Makers and Breakers

Originally Posted by sunkan

dear balajee,
latest on the news is some 200 artists from all over india coming together to dance kuchipudi, and create a record, i appreciate these but then what you have mentioned is under the bracket of craze...very well described, abt the guy and films and girls ganging up for him..sunkan

Sunkan, Kuachipudi is already in the Guinness tks to one Sarala Kumari who set a record for dancing for god knows how many hours.Do these artists plan to dance for days at one go or something or do they want to set the record by sheer numbers?

Originally Posted by anupamakalyan

That was a Good and thought provoking write up balajee...

Seriously, I cant take 2 movies a Day even if there is a gap of 12 hrs.....I still dont belive he sat thru bollywood movies for 120 hrs...well is there furher info on what hapened to him after 2 / 3 days ie what is his condition now?

Cheers!!
Anu

Anupama, nobody knows in what condition he is now. Probably the man who wanted to put Mathura on the world map is raving in the famous loony bin in nearby Agra!l

Originally Posted by pavithrasriram

dear balajee,
these days people do all sorts of things to get in to the guiness book of records well as for ashish he is probably a movie freak who loves bollywood movies and infact would have found it intresting doing what he liked and still getting into the records!!!
regards
pavi

Pavithra, I dont think even a diehard fan of Bollywood would sit through 120 hours of movies unless he wants a few hours of fame. On the other hand even a person who dislikes movies may take it up as a challenge and suffer the torment!

This is so true Balajee!
More often than not, I find myself reading about one or the other Indian performing a feat to get into the Guiness Book of Records. Going by the rate of it, I think we Indians must be occupying a prominent place in that book!
Even I wonder what these record breakers do when they have to answer nature's call during one of their stints...hmm...Not sure I really want to know!
As for Ashish and Indian films...one deserves what one gets...It was his decision, after all.
But as for the German pics being any better, no no sir, no way. Have been subjected to enough of them...lived some long years there you see! For all their high brow stuff..a 120 hrs of it will surely turn you into a nutcase, that is, assuming you are not already one for indulging in such self destructive acrobats in the first place!
Atleast, with DDLJ and the likes (dilwale dulhaniyan le jayenge...in case you are not aware!), you come out a little disturbed and singing!

Keep going Balajee, I would any day read your blogs for 120 hrs than watch movies...German or Indian or English!

L, Kamla

Originally Posted by Kamla

This is so true Balajee!
More often than not, I find myself reading about one or the other Indian performing a feat to get into the Guiness Book of Records. Going by the rate of it, I think we Indians must be occupying a prominent place in that book!
Even I wonder what these record breakers do when they have to answer nature's call during one of their stints...hmm...Not sure I really want to know!
As for Ashish and Indian films...one deserves what one gets...It was his decision, after all.
But as for the German pics being any better, no no sir, no way. Have been subjected to enough of them...lived some long years there you see! For all their high brow stuff..a 120 hrs of it will surely turn you into a nutcase, that is, assuming you are not already one for indulging in such self destructive acrobats in the first place!
Atleast, with DDLJ and the likes (dilwale dulhaniyan le jayenge...in case you are not aware!), you come out a little disturbed and singing!

Keep going Balajee, I would any day read your blogs for 120 hrs than watch movies...German or Indian or English!

L, Kamla

Dear Kamla,

I have told Balajee, that i will help u create a Guiness Record.You blog for 120 hours, and i will keep him company, drinking and keeping an eye on him.So i too will make it to Guiness too, for drinking and he for blogging.

that is what is called killing two birds with one stone.

And Kamla, like u , even i can read Balajees blogs for 120 hours at a stretch but i cant watch those stupid movies for 3 hours really.

REgards.kamal

Originally Posted by Kamla

This is so true Balajee!
More often than not, I find myself reading about one or the other Indian performing a feat to get into the Guiness Book of Records. Going by the rate of it, I think we Indians must be occupying a prominent place in that book!
Even I wonder what these record breakers do when they have to answer nature's call during one of their stints...hmm...Not sure I really want to know!
As for Ashish and Indian films...one deserves what one gets...It was his decision, after all.
But as for the German pics being any better, no no sir, no way. Have been subjected to enough of them...lived some long years there you see! For all their high brow stuff..a 120 hrs of it will surely turn you into a nutcase, that is, assuming you are not already one for indulging in such self destructive acrobats in the first place!
Atleast, with DDLJ and the likes (dilwale dulhaniyan le jayenge...in case you are not aware!), you come out a little disturbed and singing!

Keep going Balajee, I would any day read your blogs for 120 hrs than watch movies...German or Indian or English!

L, Kamla

C'mon Kamla, German films are not that bad though I wouldn't sit through them for 120 hours. I am a fan of a whole lot of German filmmakers ranging from Fritz Lang to Rainer Werner Fassbinder.

Hi Balaji,
Well writtern.Yep, these days people do all sorts of craziest things to get few hours of fame.Eating tubelights, breaking glass with head, living with thousands of cockroaches in a glass box ..yuck!!! And about this filmy record...no way even if you give a fortune also i'm not ready to do this...Really crazy he is

Originally Posted by aishu22

Hi Balaji,
Well writtern.Yep, these days people do all sorts of craziest things to get few hours of fame.Eating tubelights, breaking glass with head, living with thousands of cockroaches in a glass box ..yuck!!! And about this filmy record...no way even if you give a fortune also i'm not ready to do this...Really crazy he is

Cockroaches?Guys have done worse things than that!They have lived in cages with snakes for days to get into the Guinness Book! In a TV show on the Guinness records, I saw a guy set a new record of kissing venemous snakes including a king Cobra on the head! The line between bravery and going ers is getting repeatedly breached!