Week-End Tit-bits

Weekly Magazines

This week Rajini is featuring in all top 3 tamil weekly magazines. Ananda Vikatan, Kumudam & Kungumam. In Ananda Vikatan, it's a travelogue of his trip to Babaji caves. The cover story is in a series & more are yet to come. This week in the cover story three things were good. One is a short story that Rajini likes the most. The story is, once a king wanted to give a gift to god, that god doesn't have with him. But he thinks that everything in the world is his make. Then, what gift can a man give to god. Finally, he finds one that god doesn't have. It's ignorance that we human beings have. The king is kamban.

Second is Rajini when asked about his fans. He says that he keeps his fans at mother's place. Mother gives many things to her child. But the child gives back only a smile which gives the mother immense pleasure & happiness. Basha, Padayappa, Chandramukhi are those smiles that he gave back to his fans. The third one is Rajini recollects once when Sujatha asks him that he has won great heights. When he looks back, to what he would attribute his success. Whether it is god's blessings, talent, luck or hard work? Rajini replies as its all gods blessings. Without his blessing he couldn't come up this big. But as Sivajirao when he left his job & searched for acting opportunities in Chennai, they were his constant tries. Whenever he gets a chance, he tried to prove it. This was his hard work. The dream he always has that one day he would win. This was his confidence & belief. When he tried to entertain the people, it his talent.

In Kumudam he has given exclusive interview. In the interview he speaks about the recent success of Chandramukhi, his plans for next movie & recollects his past. One thing stuck in my mind. The same Rajini after Baba was totally disappeared from media. Gossips about him were there. Now he is back for his second innings. Let him do great films & exhibit fully the actor in him.

Movies

Arunachalam

The movie does not have very strong storyline. But still the screenplay was good enough to keep up the pace & of course Rajini, the man who droved the entire film single handedly. The movie starts in village base & moves to city. When he says, "En nanbargal ellarryum kizha vitturuken. Mavane ne ethachu galata panna kizha vitta nanbargal ellarayum mela vitrven" shines well in comedy. Senthil, Janakarj also had supported well. The movie is a good entertainer. Rajini was too good when he says "Varata..." & also to Jayshankar "Meenakshi import & export....One of the big business man Mr.Vedachalam. Avaraoda ore payan Nan than". The dual Rajini who comes as his father for 15 minutes fills our mind.

Arindum Ariyamalum

The movie is about expressing the relational bonding between a father, who is a local don & his son who is a student. PrakashRaj, Arya, Navdeep, "Fivestar" Krishna are the casts, directed by Vishnuvardhan. The movie screenplay is excellent. Lots of unexpected twists is the key point in the screenplay. A special mention has to be made to Arya. He has done excellently in his Chennai based dialogue deliveries. The body language & his face expressions are good. If he can improvise the dance movements, then he has a long way in Kollywood. Prakash raj as expected steals the show in most of the scenes. In the scenes, where he expresses his affection to his son were applausive. Navdeep, the hero has done a good job. He fits into the character & never overdosed it. "Fivestar" Krishna fills the comedy track & never let down the director for his selection. The music is scored by Yuvan Shankar. The background scores are good & three songs were appreciable. It's a good movie to watch & a summer entertainer.

Thalapathy

Should I say anything about this movie? Simply superb that's it...

You might be wondering, Ennda intha postla Rajini factor is more. Illapa sathiyama namma media fulla avruthan irukaru. TV channels telecast at least one of his movies as week-end specials. Nan enna panrathu?

Reminisce

In the film Mudalvan, the hero's father would say "Vazhkailium VCR madhiri oru rewind button irundhal evalavo nalla irukum". We in this fast pace world are too busy. We do not provide sufficient time for ourself. Almost everyone have aspirations & work towards that to grow more. But in this period of growing, we sometimes lose our own nature. When someone gets a chance of seeing others doing what they like too or seeing things that they have done in their past, they relish. You might be wondering ennada Mudalvan dialoguekum intha lineskum enna relation. Coming..Coming..!

Last week after a long day at office, got to take my sister's son to my home for his weekend mela. Sometimes, I used to speak with him about intellectual stuff. So that he will get to know some new things & think me as brilliant guy [Ha..Ha..]. During our ride, I was explaining him about gravitational force & how it works [Arambichutayan...Arambichutan!]. I was explaining him from what is force & slowly what is gravitational force. The moment I said about it, he immediately looked back & asked me then how do airplane fly? The response was quick & valid. Now days these children are very sharp [Grr....]. Then, I told him the reason [Eppa neenga ellam enna reason kekathinga..]. On the way he used to comment on the things that he sees in his own way. I was enjoying the ride with him at the same time recollecting my past. After going home he told his grandmother "intha mama color colora reel vedran". I just started laughing.

I had this particular thought flashing, during our childhood days we did not have all these grown up nut things. Like tensions, frustrations, jealous, worries... I know its part of life. But as in the above Mudalvan dialogue if we can do then it's a great pleasure for each one. Do you agree with me or not?

Parkamal Irundhale Paravasam

Mr.'X' is a person who is One film hero cum doctor by profession. He marries Miss. 'Y' due to family coercions. 'X' had an affair in his college days with 'Z' girl. 'Y' who is the wife of Mr.'X' got to know this & wants divorce from 'X'. Then, Mr.'X' agrees to it. But 'K' who is periyappa to 'X' doesn't wants the divorce of 'X' & 'Y'. Since, he was the person who actually arranged the marriage of 'X' & 'Y'. In between Miss.'Q' who is working as nurse in Mr.'X' hospital loves him & wants to get married. Mr.'C' who is also a doctor loves Miss.'Q' & wants to marry her. 'A' who is the mother of Mr.'X' wants him to get married with Miss.'Q'. In between Mr. 'B' a dancer falls in love with 'Y' [Ex-wife of 'X']. But 'S', a girl who is relative of this 'B' is already in love with him. Mr.'X' goes on with the marriage arrangements for his ex-wife 'Y' with 'B'. Finally, on the marriage occasion 'X', 'Y', 'Z', 'K', 'Q', 'C', 'A', 'B', 'S' all meet with some more characters like 'R', 'T', 'U' with several twists in the play and a background song ends up in an expected way.

Appa! Evelavu characters [not alphabets] with so many complications of relationships. This confusion stayed very long to me after seeing the movie Parthaley Paravasam in television recently. I swear I need to first congratulate & ask a question to Mr.Balachander how can he [only] manage with so much complex relationship screenplay. For me writing the above paragraph got me into obscure mind. Hats off to him. The only one jeevan who has done a great job in the movie is A.R.Rehman. But a single person success cannot bring glory to a work which needs team success. After watching the movie I got one thing in my mind that has come out as the title of this post ;-(

Kannadi Pookal

Before I watched the movie I didn't understand why they kept such an title. But after the movie was over only one thing was striking there cannot be a better movie title for the movie. It depicts what the movie is all about.

The story line is a boy who is the child of first wife & what he does when a new child born for the second wife of his father. The father marries the second wife after his first wife dies.

The story line is a usual one which all our tamil audience are familiar with. The screenplay has been done so well that you come out with a heavy heart. The movie is an emotional drama. Master Ashwin, Parthiban, Kaveri, Pyramid Natarajan are the casts & directed by Shajahan.

Parthiban without his usual double meaning dialogues has fitted the role. He has done this kind of emotional drama before in Azhagi. He has done well & fits into the character. In some scenes where his son would be accused & questioned in the court, the reaction Parthiban gives makes us to say "ada...". He has done a decent role.

Kaveri who has done as second wife to Parthiban has justified her role. The way she acts in the prison scene & also when she knows the truth for her child death were impressive. She can be a very good character artiste as her face fits for innocent characters.

Master Ashwin who is the central pillar of the movie, carries it well. Since, the movie is a malayalam remake, the way this boy speaks also remembers the parent language of the movie. But the performance shown by the boy is excellent. Think has a bright career ahead.

The director has to be appreciated for his excellent screenplay of this emotional drama. Yet the slow pace of the movie could be avoided. I hope the director rectifies & come out of a nice movie with emotional stuff next time. This movie would surely attract the ladies at 30-40. Since, it's easy for them to visualize the things. May be this movie wouldn't be a great at box-office. But it's a good one to watch.

Chandramukhi

[Courtesy: Chandramukhithefilm.com]

What if Sachin or Shewag scores a century without a single four or six. This feeling you get after seeing the movie Chandramukhi. Yes, Superstar Rajinikanth had performed so quiet & calm that you get the above feeling. The movie is good & enough to be a successful one. All the characters including Rajini's have been done well. The story of the movie is the hero & not Rajini. Rajini has performed as an character in the movie & no heroics with hsh..hsh sounds. He has done so calm, that only for 2-3 frames you can see the usual Rajini. After that he is yet another character in the movie. For fervid fans of Rajini, this movie wouldn't provide the enough stuff. They expect a lot more from Rajini. The heroism, Punch dialogues, villan clashes nothing of that sort. One major plus point is Rajini really looks young & smart. The costumes for him are excellent & looks pretty.

Another important person to be mentioned is Jothika. She has done a decent role & would be one of her career milestones. The comedy has come out well. But in some scenes light smell of double meaning jokes would peep up, which is unusal in Rajini movie. Every movie of Rajini starts with an intro song. But this time he has broken it, the movie starts with a fight sequence. May be due to long gap, Rajini did not have the usual grip & vibrant body language.

The zeal to watch a good movie would be satisfied. But a ardor to watch Rajini in action may not be fully satisfied. The expections for the movie is more & high on Rajini. May due to which you would come out with happiness on seeing a good movie but not the vivacious Rajini.

Each song has come out really good with nice camera works. The movie has come out well & its a great film to watch. The movie is for family audience. Though the movie is not Rajini centric, still after a long gap this movie would be a great one for him & his audience. One good thing is Rajini is back. This is a great news for his fans. Expecting a lot more & different roles from Rajini. lakalakalakalakala... ;-)

thAyudan pesum varthaigal Ellam udane marakum
unnodun pesum varthaigal Ellam ullae nElaikum !...

Chandramukhi

Courtesy : Rajinifans.com

Chandramukhi, much awaited & a long gap movie from Rajini. In all the stills of the movie, our superstar is looking young & charming. The above photo is one of them. The movie has already started its vibrations. The promos are done by Tata Indicom. In Chennai city you can look out for Chandramukhi hoarding at every important junctions. Its hot machi ;-). Once again Rajini is under test to prove that he is the only superstar in tamil cinemas. Hope & wish that he does. The speech delivered by him in the music release function, shows that a hungry tiger is waiting for its big feast. As a superstar rasigan, waiting for the movie to hit the screen & be a grand successful one. For more chandramukhi photos click here.

Kavithai

The above kavithai was sent to me as a forward. Good one.

Our hero in a party with his friends.

• Hey, Do you know Catherina, super model. she proposed me but I said no!--Punch.
  

Our hero in a job interview.

• What are your hobbies? Man eating tigers, speaking bird languages but only after work.--Punch.
  

Our hero in the airport with his girl friend.

• I hate Mumbai since i don't get a parking place... for my Aircraft--Punch.
  

Our hero in a casino.

• I Love you--Punch. I seriously Love you.--Punch.
  

Our hero in a room.

• Hmmm.....--Punch.
  

Our hero introducing the features of the new Tata Indica V2 car.

• Presenting Tata Indica V2. It has more space, better mileage & safety. Waiting for the Punch. But did not happen.
  
• Finally, our hero says must be true.
  

This was the new ad for the Tata Indica V2 car. The ad was really simple & conveyed the message what it has to. The person enacted has done really well. Cool creativity.

RAAM

[Courtesy: Indiaglitz.com]

The movie Raam directed by Aamir is a movie that explains the mother-son affection in a different dimension. The castings are Jeeva as hero, Gajala as heroine, Saranya as hero's mother. The movie has been taken as a suspense thriller. Aamir the director of Mounam pesiyathe has proved once again his natural touch in the movie. The movie has the shadows of the movie Nanda. This may be due to the director has previously worked as a associate with director Bala. But then too the way the director had taken the movie is appreciable. There is no place that you feel bored. The screenplay shows that the director had done lot of preparation & homework.

The hero Jeeva has nothing to do with dialogue. Maximum he would have spoken a one-page script. But still he makes an impression in your mind. The body language & his action are good. He has lot of scope to improve in other areas. The next cast in the movie who really needs a pat is Vazhavandhan. The person who has done the character is a new face but has done extremely good with his sharp dialogue deliveries. He has performed as a comedian in the movie & has exhibited his Madurai slang with his dialogues in proper proportions. All other casts have done their jobs properly.

The music is by Yuvan Shankar raja. The tunes & the background scores are excellent. The music & the cinematography have been very good supporting feature's for the success of the movie. The movie may not have new storyline but the way it has been taken is good & needs applause.

About Tamil Movies - Latest

This post is not a review of any movie. I just want to place my thoughts about the recent tamil movies that I watched. Thirupachi, Ayya, Aayudham, Ji are some of the movies that I watched. Each movie tried to project only the hero but not the story. This is my personal opinion about these movies. A good movie should have strong story base with good screenplay. An hero must be the character of the story. But these movies cast the hero as story of their movie.

Recently, in television I watched Dhavani Kanavugal & Unnal Mudium Thambi. The story line of these movies may be simple but strong screenplay & characterization made the movie successful & memorable. Latest movie Kadhal not having big star value still, made a successful one. Story & screenplay is like foundation of a buliding & the interiors of the building are the star crew. Building cannot stand long if foundation is weak but have hi-fi interiors. Hope this formula is taken in tamil movies & provide a full good meal for the tamil film lovers who are hungry for a good movie.

Barefoot @ The PARK

Yesterday, It was a total different evening for me. I went for a movie at a star hotel - The Park . Hmm.. sounds different. Thanks to Guru Subramanian who took me over there. Evum productions is planning to take an english movie "Barefoot in the Park" into a play. So, they have screened the original movie as a part of marketing strategy & also reach to audience. The movie was comical & a good entertainer. But I am just wondering how these people are going to adapt in their play some of the sequences in the movie. Hoping to see their play now.

I also met some of the top bloggers in the show Kiruba, Chenthil, Chandrachoodan & of course the list includes Guru Subramanian. The hotel ambience was also too good & saturday night in chennai @ top hotel whoo.. When we were leaving the top bloggers were speaking to the organizers. Both of them were students studying in colleges. That time I was just thinking how these people are spending their time useful even during college days. Cursed myself about not doing any such activities. Anyways forget the past. Like in Mudalvan movie Raghuvaran says in the climax its mine now "It was a good evening..".

Achamillai, Achamillai

After a long day at office went home late & tired. During my late dinner, I was scrolling through the TV channels in search of a good show. Happen to see JAYA TV's Achamillai Achamillai show hosted by actress lakshmi. Thought it was a kind of talk show & problems that were faced by the individuals were discussed. But got a sound pinch. Yesterday, the show was bringing four young children into limelight who have extra-ordinary talents in them or developed over a period. Each one had something different at an very early age.

First one was Nirupama. She had not gone to school till now. When she was 3 years old, she had began to read all novels, poems and magazines. She had translated many books written in tamil to english. She said that once she went to a school for reading in the library. She completed reading the whole set of books available in the library in a couple of days & felt boring. Her parents were working in Mumbai. But they had left the job & packed their bags for starting a school in a village near Tiruvarur, offering free education.

Next one was Vishalini. She was 6-7 years old. It seems that she was having an IQ of 220. At this age, she was able to answer to questions in any subject area. It was told that when she was born the doctors had said that she may not speak. But to surprise she started to speak very early than normal babies do. She was continously exposed to various subjects by her mother. Her mother said that she used to read & show her all books available & she used to grasp it at very fast pace.

Next one was Sathyanarayana. He can play piano & violin at this age like an expert. He was able to bring the essence of carnatic music in piano which was said to be difficult. Recently, he had played a 3 hours show in Rani seethai hall in the hot december music season. At present his guru is Mr.Mandolin Srinivas.

Next was Sibisothan. He is a genius in maths. He was able to play with numbers at a very fast pace. Any addition or subtraction, he does it with ease. Also, he was able to draw different Magic squares of different varieties. He used to observe his grandfather playing with numbers & had grasped this talent. In the TV show he was asked to add many numbers continously & he did it just by waving the hands for each number that was said. The show was too good & different from the usual cinematic programs. I was stunned by the talents of the children. Amazing stuffs.

Year - 2004 ending with a tragedy !

Finally, after a long absence thought to post a note. This note is for two main reasons. One for the diaster - Tsunami & the next is for the end of the year-2004. Yes, I wish as the Year-2004 ends, the diaster happened makes a full stop here. I think many of the Indians including myself would have come to know the existense of this devil called Tsunami only after this sad happening. I am a resident near the beach. I was not directly under the attack of this devil. But the loss of lives had made me to think why there was no proper diaster recovery plan if such an incidents occur.

We take so many precautions in our lives. Our political parties move many things ahead thinking the elections after years. But why there is no such precautions in case of these diasters. We Indians generally have an attitude of raising things or putting down entirely. This continues for diasters, movies, sports, everywhere. One day if our cricket team wins a game we jump. Next time when they lose we immediately put them on ground. This is even for these diasters. Today, we will do all kinds of things but over time runs we would again forget & only we will bring this incident for statistical reporting that such an incident occured in December 2004. We need more people like Mohan Bhargav (a character in SWADES movie) who thinks & works out for the development of our country.

There are many other incidents that occured in the year-2004. Kumbakonam school tragedy, Kanchi seer arrest, Stamp paper scandal, MS subbalakshmi demise...... the list continues. I only hope & wish that let the Year-2005 light joy & peace in all our lives. Also, let us forget what had happened but see to that our mistakes do not repeat. I Pray god for prosperity in all our lives & welcome the Year-2005 ;-)

Birthday Wishes;-)

Wishing you a Happy & Great Birthday! Also, wishing you for a great success in Chandramukhi.

The Lunch - Munch

Today, during the lunch time there was a hot discussion going on about the Big - B's in the industry. That time one of them was saying that the Forbes magazine has shown that when they add the money of all the 12 richest people in Asia, its not equal to what Bill Gates has. Yes, I do admit that. But, if we look into the business model then we may probably understand why he is.

Most of our Asian's richest people are holding manufacturing industry. Here for every product to be sold there are many cost involved. Raw materials, Human resources, Manufacturing, Machines, Sales, Marketing & so on.. This is repetative & if more is to be manufactered then more cost is to be spent for the manufaturing.

If we look at the software business model the human resources & computer's are the main manufacturing cost involved. Also, once the product is done & ready for sale. There are no more cost to be spent for more sales. In the sense as in our OOPS concept, the reusability of the product is done & sold to different customers. The same code is sold to various customers all around the world. Which means one product but different copies. So, additionally only CD cost is required. In this scenario Bill gates would be definetely in the lead, happens ;-)

Funny Ads ;-)

Recently, when I passed by the cathedral road, Chennai I had a chance of looking into a hoarding which projects about a product that made me to laugh to the core. Presently, the ads for alcoholic drinks has to be done in a indirect way. In the sense the ad should not visually project the alcoholic product. But they can market in a different way so that children do not get to know these things thru the ads directly. So, Johny walker - a famous alcoholic drink had marketed in a different way in the hoarding. The hoarding was like this - the Johny walker symbol was going against the direction board & below at the end of the board it said Johny walker - Business Case Studies.

One more ad that needs an appreciation is Saint Gobain Glass product ad. In the recent ad of it, one small boy walks into the rest room. He ends up in front of the mirror thinking the cascade is present over there. Finally, a man comes & lifts him up to the opposite direction meaning the otherside is the real one. The creativity is good & able to reach into people's mind about their product.

Nice Articles!

The latest edition of Junior Vikatan magazine which is famous for publishing political news has published an article on India Shining. The article starts with an appreciation to our P.M. Manmohan singh for bringing globalization & liberlization in India in his earlier term as Finance minister.

Then, it starts of with 3 things that everyone uses daily in the morning. Tooth paste, News paper & Tea. I was wondering what's this & the relation of these with India shining. Further, it specified that an Indian company is the largest manufaturer of the tube that holds the tooth paste, an Indian company is the largest manufacturer of printing ink used for printing new papers, an Indian company is the largest manufacturer of tea leaf. Then, it goes into the recent developments in automobiles, Information Technology & hardware manufacturing industries & the contribution of Indian manufactures in it. The article was interesting & an unexpected one from Junior vikatan magazine. Finally, it concludes that the growth of India is amazing & the future looks greener. Read here more on this.

Also, today morning in Daily Thanthi news paper there was an a article on Hinduism. The main theme of the article is what is Hinduism, how it evolved & how music, mantras, vedhas come into existence. This one was a surprise for me from a news paper which focus more on cinema & general news. The article starts with the basic element of every organism in the world - Cell. The reactions of it & how Hinduism co-relates with it. The article was a nice one at this scenario since, many Hindus were hurt by the recent arrest of religous heads. I am in search of the link for it & provide the link here once I get it.

Jayendra Saraswati arrest - a Mystery

Jayendra Saraswati Shankaracharya of the Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham has been arrested & taken into police custody for interrogation in a murder case. The issue is in the court & I am not going to dwell on this issue. But there are numerous rumours spreading across & the media is tightly focussing the issue. Some of the rumours on the arrest are listed below :

1. The Kanchi seer could have done the crime due to the enemity with Sankarraman.
2. This may be a planned one by the govt. to divert the people attention from Jayalakshmi case. Since, the case had caused total damage to the Police department & also the CM holds the Home ministery portfolio which indirectly affects her.
3. The Seer was the one who placed an alternate statue in Palani & after that JJ party lost all the 40 MP seats in an election.
4. This may be due to the people in the Mutt itself who are the opposers of Jayendra Saraswati.

All these are just rumours. But the truth will prevail in the end. To stop such things either the government has to release the evidences against him or the seer has to open up. Until then these would continue creating chaos & havoc in the public. I hope the issue would be resolved soon & the peace continues..

7G - Rainbow Colony - A colorful view !

Recently, I watched 7G - Rainbow Colony directed by Selvaraghavan, music by Yuvan shankar raja, starring Ravi krishna, Sonia agarwal , Suman shetty & Co. The movie is all about an hero who is a road-side romeo enjoying his college days with his friends & how he turns into a person who identifies the talent in him & becomes commited in his life. As the movie's caption "A boy turning into man" is the baseline of the story. The hero comes up in life because of the strong motivation & influence of the heroine whom he loves so much. The director had screen-played this story in a youthful way as he had done before. What happens to them is the final climax of the movie.

The hero Ravi krishna is a new face. He is the younger son of A.M.Ratnam [Sri Surya Movies] who is a famous producer & producer of this film too. He has done the job for what he is for. Yes, though he is a fresh entrant he had tried to fit into the character. Also, no styles with hsh..hsh.. sounds though his father is the producer. In future, if he cares for good stories & does the job then there is lot of hopes for him. The smile/blush that he gives looks cute.

Sonia agarwal is the heroine & should be said as the character around which the entire story revolves. She had performed well & has proved that she is not an ordinary heroine who comes for 2 dance numbers & just peeps into the screen. In many places of the movies she had made us to say aDa.. One major set back for her is she keeps her face always very sad as if she is in search of something. But we must credit her as a part of the movie success.

One more character who has done well is Vijayan who comes as the father of the hero. He has acted very close to a true middle class father who has high hopes on their sons & hopes for his success. One scene which I liked the most is the pre & post reaction's that he gives when the hero shows the appointment letter to him. The reason he gives to his wife why he scolds his son very badly & after wards when his wife tells him to sleep he says "Podi! En payan Hero Hondale velai pakaran" resembles a perfect match with all the middle class father's in reality.

Selvaraghavan as a director has already established himself as a different & interesting narrator from his previous ones [Thulluvadho Illamai, Kadhal kondein]. This is the third one & was watched with high expectations. He has not let down neither him nor us. The movie is a third consecutive hit for him & has become an inevitable person in the tamil cinema arena. Though, there are lot of scenes which he could have ignored like the ones where the hero scolds his father with bad words & smokes/drinks continously, he has done the job well. In an interview, he said that this is his own true story that happened. As in the movie, our hero selvaraghavan has also come up in life & wish him to reach great heights in future.

The music has to get a special mention. Yuvan shankar has played excellent numbers in the movie. The background scores & songs had come up very well. Specially, Kana kanum kalangal.. & Ninaithu Ninaithu.. are the top melody ones. The movie gets a new dimension from his music. kudos to Yuvan!

Suman shetty who acts as a friend to the hero in the movie also gets a pat on his back. He has not done any separate comedy track. He has done comedy along the movie flow & also turns into character artist on demand in the movie. The alarm clock scene & the dance that he does over the stage outburst the audience with laughter.

7G - Rainbow colony is a colorful one with tiny black patches in it !