#24 of 100 Notting Hill

I should be ashamed of myself for not watching this movie before.

There are some movies which are made to change the way you think and challenge your perceptions of what normal is then there are those just to tell you that not all is lot even if it seems like that.

It was rather an odd monsoon evening in Mumbai when I watched this movie curled up in my blanket all alone. This movie set in Notting Hill, London is about a very good looking British book seller who accidentally meets a high profile Hollywood actress.

This movie is more than a romantic comedy because in there somewhere is a very important lesson of accepting what life gives you and having the courage to smile gracefully through it.

While  psychological thrillers and movies that tell you how screwed up humans are as a species are important, I think movies like Notting Hill are crucial to remind you that sometimes all we want is closer to us than we think.

Watch this movie when you want to smile.

My roommate, my English teacher, my Mom all recommend this movie.

Needless to say I was hoping I will bump into Deepika Padukone when I went down after watching this movie.

Favorite Quote : Don’t forget I’m just a girl, standing in front of a boy, asking him to love her.
( Du-uh)

Ps. I want to be as pretty as Julia Roberts someday.
PPS. Hugh Grant looks too good to be true.

 

 

 

 

 

 

#23 of 100 Love Per Square Foot

I am so glad I have had a chance to live in Mumbai first and then experience this movie.

I was randomly browsing through Netflix one night (An account I have ‘borrowed’ from a friend) when I saw the trailer and it just made me smile instantly.

I watched the movie after two days

The story revolves around a boy and girl desperate to find a house in Mumbai. In their desperation, they pretend to be a couple and apply for house and a home loan and then as luck would have it, they fall in love.

It’s a cute and very relateble slife of life story.
Why are love stories criticised so much today? I mean of course I appreciate war movies that make me feel like I am in 1940 but when I need to believe that not everything in life is awful I would turn to a movie like this.

I especially liked this movie because now I could relate to the problem of space in the city they were talking about, identify the stations they commuted to and mostly felt that tiny ray of hope that they did when they found someone they chose to spend time with, in a city where people don’t even have time for themselves.

It is a modern love story that anyone can watch on a gloomy evening or a rainy afternoon.

It is selfish, uncertain and hopeless love, you know the kind we have gotten used to now.

I must mention that Ratna Pathak Shah and Supriya Pathak just owned any and every scene that they were a part of.

If I directed the movie – I wish I had. I would have probably not dragged the climax so much (Tiny miny drag)