RIP

May this blog Rest In Peace :(. Is this the ed of all in a day's work? hmmmm...........

Thambi

If you want to make the people silent, you should say it louder. Then only they listen to you. Same way, if you want to stop people from involving in violence, then you should say it in violent manner. This is what Seeman (director) wants to communicate through this movie and through very good acting Madhavan (hero) helped him to achieve it. Story is the backbone of the movie. Music and Madhavan supported it very well. Two or three places direction is really good. In one scene where college students show their interest in joining with Madhavan 's team, for which Madhavan say them that 'go... go... and perform your duty... study well... if possible become police and save law and order... or else become collector and ...' or else if these things are not possible at least be a good human being and don't make others suffer...' Wah.. the way Madhavan delivers this dialogue is absolutely great... A big applause for Madhavan and Seeman.. Apart from this, in many places screenplay is moving very slowly. Vadivel is in the movie. Unfortunately his comedy didn't work out. People who like Pooja shouldn't miss this movie. I have couple of reasons to say this. One is that, Pooja is looking really good and acted well. And the second and the most important reason is that, she is not having much movies in hand (may be no movie at all), so this might be your last chance to watch her. So don't miss her. Different story line up, few good songs, good acting,... do you need any other reason to watch this movie??????? But wait, this is not a thorough entertainer. Because of the poor screenplay you might feel bored. So suppose you go to this movie, remember to carry your family/friends, because those are the ones who always stands beside you while you are in distress.

The story of a guy (Chris Evans as Ryan) who broke up with his girl friend allegedly accused of failing to act his age and on charges of being so self centered, childish, immature behavior, careless, blah blah blah and who suddenly turns out to be the man of the moment in a whole new ballgame of saving the life of an unknown person and her family from the hands of a few dirty cops. This shows how a man can convert his true self into actions with just-in-time bravery with an empathetic mind committed to risk even his own life to save the lives of unknown faces. Jason Statham, a horse of a different color, performed the starring role of a dirty cop. Jason Statham abducts Jessica Martin, her kid, and her husband. She had no clues why they are being abducted. This covert abduction of Martin's family is to snatch a video tape containing Jason's heinous activities as a dirty cop. She was then locked up inside an unknown house. She has nothing more than a shattered telephone and somehow manages to build a working phone from the scrap. This is how she seeks the help of Chris Evans (Ryan) through a random wrong number and the rest of the story is all about the do-or-die battle of Chris Evans with Jason Statham to secure the lives of the Martins. Chris Morgan, the screenplay writer should be the man behind the success of this one line story. With all this thrill and suspense, one thing I like with this movie is the way the story's foundation was laid by introducing Chris Evans as a guy who's alleged of being self-centered by his girl friend and who later turned out to be the other way around :). Good movie. A suspense thriller worth enjoying.

The Sang(u) Parivar Sacristans

When love spreads all around and when millions rush to catch up with their soul mate, there were a few bigots who bullied them for showing and sharing their love. The so called saviors of the Hindu culture: the Baj(ji) Rang Da(a)l and its allies did pose threat to V-day celebrations in the name of saving Indian culture. It sounds so cynical. This is why in recent times Hinduism is often associated with a band of few hardliners who claim that they are the watchdogs of Hinduism and Indian culture. The bottom line field workers of these watchdog organizations are used to stooge for their NETAs who paint saffron to all their obscure outdated thoughts and practices, which they want others too to imbibe. Commercialization, westernization, against Indian culture, blah blah blah… These are few buzzword barricades they use to bully people from moving ahead with radical practices. Commercialization—let it be. If Diwali can make the garment industry’s corpus to swell, why not V-day make Archies’ treasury to swell? Why isn’t there any cry when there’s a huge hype over celebrating Akshaya Thrithiyai? Is it not an exploitation of people’s superstitious beliefs through focused marketing campaign that tempts people to buy gold on that day to bring their share of fortune home? Why not these watchdog peek into such irrational practices and guide the Hindu mass to its well being? Well, it’s to the merit of any civilization and culture to be more agile and tolerant with changing times. To their dismay, things are happening the other way. Keep in mind that anything new in this world will first be ignored. Then will be laughed at. Then will be fought with. But, victory is yours if you stay committed to what you believe. So, guys… love all and love sensibly; not only on V-day, but forever. Shucks! So much love at hand but no Visa to Venus... :( Mahen

Brooks India 2nd year anniversary

We celebrated the second year anniversary yesterday. Juts a photo post to take you through the event.

Had

Yet another classic comedy by Jim Carrey. Fun with Dick and Jane—fun time. It's a story of a couple (Jim Carrey and Tea Leoni) struggling to come out of their blues after Jim Carrey was ditched by his employer Jack in an Enron-like calamity. Jim Carrey gets promoted as the VP of his company and then comes the bolt from the blue when he learns that he's going to have his tough time ahead without a job, bank balance, pension fund, and so on. The story gains momentum with a few glib-commedy acts of robbery by the Harpers (Dick and Jane) and the comedy was well woven and interspersed in between while at the same time clinging to the bottom line of the story which portrays the hard times of a jobless couple striving hard to live up to their dreams. Going forward in their steal-to-live life, Jim Carrey and Tea Leoni manage to get Jack, the CEO of Globodyne, transfer 400 million dollars to Globodyne's employees' pension fund thereby putting an end to the suffering of Globodyne's employees. In a nutshell, Fun with Dick and Jane—yet another laughter therapy by Jim Carrey.

Of Hutus and Tutsis

One word can tell you what Hotel Rwanda is all about, Genocide. One line can tell you what Hotel Rwanda is all about, When the whole world closed its eyes, one man opened his arms!!! A perfect portrayal of the audaciousness and benevolent-cunningness of a Hutu moderate to save the lives of his kiths and kins, neighbours, and refugees from a brutal massacre by an organized Hutu militia. Aw shucks! It again reminds humanity that man is good; but, men are bad! Terry George is for sure a master of his craft for a splendid reproduction of a real incident—genocide; not to mention the acting of Don Cheadle—a masterpiece. If Don plays the Hero, the story plays the heroine. Yep! This film would have been a flop if George had let the story fizzle out in an attempt to over emphasize the commercial aspects like adding special effects or high-tech fight sequences. It's a job well done by Terry George and his team and he was successful in creating a lasting impression on the audience about the cruelty and bitterness of racist-hatredness and genocides. A few questions belch out from my mind when I see the indifference of the so called super powers at a time when a hostile faction ransacks, rapes, and kills tens and thousands of innocent people of a particular ethnic group. When the whole world slanted towards the Indian minorities for what happened at Gujarat, why did they hand over their shit to the Rwandan Tutsis—a minority ethnic group? It's not a perfect world...If it is, it's not a world!!! Is it possible to live in an idealistic and perfect world? Is it possible to live in an all-equal mutually-respecting world? Are all humans equal? Of course, the ideal answer should be yes. But, is that answer enforceable and is that equality prevalent in practical world? Why then did communism fail? Are people not willing to be equals? Or are people not equals at all? Why such genocides and holocaust? Why such hatred? It again boils out to the same list of answers; social imbalance; the gap between the haves and have-nots; suppression; oppression; discrimination; sadist-racism; blah blah blah... All said and done, one word I can wish for such genocides—never again!!! "Never, never and never again shall it be that this beautiful land will again experience the oppression of one by another."—Nelson Mandela