What was Priyadarshan Thinking ? Thats the first question that comes to my mind when i retrospect on the horrible movie that it was.
Manichitrathaazhu was a super hit and so was the remake Chandramukhi so the story line is quite good, time pass when interspersed with some good comedy. But thats the part Priyadarshan dint understand "Good Comedy" wonder who ever gave him the king of comedy title.
Rajpal Yadav is wasted in the scattered 4 or 5 scenes that he got in the movie. Paresh Rawal is just in his usual sense, but the timings of his jokes are some what incorrect. Vidya balan is OK but nothing compared to Jyothika or Shobana. I strongly feel that Urmila wud have done a much better job. Shiney Ahuja does a good job and Akshay Kumars work doesnt draw complaints. At the end of the day the movie just is not worth watching unless u are extremely bored and got nothing more to do.
Cheers,
--Badri--
A traditional tamil brahmin upbringing gave me a decent exposure into the fields of carnatic music and bharathanatyam even when i was a kid who hadnt learnt cricket. But in spite of such a prolonged exposure , i have never come to like dance even though its such a beautiful art form.
Lets broadly classify dance as the amorous or related(fun and merry) and the non-amorous(divine) ones. Salsa, Jazz and the other forms perhaps because of their amorous nature seem to involve the audience and take them to a different level . But in case of a classical non-amorous dance form the audience needs to be at a very different plane to get involved.
May be its just me , but whenever i have gone to an arangetram it looks obvious to me that but for a few dance lovers the rest of the audience only enjoys the music. Music on the other hand somehow seems to involve the audience and doesnt require them to be on an elevated plane.
what say ?
cheers,
--Badri--
Suddenly started writing a poem and this happened
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Welcome to my life its almost like yours
Events may change but the pattern remains
Infant, Child, Adult I grow like you with the years
And although the degree varies, like you i pass through pleasure and pains
Once I was very happy with whatever I was given
I Satiated with excitement when something new crossed me
Dint know what heaven was, but life felt like heaven
But yet there were moments when I thought "adult" was the state to be
Then struck education and so did competition
I was told how to eat and drink, worse also how to think
And in the process of learning reading, writing and recitation
With jealousy, comparison and materialism my heart began to shrink
Dunno why but suddenly there was this urge to stand out
Push myself into the limelight and get noticed
But materialism and attention seeking my attitudes were the world would shout
Making me think if money and fame were things, only i fancied
I turned around and saw people wanted something but asked for another
The hypocrism of theirs, civilization they called
While the objective was for them to gold gather
As civilized their greed they named duty to the father
Sometimes i wonder if i remain civilized
And do what they all do , go where they go
What at lifes end would have i realized
Wouldnt life that i lived , vain go
There must be something more to life than making more of my kind
Than saving for future, name , fame and career
My life is like yours its just a grind
And here i am wondering in which direction to steer.
cheers,
--Badri--
Its the IT capital of India and no one who is into business loses any opportunities to make as much money as possible, or should i say extract as much money as possible from the IT folks.
Perhaps in the top contenders for the 1st best extractor are the auto walas. No one wants to come at metre rates, its always 20 rupees more or some random figure and no metre usage at all. I had a horrible experience with auto walas at Bangalore last week , what was more horrible than the rates they demanded was the disrespect and scorn they showed when one said no.
An auto wala even said "ok keep going , u are in IT and are crying for extra 10 bucks, miser".
Some real good system to teach these folks a good lesson is one of the urgent requirements of Bangalore.
cheers,
--Badri--
P.S : Autowalas of that kind are normal in my birth place - chennai, but luckily hyderabad where i stay is very very good when it comes to autos
P.P.S : auto = auto rickshaws
This dint come out well but wrote it in all of 5 min
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How hypocritical is this life
Under the clout of being civilized and diplomatic
When talking about ones ugly wife
“You make a fine pair” we remark being sarcastic
Instead of telling his hair his turning gray
We say he shows sign of wisdom and continue the glue
What kind of mockery of the self is this play?
Where to maintain a false dignity we continue to shrink
You child looks just like you we say
When the child is “ok looking” we think
Shouldn’t speaking once mind be the way
Or should we continue to shrink as often as we blink
Am not suggesting to hurt someone being blunt
But help them with your opinion being frank
Don’t make in some ones heart a dent
But nevertheless voice your opinion be frank
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--Badri--
Fwded mail :
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There was a World wide survey of "Most Embarrassing Moment in human life"
the finale had the following three incidents....
Third Place
"It was the day before my eighteenth birthday. I was living at home, but my parents had gone out for the evening, so I invited my girlfriend over for a romantic night alone. As we lay in bed after making love, we heard the telephone ringing downstairs. I suggested to my girlfriend that I give her a piggy-back ride to the phone. Since we didn't want to miss the call, we didn't have time to get dressed. When we got to the bottom of the stairs, the lights suddenly came on and a whole crowd of people yelled "SURPRISE!".
My entire family, aunts, uncles, grandparents, cousins and all of my friends were standing there ! My girlfriend and I were frozen to the spot in a state of shock and embarrassment for what seemed like an eternity.
Since then, no-one in my family has planned a surprise party again
Second Place
"While in line at the bank one afternoon, my kid decided to release some pent-up energy and started to run amuck. I was finally able to grab hold of her after receiving looks of disgust and annoyance from other patrons. I told her that if she didn't start behaving herself right now, she would be punished. To my horror, she looked me in the eye and said in a voice just as threatening, "If you don't let me go right now, I will tell Grandma that I saw you kissing Daddy's pee-pee(dick) last night!".
The silence was deafening after this enlightening exchange. Even the tellers stopped what they were doing! I mustered the last of my dignity and walked out of the bank with my daughter in tow. The last thing that I heard as the door closed behind me were the screams of laughter.
And the Winner is...
This one actually happened at Harvard University in October last year.
In a biology class, the professor was discussing the high glucose levels found in semen. A young female (freshman), raised her hand and asked, "If I understand what you are saying, there is a lot of glucose in male semen, as in sugar?" "That's correct." responded the professor, going on to add much statistical data. Raising her hand again, the sweet young thing asked, "Then why doesn't it taste sweet?".
After a stunned silence, the whole class burst out laughing, the poor girl turned bright red and as she realized exactly what she had inadvertently said(or rather implied), she picked up her books without a word and walked out of the class, and never returned.
However , as she was going out of the door, the professor's reply was a classic. Totally straight- faced, he answered her question, "It doesn't taste sweet because the taste-buds for sweetness are on the tip of your tongue and not in the back of your throat!
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--Badri--
This is a lovely song, listen to it, very romantic if u can understand the lyrics. Great singing by the singers too. One of my all time favorites but had almost forgotten abt it till my mind started humming it this morning.
One fan of the song while talking abt the song at musicplug.in says "when you miss your real loved one it is so soothing to the mind and the heart telling it out of experience"
Nenje nenje nerungividu
nijangalil kalanthu vidu
Nenje neje ninainthuvidu
Nigalnthathai maranthuvidu
Kangalai vitruthan oviyama
Venneeril meengal thungooma
kanneeril kaathal vaaluma
nenje nenje, nenje nenje
Penne penne un valaiyal ennaku oru vilangallavo
katrukku sirai ennavo
Thanmaanathil thalaiyai vitru
Kaathalil naan vaalevo
Kan moodi naan thoogavo
Unnai enni mul virithu padukavum pazhagi konden
En mel yaarum kal erinthaal sirikavum pazhagi konde
Sogaithai maraithen uyir vali poruthen
sugathai ethuvo suttathadi indre
Nenje nenje nerungividu
nijangalil kalanthu vidu
Nenje neje ninainthuvidu
Nigalnthathai maranthuvidu
Katti vaittha kaatre vanthu vidu
Kaigal rendai enthinen
Kaathal pitchai ketkiren
Anbe anbe nee pirinthaal kangalil malai varume
Katrainai kai vidume
Vithai alinthe sedi varume
sippigal udaintha pinne
muthukkal kai vaarume
Kaathal raaja ondril koduthaal innondril uyir varume
Unnai konjam vittu koduthaal kaathalil sugam varume
Astamanam ellam nirantharam alle
Merkil vithaithal kilakinil mulaikum
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Thanks to sounder at musicplug.in for the lyrics
--Badri--
