Krrish

I did not have big expectations when I went to watch this movie. Mainly because this movie is a sequel to “Koi Mil Gaya” and though I appreciate the fact that a movie like “Koi Mil Gaya” was a novel effort for Indian cinema, I felt the movie was too amateurish. But “Krrish” was a pleasant surprise.

The movie starts off with Rekha realizing that her grandson Krishna (Hrithik) has inherited the super powers from his father Rohit (Hrithik in “Koi Mil Gaya”) which was given to him by the alien “Jadoo”. Papa Hrithik and his wife Preity are no more now and Rekha not wanting to lose Krishna too decides to hide Krishna from the rest of the world. Krishna, being very talented & powerful, is not normal like other kids and hence he has no friends. As he grows up, he becomes more powerful that he can run faster than a horse, climb trees & mountains like monkeys, catch fish from the pond with just his hands, etc. One day, Krishna saves a Singapore based Indian girl, Priya (Priyanka Chopra), who is on a tour to the place where Krishna lives. While Priya is amazed by Krishna’s extraordinary skills; Krishna, on the other hand, falls in love with Priya. After Priya goes back to Singapore, she wants to reveal Krishna’s talents to the world and make him a celebrity (ofcourse, she also wants to do it to save her job). So in order to make Krishna come to Singapore, she lies to him about being in love with him. Before leaving for Singapore, Rekha tells Krishna the story behind the death of his father and also makes him promise that he’ll hide his talents from the world. In Singapore, Krishna had to use his skills to save some children from a fire accident and in order to keep his identity secret, he uses a mask. From then on, Mask man, “Krrish” becomes a very famous super hero. While in Singapore, Krishna learns the truth about his father and how he tackles the villain forms the rest of the story.

The major success of the movie is that Hrithik is believable in the role of a super hero. He does complete justice to his role. Priyanka has also delivered what is expected of her. The first half of the movie is shot in a mountainous place that has wonderful scenic locations which are a treat to the eye. The second half on the other hand captures the beauty of Singapore. The technical aspects, which was a major let down in "Koi Mil Gaya", was top class in this movie, almost on par with the hollywood movies. Most of the songs in the movie are melodious but not catchy. On the whole, this movie is the first step into the world of super hero movies in Indian cinema and it is definitely a step in the “right” direction.

Orkut

I was introduced to Orkut only a couple of weeks before. From the day I registered, it’s been loads of fun. I found quite a lot of friends with whom I have lost touch over time. So each time I found an old friend through the search or thru someone else’s friend’s list, its very exciting and lots of memories come rushing to my mind. Overall, it’s a fun-filled ride so far and I think I am gonna have an interesting time with it until the excitement dies down.

While on the subject, I also came across some interesting information about Orkut. According to Wiki, Orkut was developed by Orkut Büyükkökten, a Turkish software engineer working at Google. This was an independent project. Though it was designed to be based on invitation only between two people, it looks like the invitations can be bought on eBay. Surprisingly, Orkut is more popular in Brazil than in US. And of course, India is third on the list. Also, in Turkish, Orkut means "the holy meeting place".

While the above were some known facts, there are also some “unknown facts” about Orkut. I am not sure how far they are true, but some of them were really interesting to know. So here they are:

1) Orkut Buyukkokten gets $12 when every person registers to this website.
2) He also gets $10 when you add somebody as a friend.
3) He gets $8 when your friend’s friend adds you as a friend, $6 if anybody adds you as a friend in the resulting chain.
4) He gets $5 when you scrap somebody, $4 when somebody scraps you.
5) He also gets $200 for each photograph you upload on Orkut.
6) He gets $2.5 when you add your friend in the crush-list or in the hot-list.
7) He gets $2 when you become somebody’s fan.
8) He gets $1.5 when somebody else becomes your fan.
9) He even gets $1 every time you logout of Orkut.
10) He gets $0.5 every time you just change your profile-photograph.
11) He also gets $0.5 every time you read your friend’s scrap-book, $0.5 every time you view your friend’s friend-list.
12) Many Global Financial Consultants think this person might become the richest-person in the world by the end of 2009.

Well, assuming the above stats are true, point 12 is definitely possible considering the fact that there are 20,658,025 members currently registered in Orkut.