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Saturday, 26 March 2011

An end of an era ...Is it really ?

Hi all ,
All of us have been deeply immersed in Cricket world cup , and its proving interesting day by day , as the knock-outs promise a must watch game .. The league stage was just a formality for the teams , no surprises in the teams qualified from both the pools.. All the expected teams , reached the knock out stage pretty unscathed. The minnows , made some matches go down to the wire , but couldn capitalize much , as none of them made their entry in the knock-out phase of the mega-event.
Last week , it was a treat for Indian fans, it was a must-win game for both the teams, Indians facing a tough situation , in quarter finals itself, while people expected it to be the semi-final or final , as they are the top teams in the world..
The match was jus awesome , no words could explain the feel it gave, in the end the better team won , and it happened to be India.. A pretty cold revenge , to the defeat we suffered almost the same date in 2003. March 23,2003 no cricket fan , will forget , how Ponting thrashed our bowlers at the Wanderers, South Africa..Its one of the few innings in a century, where sixes where more than the boundaries.Indians in reply never looked in chase that time,and it looked almost like a one-sided game , except for some resistance provided by Sehwag..
India are ranked no1 team in Tests and 2nd in ODI , Aussies are ODI no 1 team from a long time. Indian team is looking good in paper, but not that much good in the field. With the team we have, Dhoni manages it well , and fortunately for him some of the weird'est strategy works out. India ranks no1 in tests, but does it command the fear what Aussies did ? If we are quite honest, we are sure to tell that not that much , even now in ODI we are ranking two, jus two matches away from taking the cup , we thrashed Aussies, the king of Cricket worldcup, but still we dont command the game that much as the Aussies did.
Aussies, known for playing the game hard, have a very strong attitude towards the game, and alwas have played with a enormous amount of passion towards the game, and they have that never-say-lose attitude, thats what kept them in the command, now Aussie team ,is no longer the team it was, due to people retiring from all formats of the game, and youngsters who are now in the team,couldn perform to the range of the seniors..
But even now , we cant rule out the Aussie team , they are alwas known to play the game hard, bend the rulebook to the maximum extent possible , all they want is to win the game,and they will come back hard once again. In short, they are not like the Carribeans.


Its said that All good things must end, the Aussies feel the same now.Australia 's record of unbeaten run in the worlcup , is a unparalleled record, in any game ,not alone in cricket.The journey began on May 27, 1999.
From then until the March, 19, 2011, the Australian cricket team won 34 consecutive World Cup games which included the last three Finals against Pakistan (1999), India (2003) and Sri Lanka (2007). By coincidence or fate , the unbeaten run of Aussies was ended by Pakistan , and they were sent out of the tournament by Indians.But what people generally say, History repeats itself again ,doesn count in cricket , my CPU which has some registers with some evergreen matches stored in it , tells me that logically once the first ball of the match is bowled, past records doesn count , and when players go to the middle crossing the boundaries, none of the records nor statistics matter, and its always who plays the game well that day, who has the nerves to handle whatever the game offers, is the only one that counts.. Thats what,Indians would have thought when Ashwin bowled the first over agains Aussies this time,and in the end,they came out better than the counterparts. Often people who dont follow the game,tell me that Cricket is no way a mind game, but to the contrary, its the only game which offers scope for everything ,the format of the game itself ,allows more people to taunt the other players,as not all the players of both the teams ,are at the pitch in the same time,and it does provide , enough scope for commercial activities too,by providing breaks between overs,wickets,and innigs break,unlike most of the games , which provides only half time break's. Its more than jus a physical activity game , it involves a lot of mental pressure,and ofcourse in the subcontinent , its more than game,where players are worshiped as Gods,and players are alwas idols to the citizens of the country.

Cricket is known as the gentleman's game, but on the contrary, the Aussies , who were the kings till last week , no-way looked at it in the same way. People like Gilchrist , were there in the team too , may be in my opinion , is pretty a decent player, who plays to his conscience , but still on the whole , the team is considered to be the team which just wants to win the game,and never mind the things which they do in the field. So you cant never write off the Aussie team , in any match , even if they have the weakest team , they will bounce back . Indians are considered to be talented players,the way they have their technique is different from the way Aussies have Indians are alwas considered to be gifted talented players,considering our people's craze for the game, and since the game is played in almost all streets of our country,we have a abundant talent for the game,and the gifted ones will alwas find a place in the squad when the right time comes, on the contrary, Aussies train hard , they are not considered gifted , they are considered as hard workers, they work hard and play the game hard. People like Gilchrist ,may play the game at ease,as he may be considered as gifted, but people with class ,are the ones to watch out for, for them form is just a matter of a good game, clearly Pontings century in this quarterfinal clash must have conveyed it , form is temporary,but class is permanent, is the saying which tells it all,and class not just comes to everyone out there,but for the ones who work hard and deserve it. The Aussies do that, and they alwas are known to play hard,and they will definitely come back , and the clash of the titans, will alwas be interesting as it is , India Australia match is definitely not the match for the fake-hearted and it will continue to enthrall the people alwas..
All I hope now is , India regains the cup , and commands the world of cricket , not just through BCCI , but through their trophy shelf too..

Bye till nex,

Friday, 11 March 2011

A topic to post on.....

Hi all,
Its only 12 days since my last post, but it feels like its been a long time for me..I was quite actively blogging for sometime back, but again time has done its trick , I lose track of time , and hence there is a delay...I have enough in my plate already, a lot of things lined up for me in my cubicle, to read,to understand, to analyse , to develop etc etc.. Each and everyone of us always have enough to cope up with at all stages of life,there is no point where u feel u have done enough , and can relax , cos Life is a Race,and you have to be runnin alwas,its better to run ,than to stay still,no matter what our position in the race..
But inspite of all our hectic schedules, it will be nice to do something which u love, don tell me Facebook'ing , I don know why people are addicted to it that much ,even I , I don know y, people including myself, prefer to comment photos ,post statuses regularly,daily or even hourly..But its good in one way that , u atleas have somethin to do which u like and enjoy doin .. Kudos to mark zuckerberg !!
But all I have to say here is , do somethin which you love doing at,make it a part of your schedule , at whatever frequency possible ..
You may feel , why all of a sudden i tell psychological stuffs,thats what loneliness can give a man , I felt so bored to the core ,after coming back from office,staring at the walls..We are four people now in our house,bt still we all have different timings of work and hence only during weekends we see each other wel or chat well to pass time..I being , the one who starts early to office, will come back soon to home , while these guys , starting late to office,will return back late, so to kill my boredom , i started bloggin ,and now its more like a habit to me. Many of my frens have asked me , how do i get time to blog,when I have a countless no of activities lined up,which even I wondered..Now i realize the answer,what started as jus a way to kill time,is now making my mind look good,to enjoy bloggin , to enjoy doing somethin , than to jus stare at the walls,which is a genric term , either FB wall, or my room's walls..
So to kill time, or rather in a better way to pass time ,whenever i get bored to do something I decided to blog,no matter what the topic is , what the connection it has with the previous posts..Usually blogs ,will have some theme ,under which they wil have all posts relevant to some theme, but from now on,or rather when I created,I decided my blog will never have connection between one post or the other, and I post down whatever I like , whatever i feel will be ther in my blog..Hope it has answered the question which u all asked me :)

So u guys can alwas tell me a topic to post on ,which if possible I will surely post it down,not jus for d sake u asked , but for the sake of my mind..
And remember Idle brain is devil's workshop , and hence keep thinking ,and keep reading my blog :) he he :)

Regards,

Sunday, 27 February 2011

Whats there in a name

Hi folks,

“tell me about yourself” is the universal standard ques for interview, for tat alwas the reply begins as ‘I am -----------……’ , you alwas tel ur name first,I don know y , cos its alwas there in ur resume !! Probably, long time back , someone took some other guy’s resume n went to the interview !! I remember my own interview still very well, formal shirt, formal pant, shoes , files, everything I borrowed and went !!

Coming back to the topic, name of a person will surely definitely determine one’s fate !! I don believe in numerology nor astrology..But still I believe name wil definitely have a impact.. Name is not jus for persons, it’s also for shops , companies, in fact everything …

For school student, it ll alwas be good , if our nex/prev roll nos  are our frens,so tat it ll be easier in exams :)For a collg student, it ll alwas be better, if our nex/prev roll nos are good looking, yo kno y ..Pity me ,that too didn happen for me :(

And most important of all,attendance roll call, it ll be worse if u have ur name at the start , u ll alwas be called all of a sudden,If u r in between a talk or sleeping in class ,  u r in trouble..Also , there is high probability tat u r in first desk durin exams,leadin to complications there too…If ur name is last, u have to wait till all names are called out, and if ur name is in between , u have to be alert from the name 1 till urs..And some fancy nos are often called out by staffs regularly,to ask questions in between the sessions..This is all about name of persons,  the main thing which amused me was a couple of weeks , I went  to my native Tirunelveli..As the song from the movie , Saamy , says , tiunelveli is famous for halwa and rowdyism, in fact it’s almost similar to Rayalseema in Andhra..I was supposed to get down in a place called Vannarpettai, a small town before the new bus-stand,from there it wil be easier for me to go to our village..So I asked the conductor to wake me up once the bus reaches there,as it will be very early in the morning..And the conductor forgot,and hence I got down in the new bus-stand,where I have hardly gone..It was 4am in the morning,and it was full of people new to the city, and almost all shop’s were open ,by tat time itself !!
I was waiting for my bus to go to my place,and I found a interesting  thing there,when I was jus looking at the stalls there..All of the shops had the same name , “Santhi Sweets” , I was shocked to see that. Some had captions even,”this is the original Santhi Sweets shop”. I went to Tirunelveli , after my final semester exams during May,that time I still remember getting Halwa from Santhi sweets , which was near  the old bus-stand, way far from here.So I thought probably they moved out from there,and put up here instead..But was still wondering why the other shops had the same name, I knew this shop I talk about is very famous ,and they had only one outlet that time , in fact only one outlet from a long time back , may be even for ten years..Then I thought these shops must be fake, then I thought this will definitely affect the reputation of the original shop, and was looking at the boards once again,then I noticed , there was a small difference in the names of the shops, all had some letters extra,like Shanti sweets,Shanthi sweets,Sri Santhi sweets,etc etc,u can calculate the possible combinations using ur math..All had variations even in caption,so its definitely not the same name ,in all shops.
Then I took the bus to home,and when I was returning, I had to take train from tirunelveli, railway station is just opposite the old bus-stand. That time I had to take Halwa from Santhi sweets too,then I went to the original shop,and was shocked to see a board , that read , “ We have no outlets in new bus-stand, or anywhere “ .. Then to the biggest surprise,exactly 2 shops from the original shops,both sides fake Santhi sweets too exists,in the same line !! Pics attached ..


The above two are pics of the original Santhi sweets, the second board reads that they don have a brach near new bus-stand nor anywhere.
Then I thought,this  shop is famous,but definitely not to the level of Iruttu Kadai, the most famous shop in Tirunelveli for Halwa.For all you people,not aware of the naming reason , this shop is near the famous Nellaippar temple, couple of kilometers away from the old bus-stand, is jus a small dungeon kinda thing, and it has a small lantern,and no other lightings,and will be open only by 6pm in the evening,and will be closed in a hour or two,by that time,their that da’s productions would have been sold like hot-cakes..And the highlight of the shop is,it doesn have a name board even,people call it Irruttu kadai (Dark shop) cos of the lighting there. 

The above pic, shows the shops having same name nearby,see the boards of the shops in both corners ,


The fake Iruttu kadai above, and the original one below.



So why not Irruttu kadai fake shops are there in bus-stands , then I saw one shop in that name too,and was surprised,jus one !! Then I asked some locals there,they told me,that this shop guy,whoever is the owner of the fake shop,has registered the name ,and hence he has got the patent for it ,and has put case that the original shop guy has to remove the name,and the original shop owner's response, he doesn't even have a board !! And why not variations like Santhi sweets,cos many people know ,the naming reason,so the timing of the shop,and hence couldn afford to open the shop that time alone..Pic of the fake shop and original shop too attached..
So nex time somebody is going there,be careful in what yo buy,and I can assure you that,whatever yo get  in trains by different vendors,and in buses ,its definitely not the original one  !! Look out for the fake ones !!!

Be aware or better BEWARE !!!

 Bye til nex,


Sunday, 20 February 2011

Beware of Midnight Dogs...

Hi all, 
I had one idea in my mind,that blogs are meant to be fun,and thats wat I expect from reading blogs.. So i decided only good things should be in my blog, but after seein this movie, I had no other medium to vent out my anger..This is purely my point of view, and u may hav a entirely different look for the movie. Gautam Menon,whose movies are known for very good songs,and camera work , has tried a new idea for this,thats the only thing positive in the movie.. The story is about a psycho guy, its only about that. The movie says its based on a real life story, and I don know what was the original incidents,and whether those incidents in the movies are what happened really..NN , comes out of the banner of Photon Kathas, Gautam Menon's own production house ,and RS Infotainment , which produced VTV, Gautam Menon's previous flick.

The movie has no songs, no background sounds , which is a rare thing in Tamil Cinema, thats a brave attempt by Gautam Menon, kudos to him !! But from my perspective,he should have done that for some other decent subject,other than this.



Probably, his idea was to convey the real life incidents ,in real manner..
The camera work is done by Manoj Paramahamsa, of Earam and VTV fame. His work is really good in this movie again, his lighting has definitely improved from Earam, which was a Ghost movie,and this movie , which is a combination of all mental disorders as far as I know.
Kudos to his work,he has created the effect among the audience through his camera work, with no background sounds, thats really a terrific achievement, the climax part, he stands out clearly, he should hav definitely put in a lot of effort to convey the character's essence.
This is one of the very best camera efforts , among the movies, which I have seen. I have no idea about the camera work though, still if I can tell the amount of work involved,definitely people who are into photography and related stuffs will definitely appreciate hos work..

Then comes editing , Antony ,who is again the regular editor for his flicks from Kakka Kakka to this one, has done his best to create the thrill effect, which traditionally other movies induce by the sound effects. His cuts has been good, particularly during the climax , and scenes during the initial flashback. The psycho character's essence is made clear to the audience only thru his editing for sure.

Art direction again by Rajeevan, again a part of Gautam Menon's films from the past, has put his best in this too.
 I guess as far as the critics go,this movie , is a great attempt , with the technicalities , and the story bein conveyed , the final message watever he intended to tel is told .
But from my perspective , who is jus another boy in this world, this movie , fails to arouse the thrill which the the movie said in its trailers, the story is too predictable , after the initial 15 mins, it took 1 hour to convey,how a psycho killer will feel , which I felt worse. Climax part is good, but on the whole my take on the movie is , why make such a movie,which is good only for the critics.

This movie , is definitely not for family audiences, and its promotion said it will be of genre of Sivappu Rojakkal, a BharathiRaja movie. I guess it didn fit exactly , the thrill part is missing, its only scary due to the vulgarity shown , there is alwas a difference between thriller and a scary picture,  the former is lacking in this movie. The movie displays too much of vulgar content, which they have tried their level best , to reduce, but it cant be reduced more than this, as the plot itself is like that :(

And for the name , as Nadunisi Naigal , dogs come in the climax , as to thrill the audience in the climax scenes, but I feel it should have been much before, all we felt in the theater during that time was, when wil the climax end, so that we go out to see the result or highlights of the worldcup match..


My final take on this movie, a creditable achievement by Gautam Menon and team , but its worthy too watch Payanam or Yutham Sei or the world cup even, u can atleas save ur bucks for a better flick nex time !!
For all you people fans , of  breezy romantic scenes of Gautam Menon , this is definitely not a movie for you folks ! For all people fans of movies, who love to see different kinda movie,this may be the one for you,no assurances ...
And for all VTV die hard fans, a small scene from this movie Nadunisi Naigal,comes in VTV !! Find it out !!

Bye till nex,