Aditya

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Gender Male
Interests travel, thinking, mailing, clicking pics
Favorite Movies Chak de India (it has rekindled hope in me for revitalization), The Savior (best war movie), The Motorcycle Diaries, Pursuit of Happyness, Thank you for Smoking, The Departed, Miracle (causes that dry lump in throat), The Constant Gardner, Revolver, In the name of the father, Jerry Maguire (Somehow this has moved me) Schindler's List (Great) Matrubhoomi - A Nation without Women Shvaas (Breath - Marathi movie) Million Dollar Baby (All time great...), Seabiscuit, Forrest Gump, Chariots of Fire, The greatest game ever played, Crash, Rang De Basanti, Before Sunset (Best romantic movie), Cindrella Man, Donny Brasco, Frankie & Johnie, Sever Years in Tibet, The godfather, Sleepless in Seattle, 21 Grams, Life is Beautiful, Memento, Malena, The Heat, Fight Club, Pulp fiction, The English Patient, Tin Cup, Kill Bill, Haasil (ultimate), Maqbool (more ultimate), Omkara, Hazaron Khawayishein Aisi, Sholay, agneepath, Dil Chahta Hai, Andaz Apna Apna, Jaane bhi do yaaron, Black Friday and anything hilarious
Favorite Music Zbigniew Preisner, Nusrat, Bob Dylan, Pink Floyd. Hindi Classics - Chori Chori, Mere Sanam etc. Lounge, ambient & world music is growingly enticing. Sigur Rós, Moby, John Mayer, Third Eye Blind, Gnarls Barkley, Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, OSTs (Lost in Translation, Forrest Gump, Blood Diamond, Savior etc.)
Favorite Books The Meaning of Sport by Simon Barnes *brilliantly written & good for getting the basics right, A Lifetime in a Race (Michael Pinsent), Garrincha (biography of a forgotten hero), Blessed (George Best's Autobiography), Barca, Out of my Comfort Zone (Steve Waugh), Every Second Counts, Its not about the bike, How Soccer explains the world, Moneyball (Michael lewis and his Liar's Poker is good as well) Disgrace, Maximum city, Shantaram, The Great Indian Novel, Comics - everything from Amar Chitra Katha