FATFat Improvement

https://www.dawn.com/news/1511895/fatfs-concerns

The link above acknowledges the grave concern the newspaper sees.

The same newspaper 2 weeks back had mentioned how Pak was largely compliant in 20 out of 27 points. 

What happened in 2 weeks? Does one believe that Pak was largely compliant solely based on friendship with China, Turkey and Malaysia? 

Only a final decision from Paris makes one see reality? 

What exactly is Pak going to do now? How much brainpower is it going to deploy to address it before the next FATF meet in Feb 2020? What will make Pak realize that its obsession with religion is the cause of terrorism?

I understand India isn't much sensible either. But the state of affairs in Pak seems to be so awful it pains. 

After all Pak is just like us. Why CAN'T they improve?

Why can't India and Pak be like Canada and USA or like Ireland and Northern Ireland?

When will we forget religion? Hum bas ek jaise hi toh the?

An article which echoes similar sentiments: https://www.livemint.com/opinion/columns/fatf-meet-verdict-pakistan-s-people-deserve-better-11571591868763.html

Sense becoming visible: https://www.dawn.com/news/1512237/sensationalism-draws-attention-away-from-what-pakistan-must-do-in-order-to-come-off-the-fatf-list

ISI & Terrorist Links

I read this http://www.ndtv.com/article/world/wikileaks-isi-allowed-terrorists-to-attack-india-says-gitmo-detainee-104246 today.

This kinda ties up with what a taxi driver from Kashmir told me. He explained to me about the economy of Kashmir and life there. Youngsters are recruited and given a stipend of approximately Rs 3000 ($65) per month for undergoing military training across the border in Pakistanr. Very similar to what was depicted in the movie Roja, remember Pankaj Kapoor's little brother? Even the movie Sarfarosh was about something similar. Movie Fanaa also.

Another person told me that some Kashmiris prefer that Kashmir be aligned to Pakistan, some prefer alignment with India and some would like both India and Pakistan to let them be independent and leave them in peace. When this question (how do you want Kashmir to be aligned?) is popped to them, their heart, because of the religion, is with Pakistan. While their head says stick to India because of the economic advantage that India provides.

All this is fine and dandy, but I am unable to digest the recruitment and training of Kashmiris by people on the Muzaffarabad side with the sole idea of disturbing peace in India. 

What kind of a mind would find this to be a good thing to do?

Additional reading: 

• http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2011-05-06/pakistans-intellifence-chief-expected-to-resign-ahmad-shuja-pasha/#

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5/8/11, 3:54 PM

India Standard Time

Muslims Under Attack

This is an excellent article.

https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/433106-pulwama-attack-aftermath-muslims-under-attack-in-indian-cities

Throughout the article there is no fact to support the assertion that Muslims are under attack because of the JeM incident in Kashmir. Except this "The shock attack has caused widespread anger across India and a violent backlash against Kashmiris elsewhere in the country."

So we assume anything said about Kashmiri refers to Muslim?

It reminded me of the way many people talk when they make a pointed statement and subsequently there is a lot of other things they say but none of which substantiates the original statement.

Does the person think that a lot of other statements would be construed as proof by the audience of the original allegation?

When one expresses a pain and points a finger at another, perhaps the pain is the proof.

Does the fact that JeM claimed responsibility mean anything to the author of the article?

Additional Reading

1. https://m.economictimes.com/news/defence/financial-action-task-force-to-be-given-dossier-to-blacklist-pakistan-for-terror-links/articleshow/68026309.cms
2. https://m.economictimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/pakistan-claims-to-fulfilling-sanctions-obligations-against-jem/articleshow/68036595.cms

L'Affaire Clandestine Le Muslims

We all know how angry Muslims were with USA and how that triggered the 9/11 incident. And then after US marines took out Osama Bin Laden in Abbotabad, Pakistan, the fury of Muslims has known no bounds. This time the big guns in Saudi and ISIS decided to use some finesse, the Russian way. They decided to ruin USA in an entirely non-violent, if not legal, way. (Some juicy stuff here: Trump Jr. and Other Aides Met With Gulf Emissary Offering Help to Win Election https://nyti.ms/2IV6EpU.

Just about this time came the US presidential election. So they (Muslims) found the best way to ruin America. They hired some Russians and impersonated few Russians and made it seem as though it was the Russians that fiddled with the US elections. The Muslims ensured that they made Russians the fall guys and they also ruined America. 

That leads us to the 63.9 million dollar question: How exactly did the Muslims ruin the US? 

Muslims made a cartoon character the President of the USA. Here is an article about the cartoon's response to the finding that Russians were definitely involved with messing with the elections (though the Americans are yet to find about the Muslims program managing the whole affair): Trump’s Evolution From Relief to Fury Over the Russia Indictment 

It isn't long before the Muslim dream comes true. With Trump at the helm,  USA will be on its knees soon. 

I am predicting that US will create a 10 billion dollar fund and offer it to any country who will accept a certain immigrant (an ex president) as its full time resident citizen and who will also not provide him with a passport. 

Perhaps a better president might be the incumbent's namesake, a famous name created by Disney. 

Additional reading:

1. President Trump seems to be saying more and more things that aren’t true
3. The four times Trump signed tax returns for his foundation that contained incorrect information - https://wapo.st/2yG8szg
4. When investigators threatened his power, he declared himself dictator: https://wapo.st/2M77CgB
5. Mueller and Trump: Born to wealth, raised to lead. Then, sharply different choices. http://wapo.st/2CBPCG5
6. How Trump made up with Australia’s prime minister after a ‘most unpleasant call’Questions linger about how Melania Trump, a Slovenian model, scored ‘the Einstein visa’
7. Justice official alerted White House to ongoing issues in Kushner’s security clearance
8. Bizarre legal brawl intensifies at Trump hotel in Panama
9. Kushner’s Business Got Loans From Companies After White House Meetings: It will be interesting to ask the father in law (FIL) and SIL what their definition of conflict of interest is.
10. Questions linger about how Melania Trump, a Slovenian model, scored ‘the Einstein visa’
11. Jared Kushner Flames Out
12. Trump Lawyer’s Payment to Porn Star
13. Tillerson Is Out as Secretary of State; Trump Taps Pompeo
14. Trump’s Stormy History: The Seven-Year Battle Between the President and the Porn Star
15. Wooing Saudi Business, Tabloid Mogul Had a Powerful Friend: Trump - what would Ayn Rand say of this deal making?
16. https://wapo.st/2FjFCXD: "Keeping opponents offbalance is the key to negatiation"

Ahmed Khan - Mapping Names To Faces Of Actors

I  was watching the song Leke Pehla Pehla Pyaar from the movie CID and I wondered who the male harmonium player in the video was. Apparently it was Abrar Alvi who was part of Guru Dutt's team. I got Abrar's name from this link: http://www.hindigeetmala.net/song/leke_pahla_pahla_pyar_1.htm. The Wiki link on Alvi also brings up the possibility that it was he who directed the movie Saaheb Biwi Aur Gulaam and not Guru Dutt.

Interestingly in another street song Deewane Hai Deewaanon Ki in the movie Zanjeer, the man with the harmonium was Gulshan Bawra as per https://in.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070112020130AAlx9P2

Today I was watching the movie Dil Chehta Hai and I saw a balding man who played the role of Haji in the movie Sarfarosh. His real name is Ahmed Khan. And his Hindi was of course super. 

Govind Namdeo played the role of Veeran / Anna - the Andhra terrorist who was dressed in dhoti. 

Rajeev is the person who plays, character roles in Tamil movies (fair, wears glasses). He plays Sada's father in Jeyam and Devyani's brother in law in Kaathal Kottai. Kazan Khan looks very similar. Which of them played Devyani's Uncle in the movie Kadhal Kottai?

Sameer Khakhar is Khopdi. Also played a part in Hasee Toh Phasi 

Anant Jog plays the minister in Singham and in Rowdy Rathore. Pankaj Tripathi plays the villain Altaf in the same movie.

Priya Bapat is the cute medical student in Munna Bhai MBBS.

Brijendra Kala played the person who allots chambers in Jolly LLB 2. He was also there in BB. Inaamulhaq played the major in Airlift. He was also there in Jolly LLB 2 as the terrorist Iqbal.

Devan plays the role of Nagma's father in the movie Baasha.

Pinchoo Kapoor plays Rishi Kapoor's father in the movie Karz.

Kumud Mishra was the coach in Sultan, Kohli in Airlift and Suryaveer Singh in Jolly LLB 2 (http://www.bollypedia.in/movies/Jolly-LLB-2/592/Story).

Shivraj was the groundskeeper who brought up Vijay Arora in Yaadon Ki Baaraat. He also brought up Akbar in Amar Akbar Anthony.

The fair and handsome fellow who was Parveen Babi's bodyguard in the movie Amar Akbar Anthony was Zebisco aka Yusuf Khan.

Surekha Sikri played the role of the mother of Sultan, Sultan himself was played by Pradeep Rawat. Mukesh Rishi played Inspector Salim and Akhilendra Mishra played Mirchi seth. Mala was played by Upasana Singh.

Kurush Deboo was the Parsi doctor in Munna Bhai MBBS.

Ashutosh Gowariker played Imran in Kabhi Haan Kabhi Na.

Thangabali in Chennai express was played by Nikitin Dheer. Inspector Shamsher was played by Mukesh Tiwari.

In Lagaan, the boy (Tipu) who was the runner for Ismail (Raj Zutshi) was Amin Gazi. Aditya Lakhia played Kachra.

Sarfarosh, Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge (DDLJ), Veer Zaara, Kabhi Alvida Na Kehna (KANK), Six Days And Seven Nights, 3 Idiots are some of the recent movies that I have liked immensely.

The person who plays Furhan's mother in 3 Idiots: Farida Dadi, Raju Rastogi's father: Mukund Bhatt, Raju's mother: Amardeep Jha, Raju's wife: Meghna Bhalla, Kareena Kapoor's materialistic fiance: Olivier Sanjay Lafont.

Greg Kinnear in You've Got Mail and as "the fag" in As Good As It Gets resembles Ravi Baswani so much.

The South Indian gentleman who played the role of Juhi's father in Hum Hai Rahi Pyar Ke is KD Chandran who is the father of dancer Sudha Chandran.

In Meine Pyaar Kiya, Seema was played by Parvin Dastur. Here is the full list of crew in Munna Bhai MBBS.

Dinesh Hingoo is a comedian who has acted in 200+ movies since the 1960s.

The aged villain (performs character roles in Bala by Shaam) Arumai Nayagam in the movie Kshatriyan is actually Thilagan. In this movie, in many of the scenes Bhanupriya looks almost like Heera Rajagopal's twin. Wonder why..

Unnai Ninaithu is the movie with Surya, Laila and Sneha. Pallavi and play Laila's parents. Balu Anand plays Sneha's father.

Santhana Bharathi is the semi bald man who plays Nassar's brother in Anbe Sivam.

The Tamil villain with the pockmarked face is Kadhal Dhandapani.

The cute telephone operator in Brussels Pakistani Embassy is Rukhsar Rehman.

The girl who does the tango  with Al Pacino in The Scent Of A Woman is Gabrielle Anwar. 

The villain in Saala Khadoos and in Singham Returns is Zakir Hussain.

Various actors from 1970s are in the movie Don. The cast are here. The person who plays Narang is Kamal Kapoor, looks posh and with colored eyes. Dinesh Hingoo resembles Kamal Kapoor, check chatGPT.

Yogesh Soman, Marathi, plays Mr. Salim, hero's boss in CBI in the thriller serial killer movie Foot Fairy.

I was watching the video of this song when I saw the woman singing this song in the movie. I wanted to know who the lady was. Apparently it was Erica Lall. 

The police constable who catches Salman Khan in BB and who is beaten up by Salman was also there as the warden of the orphanage in Besharam. He was Manoj Bakshi.

RS Shivaji is the Telugu station master in the movie Anbe Sivam and he also plays the deputy to Inspector Janagaraj in M Kumaran S/O Mahalashmi.

The hosts in the Sony Mix music show Raina Beei Jaaye are Akriti Kakar and Sumeet Raghvan as per http://www.tellychakkar.com/tv/features/5-reasons-why-sony-mix-s-raina-beeti-jaye-jashn-must-watch-all-music-lovers-160910.

The various characters in Singham Returns (with Kareena): https://komalsreviews.wordpress.com/2014/08/15/346/, http://theladiesfinger.com/bechdel-testing-singham-returns/. Quotes from the same movie: http://www.filmyquotes.com/movies/692

Paresh Rawal's assistant in the movie Oh My God is Nikhil Ratnaparkhi. He was also there as one of the cooks in Cheeni Kum.

The lady who sings the song Aage bhi jaane na tu in the movie Waqt was Erica Lal.

Luxmi in Saala Khadoos was played by Mumtaz Sircar daughter of PC Sircar Jr.

The DGP in Singham is Pradeep Welankar.

Simonetta Stefanelli plays Apollonia, Michael's wife in Godfather.
Prakash Belawadi was George in Airlift.

The Tamil comedy balding actor with a Tirunelveli accent is Nellai Siva. The other very dark plump comedian, compere from Tirunelveli is Imman Annachi from Tuticorin 

Additional reading:

http://vbala99.blogspot.com/2011/10/miss-my-husband.html

http://vbala99.blogspot.com/2011/01/dilwale-dulhaniya-le-jayenge-ddlj.html