Saw this movie last night. Despite it clichés, it was hilarious. We were laughing continuously. A must watch!!

i think you would be hard pressed to do a movie about Indians abroad without playing with cliches. i thought the characters were great as themselves, Turbanotorious, the indophile, the actress, the socialite, the sleazy concert promoter, all fabulous mixes.

however i think they had too many things going on, none of the characters got a proper fleshing out, the actress and the geek, got a bit more rounded, but that too coz he is the director i reckon.

even later, the MC”s are fueding but its not clear why.

all in all, great ideas, but the overall effect was way underwhelming.

I think I have a bit of a problem with your labeling of anthem-standees as pseudo-patriotism. You see-

1. I’d love to know what your idea of patriotism is - soldiering the battlefront? Speaking up in world fora? The little things? Given the right circumstances - I think every one of those standees would do anything that YOU would define as a patriotic act.
2. You either stand or don’t stand. Certainly, if you don’t stand, it doesn’t mean you are not patriotic (taking your side here). But you have to understand that standing on hearing the anthem is a simple gesture of identity, respect and reaffirmation of your love for your country. I never touch older people’s feet and it’s not out of defiance or lack of respect. It’s just not my way of expressing it. But do I label the feet-touchers as being pseudo? No. It’s an inherent characteristic. And mostly, mostly people do it out of genuine feeling.
3. “I’m an artist (a sculptor) and i come from a family of artists. I’ve been working out of Bangalore for the past couple of years and have been enjoying the chaos and the charm.” —- Oh my god! If anything is pseudo, it’s definitely thinktank’s profile. A whiff of hypocrisy here!

Interesting crumb, No Way

Of course, you put me on the defensive coz ur screen name seems to suggest that u r the kind who loves to contradict everyone on everything just for the thrill of it!
Having said that, i did not say that everyone who stands is fake. I was talking about those PARTICULAR girls who were next to me - they thought i should get up too - THEY were being fake.
I believe it is a SIN to generalize, so u’ve picked the wrong person to pick a bone with!

I’m not offended that u think my profile is pseudo - who knows, maybe u r a little jealous!? (Just kidding)

Ha Ha. What a let down of a clarification… I was hoping for a little more of a … shall we say, feisty response.

And no I don’t love to contradict everything everyone says. In fact, this is the absolute first time ever that I believe I have commented on anything on the internet; it was just that your little observation (that at the end of it only needed a clarification) prompted a response. Even the screen name is only a reaction to what you said.

for a feisty response u should have written to me a couple of years earlier when i was young and brash!!