Movie time...

As usual, I watched few movies this weekend. There's nothing better to kill the boredom with 2-3 hrs going in a movie :)

1. Milk - Sean Penn's oscar winning performance, a homosexual oriented movie which has got great reviews nominting itself for the oscars and academy awards. I expected more in terms of all the above said factors and that's the reason I picked it up from my netflix queue. But I did not like the movie as I thought I would. Nothing more about it...
2. Naan Kadavul - I ended up crying more than liking the movie. There's only one thing that I liked in the whole movie - The cast. There's nothing else that is worth watching and I wonder why this movie was over hyped...
3. SMS - That's what my friends in India told that this movie is called in its shorter form...Siva Manasula Sakthi. When compared to the above two movies, I would say this one is far better because there's not much hype about this movie and it's casually screened. Jeeva's performance was good and I was surprised to see Aarya playing a guest role...(I was drooling amidst the surprise ;))
4. Yaavarum Nalam - I liked this movie better than any other tamil movies that I have watched recently. The screenplay, the twist and the turns, the cast, the suspense - Everything fitted well. When I started watching the movie, I thought it's going to be the usual pei, aavi kind of tamil movies but it was not. It's a bit different than the movies like 13 number veedu, Uruvam, Rasathi varum naal etc., I read somewhere that there may be a sequel to this movie which is being discussed by director Vikram Kumar and Madhavan. I would definitely watch the sequel too, if there's gonna be one.

And I have got the next 3 movies from library. At this rate, I guess I have to write movie reviews every weekend :)

3:1

Poo - Started with this on a Friday night. No, I am wrong! I started with 'Abhiyum Naanum' and after watching the first part, I felt it was very slow and dragging and did not have an interest to continue. So flipped to Sasi's 'Poo'. IMHO, the +ve factor of the movie is the cast inspite of not having the experienced and popular faces. The new faced heroine Paarvathi is flawless in her acting which is impressive. The acting and role of each cast in the movie seems so realistic. The one thing that irritated me was Maari's (Parvathi) It's 'Thangarasu', That's Thangarasu and all about Thangarasu (Srikanth) sentences but no quips about it since that's what the story is based about. The movie in certain aspects reminded me of Azhagi and Kaadhal. I have a reason for it - The song during their childhood days with other kids around which is similar to that groundnut song 'Chutthi Chutthi...' from Azhagi :) and the cast that suits to the movie which is similar to Kaadhal :) My rating shows 3 stars.

The Bucket List - Wat a movie? Simply amazing! The thoughtful idea....I loved it! Two men on death bed knowing that they may not live after 6 months goes on a mission to freak out with their wish list called 'The Bucket list'. The way that Morgan Freeman sounds in the message that he gives at the beginning of the movie - I always thought it is influential. Is it not? It has a meaning. Sitting on the edge of the Pyramids, Skydiving, Riding on a bike in Great Wall of China, Driving a Mustang and hitting every rod in the roads and the list goes on and on...But one thing on the list is kinda moving - 'Laugh until you cry' and when Morgan F strikes that off after he does it. People say this movie was a flop but I liked it. My rating shows 4 stars.

Outsourced - Mr. Todd whom people in India call as 'Toad' and he stands correcting them everytime is a good one. A call center whose building is left unconstructed and a cow stays before it, the water pours in because of poor irrigation - Tats India! The hospitality shown by the Salavaikaran (Don't read it a Saliva, it's washman) to Todd - Tat's India! And the so called heroine says about her one day with Todd as 'Holiday in Goa'...which made me think - Is that India? ;) Not so great movie but a good timepass entertainer. My rating shows 2.5 stars.

The 'Englipish' speaking woman in me :)

When I look back @ it, I don't know whether I have a 'collar thookividum' feeling or a 'watz in it?' feeling but I wanted to write about this. During childhood, being in a English nursery or primary school dint make any difference to me when i was compared to a kid studying in a municipal or corporation school. I have never spoken Englipish words except for the English exams and preparation where my dad used to have a stick in his hands and I render all the spellings and pronunication in a jiffy and run away to play. This did not change even after I was put into the High School. The situation became worse being in an English medium Govt. School where I learnt the most coveted words like 'Eh bulla', 'Endi', 'Saniyane', 'Erumai', 'Naye' (All those words of honor) but stood out first in English exams (as well in Tamil too :)) Good that there was no spoken english or oral tests in Englipish, otherwise I would have been repeating the same class for years by failing in those. I was afraid when my dad put me in the most popular Matric school in town which had the significant number of Englipish speaking students but it was not so and although my coveted tamil words did not come out, Englipish words also did not. Then put my foot forward in College where speaking in Englipish (termed as peter vudrathu) was an offense amongst the student crowd, I did not even try, making that as a reason. There boomed a real problem with respect to Englipish talking when I was out of college. Used to cruise through all the aptitude exams easily but fail in the personal interviews where I would have to rehearse a sentence before putting it forward. And there I was waiting for few months before luck clicked my way to be in a bigger organisation. Everyone thought I was calm and hence I did not talk but I knew what that was. I had to rehearse atleast 10-12 times before I speak to anyone and sometimes I ended up like how a thikku-vai girl would be. Few people could not tolerate and asked me if I belonged to a Tamil medium school when I was shattered to pieces. There was a well wisher for me there who gave me an idea to start a Englipish development team and I came up with flying colors doing that. The same person who asked me if I was from a Tamil medium school came to me the very next year and said he cannot even come closer to my Englipish speaking skills (in a positive way though :)) And now here I am speaking with the nativites of US of the A with an accent (very rarely though) with ease. No hurdles, No rehearsals, No mutterings, No murmurs and here I am writing blogs in English. Wat can I call it? ;)

My recent favourites...

'Kabhi Kabhi Aditi' from Jaane tu Ya Jaane Na - I know it's a favourite song of almost everyone who has heard it recently. Ahem...I too fall in that category. Although the drum beats at the background sounds similar throughout the song, I feel it gels with the song very well and the guitar strings sounds very mild. The song is awesome to listen and in the visual too. When you are down sometimes, just listen to this song and you will feel like 'Everything gonna be okay' as the song says :))

One another song which has stolen many hearts in both ways - the way it's sung and shown in the visual and in the top list of my recent favourites collection is 'Kangal Irandal' from Subramanyapuram - I love it! I could see a face full of expressions in the heroine which couldn't have been done any better than this. Only few songs in the latest movie genre can find a place in your favourites and stay there for many years. This could be one such song :) The singers are new faces (atleast to me) Belly Raj and Deepa Mariam and they have done a great job. Kudos to James Vasanthan for a great music score and a beautiful song.

Watch it here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGH_8gHWnxc&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNZHjGWjKis

Poem...

I was walking near my apt and started with verses for a new poem...It suddenly hit my mind without any reason. I sat and wrote the whole poem as it started flowing continuously from my mind. I wrote it in Tamil and read it after I felt that I have completed it...

But now, I forgot where I kept it after leaving the place. Need to find that small piece of paper which has the tamil inscriptions legibly engraved on it...

Although I remember the verses that I wrote, I want to post it here the way it was actually written - A photocopy of it...But where will I find it? Oh...My poem...Where are you hiding?

:)

Vellai Pookal...

Wat a song! A master piece from ARR...Recently, I heard this song sung by Sathyan in Isai Kudumbam show and it triggered me to listen to its original version. It gives a smooth feeling whenever I listen to this song. The twist of the tone when it begins with Kaatrin Perisaiyil line...I love it! I love the lyrics too...And here it is...

VeLLai PookaL ulagam engum malarhavae
vidiyum Bhoomi amaidhikaaga vidihavae
manmel manjal veluchcham vizhuhavae
malarae sombal muRiththu ezhuhavae
kuzhanthai vizhikattumae
Thaayin katha kathappil
ulagam vidiyattumae
piLLayin sirumugha siRippil (VeLLai)

kaatrin perisaiyil
mazhai paadum paadangalum oru maunam poal inbam tarumooOO
koadi keertanamum kavi koartha vaarthaiygalum thuLi kaNNer poal arththam tharumo (VeLLai)

yengusiru kuzhanthai than kaigal neetidumo
angu thondrayo koLLai nilavae
enghu manidha Inam poar oyinthu sayinthidumo
angu koovadho veLLai kuyilae (VeLLai)