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David Dhawan is a RASCAL for making us pay for watching this movie.

Even if someone gives you free tickets to go watch 'Rascals', the latest (mis)adventure by David Dhawan, please do not give in to the temptation. You might get the tickets free, but you'll have to spend on parking, snacks etc. and believe me, you do not want to do it. Not for a movie like 'Rascals'. The plot is hackneyed, a rip-off from inane Govinda and D. Dhawan movies of yore. And just when we thought that the torture is over, the genre of stupid movies was a thing of the past, David Dhawan strikes back with a vengeance! Right where it hurts the most!Why the hell does not D.D. retire and raise sheep somewhere where no one can find him? Can't even begin to tell you who was the worst off the lot. Was it Sanjay Dutt who is looking more and more like an uncle, or was it Ajay Devgn, who along with the 'A' from his name, also seems to have lost a few of his marbles.Or was it Kangana Ranaut, who is being touted as the find of the decade but far as I kn...
Someone once said, say 'sex' instead of 'cheese' and you'll find a lot more adults giving genuine smiles when they get their picture taken. I beg to disagree- slightly. There is another word that makes us grin..and the word is 'FREE'!!! There is something about the word 'free' that we react to at a very visceral level. It is almost like an instinctive, evolutionary reflex kicks in when we see the word! 'FREE??!! I want it!' That is a standard human reaction to the word. Our juices start flowing, we start drooling, and we are suddenly hostage to the impulse that says, get it now! I have brought home 'free' adult diapers- don't need them (yet!), free dog food- i had to eat it myself, free dental check-up coupons, and free folic acid capsules- to help keep 'my' non-existent fetus healthy!  This post is about my FREE Reebok watch. I and my better half had gone to buy me a new cell. We were vac illating between a Noki...