Raavanan and What People said

Okay, so there was a tonne load of hype around Mani Ratnam's so called Magnum Opus Raavanan/Raavan. Much before its release, the hoo haa was about its star cast. Who wouldn't talk when you see India's Most celebrated, doted Miss Universe and her hubby toy and Kollywood's experimental heartthrob all in one frame? Of Course there was more. ARR's Music to Mani's thoughts... Couldnt ask for more,could we?

Anyway getting into the movie... Considering there was so much hype around the fact that the movie wasnt good and that Tamil was better than Hindi. Firstly we shouldnt compare. No point comparing Abhishek a.k.a. 'dad and wifey will beat u up' bachchan and our very own 'sethu - pithamagan- anniyan' Vikram. There just isnt any comparison cos A cant match V in his acting experience or anything at all.

I will speak about the movie in ten points.

1. Right from Title to credits this movie holds you
2. There is nothing Kandasamy like in this movie (though i dont know what that bak bak or dan dan was doing there)
3. Vikram as Veeraiyah , is oozing with character. It isnt just plain acting. The look in his eyes when he dances, the way he enjoys Raagini's presence around him, how he challenges Dev and how he is Veera with a charm is totally cool! Probably that is an understatement too!
4. The scene where Raagini jumps off the cliff and Vikram follows suit to save her .. when Usure Pogudhey starts in the background, Santosh Sivan takes over... Those stunning shots, the brilliant locales... there isnt a word i can say to explain my love for it!
5. Prabhu and Kartick do 100 % justice to their roles. Prabhu lives up to being Shivaji's son. He never seems odd in any role, not as singam annen!!
6. Dev seemed lost, taught and konjam stiff. Something was amiss. even when he finally reaches to Raagini the romance is missing . Damn it, learn it from Veera!!! He didnt even lay a finger on Raagini but I could SO see the love in ' enga kooda irundhudunga...seriya?'
7. The story is well laid. It works around the right path and ends well. Mani Ratnam's screenplay. The less said the better!!
8. Brilliant Music & RR!! I think Rahman waits for such movies and then dives into them and creates something thats nothing short of Magic.
9. The movie isnt slow! Its actually so quick that you dont notice the interval coming or the end.
10. This isnt a dark, inaudible movie ( as many say , mani Ratnam's movies usually are) This film was well lit doing a lot of justice to all the locales, sets and reactions.

A special Point to add is that towards the end there aren't many characters. Post Interval , one by one the characters in the outer ring of the story are slowly removed. In the end you dont see Gnyanam, Singa annen, Hemant... no one. Just the three characters. Raagini., Dev and Veera. Keeps it tight!

Mothama paatha, a lovely movie to watch. Seriously. Now Raavan awaits.

You know what... Each day we all deal with a fair share of nonsense. Like right from the time we wake up(self nonsense), by the time we reach (duh, nonsense galore) and till we hit bed again (rest of the world nonsense) there is oodles and oodles of nonsense all around you and it miraculously works its way into your skin and voila you wanna rip your hair apart, tear papers into shreds, whack people and all of those things. Solution toh there are lots but I present to thee a simple and quantifiable solution! I call it the bottle of nonsense. Its like a dustbin , just that you wont keep clearing it everyday. Instead, you will wait till the day where you wont find things to fill it with.

Basically take a box, bottle or something and keep it with you ( like at your desk or bed side or some place like that). Everytime you encounter some nonsense that irritates you write it in a strip of paper and chuck into the box. Do it for almost every possible that irritates you .. The sticky toilet paper to the extra oil on your nose this evening. Keep doing this for a while. You will (if you are smart enough) soon see that you wouldnt have anything to put into that box. Yep, its a super ideal situation that I am saying you may reach but then you can aim for the stars and atleast get to the roof top ;) anyway... Do this and then one fine day just pull out some of those strips and see... you will laugh at the same thing that drove you up the wall!

I am gonna try... and I already know what tops my list ;) do you?

I am sitting at my desk and the wall behind my monitor is full of things. Tiny , huge, old and things of that sort. When I look at them I feel like a mini jigsaw puzzle. All put together makes a nice picture. Whats on it?

• A magnet with some nice words on it
• A Keychain D made for me
• A Cross that M gifted me
• A reminder
• A Calvin & Hobbes strip
• Another reminder
• A calendar I made for me :)
• A Picture of God
• A mobile - hang - on tigger which me and a few friends won
• A photo of M,S and me when we went to banglore
• Oh and there is a pink hippo and a reindeer sitting on my monitor...

What sense did this make? None! Zilch! Nada!

The day when I shall truly write...

Until then I will just 'casdfnfheeinwe' around i guess. I keep logging into my blog and many others at least 20 times a day and then I decide to write a post. I log in, type and then do a shit that's bad and delete! I still havent been able to write.. I was reading my older blogs and those seem to make sense... There is one in my head right now... I plan to call it The Suicide Note.. Lets see how that turns out.

More for Laters!
Anjana

There was once a time...

When there was a word that could pause the world for minutes together. It would send people reeling in shock and gave the user a power like no other. It was the least uttered word and kids were never taught that in school. It broke friendships, relationships and a lot of hearts.

When I was in school, I never had the guts to use it. When we fought, we used to almost threaten to unleash the word. I grew up, thinking it was the biggest of all words and even grown ups rarely brought it into conversations.

When we grew up and made friends we swore not to bring The Word between us. We believed that was the best thing in our friendship, never having to see the face of The Word.. and then one day, we let it come in between. It came rushing and gushing and did its work in full effect. Ripping, tearing and gashing all masks and things built in the friendship, The Word opened our flesh to the sky and let our wounds bask and writhe in the sun, for the world to see... or not.


Oh, having learn't so many words how could we humans let a 3 lettered Ego come in between us. Just how?

Sudden thinkings - 1

I used to love this thing..... bullet points one after the other.... Bad practices can be abandoned but why the good ones! So, Here goes...

• Lots of things in life are over-rated!
• LOTS
• I am single no more 
• school and probably college were the best places to be in
• Apparently i can cook without burning up things or making people throw up
• There is so much i want to say but i cant, wont rather
• I keep thinking about a girl from school so often that she might just be feeling stalked
• There is this thing called friendship and its a very very thin red line to tread upon
• I have about 20 subjects to clear in order to have an MBA in hand
• and that's going to take time!
• Wish there was an easier way to make more money
• D is the bestest human being in the world
• and i pity him cos he has me :)
• Another long break is something i want
• and now i shall go think of a way of writing down what i EXACTLY feel! 

Taa!

The Change from S to M!!

If you were thinking sizes, then yes that too! I was talking about shifting from Single to Married! It didn't hit me. not once in the 28 odd days of being married but the other day I was at Lifestyle's 'BREAKABLES' section and was trying hard not to send things crashing down when two boys (mind u they were about 12 years old) were playing 'push-push' on a nearby bean bag! Me in all concern of not knocking things off the rack told them "hello, you are in the breakable's section,be careful!" and one of those nasty brats quips "ok aunty" AUNTY?? I mean hello? UGH! Watte pain!

Made me realize that I need to get used to the likes of 'chitti', 'athai' and what not..... Now you what all love makes you do!! :)