The Indian Raconteur

Wednesday, December 25, 2013

Top 15 Bollywood Movies of 2013

Honourable Mentions:

Krrish 3

Chennai Express

Aashiqui 2

15. D Day

14. Bombay Talkies

The Greatest Movie EVER Made

After the recent success of superhero movies like Then Avengers, Iron Man Trilogy and The Dark Knight Trilogy and the immense interest in Man of Steel, the Hollywood studio heads had a secret meeting. All the studio heads wanted to make a multi-billion dollar grossing 3D movie which would even be critically acclaimed. They decided to make a worldwide movie with actors, directors and musicians from all over the world and wanted the accomplished writers of Hollywood to pen down the script.

And to hype the movie, a worldwide contest was held where the winner would be involved in the entire movie making process from start to end. And guess what, yours truly won this contest.

And so I have been attending every meeting along with the studio heads. The final writers selected for this dream project were Roman Polański, Christopher Nolan, Quentin Tarantino and David S. Goyer.

The story was finalized and it took the writers only a fortnight to get the first draft of the script ready. It was going to be a sci-fi, western, romantic movie with elements of supernatural and time-travel. After the disastrous response to Cloud Atlas, the writers left no stone unturned to make this an epic script.

Now the studio heads and the writers decided to contact the directors who could do justice to this epic script and start casting accordingly.

So it’s been almost two months and the entire cast has been finalized except for the part of the actor in the leading role. The final list was as follows:

Top 15 Summer Hollywood Movies of 2013

Top 15 Summer Hollywood Movies of 2013

Honorable Mention: The Great Gatsby

15. Man of Steel

14. World War Z

13. Fast 6

12. The Wolverine

Nostalgia

“Sadaf, what's Ylang Ylang?"

Sadaf glanced up from the test papers that she had been correcting and saw her younger sister who looked confused sitting on the rocky chair.

Zoya was twenty three years old and had lost her eyesight a year back. It had taken her few months to fully cope with the blindness and get on with her life. Sadaf had given Zoya refuge in her home when her fiancé broke up their engagement.

"Ylang Ylang? It's a perfume tree valued for its fragrance."

Zoya seemed to think about this for a moment. "Oh. What does it smell like?"

"It smells like..."

Sadaf brushed a kiss over her cheek, closing her eyes for a moment as a flowery scent wafted over her.

"Ylang Ylang?" Sadaf asked, stroking her soft hair, the source of the fragrance. It must be her shampoo.

She nodded.

"Sadaf?"

She blinked, having momentarily forgotten that her sister was still there.

"I'm sorry. You asked about Ylang Ylang, right?"

"Yes. What does it smell like? Jasmine? Rose? Lily?" Zoya asked.

"It smells really nice. Not exactly like any other flower. It's different."

"What do you mean by different?" Zoya asked.

Till Death Do Us Apart

Shawn was an enigma to Ariana.

From the second he met her, he managed to crawl his way right into her heart, where he resided peacefully and comfortably.

It started off cold, with her rejecting him at first, thinking he was nothing but a crazy fool who had literally put his own life in danger just so she'd agreed to go out with him.

She still remembers the conversation that happened.

'If you're expecting me to go out with you, then I'll have to tell you straight. You are not the right guy for me. I want a man, not a boy who thinks he can... Now let go of my hand. You are not the right guy for me.'

But then Shawn did the most bizarre thing ever which made her changed her mind. He jumped off the seat of his car and started crossing the crowded road backwards, with the vehicles driving by, just looking at her and asking her to go on a date with him.

She had no other option but to accept his request. She had no idea though that her life had changed forever with her acceptance.