When you request for an uberPOOL ride, we match you with a rider heading in the same direction — realtime. The magic happens when you get matched with a long lost friend, a recruiter (yes, this happened) or a colleague who you’d never met in office.

Starting today, we’re launching: #SharedMoment. Share your most interesting uberPOOL moment over next 2 weeks, some of the most interesting ones will win free uberPOOL rides for a month and a whole lot of goodies!

How can you share? Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat or Facebook, you choose the medium but make sure you tag us.

People share their uberPOOL moments with us all the time.

While most of us love the savings:

I just saved ₹ 84.40 by riding uberPOOL in New Delhi. Ride uberPOOL — share your ride, split the cost.

— Ankur Kathuria (@ankurkathuria) January 18, 2016

Some just like meeting new people:

Tried uberPOOL today. Met a colleague who I’d never met in office. #networking #uberpool @Uber_Delhi

— Rishi (@rishikandra) January 6, 2016

Uber Pool is pretty cool. Made a new friend. Loving how #Delhi is embracing #OddEvenFormula with optimism. @Uber_Delhi. #DelhiOddEven

— sanjay sarma (@nick_sarma) January 5, 2016

Some find the experience interesting:

My first @Uber_Delhi Pool ride this morning was unexpectedly super fun and hilarious. Oh also Traffic FREE! #OddEven love you kejru hahah

— Aakanksha Kapoor (@aakanksha26) January 7, 2016

and our favourite, some are just left awed after getting matched with a fellow commuter:

@Uber_Delhi just dropped off Jaspreet to GK. First ever Uber Pool Drive! pic.twitter.com/prjW1JvXOQ

— Quickdraw (@quickdraw_46) December 22, 2015

There’s more to uberPOOL than just savings, you’re helping your city, you’re sharing your ride, and you’re sharing moments. Get ‘pooling, Delhi.

Iron Man2 (IMDb)
Bigger is not always better. Much awaited sequel disappointed, oh so much!
In order to go GRAND they ended up making it dull and predictable. Yes, Iron Man 1 was better. Rating: 2.5/5

Shutter Island (IMDb)
Definitely the best film of 2010, so far. The Scorsese-Caprio duo can never go wrong, period. Make you sure you can this one, unlike any Martin Scorsese film you’ve ever seen before. Rating: 4.5/5

Shaun of The Dead (IMDb)
Into Zombie and British comedy flicks? Then this is the best combo out there, dark humor, zombies killing people, gore, you name it, this one has it all! Rating: 3/5

How to Train Your Dragon (IMDb)
Light hearted, animated film about the clash between Vikings and Dragons and how this one young viking lad befriends one of the most dangerous dragons. Clean comedy that you can take your kids too, they will enjoy! Rating: 2.5/5

Rocket Singh: Salesman of the Year (IMDb)
Many people missed out on this gem, because of the absurd reviews. I beg to differ from all the reviews that rated this movie below average. A brilliant film, clean comedy and very, very riveting. Now I feel, Ranbir Kapoor is one new actor to watch out for. Rating: 3.5/5

Traitor (IMDb)
Good, but nothing exceptional. One time watch. Rating: 2/5

Julie & Julia (IMDb)
Real life based, worth a watch. Watch this Youtube video of Julia Child before watching the movie, you’ll be able to appreciate Meryl Streep‘s work even more. Rating: 3/5

Its Complicated (IMDb)
Fun but predictable, one time watch. Alec Baldwin is awesome!

Crazy Heart (IMDb)
I fell in love with Jeff Bridges all over again. No one could have possibly played the middle aged alcoholic Country singer better, no wonder he got the Academy Award for it, and of course, his previous contributions to the World of Cinema. Highly recommended, and make sure to grab a copy of the original soundtracks, awesome. Here’s the link for Amazon:

Road, Movie: When the journey itself is the story.


I never use tag lines for the review posts, but this instantly hit me when I walked out of the theater, so couldn’t resist myself. Road, Movie is charming, feel-good, has some dark points but an experience in itself. You won’t find anything out-of-this-world, yet it’ll not fail to impress you.
With a great ensemble of cast, good locations and excellent background score, colors, Road, Movie is more of World Cinema than conventional Hindi movie. There isn’t much about it that I can write, but notable things – some really hilarious moments, especially dialogs by Mohammed Faisal, the young guy in the movie & Satish Kaushik (Om/Chacha). Abhay Deol continues to make good choices & delivers, this time even more so ’cause he perfectly fits the bill for the character Vishnu. Well, this was the only movie that I’ve seen Tannishtha Chatterjee in, and going by her performance she happens to have a good potential, have got you checkout her previous work. Do look out for the scene where she sings an impromptu song.
With a runtime of just 95mins, it sure grips you good, but having said all good things about the movie, there were a moment or two where I went WTF?
1. The encounter with the Mafia
2. Carnival (Mela).
Post a comment on this post if you could help me clear it out, once you’ve seen the movie.


Anyway, give Road, Movie a chance if you want to find out what World Cinema feels like. I piece of advice, don’t compare it with other Hindi movies, its all about the experience.


Rating: Somewhere between 3-3.5/5
Year: 2010
Imdb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1190894
Director: Dev Benegal

Review by Guest Author Abhishek Gurbani

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The Ugly Truth is a romantic comedy film starring Katherine Heigl and Gerard Butler. First things first it’s not a family movie because of its mature or should I say vulgar dialogues (which are thoroughly enjoyable though!). The movie is about Abby played by Katherine Heigl who is a morning TV show producer who runs into Mike Chadway, an anchor of the show ‘The Ugly Truth’ played by Gerard Butler. Abby does not approve of Mike at the first meeting for the special segment on her show but due to the pressure of her boss and falling ratings she is compelled to hire Mike for it, who by the way is extremely popular for his Love and Sex tips based upon the psychology of Men and Women. Story progresses as Mike persuades Abby to follow his advice in order to get a date for herself, a doctor named Colin played by Eric Winter who lives next door. What follows is a hilarious display of situational comedy and dialogues by Gerard Butler, who is the soul of this movie. The story is pretty much the same what you can gauge from having a look at the poster in which Katherine Heigl is holding a heart next to her brains and Gerard Butler holds the heart below his belt. He then performs the role of a TV presenter Mike, to near perfection and she does the role of a control freak turned into suave chic with ease and executes it well. The chemistry between both of them is scintillating   Watch out for the scene where Abby and Colin go for a baseball match, hilarious, also when Mike and Abby perform the very passionate Salsa at a Cuban restaurant. Also the soundtracks of the movie are worth mentioning, with songs like pocketful of sunshine by Natasha Bedingfield and Right Round by Flo Rida (yes, like Hangover right round is the song which is played when the credits roll in this movie in the end.)
Overall it’s an entertaining watch suitable for those Saturday evenings with friends.

Ratings: 3/5

Year: 2009

IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1142988

Take by Guest Author Abhishek Gurbani

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Up is the first movie to be presented in Disney Digital 3-D, produced by Pixar Animation Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Pictures. So the expectations had to be high as always. Unfortunately, I was not able to catch the movie in theatres so what i saw was not the 3D version but thankfully it wasn’t a movie just about the 3D effects (as many of you would have thought after reading the first line of this review) This movie is one of the most entertaining and finest animated movie I have ever seen (and i mean it!) not just because of the superb animation quality which Disney Pixar is renowned for but also the content and the story. The story revolves around Carl, an old man who since childhood wanted to be an explorer and go on an adventure and in the pursuit of his dream he meets Ellie a tomboy girl who shares the same dream. As you expect Carl falls in love with Ellie and they get married; the sequence which follows is a classic example how the story can be made compact and short sequences can be made meaningful. Time passes by Ellie bids goodbye to the world and Carl without fulfilling her wish. What follows is the struggle and zest of an old man to fulfil his dead wife’s dream which is touching. The story is well supported by characters like Russell, a kid who is an explorer; Dug, a talking golden retriever and Kevin a large, flightless tropical bird. The movie in the initial minutes might seem like a cliché but wait till the beginning of adventure and you would get so indulged in the movie that you actually end up in tears in some of those emotional scenes. Hats off to the director Pete Docter whose first movie ‘Monster’s Inc.’ was an equally engrossing affair. To sum it “UP!’ this is one animated movie that you cannot afford to miss.

Ratings: 4/5

Year: 2009

IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1049413