இசைந்தால்.. நம் இருவரின் ஸ்வரமும் நமதாகும்!!
திசை வேறானாலும்..ஆழிசேர் ஆறுகள் முகிலாய்
மழயாய் பொழிவது போல்...
இசை.. நம் இசை.... !
இசை நம் வாழ்வோடு கலந்த ஒன்று.. like oxygen. சில நேரங்களில் 24 மணிநேரமும் தொடர்ச்சியாக பாடல் கேட்பவர்களும் உண்டு. ஒரு ரயில் பயணத்தை எடுத்துக் கொள்ளுங்கள்.. இசை பற்றியும் இசைஅமைப்பாளர் பற்றியும் பேச தொடங்கினால்.. சுற்றி இருக்கும் அனைவரும் அந்த discussion இல் பங்கு கொள்வர் :) . அந்த அளவுக்கு அனைவருக்கும் உடைமையானது இசை.
தமிழ் சினிமாவில் இசைப் புரட்சி மூன்று முறை நடந்தது என்று சொல்லலாம்.
இளையராஜா , ஏ ஆர் ரஹ்மான் , ஹாரிஸ் ஜெயராஜ்.
இதில் நான் மிகவும் ரசிக்கும் , வணங்கும் இசை கடவுள்.. திரு. இளையராஜா. அவருக்கு இந்த post ஒரு சிறு சமர்ப்பணம்.
ராஜா என்றால் ஆளப் பிறந்தவன். தன் இசையால் 3 decades dominate செய்து.. இன்றும் நம்மால் அவரது இசை பிடியில் இருந்து வெளியே விட வில்லை .
அன்னக்கிளியில் ஆரம்பித்து இன்று வரை.. சங்கீத ஞானமே சினிமாவுக்குள்வந்து தான் கற்று கொண்டார் என்று கேள்வி பட்டேன். ஆனால் 'சிந்து பைரவி' , 'உன்னால் முடியும் தம்பி' போன்ற carnatic music centered படங்களை பார்த்த பொது.. அவரை கை கூப்பி வணங்கலாயினேன்.
மானிடர் ஊனம் இல்லாமல் பிறப்பது பெரிய புண்ணியம் என்று என்னவள் சொல்வதுண்டு . அத்தகைய மனிதர் இத்தகைய மாபெரும் ஞானத்துடன் பிறப்பது என்பது மிகவும் அரிது.
ஒருவன் 'மது, மாது' வழியாக உச்சத்தை அடையலாம். இதனுடன் இசைவழியாகவும் அதனை அடையலாம் என்று எனக்கு கற்பித்தது அவர் பாடல்கள். சோக சமயங்களில் கேட்பதற்காகவே 'How to name it?' , 'Mood Kaapi'. அவர் எந்தஅளவு இசையை ஆட்சி செய்கிறார் என்பது 'Three in One' கேட்டால் புரிந்து போகும்.
இன்றைய youth ராஜாவின் 'ஏப்ரல் மேயிலே ' , 'ராஜா ராஜாதி ராஜன்' போன்ற பாடல்களால் மேலும் மேலும் புத்துணர்வு அடைகிறார்கள்.
"திருவாசகத்துக்கு உருகாதார் ஒரு வாசகத்துக்கும் உருகார்..". ஆனால் எவராய் இருந்தாலும் இளையராஜாவின் 'திருவாசகம்' கேட்டு உருகி போவார்.
தனிமை மற்றும் காதலில் காத்திருத்தலை அழகான வயலின் இசையால் தடவி சொல்வர்.
'நான் உன்னை நீங்க மாட்டேன்.. நீங்கினால் தூங்க மாட்டேன்' என்னும் வரிகளுக்கு உயிர் கொடுத்தவர். அவரது படங்களில் வரும் பின்னணி இசையை மிஞ்சும் வகையில் எவரும் இதுவரை அமைத்தது இல்லை. 'நாயகன்', 'மௌன ராகம்' போன்ற படங்களை நான் BGM- காகவே பார்த்தது உண்டு :) .
இசையை தவிர இவருக்கு இன்னொரு முகமும் இருக்கிறது. 'பாடலாசிரியர்' .
'தென்றல் வந்து தீண்டும் பொது என்ன வண்ணமோ'.. பாடல் எழுதி, இசையும்அமைத்து, பாடியும் கொடுத்து நம்மை உச்சத்துக்கு கொண்டு செல்பவர். அவருடைய தமிழ் மொழி மேல் உள்ள பக்தி மற்றும் வல்லமையை கவிஞர் வாலிக்கு வழங்கிய வாழ்த்துரையில் காணலாம். பிரம்மித்து போன ஜீவன்களுள் நானும்ஒன்று.
'நீ பார்த்த பார்வை', 'கல்யாண மாலை' , 'கண்ணே கலை மானே ' கேட்டு கண்ணீர் வடிக்காத கண்கள் இல்லை இங்கே. அதே நேரம் 'எடுத்து நான் விடவா' , 'தண்ணி தொட்டி' கேட்டு ஆடாத கால்களும் இல்லை :) .
How to make several version out of a single tune? He has the answer !
http://www.musicquencher.com/blog/2009/08/25/multiple-versions-of-a-single-tune/
TMS (Thiyagarajar, Muthusamy theetchidar, Shyama Shastry) இசை வளர்த்தமூவேந்தர்கள். இவர்களுக்கு பின் இளையராஜாவின் பெயர் பொறிக்க படவேண்டும் என்பது என் ஆசை.
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ஒன்று கூறி முடித்து கொள்கிறேன்...
"உயிர்கள் அனைத்தும் இசைக்கு அடிமை...
ஆனால் உமக்கோ ... இசை அடிமை... !"
தங்கள் இசையால் மேலும் எங்களை ஆள்வீராக !
Song of the day : Muthamizhae - Raman Abdullah ( SPB , Chitra )
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Sunday, November 15, 2009
2012 - The Review
Roland Emmerich destroys the world again. This time, at the cost of 200 million USD. Personally I really don’t like zombie movies and the world-coming-to-an-end movies where US will be shown as the soul savior for the whole world. The same continues here again.
Cast: Global Warming, Mayan Prophecy, Chiwetel Ejiofor, John Cusack, Amanda Peet, and ppl from all over the world.
The movie is based on the Mayan calendar which predicted that the expiry date for the earth is 21 December 2012. The film starts somewhere in Mumbai, 2009 where an Indian astrophysicist finds that the earth’s crust undergoing displacements and the deluge gonna come in 2012. Adrian, an American Scientist gets this information and reports to the US Prez. The fist black president in a Hollywood movie, I think. Then the Presidents of all the nations are summoned and given a warning that 2012 gonna be the last year for the mankind. Meanwhile, all the nations also plan to survive the deluge which gonna come. So they build huge ships like Noah’s ARK, somewhere in the Himalayas.
Now the hero, John Cusack gets introduced. He is a novelist turned limousine driver. He has 2 kids, but his wife (Amanda) lives with her new boyfriend. John goes on a usual weekend visit and takes the kids to Yellow Stone National park for camping. There he sees a weirdo..perhaps he should be called a prophet. He knows that the government has a warning signal but hiding those from the civilians. He tells John Cusack that the apocalypse is approaching and the govt is building a huge ship ( like the machine in Digital Fortress) to survive. The 7 yr gal kid is so cute and lovable, who still uses her baby nappies :)
The same night, LA suffers a minor earthquake and Amanda freaks out over phone and ask John Cusack to bring back her kids immediately. He reaches LA and mom and the kids hug each other. Our hero doesn’t get a hug. Poor guy !. Meanwhile he comes to know from the kids of the Russian millionaire, whom John works for ,that a major disaster gonna come . He rushes back to Amanda and the kids. Takes them in the limo and head for the small plane which he had hired to escape from the disaster. Uptill this , the movie looked good. But it turned out to be complete Special effects treat and unbelievable computer animation stunts that completely didn make any sense.
The cracking boulevards and fly overs. Buildings falling like a pack of cards. Earth splitting and showing grand canyon underneath. Runways getting amputated. Too much of special effects. Amanda’s boyfriend Gordon, is a very funny guy. Its like , there will be a scene in all such movies , where one guy will get killed unnecessarily, rather a sacrifice !! Heehehe. I immediately guessed that.. Oh yeah..He is the one..Lets wait how he gets nailed at the end!!. John rushes to yellow stone park to see the prophet to get the map which leads to the ship. At that time, the volcano in the park erupts and throws fire balls. But its really lame to see they dodge all the fire balls, falling buildings, debris using their small plane. Ripley’s believe it or not !
The other part of the story, where the US whitehouse folks always gather up and then make video conf with other nation’s presidents and drafting an action plan. Chiwetel Ejiofor gives lengthy lectures with a constipated feeling on his face. Thandane Newton plays as the Prez’s daughter. The Prez refuse to board the Airforce One to go to the Himalayas. He gets killed by an earthquake followed by a giant Tsunami. The same time, the other parts of the world also gets into destruction. Vatican, Jesus, the redeemer in Rio, Eiffel, White House everything vanishes in seconds.. Coz of the huge seismic activity measuring more than 10 on Richter scale. Vegas turns out to be land covered with lava. People who were able to bay 1 billion EURO for a ticket, were allowed to board the ship. Govt makes money even in such conditions. So John Cusack has to find another way to get into the ship to save his kids and wife. They somehow managed to get a Russian millionaire Yuri’s bigger cargo plane carrying his Bentleys and Lamborghinis. Gordon, who always says that he cant fly the thing.. but he ends up in flying everything. Wat a stupid dumbo. Ok anyway it’s a character, however gonna get killed. Hehehe
They reach Himalyas and managed to get to the ship also. And then its hella lota time waited for the movie to get ended. I literally started yawning. Damn it , I went for 10:35 PM show..thinking that I can leave from the theatre by 12 and try get some sleep. But it’s a fking 2 hr 40 mins movie :( with just spl effects. Some dialogues were really good. One such is when the scientist Adrian tells about where the real ‘humanity’ getting lost. But still it didn add any stuff to the movie. Since he still had the same constipated look when he uttered those. Many scenes were predictable , like that Russian chic showing middle finger to Yuri. And dialogues like.."Oh my God, Its comingggggg". Hilarious. I like to watch the making of those scenes and laugh like hell.
The earth’s crust displacement makes the earth change its polarity. South pole goes to Winconsin, US. Giant Tsunamis of 1500 ft comes from both the sides and hit the Himalayas. And some Hollywood /bollywood drama and dialogues at the end and they are on board safely in the ship, after killing Gordon, who gets crushed between wheel gears of the ship’s side anchor door ! Some amount people, some animals, invaluable paintings etc survives the deluge.The same story as that of Noah’s Ark and Manu in Hindu mythology.
The thing doesn stop there. The waters start receding in just 27 days and the survived ppl gets ready to re populate the earth. Aarrrrrrrrrrgggghhh ! Come on! How could such huge amount of ocean water recede in just 27 day when John Cusack’s black suit didn’t get crumple till the movie gets over.?. The sequel to this movie has been made already. Its nothing but 'WALL-E' !
But still, the stuff , Emerich coming to say is really valuable. That the world is coming to an end soon. Of course I knew it when the movies like RACE, Rab Ne Banadi Jodi, Sawariya got released.. Hahaha. Truly guys !! Enjoy the movie. There are zillion of special effects. And don’t say like Rajeev Masand , ‘ I haven’t seen the movie yet, but I still want my ticket money back !’ . Heheh. Lets wait for Dec 21, 2012 to bring an end. Happy Children's Day !! :)
Cast: Global Warming, Mayan Prophecy, Chiwetel Ejiofor, John Cusack, Amanda Peet, and ppl from all over the world.
The movie is based on the Mayan calendar which predicted that the expiry date for the earth is 21 December 2012. The film starts somewhere in Mumbai, 2009 where an Indian astrophysicist finds that the earth’s crust undergoing displacements and the deluge gonna come in 2012. Adrian, an American Scientist gets this information and reports to the US Prez. The fist black president in a Hollywood movie, I think. Then the Presidents of all the nations are summoned and given a warning that 2012 gonna be the last year for the mankind. Meanwhile, all the nations also plan to survive the deluge which gonna come. So they build huge ships like Noah’s ARK, somewhere in the Himalayas.
Now the hero, John Cusack gets introduced. He is a novelist turned limousine driver. He has 2 kids, but his wife (Amanda) lives with her new boyfriend. John goes on a usual weekend visit and takes the kids to Yellow Stone National park for camping. There he sees a weirdo..perhaps he should be called a prophet. He knows that the government has a warning signal but hiding those from the civilians. He tells John Cusack that the apocalypse is approaching and the govt is building a huge ship ( like the machine in Digital Fortress) to survive. The 7 yr gal kid is so cute and lovable, who still uses her baby nappies :)
The same night, LA suffers a minor earthquake and Amanda freaks out over phone and ask John Cusack to bring back her kids immediately. He reaches LA and mom and the kids hug each other. Our hero doesn’t get a hug. Poor guy !. Meanwhile he comes to know from the kids of the Russian millionaire, whom John works for ,that a major disaster gonna come . He rushes back to Amanda and the kids. Takes them in the limo and head for the small plane which he had hired to escape from the disaster. Uptill this , the movie looked good. But it turned out to be complete Special effects treat and unbelievable computer animation stunts that completely didn make any sense.
The cracking boulevards and fly overs. Buildings falling like a pack of cards. Earth splitting and showing grand canyon underneath. Runways getting amputated. Too much of special effects. Amanda’s boyfriend Gordon, is a very funny guy. Its like , there will be a scene in all such movies , where one guy will get killed unnecessarily, rather a sacrifice !! Heehehe. I immediately guessed that.. Oh yeah..He is the one..Lets wait how he gets nailed at the end!!. John rushes to yellow stone park to see the prophet to get the map which leads to the ship. At that time, the volcano in the park erupts and throws fire balls. But its really lame to see they dodge all the fire balls, falling buildings, debris using their small plane. Ripley’s believe it or not !
The other part of the story, where the US whitehouse folks always gather up and then make video conf with other nation’s presidents and drafting an action plan. Chiwetel Ejiofor gives lengthy lectures with a constipated feeling on his face. Thandane Newton plays as the Prez’s daughter. The Prez refuse to board the Airforce One to go to the Himalayas. He gets killed by an earthquake followed by a giant Tsunami. The same time, the other parts of the world also gets into destruction. Vatican, Jesus, the redeemer in Rio, Eiffel, White House everything vanishes in seconds.. Coz of the huge seismic activity measuring more than 10 on Richter scale. Vegas turns out to be land covered with lava. People who were able to bay 1 billion EURO for a ticket, were allowed to board the ship. Govt makes money even in such conditions. So John Cusack has to find another way to get into the ship to save his kids and wife. They somehow managed to get a Russian millionaire Yuri’s bigger cargo plane carrying his Bentleys and Lamborghinis. Gordon, who always says that he cant fly the thing.. but he ends up in flying everything. Wat a stupid dumbo. Ok anyway it’s a character, however gonna get killed. Hehehe
They reach Himalyas and managed to get to the ship also. And then its hella lota time waited for the movie to get ended. I literally started yawning. Damn it , I went for 10:35 PM show..thinking that I can leave from the theatre by 12 and try get some sleep. But it’s a fking 2 hr 40 mins movie :( with just spl effects. Some dialogues were really good. One such is when the scientist Adrian tells about where the real ‘humanity’ getting lost. But still it didn add any stuff to the movie. Since he still had the same constipated look when he uttered those. Many scenes were predictable , like that Russian chic showing middle finger to Yuri. And dialogues like.."Oh my God, Its comingggggg". Hilarious. I like to watch the making of those scenes and laugh like hell.
The earth’s crust displacement makes the earth change its polarity. South pole goes to Winconsin, US. Giant Tsunamis of 1500 ft comes from both the sides and hit the Himalayas. And some Hollywood /bollywood drama and dialogues at the end and they are on board safely in the ship, after killing Gordon, who gets crushed between wheel gears of the ship’s side anchor door ! Some amount people, some animals, invaluable paintings etc survives the deluge.The same story as that of Noah’s Ark and Manu in Hindu mythology.
The thing doesn stop there. The waters start receding in just 27 days and the survived ppl gets ready to re populate the earth. Aarrrrrrrrrrgggghhh ! Come on! How could such huge amount of ocean water recede in just 27 day when John Cusack’s black suit didn’t get crumple till the movie gets over.?. The sequel to this movie has been made already. Its nothing but 'WALL-E' !
But still, the stuff , Emerich coming to say is really valuable. That the world is coming to an end soon. Of course I knew it when the movies like RACE, Rab Ne Banadi Jodi, Sawariya got released.. Hahaha. Truly guys !! Enjoy the movie. There are zillion of special effects. And don’t say like Rajeev Masand , ‘ I haven’t seen the movie yet, but I still want my ticket money back !’ . Heheh. Lets wait for Dec 21, 2012 to bring an end. Happy Children's Day !! :)
Friday, November 13, 2009
November Rain
Two days of wonderful rainfall.
Raining in November..that too in Mumbai is really strange. Thanks to Global Warming. I enjoyed the November rain. As I always say..Rains are the second thing I love the most in this world. The 7th ODI got washed out. Hope I get my ticket money back. Listening to “November Rain” during November rains is really fascinating!. Anyway it lasted for just 2 days. Nothing lasts for ever..even cold November rain :( . Mumbai always gets cleaned whenever there are showers. The roads get cleaned and the Red Pan stains get washed away. The BEST buses also take a complete water wash. Its always nice to see the kids playing on the stagnant muddy waters and the lovebirds getting wrapped under a single umbrella!. Hmmmm.. I am panting. I just miss someone now ! :-) .
2 Days of nice weather came to an end. The sun said ‘Good morning’. I generally don’t like light entering my room. I felt totally pissed of at the sun for illuminating my room early in the morning itself. I showed a middle finger to it and then drawn the curtains. It showed its wrath back giving a very very hot day after 2 days of its house arrest by the rainy clouds. A cyclone alert after 50 yrs in Mumbai. Many crazy ppl went to sea front to have a look at it. But the cyclone Phyan deceived everyone and disappeared. Thanks to Global Warming once again. Hehe. If u are out there and enjoying rains.. just take some videos and photos of it. And show it to your children and grand children in future. I guess, there wont be any rain at all after some years. I just used the opportunity to get drenched at night while returning from office.
Today, its Friday the 13th. WOW. Its the third time this year. Its spooky spooky day all over. Yeah. Try to go out in the midnight and search for Jason. The movie ‘2012’ getting released today. Getting released on Friday the 13th adds additional significance to this movie. I am planning to go for the movie today to see the world’s destruction on the very first day of the release. I hope the prophecies and the conspiracies related to 2012 come true. "We were Warned", "Apocalypse" , "Its Over". Nice taglines for the movie. If u want some really horror flick for this Friday the 13th, please go ahead with ‘Paranormal Activity’.
November is really a sweet month. While coming to office today, I noticed each and every ppl. How happy they are.?. Teens taking to their boy friends and girl friends. Office goers having a mocking conversation on their managers. Me just sat in the auto looking at all these and closed my eyes..with “Iris” going on in my earphone. I flipped my phone to read some messages and just made my mind to make it happen wat I am wishing for. After all, a promise is a promise. I haven’t thought that playing hide and seek would be such painful. There is always a silence after a storm. Any way, lots to continue on Goa blogs. The next one will be surely more entertaining. Will post this weekend.
Raining in November..that too in Mumbai is really strange. Thanks to Global Warming. I enjoyed the November rain. As I always say..Rains are the second thing I love the most in this world. The 7th ODI got washed out. Hope I get my ticket money back. Listening to “November Rain” during November rains is really fascinating!. Anyway it lasted for just 2 days. Nothing lasts for ever..even cold November rain :( . Mumbai always gets cleaned whenever there are showers. The roads get cleaned and the Red Pan stains get washed away. The BEST buses also take a complete water wash. Its always nice to see the kids playing on the stagnant muddy waters and the lovebirds getting wrapped under a single umbrella!. Hmmmm.. I am panting. I just miss someone now ! :-) .
2 Days of nice weather came to an end. The sun said ‘Good morning’. I generally don’t like light entering my room. I felt totally pissed of at the sun for illuminating my room early in the morning itself. I showed a middle finger to it and then drawn the curtains. It showed its wrath back giving a very very hot day after 2 days of its house arrest by the rainy clouds. A cyclone alert after 50 yrs in Mumbai. Many crazy ppl went to sea front to have a look at it. But the cyclone Phyan deceived everyone and disappeared. Thanks to Global Warming once again. Hehe. If u are out there and enjoying rains.. just take some videos and photos of it. And show it to your children and grand children in future. I guess, there wont be any rain at all after some years. I just used the opportunity to get drenched at night while returning from office.
Today, its Friday the 13th. WOW. Its the third time this year. Its spooky spooky day all over. Yeah. Try to go out in the midnight and search for Jason. The movie ‘2012’ getting released today. Getting released on Friday the 13th adds additional significance to this movie. I am planning to go for the movie today to see the world’s destruction on the very first day of the release. I hope the prophecies and the conspiracies related to 2012 come true. "We were Warned", "Apocalypse" , "Its Over". Nice taglines for the movie. If u want some really horror flick for this Friday the 13th, please go ahead with ‘Paranormal Activity’.
November is really a sweet month. While coming to office today, I noticed each and every ppl. How happy they are.?. Teens taking to their boy friends and girl friends. Office goers having a mocking conversation on their managers. Me just sat in the auto looking at all these and closed my eyes..with “Iris” going on in my earphone. I flipped my phone to read some messages and just made my mind to make it happen wat I am wishing for. After all, a promise is a promise. I haven’t thought that playing hide and seek would be such painful. There is always a silence after a storm. Any way, lots to continue on Goa blogs. The next one will be surely more entertaining. Will post this weekend.
Monday, November 9, 2009
And the saga continues..
I dont know whether its a curse or something that India is facing since last decade. They perform well throughout the tournament, but they fail to clinch the series. It happened again..And this time , its in the homeland. Really painful. Sunday's match was a disaster. Indian's top order didn survive even for 1.5 hrs. Hmmm I thought they hired a cab or something and went to Tawang to get the glimpse of Dalai Lama. :). Anyway Dhoni tried to play a responsible innings, but he failed to keep the scorebooard ticking. And yeah..we really miss the WALL. Bring him back.
The indian innings ended with Pravin kumar's finest knock. This person muscling the ball over the boundaries, is really happy to watch. The another person like him is , Dr. Venugopal Rao of Deccan Chargers.. hehe Hitter mania !!. So the Aussies did well on their part and achieved the target. Afterall aussies are not aholes to lose , that too chasing a meagre score of 170. Well, watver happened is happened !. No remorse. The next match will be a really fun to watch.
After the match, I just felt ...'Oh..did i waste a sunday?'. I had a plan of travelling on mumbai local trains throught the day and to take photos at each raillway station name board. Funny huh ?. But still, I dont have a choice !! :).Will make it up in the next week. I had a nostradamus that India will not win the series. But It shouldn have happened in the penultimate match of the series itself. But i personally think such loses will make the BCCI to think before selecting the team for a series. Also the players will realize how important to win a ODI or a TEST series and to climb up the rankings table. Lest we forget this loss. Hope Indians smash the aussies in the final ODI. Nov 11. Nerul Stadium. Here I come !! :).
The indian innings ended with Pravin kumar's finest knock. This person muscling the ball over the boundaries, is really happy to watch. The another person like him is , Dr. Venugopal Rao of Deccan Chargers.. hehe Hitter mania !!. So the Aussies did well on their part and achieved the target. Afterall aussies are not aholes to lose , that too chasing a meagre score of 170. Well, watver happened is happened !. No remorse. The next match will be a really fun to watch.
After the match, I just felt ...'Oh..did i waste a sunday?'. I had a plan of travelling on mumbai local trains throught the day and to take photos at each raillway station name board. Funny huh ?. But still, I dont have a choice !! :).Will make it up in the next week. I had a nostradamus that India will not win the series. But It shouldn have happened in the penultimate match of the series itself. But i personally think such loses will make the BCCI to think before selecting the team for a series. Also the players will realize how important to win a ODI or a TEST series and to climb up the rankings table. Lest we forget this loss. Hope Indians smash the aussies in the final ODI. Nov 11. Nerul Stadium. Here I come !! :).
Friday, November 6, 2009
Sachin Vs Indian Team
Nov 5, 2009, Hyderabad, Hero Honda Cup
Sachin scored 17000. Hmm Yeah . But I don’t know why that much hype had been created for that in yest’s match. We worship sachin, I agree and he can make miracles to happen like he did in Sharjah ‘98 . But I mean, come on guys..give a break..He was just short of 7 runs..which however he cudve made in the yest’s match. Anyway leave it. It was really a good ‘cricket’ match yest. After a long time, I saw sachin hitting six off a pull shot. Really felt happy when saw the confident strokes he made. And there was no 90’s syndrome on his batting which he is famous for!. I wud say whoever watched the yest match are really lucky to get the image of little master who played one more innings of his lifetime. The Aussies played well too. A ton by Marsh. And Watson gave a very daring starting too. A score like 350 can be easily made in that stupid ground because the pitch condition was dry and completely flat. I was very sure that some really good cricket to be followed in the Indian innings..coz everyone knows about the hard hitters, Indian team has. So I left for home immediately from the office and just glued to tv ignoring other stuffs. Sachin’s shots were very classic.. There were some dropped catches, mishits.. but still, all are a part of the game rite !. I watched the entire Indian innings for two things.. one is obviously for its happening in Hyderabad ..heheh. The other thing is I wished the match’s result in my mind and wanted that to happen. So was seriously sticking on to TV.
There were no ‘maa-ki’s and ‘obnoxious weed’ sledging in the matches. But still our bowlers sucked a big time and conceded runs. Damn ! Sachin scored 175. Its half of the target . And good support by Raina. But Yuvi, the prince of patiala..got out very cheaply. Aussie team, lacking their main bowlers siddle, lee , Johnson still managed to do it. Sachin is the God. And one must agree that this chap is still young and his shots are still powerful. The whole crowd went aloud whenever sachin clears the boundary. It was fun to watch it on tv also with the cute DOCOMO ads coming all the time and making to hum the tune and sing along with it ! . Good ‘cricket’ after a long time. The stupid IPL should be banned. Cricket should not be treated as entertainment stuff. Football is different from cricket. But we cant have IPILL , sorry IPL just for the sake of commercial purposes. But still I am waiting for next IPL season so that fakeiplplayer will rise from the ashes again !!
Honestly I wud say.. Sachin deserves this match. But not the Indian team. Any way , my friend got completely pissed off after watching the match that he started abusing all the Indian players. I was little disturbed too. I felt so sorry for sachin. I tuned into Pink floyd for some time.. High hopes, coming back to life, shine on you crazy diamond... Then checked my mobile phone for any message as usual. No messages yet. . Another day ended with a defeat. Hoping that the 7th ODI should be the FINAL . Coz I am bunking the office and going for it straight to the stadium. "Mom...I am gonna be on TV !!" :)
Sachin scored 17000. Hmm Yeah . But I don’t know why that much hype had been created for that in yest’s match. We worship sachin, I agree and he can make miracles to happen like he did in Sharjah ‘98 . But I mean, come on guys..give a break..He was just short of 7 runs..which however he cudve made in the yest’s match. Anyway leave it. It was really a good ‘cricket’ match yest. After a long time, I saw sachin hitting six off a pull shot. Really felt happy when saw the confident strokes he made. And there was no 90’s syndrome on his batting which he is famous for!. I wud say whoever watched the yest match are really lucky to get the image of little master who played one more innings of his lifetime. The Aussies played well too. A ton by Marsh. And Watson gave a very daring starting too. A score like 350 can be easily made in that stupid ground because the pitch condition was dry and completely flat. I was very sure that some really good cricket to be followed in the Indian innings..coz everyone knows about the hard hitters, Indian team has. So I left for home immediately from the office and just glued to tv ignoring other stuffs. Sachin’s shots were very classic.. There were some dropped catches, mishits.. but still, all are a part of the game rite !. I watched the entire Indian innings for two things.. one is obviously for its happening in Hyderabad ..heheh. The other thing is I wished the match’s result in my mind and wanted that to happen. So was seriously sticking on to TV.
There were no ‘maa-ki’s and ‘obnoxious weed’ sledging in the matches. But still our bowlers sucked a big time and conceded runs. Damn ! Sachin scored 175. Its half of the target . And good support by Raina. But Yuvi, the prince of patiala..got out very cheaply. Aussie team, lacking their main bowlers siddle, lee , Johnson still managed to do it. Sachin is the God. And one must agree that this chap is still young and his shots are still powerful. The whole crowd went aloud whenever sachin clears the boundary. It was fun to watch it on tv also with the cute DOCOMO ads coming all the time and making to hum the tune and sing along with it ! . Good ‘cricket’ after a long time. The stupid IPL should be banned. Cricket should not be treated as entertainment stuff. Football is different from cricket. But we cant have IPILL , sorry IPL just for the sake of commercial purposes. But still I am waiting for next IPL season so that fakeiplplayer will rise from the ashes again !!
Honestly I wud say.. Sachin deserves this match. But not the Indian team. Any way , my friend got completely pissed off after watching the match that he started abusing all the Indian players. I was little disturbed too. I felt so sorry for sachin. I tuned into Pink floyd for some time.. High hopes, coming back to life, shine on you crazy diamond... Then checked my mobile phone for any message as usual. No messages yet. . Another day ended with a defeat. Hoping that the 7th ODI should be the FINAL . Coz I am bunking the office and going for it straight to the stadium. "Mom...I am gonna be on TV !!" :)
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Assorted REVIEWSS
Hi fellas
Just a break from Goa.
Its time for some REVIEWS!! All these reviews are my own perceptions only. Nothing to hurt anyone's feelings.
Book Review: 2 States by Chetan Bhagat.
Hmmm I am not gonna tell and postulate the characters in chronological order. Rather I shall give the gist of the book and how did I feel when reading. It’s a kinda novel which u can talk with the characters when u read. I mean honestly, it has all masala fit for making a bollywood movie. ;). The book has several excerpts from the author’s own life. The main theme of the book is about the love which a Punjabi guy has it for a Tamil gal and how he successfully gets married to her at the last. And as usual, the story is told in chetan’s own style. The paragraphs always end with a one liner making u to laugh ur ass out. Depiction of characters was good and I wud say 2 things really moved my heart and left me in tears. First, when Krish and his father speaks up for the first time after a long cold war, when Krish comes to know that his father went all the way to the gal’s home and convinced them for the marriage. Was really good!. And the next one was when Ananya gives birth to twins and that too holding her husband’s hands. Really touching and very good end for their love story which is full of compromises, fights and wat not..even a break up between them !.
As usual , there are many making-out scenes, which bollywood directors will be thinking now , how to bring those on silver screens :P. And yeah.. many F words. Sorry , let me tell it .. the word 'FUCK'. This novel is a good time pass one which can be finished even in a day. Coz u'll feel it like a movie only. I read this novel in just 3 days. My dearest friend, who read all the previous 3 novels of him in just 1.5 days. Can u believe it ?. Am not an avid reader like that, but still I maintained my sporadic pace. Heheh. As soon as I finished reading, I opened my mail and emailed chetan thanking him for giving such a wonderful novel. Some incidents in the novel resembles with my life too :). I hope and believe the final lines of the novel should also resemble with mine!
It can be taken as a sequel to 5 point someone, coz the story quotes the love affair he had with the prof’s daughter in this novel. And the story goes on ..with him moving to IIMA and finding this tamil gal and falling in love for her. His respect for God is shown in this novel also as expected. Altogether, a funny, nostalgic and the love-doubled feeling I felt , after done with the novel. A must for fun lovers coz the novel contain only very little sarcasm and cynicism. Try it !
Now reading : The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran
Mein Kampf by Adolf Hitler
Movie Review :
Eeram: Horror movie. ! And no bigger gimmicks , just believed in the plot and the scenes were well constructed. A gal dies of circumstances and she takes revenge via the medium of water. It extends the concept told in 13B, that the spirits tries to communicate through a medium. I don’t personally believe in this shit. So u just stick to it watver u believe. And yeahthe movie has a nice love story also. Those love scenes are shown in our own trichy. U wont believe it ppl, trichy is shown really good in this movie. All the places I frequented during college days, felt little nostalgic too. The love story ends with the guy accusing the gal and making use of wrong words that actually a demoralizing statement. That was unintentional, but somehow, hurting words always cant be taken when it comes from the one whom u love most!.
She gets married to another guy in the latter part and then series of incidents happens in her new flat and then her husband starts suspecting her for an illicit affair with another guy and then the whole story takes a turn. The little gal ‘Yaradi nee mohini’ saranya plays the role of heroine’s sister. There are some scenes where she s been possessed by the spirit and communicates to the hero. The movie goes about how the spirit kills all the ppl who were responsible for her death.
Such kinda stories, we wud have seen many times.. but its little new to tamil and I felt really happy to see trichy in the movie, that I even made a one-day-trip to trichy and visited the college and surrounding areas :) . Crazy huh !. Watver !.
Ananda thandavam : Happened to see this movie in Sun tv on diwali. Total Crap ! Very poor acting and very poor screen play. I took a bath immediately after watching that movie to clean my soul . lol ;)
Paranormal Activity : Freaking awesome movie. Still, it resembles with the movies like ‘Blairwitch project’ , ‘Cloverfield’. Inspired by true events. People who really got tired of seeing gore slash blood spilling horror movies , I wud suggest this is a wonderful horror treat. No big plot. A couple moving into a newly bought house. And she says that a series abnormal spooky things happening to her since childhood. So they fix a camera in their home and captures all the events. Please watch this movie using headphones. Because I felt really scary for a scene where, I heard the footsteps running on the attic from one side to another side. Simply awesome. And gadgets like Ouija board , the usual thing in Hollywood horror flicks, features in this movie also. Some scenes are really artificial. The movie ends with really horrific scenes.. And it will leave u in shock once u know that all those were real events. Best one for the Halloween !
Music:
Blue : ARR is missing in the music !!. Most of the songs, I felt, are made for attracting the West. I liked only 2 songs. Chiggy Wiggy for Kylie Minogue’s super seducing voice and Fiqrana !. The other songs are not that promising. I feel Delhi6 was the last best album from ARR. ‘Dil Gira Dafatan’ still rhymes in my ear !!. Oh forgot to add.. Kuru kuru song from the Hollywood movie ‘Couples retreat’ is good. Makes u smile throughout the song.
Adavan : ‘Nothing is coming..nothing is coming’ as Russell Peters say . A disappointment from Harris. I didn like even ‘vaarayo vaarayo’ for its lame lyrics. Unni Krishnan voice is good in that song. Avlo thaan.
Tv Serials:
South Park 1309 : Butters’ Bottom Bitch.
Nice. My favorite character in the series. Butters always does something innocent which turns out totally gay. Haha. So innocent kid. The episode starts with butters getting beaten up by fellow classmates for not having been kissed by a gal in his life. They are after all the fourth graders :) . lol. The story goes on with butters pay a gal and get kiss from her and events continue and he finally turns out to take that as business and becomes a pimp:). Very funny.
South Park 1310: W.T.F (Wresting Takeover- Federation)
This is a mockery on WWE. The 4 kids watches WWE smack down live and wanna be wrestlers. But they come to know that actual wrestling is not the one wat they just saw. So they form their own W.T.F and stage some stories like u normally see in WWE. The highlights are the funny stage names they keep for themselves. Cartman- rad Russian, Stan- Stan, the man , Kenny- Pollo Loco , a Mexican like Rey mysterio, comes with a mask and gives his muffled dialogues. Kenny rocksss ?
Another interesting thing is when the rednecks who sees the show starts cribbing and shouting 'They took our jobbb’ , ‘they took his doggg’, 'They broke his jaww’. Really funny.
South Park 1311 : Whale Whores
Stan , the hero. Main plot is the Japanese whaling. Stan trying to save whales and dolphins from the Japanese. Randy comes in the initial part and plays his foolish part as usual. Watch out for the song ‘Pa pa pa..Pokerface’ in this episode. Really good. Cartman rocks in that song when he sings it for Guitar hero !
Just a break from Goa.
Its time for some REVIEWS!! All these reviews are my own perceptions only. Nothing to hurt anyone's feelings.
Book Review: 2 States by Chetan Bhagat.
Hmmm I am not gonna tell and postulate the characters in chronological order. Rather I shall give the gist of the book and how did I feel when reading. It’s a kinda novel which u can talk with the characters when u read. I mean honestly, it has all masala fit for making a bollywood movie. ;). The book has several excerpts from the author’s own life. The main theme of the book is about the love which a Punjabi guy has it for a Tamil gal and how he successfully gets married to her at the last. And as usual, the story is told in chetan’s own style. The paragraphs always end with a one liner making u to laugh ur ass out. Depiction of characters was good and I wud say 2 things really moved my heart and left me in tears. First, when Krish and his father speaks up for the first time after a long cold war, when Krish comes to know that his father went all the way to the gal’s home and convinced them for the marriage. Was really good!. And the next one was when Ananya gives birth to twins and that too holding her husband’s hands. Really touching and very good end for their love story which is full of compromises, fights and wat not..even a break up between them !.
As usual , there are many making-out scenes, which bollywood directors will be thinking now , how to bring those on silver screens :P. And yeah.. many F words. Sorry , let me tell it .. the word 'FUCK'. This novel is a good time pass one which can be finished even in a day. Coz u'll feel it like a movie only. I read this novel in just 3 days. My dearest friend, who read all the previous 3 novels of him in just 1.5 days. Can u believe it ?. Am not an avid reader like that, but still I maintained my sporadic pace. Heheh. As soon as I finished reading, I opened my mail and emailed chetan thanking him for giving such a wonderful novel. Some incidents in the novel resembles with my life too :). I hope and believe the final lines of the novel should also resemble with mine!
It can be taken as a sequel to 5 point someone, coz the story quotes the love affair he had with the prof’s daughter in this novel. And the story goes on ..with him moving to IIMA and finding this tamil gal and falling in love for her. His respect for God is shown in this novel also as expected. Altogether, a funny, nostalgic and the love-doubled feeling I felt , after done with the novel. A must for fun lovers coz the novel contain only very little sarcasm and cynicism. Try it !
Now reading : The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran
Mein Kampf by Adolf Hitler
Movie Review :
Eeram: Horror movie. ! And no bigger gimmicks , just believed in the plot and the scenes were well constructed. A gal dies of circumstances and she takes revenge via the medium of water. It extends the concept told in 13B, that the spirits tries to communicate through a medium. I don’t personally believe in this shit. So u just stick to it watver u believe. And yeahthe movie has a nice love story also. Those love scenes are shown in our own trichy. U wont believe it ppl, trichy is shown really good in this movie. All the places I frequented during college days, felt little nostalgic too. The love story ends with the guy accusing the gal and making use of wrong words that actually a demoralizing statement. That was unintentional, but somehow, hurting words always cant be taken when it comes from the one whom u love most!.
She gets married to another guy in the latter part and then series of incidents happens in her new flat and then her husband starts suspecting her for an illicit affair with another guy and then the whole story takes a turn. The little gal ‘Yaradi nee mohini’ saranya plays the role of heroine’s sister. There are some scenes where she s been possessed by the spirit and communicates to the hero. The movie goes about how the spirit kills all the ppl who were responsible for her death.
Such kinda stories, we wud have seen many times.. but its little new to tamil and I felt really happy to see trichy in the movie, that I even made a one-day-trip to trichy and visited the college and surrounding areas :) . Crazy huh !. Watver !.
Ananda thandavam : Happened to see this movie in Sun tv on diwali. Total Crap ! Very poor acting and very poor screen play. I took a bath immediately after watching that movie to clean my soul . lol ;)
Paranormal Activity : Freaking awesome movie. Still, it resembles with the movies like ‘Blairwitch project’ , ‘Cloverfield’. Inspired by true events. People who really got tired of seeing gore slash blood spilling horror movies , I wud suggest this is a wonderful horror treat. No big plot. A couple moving into a newly bought house. And she says that a series abnormal spooky things happening to her since childhood. So they fix a camera in their home and captures all the events. Please watch this movie using headphones. Because I felt really scary for a scene where, I heard the footsteps running on the attic from one side to another side. Simply awesome. And gadgets like Ouija board , the usual thing in Hollywood horror flicks, features in this movie also. Some scenes are really artificial. The movie ends with really horrific scenes.. And it will leave u in shock once u know that all those were real events. Best one for the Halloween !
Music:
Blue : ARR is missing in the music !!. Most of the songs, I felt, are made for attracting the West. I liked only 2 songs. Chiggy Wiggy for Kylie Minogue’s super seducing voice and Fiqrana !. The other songs are not that promising. I feel Delhi6 was the last best album from ARR. ‘Dil Gira Dafatan’ still rhymes in my ear !!. Oh forgot to add.. Kuru kuru song from the Hollywood movie ‘Couples retreat’ is good. Makes u smile throughout the song.
Adavan : ‘Nothing is coming..nothing is coming’ as Russell Peters say . A disappointment from Harris. I didn like even ‘vaarayo vaarayo’ for its lame lyrics. Unni Krishnan voice is good in that song. Avlo thaan.
Tv Serials:
South Park 1309 : Butters’ Bottom Bitch.
Nice. My favorite character in the series. Butters always does something innocent which turns out totally gay. Haha. So innocent kid. The episode starts with butters getting beaten up by fellow classmates for not having been kissed by a gal in his life. They are after all the fourth graders :) . lol. The story goes on with butters pay a gal and get kiss from her and events continue and he finally turns out to take that as business and becomes a pimp:). Very funny.
South Park 1310: W.T.F (Wresting Takeover- Federation)
This is a mockery on WWE. The 4 kids watches WWE smack down live and wanna be wrestlers. But they come to know that actual wrestling is not the one wat they just saw. So they form their own W.T.F and stage some stories like u normally see in WWE. The highlights are the funny stage names they keep for themselves. Cartman- rad Russian, Stan- Stan, the man , Kenny- Pollo Loco , a Mexican like Rey mysterio, comes with a mask and gives his muffled dialogues. Kenny rocksss ?
Another interesting thing is when the rednecks who sees the show starts cribbing and shouting 'They took our jobbb’ , ‘they took his doggg’, 'They broke his jaww’. Really funny.
South Park 1311 : Whale Whores
Stan , the hero. Main plot is the Japanese whaling. Stan trying to save whales and dolphins from the Japanese. Randy comes in the initial part and plays his foolish part as usual. Watch out for the song ‘Pa pa pa..Pokerface’ in this episode. Really good. Cartman rocks in that song when he sings it for Guitar hero !
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