Cartoonist Alok's World

I was planning to close my space & delete this page but I don't know why when I came to this page again I felt like writing something...& Toonfactory is back to MSN spaces...

Well as they say Changes never Change...There are many changes in my life too....

Now I am in Mumbai...working as a freelance writer & cartoonist...will upload some of my new works on my Flickr page soon...to find more bout what I am doing plz check my page on flickr....

Watched many films...moved to a New falt recently...bought a Laptop so that I'll be more active on online front...I know I am not doing something that's gonna keep people glued to my pages but still I am trying to do something different, other than what I was doing in MSN Spaces...

hope this wont be my last Blog on this page...& I'll keep on adding new stuff every now n then...

Until we meet again,

Alok

To bhai wo kehte hain na ki jinko koi kaam nahi hota wo sabse zyada busy hote hain zindagi mein…bas waise hi main bhi zara busy tha…Movies dekhi dher saari..went to Mysore to cover the Royal Mysore Dussara…Celebrated B’day on 11^th of Oct..i.e. Day before yesterday…No chhutti for Diwali..so this Diwali I am here in Bangalore…all alone...I am extreamly sorry that I wasn't able to reply to your msgs Blogbuddies as I wasn't active here...chalo now I am back & will be posting regularly..

As I said earlier I am still waiting for Farhan Akhtar's Don-The Chase Begins Again was waiting eagerly for the music of the movie but as the music is released & I am really disappointed with Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy's work. Being an avid fan of them I'd expected lot more from them but their music is really bad esp. 2 songs that they tried to recreate are the worst. Ye Mera Dil & Khaike Paan Banaraswala...after watching Kareena Kapoor doing cheap imitation of Helen's Dance Steps in Yeh Mera Dil...I am really scared of what SRK is gonna do with Khaike Paan Banaraswala...Farhan we expected much more..why Kareena???

Woooooooooooooo finally I got Ek Chidiya Video....Vijay yaar I wont bug U more for that...saw Lagey Raho MunnaBhai...1st decent sequel in India..though making sequels isn't a new concept to Bollywood. Kishore Kumare made a sequel to Chalti Ka Naam Gaadi called Chalti Ka Naam Zindagi...(Don't get confused Badhti Ka Naam Dadhi wasnt a sequel)...Raj Kapoor wanted to make a sequel to Mera Naam Joker....Harmesh Malhotra's Nigahen(1989) was a sequel to his 1986 blockbuster Nagina..D a prequel to Comapny...Phir Hera Pheri...Krrish...but for the first time in the history of Bollywood I've seen a movie that matches the benchmark its prequel has set.The chemistry between Munnabhai & Circuit is much more improved the storyline has everything that MunnaBhai MBBS had...there are scenes wh n you have tears in your eyes with a smile on your face...Rajkumar Hirani proved we can make great sequels...to be really honest Roshan & Co disappointed me very badly. Anyway movies I am looking forward are Don, D:2, Kabul Express, Guru have heard RGV's Sholay will be releasing by this year end..but I am really not excited for  RGV version of Sholay...U cant improve such a perfect storyline & if you can't improve then it's better not to try your hands on something that's as big as Sholay...SHOLAY remains relevant Kal Bhi Aaj Bhi-Aaj Bhi Kal Bhi... 

Lambi Chhutti ke baad I am back..though I reached Bangalore last week only but had too many work pending. I was really excited to add a blog on something that happened to me...though poori journey hi aisi rahi that I can add blogs after blogs but this one was really interesting..had a chat with my 7 year old cousin who wanted to watch certain channel that I wasn't interested in watchin & we had a lil fight...a pro emotional blackmailer he asked me "Jab aap mere jitne bade the tab aapke bade bhai aapke saath aisa karte to aapko kaisa lagta...." I laughed & told him we had just one channel when I was 7...He wasn't ready to accept the fact...anyway I told him about Ek Chidiya animated filler from NFDC Directed by Bhim Sen well known a film Director for Movie Gharaonda is still the No1 Animated film in my list of Fav animation & no The Incredibles can beat the nostalgic effect of Suraj Ek Chanda Ek Taare Anek...long back when Ekta Kapoor was still in her teens & no Saas-Bahoo drama existed there used to be only one TV with only one Channel Doordarshan..do you remember how eagerly we on the TV sets waiting eagerly for that Saare Jahaan Se Achha tune that came just before the morning/afternoon/evening transmission started....D'u remember those days of Vikram Vikram Vikram Vetal Vetal Vetal with Arun Govil as Vikram & Liliput as Vetal come on TV...or remember the Kamini Kaushal's puppet shows every afternoon after which she told how to make a puppet???or the UGC Programme on TV...do you still remember we never had Live broadcast of Cricket Matches???? what about those New Year Programmes every 31st December where we used to get a rare glimpse of stars as there were not much filmy shows except a few like Show theme??? Do you remember the Buland Bharat Ki Buland Tasweer Humara Bajaj Ad??? hmm lets see what else i can remember from my time as a kid:
- Ek Chidiya-2D Animated film by NFDC -Though I got to see the video on net but I am still unable to find a link to download the video....can someone help me plz???have added the video here on my media player..
- Simmi Machhli Ki Kahani
- Pingu (clay animation by NFDC)
-Mile Sur Mera Tumhara-the song
- Baje Sargam

- Bharat Ek Khoj- Shyam Benegal Classic with Ompuri as sutradhaar-Click for the title song Srishti se Pehle
- Indradhanush-TV Series with Time Travelling as Theme
- Stone boy- Sunday Serial on a Mauritius Folk Legend..I still remeber the last episode when the stone boy becomes stone & I felt so bad that I wasn't able to lunch.
- Malgudi Days- I think recently PoGo started airing Malgudi days...Tana na Tana na na na..still haunts me.Click for title music.
- Guniram (”Guniram bhai guniram aa pahuche bambai dham”)
- Karamchand (Mohan Kapoor with a Gajar "shut up Kitty”)
- Phatichar (”arrey yaar phatichar tu itna emotional kyu hai yaar?”)
- Mungerilal ke Haseen sapne
- Wagle ki Duniya ( Anajan Shrivastav as Mr.Wagle the Common Man conceived by R.K.Laxman)
- Hum Log
- Mr.Yogi

- Chanakya
- Chitrahaar
- Rangoli

Things I hate to remember:
- Rukawat Ke Liye Khed Hai (But no TV was switched off we waited for a miracle & this handwritten Takhti of Rukawat ke Liye Khed Hai was removed & the show/movie was resumed)
- Saptahiki (whenever they didn't mentioned next week's movie's names.)
- Aap Aur Hum

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