"If there is a paradise on earth, it is here, it is here, it is here."
Akbar could have as well plastered it on the walls of Andhra Bhavan.
If there is a place in Delhi where you can spend just Rs.50 (a little more than $1) and eat to your heart's content delicious spicy Andhra food, just like you get it at home, it's here at Andhra Bhavan. The service is excellent, your plate is never empty and they keep on asking you if you want more...truly a glutton's dream come true.
Andhra Bhavan is the office of all Andhra officials who visit Delhi. And the canteen there is the place I am talking about. They have a roaring business, and the amazing thing is that they haven't felt the need to expand or to mark up their rates. It is basically a mess and have a fixed menu for lunch and dinner, but their stuff is good. The place has remained unchanged for years and hopefully for many years to come.
For all those foodies who haven't given Andhra Bhavan a whirl, just come up to the India Gate circle, and get off at Ashoka Road. Take the left turn on the first roundabout and there it is on your right. Bon apetit!
Sometimes life's like hanging onto a piece of rope on the edge of a cliff, beyond hope, beyond help, beyond despair even. At such times, one would think death would be worth giving up the struggle, for the few seconds of freefall, for forgetting it all, letting it go.
What they don't realise that life's probably worth the struggle to the top. Hang on guys, if this is the worst, then it can't get any worse; anywhere you go it's going get only better.
salaam namaste is just like one big episode of Friends, replete with an obnoxious landlord, all-weather buddies and couples and live-in relationships and house-hunting and now a staple of the slick side of Bollywood: gizmos and creature comforts.
Sure, they have got some pointless but catchy songs that act as fillers and which could have been done away with but then, the movie required some body as the story was predictable and short. Everybody has got an excellent body in the movie; everysingle body. And then, Jaaved Jaaferi has done an excellent job in providing some comic relief as the Crocodile Dundee landlord.
The last scene could have been little less crazy and Abhishek Bachchan compeletely exaggerated his overacting (note the superlatives). Unless that's what the director wanted to do, that bit could have been avoided.
An all-in-all slick and enjoyable movie for a sundry afternoon. Best seen with a loved one.
2 comments:
Welcome to the Blog World. You've got a good one here. If I was there, I'd try out the Canteen. :o)
damn! i think i'm the only gult in delhi not to have been to Andhra Bhavan...
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