New Year Resolutions - Week 47 Achievements & Failures #TheLifesWay

Hi Guys, 

Week 47 - Sat 19 Nov 2022 - Fri 25 Nov 2022

Week 47 became hectic as I also had to attend some launch events along with watching a lot of streaming content.

1. Daily Walking - Week 47 also saw me running from end to end as I reached 893 kilometres and also clocked my second 7+ km for the month. Overall it was an addition of 24.60 km towards the goal of 1000 km. I feel that I can reach the 1000 mark now despite taking some big breaks due to viral fever. The whole month of Nov-22 will definitely cross 100km as far as I see it now as I am around 92.5km in total for the month. 

2. Entertainment - I watched Drishyam 2 in Hindi but as I have seen the Malayalam version so I didn't was invested in this one that much. I watched it to just complete the series and see what angle Akshaye Khanna will bring into the case. I really invested myself in watching Mukhbir - The Story of a Spy on the Zee5 streaming platform that I really liked it. I also watched Dharavi Bank another web series on MX Player that has all the action and style but falls short in terms of getting the soul right. It has Suniel Shetty, Vivek Oberoi and Sonali Kulkarni but then also there is something missing to make it hit. 

3. Launch Events - Montecasino invited me to the launch night premier of Sinbad at the Monte Theatro. I really loved the comedy timings and the colourful set and dresses of the show. Montecasino again invited me to the launch of their Italian Village of Lights lighting up ceremony but due to rains 3D show was cancelled and moved out so we saw the lights getting lit. It was a great day with the Montecasino family. I also received the new Galaxy Z Flip 4 smartphone for review that will stay with me till the end of Dec-22 and all the photos will be using the same device going forward. 

4. Pending Tasks - I always fail to complete all my personal tasks which gives me a lot of irritation and burden in the mind. Though all those tasks will not take a day or two to finish my mind keep webbing a loop of problems around those tasks which leads to their never getting completed. I don't know why I am sometimes unable to get them completed. My mind will find a reason to not do it despite my irritation and intent to do it too. I write the same in my tasks list continuously but then also it won't get completed. I even follow the 2 min rule from David Allen's book Getting Things Done that I have been following since 2006. It's more about controlling your own mind rather than following any productivity methods or rules as in the end it's you who has to do it! This is my biggest failure every year! 

5. Getting into the FOCUS zone - The only way to complete all the tasks in point no. 4 is to get into a focus zone and then my mind gets controlled by the body and I do complete them one by one. I don't distract myself during this focus zone time but sometimes I get dragged by the social media tasks as well. But this focus habit is very good if you want to finish any of your tasks so dedicate some hours to FOCUS HOURS and finish all such tasks that are a burden on your mind and heart. 

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Chintu Ka Birthday @ZEE5Premium #Movie #Drama #ChintuKaBirthday

Hi Friends,

Chintu Ka Birthday is a Hindi situational drama movie on Zee5 set in Baghdad, Iraq in 2004 and is a story of a family stuck there despite being Indian citizens but came to Iraq on Nepal's passports so India didn't repatriate them during those times. The family features Vinay Pathak as Madan Tiwari (father), Tillotama Shome as Sudha Tiwari (mother), Seema Pahwa as Nani of Chintu, Vedant Chibber as Chintu who looks so cute, Bisha Chaturvedi as Lakshmi - sister of Chintu. They live in the house rented from Khalid Massou as Mahdi. All hell broke loose when the American forces enter their house and interrupts the preparations for the Chintu's birthday. The movie is written and directed by Satyanshu Singh and Devanshu Kumar. It premiered on the Zee5 platform on 5th June 2020.

Madan plays an optimistic, loving, and understanding father who believes in Do Good, Be Good to all, and showcases the same really well till the end. Despite being beaten badly by the soldiers he still keeps his calm and optimism so that Chintu has no effect and as it's his big day he wants all happiness for him. Sudha is a great partner who not only helps him in all his endeavors and the chemistry between the couple is pure love. This is one of the movies which really has soul and tears will fall from your eyes now and then. Lakshmi as the elder sister totally loves Chintu and even fights with her grandmother (Nani) to don't spoil the occasion of Chintu's 6th birthday. Chintu has been waiting for his birthday cake since his last birthday as the cake shops and other establishments were either bombed or were not operating during the crisis time in Baghdad. Nani's character is the one who blames Madan for all their problems and well played by Seema Ji.

It's a story which will remind you of the movie Life is Beautiful but in an Indian way where kid's birthday is of great importance to the family. Madan and Sudha do all efforts to make the cake at home and when they get barged in by the soldiers and reprimanded, the cake gets burnt making Lakshmi cry and at that moment, I am sure you will cry too. Chintu ka Birthday is only 83 minutes long and showcases the love and care this family has for each other. Despite getting to know they are not the culprits they don't reveal the name of the person behind the material found in their home. That is the biggest sacrifice any person can do to the locals who have also adopted them in their lives as showcased by the Mahdi Bhai who comes all the way from a far location for Chintu's birthday.

The American soldiers (played by Reginald L Barnes and Nathan Scholz) who are sent to Iraq in search of Weapons of Mass Destruction find themselves on the edge of their emotions as they get attacked continuously by the locals and their friends are losing lives in this war. This makes them trust no one and Madan becomes the latest victim of their anger as they found Mahdi hiding in the storeroom and later runs away and one of the soldiers gets shot in the neck and gets injured. This is one movie you can definitely watch with your family and it will make you love your children more than anything. All the actors have acted in the movie really well and you will be amazed to see that in a single house the whole movie is shot and a story that really touches your heart. It's a movie that will make you value your life more than ever and taking care of your family and friend's top priority if not by service due to location gaps than at least by your kind words.  Go Watch It on Zee 5 Online Platform. RATING 4/5
Sawubona!
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#TheLifesWayReviews Ghoomketu @Zee5Africa #Ghoomketu #Zee5 #Movie #Comedy

Hi Friends,

Ghoomketu is a comedy movie starring Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Ila Arun, Raghuvir Yadav, Ragini Khanna, Anurag Kashyap, and various others launched on Zee 5 Online platform. The trailer did look promising but the movie has nothing in it and comedy is not there at all. The movie belongs to Ila Arun alone and if you want to see her you can definitely going to enjoy her acting. This movie looks like one of the postponed projects due to money or various other issues and looks like a compilation of students' final year project in film making. The whole movie is a personal project of Pushpendra Nath Misra where he has directed, edited, and also written lyrics of the songs. 

They have even small performances by Amitabh Bachchan, Sonakshi Sinha, Ranvir Singh, Chitrangada Singh, Nikhil Advani and Lauren Gottlieb in cameo appearances. The music is totally bad and Jasleen Royal has sung the song in her characteristics small nursery girl singing poems in 2-3 words sentence format. Overall this is a total waste of your 1hr 42 minutes and there is nothing all these big characters are able to hold to your seats. I felt so many times to leave it in between but then I wanted to review the movie so I had to take the torture myself.  Nawazuddin was also not able to bring any comedy as there is nothing in the story as he narrates the whole movie himself. He has played it similar to his other performances with just extra long hairs in this movie. 

Let's talk about the story, Ghoomketu played by Nawaz Bhai is a budding writer from a small town Mahona and leaves for Mumbai to become a writer and gives himself time of 30 days to write his story/script, etc. He gets counseling from Chief Editor of Gudgudi newspaper from his own town and is able to write 3 scripts that get lost in the end. At the end of 30 days, when his money is spent, he realizes that family is more important and he has a story of Bollywood struggle to share with his family and friends. The other characters are not grown much and Raghuvir Yadav is shown as an eager father of Ghoomketu who wants him to do something in life. His acting remains similar to a common irritated father which he has played in many TV serials. 

If you have the subscription to Zee5, you can watch the movie for some of the comedy scenes which will make you laugh but the overall torture will make you kill yourself. The overall project is just released to keep the online platform occupied and social media channels buzzing to get some traffic to their website. RATING 1/5

Sawubona!

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