Of Dhoom-2, Royal-Enfield-Gangs and what-not?!

I happened to have the "luck" of watching Dhoom-2, along with 2 other colleagues, one of them who doesn't understand one word of Hindi. Well, what's to say.. the movie is definitely not worth 190 bucks content wise. But hey, when were most Hindi mainstream movies known for their paisa-vasool capabilities. I give you this, this movie is very very very watchable - or should I put it as "ogle"able - for the cast. If you're male, Madame Bips is very very soothing to dried eyes like those of Yours Truly's. And of course, if you're female, I believe Hrithik, in all his open-shirt glory, will be very very eye-soothing.

I read somewhere that Hrithik (I believe that was a review in rediff.com), in this movie, had - and I quote here - jaw-dropping-abs. I know which part of the movie they're referring ... but I suppose we Indians don't properly know what exactly is "jaw-dropping". I believe this guy takes that honor. HANDS-DOWN!

In the entire movie, I probably enjoyed only 2 scenes. One was the song - Touch Me - where Bips absolutely and literally sizzles in a gorgeous Red, and the other - okay, these are to be qualified as "others" - everywhere Uday Chopra acted like a goof. Somehow I was totally able to connect a bungling goofy fellow who is unlucky enough to get himself into the crappiest situations, yet is very good at heart.

I dont think I am ever going to get this song "Touch Me" outta my mind. What an amazing song!! There's something about Alisha Chinai's voice in that song which attracts me like magnet!

Overall, I re-iterate, the movie is NOT worth watching for its content. Is it just me, or is there absolutely no quality in current generation Hindi movies? Somehow, I feel, even if English movies are also on the same "un-believable" level, I able to relate to English movies much much better than current-gen Hindi or Thamizh movies.

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I've been part of this Royal-Enfield gang in Orkut called the 'Royal Knights'. It is a very nice gang, with a lot of like-minded guys (and very few gals - yes, there are gals in it who actually ride heavy bikes like the Royal-Enfield). I've been with the gang for about 2 rides, and definitely plan on doing many more rides with them. We had a gang meeting yesterday at a place called Road-Trips. Boy, what a meetup it was. Everybody was very friendly, and I believe, on the same mental wavelength. Happened to make 2 new friends there yesterday. We're planning to go for some long rides (to places like Wayanad which is about 250kms from Bangalore). Believe me, going as a gang, with about 20+ Royal-Enfields roaring along the highways needs to be experienced. Words simply dont do the experience ANY justice, whatsoever.

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While we are on the topic of Royal-Enfields, I noticed that some of the fellows in the 'Royal Knights' gang had modified the silencers of their Enfields to some that make an AMAZING THUMPING SOUND. I mean, they ARE LOUD! As in, you kick-start your Enfield, and the entire road WILL KNOW that there is an Enfield in the neighbourhood.

They aren't loud as in noisy-loud, but thumping-loud. And boy, what an attitude man! Simple droolable.

Me, I'm just waiting for 1 year to complete for my bike. That's when I'll start with the bike mods.

FIRST PRIORITY - Install a better horn. I get the feeling that fellows on the highways are barely able to hear the sound of the existing horn on my Thunderbird (who, by the way, I call endearingly as 'Eleanor').

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I need to buy an mp3 player A-S-A-P. Simple cardio sessions in the gym seem to be more tough than before. Am hoping to be able to buy this one shortly, mostly by tomorrow.

Of course, my bigger dream is to get one of these. That one above is just a stop-gap arrangement. I haven't told my father though, about the intention to buy another one shortly. I'm pretty sure he'll go ballistic.

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This song too is very nice: The Marascia Remixed version of 'Let the Music Play' by Shamur.

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Oh, and about that guy who came along to watch Dhoom-2 who didn't know one bit of Hindi: while I had agreed to do some translation of what was happening on-screen, or atleast tell him when he was supposed to laugh at a joke on-screen, since I was engrossed watching Bips, I can't quite remember whether I did tranlate anything for him. Poor chap, my colleague has vowed to get a Thamizh version of Dhoom-2 and watch the entire movie once again, just to understand what transpired.

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Oki folks, that's a wrap. Rest in next, till then, take care, and take it easy!