The Bank Job

The movie is based on a real 1971 London bank robbery at Lloyds Bank, Baker Street, which was instigated by a few MI5 officials to recover compromising photographs of a certain female member of the Royal family. Like all operations, after the robbery, it goes out of control with the local police, the MI5, the corrupt police officials and local porn-club owner (a club ledger containing the corruption records of local police also goes missing from one of the lockers) looking for the culprits. The culprits soon realise that they have got more than just money…and understand the plot and involvement of one of their team members. They quickly turn it around to negotiate a 'no prosecution' agreement with MI5 and get the corrupt police officers & club owner arrested.

An estimated £4m went missing from the locker (more than the great train robbery) but a lot of people did not come forward to report their loss. Surprising?

An amazing film. A must watch.

*****

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GM Diet: It really works...and I am not paid to write this!

There are various theories of why it is called "GM Diet" - some say it was designed for executives of General Motors; some call it a"Genetically Modified" diet.

The truth is: IT WORKS.

Nidhi & I have tried it a few times now and it works everytime - though I admit the laws of dimnishing returns do come in. But, it actually gives you a kick-start to lose weight and you can always follow it up with excerise/healthy eating. It's a seven day diet program which goes as follows:
Day 1: You eat only fruits. As many you want, but no bananas
Day 2: You start with a medium size baked potato with a little butter. The rest of the day you can eat all the vegitables you want, but no potatoes
Day3: You can have all the fruits and vegitables you want with the exception of bananas and potatoes
Day4: You can have up to 8 bananas and 3 glasses of milk. You can supplement the same with a vegitable soup (no sugar please)
Day 5: Have some meat (e.g. sausages, steak, grilled chicken) and 8 tomatoes
Day 6: Have a feast - all the meat and vegitables, but no potatoes
Day 7: You can have brown rice and vegitables, but no potatoes

On all 7 days, have plenty of water (recommended: 8-10 glasses) and weight yourself on the 8th day.

Jodhaa Akbar

How much can one falsify facts and still try to sell a story as a piece of (Indian) history? I am no historian, but it doesn't need one to see through the mega distortion of it in the movie and I am not talking about the controversy doing rounds in India about Jodha's real name. The garble extends even to the culture and customs of the time.

The movie fails on almost all accounts - weak storyline, mediocre acting, average direction and poor research (I am happy they got the name Akbar right). Full marks to the sets, locations, photography and costumes - if that can keep you awake for 223 minutes, go for it....zzz....