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Wake up and look at the t-shirt

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It is quite literally what I did this morning.

I logged on to a blog I discovered in the tweeple jury list of nominees: The Bombay Talkies. Check it out: http://thebombaytalkies.blogspot.com

She had put up a funny, yet detailed post on the many shirts of Sid (Ranbir Kapoor in Wake Up Sid). It read:

“Over the course of the year Wake Up Sid has become one of my favorite movies.  It’s not convoluted or contrived or overly sappy, it doesn’t try to hard to be cool, there’s no faux-badassness or celebrity vanity showing through.  It’s just a sweet, simple story about two people and the lives they make for themselves.

It helps that Ranbir Kapoor’s more than a pretty face–the boy can act.

What else can he do, you ask?

He can wear a freaking t-shirt.  And seeing as how the production team went to great lengths to feature him in every version of “pop culturally-relevant graphic t-shirt” known to man, I feel it’s only appropriate to ogle…erm, observe him in a few of them.”

We ALL loved his t-shirts, didn’t we? I had people in office asking me to do a shopping special on cartoon t-shirts. (I did, btw) I immediately got on the bandwagon of praises for WUS, wrote an extensive column and spoke with the costume designers.

Here’s the page from the archives:

Click on the image for a better read.

Which favourite cartoon would you like to have on your t-shirt? Which tee from Ranbir Kapoor’s collection in Wake Up Sid is your favourite. Write in with your answers! I can’t wait to read.

A fat cat’s birthday at a cafe

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So, in this case, the fat cat is still me. *cheshire smile* You see, I have this strange affection for the feline monsters. Maybe it began with an admiration for Garfield. But over the years, the cat and I have found a comfortable sweet spot.

On my birthday, a month and a week ago, I was sulking like a cat. I demanded to be taken to a fancy place for grub. For the record, I DON’T like Indian Chinese food. There weren’t too many options and not too much time. My patient friend resorted to the good women at Brown Paper Bag for a recommendation. (Of course, you have checked out their website here?)

Therefore… as is always appropriate in the universe where everything is about me, we were directed to the Fat Cat Cafe. :P

Photograph: Aniruddha Guha

Earrings – Thrift store, China | Shirt – H & M, Hong Kong | Bag – Cath Kidston

So, anyway, once we were at the restaurant, we left it up to the chef to delight us.

For starters, we were offered wine soaked mushrooms. They were delicious.

Let me say this upfront, I don’t like alcohol. I can’t digest it. I like my drink to taste good. As pretty much anyone would tell you, the solution to that is a wine cocktail. So, there were two on our table. An orange mimosa and a sangria. Both were yummy!

As for the mains, the vegetarian offering was a slightly dry pasta with a garnish of cheese. It had the word tangerine in its description, something that always wins my heart. Aniruddha, my accomplice claims the prawns were the best he had eaten in a while. The presentation of both dishes was really interesting.

It was only their first week and they weren’t serving desserts. But I made cat face and they whipped up a brownie in honour of the birthday girl. Well, they were also offering them to all the other customers on the house. :P

Photographs: Dhruvi Shah, Aniruddha Guha

So, yeah, we had a great time on our first visit there. Although it was heavy on our pockets. The second glass of wine might have something to add to that. :S

Having recommended it to all our friends and family, we went back in three weeks. The absolute contrasting experience we had left us dumbfounded. The wine soaked mushrooms to begin with were a hit. The wine cocktails were lacking in wine content. Everything we ordered after that was a downhill ride. The starters were strictly mediocre tasting. The homemade pasta served with green apple butter was far from pleasing. It was rather indigestible for its odd colour and smell. We had to resort to potato wedges to save us.

Anyway, take a chance if you may. Their adorable name is very inviting. Visit their site for details here or like their facebook page here.

Golmaal hai bhai sab golmaal hai

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I’m not a fan of the so-called comedies that make their way out of Bollywood.

I wasn’t a fan of the Golmaal franchise either. Therefore, it didn’t really make me a difference when Golmaal 3 released on Diwali. I was away celebrating in Hong Kong.

However, the cinema enthusiast in me was bullied by dear friend Aniruddha who insisted it was important I watch and like Golmaal 3. Consequently, I found myself in the car en route to my theatre to catch this flick.

As was totally unexpected I couldn’t stop laughing! I was pretty much rolling on the floor until interval point. I did think the second half was a little stretched. And just so, during the climax, I had a personal joke to laugh about. You guys can join in as I share with you.

Photograph: Aniruddha Guha

A year and a half ago, Aniruddha gifted me this skirt from Loose Ends. The print on the fabric is very vibrant and happy. Of course, I used to also think ‘unusual’.

Little did I know, when I’m at the movies, life is full of funny co-incidences.

If you noticed, in the last three frames, Johnny Lever is wearing a floral shirt.

Of course, the print on the shirt had to be the same as my skirt. I find it totally hilarious! Don’t you?

My not-so-unusual floral skirt

Photographs: Dhruvi Shah

Share such funny experiences via comments and we can have a good laugh. :)

Mallika | Indian beauty? | Nice shirt for sure

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The other film to release this week was Mallika.
I’m sorry I can’t tell you how it was because I missed the screening. :P

I was first made aware of the film when I saw the poster.

Mallika poster

It instantly reminded me of the American Beauty poster.
I know one’s in a coffin and the other’s in a bed of roses.
They’re posing differently too.

However, this is not a game of spot the differences.
It’s whether you see the similarities.

Of course, for me, the spotting was followed by press releases and invitations to the screening.

My remote interest in the film was heightened when I found out Sammir Dattani was in it. I was quick to message him and confirm. He’s a sweet chap. We shot a Filmfare makeover with him.

You can read the story online here.

You might remember him as the ‘guy with the nice shirt’ from I Hate Luv Storys.

Top to bottom - Imran Khan, Sonam Kapoor, Sammir Dattani

(Image via idlehub)

Anyhow, all those connections later, I still missed the screening and I’m not exactly inclined to go watch it. Sorry. :(

We spotted Sammir wearing the t-shirt he wore to the makeover shoot at the I Hate Luv Storys special screening.

Well, aren’t they both sporting nice t-shirts? Be sure to tell them the next time!

I hope you enjoyed the post. If you spot a celebrity wearing the same outfit again, you can write in to me. If you would like a makeover, you can write in to me. And if you’d generally like to say something, it’s the same. :)

Wear your best shirt today! Alice might just be wandering. ;)