Modi,Media and Mortality.......

A true terminator in so many kinds is here today to say "I am Back". Pun intended. Atleast disproved the theory that the media catering only to the english understanding, bollywood watching people are the biggest watchdog of Indian Democracy. They, like politicians are just dogs with a different fleas. After all Mortality is for everyone to deal with.

Jus a small long post....

PASSION is a kind of double edged Knife. It leads to prejudices of both what you believe and what you don't. prejudicative belief or non belief isn't anyting uncanny at all. All are just as myopic as it can be. There is no degree to passion. Eihter you are or you ain't. Simple. And there is no wrong in not being passionate about something or anything at all. Life is a boon. So much so to enjoy in one life , that being lithy helps to derive more out of it. Deviousness is not daring all the times. All that takes is to desist trying to be intelligent everytime. No , you can't and why try so?. Well this is no philosophical rant. Philosophical, though debatable ain't rant for sure. I bet you relate to them. It all starts with every hyped up release. This time it was billa. If you had the faintest idea as to what to expect from the movie you are still welcome. Having to know what we might get out of a movie needs just a little intelligence. But getting in to see billa expecting a kurosowa or for that matter any of legend to unfold is being so preposterous. They are not the benchmarks and as a matter of fact there is no such benchamrk for the art of filmmaking. It is so much so personal and different as every individual on this earth. Accept that it as your mistake as to have unmatched expectations. And being the human you are no wonder that you chose to blame some one else. Here in you easily blame the film and the maker. These are the pundits who as much accept or discard any movie without a premise of their own. For them movies like Kallori and Evano Oruvan are good movies and billa, Sivaji kind of movies are damp squibs. What they fail to ever understand is any movie is only as good as it reaches peoples heart. Just a simple thing they fail to assimilate and keep cribbing that billas and Sivajis are detriment to cinema. It is something different to analyse a movie and wigh its pros and cons. It is stupidity and utter nonsense fromt hese half baked prejudictive peopel which are real detriment to cinema than the one who are ready to assimilate all kind of movies and digest their own kinds. More to come.......

Why IR is GOD....

Almost a decade now. Thats approximately 500 intoxicated weekends. 500 blissful weekends of IR's music and you still yearn. Music is God. Music is IR.

Kallori

"Saamurai" was a remarkable movie. It stood testimony to the directorial abilities of Balaji Sakthivel. The movie, part of the vigilante band movie of that time and the one that was quite sensible too, wasn't something unexpected of a shankar's protege. In Kaadhal, a genuine attempt to capture a real rural love, balaji found a new love towards realism. Also looks he has fallen in to a trap. Or rather S films has trapped him in to make such formulaic movies. You can draw parallel to each and every frame of his latest venture Kalloori with that of Kaadhal. A citation could be the characterization of ramesh (the guy with the native slang and the witty onliners) is just another sort of the mechanic kid from kaadhal. But comparisons apart, the director has genuinely yet again ventured to capture life from yet another rural milieu. CAPTURE , is the keyword. Its almost like a candid camera stuff with each characters being as natural as possible. But what is the point in just capturing. Its like seeing on screen what you knew. Everyone knows there is a muthu, ramesh,kayal in every arts college and not necessary together as friends as much like in the movie. Movies, definitely ought ot be reflectionsof realitties. But no viewer goes yet again to see what he sees in real on screen to. What he ponders is if the movie helps him read between those realities and find some entertainment or enlightenment amidst such happenings. And thats the role of a story in a movie. And balaji fumbles big time in not having a solid story. Like my friend rightly commented "it's like seeing kana kaanum kaalangal on a big screen". Cut. To give a snapshot of the story. A group of friends after schooling, also have opportunity to share friendship by opting fr the same course at the local arts college. Also , a city bred girl out of circumstantial constraints is fored to take up the course. The girl though initialy feeling lost, slowly gels with the gang of friends and becomes very much a part of them. There in it is all about the small happiness, small fights, small tragedies that happen for them and among them. And the natural process of friendship turning to affection and wanting to turn to love. However there is a vigil in the form of one of the ever ethical , ever being politicaly correct friend. And henceforth the trauma of wanting to be in love, but being unable on counts of, whatelse again reality. Cut. So the story is definitely the one of beaten to death kind. Though balaji breaks the all cult exaggerated notions of student gimmicks, lousy professor kindof colleges shown in cinema for ages still creates his own cult of exaggeration. Like the duo character, which do evoke laughter but aint anything real. So balaji do falters in being consistently real. And there is no necessity to be consistently real at all. Also the college culturals are just like those mansion scenes (the ramp show) from kaadhal, trying to show them as real as possible only to get the audince wrath, for by then the CAPTURING concept goes a bit overboard. By this time there is so much realism, that you are wanting for some cinema ism in the movie. And comes bang the bastardly contrived climax. That makes u forget the feat (to take real people and picture them in reality) that the director managed to pull about the whole movie and hate him. Balaji saktivel, still does not convince us of having given a near perfect picture as much he has convinced us of his directorial abilites. But is that too much an ask.

PS:But, if there is one reason u need to watch this movie then it is tamanna. She is fantabulous, fitting the character to tee.Given the fact she is the most expereinced of the cast, plays true to her character and emotes excellently. It was a kind of revelation to watch her in some scenes. Say the one at bus stop, stopping to pick up muthu and yet not trying to pick him up. Undoubtedly shes quite fabulous too.

What the hell does one do.......

Despairing is a jinx. Devout allegiance to heartfelt needs, not desires isn’t easy at all. Donning to deliver and ditch is detrimental, as one disdains self. What the hell does one do, but dwell and deal perdition.