DJ.. a Dude in Jeopardy?

Walk in to the lounge bars, pubs n discs and whoz the first person u try to spot in there? A dude with the limelite focussed on him, and everyone staring and reading out the funky flash line printed on his tee across his chest, noticing his cap placed weirdly on his headphones-loaded-head... Yeah, im talkin abt the people who spin the shit in their own personal "ishtyle".(No controversies plz, im referring to the turn tables spinning)!!! I'm writing this article out of joblessness first, and secondly coz i bumped into an old buddy last nite at a marriage party who is a DJ. This particular tag "the DJ", woah wot feelings! It can take u places where even people like Anil Ambani would hate spending...lol. Lemme come back, yeah DJz, this chap whom i met after a long time is a totally tranformed dude. A couple of years back before he actually became a DJ, he was a normal-next-door kind of a guy and now suddenly he is this social gentleman who knows wot attitude is and wot social behaviour is. This profession seemingly teaches u to behave amongst socialite creams and page3 party-ites and celebrities. And before u think it is quite easy to be or become a DJ, read on and u'll freak out.



DJ Nasha (India) at the Skyscape Millenium Dome - 24th September 2000


Playing music is all we think DJz do, they have something much more than just that to do. Mix tracks within fractions of milliseconds, keep a Loop of music piece ready to subsitute in places of a bad music track, Keep an alternate tracked on a Cue to start it over when the current track finishes and lots more techniques of that sort. It isnt just that easy to keep thinking every 10 seconds as to what to try with the on-going beats or what not to try rather. And thats the reason why these DJz dont give a damn to people who get to their boxes often requesting for tracks coz if they miss out on the track that they're concentrating on, they're ready to set their asses on fire. A smart tip: Never approach a DJ when a fast-paced complicated track is on but rather converse with him when a simple dull song is let off on the player to give the audience a break. This is all about how hard it gets to handle this profession. Now i know that u wont be an accomplice to help urself becoming a DJ.

But there r these goody sides of this job. Right from meeting and being close with the page3 celebrities and the big shots of the corporate world, u get to know wot life really is from a happy-go-lucky eye's view. U also get the highest respect and dignity amongst all the people at a party, and people forcefully try to hook up a talk with u to get noticed. And besides all this, u also get the latest in music from various sources who r ready to give u music be it a legal track or an illegal piece of shit. Who really cares as long as it grooves ur audience to the beats?... Yeah, thatz the whole psychology of a DJ -> MY AUDIENCE SHOULD ENCORE FOR MORE! ... Thats it for now abt DJz' lives, after all i've got my own life that spins its own shit.. Guess this article totally took me over all those filthy words of english. Lemme stop actin like a DJ n get back to Kabir... lmao!

"FANAA" needs PANAH (protection, refuge) !!!

"Tere dil mein meri saanson ko panah mil jaaye, Tere ishq mein meri jaan Fanaa ho jaaye!"... Looks like a line of making or breaking a relationship in a love affair. It can really build up a relationship coz its damn too emotionally striking. On the contrary, it can break a relationship by the fact that it sounds totally out of the box, i.e. way beyond a romantic shayari. LMAO! And thatz the line that revolves around all through the movie of a different kind directed by a not-so-successful director Kunal Kohli...

The movie kicks off with a humorous and fun-filled beginning. The intro scene of the hero Aamir makes u feel that this movie's gona keep u glued to the seats till the end with its feel good factor. The boat keeps sailin in the first half with romantic and funny shayaris well written and well spoken by Aamir. The cliched part of falling in love and all the love songs execute themsleves in the first half of the movie, that doesnt make u bored at all. The game begins testing ur patience level after the intermission. The director has placed all the songs before the interval that there was nothing left in the second half except for a single song later on. The movie drags, sans shayaris, sans humour - that is all the last 1 hour of the movie is all about. It takes on a total turn towards the on-goings of the indian army and terrorism in kashmir. That was something u wudnt have expected while watching the first half. There are a few scenes with in-built flaws, a trademark of indian movies. Can u believe, the hero is stabbed with a knife right in the middle of his body and he manages to walk all the way in snowy kashmir lands to look out for help! Arey, it happens only in bollywood...
Inspite of the dragging later half of the movie, the direction and script is worth a mention. Some of the shots have been taken with splendid backgrounds and sets. The background score pulls u totally into the movie, well matched with the situations running on screen. I have nothing to talk abt the songs, coz they've already taken the nation's music freaks by storm n giving other music directors a run for their money! These r some of the good notes about the movie...
Anyways, the movie is worth watching and "a paisa wasool" inspite of some of the flaws it has. And if u r in love, this is a must-watch for u. So all u romeo-juliets in town, hit it! I personally rank the movie 6.5 on 10, Subhanallah...
Until a new gud movie hits the screens, this is Kabir's review team signing off... Chow!