Bulandi (2000) : When panchayat becomes a penchant

Bulandi is one of my biggest guilty pleasure film  to date along with Clerk and Gaon humaara shaher tumhara. I have seen it multiple times, visited it recently  and each time it is just as enjoyable because there is so much to decipher in every scene. The film celebrates male chauvinism at danke ki chot and takes extreme pride in it in a very earnest way. It is about a thakur family which has a history of making disastrous decisions.

 Each time a thakur makes an entry on his ghoda -gaadi, there is an epic BMG which resembles the Bane chant from The dark knight rises. You have no option but to get mesmerised each time anil/rajni as thakur walks in slow motion . Rajnikant but naturally has more flair here. He doesnt light stick by rubbing it on match box but instead rubs the match box on the stick to light his cigar. Since that day i always lighted the match stick in my chemistry lab in same fashion. such is the impact of that scene. If during an argument in panchayat, someone doesnt agree with Rajni and tries to fight back, rajni just moves his gamcha and no one dares speak a word after it. The movement of gamcha on his shoulder signifies apocalypse. It is another matter that once the gamcha movement is over, then rajni is vulnerable and can be shot dead by a tamancha by ranjit.But during the godly moment of gamcha, he is invincible.

Dialogues are rejuvenating and always leave goosebumps in me.a sample scene is when  raveena plays a proud educated city girl and misbehaves with older  anil and anil explains her the dharm of an indian wife - "patni ka dharm hai ki pati ki daasi ban ke seva, kare,maa ke tarah use khilay pilyae". raveena calls rekha an uneducated women and rekha defends herself saying she is a graduate from alllahabad university (may be referring to amitabh here). It doesnt impress raveena all that much. Eventually Raveena starts respecting thakur family only when she gets a reality check of their bank accounts.Fair enough i suppose.

Shakti kapoor plays the villian and mostly he is semi nude in the film. he wears dhoti in the manner of speedos which looks pretty gross. He is banished from the village as he had raped a SC/ST woman 18 years ago. So in oldboy style, he counts each year by making a mark on his body with hot iron rod.

Like in all south films and in general with such unpretentious and enjoyable cheesy masala films, the senior actors become superheros as they get older. so harish (that small gay south hero of the 90s who debuted with karishma in prem qaidi) who is 20 years younger to shakti is no match for him but anil who is in late 50s has the aglity and strength that can put Micheal Jai white to shame.In the climax scene, during a fight , anil shows he is not just about the brawns. He turns a bullock cart into a maternity ward room .

In the tradition of thakur dynasty,they die only when they want to and same is the case with anil. But raveena has just given birth to a new legacy in the bullock cart turned maternity ward. Younger anil takes over as the next thakur with the bane chants and the legacy continues....


Full movie here:

Ramleela review: Trigger Dabane Ki Baat Mar Kar, Trigger Daba Daal

The film starts on Bhansali sets where there are lot of guns. A riot occurs between two groups of people in bhansali sets. Meanwhile Ranveer is introduced by Tattad Tattad song on another Bhansali sets. He has the facial look of Bhansali himself but the lower body is shaved like Salman of 90s. May be Bhansali always had a fetish for that kind of appearance. Then Supriya Pathak who is member of one of the groups is introduced on yet another Bhansali sets. She continues her Khichdi act from where she had left. In next scene, it is revealed that Ranvir is a porn film seller. and just after that the Slutty Savitri Deepika is introduced, this is not a co-incidence…..and yes, on yet another Bhansali set. She plays a Gujju but has accent of a vernacular M***i.

Its Holi so a song starts and Deepika has started doing what she did in BKB, LAK, Cockail, KCK, Yjhd, Lafangey Parindey, i.e. hititng on the hero in the first mulaqat. They are about to have sex too with the underlying idea that "Mor Apne Pankh Kholte Hain, Hum Kapde Kholte Hain". But as we know by now, having watched those Deepika films, she never gives the "happy ending". So not much happens except that at least this time she didn't shy from kissing without shitting in her panties unlike BAH and YJHD. Ecstatic and erect, Ranveer falls in a pond of water created in Bhansali's sets.

Then in the next set and scene, they are talking to each other rhyming words with the standards that can compete with the lyrics of Friday by Rebecca Black. Then there's the cheesiest of all dialogues – Deepika "Jigar Pe Mat Ja, Trigger Daba Doongi". Ranveer says "Daba Na". She replies "Chee". Jab Chee Hi Bolna Tha to Trigger Dabane Ki Baat Kari Hi Kyun? Trigger Dabana Hai To Daba Daal Warna Uski Baat Mat Kar. Either be complete slutty or complete Savitri. But then its Deepika Padukone. From here on this is Ishaqzaade Part 2 in Bhansali's sets. Ishqiya Dhishkiyaon song choreography reminds of Govinda-Karishma c-graders. The Police raid scene where police guy exchanges porn DVD with bullets is WTF. Ranveer kills Deepika's brother but lust wins over family bonding and now Deepika is desperate to marry Ranver otherwise "Dono Ek Hi Kamre Mein Kaise Reh Sakte Hain". Then after some more Ishaqzaade in Bhansali sets which can be fast forwarded if you are on torrent there is an Indra the Tiger type OTT sword fight scene of Ranveer. Then some more fast forward reveals that the end scene is also same as Ishaqzaade.

Commando Review 2013

Back in the 90s, in his films like KKK and Mohra, Akshay showed that Indian heroes can do the spinning back kicks and use the Nunchaku with as much ease as the Van Dammes . Vidyut takes that legacy forward and proves what Tony Jaa and Scott Adkins can do, he can do as well.

The introduction of Vidyut is nothing less than a celebration of his histrionics. This commando can do handstand pushups, one leg squats, spartan push ups with as much ease as walking in the garden. His intro fight is easily the best choreographed action sequence in Bollywood for a long time and matches the global standards of martial arts action. The ease with which he carries out his back flips, corkscrew kick, jumping through a car window and over it, vidyut makes all so-called action heroes Salman and Ajay look like school-going kids. People run on road, Vidyut runs on people!

But not everything is good about Commando. Pooja Chopra's role is quite irritating at points and she tries her best to ruin the film and is successful to some extent. But the Villain Jaideep Ahlawat makes up for her OTT acting. He is a supercool villain though personally i would have preferred a more evenly matched opponent for someone like Vidyut. The dialgues between them are good to okayish. As I always say, a good action film is one which keeps everything else simple but the action. Commando tries to take itself too seriously in the second half with some attempt at social messages which doesn't help the cause. There is an item song too and some typical filmy scenes added purely to make it look like a South Masala and that doesn't help. There are enough fight scenes for a normal movie goer but for an action lover, I believe there were less fight sequences. At least two more sequences could have been added in the second half instead of the nonsense of Pooja Chopra and the boring atrocities to her family.

I remember Aamir claiming Ghajini to push the envelope of action in Bollywood. It regressed us by 20 years and we had to face the wrath of a rather unhealthy trend of nonsensical South Masala remakes like SOS and Himmatwala. Commando is not entirely satisfying but its is a film that genuinely pushes the envelope of action in Hindi cinema. For this alone, the film deserves to be a success. My wish now is to see both Vidyut and Akshay in the same frame.

My top 3 screen characters

Ra's Al Ghul ( Batman Begins) 

 Liam Neeson as Ra's Al Ghul - Basically the creator of Batman ,who  is nothing but  a glorified Ninja, a human aspect which interests me more in him than any other superhero.He trains Bruce in Ninjutsu. Writer David Goyer said  he was the most complex of all the Batman villains, comparing him to Osama bin Laden.He's not crazy in the way that all the other Batman villains are. He's not bent on revenge; he's actually trying to heal the world. He's just doing it by very draconian means.

Ras Al ghuls principles behind the formation of the "Batman": "

Ras Al Ghul : "Justice will happen,Crime cannot be tolerated.Criminals thrive on the indulgence of Society's understanding"

Ninjustu : When there is no justice, the Ninja appear. They are not “called to action” by anyone.They are just ordinary people in extraordinary situations. They need not have a “clan” or “credentials” or even a great deal of training. They only need the Will. The Ninja do what must be done.

Teachings of Ras Al ghul:  Realism in Super-heroic world

Ras Al Ghul: " You know how to fight six men. We can teach you how to engage six hundred. You know how to disappear. We can teach you to become truly invisible. You must become more than just a man in the mind of your opponent.Men fear most what they cannot see. Theatricality and deception are powerful agents. To manipulate the fears of others, you must first learn to master your own. "

Ninjustsu : It is not a magical technique which will enable you to disassemble your body and reassemble yourself somewhere else. It will not change the structure of your body, making it transparent. This Art of Invisibility consists of the skills employed to make yourself unseeable; in this context, the art becomes almost a philosophy.The ancient masters have said, "A tree falling in the forest with no one to hear it, makes no sound; but, it falls nonetheless." So it is with Ninjitsu. A Ninja attacking a blind man is invisible, but he is attacking nonetheless.

To be a Ninja one must be a hunter. This means that he knows the ways of his prey. He studies their habits, patterns of movement, and routines. In this way, he can strike when they are most vulnerable, or trap them in their own habits.

To be a Ninja, one must be a wizard. This means that he can "stop the world" and "see with the eyes of God." This is the essence of Mugei-Mumei No-Jitsu, which is translated to mean, "no name-no art." Secrecy is the hallmark of being a spy.

To be a Ninja, one must be strong, one must know, one must dare, and one must be silent.

Ninja philosophies vis-a-vis Ras Al Ghuls vision of Gotham:

Ras Al Ghul: "When a forest grows too wild, a purging fire is inevitable and natural. Only a cynical man would call what these people have "lives," Wayne. Crime, despair... this is not how man was supposed to live. The League of Shadows has been a check against human corruption for thousands of years. We sacked Rome, loaded trade ships with plague rats, burned London to the ground. Every time a civilization reaches the pinnacle of its decadence, we return to restore the balance. "

Ninjustsu: "there is no art higher than that of destroying the enemy’s resistance without a fight on the battlefield"

"Do not shun the aid of even the lowest and most despicable people. Disrupt the work of their government with every means you can"

Spread disunity and dispute among the citizens of the enemy’s country. Turn the young against the old. Use every means to destroy their arms, their supplies, and discipline of the enemy’s forces."

Debase old traditions and accepted gods. Be generous with promises and rewards to purchase intelligence and accomplices. Send out your secret agents in all directions. Do not skimp with money or with promises, for they yield a high return."

Lester Burnham

Lester Burnham is a middle-aged dad in the midst of a midlife crisis.Lester Burnham's wife , who's cheating on him, hates him.His daughter regards him with contempt, and his boss wants Lester to quit his job as he finds Lester of no importance. When one has got nothing to lose, one might as well risk everything. Provoked by pitiful life he had , Lester decides to make a few changes in his life to keep his spirits high. The freer he gets, the happier he gets, which troubles his wife.He's sexually frustrated but tries to be peaceful. But when things finally seem out of control he becomes rebellious. He has a Passive Aggressive disorder.

Dr Hannibal Lecter

Hannibal Lecter was born in Lithuania in the year of 1933 to a wealthy, aristocratic family. In the midst of World War II, Hannibal, his parents and younger sister, Mischa, relocated to a cabin in the woods to escape the war. Here, tragic events took place. First, Lecter and his sister witness their parents murdered during an explosion involving a group of Nazi military men. The Nazi men, in desperate need of food killed and cannibalized Lecter’s younger sister, which Hannibal witnesses first hand. This traumatic event can be marked as the driving force of Lecter’s sadistic ways.A sociopath by choice with the perfect mix of animal and human instincts. He has the patience and agility of the swiftest animal and the intelligence of a human genius.

Journey Of a Sachin Fanatic

World Cup 1996:

This journey started somewhere in the 1996 WC when my dad introduced me to this 5 feet odd batsman and said “look how be bats”. I began liking him but it was an acquired taste.

Sharjah 1998:

The real fanatism came in 1998 during the sharjah series.His innings of 143 in that sand storm is etched in my memory like most sachin fans.There was a time when I was only bothered about his 100.I didnt care if India wins or not.All I wanted was a tendulkar 100!

From 1998 to 2006, I was a sachin fanatic to the point of being a sadist for his competition/haters.I was an alter ego of my present self.There was a time when my only worry in life was sachins form :D

I could keep watching sachin videos whole day without getting bored.

I am one of those who switched off tv when sachin got out.Done that umpteen times and i am proud of it.

I had many books with photos of sachin (and other cricketers too, but sachin almost 60%) pasted. Used to cut his photos from newspapers, magazines and pasted it in books.

2004 Slump:

I used to think  the whole world hates sachin during 2004 aus series.All critics bashed him for bad form.Some even wanted him to retire.and then when he got 200 in sydney, i remember I saw the full match highlights for 5-6 times.I used to hate dravid when he got credit for 2003-04 pak win.

2007 WC defeat and rise of Dhoni:

I think it was the 2007 WC ouster when for the first time I was extremely disappointed.(Besides the WC 2003 final of course)That was the same year India won the T20 WC under Dhoni and then obviously Dhoni went on to captain India to the WC 2011 win.

His retirement was on the cards though a bit late. But I am surprised why he retired ODIs before tests. Contrary to other batsmen, sachin has always been stronger in ODIs. The best time to retire was wc 2011 victory but I dont know why he continued further. He could have made 100 100 by playing only tests too.

And finally, let me say this is a huge loss for India especially in ODIs.The excitement to see indian batting open will never be the same.Sachin used to motivate me,he still motivates me.I am lucky to be born in his era.

Talaash is the alter ego of OMG

Story:

The story is about 4 characters. Kareena plays a prostitute who has a dalla named Shashi.He has a langda assistant(nawaz) .A film actor named armaan and his two friends , kejriwal and Nikhil.Aamir plays an inspector and rani is his wife.

The film starts with the car accident of armaan . Aamir takes up this case. There is a side story to aamir which I will mention first.Aamir has lost his son due to an accident leading to both aamir-rani having a depressed life. His son drowns himself while boating.Aamir blames his irresponsiblity for his death.His wife rani doesnt speak much until she meeets shernaz patel who practises blackmagic and claims that she can talk to his son's aatma.She even gives her a practical demonstration which convinces rani that ghosts/aamta do exist. But aamir doesnt agree.He is an upright well educated policeman and he has seen OMG.This son-track doesn’t seem relevant to the talaash case but later its link is given.

Now the main case is this. Kareena was sent by his dalla Shashi as the gangbang bitch for the pleasure of armaan, kejriwal and Nikhil.When she is making love to Nikhil in car, accidentally the door of the car opens and they both fall down. Nikhil is rushed to hospital by the two guys but kareena is left stranded,wounded due to fear of police case.Kareena dies and becomes a ghost to revenge her death.

She can be seen only by aamir but he doesn’t know this.She assists him in finding each of the people associated to her death and they get killed one by one,sometimes by her act and sometimes situational. The dalla gets killed first bcos he was blackmailing kejirwal for extortion money. Nawaz gets killed later for the same thing by kejriwals henchmen but this incident leads aamir to one of the henchmen as witness. He tells him about kejriwal.Kejriwal tells aamir that kareena was the one who was killed. Aamir is shocked.When they both are travelling in his jeep, kareena appears from nowhere and aamir loses his control. The jeep dives into the sea nearby.Kejriwal is dead but the ghostly kareena saves aamir.Aamir realizes the power of ghosts and starts believing in them. He now has sympathy with his wife rani who was a firm believer in this. That completes the relevance of the son-track.

Acting:

Aamir is in SMJ mode. He has acted quite well in two scenes particularly the scene where he recollects about the death of his son in his car and the one where he imagines the options that he could have used to save his son. Kareena has acted well and she overshadowed aamir in two scenes. One is the lift scene and the other is the scene at the seashore.Rani has very little role and has acted well.

Learnings :

In OMG,akshay taught us that we should not believe in superstitions.In talaash,aamir teaches us to start believing in ghosts.

EVA - Baap of ROI/trending method for BoxOffice

The first and foremost measure of performance that comes to one’s mind is profit/ROI- the accounting measure of performance. Someone has aptly said- profit is an opinion, not the fact. If this were not case , one would not have seen the debacle of big companies like Enron, World Com etc. All such companies managed their earnings well and have shown better performance in terms of ROI.

The thing is traditional measures ignore the definite requirement that the rate of return should be at least as high as the cost of capital.The cost of capital is the rate of return required to persuade the investor to make a given investment.Or a bare minimum margin which the investor expects by making a certain amount of investment.Economic Value Added (EVA) is a financial performance method to calculate the true economic profit of an investment. EVA can be calculated as net income minus a charge for the opportunity cost of the capital invested.

If EVA = 0 , Investment value neither added or eroded

EVA >1 , Investment value enhanced

EVA < 1 ,Investment value eroded.

The biggest catch of EVA is that it can be negative even for investments which have positive income!

EVA takes into account some major factors - it takes earnings,the expectations of the investor (cost of capital),time value of money,opportunity cost of capital.The only tricky thing  in this is to arrive at the cost of capital. But there is a way to it.

During ETT ,I heard a lot of ppl trash its performance.They said  it didnt maximise its market potential as 3 idiots did in 2009; even though the BO gross between the two was not much different.I will now calculate the  margin of 3i and will assume this as the cost of capital for other films to arrive at the EVA. By doing so, I wil be able to judge the films taking 3i as the parameter for trending,inflation,acceptance and so on. I am basically making the investors of those films act as if they are investors of 3i.

Financials of 3i:

Investment	Rs. 65.00
Indian	Rs. 111.10
Overseas	Rs. 35.00
	Rs. 146.10
Cost of capital	25%
Traditional Net Income
Revenue	Rs. 146.10
Total	Rs. 146.10
Deduct investment	Rs. 65.00	Return on Capital	124.77%
Net Income	Rs. 81.10
EVA
Market Value of Capital	Rs. 65.00
x Cost of Capital	25%
Dollar Cost of Capital at Market Value	Rs. 16.25
Net Income	Rs. 81.10
- Cost of Capital	Rs. 16.25
Economic Value Added	Rs. 64.85

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now, 25% will be taken as the cost of capital .By definition,if EVA is less than 1,it means the investment's value is eroded.

Ek Tha Tiger:

Investment	Rs. 90.00
Indian	Rs. 110.00
Overseas	Rs. 25.00
	Rs. 135.00
WACC	25%
Traditional Net Income
Revenue	Rs. 135.00
Total	Rs. 135.00
Deduct investment	Rs. 90.00	Return on Capital	50.00%
Net Income	Rs. 45.00
EVA
Market Value of Capital	Rs. 90.00
x Cost of Capital	25%
Cost of Capital at Market Value	Rs. 22.50
Net Income	Rs. 45.00
-  Cost of Capital	Rs. 22.50
Economic Value Added	Rs. 22.50

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Rowdy Rathore:

Capital	Rs. 75.00
Indian	Rs. 72.60
Overseas	Rs. 8.10
WACC	25.00%
Traditional Net Income
Revenue	Rs. 80.70
Income	Rs. 80.70
Deduct capital	Rs. 75.00	Return on Capital	7.60%
Net Income	Rs. 5.70
EVA
Capital employed	Rs. 75.00
x Cost of Capital	25.00%
Cost of Capital at Market Value	Rs. 18.75
Net Income	Rs. 5.70
-  Cost of Capital	Rs. 18.75
Economic Value Added	-Rs. 13.05

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Agneepath

Capital	Rs. 75.00
Indian	Rs. 67.65
Overseas	Rs. 14.85
WACC	25.00%
Traditional Net Income
Revenue	Rs. 82.50
Income	Rs. 82.50
Deduct capital	Rs. 75.00	Return on Capital	10.00%
Net Income	Rs. 7.50
EVA
Capital employed	Rs. 75.00
x Cost of Capital	25.00%
Cost of Capital at Market Value	Rs. 18.75
Net Income	Rs. 7.50
- Cost of Capital	Rs. 18.75
Economic Value Added	-Rs. 11.25

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Barfi:

Capital	Rs. 50.00
Indian	Rs. 50.40
Overseas	Rs. 13.50
WACC	25.00%
Traditional Net Income
Revenue	Rs. 63.90
Income	Rs. 63.90
Deduct capital	Rs. 50.00	Return on Capital	27.80%
Net Income	Rs. 13.90
EVA
Capital employed	Rs. 50.00
x Cost of Capital	25.00%
Cost of Capital at Market Value	Rs. 12.50
Net Income	Rs. 13.90
-  Cost of Capital	Rs. 12.50
Economic Value Added	Rs. 1.40

Zizek's note on Student of the Year

Never before has a filmmaker depicted the Oedipus complex in such a captivating and thought-provoking manner as in Karan Johar's SOTY.The moment comes in the introduction of the leads in the film who are believed to be the epitome of its sexual demographic.They are simply in awe of it.This moment (video 1) in itself is a strong reference to Sigmund Freud's "Three Essays on the Theory of Sexuality" .The scene denotes the emotions and ideas that the mind keeps in the unconscious, via dynamic repression, that concentrate upon a person's homosexual attraction and desire to sexually possess them. In yet another moment (video 2) Johar makes Carl Gustav Jung proud.The moment where he reinforces Carl's Electra Complex proposition through the libidinal shift of the girl's colleagues towards the guy.In classical, Freudian psychoanalytic theory, the earlier identification with the same-sex person is the successful resolution of the Oedipus complex and of the Electra complex; and the key psychological experience to developing a mature role and identity which interestingly is the climax of the film.The clash between the two males in the film is the most blatant instance of symbolic castration anxiety. Johar captures that irrational fear of being degraded where the person will go to extreme lengths to save their pride and perceive trivial things as being degrading making their anxiety restrictive and sometimes damaging. Video 1 Video 2:

Baba Health series Part 1 : Misconceptions of weight loss

This is my first post for the health series where I wish to share some of my own training experiences and knowledge based on research regarding misconceptions of weight loss.

 Most people think that spending two hours at the gym or eating less will make them lose weight.Both are delusions.IMO gym is nothing but a fad to make money.You pay the fees but the instructor will not guide you beyond the first week.After a month or so,it becomes just a place to hang out with friends.Do not waste money on it.Instead a 30-40 min proper intense workout even at home can give better result.

Many think that doing a 1-1.5 hr long continuous cardio everday will cause significant weight loss.This is the biggest misconception.Your RMR (resting metabolic rate )remains elevated for only 1-2 hours following a typical cardio workout. Conversely, your RMR remains elevated for up to 1-2 days following a strenuous training session ( high intensity exercises) in which a large quantity of your skeletal muscle has been traumatized.I can vouch for this from personal experience. I am a Shotokan Karate practioner myself and we train only twice a week! Moreover our training session is not continuous but always broken down into stop-start sessions where the whole body is pushed to limits. There are times when I can hardly walk back home because my whole body is exhausted,the muscles are traumatised. But this is where the secret lies.This trauma created in your muscles during such training is the process of muscle protein breakdown. Then, in the hours and days following that intense training session, your body must repair the damaged muscle. This is called muscle protein synthesis. During this whole process, your RMR is elevated due to the repair work your body is performing. Hence, you end up burning a lot more additional calories from this residual RMR increase than you would have from the those long continuous cardio training sessions.

Excessive cardio training actually can cause a loss of lean muscle mass, therefore decreasing your RMR. the lower your RMR, the harder it’s going to be to lose any more body fat and easier to store body fat if you happen to overeat. Most competitive sports are also based on stop-and-go movement or short bursts of exertion followed by recovery.
Another benefit of variable intensity training is that it is much more interesting than long boring steady state cardio programs.
A 20-minute high intensity interval training session is much more effective than a 40-50 minute boring steady pace cardio session due to several factors like residual metabolic after-burn effect, muscle retention, hormonal response, heart rate variability, etc. It will also save you time!
Keep your workouts shorter but intense; your best results will most likely come from keeping your workouts between 30-60 minutes in length.

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But just exercise alone is not sufficient.Eating habits are the sole reason that most people never lose weight no matter how hard they train.And No! Eating less doesnt help lose weight.This is another biggest misconception.

While people do experience initial weight loss with crash diets, it is actually a loss of lean muscle, which will lower your RMR, making it easier to put the fat back on in the long run.

One of the first reasons people experience an initial quick weight loss with a low carb diet is that they lose water weight by depleting their muscle glycogen stores. Muscle glycogen stores are basically stored carbohydrate in all of your skeletal muscle. A significant quantity of water is also held in the muscle cells of the body along with the glycogen. When you deplete your muscle glycogen stores, you also lose a good bit of water weight.You might have noticed that a persons muscles appear smaller (kind of shrunken) when they go on a low carb diet.

When you eat carbohydrates, they are broken down in your system and raise your blood sugar. Your pancreas secretes insulin to remove the excess sugar from your blood and deposit it into fat stores.Slow and steady carbohydrate sources are ideal because they give you steady energy levels, reduce cravings, and allow your body to utilize fat for energy in addition.The more unrefined and fibrous the carbohydrate source the slower the carbohydrate will be digested, and the lower and more steady the blood sugar and insulin response.More heavily refined starches and sugars where the fiber has been removed will be digested much more quickly and cause a higher blood sugar spike and subsequent crash after insulin has done its job. People who eat a lot of refined processed carbohydrates typically go through these cycles of blood sugar spikes and crashes, which causes them to crave more carbohydrates and leads to body fat gain.

The blood sugar level can be managed by what is called the glycemic index (GI) of foods.Basically, foods that raise your blood sugar quickly will have a higher GI and foods that raise your blood sugar slowly and to a lower degree will have a lower GI. Examples of foods with high GI’s are white rice, white bread, white potatoes, corn flakes, crispy rice cereals, sugars (except fructose), ice cream, bananas, cooked carrots, candy, and any other refined carbohydrates where the fiber has been removed. Examples of foods with lower GI’s are most dairy products, most fruits and vegetables, whole unrefined grains, sweet potatoes, barley, beans, and most other higher fiber carbohydrate sources.

Now that you are aware of the misconceptions,in next part i will talk about the 30-40 mins intense workout. :D

Kranti - Unintentional comedy

To quite a few,kranti may be a great film but I always thought it had the makings of a "Clerk" in the future.But here I present only a song from the film that the bhelpuri waala will be proud of.Lyrics are inspiring to say the least.The real genius of the song starts form 2.44.


 

"Mera Chana khaa gaye gore
 Jo ginti mein hain thode
Phir bhi maare humko khode"

 Excellent metaphor usage I would say except that it made me allergic to Chanas for the rest of my life.

 But manoj kumar was just a disciple of DK.DK being the senior goes one step further

" Mera chana hai apni marzi ka
ye dushman hai khudgarzi ka
sar kafan baandh ke nikla hai
deewana hai ye pagla hai"

If chana coud be replaced with willy,i think those lines might make better sense.

what are DK,MK doing at 6.28? Why hema malini has covered her navel with that patch of cloth but she has a bare back?Why is that toonda at 6.36 in the battalion which intends to fight british? May be reservation seat under PH category.