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Favourite Hindi Song 101: Mesmerising Bichdann by Himesh Reshammiya 2012

Hindi Sonakshi Sinha Song Movie Son of Sardaar

I am not sure why but it seems like most of my favourite songs in my playlist has Sinha as the lead actress (a mere coincidence?). This is from the 2012 , Son of Sardaar starring , . Image source: BHM Pics.

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Tamil Movie Review: Why 3 Idiots 2009 is Better Than Nanban 2012?

It supposes to be a quick post on Shankar’s but I ended up writing more especially after yesterday I watched again the well made 3 Idiots

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(The guy on the far right – your right – seems better than the rest. Trust me, you will be safer watching the original than the “new” idiots in Nanban – they are nowhere close to the beauty of story-telling and acting in 3 Idiots. Poster source: Indiaglitz)

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Religion 101: Doubtful Holy Man Encounters

religion sai baba holy man

(When it comes to holy man, Sathya Sai Baba, one of ‘s most influential spiritual leaders would come to mind. He breathed his last at a hospital funded by his organisation in his home town of Puttaparthi in Andhra Pradesh last Sunday. He was 85. Image source: http://www.kevinrdshepherd.info)

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Sports 101: A Funny Game Called Cricket

Lagaan Cricket Amir Khan

(Everything I need to know about , I learned it from the movie “Lagaan” – a combination of great masala story, a fight by the underdogs, crude cricket manual, the usual Aamir Khan perfection & lovely . Image source: The European Film Awards)

I am a Malaysian and yet cricket and I is like oil & water. It never mixed primarily because I don’t play the game (it is not a major game in Malaysia). It is the same as the Afro-Americans not knowing to play basketball or the Japanese, not knowing about Sumo. The only time I tuned in to see cricket on TV is when I caught the sight of beautiful Indian girls cheering for their team.

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