Santhosh's Blog (2009-2018)

So the ICC World Cup is finally over. Firstly, congrats to Team Australia for the big win! Well deserved, no one can deny that! Personally speaking, the way this World Cup ended, made me more sad than happy. To elaborate more on this, and other aspects, I have divided this blog post in 4 parts. One part per semi-finalist. Will speak of my thoughts on each of the teams which made to the semi-finals, including the one I supported, India. Hope you enjoy this read! Thoughts on India's exit This was truly sad, for myself, and I'm guessing for Indian fans all over. I honestly didn't expect the Men in Blue to be rolled over by the Aussies, to end up being "thrashed" so badly in the semis. © AFP All that having been said, we had a fantastic World Cup! Kudos to the whole Team and Management for having played so beautifully till the semi-final! Our batsmen were good, and the bowlers were excellent. Fielding from the Indians was also brilliant, we were...

Introduction Hello dear readers, and fellow cricket lovers! Well... we're just 2 days away from that big eventful day. Wait, what? Valentine's Day?? No silly, I meant the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 *insert dramatic echo* This is cricket's biggest tournament, and it indeed does look promising! This post will mainly cover Team India, and my personal thoughts on it, and its chances. This post is coming late (as of now, 2 days before the tournament kicks off), because I was waiting to watch the warm-up matches to have a better idea of what to expect from each team in this tournament. The Indian players have been in Australia for around 2 months (or more, I think). They're exhausted, away from their families, and have been winless  throughout their entire stay in Australia. Despite being World Champions, it will be a tough ask for them to defend the title - no doubt about that! I agree that our Indian team is mainly dominant when playing at home, ...

Dear Readers, First and foremost, here's wishing you all a very Happy New Year 2015! May this be a good one for all of us! For those who have been following my blog for the last few years, I have had this habit of doing a big massive review of the year that has gone by, at the end of the year. More specifically, I tend to do a "Maha-Review" of Bollywood for that year. And since I have been doing this from 2010 onwards (I think?), I guess it's only fair that I should continue to do this, as it is also one of the posts that gather among the most views on this blog. But apologies for this post coming so late. "Better late than never", and all that, I guess? In the "Year in Review" posts for previous years, I used to split the article by putting the movies in three categories. Now I have changed that to only two main categories: Watched and Appreciated (Liked or even Loved) Highly recommended (Not watched, but recommendations based on c...

Dear Readers, Hope you all are doing fantastic. And I hope 2014 was a good year for all of you. For those who had a tough year, here's conveying my warmth to you, as the "sun has set", and now it is about "to rise again". Thus, I hope this new "sunrise", the arrival of 2015, will bring you happiness, peace and prosperity! As for me, well, 2014 has been a mixed bag. There has been a lot of great things coming my way, but I am still fighting some personal battles. 2015 looks massive, since I would have finished with my studies by then, and well, I will be moving on to the next chapter. Still a lot of uncertainty as to what I will be doing exactly, but will take things as they come. May 2015 be a great year for all of us! Let us all enjoy the new adventures that may be in store for us. Happy New Year to you all! Regarding my blog... well, ahem, this was most certainly my worst year, in terms of posting articles on my blog. Only one blog po...

Hello Readers! It has been two whole months I had not seen myself logging in to my own blog... I hope you all are keeping well! This post is one more to the collection of "Lifeblog" posts, that I have on this site. The title? Well, I guess it's one that "says it all". You don't know where Life is taking you, so the "Destination" is unclear... There is no real "End" or "finality" to the events that keep happening... And there is a lot of uncertainty. Photo by Santhosh Muraleedharan Let me be fair to myself: I have evolved very positively as a person in many ways. I do realize that, yes. In other words, my reactions to the various events and happenings that have surrounded me have been quite good, in my own assessment. This differences can be noticed in the way I have written my Lifeblog posts in the past few years. But still, throughout this entire journey called "Life", I have this tendency to ofte...

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Preface And I SAY WHAT A YEAR this has been! Well, okay, to be fair, we still had quite a lot of nonsense this year... but hey, you know we're speaking of Bollywood. With the "Great" comes the "not-so-good" movies! On that note, let's proceed to the Top 10 highest grossers of Bollywood this year (List taken from Wikipedia on 29 December 2013 ) Chennai Express Dhoom 3 (still running at the time of the writing of this post) Krrish 3 Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela Bhaag Milkha Bhaag Grand Masti Race 2 Aashiqui 2 Special 26 Which ones, for you, were deserving to be in this list? You can think about it, and most importantly, keep it for yourself . Ponder for a minute over what just happened. For all the undeserving ones, replace them with some new Hindi flicks you wanted to see there. Got my point? That is what criticism is all about. It is not about giving a movie 4 and half stars for the sake of the box office. Espe...