Shuhaib ShariffThe Dark Knight… Yeah, Right!

Yesterday night, I finally got to watch Aamir Khan’s “Ghajini” playing at Bangalore’s Fame Cinema (Sigma Mall), it was surprising to find families turning up in good numbers for this movie… considering its an ACTION genre film with a generous dose of blood & gore.

I have a confession to make: Im a BIG Aamir Khan fan

Aamir is typically associated with quality cinema… Taare Zameen Par, Dil Chahta Hai, Lagaan, Rang de Basanti. His movies are entertaining, engaging and value for money.

Another confession: “Ghajini” the movie sucks.

What the ^&*% was this movie about? As far as Im concerned it was a well presented B-GRADE flick that typically appeals to front-benchers (no I have nothing against them) a showcase for Aamir’s six-packs (Or is that eight) It was a piece of crap… UGGGHH!!!

But then, Ghajini is supposed to be a huge box office success raking in the moolah and breaking records set by Akshay Kumar’s Singh is Kinng (Which was also a terrible movie by the way). Akshay is believed to be the most bankable star at the Indian Box Office… Aamir has just proved to be better.

IF Singh is King, THEN… Khan is Shahensha (King of Kings)

Update: Ghajini gross - 200 Crores!

Jethro Tull & Anoushka Shankar’s Amazing Performance in Bangalore!

As you drive through Bangalore’s upmarket Residency Road, you will notice a prominent hoarding that screams “DNA is now in my Bangalore”

Noticed this y’day and I suspect there must be 100+ hoardings in the city announcing DNA’s arrival. DNA (Daily News & Analysis) is a popular newspaper / print publication that has a sizeable marketshare in Mumbai and from the looks of it they are poised to do well in Bangalore. Their content is above average & the presentation is hip.

DNA will be competing for mindshare in a market dominated by BCCL’s Times of India. Other players include Deccan Chronicle, Hindu, New Indian Express & Deccan Herald.

I had a good chuckle about the “My Bangalore” bit… WHY? Well, I will reveal that in due course of time.

I’d like to start (or is that restart!) blogging with a thank you note to the team behind Django - The web framework for perfectionists with deadlines.

The Django Framework is everything that it claims to be and more… we @ DoubleSpring have used it extensively for internal projects and I’d recommend it to developers who are looking to build complex & scalable web applications.

Over the last few years we’ve dabbled with differently technologies including PHP, .NET, J2EE (Spring/Hibernate), Perl, etc. but I must admit that there is something very likable about Python and  something very convenient about Django.

For those exploring other options, Ruby On Rails is a great framework as well.