Veyil

Pasupathy stands apart and has done one of his finest performances. I was able to see Murugasen and Dhool Pasupathy wasn't seen in any shades. That’s the success of the actor and has to be rewarded with applause. The body language and the facial expressions were adorable. His eyes speak more than his dialogues. Pasupathy coming from Koothupattari was introduced in the film Mayan and later came into lights in Dhool. When I saw him Dhool, I thought for a moment that this guy does well but has mixed himself into the masala of Tamil movies. This would be his role in future assignments. As expected he was doing similar kind and was seen as the usual commercial villains. But when watched Maja, I had the ray of hope that this guy would come back. He did finally in a fabulous way. Though not that he has to leave completely his commercial roles but has to do more similar roles to feed his actor in him.

With above said the second person who has to be appreciated is the director "Vasantha Balan". Though the movie might not be an outright commercial success but has marked his entry with a optimistic note. The screenplay and the story telling are aptly done. I wonder how being an assistant director of Shankar who does everything in a big way was able to script such an innate script. The script doesn't have any artificial gimmicks in it nor has costly backdrop. The play just goes on with the way story goes and it’s very natural. He has his tribute to his guru by giving such a good movie.

Shankar as a producer and director is equally successful. He is able to pick up the best and different plays\directors. As a producer he contradicts himself with his direction. Kadhal, Imsai Arasan and now Veyil all are of different genres but natural and fresh. This makes him as an eminent producer and S pictures adding victorious movies to its accolades. One more point to be said is he hasn't let down any of his assistant director with whom he has the confidence. That’s a true leadership to backup his team and see them in heights. He has given them the opportunities and so do his assistants by grabbing & making best of it. Expecting more such different movies from S Pictures and showing a new trend in production.

Bharath is refining his acting skills in every film and emerging out to be a matured actor. But he doesn't have much to do as Pasupathy occupies the entire film. Bhavana has done the usual heroine role and she looks damn pretty. I am not sure of the heroine name; she appears for few scenes pairing with Pasupathy and dies. She has to be pinned up as expected to do some pretty neat roles in future. She is peppy and her expression attracts the audience. Shreya has done her supporting role well and after Thimiru, once again proved her acting skills.

Music and camera work are neatly done. With so much new comers in the backend still the film doesn't lack in any quality. Altogether the movie is an emotional drama with fresh breeze in it.

வாழ்த்த வயதில்லை!

பிறந்த நாள் வாழ்த்துகள்:-)

Thodargirathu :-)

This blog has completed its 2 years and entering into its third year of existence. I used to read blogs after its introduction to me from one of my friend. I never intend to blog myself and was just reading to know what they are & what they write. One evening at office when I was about to leave, was called by my above friend and asked what is the name you like for your blog? I said are you kidding, I am trying to know its spelling and you are asking me to write. But due to the fact that I didn’t want to deny abruptly and for a moment thought what if, I just accepted it. I didn’t even know how to post and what to write. But something I wanted to do and thought why not this. After creating the account, my friend in front of him asked me to write something, which was like nightmare. Nothing came to my mind and was thinking is this yet another crap in my life I am going to do like all before I have done. Just wrote a self welcome note to myself which when I read now I start laughing, not that I have grown up in blogging\writing but thinking of my sheer ignorance.

To pen it’s really tough and the stuff in it is more important. It’s like everybody tells a story for a movie but when Manirathnam or Shankar says it has its own dimension. The carving of the script is an art and everybody doesn’t get that easily. I have written many craps here and few here & there good ones according to me. Always in my case it happens like doing something and getting something as an end result. I intend to write but its turns out to be something else in a different shape. I feel I haven’t got still the art of writing. But it doesn’t stop me writing, I wish I continue as long this excitement and enthusiasm lives up.

The moment I post something, it’s like oh yeah! Dude something is done for the day!! This excitement still exists and hasn’t drained away which makes me to write more. I don’t have huge readers but a handful of them and most of them whom I knew. Just because I marketed myself saying to them I have a blog and when find time please do read. After they read the thrill remains till they say “yaPa blog pathen naalla iruku :-0”. I get surprised when I see new readers on the comments and think myself people read your writing also...Hmm.

Many things I learnt from this blog and one fact I understood is I am very bad time manager. Yup! Its sheer fact and you can see it on the below recent posts. I really don’t do time management well and end up in not writing a post at least for a week. I always hang it in to do list of mine and keep postponing it for days. Also prioritization of work is horrible and just goes by what comes for that time. I am pretty sure that this isn’t going to work in long run and has to completely rework from scratch.

Might be it happens for others but it happens for me at times regularly. That is suddenly I think what to write, is it really worth to someone or myself to scribble something, what if I don’t post something, Dude lots of others are really writing well and if you don’t write no one cares, really is this something good for me, am I having any meager skill to write, is it worth spending time??? All these rise within me and falls as time pass by. Suddenly I get tempestuous and start reading other blogs which I read regularly. Then come back and see my archives to see what mistakes are carved carefully by me :-( I have cursed myself many times when not writing a post or not writing it properly. It needs huge amount of effort and perseverance. It’s not a one day job nor comes out of teaching. But something stays on within me and still this one exists for its third year…

Vanthutanya, Vanthuttanya...

un pani thuli pani thuli pani thuli
ennai soduthu soduthu enno..?
en suriyan suriyan suriyan
athil urukuthu urukuthu enno..?

[Outside Apartments;Click for a blow up]

Hey Hey.....Papappaaa...

Madai Thiranthu song of Illayaraja from the movie Nizhalgal was remixed by a team and was released. I saw it a couple of weeks before when one of my friends insisted me to watch it. It was really exciting to watch with the hip hop rhythm and easy flow. Later found that it's revolving around the web for quite sometime. Anyways do enjoy the remix video. Here you go…

madai thirandhu... thaavum nadhiyalai naan
manam thirandhu koovum siru kuyil naan
isai kalaingan yen aasaigaL aayiram...
ninaithathu paliththadhu....... hoi
nanananna.....naana nanananna..

hey hey.....papappaaa...

Ugly Faces

The below one came up in “Arasu Pathilgal” of Kumudam Tamil weekly issue. Really I was taken back by the behavior of these brutal creatures. Everyone speak independence and growing India. These incidents shows that we still are in Stone Age and haven’t matured to what we speak. It’s a shameful and utter nonsense incident which takes long period to heal off.

Entailing Short One!

Below short story was published in Kumudam Tamil weekly magazine. It’s not a high literature work. But still it showcases the common working people problem which we all tend to have. Especially the working class in IT sector has to distinguish themselves between office and personal life. Mixing up things would essentially mess them with their personal life. Good one to read.

Any Objections?

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Vallavan...Noooooooo...!!

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Personally I don't like Silambarasan a.k.a Simbhu, due to the fact that he tries to show off too much. There is a dialogue in the movie Pudupettai where Dhanush tries to show his pride as "ஏய் நான் தான்! நான் தான்!!". I believe that this is perfectly applicable to Simbhu. He might be talented but that doesn't mean that he knows everything. I read in one of his interview or as a gossip that he has said like he was the one who directed the movie Manmadhan but still in title card a different director name was posted. Why the heck!!

Vallavan was the only Tamil movie which I watched in Diwali damakas. The movie was so much hyped by everybody and it was taken for such a long period. Promotions on the movie were like "Simbhu doing the editing every night in his home to fasten the screenplay". Nayanthara in her interview "Simbhu is so talented and every stroke of the movie would be a delight. The movie was taken with utmost diligence by Simbhu". To add more spice one more, tagged around was "Love affair between Nayanthara and Simbhu". My god...Save us!!

The movie was just a repeatu of Padayapa and nothing else. A girl had this strong desire to marry a guy and she takes revenge on him when he goes with another girl. For this ctrl + c story, I feel this hoopla was unnecessary. Adding to this base line, few college scenes + sentiments + two fight sequences + Punch dialogues + few good songs + three colorful heroines and our great Simbhu. "தலை எல்லாம் சுத்துது"

The song "Loosu penne" was really good to hear. I was thinking this would be picturized with good steps. But he has done some "Yoo Yoo" stuff with few glossy females around him. Yuvan, Sandhya and Santhanam have done their roles well. But Nayanthara has also done her role well [Catch my point;-0]. Reema, please no more characters on screen like this. One question to you was the face with makeup or without makeup. The movie can be seen with a free ticket + 10$ for the interval expense :-)

Ultimate Truths

Recently got as a forward. Really good one :-)

• Whenever I find the key to success, someone changes the lock.
  
• The road to success…….. is always under construction.
  
• Alcohol doesn't solve any problems, but if you think again, neither does milk..
  
• In order to get a Loan, you first need to prove that you don't need it.
  
• All the desirable things in life are either illegal, expensive or fattening.
  
• Since Light travels faster than Sound, people appear brighter before you hear them speak.
  
• Everyone has a scheme of getting rich….. which never works.
  
• If at first you don't succeed…. Destroy all evidence that you ever tried.
  
• You can never determine which side of the bread to butter. If it falls down, it will always land on the buttered side.
  
• He who has the gold, makes the rules ---- Murphy's golden rule.
  
• If you come early, the bus is late. If you come late…… the bus is still late.
  
• Once you have bought something, you will find the same item being sold somewhere else at a cheaper rate.
  
• If you have paper, you don't have a pen……. If you have a pen, you don't have paper…… if you have both, no one calls.
  
• If you have bunked the class, the professor has taken attendance.
  
• The Govt buses in opposite direction always go empty.
  
• The door bell or your mobile will always ring when you are in the bathroom.
  
• After a long wait for bus no.20, two 20 number buses will always pull in together and the bus which you get in will be crowded than the other.
  
• If your exam is tomorrow, there will be a power cut tonight.
  
• The last person to be fired or quit is responsible for all the errors until another person is fired or quits.
  
• Irrespective of the direction of the wind, the smoke from the cigarette will always tend to go to the non-smoker.

28 நாட்கள் பின்னர் !!

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தமிழில் ஒரு பதிவு எழுத வேண்டும் என்று ரொம்ப நாட்களாய் ஆசை, அதான் முயற்சி செய்து இருக்கிறேன். தவறு இருந்தால் மன்னிக்கவும். "28 days later" என்கிற ஆங்கில படம் ஒன்றை DVDயில் எடுத்து பார்த்தேன். இப்படம் ரத்தம் மற்றும் திகில் இந்த ரெண்டு மட்டுமே keyword ஆக கொண்டு உள்ளது. ஒரு virus கிருமீ எப்படி ஒரு நாட்டை காலி பண்ணுகிறது, அதிலிருந்து நம்ம ஹீரோ ஹீரோயின் எப்படி தப்பி ஓடுகிறார்கள் என்பதை சுவாரசியமாக சொல்லி இருக்காங்க. ஒப்பனிங் சீனில் ஒரு ஊரிலே ஒருவர் மட்டும் இருந்தால் எப்படி இருக்கும் என்று நம் கண் முன்னே காட்டும் போது நம்மை யோசிக்க வைக்கிறது. எனக்கு பல தடவை ஒருத்தர் மட்டும் ஒரு ஊரில் இருந்தால் எந்த பிரச்சனையும் வராது என்று தோன்றும். அது மிக மோசமானது என்று இப்போது புரிகிறது. கடைசியில் படம் சுபம் போடும் போது நாம் சீட்டு நுனியில் இருப்பதை மறுக்க முடியவில்லை. ஒரு ஒல்லி ஹீரோ, சுமாரான ஹீரோயின் வைத்து இப்படி ஒரு நல்ல படம் எடுக்க முடியும் என்று நம் தமிழ் இயக்குநர்களை பார்த்து கேள்வி கேட்பதை தவிர்க்க முடியாதது. கதை மற்றும் நல்ல கதை களம் இருததால் அசதலான படைப்பை கொடுக்க முடியும் என்று சொல்லும் படம்.

எந்த இடத்திலும் தோய்வு இல்லாமல் ஸ்க்கிரீன்ப்ளைய் செய்த்திருக்கும், இயக்குநர் Danny Boyle அவர்களுக்கு ஸ்ப்பேசியல் பாராட்டு. நல்ல படம் பார்த்த திருப்தி மனத்தில் நிறைந்திருக்கிறது. நம்முரில் சீடி கிடைத்தால் கண்டிப்பாக பார்க்க வேண்டிய படம்.

She is back :-(

Really don't know what to do !$%!

I am here in Chicago for quite some time. During the mid of November one day I was just coming back from office. I was bit tired and was just feeble. Suddenly she came in a flash. I saw her for the first time. I couldn't resist myself and was feeling glad. This was my first experience to see her. As days passed by I started seeing her frequently. Slowly my relation started with her and met her day-after-day. More...

அடுத்த வாரிசு :-)

வாழ்த்துகள் தலைவா!


[Courtesy: rajinifans.com]

CHENNAI: The superstar is now a grandfather.

Rajnikanth's daughter, Aishwarya, married to actor Dhanush, on Tuesday evening delivered a healthy baby boy at a private corporate hospital in the city.

Immediately, Rajnikanth and his wife, Latha, as also Dhanush's parents visited the hospital to see the newborn.

According to industry sources, Rajnikanth, who is engaged in the making of his movie, `Sivaji', had reduced all travel outside the city. The baby was born at 5.10 p.m.

Courtesy:hindu.com

The Departed

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Every Friday we all get this weekend mood. Similarly I get the night show movie mood on Fridays. This happens almost all the weekends, whether in U.S or India, the urge is same. It doesn’t subside due to the geographical differences. But due to the tour schedules I had couple of weeks before; I did not visit the theatre for a month. The irony is, mostly alternate days I would be watching movies in DVD, still watching in the theatre has a special interest in me.

This week I went for “The Departed”, though the “Guardian” was hitching in the back of the mind. The movie crewed with few top guns like Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson, Mark Wahlberg …. The movie was also rated good at rottentomatoes as 95-92%. The story is about two moles swapped into the two opposite gangs. One is the cop gang and another is the underworld gang. What happens to two and when each one has to identify who they are is the main theme, around which the interesting play was built. Decaprio has done excellently his role with his vivid facial reactions on tensed situations and during the scenes where the gang leader questions him for his identity. Damon too has done his role but sometimes we get a feeling in his expressions that he is doing his debut film. The main hero to be said is Jack Nicholson who has nearly taken the complete movie under his flamboyant acting. Overall the movie is good to watch and has good nail biting sequences.

On an unrelated side note watched the original Telugu version of Vijay upcoming movie Pokiri. I assume that it’s going to be a massive hit and the ardent fans of Vijay are going to relish every inch of the movie. Mahesh Babu is the hero and seems to be a Telugu version of Vijay himself .The main question is how our Prabhu Deva who is directing the Tamil version is going to maintain the tempo similar to its original version. The comedy is hopeless in the Telugu version and wish it would rectified in the remake. If it’s going to be scene by scene remake then its one more movie for Vijay which is going to run for 100 miles. Naaku Telungu Telusu Babu...

Yahoo Mail Beta !!

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Last week sometime I was prompted to upgrade my Yahoo mail to new beta version. I was pretty sure something would be in the enriched form to keep them in the race with other mega giants especially Google. The faith wasn't disappointed. The web yahoo is replica version of Microsoft Outlook client and done exactly similar fashion with glossy look. It was really awesome to see the features and easy mailing facility. It has almost all the features of Outlook including the Inbox, Archive, Personal folder [Yeah...only on the web] and other simple drag tech.

I wonder such competitions between the big giants makes more and more easy for the web users especially the novice users. Thus, enabling swift reach of technology to unexplored lands. As one among the users group, excited to see such enhancements. Amazing stuff... Keep going monsters.

In New Attire!

Laughed Out Loud :-)

Rajiv and Mona are flying to Australia for a two-week vacation to celebrate their 40th anniversary. Suddenly, over the public address system, the Captain announces, "Ladies and Gentlemen, I am afraid I have some very bad news. Our engines have ceased functioning and we will attempt an emergency landing. Luckily, I see an uncharted island below us and we should be able to land on the beach. However, the odds are that we may never be rescued and will have to live on the island for the rest of our lives!"

Thanks to the skill of the flight crew, the plane lands safely on the island.

An hour later Rajiv turns to his wife and asks, "Mona, did we pay our Rs 5lakh deposit cheque yet to ICICI Bank?"
"No, sweetheart," she responds.Rajiv, still shaken from the crash landing, then asks, "Mona, did we pay our ICICI Bank Master card yet?""Oh no! I'm sorry. I forgot to send the cheque," she says. "One last thing, Mona. Did you remember to send cheques for the ICICI auto loan to them too this month?" he asks."Oh, forgive me, Rajiv," begged Mona. "I didn't send that one, either." Rajiv grabs her and gives her the biggest kiss in 40 years. Mona pulls away and asks him, "So, why did you kiss me?"Rajiv answers, "They'll find us!"

[Via Forward]

Road Ahead !!

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Life is pretty fast. Hardly finding time to react, realize. Just moving on and on… Something or other comes and blocks your calendar. This place is pretty fast at least for me. There is always some pending task to be done and look forward for tomorrow to start. Donno how long this is going to be. Still this is current life and has to move on with it :-)

Just like that!

Felt like longing for a day off. The dawn was coming to a closure and so is the business hour. The week was coming to an end and so is the business day. It was time to pack up the black box into the black bag. One task was to be completed before shutting the Bill Gates framework. The frame of mood was for the weekend. At a relaxed outfit came out alone to see what’s happening in the outside real world. The scene showed me that always nature wins you. It provides the horizon of happiness at the sight...that’s nature as always.


[Outside office on the friday evening; Click for a blow up]

The Jaunts

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Last 3 weekends were faster and busy than the weekdays. I toured around Seattle, Detroit and near Chicago a place called Starved Rock Adventure. All the three trips were fabulous and resplendent. In Seattle I had visited my friends place and he took me to Deception Pass, Snoqualmie Falls and the great Downtown. I loved all the three places and it was a rich experience to see the nature’s beauty coupling tightly with mans craft. Seattle Downtown is small when compared to Chicago but the compactness and the elegance adds more value to it. I also had lots of home food to my delight and with beautiful memories landed back to Chicago.

Then last weekend visited Detroit to another friends place and roamed around the city like Kamal rounding in the Guna movie. Especially the Ford Village was the star attractions and was huge to look around. The town is small and moderate. Everywhere Ford has a place and occupied the whole city. It’s a good place to visit and has many interesting spots.

This weekend went to Starved Rock Adventure [SRA] near Chicago. The main reason I went more than for amusement was a self test. I have recently got a car and started driving locally. But I wanted to test myself and the car to see whether in the freeways of US we run well. The test was successful and around 250 miles was crossed without many hassles. Both the car and I passed in the test scoring 80% :-) [Assessed by narsidude]. It was a good experience and had boosted my confidence level in driving. The SRA has good marine attractions like speed boats, jet skis, and pontoon boats. The self drive in the speed boat was really exciting and loved it to zip around. Next weekend planning to take stay home as the human body needs some rest. Hope I make it and sudden plans don’t arise.