Kapil's Korner

The 2011 X’mas holiday has been rather wonderful. Spent some lovely time exploring Nairobi with wife and a new set of friends we have here. Explored We visited the Nairobi National Park. Saw a few animals – Giraffes, Baboons, Bisons / Wild Bulls, lots of deers. Unfortunately could not see any of the wild cats. [...]

  After a working weekend, you desperately seek a way to end the Sunday night with something nice so that your energy levels are charged up for yet another grinding week. I think buying advance tickets for “The Hangover” evening show was the best thing to do. If you don’t have the time to read [...]

I watched Rock On and thought I should send a congratulatory note to Farhan & his team for a good job they had done. Dear Farhan, I couldn’t ask for a better treat. I watched Rock On with my wife and I think it was time well spent on my birthday. “Multi-talented” is the word [...]

Yash Raj Film’s latest venture Bachna ae Haseeno may or may not be a box office hit. But if there is something they have hit for sure is a a good in-film brand placement initiative with Microsoft’s Halo 3. The brand team for Halo 3 at Microsoft, India should be commended for a wonderful branding [...]

Membership to a DVD library really tempts you to call for a movie every night. But I guess getting one movie a week is what I manage. Just finished watching Death at a Funeral (absolutely hilarious) and The Bucket List (ok!). And this is how my current have-to-watch movie list looks like: Orange County Almost [...]

My determination to keep up with the movies has paid off well. I have seen quite a few of them lately. Jodha Akbar is a nice, mega production movie. I didn’t find it long and it’s just not boring. Go watch it for the sheer brilliance and scale with which the movie is made. And [...]

Warning: This post is a spoiler for the film Bhool Bhulaiyaa. Please don’t read further if you haven’t seen this movie. The movie is not something really to write about, it’s rather slow and at times gets boring. And I am not surprised why those little elements of comedy were added in there – just [...]

Last night was crazy, I picked up the hilarious slice of American Pie, served up Stifler-style in American Pie Presents: The Naked Mile! And what is this Naked Mile? Well, after the exams students (supposedly to let off their steam) gather around the campus and run a mile NAKED. Call that cool or rather hot, [...]