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Location: PVR cinemas
Movie: Inception

The movie was nearing its climax. The scene( the 3rd level of dream) where the Industrial empire's son Robert Fischer opens his dad's vault to find the will which restrains his son from inheriting the empire. He also finds a kite depicting his dad's love for him.After this scene was over,I happened to hear hear the conversation of 2 persons sitting near me.

Person 1: Macha edanu purinjudha??(Did u understand anything?)
Person 2: Indha kathadiya(Kite) kandu pudika dan ivlo pannaga da!!! (They have strived hard to find this Kite)
Me: ??????!!!

"Tamil" Post

எனக்கு ஒரு ஆசை. ஒரு "Post" அவது  தமிழில் எழுத வேண்டும் என்று . இந்த ஆசைய இன்று தீது கொள்ளுகிறேன் . தமிழ் பிழை எதாவது இருந்தால் மனிக்கவும்.  எல்லாம் "செம்மொழி மாநாடு " தந்த ஊகம் .Lol!!!

நான் பாடலில் வரும் தமிழ் வரிகளுக்கு முக்கியத்துவம் குடுபவன், சில வரிகள் என்னை சில்லரிக்க வைத்து இருக்கு, சிலது என்னை "கடுப்பு" அக வைத்து இருக்கு. நான் மிகவும்  ரசித்த , மெய் மறக்க வைத்த வைரமுத்து வின்  தமிழ் பாடல் வரிகள்:

• பாடல் : "உன்னோடு நான் இருந்த...""

உன்னோடு நான் இருந்த ஒவ்வொரு மணி துளியும் 

மரண படுக்கையிலும்  மறக்காது கண்மணியே 

....யார் தொடங்க? யார் முடிக்க? ஒரு வழியும் தோன்றவில்லை 

இருவருமே தொடங்கிவிட்டோம் இது வரைக்கும் கேள்வி இல்லை 
அச்சம் கலைந்தேன் ஆசையினை நீ அணைத்தாய்
ஆடை கலைந்தேன் வெட்கத்தை நீ அடைந்தாய் 

• பாடல் : இது ஒரு பொன்மாலை

வானம் எனக்கு ஒரு போதி மரம், 

நாலும் எனக்கு செய்தி தரும் .

• பாடல் : கண்ணனுக்கு மெய் அழகு

அவ்வைக்கு கூன் அழகு, அன்னைக்கு செய் அழகு ..

...ஊருக்கு ஆறு அழகு, ஊருவலத்தில் தேர் அழகு
தமிழ் க்கு  'ழ் '  அழகு, தலைவி க்கு  நான் அழகு..
  ...மழை  நின்ற  பின்னாலும்  இலை  சிந்தும்  துளி  அழகு
அலை  மீண்டு  போனாலும்  கரை  கொண்ட  நுரை  அழகு ...

• பாடல் : மின்னலே 

பால்  மழைக்கு  காத்திருக்கும்  பூமி  இல்லையா 

ஒரு  பண்டிகைக்கு  காத்திருக்கும்  சாமி  இல்லையா
வார்த்தை  வர  காத்திருக்கும்  கவிஞன்  இல்லையா
நானும்  காத்திருந்தால்  காதல்  இன்னும்  நீளும்  இல்லையா 
கண்ணீரில்  தீ  வளர்த்து  காத்திருக்கிறேன்
உன்  காலடி  தடத்தில்  நான்  பூத்திருக்கிறேன் 

• பாடல் : உடல் மண்ணுக்குலே..

உடல் மண்ணுக்கு உயிர் தமிழுக்கு – இதை

உரக்கச் சொல்வோம் உலகுக்கு
இனம் ஒன்றாக மொழி வென்றாக – புது
வேலைஎடுப்போம் விடிவுக்கு
நம் வெற்றிபாதையில் நரிகள் வந்தால்
விருந்து வைப்போம் விண்ணுக்கு...
 பிறந்த பிள்ளை நடந்து பழக - கையில் வேலைக் கொடுப்போம்
பிறந்த குழந்தை இறந்து பிறந்தால் வாளால் கீறி புதைப்போம்...
 யுத்தச் சத்தம் கேட்டால் போதும் முத்தச் சத்தம் முடிப்போம்
ரத்தக் குளத்தை நிரப்பி நிரப்பி வெற்றி தாமரை பறிப்போம் ...
 எங்கள் மண்ணை தொட்டவன் கால்கள் எங்கள் மண்ணில் உரமாகும்
எங்கள் பெண்ணை தொட்டவன் கைகள் எங்கள் அடுப்பில் விறகாகும் ... 
 

                                               வெற்றிகரமாக ஒரு போஸ்ட் தமிழில் எழுதினேன். பாதி வெறும் எழுவ பட்டது . அடுத்து வரும் போஸ்ட்களில் எனது சொந்த கருத்துகளை எழுதுவேன்.

இப்படிக்கு,

ச.அரவிந்த் 

Resolutions 2010

Everyone is asking me as to what my resolution was??Well my answer for them "i don't have any".I have so far never taken any new year resolutions.Y don't i take one??No, i will take 'Some'(Idhula ena kanja thanam).I know that i won't be able to fulfill all my resltns,but i will try to do some few.I have listed out many things which i was not able to do these long yrs and some of those would be my New yr resolutions as there must be some "Driving Force"la.

1.Final Exams ku Padikanum

First and foremost i should prepare for my final exams to be held in Nov2010.Parpom,I dunno whether i m gonna write or skip this attempt(Lol..).I would like to classify the so called "Attending classes" as a sub-category.

2.Build my Body

To improve my physic to "Konjamavadhu Pakaradhuku"condition.

3.Learn Yoga

This is one of my serious resolution because its a long pending one.

4.Watch IMDB'S TOP 250

Being a movie freak,i should somehow complete IMDB'S TOP 250 films this year.I managed to complete atleast 25% last year.(Edhuku vena resolution edukalam nu solradhuku idhu oru example)

5.To free my Muscle Knots in shoulders

6.To bring a Flat Stomach(Adhavadhu ABS madiri,6 packs ila)

7.Last one,not to have any resolutions in the coming years!!!

IDHULA EVLO NADAKA POGUDHO!!!

Redefining Politics...

India is in need of a revolution. There were situations where Politics were in the hands of eminent persons but today the scenario turns out to be exactly the opposite.The recent happenings in the politics have forced me to write a post on this. I certainly have some questions, which has been pricking my mind for a long time.

Why, no politician in the ruling party has been convicted of any criminal/civil proceeding till date?

We know that politicians commit most of the unlawful acts but why aren’t we not able to stop them?

If the Govt is trying to bring a casteless community why is that every application for Govt jobs carries a column to specify our caste?

Why aren’t we able to change the face politics? Is it because of our attitude that Indians generally have?

If it possible for the Tamilnadu politicians to provide rice at a price of Rs.2/- then does it mean the Govt was making profits by selling price at higher prices?

Lawmakers are the lawbreakers in our country. The very definition of Democracy roots to “of the people, by the people and for the people”. But in today’s context it is “of the politicians, by the politicians and for the politicians”.

It is a shame for Indian Democracy that even after more than 50 years of its existence we neither have matured politicians who talk about guiding the country to a bright future during their election campaign nor have matured voters who vote for free colour tv’s instead look forward to elect a leader who can create avenues for the voters to participate in the development of the country and proudly EARN their decent living.

Coming to Resevations, admitting students of backward community through reservations in prestigious and premier institutions like IIT and IIM is not a welcoming trend, who don’t even manage to pass their entrance exams.This would have two major implications.They would stick to the BC community tag for generations and would enjoy the perquisites given to them Secondly,only few from the BC community would be able to do well and the rest would lag behind. This is does not imply that Backward Community people are less equipped, only that people coming with the comfort of Reservation at various stages are definitely less equipped. This would force the govt to carry out the reservations in the field of employment helping them to land up in pivotal posts in both the public and as well as private sector.If the Govt stops talking about the caste, there would be no such thing called Backward Community in another decade.

The historical parliamentary session which happened in the parliament few days back showed how money determines the leader of a country.How the politicians managed to bring such rupee bundles into the parliament?.It was clearly evident as how the public money is being EFFECTIVELY utilized.Shame on the part of the politicians.

Coming to the politics of Tamilnadu,the recent trend over here is the actors turning into politicians.The actors who portray themselves as a socialistic person,a man with high decorum on the silver screen, is not their image that they hold in their real life.They just choose politics as an avenue for their investment.Many of the poor and uneducated believe them to revolutionize the politics turn out to be scapegoat at the end.

We, the educated should indulge in politics replacing the existing ones who know nothing, but Politics.The very face of politics cant be changed unless the attitude of the people changes.

Aghoris!!!

The film 'Nan Kadavul' insitgated me to write this topic on Aghoris.
One side of India is showing a massive development in the field of Science&Technology.But the other side which i am gonna write about is really shocking and bit disturbing.What is Cannabalism?Eating of human flesh by another human being.Do these kind of practices exist?Yes,not in Africa or some other part of world but for India.Who are Aghoris?This is a small sect of people calling themselves as the incarnations of Lord Shiva.


The Aghoris distinguish themselves from other Hindu sects and priests by their alcoholic and cannibalistic rituals. The corpses, which may be either pulled from a river [including Ganges] or obtained from cremation grounds, are consumed raw as the Aghoris believe that what others consider as a "dead man" is, in fact, nothing but a natural matter devoid of the life force it once contained. Therefore, while for ordinary folks it may be called cannibalism, for them it's using what is useless for the rest of the world. In fact, they claim to be scientists trying to discover how matter converts from one form to another.

The white powders over their body are believed to be ashes of the burnt dead bodies.

It is believed that they consume alcohols and drugs in their practise of meditation.Lot of saints used to live in remote places of Himalayas and Forests. Over a period of time meditating they found out certain chemical changes transport you to different world. Before coming to real world they wanted to experience the feelings of drugs which made absolute surrender, where they found the beauty of nature and God. Unfortunately they could not sustain the beauty of the vision for a long time,the moment drug effect came down they come back to the real world.

Aghoris eating dead bodies after performing their rituals.I would weak hearted persons not to watch this video




Likewise you can witness the same in the religion of Christianity where it is believed that God is seen while you make love.

The powers of the Aghoris are that the dead bodies being blessed by them do not have rebirths.
This invokes me to witness the same in person.Hope i soon go to Kasi(North India)!!!!

Ela Pugazhum Rahman nu ke!!

"Ela Pugazhum Iraivunuke" the words uttered by our Maestro A.R.Rahman made every Indian,in particular every Tamilian proud.This has bought the Indian Music Fraternity under the spot light.I would say that Rahman does not deserve the Oscars for this movie alone,those were his usual numbers,there are certain exceptional compositions from him like Bombay Theme,Vidai Kudu Engal Nade(Kannathil Muthamittal),Jaage Hain(Guru) .....whic are considered to be the evergreen hits from him.Anyways thanks to his meticulous efforts for taking the Indian music worldwide.In the near future, it would be our turn to dominate the Oscars if our directors come out with some exceptional films.

Sve Shekar Dramas Free Download

S.Ve Shekar is Actor Turned Politician who has staged about 4000 dramas.I have almost managed to listen to all of his dramas.The spontaneity of Sve Shekar is impeccable and i hereby give u the link for free download of my favourite dramas of Sve Shekar.

• Alwah
• Aiyuram Udai Vangiya Aboorva Sigamanai
• Chinna Mapillai Periya Mapilai
• Elame Thamashu Dan
• Elarum Vanga
• Epavum Nee Raja
• Kadhula Poo
• Oru Sonda Veedu Vadikai veedu agiradu
• Yamiruka Bayam En
• Crazy Theives in Palavakkam
• Mahabharathil Mangatha
• Katula Mazhai
• Idhu Amblainga Samacharam
• Periyappa
• Sadal Ilaye Kadhal
• Siripu Ungal Choice
• Vaal Paiyan
• Kuzhandai Swamy
• Inimey Nangathan
  

Satyam Scandal!!!!!

Satyam has been topping the media charts for the last few weeks and have been rattled by a series of shocks. The whole mayhem started with the announcement & subsequent cancellation of Maytas(Reverse of the name 'Satyam') acquisition, it was followed by World Bank contract termination & allegation of bribery by Satyam and then came the resignation of 4 independent directors from its board. Then the Satyam CEO Ramalinga Raju made a press release that Satyam's books were fudged; that they have been reporting inflated revenue/margins for the last few years and the stated cash reserves of $1.2B are non-existent. The overall revenue impact of this fraud was a whopping Rs.8000 Crores. This is the biggest corporate scandal in Indian history. This whole episode has not only impacted Satyam but this has created lot of negative publicity for Indian IT and Industry as a whole and impacted its corporate reputation.

Here's a summary of the misreported amounts claimed by Raju in his letter to the Satyam Board:

1. The Balance Sheet carries as of September 30, 2008

• Inflated (non-existent) cash and bank balances of Rs.5,040 crore (as against Rs. 5361 crore reflected in the books)
• An accrued interest of Rs. 376 crore which is non-existent
• An understated liability of Rs. 1,230 crore on account of funds arranged by me
• An over stated debtors position of Rs. 490 crore (as against Rs. 2651 [cr.] reflected in the books)

2. For the September quarter (02) we reported a revenue of Rs.2,700 crore and an operating margin of Rs. 649 crore (24% Of revenues) as against the actual revenues of Rs. 2,112 crore and an actual operating margin of Rs. 61 Crore ( 3% of revenues). This has resulted in artificial, cash and bank balances going up by Rs. 588 crore in Q2 alone.


What annoys me about this whole incident is how can a company with $2B revenue get away with $1B+ mis-reporting/fraud. Here are some questions that pop-out of my mind from this greatest scandal ever made:

• Satyam is a publicly listed company in both India and US and are bound by Indian/US (GAAP) accounting standards.As I am in the field of auditing, I am not in a position to comment on the Indian accounting standards, however US GAAP standards and SoX regulations are very stringent. They need to go through several mandatory 3rd party audits as well. Given this how can Satyam fudge their books?

• This whole mis-reporting has been going on for a few years now. How can the external auditing company(PWC) make a mistake and not find this out all these years. If it has been consistently missing all these quarters then its an 'incident' not an 'accident'.

• I guess most of these inflated amounts have been reported in terms of inflated revenues for each of the quarters. Auditors are required to validate the customer invoice amounts, receivables, outstanding amounts, bank statements etc and tally them with each other? How can a gap of tens of millions dollars each quarter not be noticed by the auditors?

• If a company claims to have $1.2B of cash reserves they need to report and provide proofs of how the amount is invested/maintained to Auditors and also provide it as part of their regulatory filings. How can a company conceal a whopping $1B cash surplus without showing proofs of existence?

• The additional revenue reported will attract Income tax. It will be interesting to see if Satyam paid tax on inflated amounts. Wouldn’t IT department/RBI scrutinize their bank accounts, Forex transactions, annual/quarterly reports to validate the tax collections?

• He has not only inflated the number of employees from 40,000 to 53,000 but he has also inflated the salaries to mint a whooping amount of Rs.20 crores yearly.I still wonder how he had opened such a number of bank accounts in fictitious names.
  

Based on the above thoughts, I feel that the auditing firm has received some kick-backs and is involved in the whole fudging exercise. There is no way this could have been pulled off without involvement of Auditor. I wouldn’t also be surprised if Satyam provided falsified proof for some of these claimed investments (Auditor could infact have guided Satyam on the same so that they are on the safer end).

The obvious fact is that numbers were inflated to drive up the stock price. The whole story of pledging stocks to financial institutions and using that money to run the company (as stated in his letter) sounds very fishy to me. I doubt if that mortgaged money has been used in Satyam's operations,I’m sure that at least a sizeable portion of that is stacked away safely most likely outside India. Here again the question that comes to my mind is when an individual is pledging stocks and borrowing a money of Rs.1,200 crores($250M+) how did it not come under IT purview? There is a possibility that IT dept/political big-wigs could have a hand in this.

I pray for the well being of the 40,000 Satyam Employees whose future has become uncertain because of a single person.L&T (Larsen&Toubro) and few other corporates are in a plan to take over Satyam.May that soon happen and bring happiness in the face of those employees!!!!

12 Favourite Songs of the Indian Mozart A.R.Rahman

Listen to these songs,he is right.These are the some of the best compositions made by great musicians.

• 'Cinema Paradiso Love Theme'

• Frozen
  

• Heart,My Life

• Sandman

• Pray for me Brother

• 'Send In the Clowns'(from "A Little Night Music")

• 'Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft (The Recognized Anthem of World Contact Day)'

• Bombay Theme

• 'I Cried for You'

• 'Ghoomparani'

• 'Letter from Home'

• 'Don't Give Up'

BGM of the film 'Thiruda Thiruda'

I give u the link for free download of BGM of the film 'Thiruda Thiruda'.
Music:A.R.Rahman
Direction:Mani Rathnam
Cinematography:P.C.Shreeram

• BGM 001
• BGM002
• BGM003
• BGM004
• BGM005
• BGM006
• BGM007
• BGM008
• BGM009
• BGM010
• BGM011
• BGM012
• BGM013
• BGM014
• BGM015
• BGM016
• BGM017
• BGM018
• BGM019
• BGM020
• BGM021
• BGM022
• BGM023
• BGM024
• BGM025
• BGM026
• BGM027
• BGM028
• BGM029

The Secret Behind the Ashes Victory

Former England opener Marcus Trescothick’s in his new autobiography "Coming Back to me" revelation that he illegally used breath mints(Murray Mints) to help his bowlers gain extra swing during the 2005 Ashes series has received a mixed reaction in Australia.He admitted in his new autobiography that his chief job in the field was to shine the ball using “a bit of spit and a lot of polish” with the aid of the breath sweets.This has claimed mixed reactions from players in the field of cricket for going public with the story.

England stunned the cricket world with a 2-1 win in the 2005 Ashes, their first series win against the Australians in 18 years.The reverse swing achieved by England’s bowlers, led by Andrew Flintoff and Simon Jones, was a major factor in the upset victory.


He also revealed that he happened to drop the mints from his pant pockets while taking a catch but neither the umpires nor the batsman happened to notice it.

Some cricketing giants say that it was a tactic to increase the sales of his book.At least now we know why England lost the (next) Ashes: they lost their minty guy.

Anyway they got away with it, good luck to them. You can`t change the result of the Test series, so it`s no good worrying about it

Stadium to replace MAC

An ultra modern will come up at a Chennai suburb for the 2011 World Cup, to be co-hosted by India, in addition to the famous Chepauk Ground located in the heart of the city.

The new stadium would be located at Karunkuzhipallam, about 25 km from Chennai, on a 50-acre plot on Old Mahabalipuram Road.The Stadium would have a seating capacity of 60,000.The special feature of the stadium is that is going to have a Roof-top so as to avoid cancellation of matches due to rains.This is the second stadium going to have a roof top following MCG at Melbourne.It is a dream come true for Chennai.

The New stadium is expected to cost over Rs 100 crore.The financial implications of constructing the stadium and other facilities were being finalised.

Kallai Matum Kandal

When listening to the recently released Dasavatharam songs,a particluar lyric of the song drew my attention.

The Lyrics of the song Kallai Matum Kandal which i mentioned earlier are:

Rajalakshmi naayagan Srinivasan dhaan

Srinivasan saei indha Vishnu dhaasan dhaan

Naattil undu aayiram raaja raajar dhaan

Raajanukku raajan indha Rangarajan dhaan

This translates to “Rajalakshmi’s husband is Srinivasan. Srinivasan’s son is this follower of Vishnu. There may be thousands of kings around. But I, Rangarajan, am king of kings.”

I knew that Kamal Hassan’s parents are Rajalakshmi and Srinivasan. However, I wanted to check for the names of the lyricist Vaali’s parents, specifically if his mother’s name was Rajalakshmi too. It is Ponnammaal, but Vaali’s father is also Srinivasan. Vaali, of course, is the lyricist’s psuedonym. His given name is Rangarajan.

The lines quoted here therefore can be interpreted in different ways. The most straight forward (and probably intended) meaning is such that the first two lines refer to Kamal Hassan the person, and the next two refer to Vaali.

I am of the opinion that an actor, however much talented he might be, must not be an egomaniac if he makes a movie just to beat an existing record for the maximum number of on-screen roles. But then, most actors are egomaniacs. In fact, most people are egoists, so there isn’t anything wrong in a popular actor being an egomaniac.

The Passionate supporters of Kamal Hassan, who have already come up with a thousands of theories to explain the movie, will say that in the movie, Rangaraja Nambi’s parents are Rajalakshmi and Srinivasan. So there is nothing egotistic about the lyrics, and that all four lines are about Rangaraja Nambi.

PS:God only knows the reason behind it(Lollzz!!!)

Plagiarism - Movies

Here i once again come with an interesting topic on Plagiarism.But this time its about the Movies inspired from the West.The average Indian Film viewer does not watch any Hollywood movies or other foreign films.So this gives the film makers an enticing option to resort to the easiest - they rehash the foreign movies,'indianize' them by adding so called "Masala" or "Commercial" items like songs,stunts,comedy,etc and release them.Though not high on creativity they have mastered the art of CUT-COPY-PASTE,which is also challenging in a way.The Hollywood movies in general last for about 90minutes but in India an average film is screened for an average time of 2 hours.So the directors are forced to add some commercial items as mentioned earlier to market the films in India.Most of the audiences are not aware of this fact.So,I have managed to bring out some of the famous Indian films "borrowed"from Foreign films and also giving an overview of the story of the same :

NAYAGAN/SARKAR from THE GODFATHER:

These three films carry the same story line of a Mafia don to whom the people turn for justice. The challenge to the Don’s authority comes, when he refuses to be a part of the narcotic’s business. The role of Don was played by Marlon Brando,Amitabh Bachann and Kamal Hassan in English, Hindi and Tamil Versions respectively.

PATTIYAL/PUDUPETTAI from THE CITY OF GOD:

City of GOD is a movie based on a place called Cidade de deus in the interior parts of Brazil. It involves the harsh realities of the slum world such as drug rackets, gang war and violence. The film also portrays the life of two murderers who ruled the City of god.While Pudpettai is about a everyday-man who ends up as a dreaded ganster.The film also portrays the other end of the society with full of drugs, women and murder. On the other hand Pattiyal is about two orphaned youngsters who lead their life as a contract killer. As a study of gangster's life, Pattiyal is realistic and in some cases depressing.

All these three films focus mainly on the real society and life of the world of gangsters. The mixture of Both Pattiyal and Pudupettai is City of God.

GHAJINI from MEMENTO:

Ghajini is a mere adoption of the film The Memento revolving around a man suffering from short term memory loss who hunts for the person who killed his wife. The hero of the film makes use of the tattoos and notes to identify the intruder.The only difference between the two films is the “Screenplay”,Memento has a complex screenplay because the coloured scenes are told in reverse chronological order while the black and white scenes are done in chronological order. Both the color and black and white scenes are alternately interspersed throughout the movie in a set pattern whereas Ghajini has a perfect screen play of a normal Tamil movie.

AVAISHANMUGHI/CHACHI 420 FROM MRS.DOUBTFIRE:

Avai Shanmughi is also a mere adoption of the film Mrs.Doubtfire.The film is about a couple after a bitter divorce, the hero disguises himself as a female housekeeper to spend secret time with his children held in custody by his Ex-wife.The climax ends with the reunion of the family.The film was exactly copied by Kamal and was again remade in Hindi.The famous Hollywood star Robin Williams played the ‘father’ character while Kamal did the same in Tamil/Hindi.

PACHAIKILLI MUTHUCHARAM from DERAILED:

Most of us are not aware of this fact that this film is a plagiarized one. The story is about an everyday person having secret relationship with a woman whom he met on a train.The friendship slowly develops into a relationship and finally they land up in a cottage. As they think of making love, a stranger barges in, knocks off the hero and sexually assaults her. And takes their numbers, and starts threatening them. The story finally ends in finding that the woman herself was the reason for the drama that took place in the cottage and it was staged to nab the hero’s money.The director of the tamil version of the film Gautham Menon has added some "commercial elements" to make the film a hit but it turned to be the opposite.

BLACK from THE MIRACLE WORKER:

BLACK is a present-day, Sanjay Leela Bhansali interpretation of Helen Keller's exceptional life and the role Annie Sullivan played in her life. The real-life story was presented on the big screen in the Hollywood flick The Miracle Woker [1962].The story is about the life of a teacher who teaches a deaf and dumb girl to communicate and attain graduation. But towards the end of the film, the teacher begins to forget everything.The roles gets reversed now and the student does the same to the teacher.The film “Black” won the National Award for the "Best Actor for the year 2005" for Amitabh Bachann who played the role of the teacher in this film.

AYUTHA EZHUTHU from AMORES PERROS:

Amores perros involves a horrific car accident connects three stories, each involving characters dealing with loss, regret, and life's harsh realities, all in the name of love.While Ayutha Ezhuthu is about the life of three youths who have different perspective towards life until they cross path one day and then life undergoes a sea change for the three.Mani Ratnam has his own style of story telling and creativity. Mani has managed only to lift the base line of the story and has bought out the film to suit the Indian film audiences.

Some of the plagiarized films in India:

Foreign/Other Language films – Indian Film(Plagiarized)

Sound of Music – Shanthi Nilayam

A Kiss Before dying – Baazigar

Body Double – Pehla Nasha

What about Bob? – Deewana Mastanna

The Gift – Rakht

ET – Koi Mila Gaya

Big – New

Misery – Julie Ganapathy

Christine – Taarzan the wonder car

Unfaithful – Murder

The Eye – Naina

Double Joepordy – Dhosth

The Seven Year Itch – Masti

The Ring – Krishna Cottage

I think i have somehow managed to bring some of the very famous Tamil and Hindi films inspired from the West.

On Cloud 9....

This happened almost 2 yrs back, yet i cant be without sharing this most unexpected incident that i came across in ma life.
I got a cal from ma mom saying that we have got a pass for attending the "Poi" audio release function which is to presided by Kamal Hasaan and Rajnikanth.With much of expectations,I entered the hall and managed to find a place at the last row of the hall.Then I kept on watching entrance so that i could see Rajnikanth so close, but suddenly there was a bit of commotion in the hall and surprisingly he walked through from the backstage in his black kurtas waving his hands to his fans.The moment i saw him, I realised why people cal him as the "Style Samrat" The Grace,the charm,the style,the Charisma!!!Impeccable!!!! Then the Function began and I was literally standing in ma seat so that i could catch a glimpse of ma favourite star.Then came 'Ulaga Nayagan' Kamal Hassan with cameras flashing like lightnings and he made his way through the crowd confining himself to the security guards and sat beside Rajnikanth.I was restless and i decided that i should somehow get Rajni's Autograph.But how?I should pass all those security barricades but i cant.Then i went to one of the volunteers over there and pleaded him to get me an autograph from him but he was helpless.Then I waited for the dance programmes to end and I literally became restless.Then it got over.I gained some courage and passed through all those barricades (Believe me None of the security guards were standing on ma way luckily) I stood beside the first row.I saw Rajni just sitting 10 mts away from the place where I was standing.I reacted so fast and stood right in front of him.Unbelievable "The Super Star","The Icon of Style","The Boss"sitting in front of me.I spoke with him(Perusa Onnum Pesala!!!).This is wat i asked him:

Me:Sir,Autograph please

Rajni: Ila, Vendam pa.

Me:Please sir.

Then he got ma petty sized pocket diary and put his autograph and I thanked him and he gestured at me with a smile.Believe me then i got the diary from him and asked Kamal Hassan for his autograph and he took the same with a pleasing smile and he signed his autograph.
Then i heard some voices shouting at me.Those were the security guards.I ignored them and walked away.I was on my cloud nine (Post pana Title soliye aganum la,Adan!!!!Lollz) and i was literally shivering and it took about 10 mins for me to come back to normal.
Then i reached home and took the diary to ma school the very next day to show it to all ma frnds and i walked the whole day with a heroic feeling and a sense of pride that i have achieved something really great which nobody cant(Too much na!!!).But this is natural for all.
I was so lucky that i was able to get the autograph of two legends of Tamil Film Industry and that too at the same time and in the same pocket diary.
Even today when i get reminded of that incident, i dont believe it.But it was really a nice and a pleasing experience.

Ban of Autos in Chennai

Most of the people in Chennai would have experienced the "Pleasing" behaviour of an auto driver in Chennai.They are well known for their haphazard parking,flying in the streets,overloading,creating traffic chaos,etc.I am damn sure that they are the only reasons for the growing traffic in Chennai.There are about 10lakh autos in and around Chennai occupying most of the roads.I wonder why they fly on the roads during peak hours of traffic and not when the roads are empty.In Pondy Bazzar,the autos move slowly like Tortoise and you should also go behind these autos till they get a passenger and he boards the auto.Cant We stop this?

Ya we can by Banning autos in the Chennai.The another way is to stop issuing permits to new autos in the near future.Yesterday as I was returning from Office,traffic constables were diverting autos from entering Panagal Park due to the construction of fly overs.This is a welcoming measure from The Corporation of Chennai and I request them to do the same from Banning Autos from entering Chennai.
A daily newspaper has published about the growing auto stands in Chennai.A Police states"We do take steps to stop the growing amount auto stands with no permission ,disturbing the residents around them.But once we vacate the stand we get threatening calls from the Local Councillor.We are helpless".The auto drivers are influenced some of the local goondas and politicians.


Recently, a Chennaite has filed a petition in the High Court to ban autos in Chennai for creating chaos in the city.He states that Mumbai has banned autos inside the city likewise Chennai should also adopt the same.
Thanks to his efforts and it would be of great help if the higher authorities look up into this as a serious issue.

The Italian Job"A Racy Entertainer"

The film kicks off with the John Bridger (starred by Donald Sutherland) a safe cracker and Mark Whelberg, the mind behind the heist and few others which includes Steve(starred by Edward Norton),stealing millions of worth gold from a gang.But Steve becomes a traitor by killing John and escapes with the loot.

The rest of the gang team up with Stella Bridger (starred by Charlize Thereon), the daughter of John and also an expert safe cracker in her own style evolves a plan to take a revenge against the traitor.
The stunt and chase sequences were well shot and it was very well supported by a good score of background music.The character in this which i liked the most is that of the computer geek Lyle (starred by Seth Green) sweetly called as Napster in the film.
The scenes where Lyle hacks the traffic control system in Los Angels,the Mini Coopers zooming through the Metro Rail tunnel,detects the Truck where the gold had been kept with the help of the air pressure in the tyres was awesome.The dialogues in the film are also to be given a special mention.A sample of those:

"YOU CAN NEVER SHUTDOWN THE REAL NAPSTER"

The meaning of 'fine'-
f -freaked out
i -insecure
n -neurotic
e -emotional

The persons who are crazy about films like Ocean's 11,Gone in 60 seconds,The Bank Job etc. then "The Italian Job" is of that kind.

City of God"Raw and Harsh"

After a short nap in the weekend, i thought of seeing a movie.So i just went through my dvd collections.I just got hold of the movie "City of GOD".Initially i thought it was some kind of spiritual movie but it wasn't.
City of GOD is a movie based on a place called Cidade de deus in the interior parts of Brazil.It involves the harsh realities of the slum world such as drug rackets, gang war and violence. The movie is mainly based on two characters Rocket and Li'l Dice.During 60’s Tender Trio used to rule City of GOD, Li’l Dice joins them. Li’l dice was very ambitious, and step by step tender trio got eliminated and Li’l Dice become the biggest gangster.Benny is the best friend of Li’l Dice and they both become the Drug lords of the town.

While on the other end, Rocket the narrator of this movie is a photographer who earns by giving some good shots of the town which the other photographers fear to enter this area.

This film is a must watch one but for those who hate violence then this is not the film you are searching for.This film is the English version of the tamil movie 'Pudupettai' and 'Pattiyal'.Some scenes in the movie made me think"Is this really happened"?,"Are these really happening in this world"?.The narrator of this movie hails from Citade de deus.Thanks for him for bringing out such a raw,action packed and a harsh film.

Well to have a glimpse of this film,check out the trailer of this film.

Nite out in Thiruvanamalai

It was long since after our school tour(lollz...) me and ma frnds were out for a long trip.Suddenly an idea went through my mind,"Why dont we go to Thiruvanamalai"?.My frnds looked at me weirdly.I have been to Thiruvanamalai.Its usual for the devotees to go for Girivalam i.e.Considering the hill as Lord Shiva we go round it.Its not simple its about 18kms.Everyone thought that its just like Thirupathi to climb the hill but its not.Its just a walk going round the hill.I explained all this to ma friends and they accepted for it.We went by a Govt Bus coz there are no private buses operating in those routes.I know that we were going to enjoy for sure and night is the right time to start our girivalam and we started as planned.We took some nice shots to post it in Orkut(Lollz..)

1.Around 12 - The Start of our Girivalam

2.Around 1

3.Around 2

4.Around 3(As u can see the deserted road behind us)Awesome!!!!!!
















5.In the lodge after our Girivalam
















"It was one of the best nights ever spent in ma life.We had lots of fun and we decided to visit Thiruvanamalai once in every year."

Santhosh Subramaniam"A Photocopy"

Starring:Jeyam Ravi,Prakash Raj,Jenelia

Movie Director:Raja

Music Composer:Devi Sri Prasad

I was forced by ma friend to watch 'Bomarillu' the telegu version of Santhosh Subramaniam.Intially i showed no interest, later the story made me stick to ma seats.It was a lovely film and especially Jenelia's character was excellently potrayed.Days later i was in the theatre to watch Santhosh Subramaniam.I Know its a remake of Bomarillu but i was shocked to see that the scenes,songs and set has been copied in the same manner from Bomarillu.Wont the director have his own imaginations?Cant Raja(Film Director)direct a film from his own script?There is no problem in remaking the film but why should he copy even the scenes,set and the dialogues too.To one extent i thought that the Sidharth's character in Bomarillu was morphed with that of Jayam Ravi and was screened for us.I would suggest Raja,Jeyam Ravi and Editor Mohan known for their remakes come out with a new film from their own script.

The film is a family entertainer.The Story revolves around Father and Son relationship with the father's attitude of selecting everything for his family right from dress to marriage.The father justifies this attitude that it is his duty of every father.But the son wants his future to be decided by him.How the son makes his father realize his mistake is rest of the story.The romantic scenes in the film were shot good.Since the film has been released during the summer holidays which would attract more audiences,the film is going to be run away hit.

Download Songs of Santhosh Subramaniam:

• Yepadi Irundha Manasu - Tippu,Gopika,Poornima

• Senthamizh Pesum - Andrea,Ranjith

• Uyirae Uyirae Piriyadhe - Sagar

• Kadhalaku Kangal Ila - Devi Sri Prasad

• Ada Ada Enai Yetho - Siddharth

• Santhosh Subramaniam - Theme

• America Endralum - Kuppuswamy,Naveen, Priya