My Celluloid Zone

All is Well...!!!  3 very simple words..but suddenly they have a different enthusiasm ...a different joy to them! Yes! Rajkumar Hirani has spread the magic once again... x When I first heard the title of the movie - I didn't even give it a second thought.. But on finding out that it was based on Chetan Bhagat's - Five Point Someone, I had to see it.. My sisters were coaxing me to read that book when I went to India in 2007..But I didn't get a chance to do so. On my last trip we got 2 of Bhagat's books and I had recently read both..  So really wanted to see how the crew of 3 Idiots had put together the movie..Needless to say, a lot was same & different in the movie. Without getting into the controversy the movie crew & the author was having recently - I would say - the movie was atleast 70% based on the book.. A good adaptation..Lot less subtle than the book..But then which Bollywood movie doesn't need a larger-than-life plot to reach the hear

2 words - Delicious movie!!!! Seriously.. I can list down several different reasons why someone should watch this one! The primary being - Love for FOOD & Cooking!! I obviously didn't watch it for that! I like to eat most of the times n everything but I am not half passionate about food as the ladies in the movie are! Only wishing I was! ;-) I wanted to watch it for the another powerful reason in the movie - Meryl Streep.. She is just brilliant....I started liking her work after watching The Devil Wears Prada. And so glad I did. She is a great actress and just soo very delightful to watch! I am just going to put most of her movies on my Netflix queue...Oh and of course, I am going to watch Its Complicated next week..So looking forward to it :-) So coming back to the movie - its not just about food...Its about this transformation...the journey of these 2 women.....the things they feel about food......the joy they got from cooking......the