Hyderabad and the end of another year
As 2006 comes to an end, I wanted to share some of the happenings in the past few weeks with you all.
On the realestate front, the market seems a little soft and even the big wigs are communicating the same. Since the TRS win in karimnagar, Vijayawada and Guntur seem to have a major run up in values with values now running upto 3x.
Dont believe if a developer tells you that they have sold 80% of the project and that you only have a few chances left. This month a friend of mine approached a developer and was able to negotiate him down by 800/sqft in cost of an apartment just by leveraging the fact that he can bring a volume of upto 5 units. Even if you are approaching for 1 unit, developers with large projects are desperate, leverage it as much as you can. Some of the good projects are doing well, that doesnt mean that everything should be expensive.
The past 1.5 weeks have been fun, a close friend of mine is back in Hyderabad for vacation and we enjoyed many nights with dinners at Shikaar, Far-East, Our Place, Angeethi, Zaffran, Chutneys, a few late night coffee sessions at Ohri's and daily gatherings at the coffee day & Barista.
Today we decided to go watch the NTR movie Rakhi at Hitec Theater in Madhapur. It was my first black ticket movie after return to Hyderabad. Outside it looks like an apartment building but the interior is excellent with lots of room and stadium seating, extra leg room that I have never seen in any other theater and a real DTS surround system.
Rakhi [ telugu movie, starring NTR, Illeana and Charmi ] was heavy on sister senti as the name suggests.. fans of NTR may be a little down since its not a mass movie. I think women will really enjoy it and it has a valid message asking women to fight for themselves. It could have been a little short on some scenes that were too obvious/expected, but overall it was a good movie to watch. NTR's performance was the best I ever watched and he reminded me of Sr. NTR in some scenes. One drawback was a confused director [ krishna vamsi ].. Scenes were contradicting, a strong message about women being victimized intertwined with songs that expose Illeana to the max.
Will be leveraging the next 3 days to go watch some more movies I missed including Dhoom2.
More later.. Seasons Greetings and a Happy New Year !!!
3 comments:
I think this is my second post in as many months trying to tell you how jealous I am of you. I miss Hyderabad so bad, and you are just rubbing it in....:)
I think your posts are making my soon to R2I decision stronger by the day.
Keep blogging!
mahipal,
Thanks for being an regular reader/poster. I recommend expediting the process if you can. I have met atleast 7 families that have R2I'd, and they are very happy with their decision and are living very comfortably in India, except for a few things that you can easily get over.
That said, please keep your expectations low and you will be pleasantly surprised.
While on the subject of Hyderabad, you should try out OrderMonger.com sometime. Based on reading your blogs, my guess is that you'll like the experience.
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