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Dont u mistake it to be my initials. Its my all time fav movie ..Shawshank Redemption

i'm not into reviewing movies but for the benefit of ppl who missed this classic (actual reason being soul satisfaction of revwing my fav movie :D), i take up this task.

Quotes Andy Dufrane : Hope is a good thing, may be the best of the things

Main Plot : A Prominent banker unjustly convicted of murder, spends many years in the shawshank prison.

Based on "Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption" by Stephen King. Ranks among the best filmed versions of any King stories to date.

let me keep the revw short & crisp. So that u enjoy the movie that little bit more :D.

It's simple to say The Shawshank Redemption is about hope, but it is also about faith and love. Enigmatic new inmate Andy (Robbins) and the regretful, older Red (Freeman) could hardly contrast more, yet they connect. That neither actor nabbed an Oscar in the year Tom Hanks won for Forrest Gump shows stupid is as stupid does, indeed. Freeman, in particular, is exceptional.

Tim Robbins, as Andrew Dufresne, plays the wrongly convicted man with quiet dignity. Andy's ire is internal; he doesn't rant about his situation or the corruptness of the system that has imprisoned him. His unwillingness to surrender hope wins him the admiration of some and the contempt of others, and allows the audience to identify with him that much more strongly.

Ellis Boyd Redding (Morgan Freeman), or "Red" as his friends call him, is the self-proclaimed "Sears and Roebuck" of the Shawshank Prison (for a price, he can get just about anything from the outside). His is the narrative voice and, for once, the disembodied words aid, rather than intrude upon, the story. Serving a life sentence for murder, Red is a mixture of cynicism and sincerity - a man with a good soul who has done a vile deed. His friendship with Andy is one of The Shawshank Redemption's highlights.

"Salvation lies within," advises Warden Norton at one point. It is the presentation of this theme that makes The Shawshank Redemption unique. Prison movies often focus on the violence and hopelessness of a life behind bars. While this film includes those elements, it makes them peripheral. The Shawshank Redemption is all about hope and, because of that, watching it is both uplifting and cathartic.


Some of the notable Distinctions:

The Shawshank Redemption has repeatedly been voted as one of the greatest movies ever made. According to the Internet Movie Database Top 250 Movies of All Time, it is one of only two movies with at least a 9.0 average rating (the other being The Godfather). Rated over 180,000 times, it has the most votes of any of the 250 movies on the IMDb list, and had previously secured the #1 position for quite some time. This list is derived from the votes of IMDb registered users.

Top 250 Movies

In the 1994 Academy Awards the movie was nominated for seven awards (Best Picture, Best Actor–Morgan Freeman, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Editing, Best Original Score, and Best Sound) but failed to win a single one.


Cast :

Starring:

* Tim Robbins: Andy Dufresne
* Morgan Freeman: Ellis Boyd "Red" Redding
* Bob Gunton: Warden Samuel Norton
* William Sadler: Heywood
* Clancy Brown: Captain Byron Hadley
* Gil Bellows: Tommy Williams
* Mark Rolston: Bogs Diamond
* James Whitmore: Brooks Hatlen
* Jeffrey DeMunn: District Attorney (1946)

Credits:

* Director: Frank Darabont
* Producer: Niki Marvin
* Screenwriter: Frank Darabont
* Art Director: Peter Lansdown Smith
* Casting: Deborah Aquila
* Cinematographer: Roger Deakins
* Composer: Thomas Newman, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
* Costume Designer: Elizabeth McBride
* Editor: Richard Francis-Bruce
* Production Designer: Terence Marsh
* Set Decorator: Michael Seirton
* Story: Stephen King

I hope you hav a good time watching this classic

Why ???

Sunday , most awaited day for an F1 fan , but wasnt to be so exciting as renault the team i dont particularly appreciate has finished 1-2.
But the reason for pennin down ths blog is totally diff. was goin thru a blog forwarded by one of my frnds and felt so wierd, how can people be so weak, i was thinkin about what Swami Vivekananda said about human character, people with no character are the weakest,not the ones without money,power,food and shelter.

this particular blog is a movement for a good cause. do access

Blank Noise Project

think about it ..

Screaming for Vengeance

All Ferrari front row in Bahrain

Update
Malaysian Grand Prix - Lacklustre race with Renault claiming top 2 positions and Button(BAR) finishing 3rd. lookin for an exciting race @ Albert Part (Aussie Grand Prix on 2nd Apr)

Bahrain Race result - ALonso takes top step on Podium , with Schumi and Raikkanon completing top 3.

What an amazing session of 60 mins(Sat Qualifying) to start the Formula One 2006 season.

Michael Schumacher equalled the late Ayrton Senna’s record for pole positions when he took his 65th in Bahrain this afternoon during Formula One racing’s first knockout qualifying session.
Fellow Ferrari racer Felipe Massa will start alongside him, with Honda’s Jenson Button and Renault world champion Fernando Alonso on row two.

My adrenaline already pumping....Cant wait till sunday afternoon for the race to start.

Go Schuuuuuuuumi go !!!!!

Play on . . . .

what's happening on my blog , is this me ? 4 blogs down and not a mention about the love of my life , its kind of wierd .... what were u thinkin, i was talkin about Music ..the love of my life :D. Seldom a day goes by in my life with out listenin to music.
One of the rationalities behind starting my blog was to enlighten souls, show them the path to salvation,enough of philosophy hehe..,on a serious note it was to share my knowledge about rock/metal music with you ppl.
i have this profound theory that why should I be the only one to experience bliss, lemme share it with everyone of my acquaintances thru this medium. i'm talkin about havin fun listening to some of the rockin numbers ever produced. This is a humble effort towards this cause.

I thought hard which song to start with, couldnt decide as there is an ocean of music i like, somehow decided to start with a song that took me by surprise in recent times(I may clarify the song being reviewed is not exactly a rock number, but a darn good one).

Song : Feel
Artist : Robbie Williams

before i go gaga about the song lemme tell u something, u need to hav a heart to feeeeeel this one :D.

Review :
The massive amount of feeling he has put into this contemporary anthem is nothing short of breathtaking.
The song starts gently, with a simple recurring piano sequence that builds with percussion and vocals to a heart beat of a dance song, leading the entrapped listener into Robbie's emotions.
For me this song will always have relevance because every human seeks love, yet few are blessed with love of the kind Robbie asks for.
As the music progresses, there is a constant build up of percussion and strings to support the soaring vocal, which entreats the listener to help in the eternal quest for love and understanding.

In all, a completely genuine study of 21st century loneliness, and a darn fine song! Thanks Robbie Williams, we love you!

Feel Lyrics

p.s. some other good nos of Robbie ...Angels,Millenium,Shes the One and No Regrets.

keep rockin
RAM

A Day to remember..

If I ever in my senility would want to write an autobio than today would certainly qualify to be part of it.It is with this incredible feelin i write this blog.

Me n Uday(a.k.a psycho),the usual suspects for any quizzin event,have done it,broke free of prelims jinx.For the first time we have reached the finals(top 6 teams) of national level business quizzing contest.

We were one of the teams to qualify for the Finals (top 6 teams) of the "ET in the classroom quiz",this is not just any normal college business quiz.Its been happening for a decade now, promoted by Economic Times.Conducted by one of the ace quiz masters of the country Mr. Giri Balasubramanium known to the quizzing world as PickBrain.

I am certainly not boasting about what meagre we have achieved today but i just want to take u guys down the memory lane, last year november,myself and Uday just after our 1st Sem had come together,both of us were passionate about quizzin more than anything else, it wasnt the prize money but the passion to compete with the best and to know about the best in the business was the motivation that brought us together.And this undyin spirit is what carries us to every business quiz.And on one time we had the chance of stepping into the quiz master's shoes at our colleges own annual gathering Trishna where we conducted a "successful" quiz, and worth mentioning is the marketin quiz that i conducted and i appreciate the overwhelmin participation from the class (MBA) and am glad that u guys had fun.

And at a moment when i was thinkin its been 4 months we have been quizzin together and apart from a second place finish at IIPM ,nothin much worth mentioning, or on the other hand, its only been just 4 months since we started quizzin.we as a team are still evolving ,complimenting each other n starting to gel. we had this performance today, only to affirm my feelin that we hav been improving.

Even though we havent finished in the top 3 in todays quiz , with rejuvenated spirit we hope to improve our performance,try harder than befor to be consistent and to carry on the Quizzin culture that ICFAI is known for over the years.

when it comes to quizzing, but i would like to add here that a lot has to be done to achieve glory. if we r to win any big events this year then we need to put in multiple efforts of what we have achieved till date. touch wood for the same......


Some Trivia - ICFAI has been finalist and winners of "ET in classroom" few times in the past.
Also ICFAI were the winners of Tata Crucible, a nation wide quizzin event by TATA Group for Colleges in 2004.


way to go ...
RAM