Blame it on Vikram.
Since the time Vikram Bhatt ordered Bipasha Basu to drop her clothes and scream in Raaz, Bollywood has dished out 'horror' flicks by the dozen. There has been a tiny hitch though ... noone is getting scared ...
Seriously, how do you expect people to get scared when you order them that 'darna mana hai' ! But, it is said that an industry which churned out spine-chilling flicks like Woh Kaun Thi went on to display mutilated bodies and crawling hands (without the rest of the body) in the name of 'horror'. Save a decent, but inconsistent effort from RGV in Bhoot, the directors have only managed to scare away the audiences (from the theatres), rather than scare them.
Which is why I was pondering yesterday about normal, everyday things in life, which seem scary. After racking my unexistent brains, I still couldn't decide on a satisfactory answer. So, I switched on the idiot box for some answers. And while surfing, I came across a bloodcurdling sight. Well, bloodcurdling at first sight, and hilarious later. That's why the only similarity between Darna Mana Hai and this bloodcurdling sight called Tusshar Kapoor is that both of them seem scary at first, and make you laugh later !
I then went to college for biology practicals, and there was my answer! The skeleton in my biology laboratory seems harmless enough, but then, when you are forced to remember the name and description of each and every bone in the darned human body, you are bound to experience sheer terror. And skeletons are even scarier when they ring ... er ... sing, and decide that it is the time to disco!
Which is why my latest (only second actually) cell phone, a Nokia 3530 is scary. When the backlight is off, it looks harmless enough, but have a look at it glowing it's white light through it's translucent cover in a room bereft of light ... and you have a skeleton in your hands!
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First something about the company. I am a diehard Nokia pankha. And my speciality is that I work even when the electricity isn't there. Lame jokes apart, I consider Nokia cell phones to be the most user-friendly and I like the name 'Nokia' ( which actually provided inspiration for the Sprite 'Dont Wanna Do' commercial because Nokia i.e. 'No Kiya' means 'Dont Do' ! )
After owning a Nokia 3350 for over a year, I was looking out for a new cell. If you have read my review on Nokia 3350 (you haven't ?! You got some nerve! RRC it immediately!), you will know that I used to consider the phone to be my girlfriend. And then, when she ditched me (by not functioning properly), I decided to implement the saying,
Bus, train aur girlfriend ... ek jaaye, doosri chali aayegi!
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So I decided to rearrange 3350 and zeroed in on 3530 as my nouvelle belle.
NOKIA 3530 HATES MICHEAL JACKSON.
Which is why it does not believe in MJ's song 'Black or White'. A colour display attracts your attention as soon as you sight the 3530. Although the resoultion and colours are much inferior to other cells like Nokia 3650 or Samsung C100, a colour display with such an incredibly low price is a steal!
HOW CHEAP!
The cell is a grab at Rs. 6200 (grey market price) and Rs. 7100 (with bill, 2 years warranty and 1 year theft insurance!). I recommend you to buy the phone with a bill because it's better to be safe in a colour phone which can have many more complications and problems in display, if you do not pray to God ...
PADHAKHOO PHONE ... CAN REMEMBER SO MUCH!
Abundant memory space means you can store all those tiny sweet-nothing messages from your special somone, a seemingly irrelevant message which may be a mere 'Hi', but causes your heart to do funny things ... Although messges are supposed to be saved on the SIM card, my inbox had a maximum capacity of 25 messages in my old cell phone, while in this one, I already have 42 messages, inspite of using the same SIM card.
500 numbers can be saved onto your phone, in addition to the 250 numbers which can be saved on to the SIM. Moreover, a number of ringtones and wallpapers can be stored.
SUNO NA, SUNO NA, SUN LO NA
No, do not worry. This handset is not related to Pakte Pakte ... er ... Chalte Chalte in any way. But, the voice reception is great, and the connectivity is good, as well.
HEY-HEY-HEY-HEY, IS MEIN K-K-K-K-KAREENA BHI HAI HAAN!
By which I mean that you can have backgrounds of all kinds because the 3530 supports GPRS! Wallpapers can be downloaded via GPRS or from sites like Yahoo and Rediff. So, drool over Katrina in Boob ... er ... Boom and then lock your eyes with Kareena!
CHITTHI AAYI HAI ...
No, Pankaj Udhas is not endorsing the 3530. What I mean is that messaging is great fun with this handset! Wanna know why?
~ Automatically saves the messages you send.
~ Multimedia messages aka MMS! You can message a voice message or a cool photograph ...
~ Huge capacity of inbox.
~ Organized, separate folders like 'Inbox', 'Sent Items', 'Archives'. You can add your own folders too!
~ The usual functions like dictionary, chat et al.
IT DON'T RING, IT SING ... THOUGH IT DOES NEED TO IMPROVE ON ITS SUR AND TAAL!
Polyphonic ringtones are supposed to be the in-thing, and this cell has a huge capacity. However, I have never liked polyphonic ringtones as I find them rather funny, like a shaadi wala band. Moreover, they are a little too soft. Certain downloaded polyphonic tones tend to be so soft that even if you are at the other end of the room, you won't able to hear the phone ringing.
KHELO INDIA KHELO!
A new gaming experience. Atleast for users who kept playing with slithery snakes in the cheaper cells like 3310, 3315 and 3350. Bowling is by far the best among the in-built games, though the others aren't all that bad. You can download games via GPRS too, though it's a little costly.
CRACK THE WHIP!
The 3530 is like a teacher with a cane. I can persuade my mom to allow me to sleep for a couple of minutes, but this phone's alarm refuses to stop!Armed with a Snooze function, it ensures that you are up and about and reach your destination merely 5 minutes late (You should never be on time if you are an Indian, that's why)
HAPPY BUTTDAY TO YOU!
A calendar and a facility of birthday reminders ensure that come rain, come hail (alright, I know that it never hails in India!), you will never forget to wish that special someone.
XXXTRAAAAA INNINGS.
The 'Extras' menu consists of a countdown timer, a stopwatch (which includes a laptime function) and a wonderful calculator, which even has the square and square root functions! It does come handy while doing lengthy calculations during Physics practicals! Even the teachers don't mind much as they get entranced by the lovely colour display!
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