First Movie

3 Idiots

First Channel

Bindaas

First Sport

I preferred to go out to a new picnic spot with friends

First meal

Burger and Coffee

First Call

Sunshine

First Website

http://www.netgautam.com/wordpress

First Song

All Izz Well

You are most welcomed to take up this questionnaire. Here is the template for questions –

First Movie

First Channel

First Sport

First meal

First Call

First Website

First Song

Tech Things I spent most of the time

1. Reading feeds
2. Blogging
3. YouTube
4. Emails
5. Learning Web Services
6. Downloading Movies
7. Downloading Songs
8. Coding
9. VOIP

Best Photos

NA

Last Posts

1. Book Review coming soon
2. Avatar
3. Decision Chart followed by Geeks to purchase gadgets
4. Twitter Compromised
5. Blawg…line and Ignorance is Bliss
6. Geek Map
7. Spring 3 released
8. Prosperity
9. 2012, Kurbaan and Ninja Assassin

I liked about Gurgaon

1. National Highway 8
2. Infinity Towers
3. Ansal’s Big Cinemas
4. Reliance Fresh
5. Samrat Bakery
6. Momos Junctions (Sector 23A and Sector 14)
7. Sadar Bazar
8. DLF City
9. Sahara PVR

I didn’t like about Gurgaon

1. Roads
2. Electricity Cuts
3. Most of the Local People
4. Workers
5. Government
6. Traffic Police
7. Commuters
8. Night Life
9. Drop in Opportunities

Favorite Songs

1. Dil Gira Dafatan (Song) (Dilli 6)
2. Emosanal Attyachar (Song) (Dev.D)
3. Dhan Te Nan (Song) (Kaminey)
4. Tu Jaane Na (Song) (Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani)
5. Ajj Din Chadheya (Song) (Love Aaj Kal)
6. All Izz Well (Song) (3 Idiots)
7. Behti Hawa Sa Tha Woh (Song) (3 Idiots)
8. Give Me Some Sunshine (Song) (3 Idiots)
9. Dil Bole Hadippa(Song) (Dil Bole Hadippa)

Last Movies

1. 3 Idiots
2. Kati Patang
3. Avatar
4. Asli Naqli
5. Half Ticket
6. Pyaasa
7. What about Bob?
8. The Painted Veil
9. Ninja Assassin

An analysis which I do on ending of every year to retrospect the year about to end.

1. What did you do in 2009 that you’d never done before?
   1. Felt Burnt Up moment for first time
   2. Realized truthfulness of romance fundas in real world and how they are played around (thanks to Chunks)
   3. Lead a team till the end of SDLC of a project
   4. Learnt lessons about work ethics other than just being exceptional performer
   5. Clicked, clicked and clicked – max photos from my cam in a year
   6. Was able to make my venture sustain even through toughest times
   7. Thought of and went towards leaving my country
   8. Created project plans extensively
   9. Talked long hours
   10. Became victim of politics
2. Did you keep your New Years’ resolutions, and will you make more for next year?

   Yes. This time it is modification to last year’s resolution – to keep up with the position after rising and to work on level of my frankness.

3. Did anyone close to you give birth?

   Lovely couple – Amit and Sonia

4. Did anyone close to you die?

   Grandma

5. What countries did you visit?

   None

6. What would you like to have in 2010 that you lacked in 2009?

   Hope

7. What date from 2009 will remain etched upon your memory?

   01/09/2009 and 04/10/2009

8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?

   Rose to top

9. What was your biggest failure?

   Compromised top for unthankful people

10. Did you suffer illness or injury?

    Not this year, TG!

11. What was the best thing you bought?

    I never buy things rather I present them to myself – E71, 1TB HDD, sleek 4GB and 8GB USBs

12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
    1. Hema
    2. Sam
    3. Chunks
    4. Rohit Nabh
    5. Neel
    6. Farhan
    7. Pawan Kumar
    8. Manoj Kumar Mahanta
    9. Sanjay Sharma
    10. Amit Malhotra
13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?

    Most of the colleagues and managers

14. Where did most of your money go?

    My venture and Movies

15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
    1. Sunshine’s home-coming and the job
    2. Introduction to Sam
    3. Work
    4. Position
    5. Authority
    6. Philanthropy
    7. Technologies at work
    8. New job
    9. Metro work @ Gurgaon almost finishing up
    10. Management
16. What song/album will always remind you of 2009?
    1. Dil Gira Dafatan (Song) (Dilli 6)
    2. Emosanal Attyachar (Song) (Dev.D)
    3. Duniya (Song) (Dev.D)
    4. Dhan Te Nan (Song) (Kaminey)
    5. Tu Jaane Na (Song) (Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani)
    6. Ajj Din Chadheya (Song) (Love Aaj Kal)
    7. All Izz Well (Song) (3 Idiots)
    8. Behti Hawa Sa Tha Woh (Song) (3 Idiots)

This year watched almost 200 movies. Out of these, 14 were watched at PVRs/Multiplexes and 186 were watched in home-theatre. I have been making resolutions to cut-short on movies watched in a year but it appears like it is keeping growing. Again one of my resolutions for this year is to bring down the number of movies watched.

Here is the list of last 100 movies watched in home theatre -

Y.M.I. Yeh Mera India – It was released last year but never got to hear about this movie. Happened to watch actual India, the real picture and the reality through this movie. Many of us would deny this reality but still it holds the way it is. There are so many issues and so many vantages highlighted in this movie. Perhaps I had never liked N. Chandra had this movie not been made. An eye opening and provoking flick for today’s young generation.

Few things which still occur extravagance are such as Good News behind every Bad News (the way tagline goes) and so many things happening in one day around selected personalities (can’t be imagined in any such scenario – even many such inordinateness movies are also being prepared in Hollywood and so are they disliked)

Rating: 7/10

The Hangover – Another One-Day comedy movie. Was hilarious at many places.

Rating: 7/10

The Other End of the Line – Quite unrealistic but showing quite realistic cultures. The core theme of Love Aaj Kal resembles with this movie.

Rating: 5/10

District 9 – Movie about accommodating alians on earth and the problems they can pose. Quite naive and dirty in the way slum of aliens is shown.

Rating: 5/10

Sleepless in Seattle – Gone are the days when such romantic movies were made. Another recommendation from Sunshine and turns out to be marvelous. Meg and Tom Hanks – one beautiful on-screen couple which always makes you smile, no matter whatever the ground of story is. This one is quite much about luck in love and once again reminds me of Serendipity.

Rating: 7/10

My Mom’s New Boyfriend – Wanted to watch it for Meg and finished it only for her otherwise nothing much like fun provided Antonio Banderas is also there. Perhaps only bad movie of Meg I watched so far.

Rating: 4/10

Marley & Me – An average comedy around a man, his family and his dog – all raising together. Couldn’t get much interest provided i like pets at zoos.

Rating: 6/10

3 Idiots is roughly based on novel Five Point Someone. They have brought college life alive on screen and you literally enjoy it when you try to match characters in your real life. It has been years but while watching movie, it felt as if it was yesterday when we passed out of the college. Also a story of passion, friendship, love, excellence, perfection and success. Some movies leave you speechless and it is better to watch them to feel the on-screen aura.

Also there has been quite a tiff going on between original book writer and the movie crew for the credits and money. For me, this one thing pulls down the rating for this movie.

Rating: 7/10

PS: BTW IDIOT means I Do it On My Terms.