I have finally managed enough money to have a domain name of my own!

Everything shifted to www.durjoydatta.com

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20,000 up!

As of December 19 2008, Of course I Love You....Till I find Someone better (authored by Durjoy Datta and Maanvi Ahuja) has sold 21,000 copies…
In the 4 months since its launch!!!!

Taking out Time from my 'Busy' Schedule to brag!

Of Course I Love You..!

Durjoy Datta
Maanvi Ahuja

In News.

An interview with the the Times of Oman

Hindu Bestsellers list

Statesman Bestsellers List

The Telegraph

The Book Is Out!

Of Course I Love You.....Till I find someone better.

Srishti Publications.

Durjoy Datta

Maanvi Ahuja

At a bookstore near you.

Lay your hands on it.

If you like it, great. Tell me about it...!

If you don't, I don't think there is anything much you can do about it!!!!

Bu, yes, You can still tell me!

Bouquets and Brickbats acepted with equal glee!

Channels we can do without!

All the news channels for sure.
You thought daily soaps serials were getting unbearable?
Try watching the news channels, especially the Hindi ones.....
Here is an example.
I couldn't watch the whole of it for obvious reasons. The channel showed continuous footage of few people on some elephants being attacked by a tiger. The footage and the dialogues were replayed exactly 23 times after which they went on a break. I counted. Yes, i did.

aage dekhiye kya hota hai? kya yeh sher ke ghatak hamle se bach payega?? kiski jeet hogi? sher ki ya haathi per sawaar manushya ki???? aage dekhiye yeh aakhon ko chaundhiya dene wala drishya???
yeh hum dikhate hai break ke baad.

23 times.

Comedy shows, dance shows, You tube videos, cooking competitions. What's next?

Now i just have two questions to ask....

• These channels have high TRPs. Who is to blame?
  

• When guys get in to journalism( not the print ones, they are doing fine), is this what they look forward to doing? I am sure they would prefer rotting in hell before showing this, but then, who decides?

Are we doing enough to voice our displeasure? Maybe not.

Movies you can do without.

Sarkar Raj

Storyline : Average and too run off the mill. The climax is supposed to give you the creeps, but it doesn't. You would prefer the story without it.

Music : The background score is jarring to say the least!

Acting: You are almost tricked into believing that it is indeed a silent movie.
No body has anything to do! Abhishek and Amitabh carry the same expression throughout the movie. Aishwarya for a change, is bearable.

Camera work and or whatever it is called : Same old Sarkar. Everything is black and white with an occasional red in between . Nothing new to look forward to.

Overall : Avoid it if you can. Watch it only if you have a crazy friend who will shake you up from your sleep at 11 in the night and drag you to a movie hall. Don’t commit the mistake I did. Take the pillow along. You will get plenty of time between dialogues.

The Happening

Story : You would do what the people do in the movie. Kill yourself. Stay at home and watch Doordarshan instead.

Acting : Ekta Kapoor has a better casting team. For sure. She has better writers too. Period.

Overall : Has to be the most disappointing movie I have watched in decades. The movie finishes before your popcorn does. Hardly a 90 minutes movie, but it still gets hard to pull through.
Go watch it. You wouldn't know how bad it is unless you go and watch it.



My weekend was terrible.



God knows what has gotten in to these two brilliant directors.....

Looking forward to new HULK and GET SMART.

P.S. - Watch Sex and the City if you have to watch an English flick. It is over hyped, over rated but less torturous than The Happening.