After coming to know about the controversy relating to plagiarism, that 3 Idiots is almost entirely based on Five Point Someone (FPS),  I’m forming an opinion that this is a mili-bhagat (rhymes with his last name, doesn’t it?).

Here are few points I observed from this controversy :

1) The readers of the book, after knowing about this, will go and WATCH the movie just for confirming whether it’s been copied or not.

2) The viewers of the movie, after knowing about this, will go and BUY the book to confirm whether the storyline has been copied or not.

Either way, it’s a benefit for the makers of the movie, and Chetan.

If you are thinking about the black-mark on the makers of the movie, and the pity face of Chetan, well, you must know that public won’t remember this incident for a long time. That’s how it works. Public’s memory is indeed weak, and is often replaced by the controversy of the upcoming movie.

I wonder how much Chetan was paid by the makers of the movie for writing this article on his personal blog :
http://www.chetanbhagat.com/blog/general/a-book-a-film-and-the-truth

Remember readers, he’s a great writer, and don’t get carried away by reading his blog article.

A couple of  quotes from the above article :

Quote #1 : Still, don’t take my word for it – go read the book, watch the film.

Quote #2 : I urge you to not believe me at face value. Read the book, see the movie – and like the movie says – think for yourself and decide.

So my friends, did you get the point?
If you were to read these lines while reading the article, your blood would have boiled(supporting Chetan) and you would have gone this instant to the cinema hall to watch the movie.

But after reading my article, what do you say?

What an Idea Sirji!

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Another quick reminder to my dear friends; These days, I have been talking in Third Person, so please please DON’T think that I am going wrong on this part (yeah, I do mess up with grammar sometimes).

For e.g. I solves Rubik’s Cube, I is hungry.

The beginning of the end of my first half of college life started on 5th Feb. For those who can’t compile that and are approaching the small “X” mark on the top-right of their window, it’s the 4th semester. I would go on mentioning how “excellent” the staff is, but I don’t want to mess with the institution which is responsible for graduating me.

Every time, I open the Control Panel of my blog, I am alerted by WordPress, “Please update”. That’s a very serious insult you know. And especially when you are someone who updates his blog once in a month. I actually got readers, and my informed sources (themselves actually) tell me that they have actually bookmarked my blog. Now that’s inspiring, and fills me with guilt for not giving them enough updates about myself. Don’t worry my faithful readers, I am not going to change.

PS3 updates – Got The Orange Box and a DualShock 3 controller for my beast. So, if anyone who wants to be humiliated by me in Euro 2008 and WWE Smackdown vs Raw 2008, well, I am game for them.

I have also been playing DotA, and I won’t tell you about the current status of my skills in that game, because it’s not my habit to insult myself in my blog.

I have apparently been watching a couple (+ 1) of British sketches, Not the Nine’O Clock News, Jeeves & Wooster, and Yes, Minister.
The duo, Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie have surpassed themselves in P.G. Woodhouse’s dramatized series Jeeves & Wooster. And what more, they have convinced me to buy books of P.G. Woodhouse too. That’s something almost impossible you see.
They say that, Not the Nine’O Clock News was a competitor of A Bit of Fry & Laurie. But, I feel in no way NtNCN can beat ABoFaL.
Paul Eddington and Sir Nigel Hawthorne’s “immaculate timing” in Yes, Minister is something worth the BAFTA Awards.

A typical concluding statement to my yet another boring update, “That’s all for now!”

Locked and Loaded…

I know that 2009 is quite far away, but for students who fall under VTU, well it seems like even days like January 1st don’t feel special. My exams are starting from December 19th and extend to January 1st.

Wrapped up my Playstation, now trying to shutdown my laptop. Let’s see how far I am able to reach the shutdown button…