Two Movies and Cough Syrup

Cough syrup is the kosher high for the suffering ones for sure. Coughing endlessly for 10 days and switching between sounding like an airless pump and a rickshaw, I have given up the intermediary spoon and have taken to the bottle. Literally. And it has done wonders, for my insomnia at least where it hasn't done any harm to the cough..God bless the cough syrup REGARDLESS

Apart from my 4 hourly 'dose' of the high, what has kept me company is the movies and my DVD remote control. In the midst of fast forwarding through a bunch of movies, I saw a couple of good ones. 'The Bad Lieutenant' , Nicolas Cage has shined in the movie.. (In my 'high' opinion of course). And then there was 'Ishqia' an interesting watch, with different treatment, songs and consistent acting. Videya Balan showed some potential again, as I thought she couldn't do anything passable after Parineeta... (Again in my very judgmental opinion of Indian movies that I watch with my thumb on the forward button).. The list goes on, My Name is Khan, Kurbaan, Your Turn, My Zinc Bed.. etc etc.

The two movies that I really enjoyed with an intention of watching them again are Pyaasa, a 1957 black and white, Guru Datt and Waheeda Rehman starrer with great acting and AMAZING songs. All of them. Sahir's poetry is used in the movie if I am not wrong, and its beautiful.

Thanks to the constant nagging of my friend I got to see this other movie at her place on Thursday during my first ever sleep over. During which I discovered that a person can never be thoroughly corrupted until they sleep over at a friend's house...

Anyway the movie was Presopolis, a French movie about an Iranian girl.. I felt as though I knew her (Murjan).. It is set on the background of the Iranian revolution and events that followed but predominantly it is the story of Murjan's life. A MUST WATCH. If I am not wrong it won an Oscar too. It has such a flow to it that it is a delirious pleasure to keep up with the story... The best part of the movie is Murjan's relationship with her Grandmother. Again, its a must watch and is extremely enjoyable in English as well.

Rest assured, there is no place like home and there is nothing better than one's own bed. Even if you fight to sleep the whole night.. That reminds me, time for my dose ;)