent has achieved, he fails to believe it.
He challenges Vincent to compete with him the old way. Anton tries to prove his genetic supremacy for one last time. They swim in a cold & dark ocean for long time. When Anton is about to give up, following dialogue takes place:
Anton: Vincent! How are you doing this Vincent? How have you done any of this? We have to go back.
Vincent: It's too late for that. We're closer to the other side.
Anton: What other side? You wanna drown us both?
Vincent: You wanna know how I did it? This is how I did it Anton. I never saved anything for the swim back.
There are so many beautiful lines in this movie. I would leave you with a compilation of some of those lines:
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