thank you

it has been a memorable experience through Majja Ni Life. i am glad that the album has been appreciated by many. thank you.

update

We are done with the super final set of sound mixing and mastering of 8
songs for my music album.

One of my friends Hilpan along with Rahul re-created the song 'Amdavad I
love you'. It has a new female RAP singer too. A budding artist from
Mumbai.

I am wondering what should be the date of release for the music album...I
want it to be 15th august. Its mom's birthday....but seems very difficult.
The music company needs time. It might be the first week of sept, if not
august end.

Shall keep you posted

shortkut

ShortKut 1 mirchi out of 5, Transformers 4 out of 5, Sankat City 3.5 out of 5 Shortkut is pathetic. I dont know which age Niraj Vora lives in. Either we belong to some other planet or he is yet to discover our age kinda movies. Is it supposed to be a situational comedy? if yes, thats the only joke i can laugh on after watching it. Such a drag. Arshad Warsi is simply boring with some 'thakela' expressions in a thakeli script. Akshaye Khanna tries to give as much justice as he can with his brilliant acting skills but cant save the movie. Siddharth Randeria is a poor copy of Baburao Paresh Rawal from Herapheri. Niraj Vora needs to get out of Herapheri and Priyadarshan aura. There is no success to shortcut! Transformers is good. All you have to do is keep your eyes open and not blink at all for 2.5 hours. yeah its real long but fun. Some mindblowing cinematography and screenpaly! Many critics would say its crap and junk. They need to look at the movie from a 19 year old guy's eye. They must grow young and judge the film. Transformers is so very perfect for the target audience. Sankat city can prove to be a 'bheja fry' kinda stuff. Am yet to watch Morning Walk.

A Cry for Help

Dear all, this blog is with reference to my show on animal helplines. I
think it is terrible that innocent animals and birds who have been forced
to live in our urbane environment, have to bear the brunt of it. Since
their living conditions are drastically altered, they are left helpless in
case of severe accidents and injuries. 

I received a lot of calls giving me the numbers of various helplines. I
also got calls saying that such helplines do not help all the time. I
empathize with them because here we have not come together to criticise
their shortcomings but rather help them improve their reach. Following are
the numbers I got from the municipal corporation and courtsey Jigeesha
Upadhyay:

AMC: 32984157 (CNCD)
for dead animals: 32984152

Jaimin Patel: Mobile: 98795 71447 
Vulture Rescue Expert. Will respond 24 hours 

Amit Shah: Mobile: 9898208238
For Snakes and Vultures. Will come on call 24 hrs

For Schedule 1 Animals & Birds 
Forest Department, Vanchetna Centre, Vastrapur : Tel: 26306342
You will need to deliver the animal/bird to the centre.

Asha Foundation : Mobile 1: 9879877281;
Mobile 2: 9824037521
For Rescue of Birds and on the spot treatment of animals {they do not have
facilities to take away the animals - they do accept birds]. They will come
on call 24 hrs.

Shantidoot, SG Highway branch: 9374872726.
For Birds.They will come on call.

NamoNamah Parivar: 9824062618.
For Birds.They will come on call.

Geetaben Rambhiya Trust: 
Tel: 22141197 ; 22149550; 32935772
For Birds, Dogs & Cows. They will come on call 24 hrs.

Hrishit Shrof : Mobile: 9825020175
For Snakes. Will come on call 24 hrs

Please try and give the following details as soon as you call:
1) Area address
2) Bird/animal species
3) What state do you think it is in (is it an emergency or is it a broken
body part)

Also, lets not give up on a dying animal if one of these numbers does not
reply. Keep trying! Kudos

music album title

Have thought of a few names for the music album... 1. Fresh Lime Soda 2. Gujarati Roxx 3. Life is Gujju 4. Dhvanit etc. 5. Fun dhanaadhan Feel free to suggest before I close on any of these.

my music album - part 1

Finally! After tons of sleepless nights and lazy days spent
over writing, arranging and recording, the songs are mixed. Phew! The last
stage was getting them mixed. Until I went for the mixing sessions, I
myself had little idea that the process is so taxing. But all the effort
was completely worth it! I would always wonder how Rahman comes up with
such a different feel to his music and the finish of that music is very
different from what other contemporary directors do. Also, I was puzzled
about how the songs transform from the time they are simply
recorded to the time they are mixed. The energy that Chirag and Parth
spent on finer details of the songs was phenomenal! The entire
process took us seven days altogether and it was done in Mumbai. Guess who
did this miracle for us? Ashish Manchanda. For those who are not aware, he
is the same wizard who mixed music for films like Krrish, Khosla ka Ghosla,
Oye lucky, luck oye and Dev D! You will hear two new voices in the album:
Prachi Shah, winner of the TataIndicom talent hunt in Mirchi Music awards
and Sonic Suthar, a young bubbling voice. Prachi has sung a duet and Sonic
has sung in a chorus number.

Moving on, I am not going to spoil the fun by revealing it
all here! Out of the beautiful assemblage of seven contemporay Gujarati
songs, I will tell you about three. The first is "Pari" which is very
special to me because I was initially skeptical if I could even sing it.
The song required a different tone, not the one that I talk on radio with.
I feel that challenge helped me explore my vocal abilities.

The second song is "Full-too masti" which is like an old
faded photo album, carefully preserving and reminding us of simple but
cheerful moments that we used to enjoy. It has a hint of nostalgia and
takes you back to the days when people found joys in small
things.

The last song I will tell you about for now is "Amdavad".
Yes! It is an exclusive rendition dedicated to the new-age Amdavad. It is
an evolved narration of the city and its new occupants, traffic, malls etc.
This song is a refreshing take which celebrates the identity of "aapnu
sheher-amdavad"

For now, this is it. I will keep all of you posted on what
happens. I am still looking for a nice title for my album. I have been
considering "Kaan-fusion" and "Full-too masti" but I woud love to have your
Mirchidaar suggestions!

Ice cream!

I can never forget it! I used to love going to Down Town Restaurant at LawGarden to enjoy the delicious Vadilal Choco cream candy! Me and my dad usedto have a competition on Sundays - Who would eat maximum Choco creams?

I remember having the Rs. 5 softies at YUMS! He used to take me to Natraj Cinema for the Dairy Den Softies. I loved litchi and chocolate softiesthere. It was only twice or thrice a year that we could have Dairy Den Softies as they were quite costly for us!

And now? All we amdavadis enjoy the luxury of Gelato's - Italian icecreamtoo. In Casa was the first ones to launch Gelato`s in Ahmedabad with outlets in Fun Republic, R World and now in Swati Restaurant, Law Garden. You can enjoy Gelato's at Amezo, Gulmahor Mall, Agashiye, E-scoops too I guess. Correct me if am wrong.

Agashiye has this amazing homemade ice cream menu. Rajwadu and Vishala too serve homemade ice cream I guess. I am told once there was a famous 'Derani Jethani no ice cream' at Navrangpura. They had a fight and they separated. Now there is a partition wall. On one side you get Derani no ice cream and on the other Jethani no! I have heard its in Chaitanya Society, near Lakhudi Talavadi, Navrangpura.

Amdavadis love kothi no ice cream and matla kulfi as much as they love the frozen desserts.Amdavad's total ice cream market is 70 crores!

Havmor, Amul, Vadilal, Baskin Robins face a tough competition from the local players like Shradhdhanand, Patel, Jaising, Asharfi, Janta coldcoco!!

I loved Ben N Jerry's ice cream and Cold Stone ice cream in the US. You know what? There is a gold ice cream too!! New York City's Serendipity 3 restaurant is known for its desserts,especially its $1000 Serendipity Golden Opulence Sundae. To dig into this costly treat, you must make a reservation 48 hours in advance. Its madewith Tahitian and Madagaskar Vanilla flavor and a 23- carat Gold edibleleaf!In Japan, you find Noodle's Ice cream too! Our Amdavad is no less!

I scream, you scream, we'd all scream if we had to eat any of the super-strange ice cream concoctions that we have nowadays in Amdavad. Ginger ice cream, Neem icecream, Variyali, Kotha, Gulkand ice cream, friedice cream, ice cream bhajjiya! We can have all the weird flavors in Amdavad now.

What are the weird ice creams that you have had so far? Where have you hadthe weirdest ice creams in Amdavad? Forget weird, as a foodie what wouldyou recommend to a fellow foodie as far as best ice cream is concerned?

Your comments will help a lot of ppl to explore the new taste andbeat the heat this summer.

I have an idea. Why cant we have 'Paani puri flavor ice cream'? If we canhave 'paobhaji khakra' or 'cholafali khakhra', why not have paobhaji flavoricecream? Phew!!!