Saturday 29 December 2007

Spoons and Forks

Why do we use spoons or forks while eating ? Back in India most of us don't use forks or spoon while eating at home.. But when we go out to restaurants or parties we manage to use them efficiently ;). What is the reason behind using this..?


If eating with spoons or forks is a good or healthy habit then why we are not following them at home ?
or
Its just a dining etiquette to be followed in public places ?
or
Is it just a eating style being followed from the western or the other parts of the world ?

Considering them as a healthy habit is a convincing reason, because our hands are maximum exposed to germs and dirt compared to the spoons and forks. In fact these utensils are sterilized in most of the places which makes them more safer..

Here is an article which speaks about the different ways of eating various kinds of food. Just curious to hear the history behind the usage of these spoons and forks.. :)

Friday 28 December 2007

The fall of Benazir..

Moments before and after the the fall of Benazir.... Here are some facts about the leader..

Tuesday 25 December 2007

My New Camera :)

Few snaps from my new camera :) These places are in and around The Mammoth Lakes, 5 hours drive from Los Angeles, California..

On the way to The Mammoth Lakes

Lake disguised as a snowy land

A house decorated with snow

Skiing zone @ The Mammoths
(apparently we missed this adventure :( )

With The Sun all set to rise, The Moon is about to wane
(Few minutes before sunrise)

Of course its not taken by me ;)

Friday 21 December 2007

Can You?

Recently when i was commuting to office, i happened to see a small kid (should be around 5-7 yrs old) with an innocent face in a local bus. All of a sudden something made me feel how this kid is going to be after few years..May be a respectable person in the society or may be an anti social element (my 12 std master Mr. Sella paandi use this word very often :)) . This event triggered me a sequence of questions and facts.. Everyone is innocent when they are born. In that case, what makes them turn into a terrorists or anti social elements.

Is it the background they are born ?

Is it the environment they grow?

The extra ordinary circumstances or events that changes their course of life ?

I feel that the surroundings (which includes all the above) in which the child grows plays a vital role in determining his\her future.. Born in a decent background, with all conducive environment and factors to grow better, am sitting in LA and writing this blog.. What if i had born in a remote village of Kashmir or Sri Lanka with an environment that is not as conducive as i have now ? It is quite possible that i would have become a member of Al Quaeda or Tamil Eelam and fighting for its ideologies ?

Let us assume people like Osama, Prabhakaran, Phoolan are the victims of this vicious environments and background. Is it fair enough to judge and brand them, just because we had a better environment to grow?

I am not able to say for sure that I would have not become another Osama or Phoolan, if i had been brought up in their environment. Can you?

Sunday 16 December 2007

Hey Ram

When i was listening to this song "Gokulathu Kanna " from the movie Gokulathil seethi, this lyric "Raavanan nenjil Kaamam illai (Ravana had no lust in his mind) struck me something. As far as what i have heard about the epic Ramayana, Raavanaa captured Seetha and prisoned her in Sri Lanka.. And later Ram rescued Seetha and from their she took the Agni Test (Not the one Abdul kalaam tests, this is kind of fidelity test) to prove her integrity

Coming back to the lyric

The line "Raavanan nenjil kaamam illai" made some sense to me.. Though he captured Ram's wife (which cannot be justified for any reason), i am not sure if he did forcefully exhibited his desires\lust on her when seetha was in Lanka.. If it is true then so is the lyric.

When i felt Raavanaa's act of capturing Seetha is not justifiable, I felt that Ram's act of Agni Test is also not justifiable.. Was it really necessary ? Once you lose faith on your partner, their breaks the relationship then why need a test? May be Ram trusted her but to prove to this world, he wanted seetha to take it.. But again why do you want to prove to this world about someone whom you know better than the world....? An why it is only Seetha, and why not Ram's integrity is questioned here.. ?

One reason may be Ram is another man made God, or because Ram belongs to one of the most powerful dominating genre of the society,"The Men". I am not able to find a better answer for this. Do you?

Tuesday 4 December 2007

Stance..

Here is an equation. A is in love with B , But B only likes A, but not in love with A. You should understand here the difference between love and like. When a person say they like you, it is not equal to or almost equivalent to loving you. Both are different. So get yourself cleared when some one says they like you :) . Coming back to the equation again, B only likes A. A is disappointed with B because B is not understanding or accepting the love of A. But B has its own valid reasons not to accept A.

To make this equation little complex, here comes C. C knows A is in love with B. In spite of that, C is loving A, like how A is loving B. When all the three comes to know about each other, what stance should they take?

A knows the pain of waiting for B. So A can easily understand how C will feel. Understanding C, should A accept C's Love?
or
Sticking to its stance, should A go ahead and keep on waiting for B? Doing this A is reacting to C, the same ways how B is reacting to A..
or
C knowing what love is, should it help A in its love for B?
or
B, coming to know C's love with A, should persuade A to accept C?

What will be your stance if you were A, B or in C's position?

Monday 3 December 2007

Trip to Las Vegas

It will not be an exaggeration if Las Vegas is called as The City of Lights. The enormous night activities,the Casinos,rides, shows and night clubs in this part of the world, makes the visitors nocturnal.

Las Vegas - The city of Lights

The hotels and casinos in Las Vegas are not just conventional Multi-storied sky scrappers alone. Here is the casino Paris Hotel - a replica of Eiffel tower . This replica is half of the height (appx 540 foot) of its original one in Paris.

Paris(Hotel), Las Vegas

Paris - Bellagio casino -in the back drop

Bellagio is another hotel and casino in Las Vegas. Inspired by the Lake Como in Italy, this casino has an artificial lake set up in 32000 meter square in front of its massive building. The specialty of this casino is the Fountain of Bellagio that takes place every 15 minutes in this artificial lake. This is a real beauty to watch.



The Fountain of Bellagio

Its more beautiful to see the water dancing to the tunes, from the top of the Eiffel tower. Here is the video taken from the top of the tower at a height of 500 feet.




The fountain of Bellagio - from Eiffel Tower

For those who have watched the roaring MGM lion in their movies and shows alone, here is the Lion Habitat set up inside the MGM - Metro Goldwyn Mayer Inc. Casino, to symbolize their mascot. The Lion Habitat - a glass protected lion cage, has two, two years old siblings (though they doesn't appear like that ;) ) well trained by instructors.Its amazing to see the instructors moving so closely with the lions like pets. We saw a trainer teasing the Lion in his tail playfully :)..

Inside MGM Lion Habitat - The Lion King and its Trainer

MGM and Bellagio are among the three casino vaults targeted along with The Mirage, in the George Clooney, Brad Pitt starer Ocean's Eleven.

After Paris, it is Venice now. The Venetian is another Casino in the Las Vegas strip area. Venetian's internal architecture is a replica of the Venice city itself.


The Venetian - Replicating the canals in the Venice

A part of the Venetian casino is designed with Venice like canals. Any guess about the timing of these photographs..

Inside the Venetian
You would have noticed how dark the sky was in the first few photos. Those photos were taken around 10 - 11 pm in the night. The above two photos were taken two hours after the first few photos (i.e) 12:15 am midnight. Yes. The Venetian interior was designed with a spectacular day light effect that makes you feel that you are at outdoors in day time. For a moment i was wondering which part of the day i was. I was stunned for a moment about the light effects they had inside the casino. Amazing !!!

Above all, the most unforgettable experience was in the Thrills of The Stratosphere. The Stratosphere Casino has a tower which is the tallest observation tower in The United States. At a height of 1149 feet, The Stratosphere has three thriller rides,The X scream, The Insanity, The Big shot. These are real thrillers.

'Triple Thrill Ad - posted inside The Stratosphere

Though we didn't get a chance to ride The Insanity, The X Scream and The Big Shot was too good. The X Scream is a ride of my life. The tower seen in the picture is at the top of The Stratosphere at a height of 1100 feet.

The X scream ride goes vertically down towards the ground at an elevated angle,from the top of the tower (1100 feet) with a quick momentum and then stops, then makes a jerk pushing you little more down, then lifts you elegantly. This is repeated for 3 times i guess. I rode this thriller sitting right in the first seat (you can imagine with the above picture).

Sitting there i was wondering what would happen if something goes wrong. What else ? I would not have been writing this now :)

Here are the few other photos taken during this trip.


Inside The Venetian @12.15 am

In front of the Eiffel Tower

Inside the Eiffel Tower
(Gopi*, Naanthaanga, Ganesh, Srivatsan*)

Last but not the least, Las Vegas, from The Stratosphere

Las Vegas - From the Top of The Stratosphere


*The photographers of the trip :)

Saturday 1 December 2007

Adaptations

In recent times, movies has become a pleasure for me to watch rather than a time pass. This is mainly because of the movies which portrays a powerful art in the form of motion picture rather than being an entertaining medium alone. A significant number of beautiful movies that are pleasant to watch are being produced and directed without any lingual or regional barriers. They may not be always thought provoking or inspirational, but they will give you some sense of joy (like reading a book). And interestingly many of such good movies are adaptations from novels. There is always a opinion that books are always better than their movie version. This is mainly because movies cannot provide all the small minute details that a book can provide and the movies cannot fit an abridged book version within a frame of two hours. This gives books an edge over the movies,but still these movies are enjoyable.

Seeing these movies (most of them made in Hollywood), i wonder why such kind of adaptations are not being made in the Indian cine industry. Having watched a considerable number of Indian movies am able to list only a very few numbers which i have watched under this category.

The Namesake -Hindi/English (2007) -Adapted from The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri

Parineeta - Hindi(2005) -Adapted from Parineeta by Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay

Aalavandhaan - Tamil(2001) -Adapted from Aalavandhaan by Kamalhaasan

Sila Nerangalil Sila Manithargal - Tamil(1975) -Adapted from Sila Nerangalil Sila
Manithargal
by Jayakanthan

Pather Panchali - Bengali(1955) -Adapter from Pather Panchali by Bibhutibhushan
Bandopadhyay

It will be great to see quite a number of Indian movies to fall under this category. Especially for books and movie lovers like me.. :)

Wednesday 28 November 2007

How do you convey?

When you feel bad for what you have done to someone and you want to let him know that you regret for what had happened but you don't want to speak with him for other reasons, how do you convey?

Wednesday 21 November 2007

Pudhumai Penn

Here is a strange or shocking or welcome (how ever you want to name it) thought/perspective by one of the participants in a TV debate program (neeya naana - vijay tv). The topic was about marriage expectations and the question was which ceremony(sadangu) is not wanted or boring among youngsters in a marriage. Many expected answers like nalangu (sandal bath for gals), Jaanavaasam (road show for the bride groom) came from the youngsters.

Surprisingly/shockingly one gal didn't find tying thaali(sacred thread with a piece of gold tied around the neck in Hindu marriages) as a necessary thing in a marriage ceremony. Her point was this. Rituals and ceremonies don't determine or strengthen a relationship. Marriage is all about mind.. :) Hats off to that gal :) . After her answer a question was posted to the parents whether any one of them will accept her as their daughter-in-law. But no surprises this time. There was not a single Yes from the parents side :(

I do agree her point of view. Marriage (Thiru Manam) should be the union of minds. No physical entity can or should determine it. But unfortunately in the so called culture at home, marriages were never Thiru Manam. All these years they are only exhibited as Thiru Caste, Thiru Religion, Thiru Language, Thiru Money, Thiru Status. The feel of togetherness should come from inside and not from all these rituals..

In the same show there was a reply from a gal about how pride she feels about her caste.. Thought of writing something about that...But no comments. .l. :)





Monday 19 November 2007

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Computer clock shows as 00:52. This is not going to make sense to many a people. May be not even to me. I am writing because i wanted to write something. But no idea what i am intend to write..Like free speech,free spirit, this is going to be free writing.. just keep writing whatever comes in mind.. This is not going to be coherent nor relative.. May be discrete pieces of junk from my mind.. Its not that easy to put what ever you feel in words... It needs a lot of writing skills to put what ever you have in mind on paper with appropriate words.. I am lacking of that. Whenever i have write something here i think for hours before i post it.. But this time am not going to think much before posting.. Whatever time its gonna take is the time taken to type it.. Till now i have deleted 4 lines and have retyped it again... 5 times.. It doesn't make any sense why i have to write like this.. Now thinking again whether i should post it...6 times..Started thinking again.. 01:03.. I wonder how all the sadhus try to concentrate on one particular thing. They do really concentrate or they dream closing their eyes .. Am trying to write this without distraction.. but its distraction that made me write this.. Trying to distract myself i started something and got distracted again because of this something...For sure its not going to make any sense to any one.. When i read this again sometime its going to be funny.. May be not.. Probably i alone can understand how i feel tonight..not this night alone.. Many a nights like this.. May be to many a people their might be nights like this.. I may not be the only person.. But i still i have to go through this. I cannot console myself seeing some one else also being like this.. Probably i can understand to an extent how much it takes out of them. Everyone has to go through what they have to . Others can only feel sympathy for it... This is not gonna get over very soon. 7 times. 01:12.. 8 times.. 9 times. when do i stop this. i stop when i sleep.. when do i sleep? i sleep when i stop.. I don't want to do both but have to do one for the sake of other.. I want to sleep so i want to type . i want to stop typing so i can sleep.. Thinking again whether to post it or not.. My idea of free writing is defeated here... 10 times...11 times. Sleep wins over writing... eyes are closing.. Wish this all is a dream. but it is not ..............................................
..........................................................................................Trying to think if i can write anythingsensible..But not able to think. feel the free..... 01:25

Thursday 25 October 2007

Godavari



A beautiful movie from Tollywood - the Telugu movie industry. No plots, no surprises, no scintillating fight scenes, but still the movie is pleasant to watch. All praise to the national award winning director Shekar Kammula (Masters in Computer Science, University of New Jersey and Masters in Fine Arts, Howard University) and actress Kamalinee Mukerjee for her beautiful on screen appearance.

The movie is a package of good screenplay, direction, cinematography (For showing the river Godavari so beautiful), decent background score and a wonderful song uppongle godavari sung by SPB.

A worth watching movie.




Saturday 13 October 2007

what love is?

Who said only humans know what love is?

Yes, animals are more deluded because of their capacity of their
physical body, but
occasionally some of them might be able to show us the love that we have
forgotten on
our 'busy road'. Just like this story.

this is real touching...

Hey, wake up! wake up!

A dog was knocked down by a car and died on the middle of the road.
Later, another dog is
seen beside the corpse of the dog, he tried to wake his friend up using
his leg.

Let's move to the safer side of the road...i will move you to the safer
side!

When his attempts to wake his friend failed, he tried to push his friend
to the side of the
road. But the weight of his friend was proven too heavy for him.

Anyone help, tell me what to do.

Though the traffic is busy and dangerous, he just will not go away from
his friend. Just
stand beside his friend howling and crying.

A lot of people saw this incident and feel very touched. How even a dog
can show his loyalty and love to his friend.

It a pity that we humans are taking photos of the entire incident
instead of taking some action on the
incident....................fools!!!!!!!!!!!!

Courtesy: e-mail Forward

Not everybody will get some one like this.. Lucky doggie..



Friday 12 October 2007

Etiquette


Matter of Etiquette:
Respecting the dictum of first come first served, a crow awaits its turn to pick up some food particles that a squirrel is busy nibbling away
-Courtesy: The Hindu

This is one of the very few clicks that impressed me on the very first sight.. I think Love at first sight is quite possible .... :)

Sunday 7 October 2007

College Life..


Kaalaila oru 8 manikka ezhunthiruchi
rendu moonu raja song enque pannitu
pal thechittu moonji matum wash pannitu
pant ,briefs mattum ennudayatha potuktu


College ku polaama venaamaanu yosikraanga..

Appadiye ethavathu oru room la namma fiitingku yetha maathiri iron
panna shirt ah maatiktu(mostly shankar ramanan thiyagu shirts)
Joel(My proud room mate) ah rendu thadava ezhupi paathuttu
appadiye padi erangi mess la poi pongal vada kesari saaptutu
aaripona coffe ah kudichitu
podi nadaya class poi sera mani 8.30 illa 8.45 aaidum

Appadiye konjam neram class gavanikra maathiri gavanichittu..
notes edukra maathiri eduthutu, kelvi kekra maathiri kaetuttu..
ponnunga side konjum paraag paathutu.
sms panniktu
ovoru periodukkum thanni kudikka veilya poittu
neratha kadathitta light ah pasi edukka aarambikkum..

Our final year class room;last days of college life

Antha mathiyaana veiyilla appadiye nadanthu poi,
messla thatta eduthhu kazhuvi..
Saatham paruppu ellam pottu,
Queue la ninnu Omlette rendu vaangi
Vandhu ukaanthu kadha pesiktey saaptu mudicha
classku time aairukkum


In front of Hostel Mess

Nera mela poi
note books ah thooki pottutu
vera notes ah eduthuktu..konjam neram paduthuttu..
appadiye salichiktet kelambi classku pogavendiyahtu thaan

Hostel Corridor

Class la ukkaantha unda mayakkamum, Veiyil mayakkamum senthu,
nalla sugamma thookam varum.
Thirumba kaalaila pannathaye pannitirunthu
appadiye time paatha evening aayirukkkum.

Final Year Class Room


Appuram enna appadiye hostelukku nadanthu poi
mess la Tiger biscuittum, Puffum saaptuttu, tea ah kudichittu
oru vetti maangaaya pottutu roomukku pongavendiyathu thaan


Rommuku poi appadiye konjum arattai, illa paatu kaetukktu,
padikrathukku ethavaathu iruntha padikka try pannaa
appadiye konjam nera kazhichi thirumba pasikkum..


Oru 8 manikka appadiye kootatha sethu
kizha erangi vandhu
quela ninnu chappathiya vaangiktu
chappathiya vida neraiya Chicken kozhambu oothiktu..
avan thoorathla nammala paathaley moraikla alavukku kuzhamba mattum
gaali panni
antha plate ah elumboda aduthu varavangalukku koduthutu
pazhatha saaptuttu mela poi
vazhakkam pola vetti niyaayam

Appurm oru 10 mani vaakula light ah vai namanamannum..
kaila kaasu irukkaathu..
Anga inga thethi appadiye oru 8 rooba collect panni
porumaiya nadanthu poi
NMB la horlicks ah kudichitu ..
Chilra kammiya iruntha tea ah pottutu
thirumbi vanthu paatha mani 11 irukkum



Hostel Premises

Sila nerathula konjum chilra thethi
Snack bar pakkam poi
appaiye antha basket ball courtla ukaanthu
chips korichiktey
irutta irukkra LH ah paathu dream ah otitu
thirumba nadanthu vanthaaa mani 12 aagidum..

appuram enna,,, appadiye yaarukoodayaavathu kathaya pottutu
sms pannittu..
appadiye raja songs ah pottutu
yeri bed la paduthu
vaazhkaiya pathi konjum yosichiktey
thoonguna

Read again from top...

Sunday 30 September 2007

otnemeM



Many a times i have felt good, some times bad, sometimes even irritated after watching a movie..But first time am little confused after seeing a movie... I was bowled while trying to understand the crux of the story.. In fact I knew that the movie is not conventional and i was even expecting some little surprises here and there. But never thought i will get baffled. It even made me feel dumb headed. But the set of FAQ available in the IMDB answered most of my questions with some probable and possible answers.. But still some of my questions are left unanswered.

Was Lenny's wife murdered by some one or by Lenny himself like what Sammy did to his wife?

Is Sammy a character imagined by Lenny or it did exist?

What ever told by Teddy aka Gammell in the climax is true or did he make it up?

I would suggest all movie lovers to watch this movie so that some one can answer my questions :)

On a serious note, Memento is worth watching for its incredible screenplay, direction and editing.. Do watch it once. viewers like me have to watch more than once ;(

Of course don't forget to answer my questions if you ever happened to watch...Blease.. :)

Saturday 22 September 2007

Attitude

You are what your attitude is,
Change your attitude,change yourself




Wednesday 19 September 2007

Tuesday 11 September 2007

Next time..

One might have a next time in the life
But not, the life itself...

Sunday 9 September 2007

Anbey Sivam

"Anbey Sivamaayin avar kayil yen Soolaayutham"
- from 'Vedham Puthithu' a tamil movie

Thursday 6 September 2007

Thursday 30 August 2007

Tuesday 28 August 2007

Hierarchy...

Maadha,
Pidha,
Guru,
Deivam.

Life la adi(beatings) vaangura hierarchy...

Sunday 26 August 2007

Aasai...

Makkal aasai pada koodathu endru
Buddhar aasai pattaar

-Anonymous..

Saturday 11 August 2007

kaadhal...

Uruvathukkaaga alla kaathal..
Kaathalukkaagavey uruvam..
Uruvam maaralaam..
Kadhal maarumo??

Sunday 5 August 2007

Prendship Day

Every year the first sunday of august is celebrated as Friendship day. Three years before, August 1,2004 the Aztecz* went to Hari Bhavan** to celebrate friendship day. Here are some of the snaps that we took on that day. Though most of us are now geographically separated, we are virtually still in touch with almost everyone.

Antha nijathin sila nizhalgal......

This one in front of Hari Bhavan... Everyone eagerly waiting for the lunch.. Pasi mayakkam pola.. Ellarum serious ah pose kudukraanga..


During hostel days most of us were bankrupt almost round the year. So intha maathiri ellarum onna senthu velila saapda varathu is not that usual.

Maasam muthal thethi veetla irunthu vara kaasu athukkku munmaasam vaanguna kadan ah settle panrathukkey correct ah irukkum.. To come out like this most of us used to plan like Chidambarm to allocate finances for that month..



Gouthaman giving some tips how to eat and maintain complexion..

Pakkathula pavan measuring Joel hip size. Saapta mudicha piragu Joel evlo saaptaanu check panrathuukaga ippavey alanthukraan.. :-)


Ellarum ippa vettaiku thaiyaaruguraanga... Thanni ellam thelichu ishta thevathaiya vendikraanga...


Vazhakkama ippadi elai ellam clean panna maataanga.. Chumma oru changeukaaga intha maathiri panraanga...

Server antha side parimaara aarambichutaaru.. Ready start music 1..2..3

Statutary Warning: Pure vegetarians, Poor eaters, ellam ini keezha vara pogum photos ah thavirthidalaaam. Athukku appuram enna ippadi saapduraanga intha pasanga appadinu solla padathu...aaman. sollilten..



Server:"Intha curry pothumaa innum konjum venumaa?"

Shankar: "na..ulla irukratha appdiye kondu vanthu vachidungana.."


Doops oh da Multi tasking thiramaya paathu Joel,Gouthaman,Eswar ellarum bramichi poi saapdratha niruthitaanga..



Aana pakkathula enna nadakuthu appadinratha pathi konjum kooda kavala padaama Bala and Sai thangal kadamaiya seppena(corricta) senjiktu irukkaanga... Avanga mugathula oru reaction irukkutha? Seigh..

Sai Vs elumbu.. Obviously Sai won...


Gopi:Saapdumbothu photo edukaathada..appuram azhuthuduven.....

Saapaadu thaan adhigam naa tumbler koodavaa... hm hmmm.



VB eppadiyaavathu tiny ah Gunda aakidlaamnu try panraan.. Aaana innaiku varaikum tiny appadiye thaan irukkaaan...

Enna koduma Sir ithu?




Paasakaara pasanga...



Oruthan saapdamaa innoruthan saapdamaatainga..

Saaptaachu.. Ippa relaxation..



Vithyaasamaaan muraila trousers ah lose panna paakuraaan.. Baley killaadi..



Sai Vivekh kammiyaa saaptutaano appadinnu shankarukku kavalai..

Ellaarum saapta piragu evlo weight increase aairukaangannu check panraanga.. Naan 1.5, joel 2.. Mathavanga evlo increase aanangannu sariya niyapagam illa...


Jabbyum shankarum eppadi alatikkaama hostel poi serrathunnu yosichiktu irukkaanga..

Jabby's master plan of taking rest there itself and going for second round was rejected..

Poor jabby.. :(



Kadasiya oru group photo.. Kammiya saaptavanga ellam kelambitaanga.. Ukkanthuktu irukravanga ellam saaptu move panna mudiyaam irukravanga....


Kada ownerku chinna bayam, enga intha pasanga thirumbi vanthuda poraangannu..Athaan veliya ninnu paathuktey irukaaru...Very Bad...



Three years gone by this time..Time keeps going and there's a lot to come still..

"Life is like a Box of Chocolates. You never know what you get next"


- Forrest Gump




*Aztecz -2001-2005 Batch. Department of Computer Science and Engineering, PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore.


**Hari Bhavan - Restaurant in Anna Salai, Near RTO office, Coimbatore.

Saturday 4 August 2007

12 Angry Men

"12 Angry Men**"
One of the movies that i watched recently.. 12 Jurors, one room, their prejudice: itha suthi thaan the story will move. 5 minutes thavira full padatha orey room la mudichitaanga. Ithu romba^infinity low budget padamaa irukkumnu nenaikren.

Thigil scenes, Athiradi sandai kaatchigal, Kavarchi kannigal, Brammaandamaana sets, colourful locations, kanna parikra costumes.Itha ellam neenga oru padathula ethir paarpinganna appa ungalukkaana movie illa ithu. Ithu oru Karuppu Vellai thirai chittiram (Black and white movie i say :) )

Padathula suber duper plot ellam ehuvum illa. 12 jurors is about to decide the verdict of a case in which a boy is trialed for killing his father. Every one feels the boy is guilty except one. Antha oruthan kooda avan thappu pannalannu sollala.. He is only not sure whether the boy had done it or not. So he doesn't want to vote for guilt until he is fully convinced.The way the director has shown the mindsets of the jury is fantastic.

Intha padatha namma ovorutharoda personal life la easy ah relate pannidalaam. Every one of us at some point in our life would have reacted or will react like any of this 12 men. The way we make judgements, our arguments, our prejudice towards society, culture, ppl, the face values we give to others without knowing them, reacting emotionally without thinking logical.. itha maathiri naama daily panra pala visahyangala ilai marai kai ah* solli irukkanga...

Good screenply and direction makes the movie worth watching...






*ilai marai kai - its a tamil phrase which means "hidden meaning" . The literal translation of the phrase is "fruits hidden by leaves" . So if u read plainly u wont understand the meaning. If u read between the lines u can get the real meaning.


Saturday 28 July 2007

Muthal Murai.....

Ithu thaanga enakku muthal murai.. Ithukku munnadi intha maathiri blog ezhuthi ellam enakku pazhakkam illa. Konja naal munnadi Diary ezhutha try pannen.. Aaana atha continue pannala.. Diary ezhutha aarambichathukku kaaranam yen friend. Niruthunathukku kaaranam ......vera yaarum illinga naan thaan. Neraiya somberithanam neraiyanga enakku. Intha maathiri ukkaanthu paduthuktu ezhuthanumnaa romba kashtam..


Aaaanalum athayum meeri ippa blog ezhuthurathukku kaaranam enakkulla irukra fire.
Appadi ethavathu solluvennu mattum ethirpaakaathinga. Fire Water ellam onnum illa.. Chumma vithyasama ethavathu pannalaamnu blogspot la register pannen.Naamalum ezhuthi thaan paapomnu oru aasai.. avlo thaanga.


Sujatha novel onnu "Ethaiyum oru murai" . Athula vara lead characterku ellathaiyum oru murai try pannidanumnu aasai. Kathai mudiyarathukkulla oru kolai panni athukku appuram tharkolaiyum pannipaan.
Namakku antha maathiri periya periya aasa ellam kedaiyathu. Etho chinna chinnatha ethavathu vithyasama try pannalaamnu . Aaana ithu varaikkum ethuvum urupatta maathiri theriyalinga.. School padikkumbothu aarambicha hindi class la irunthu ippa ezhuthura blog varaikkum neraiya try panniktu irukken.. Ethuvum uruptta maathiri theriyalinga. Inniku varaikkum enakku Hindi ezhutha pesa theriyaathunna paathukkonga namma vida muyarchi evlo non stopping ah irukkunnu..


Vithyasama try pannanumnu sollumbothu thaan innoru matter came to mind.. Naan ezhutharathu ellamey ippadi thaanga irukkum. Tamil ah Englishla thaan ezhuthuven. Englishayum english la thaan ezhuthuven. Ithukku reason, enakku engish,tamil redumey urupadiya theriyaathu. Full ah english la ezhuthunaaa grammar mistake kuviyum. Full ah tamilla ezhuthuna spelling mistake kuviyum. palli(school) balli(lizard) ellam interchange aaidum...So namakku ethu comfortable ah irukko appadiye ezhuthalaamnu..


Ippothaikku ivlo thaanga.Marupadiyum ezhuthuvannu nenaikren..
Paapom...