Dim Chochori (Omelette Gravy)

Being a Bengali, you just cannot avoid the ‘chochoris‘. Those who do not understand this, well its a dish of West Bengal, India, made of vegetables (all sorts) or fish or anything we bengalis can get hold of. Today, it was just the poor eggs’ turn who were left all alone in the fridge. Though I don’t reckon any dish by this name, but I find this word ‘chochori’ quite amusing, hence the name. We could have survived calling it just ‘Omelette Gravy’ as well.

Again, not much fuss. Easy to remember, and even if you don’t, you can always experiment (that might give us another recipe) 😛 Honestly, I like omelettes more than boiled eggs, I guess you must have figured that out already!

So, let the eggs roll here, shall we?

INGREDIENTS:

• Eggs (as many your hen lays, but I took just 4)
• Jeera powder (cumin powder – 1 teaspoons)
• Dhaniya powder (Coriander seeds powder – 1 teaspoons)
• Black Pepper Powder (as per taste)
• Red Chilli Powder (1 teaspoon)
• Turmeric Powder (1 teaspoon)
• Salt (as per taste)
• Sunflower Oil
• Dried Red Chilies Whole (2 nos.)
• Mustard Seeds (a pinch)
• Tomato Puree (1 tablespoon)
• Sliced Onion (2 small nos.)
• Sliced Tomato (1 small no.)
• Green Chilies (as per your needs)
• Chopped Fresh Coriander Leaves
• Sliced Potato (1 no.)
• Chopped Garlic (5-6 cloves)
• Water (1 cup)

METHOD:

Make Omelettes (just eggs and salt) and keep it aside. Lots of it. Slice it. Broad slices or any way you want them sliced. No rules. Take a deep dish or Kadai, put some Oil. Heat it. Add Red Whole Chilies, Mustard Seeds and when they crackle, add the Onions and Garlic. Add the Potatoes and Green Chilies as well. Add salt (it accelerates the cooking of the veggies), Jeera Powder, Turmeric Powder, Coriander Powder, Red Chili Powder and mix well. Low flame. When the Potatoes cook half way, add the Tomatoes and the Tomato Puree. Mix. Add Water. Cover and cook it till the potatoes are cooked (You can skip the cooking of potatoes by adding already boiled potatoes after the tomato step). When its cooked, add the Omelettes and Fresh Coriander Leaves, Mix it well and keep it for a minute or two on low flame, and TADAAAAH! you are ready to serve garma-garam! 

Tastes best with Roomali Roti or Naan (Indian Breads).

TIP: If you add a little milk to the egg while mixing, the omelettes will be fluffy.

Tempting much? 😉

10 Tips to be Diplomatic at Workplace

The other day someone asked me how can one be diplomatic and tactful and yet beautifully put their point across. Its quite important you know, when you work in a team. Well, honestly, some people are born with it and others can always learn (only practice makes you flawless). About me, I never knew how diplomatic I was until my friends pointed it out! For me it was never an intention, but obviously I did not want to insult or hurt or reject anyone’s opinions and I also wanted my ideas to be put across and yes, it feels accomplished when things happen your way. So, here are few tips of what I have observed, hope it helps. Feel free to add if you think I have missed out any important tip (in the comments below) and we shall enlighten the human race. 😛

10 Tips to be Diplomatic and Tactful at Workplace

 

1) WHAT YOU WANT?

Always be clear of your goals before entering that meeting room. Maybe list out the important points for the meeting, just map out everything on a piece of paper and keep it handy just in case you black out (possibilities are there), and most importantly highlight your objectives you want to smack on your colleagues/ boss’ face.

2) LISTEN

Always listen to others, be attentive, nod occasionally and avoid interrupting (if you have questions, jot them down and ask later). I don’t understand why people are so impatient while listening, I mean half the battle is won if people think that you are listening to them. Everyone likes to be heard. Patience is truly a virtue my friend! LISTEN! LISTEN! LISTEN!

3) OBSERVE

Again, a very important aspect. Though I myself am no expert in body language but you can always make out. Look for their hand gestures, tone and eyebrows. For example, if the person pauses frequently, shaky and not much confident – you know you can do much better than that. Anything put forward with the right amount of confidence always gets the attention (No overconfidence, please!) What if the other person is confident enough, just nod and appreciate and add on your opinions, I am sure that person will appreciate yours too (until he/she hates you from the core).

4) CUSHION YOUR VIEWS

Present your ideas or views cushioning with their thoughts. I told you listening was damn important! In other words, your idea wrapped in their gift wrapper! You’ll always find ways to do it. Be attentive. Think. And yes, you have to be fast. And you need to kick out words like ‘but’ and ‘however’ from your head. They are flammable and can burn you down!

5) BE CALM AND BELIEVE

Always be calm and never show how stressed you are cracking the deal. Do not enter into discussions in an angry or stressed way. Always do your homework (a little more research/work has never killed anybody). You should very well know what you are speaking about. If your research/ work is complete and more importantly you believe in it, I don’t see why you should not crack the deal. Just be confident. That’s all. and yes, try to keep your facts right of everything you say (keep references or fact sheets handy).

6) BENEFIT OF DOUBT

We need to understand that everyone’s opinions are based on the situation and surroundings they have been in. Instead of being insensitive and stabbing their beliefs, just give them the benefit of doubt. Listen, yes LISTEN (Lot of listening? eh?) to their side of the story as well. Everyone appreciates that you are not being asshole.

7) SACRIFICE

Come on! Let’s face it. Nothing comes easy. Even you need to make some alterations and sacrifices to fit in. Its always better to fit yourself in other people’s ideas as people can be shit stubborn sometimes and mutual sacrifice is always a better option than loosing it all.

8) STATEMENTS INTO QUESTIONS

Instead of smacking your ideas onto other people’s head, its always preferable to rephrase your statements into questions. It will not only put the people in your shoes and think in the same direction but also congrats! you just made them understand what would have taken ages to put across with so many statements! And its interactive too. You might just conclude something better. Its always good to take opinions. It makes the other person feel important too.

9) ‘I’ INSTEAD OF ‘YOU/ WE’

Always stand up for what you say. It shows how confident you are and of course, how strong your morals are. Never blame. Cowards blame. Its your point of view, be responsible for it. As soon as you start with ‘you’ and ‘we’, you are just generalizing the thing and putting them responsible. Trust me! Nobody wants to clean the shit you spread.

10) TAKE A BREAK

If you think the situation has heated up so much that you can end up wrestling, draw the lines. You can never put your views forward to someone whose understanding quota is filled with hot lava! Refer point 5. Just calmly say that you’ll think over their views and come back to discuss later. Just try to persuade when that person has cooled off and its totally okay to wait for the day or two if you have to.

At last I would like to quote Mr. David Frost, “Diplomacy is the art of letting somebody else have your way“.

Chicken Biryani with Korma and Raita

As time is a major factor, I try dishes which are fast and does not take indulge much time. I know, I know, “cooking is an art and time must be devoted to it”, but sometimes, time is a constraint. Trust me! Okay, so this chicken biryani is not like the chef special or so but is decent enough to impress your guests.

Today I just decided to surprise myself with my first biryani attempt. The ingredients here are for 2 servings, so just do the math.

So, here we go.

INGREDIENTS:

For Chicken Biryani

• Chicken (400 gms)
• Rice (2.5 cups)
• Yogurt (2 tablespoon)
• Jeera powder (cumin powder – 1.5 teaspoons)
• Dhaniya powder (Coriander seeds powder – 1.5 teaspoons)
• Black Pepper (4-5)
• Mint leaves (dried and crushed)
• Red Chilli Powder (1 teaspoon)
• Turmeric Powder (1 teaspoon)
• Salt (as per taste)
• Sunflower Oil
• Butter or Ghee (for greasing)
• Cinnamon (2-3 nos.)
• Bay Leaves (2 nos.)
• Cloves (5-6 nos.)
• Sliced Onion (4 nos.)
• Sliced Tomato (1 small no.)
• Green Chilies (as per your needs)
• Chopped Fresh Coriander Leaves
• Milk (3 tablespoon)

For Korma (side dish)

• Oil
• Chicken Stock or you can use the Chicken Stock Tablets (2-3 nos)
• Onion Paste (3 nos.)
• Ginger Garlic Paste (2 teaspoon)
• Yogurt
• Fresh Cream
• Dried Red Chili (2-3 nos.)
• Cinnamon (1 no.)
• Jeera powder (cumin powder – 2 teaspoons)
• Dhaniya powder (Coriander seeds powder – 2 teaspoons)
• Red Chilli Powder (1 teaspoon)
• Salt (as per taste)
• Water (1.5 cups)

For Raita (side dish)

• Yogurt
• Coriander Leaves
• Water
• Salt
• Sugar
• Red Chili Powder (optional)

METHOD:

CHICKEN BIRYANI

Marination: Take a bowl, mix Yogurt, Black pepper, Turmeric Powder, Jeera Powder, Dhaniya Powder, Red Chili Powder, Dried Mind Leaves and marinate the Chicken with mixture and keep it aside (for better results keep the chicken marinated for at least 30 mins).

Meanwhile, put the Rice to cook (low flame)and add Bay Leaves, Cloves, Cinnamon sticks and Salt to it. Take the Kadai or the vessel in which you’ll prepare the Chicken, add Oil and put the sliced Onions in it. Low Flame. Caramelize the onions that is keep on stirring them till they are rich brown colored. Take it out and drain the extra oil on a tissue paper. Now in the same vessel (or another, if you own a dozen of them), add some Oil, put a Cinnamon stick, sliced Tomatoes, Green Chilies and the marinated Chicken and cover it. Adjust the salt. Low Flame. Stir in between to avoid it to stick to the vessel. Check the Chicken if its cooked or not. Add some of the Caramelized Onions (one third) and stir. If cooked, you can turn off the flame. Meanwhile, your rice must be cooked, drain the extra water.

Now comes the exciting part. LAYERING. Take a flat based vessel, grease it with Butter or Ghee, divide the rice into 3 parts mentally, put the first layer of Rice, then the layer of Chicken, another layer of Rice and the layer of Caramelized Onions and Coriander Leaves and top it off with the last layer of Rice. (Note: If the quantity is more, please divide the layers of Rice, Chicken and Onions accordingly and repeat, you can go up to 8-9 layers depending on the quantity). Pour the milk at the center. Cover it. Low Flame. Keep it on flame for about 4-6 minutes. Keep the lid on until you are ready to serve, you surely don’t want the aroma to go. Now for the side dishes.

KORMA

Take a vessel or kadai, heat oil, add the Cinnamon stick and dried Red Chilies. Then add the Ginger Garlic paste, Onions paste and saute for some time. Add Salt, Red Chili powder, Jeera Powder, Dhaniya Powder and Chicken Stock tablets. When the oil separates, mix the Yogurt in water and add to the gravy. After it boils, add the Fresh Cream and mix it well. Cook for some time and BAM! You are done with it too!

RAITA

This is the simplest. Take some Yogurt, add some water if you want to. Add Salt and Sugar. Add some Coriander Leaves. You can even add a pinch of Red Chili powder. Mix it well. (Tastes best when its chilled)

So, Here we go. That wasn’t really tough. Was it? 😛

Chicken Biryani with Raita and Korma

Happy Birthday Arundhati Bhardwaj!

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In the holy presence of Mitali Bhasin and Rashmi Dev, we all take this opportunity to wish a very Happy Birthday to your *ahem* genes and DNA and all those tiny cells who are making you stronger and prettier! After all you are twenty something *don’t you worry! not mentioning here* ! So, a very happy happy birthday Awwuu! :*

After your ‘dream-come-true’ birthday blast on 20th (the mail), we are delighted to present you this which has your beloved angry bird and the pig! 😉 Yes, yes, go back to the jolly-gigantic memories! 😀  

On a serious note, we wish you all the success, and may you be paid the highest among us (I would have said success, but then success brings money, so why the fuss, lets come straight to the point!) and then shall you adopt all of us and also wish you a lot of happiness and wonders in your life; and we’ll always be there to screw them up and make you feel miserable and suffocated with all our love, kisses and assault! Much Love, isn’t it!? 😉  :*

P.S. We know your birthday was on 20 March and are a little late to post this, but somewhere in the world its still your birthday 😉 

Blessings & Love & Hugs & Kisses & some more Kisses & Hugs.

A Look Back as a Kid

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Today while coming back home, with my earphones on and sipping the Zafrani Chai and walking down between the residential complexes and empty parking lots; I saw a kid aged not more than 5 playing with her father. It brought a smile to my face seeing the father letting his kid catch him so easily. Ironically, in the car beside them, was a couple with their son who upon being cranky was shoved with an iPad by the irritated-cranky parents (genes my friend! GENES)! Suddenly it dawned on me, what happened to all those amazing games we played as kids when cool gadgets were somewhere else still on the papers waiting for their approvals!

Being an Indian, I grew up in the typical colony of Delhi, where load shedding was an excuse to get out of our homes just to play again!

I remember myself as a very shy kid and after moving to a new house, I stayed for almost a year inside because making friends was something I was shit scared of, though I would spy on them through my window. Earlier my elder brother used to take me to this park (somewhere far) where he played cricket while I would just crush leaves and flowers and and color the walls of the park with them, or better, make tiny homes with the soil specially after rains.

Anyways, so one day, eventually my mother took me to the park forcefully (i just did not want to get out of my comfort zone) and introduced to one of the girls playing there. I was just talking to her and my hoshiyaar Maa just vanished, !POOF! That’s how I started interacting with strangers and that’s how it melted the ice. 🙂

Since that day there was not a single evening when I would not get out of the house and be with my friends. Clock strucking 6 (and 5 in winters) was a bliss, until I moved out of Delhi for college.

• “WHAT TO PLAY TODAY” would be the biggest question back then (bigger than your salary expectation questions in interviews) and it did not matter if we had the right equipment or not; I mean we have even played cricket with those ‘swimming pool balls’ and ‘chappals’ as our bats!

• The time when even getting a treat of those black ‘chatpat’ golis were such a celebrated thing!

• We were professional babysitters to those who needed to go to the local store to get some samosas or rather we were paid to get samosas for their unexpected guests, and our fees, of course! one samosa! 😀

• Festivals were more well planned than planning our life and started 1 week prior to the date, be it Diwali, Holi or Christmas!

• Singing songs (we sucked at singing songs but nevertheless) and dancing to the same ones; we were our own MP3s!

• Car windows used to be the canvas to scribble our hearts out, dogs were petted and named.

• The poor grass in the park, suffered a lot!

• When every decision of life was made by ‘In Pin Safety Pin’

• There was more warmth in sharing a cold ice-cream, that is a scoop divided by minimum 10 of us!

Not a single day was boring, we somehow found new interesting ways to live it. Each day. Everyday.

5 Easy Ways to say NO

No! ‘No’ is just not the opposite of Yes, but is a very important word in your professional front (and sometimes personal too), I can assure you that. Let me tell you bluntly, yes, its not easy to say NO. And I know I am not the only one who suffered from this. There are majority of the people out there who are just as much scared as i was sometime back, to decline anything (I would even reply back to those customer care feedback!). How many times I would have dragged myself to complete other people’s work just because they wanted my help (help is okay, but sitting and killing your social life and doing their complete work while they go out for movies is just not acceptable), couldn’t hurt other people’s feeling (and choked myself up) and was shit scared of not being socially accepted. Actually, its not very difficult to turn down anything, you just need the determination of turning it down!

1) LISTEN FIRST, JUST DON’T BLUNTLY SAY NO!

Okay! You are not so good at pretending, duh uh, but never bluntly say no, though its not a bad thing and you are being true BUT it hurts other people so much that this might bring a negative impact on your personality! And I am sure you want to live in this world in harmony. So, just be all ears and hear them out, (do the calculations, pros and cons of the work. Most important answer the question, Do I really want to do it?), it gives them the impression that you are a nice person to hear them out.

Likewise, listen to their ideas first, before declining them, just tell them politely ‘Its good, but how about this?’ and go on with your ideas (and try to include bits of their ideas, be it even the color, later you can always alter). 😀

2) BUSY AT THE MOMENT, TRY AGAIN LATER

You can just politely shove them away, best excuse: “I have other priorities at this moment, but you can follow up and I’ll ‘see’ if I can help you out”. Here is the twist, you didn’t actually said a blunt NO here, but its not even a yes. Later if they follow up (if they still do), you can just decline it saying, I’m so sorry but I am still much jam-packed and am afraid I have to decline, I’m so sorry (You should be a fluent ‘sorry’ user. No and sorry are sort of cousins from distant families).

3) I’LL GET BACK TO YOU IF I ‘NEED’ TO

Most of the times its very difficult to turn down the applicants and if you are in the HR department with a soft soul, you might loose your job! So you can simply put these words with fluency, “Right now, you don’t fulfill the criteria, but i’ll surely keep you in mind if something pops up as per your qualifications.” Its a NO but a soft buttered NO. And even you can live with that.

4) DON’T vs CAN’T

“Sorry, I don’t do such stuffs” is obviously more rude than “Sorry, I can’t do such stuffs”. ‘Don’t’ is kind of empowering and it feels like you are choosing not to help that chap, whereas ‘can’t’ is more of your incapability towards that work and hence that chap will not ask your further help on that matter.

5) WHY DON’T YOU ASK HER?

Yes, just simply tell them its not your thing but give them references of people who can do it! Pass the ball to some other court (just make sure you don’t throw the ball in your friend’s court who will certainly be least interested to help. Think of your friends, you don’t wanna torture them). Here, you are actually helping that person but not doing the work as well.

Its very important to learn to say NO and give value to your time. At first it will be difficult and you’ll be trapped in few ‘umm’ and ‘errrs’ but few practices will surely help you. Remember,

“the difference between ‘successful’ and ‘more successful’ people are that the more successful people say NO to almost everything!”

(I read it somewhere long time back, I don’t remember who quoted it, but is an eye opener).

Happy Birthday Shreya Nigam!

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Happy Birthday Darling! :*

I know its still your birthday back in the States! Hence, I am not late. School would not have been much fun without you and Aarushi Dayal! The last benches and tables would still be intact with no scribbling on it. I still miss your ‘Kathi Rolls’ and I believe most of our classmates do. 😉 All the school bunks, those shopping sprees, those ‘group discussions’ (I would have called it bitching, but hey! they were too well discussed) would have been not there at the first place. I am glad I found you guys! You made the last two years of my school filled with memories of bunks, how to bunk, tips for bunking, how to save your butt if caught while bunking and more bunks! There’s so much to it, that I could have written a well versed book on it!

Anyways, Happy Birthday to you. Stay Blessed! Get a good-well-paid job and then you can adopt me and Aarushi and ‘beer‘ our expenses (you know we don’t demand much)! 😛

An Ode to Shreya Nigam. 🙂 Naam toh suna hi hoga! 

‘Queen’ – MyView

Queen Theatrical Poster

Have you ever been through an emotional turmoil after break-ups? If yes, you’ll totally understand and love this movie. If you haven’t, well, you’ll still gonna love this one. Kangana Raunat with her finest acting skills; this movie is a cherry-on-the-top of her career.

The movie starts with the ‘London Thumakda‘ track and the glimpses of a typical middle class Delhi wedding scenarios. Yes! That’s how we roll in the weddings and we are proud of it!! So, a day before Rani’s (Kangana Ranaut) wedding, the groom, Vijay (Rajkumar Rao) explains her how he cannot marry her and how she is not up to his ‘status’! Rani, a home science student, a beloved daughter of a Punjabi family, always escorted by her brother Chintu, a typical middle class girl from Rajouri (Delhi) who has been obeying her parents, her lover and everyone around her, also somehow gulps in the fact, that she has been dumped (what all choices did she have?).

*Few flash backs of how Vijay woos Rani here* Heartbroken Rani decides to go to her pre-booked honeymoon alone to Paris and Amsterdam. That’s where she meets Vijayalakshmi aka Vijay (Lisa Haydon) who is half french & Spanish and Half Indian. Yes! What are the chances, VIJAY! Technically speaking, she actually is on her honeymoon trip with ‘Vijay’ (well half of her honeymoon at least) 😛 Here are some fun moments between Vijaylakshmi and Rani and how they become good friends. My favorite scene would be the drunk scene where Rani blabbers about her life, her screwed life, Gupta uncle’s cancer (“mera haal na Gupta uncle jaisa ho gaya hai, Gupta uncle ko na cancer ho gaya hai, unhone kabhi sharab nahi pi, cigarette nahi pi, phir bhi cancer ho gaya, isse accha toh pi hi lete”) and dances like no one’s watching!

After all these nuisances, you’ll still appreciate Rani’s effort for enjoying life come what may. This is one of the moments where you actually connect with her, because deep down you have (at least for some) been in her shoes too. So, after her brief moments with Vijaylakshmi, she sets off to Amsterdam, where she has to stay in a hostel with three other guys, Oliksander (Bokyo Mish), Taka (Jeffrey Ho) and Tim (Joseph Guitobh). At first she is taken aback to stay with three guys (thanks to our culture, where its a sin to have any relation with any guy except you father or brother but yeah! its completely okay to have sex with a stranger after your marriage is arranged with that stranger! Indian-Logic), but later she become friends with them.

She here finds out that there is more to just being Rani; than just obeying others and following the rules. Life is a lot more than that. She reinvents the woman in her and come out as more mature and stronger woman.

This movie tells you that life is a lot more than just romance and love, this movie highlights the fact that you still have ‘your’ life even after break ups, you just have to look around.

Kudos to Vikas Bahl for bringing us the flavour of true dilli and the justified story. The cast of the movie was well thought about and everybody fitted the characters just right. Lisa Haydon did a marvelous support-role to match Kangana’s performance. Both complimented each other. And it would be bad on my part if I don’t mention the ‘non veg’ jokes; they were hilarious (the entire hall laughed with me!).

Jai Mata Di

Stir and Fry with sauce (Recipe)

This recipe just happened yesterday, I am sure internet must be flooded with it and I do not take any credit for inventing it, but the joy of just coming up with this spontaneously, made me share it with you!

Remember the time when you don’t have much time, and are tired to get your ass to the kitchen and make yourself a meal, well, this would not take much of your time and its sort of healthy (the amount of veggies which goes into it) and does not take much of your time.

So, here we go.

INGREDIENTS:

• Capsicum (it would be nice if you opt the colored ones)
• Broccoli (I Love broccoli)
• Mushroom
• Baby Corn
• Chilies (as per your requirements)
• Onion
• Garlic (chopped)
• Ginger (chopped)
• Salt (for taste)
• Black Pepper Powder
• Tomato Sauce or Ketchup
• Mushroom Sauce
• Oil
• Chicken breast (Optional) or Paneer/ Cottage Cheese

METHOD:

Cut all the veggies and chicken or paneer (just cut everything like you want, i like it when they cut vertically, but its totally upto you). On the stove, put the kadai. Put some oil (use your senses, just not much, this will be shallow fried, tossed rather). Low flame. Put the chopped ginger and garlic. Put the onions. Put some salt (I would suggest, always put little salt, as you can always adjust  it later). Put all the vegetables (Oh! did you wash them? Please do, if not!). Cover the utensil. The water will be separated from the vegetables. Put the chicken strips or Paneer. Saute. Cover. Adjust salt. Saute. Cover. Watch some TV. Saute. Cover. Check if its cooked or not. I think it 10-15 mins is suffice. Check the chicken if its cooked. If yes, put the ketchup and Mushroom Sauce. Saute. You can also put Alfredo sauce instead of mushroom sauce. And you can always have your set of favorite vegetables. Turn off the flame. Put some pepper powder. And serve. You can team it with some plain or fried rice if you want. Eat. 😛

My taste buds loved it!

I was too busy eating, that I forgot to click a better picture of it. Thank God! I have a mobile phone. 🙂

‘Shaadi ke Side Effects’ – MyView

Shaadi Ke Side Effects Theatrical Poster

After the historic ‘Pyaar ke side effects’ comes the sequel ‘Shaadi ke side effects’, but I rather think it should have been titled ‘Baccho ke side effects’ because their married life was sailing smoothly until the kid came along!

To be honest, I really had high hopes, which were thrashed a little, but nevertheless, it was worth seeing Farhan Akhtar *Drools* and Vidya Balan sharing the screen. The movie starts with Trisha (Vidya Balan) and Sid (Farhan Akhtar) flirting in a club, only you’ll find out later that they are actually married! Its their fantasy of meeting up as stranger and “stay in love”. Farhan Akhtar has this full-proof plan of a perfect married life, his guru-mantra being, “If it’s your fault, say sorry. If it’s your wife’s fault, say sorry”. I mean how many times have we actually gone through this joke. A LOT. Hello! We know that fact already. So, they have a fun-filled life (what every married couple wants) until they find out that Trisha is pregnant. That’s when the poor husband looses his wife and is stuck with the mother of his child.

The first half of the movie will actually make you fall of your seat (a little exaggeration here), full of drama and laugh riots! But it fails to make the same effect after the interval, then its more of the senti and drama where Sid is guilty of having an affair (Affair as stated in the movie, is anything that you do in the ‘time’ which you should have been devoted to your family, is an affair) with a much careless alter ego of himself with his flatmate (Vir Das) and parties all night (yes, he rents a PG to have ‘his own guy time’), lying to his wife that he is stuck in his studio work (he composes jingles for a living). There are few scenes of Purab Kohli in the movie which is cute where he is a friendly neighbor, Sid is jealous of. “Tum rehne do na! Shekhar (Purab Kohli) hai na!”

So, all together in the end,  after all the drama, the mantra of a happy married life is “Stay Truthful” ! REALLY! This is something we have been hammered since our childhood! I wanted to know more full proof points to avoid the side effects! Being truthful is so mainstream.

Watch it for the superb acting of Vidya Balan, Farhan Akhtar, Ila Arun, Vir Das, Ram Kapoor, Purab Kohli and others. The cast is pretty interesting to look out for. The chemistry between Farhan and Vidya is also worth seeing, after all he is the bechara-pareshaan husband haunted by his DramaQueen-naggy wife!

Don’t watch if you are expecting a what-to-do-LIST to avoid the side effects, because your list will just have ‘be truthful’ and we all know that!