Channel – DD Podhigai

The programme was a usual humdrum to promote a recent flick ‘Raman thediya seethai‘. There was the Director (not sure of the name?) and one of the heroines of the movie with a in house TV host answering all sorts of questions of the viewers in the phone…

Caller1: Hello…
Host: Hello… chollunga sir… padam paatheengala?!
Caller1: Paathaen.. romba soopara irunthichu…
Director: Familyoda paathingala… thaniya paathingala…
Caller1: thaniya thaan paathaen… aana familiyae kootitu inoru thadava paapaen..
Director: kandippa… Sir Kandippa… familiyoda poyi paarunga… ithu oru nalla padam !!

During the conversation,they get to the next caller…

Caller 2: Hello.. podhigai ya..
Host: Hello.. chollunga unga paer ennanga?
Caller 2: Mayajaalam !
Host: ennanga Hellow… Mayajaal huh? (puts  a weird look…)
Caller 2: Mayajaalam.
Host: Oh… oH maayajalam ah…
Host : Padam paatheengala…
Caller 2 : Pathaen.. pididchirunthathu..
Host: thaniya paatheengala, familiyodava?
Caller 2: thaniya thaan…
Host: Yean sir… familiyoda paarunga..
Caller 2: enakku innum Kalyanam aagalaye!
Host: (putting a dumb laugh, retorts..) aiyyo sorry sir… sorry
Director: yean sir kalyanam aana thaan familiya? appa ammavoda paarunga…

I was so pissed off with the whole programme and the way they welcome each caller and the brainless idiots initiate a conversation; I immediately changed the channel, coz that’s what I have the only control of.

Nevertheless, the host was looking pretty, the only reason I was hooked up to see that in podhigai not the movie or its makers… but alas, I was reminded once again that beauty and brain seldom co-exists

Classic example of how a bad singer can screw up an otherwise beautiful song with some mind blowing lyric. Nothing but a bad imitation of ARR and the output is “Thamizh Kolai”…

Hey Yuvan… dont ever try this again, limit yourself to composing and there are some brilliant guys out there to render it with grace… you will be happy and thus we…

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We are on a run to choose a nice name for him… hey don’t underestimate it, it is a goddamn task by itself.  But there is time till this month end… and will have to be satisfied with one by then …

for now… Let me hope that he doesn’t complain about his name later

bye4now

C:\>LET THERE BE LIGHT
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C:\>GOD
Enter password
C:\>OMNISCIENT
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C:\>OMNIPOTENT
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C:\>TECHNOCRAT
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C:\>LET THERE BE LIGHT
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C:\>CREATE LIGHT
Done
C:\>RUN HEAVEN AND EARTH
And God created Day and Night. And God saw that there were 0 errors.
And God logged off at 00:01:00, day 1.

And God logged on at 00:00:01, day 2.
C:\>LET THERE BE FIRMAMENT IN THE MIDST OF WATER AND LIGHT
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C:\>CREATE FIRMAMENT
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C:\>RUN HEAVEN AND EARTH
And God divided the waters. And God saw that there were 0 errors.
And God logged off at 00:02:00, day 2.

And God logged on at 00:00:01, day 3.
C:\>LET THE WATERS UNDER HEAVEN BE GATHERED TOGETHER UNTO ONE PLACE AND LET THE DRY LAND APPEAR
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C:\>CREATE DRY_LAND
Done
C:\>RUN HEAVEN AND EARTH
C:\>LET THE EARTH PRODUCE FRESH GROWTH, LET THERE BE ON THE EARTH PLANTS
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C:\>CREATE PLANTS
C:\>RUN HEAVEN AND EARTH
So it was; the Earth yielded fresh growth, plants bearing seed. And God saw that there were 0 errors.
And God logged off at 00:02:00, day 3.

And God logged on at 00:00:01, day 4.
C:\>CREATE LIGHTS IN THE FIRMAMENT TO DIVIDE THE DAY FROM THE NIGHT
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C:\>CREATE SUN_MOON_STARS
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C:\>RUN HEAVEN AND EARTH
These lights governed day and night and separated light from darkness. And God saw there were 0 errors.
And God logged off at 00:02:00, day 4.

And God logged on at 00:00:01, day 5.
C:\>CREATE FISH
Done
C:\>CREATE FOWL
Done
C:\>RUN HEAVEN AND EARTH
And God created the great sea monsters and every living creature that creepeth wherewith the waters swarmed after its kind and every winged fowl after its kind. And God saw that there were 0 errors.
And God logged off at 00:02:00, day 5.

And God logged on at 00:00:01, day 6.
C:\>CREATE CATTLE
Done
C:\>CREATE CREEPY_THINGS
Done
C:\>RUN HEAVEN AND EARTH
C:\>NOW LET US MAKE MAN IN OUR IMAGE
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C:\>CREATE MAN
Done
C:\>BE FRUITFUL AND MULTIPLY AND REPLENISH THE EARTH AND SUBDUE IT AND HAVE DOMINION OVER THE FISH OF THE SEA AND OVER THE FOWL OF THE AIR AND OVER EVERY LIVING THING THAT CREEPETH UPON THE EARTH
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C:\>RUN MULTIPLICATION
Execution terminated. 6 errors.
C:\>INSERT BREATH
Done
C:\>RUN MULTIPLICATION
Execution terminated. 5 errors.
C:\>MOVE MAN TO GARDEN OF EDEN
File Garden of Eden does not exist.
C:\>CREATE GARDEN.EDN
Done
C:\>MOVE MAN TO GARDEN.EDN
Done
C:\>RUN MULTIPLICATION
Execution terminated. 4 errors.
C:\>COPY WOMAN FROM MAN
Done
C:\>RUN MULTIPLICATION
Execution terminated. 3 errors.
C:\>CREATE DESIRE
Done
C:\>RUN MULTIPLICATION
Execution terminated. 2 errors.
C:\>CREATE FREEWILL
Done
C:\>RUN FREEWILL
And God saw man and woman being fruitful and multiplying in Garden.edn
Warning: No time limit set. 1 errors.
C:\>UNDO DESIRE
Desire cannot be undone. File may be in use by Freewill.
C:\>DELETE FREEWILL
Freewill cannot be deleted. it may be a hidden or system file or may be in use.
Enter replacement, cancel, or ask for help.
C:\>HELP
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Freewill cannot be deleted. it may be a hidden or system file or may be in use.
Try again, cancel or quit program.
TRY AGAIN
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CANCEL
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QUIT
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C:\>CREATE TREE_OF_KNOWLEDGE
And God saw man and woman being fruitful and multiplying in Garden.edn
Warning: No time limit set. 1 errors.
C:\>CREATE GOOD, EVIL
Done
C:\>ACTIVATE EVIL
And God saw he had created shame.
Warning system error. Missing or corrupt file: Man and Woman not in Garden.edn. 1 errors.
C:\>SCAN GARDEN.EDN FOR MAN, WOMAN
Search failed.
C:\>DELETE SHAME
Shame cannot be deleted. File may be in use by Freewill.
C:\>DELETE FREEWILL
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C:\>STOP
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C:\>BREAK
C:\>BREAK
C:\>BREAK
ATTENTION ALL USERS *** ATTENTION ALL USERS COMPUTER GOING DOWN FOR REGULAR MAINTENANCE IN FIVE MINUTES. PLEASE LOG OFF.
C:\>CREATE NEW WORLD
You have exceeded your allocated file space.
You must destroy old files before new ones can be created.

C:\>DESTROY EARTH
Destroy earth: Please confirm
COMPUTER DOWN *** COMPUTER DOWN.
SERVICES WILL RESUME day 8 AT 00:00:00″
YOU MUST SIGN OFF NOW.
And God logged off at 23:59:59, day 6.

And God rested.

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Always remember, life is not how many breaths you take, it’s how many moments that take your breath away…

– Alex Hitchens (Will Smith) to Albert, in the movie Hitch.

Watch the trailer of ‘Maruthanayakam‘, the film that is a life time ambition of Kamal Hassan. It was started in a big way, remember the Queen Elizabeth herself attended the curtain raiser of the movie. But sadly it is stalled due to the lack of adequate finance. Experts and those who are associated with the film say that they are spellbound with the portions that are shot, which makes out for a 20 minutes watch at the cost of 7 Crores.

The trailer talks for itself and shows the brilliance of our versatile hero. Our safe bet for the international cinema lovers… I yearn for this movie to be made and released world wide to showcase what we have for in our store. It will definitely raise the bars for the up coming movie makers to violate from the regular masala bullshits.

The trailer starts with his recent flick ‘Sandiyar’, rechristened as ‘Virumandi’, thanks to the politicians . This trailer is persuading, even without a rocking BGM… That is what Kamal is… Sometimes you feel pity for the man’s dedication when it goes to trash without recognition. But the fight back is what I like, admire the most… Hard work pays… and Maruthanayakam, is now a story thats waiting for a sunrise .

Until yesterday, Super star Rajnikanth was a magical word in Tamil Nadu, but now it is all over the world. The media is going haywire about the movie and so is his fans. Shankar, the most successful masala movie maker (in my opinion) and AVM Saravanan, a veteran producer of tamil cinema, join their hands together to make this historical, record breaking movie so called ‘Sivaji – The Boss‘.

The movie is about an NRI who comes back to his own land with loads of money and a heart full of ambition. He wishes to start FREE educational institutions for the ‘yezhai’ (english: poor) people and do good for them. But in his way stands the ‘King Maker’ Adhiseshan, a business tycoon and a brawny. Then, it is the story of the hero who was tarnished in the battle, comes up like a pheonix and pays back the baddies in style. Phew! just like that…

May be I’m oversimplifying, but it has more action, comedy, romance, revenge, sentiments and Style, style and more style. It was a real treat for the thalaivar fans to watch him rock on the screen.

The comedy sequences, accompanied by Vivek were really funny. Its definitely a break through for him to regain his place…

AR Rehman has already hit the charts with the album couple of months back. Now its Shankar’s turn to make it a visual treat. He gets through the task with distinction. I liked the song ‘Athiradee’ and the way it is picturized. It has the kind of Rajni that I would like to watch. The thala introduction (in a Harleys…) in the song… ooohh amazing… I just couldn’t resist but enjoy. The best song ever picturized for Rajnikanth… Shankar has raised the bar for the directors who wants to cast our super star in their movie.

Rajni and style is synonymous, the way he walks, talks, fights… everything has a uniqueness to it and most importantly a credibility. Sivaji has all of this in a right mix so that you dont get a overdose of it. The way he talks on the phone and utters those simple words ‘Coool’ and ‘Boss’ is mesmerizing. I just replied saying ‘Coool buddy’ when somebody asked me how the movie was… The way he hits the chewing gum in his palm and it bounces back to his mouth (there is lotsa variations in it too…), the way he puts his glasses, wow this man is full of energy.

There is romance that doesn’t hitch. Shreya is beautiful in the movie and more glamorous (read hot!!!) in the songs. She has done a good job and lends out a decent performance in the final part. Who would care about the heroines in a super star movie… Its always a ‘one man show’. period.

The photography is just awesome, especially in the song sequences, accompanied by the marvelous sets designed by Thotta Tharani, is a visual delight. KV Anand, the man behind the camera gets the angles right and cuts our super stars age by 20 years… and special kudos for the make up man and the hair stylists for getting the appropriate look and wig for our super star… awesome costumes designed by Manish Malhotra… Thalaivar rocks in that blue denim suite…

Finally comes the ‘Mottai Boss’, who calls himself MGR … It is still more ravishing when he tells it with a sarcastic smile ‘Naan Sivaji illada… M.G.R…’. The final 40 minutes is super cool, thalaivar like the Neo in Matrix… what else should I say… all against gravity… special effects… with currencies flying all around (Ironically, that scene somehow reminded me of the producers of this film…)

Double thumbs up for diehard Rajni fans and not-so-interested fans.

Before finishing, I just wanted to remind you guys that it is not a director’s movie, so dont complain if its not upto the Cannes, Oscar standards. I agree that Shankar has to still work a lot to prove him as a good director. That doesn’t mean that this is a bad movie. Shankar could’ve gone over board with super star and the budget, but it needs maturity and a sense of ownership to craft a sensible, balanced product out of it. (Now, dont ever tell me Perarasu could do it, and this is a kinda budget and casting where the creators easily go haywire and mess the whole thing up. A living example is Kamal Haasan and his Aalavandan. He had never overcome the formula overhype == flopshow.)

But being said all that, one thing that irks me is the budget for this movie… I frankly dont know if Eighty Cee (80 Crores) is really justified. Never mind, people are ready to bet more on this man… and he wins the BO single handedly with Style.