Pratik Poddar

American Psycho Barbarians at the Gate Boiler Room Bonfire of the Vanities Capitalism: A Love Story Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room Fall of Lehman Brothers Glengarry Glen Ross Inside Job Limit Up Margin Call Other People’s Money Owning Mahowny Quants: The Alchemists of Wall Street Rogue Trader The Bank The Last Days Of Lehman Brothers Trading Places Wall Street Wall Street : Money Never Sleeps Working Girl

Aamir, 2008 - Raj Kumar Gupta Black Friday, 2006 - Anurag Kashyap Bombay, 1996 - Mani Ratnam Mithya, 2008 - Rajat Kapoor Mumbai Cutting, 2009 - Various Mumbai Meri Jaan, 2008 - Nishant Kamat Page 3, 2005 - Madhur Bhandarkar Salaam Bombay!, 1988 - Mira Nair Satya, 1998 - Ram Gopal Varma Company, 2002 - Ram Gopal Varma Sarkar, 2005 - Ram Gopal Varma Sarkar Raj, 2008 - Ram Gopal Varma Slumdog Millionaire, 2008 - Danny Boyle Tum Mile, 2009 - Kunal Deshmukh 26th July at Barista, 2008 - Mohan Sharma Chandni Bar, 2001 - Madhur Bhandarkar Watch them and then you will say "I love Bombay" :) Can you suggest more movies? As of June 20, 2010.. I have not seen Mumbai Cutting and Tum Mile (WTF? How could I miss them? :( Both released just before placement season. :() First thing to do when I reach IIT now. Also find a Weird Things to do in Mumbai List here: http://pratikpoddar.blogspot.com/2009/12/weird-things-to-do-in-mumbai.html

Movies and TV Series have been an integral part of my IIT life. In last 3 years, I have watched more than 400 Hindi Movies and 150 Other Languages Movies (Telugu, Tamil, English, French, etc). Apart from being with 3-4 close friends, I enjoy spending time watching movies/TV series the most. Saw Friends, 24, Seinfeld, 2.5 Men, HIMYM, Hustle, BBT, Tales Pin, Duck Tales, Hannah Montana, Roadies with 100% loyalty and dedication. Just did some math to find that I have devoted approximately 2700 hours to movies/tv series now. That means, on an average I spend approximately 2.5 hours per day watching movies/tv series. :P Movies This Sem: Aamrass Ajab Prem ki gajab kahani Morning Walk London Dreams All the Best Rocket Singh 2012 Twilight Mujhse Shaadi Karogi 3 idiots (twice) Mirchi Its Hot De Dana Dan Akele Hum Akele Tum Julie Pulp Fiction Raat gayi baat gayi Saving Private Ryan Pyaar Impossible Do Knot Disturb Aao wish karein Ishqiya Money as Debt 2006 Good Will Hu...

Adarniya sabhapati mahodaya, atithi vishesh shikshan mantri shri R D tripati ji, maanyaniya shikshagan aur mere piyaaare sahpatiyo Aaj agar I.C.E aasmaan ki bulaaandiyo ko chhu raahaa hai to uska shreya sirrf ekinsaan ko jaataahai - Shri Veeru Sahastrabuddhe Give him a big hand. He is a great guy really. Peechle buttis saal se inhone nirantar is college mein balatkar pe balatkar kiye. Umeed hai aagey bee karte rahege. Hamein to aashcharya hota hai ki ek insaan apne jeevan kaal mein itni balatkar kaisi kar sakta hai. Inhone kadi tapaasya se apne aapko is kaabil bunaya hai. Waqt ka sahi upyog ghante ka purna istemaal koi inse seeke. Seeke inse seeke. Aaj hum sab chaatra yaha hai, kal desh videsh mein fail jayenge. Waadaa hai aapse jis desh mein honge waha balatkar karenge, I.C.E ka naam roshan karenge. Dika denge sabko jo balatkar Karne ki kshamtaa yaha ke chaatro mein hai wo sansaar ke kisi chaatro mein nahiii. No other chaatra. No other chaatra. Adarniya mantraji! Namashkar a...

This sem has been very very busy due to Placements, GRE, etc.. Still managed to see 50 odd movies and kept myself updated with 2.5men, himym, HM, etc. :) Snakes on a Plane Jashnn 2009 Parichay Musafir 2005 Kambakht Ishq 2009 Boys Telugu Aparichit 2005 Baazi Dil Hai ki Manta Nahin Kambakht Ishq Hannah Montana Black and White Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa ShortKut Sankat City Platoon 1986 Ghatak Love Aajkal Hungama 2003 Mann Sehar 2005 Hyderabad Blues 1998    If Only Sooraj Ka Saatva Ghoda Sivaji Shadow Fox Half Blood Prince Baberr Dashavataram My Bloody Valentine Sadak 1991 Yeh Mera India Kalyug Dil Bole Hadiappa Terre Sang 2009 School of Rock Superbad 2007 The Hangover P.S. I Love You Wake Up Sid Wall E Kaminey Barah Aana New York Kurbaan Pulp Fiction Ratatouille Before Sunrise Amelie American Pie Book of Love Sikander Badhai ho Badhai 21 Ek Vivah Aisa Bhi 3 Idiots Paa Avatar Before Sunset Counter: 59 movies Thats 19...

In India: Malena Hindustani Dev D Raat 1992 Saajan Golmaal 1979 In Paris: Click The Express Catch Me If You Can She's All That Good Luck Chuck Meet The Parents Someone Like You A walk in the Clouds City of Angels Hannibal Black hawk down Scent of a woman Apocalyto Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay Harold & Kumar Go To White Castle Eurotrip Batman Begins Illusionist Kitaab 1977 War Games - The Dead Code 2008 College Road Trip Parzania 2007 Hannibal Rising 27 Dresses Goal Baazigar 1993 DDLJ Deewar Goal 2 Death in a Funeral Bandit Queen Guide Dead or Alive 2006 The Dark Knight August Rush Safar 1970 In Bruges 2008 Sweet November Ab Tak Chappan Fly boys Style Schindler's List Master and Commander - Far Side of the World Oceans 11 Oceans 12 Oceans 13 Still Waiting 2009 Sex Drive Marley and Me The Boy with the striped Pyjamas Mission Impossible I Mission Impossible II Mission Impossible III The Departed Die Hard 1 Die Hard 2 Die Hard 3 Die Hard 4 Madagascar 2005 Aa De...

Forgot to add TV series in the last post Season 3,4,5,6 of 24 :)

Just updating the list of movies seen... Number reduced to less than 80% of that in the previous sem.... Bommarillu 2006 (not Hindi) (thrice) Ghajini (not Hindi) American Beauty Basic Instinct 1992 Hackers Slum Dog Millionaire The Day the Earth Stood Still The Girl Next door Little Manhattan Maharathi 2008 Salaam Bombay 1988 Ghajini 2008 Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi 2008 Pinjar Deewangee 1947 Earth Chandani Chowk to China Kidnap 2008 Luck By Chance 2009 Lolita Billu Barber DevD (twice) Daud 2002 Waqt Hamara hai 1993 Wafaa Raaz 2009 Dil Kabaddi Aitraaz Paap Chandani 1989 Tum Bin Dhoondhte Reh Jaaoge Delhi 6 Lolita (English) Kisse Pyaar Karoon Yes Man Cast Away 88 Minutes Kisse Pyaar Karoon 2009 Aaloo Chaat 2009 Dhoondhte Reh Jaoge 2009 Straight 2009 Gulaal Mistress of Spices 13B Jugaad Ek The power of one Saas Bahu aur Sensex Lottery Taxi No. 9211 A walk to remember 2002 Serendipity 2001 When Harry Met Sally 58 movies

Latest movies: Hum dil de chuke sanam 1999 Ahista Ahista 2006 Pukar 2000 Happy Days (Telugu) Asoka happy (Telugu) Nayak - The Real Hero 2001 Mohra Kairee 2000 Loafer 1996 Excuse Me 2003 Risk 2007 Oye Lucky Lucky Oye 2008 Acads ki to watt lagi is semester... but what is important is the moral, intellectual and social benefits of watching a lot of movies and tv series :P This semester: 10 seasons Friends 3 seasons 24 Movie-Counter: (88 Movies) 79 Hindi, 2 Telugu and 7 English

Chokher Bali 2003 Sorry Bhai 2008 Dor 2006 Ek Hasina Thi Shool Oh! My God 2008 Pyaar To Hona Hi Tha (Movie-Counter: 68 Hindi and 7 English since 23rd July 2008)

Harsh ne kaata... koi baat nahin.. movies se hi kaam chalaya jaaye december mein... :) Highjack 2008 Murder 2004 Bride and Prejudice YuvRaaj DeshDrohi Prestige Dil 1990 Apaharan 2005 Aap Ka Suroor 2007 Shabd 2005 (Movie-Counter: 61 Hindi and 7 English since 23rd July 2008)

Two GOD movies: Requiem For A Dream Dasvidaniya Must watch Junta... (Movie-Counter: 53 Hindi and 5 English since 23rd July 2008)

I see U Hari Puttar Fashion Heroes Hello Me Myself and Irene Dostana (Movie-Counter: 51 Hindi and 5 English since 23rd July 2008)

Karz Chamku De Taali Just Married Golmaal Returms Qayamat - City under Threat (Movie-Counter: 45 Hindi and 4 English since 23rd July 2008)

I am just writing this blog to forget the time I have had between the last blog and this one. Just to keep the movie ticker going, Movies seen: A Wednesday Drona Haasil (2003) Mumbai Matinee Phone Booth Rock On Saathiya Welcome to Sajjanpur Dil to Pagal Hai 21 I know I would have forgotten a lot of movies in between, but still: (Movie-Counter: 39 Hindi and 4 English since 23rd July 2008) Also, I completed first season of 24. Great season. Thanx to Harsh for "forcing" me to see it. End unexpected tha.

Koi Mil Gaya Money Hai to Honey Hai: God MAx fatte.. Socials hat gaya warna god inspiration material hai socials ke liye... :) Namaste London (Movie-Counter: 27 Hindi and 1 English since 23rd July 2008)

Umrao Jaan: Awesome Movie. Of course no where compared to last Umrao Jaan. But Watching Aishwariya was a treat (once again). Good acting by Shabana Azmi. An interesting trivia, The role for Khannum Jaan in this movie was played by Shabana Azmi and by Shaukat Kaifi (her mother) in Umrao Jaan (starring Rekha). Johnny Mera Naam (1970) Abhimman Would definitely write a long blog discussing this movie in a week or so. Singh is King (Movie-Counter: 24 Hindi and 1 English since 23rd July 2008)

Saw 5 movies this weekend (All Hindi) :) Sangharsh (1999): Indianised "Silence of Lambs". But I liked it even more than I liked Silence of Lambs. The simple reason being everything was in Indian context. For me, Preity Zinta's story was more convincing than the story of the trainee in Silence of Lambs. Akshay Kumar is as usual great. Ashutosh Rana is brilliant. :) Kyun! Ho Gaya Naa: Poor story line I believe. Everything was wierd , yet predictable. Vivek Oberoi's worst performance. Chameli: One of the very few movies where I find Kareena good. Good acting and strong storyline. Gunda: :) Movie made for IITians. :) Rangeela: GodMax!! I think I did not see it before. Road To Ladakh (2002): Irfaan Khan movie. Nothing good except some good Irfaan Khan acting. (Movie-Counter: 20 Hindi and 1 English since 23rd July 2008)

Exact copy of 'My Sassy Girl'. But a terrible movie. Ranvir Shorey was good. But the film was a big bore overall. I actually slept once while watching the movie. :( (Movie-Counter: 14 Hindi and 1 English since 23rd July 2008) A resolution: At any point of time in my 3rd year, Average Number of Hindi Movies I see daily would not exceed 1.0. Its fine today: 14 in 15 :)

Watched these three movies last week. Kismat Konnection: Idea was OK. But two doubts for the director: Why did you take Vidya Balan?? It was like a love story between a kid and friend's elder sister. Overall OK types. Maachis: GODMAX movie. Kuch Tum Kaho Kuch Hum Kahe: Again the same thing, OK types movie. Another boring family drama with a funny script. BUT TODAY I AM WRITING THIS BECAUSE I HAVE "FINALLY" SEEN ALL THE EPISODES OF F.R.I.E.N.D.S IN ORDER (01x01 TO 10x20) (FOR THE FIRST TIME) :). NOW IS THE TURN OF SEINFELD...HE HE