Unnalae Unnalae

I happened to pick up the CD of this Tamil movie after a few unsuccessful attempts in a video rental shop nearby my house. I should say it really wasn't worth the attempts I had made earlier to watch this.

The movie starts off with Sada as Jhansi and new face, model turned actor, Vinay as Karthik ending their love affair due to Vinay's fun loving, playful and flirtatious character. Vinay is deputed by his construction company to Melbourne (Oz) and bumps into another model turned actor Deepika as Tanisha in the plane. Surprise awaits Vinay when he sees Sada escorting Tanisha away from the airport. Sada happens to be working in the company that had contracted Tanisha for an assignment.

The movie then runs into flashback with a few songs in it and ends with the split that happened to be first scene of the movie. Jeeva seems to be adopting his "12B" style of movie making and I should say has fumbled in this one as well.

The rest of the movie surrounds Vinay trying to patch up with Sada with Tanisha and Srinath helping them despite Tanisha having a soft corner for Vinay. Eventually, the movie ends with Sada leaving scene, setting up for Vinay and Tanisha's union.

The music by Harris Jayaraj was the biggest plus and the movie towards the climax was pretty okay. Otherwise, the movie was a very big let down, especially with Sada's role, more or less similar to her previous one in Priyasaki with Madhavan. Model turned actor's Vinay and Tanisha did justice in their debut. Vinay's dancing skills deserve a special mention as much as Jeeva's skills with the camera. He is awsome with the camera more than his direction skills. Choreography, handled by Raju Sundaram who also happens to play a role in the movie as Vinay's friend is neat!

PS: I am just waiting to get hold of my wife's cousin who said the movie is awesome and much better than Mozhi. He better stay away till I compose myself $&^$&#*%&*%*

தமிழ்ப் புத்தாண்டு நல் வாழ்த்துக்கள்

இவ் வலைப்பதிவு வாசகர்களுக்கு எனது இனிய தமிழ்ப் புத்தாண்டு நல் வாழ்த்துக்கள்!

பாடலாசிரியருக்கு ஜெ!

சிவாஜி படத்தில் சூப்பர்ஸ்டார் ரஜினியின் அறிமுக பாடலை எழுதிய நா.முத்துக்குமாருக்கு ஒரு ஜெ! குறிப்பாக, கீழ் உள்ள வரிகளுக்கு;

காவிரி ஆறும் கை குத்தல் அரிசியும்
மறந்து போகுமா..?

ஓ..தாவணிப் பெண்களும் தூதுவிடும் கண்களும்
தொலைந்து போகுமா..?

உன்மையிலேயே இப்பாடல் வரிகள் சுவையானதா அல்ல அவை தமிழிலில் இருப்பதால் சுவையானதா என்பதை சாலமன் பாப்பையாவை வைத்துதான் பட்டி மன்றம் நடத்த வேண்டும் போல...

வாழ்க தமிழ்!

தமிழ் வாழ்க!

வனக்கம்!

இது எனது முதல் தமிழ் வலைப்பதிவு...இன்றுதான் தமிழில் வலைப்பதிவு எழுதுவது எப்படி என்பதை அறிந்து கொன்டேன்...இதுதான் ஆரம்பம்!

PKMC

I love acronyms and this one is the latest, though not commonly used, this one is for "Pachai Kili Muthu Charam", Gautham Menon's new Tamil flick after his last blockbuster, Vettaiyadu Vilayadu!

Gautham's taken a break from his usual Cops & Robbers storyline and ventured into a family (?) subject. The movie has Sarathkumar, Jyothika, Milind Soman and Andrea (debut) in the cast। Inspired by the book, Derailed, which was later done as movie in 2005 with Clive Owen and Jennifer Aniston leading the pack. IMHO, Pachai Kili Muthu Charam is definitely not for the conservative Tamil audiences, maybe would have remained a good fiction to read!

Sarath too does a different role, a soft one, something different from his usual Nattamai and larger than life characters. He seems to have done a decent job. Jyothika's plays Jennifer Aniston's role and I must say that it is a pretty strong performance and most importantly, effortless! Milind Soman plays the villain and is not too impressive. New comer Andrea, playing Sarath's dispirited wife does not add any pace to the movie. Both Milind & Andrea looked out of sorts throughout the movie. Gautham, once again, has lended his voice to his villain, last time being for Jeevan in Kakka Kakka.

The movie is really slow! I just could not resist the last 15 minutes, it was a big drag and Jyothika over doing (as always!) her character. The songs were also a let down, with just the Unakkul Nanae by Bombay Jayashree and Karu Karu by Karthik and others being just okay. All this for the successful Gautham Menon - Harris Jeyaraj combination in Minnalae, Kakka Kakka and Vettaiyadu Vilayadu. The entire movie seems to have been shot in the dark, especially the first half of it. More of Manirathnam's inspiration I guess (Joke!). Comedy goes on a vacation this time, never seen anywhere near the movie or the dialogues. I only wish Gautham spends more time for his next venture to make up for what he has messed up with PKMC.

PS: Grapevine says that Gautham Menon's next venture Varanam Ayiram (I just love this title) is also an inspiration from Hollywood, this time its Forrest Gump!

Change is certain!

I read from the online edition of the "Daily Thanthi" today that all vegetable and fruits vendors, across Tamilnadu will be on strike today protesting the entry of " Reliance Fresh" across the state. The worst part is that the eviction of Reliance Fresh in TN is supported by the ruling coalition partner PMK. The reason, small players will be wiped away in the course of time!

Isn't it so obvious that the buyers are then cheated / charged high by such vendors? If there is a competition, one has to stand up and face it or just quit rather than protest against something that is certain. Reliance's venture into retail is definite to benefit the masses. Do we all not know what the Ambani's, Tata's and Birla's are capable of? Do we not appreciate Reliance and Tata's achievement in the Telecom sector? How different is the retail?

Can one forget the sea of change India has experienced since the liberalization reforms started in 1991? Its high time people, especially politicians realize that change is certain!

Guru!

I watched this movie (the tamil version!) a couple of days back and really enjoyed it. The movie is inspired by the Business Tycoon, Dhirubhai Ambani's life and has been well scripted by Maniratnam. IMHO, Abhishek dazzled as Gurukant while Rai (as Sujata) seems to have lost her charm (???). Madhavan and Vidya Balan are also in the starcast and have done neatly. Mithun Chakraborty has made a definite comeback for the meaty role he's done in the movie as Nanaji. The songs were awesome (Rahman & Hindi, the chemistry works a lot) but the belly dance number by Mallika Sherawat was not warranted from some like Maniratnam despite that adding the flavour of Turkey / Middle East.

A serious and an inspiring movie!

Tamizh Thanthuvangal

Some of my favorite Tamizh Thathuvangal from across the internet and mobile world;

1. Meenpidikaravangalai meenavanu sollalam....naye pidikearavangalai nayavanau solla mudiyuma?
2. Enathan oruthan gunda irundhalaum avanai thupakikula poda mudiyadu!
3. School testla bit adikalam,college testla bit adikalam...aana....blood testla bit adika mudiyuma?
4. Pongaluku govrnmentla leave kodupanaga...aana idli dosaiku kodupangala?
5. Kolamavula kolam poda mudiyum kadala mavula kadala poda mudiyuma?
6. Lifela onnumey ilana bore adikum.. thalayil onnumet ilana glare adikum!
7. Vazhai maram thar podum ...aana adhai vachu roadu poda mudiyuma?
8. Pant pottu muttipoda mudiyum aanaaa muttipottu pant poda mudiyumaa?
9. Irukkurappa enna dhaan complan, bournvita nu kudichalum sethadukkapram ellarukkum pal dhaan!
10. South India-la narthangai kidaikkum. Aaana, north India-la southangai kidaikuma?
11. Nee evlo periya paruppa irunthalum, unga veettu samayalukku paruppa kadaila than vanganum!
12. Yevalavu dhaan neechal therinjalum tumbler thannila neentha mudiyuma?
13. Ennathan naiku nalu Kaal irundhalum adhala kaal mela kaal pottu utkkara mudiyuma?
14. Ennathan karatela black belt vanginalum, naai thorathina odi dhaan aganum!
15. Ticket vangitu ulla poradu cinema theatre, Ulae poitu ticket vangaradu operation theatre
16. Mukkalila ukkaralam......... Naakalila ukkaralam......... Ana Thakkali la ukkara mudiyuma?
17. Train yenna thaan fasta ponnalum , Train oda kadaisee potti kadaiseeya thaan varum!
18. Bus la collector yae erinalum...mudhal seetu driveruku dhaan!
19. Aayeram irrunthalum...aayerathu onnu perusuthana?
20. Thookam vantha kanna moodalam, mmmm vanthi vantha vaaya mooda mudiyuma?
21. Files na utkaarndhu paakanum, piles na paarthu utkaranum!
22. Adayar anandha bhavan kilai annanagar la irukkalam, aana adayar aala marathoda kilai angay dhan irukkanum!
23. Yezhu parambaraikku ukkandhu saapida kaasu irundhalum, fast food kadaila ninnukittudhaan saapidanum!
24. Yennathan ahimsavathiya irundhalum chappathiya suttu dhaan sappidanum!