Watched late night show of Harry Potter, The Deathly Hollows – Part 2 on the opening day. We managed the tickets in the morning hours of the day as kids are very anxious to watch the movie, so am I.

All four of us watched the 3D version of the movie at Big Cinemas at Ameerpet.

We all liked the movie, assuming (or pretending) that we haven’t read the book. There is more humor, better one liners, more drama, less light and more fun. Some of the scenes are (especially the ones during the last fight) are considerably modified from the book, but they give better drama for the visual version of the story.

In a nutshell, it is a good movie to watch and we say it all ended here well.

Today is Spurthi’s turn of shopping.

• The Dairy of a Little Girl – Anne Frank (Penguin Edition)
• Ala Modalaindi Telugu DVD – we wanted to watch this movie in theaters for a while and we are excited to see the DVD in market.

Here are the purchases during this weekend:

• Shakti Telugu movie audio album
• Robo Telugu movie DVD: I haven’t seen this movie in theaters
• Brundavanam Telugu movie DVD: We have seen this movie in theaters and it is worth watching at home for entertainment

Purchased “K-S-D-Appalraju” Telugu movie audio album over the weekend. Most songs are already popular on the net as free downloads, but I felt it is good to have them on a single CD.

Last week, I went to a book store for some stationery needs. I stumbled upon a stack of RGV‘s recent book, Naa Ishtam. Thanks to the media coverage, I heard a lot of  (good as well as bad) things about the book already. Serving my curiosity, I flipped a few pages in the store and decided to buy the book. One thing is uncertain at that time though: Is this book a work of fiction, biography, philosophy or light reading?

Once home, this book stayed bedside and helped me kill the longer minutes between almost back to back night meetings. I might have covered only 30% of the book so far (that is one good feature – this book is not a story, it is a collection of thoughts, by many people, across many chapters) yet developed a liking for it.

To summarize, the chapters authored by RGV are exactly like his movies: A few lines I like very much and few others I love to hate. The chapters by others provoked more thought: how a person is experienced by others around him at various stages of his life so far. Photos compiled in the book are a good treat for his movie lovers.

I will for sure try to get enough time to complete the rest of the book before the end of the year.