well...i usuallydont watch biblicalmovies because the charecters are new and the subject is new to understand
but i decided to watch "the last temptation of christ" mainly because its a scorcese movie.the movie considers jesus christ as human and just makes us feel for the "human" jesus who undergone the pain for us...to reedeem us.when we see jesus as a human...we feel his pain.
now...at the climax...when jesus is crucified...suddenly a red coloured light appears and the screen is completely with white colour ...some other colours..remember ..exactly after the jesus christ closes his eyes on the cross
i assumed scorcese made that colours ...as he is known for this type of climaxes...u cant decipher exactly what he tells in the climax
but when i read the trivia portion of the movie in imdb...it says
"According to director Martin Scorsese, the last shot was *not* intentional. The camera used to film this scene was faulty and light leaked in onto the the film, causing a white-out at the exact point in the scene at which Jesus expires, and this was not discovered until the film was processed. Serendipity or divine intervention, take your pick. "
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095497/trivia
what do u call....serendipity or dinine intervention
i wouldnt call it serendipity for sure
infact i have myself experienced some divine force...i shall explain it in some other post.
Tuesday, August 14, 2007
Saturday, July 28, 2007
ennamo poda
when i was younger, say 9 or 10 years old,i used to assume things...
such as
1.back then radio was the main source for listening to songs...mainly all india radio.
they used to announce " ippoludhu paadikondirupavargal s.p.balasubramaniamum chithravum"( இப்பொழுது பாடிகொண்டிருப்பவர்கள் எச்.பி.பாலசுப்ரமணியமும் சித்ராவும்)...i used to wonder how they sing these many songs sitting in that radio station lively .. without any mistake....that too daily morning..HEHE
2.in subjects theyve taught that taj mahal lies in the bank of yamuna.but in picture of taj there is just a small water body in rectagular shape...i thought thats yamuna river and shahjehan saw taj using that when he was imprisoned...hehe...mouna ragan song paatha apuramthan therinjudhu...yamuna taj mahaluku pinnaadi odudhunnu...idha munnaadiye evanavadhu solliruka koodadha
epdida unnala mattu ipidi yosikka mudiyudhu...ennamo poda
Monday, July 16, 2007
"uplift"ment
during these beauty contests all these "olaga alagigal" say that they would work for the "upliftment" of the soceity.Ive always thought about this...did they work for the upliftment...mmmmm
yeah guys...think abt it....they really work for our "uplift"ment..
inna naina...puriyudha :)
yeah guys...think abt it....they really work for our "uplift"ment..
inna naina...puriyudha :)
Sunday, July 8, 2007
Friday, July 6, 2007
Vintage Sachin and his unbeatable record
Well...first of all I shall make you clear abt my "sachin fanaticism".I used to switch off the television when sachin was given out.A cover drive by sachin for a single is more effective for me than a boundary hit by another batsman.I remember those good old days where I'd cut sachin's images from whichever source ...let it be magazine or newspaper as a regular deed.
Why should i talk about the vintage sachin now...actually whats this vintage sachin for a fan like me.the 93 he got against south africa is the answer folks.its not about runs....its the way he got it.the shots and the bowlers against whom he got it.My favourite shot of sachin is his hook shot against fast bowlers.He hooked a top quality bowler like ntini with such ease whenever he got the oppurtunity.The pitch is really supporting the bowlers.the ball moved off the pitch greatly.But sachin really played like a "master batsman.He reached his 15000 in this match.I really dreamed abt sachin reaching this feat in the world cup which is a bigger stage and many could acknowledge it.But this great achievement was showcased before a meagre crowd in ireland.
Tony greig has commented that sachin is not the best one-day batsman and his achievement must be put into perspective.He said that bevan is a better oneday player than sachin.Now if my memory serves right...this same tony greig while commentating the famous sharjah match against australia where sachin ravaged australian bowling said "this little man is the nearest thing to b bradman that has ever been".that single day of commentary by tony greig made him my most favourite commentator.especially his words.."what a player...whaaaaaat a player".
well records are meant to be broken.but the influence he had on indian cricket....think about an indian team without sachin in 90's...we would have hit the rockbottom like zimbabwe.complete idiots like manjeraker,jadeja,azharudhin occupied the slots.its sachin who made us proud.let it be 96 world cup...he is the top scorer of all players...or 2003 world cup...he is the top scorer and achieved the man of the series award.
There may be a player who would surpass the records of sachin in future.but the impact sachin created among the indian crowds and the hope that indian crowd pinned on sachin tendulkar couldnt be surpassed by anyone.thats his unbeatable record.
HAIL SACHIN
Thursday, February 22, 2007
TOP 10 CLIMAXES
this is cinema climax!For anyother climax doubts contact "salem sivaraj sithavaithiyar"
Coming to the point...Im not salem si....adada....Im not a critic like our dhadi madhan to say "இந்த விஷயத்த நான் நோட் பண்ணேன்(periya scientific discovery).இத இந்த மாதிரி செந்ஜிருகலாம்.ஆனா அந்த மாதிரி செந்ஜுடாங்க" etc just what i like is listed!
மேற்கொண்டு மொக்கய போடாம list-s பாப்போம்.
1.The Bicycle Thief:
Best climax I have ever watched.Not just for its unexpected end...something more than that!But for this climax this film would had been another normal movie for me(note pannunga..."for me").After watching the climax surely it will make u think "whom the title actually refers to?"
note:As its an Italian movie I downloaded this movie expecting subtitles .but the downloaded version is completely italian without subtitles(நமக்கு இங்லீஷ் படத்துக்கே subtitle தேவை).So I Downloaded subtitles separately in a notepad and then and there looked at it(என்னமோ EXAM-கு படிக்குறா மாதிரி).Fortunately the movie is just abt searching...so not many dialogues
2.Pushpak(pesum padam):
The film ends with no traces of what had happened through out the movie.Everything happened just washes away like a dream.The film ends where it starts.One of the best dark humour Ive watched(நான் என்னமோ நூறு படம் பாத்த மாதிரி).
3.Saw:
I am challenged to find the villain before watching the movie.So I suspected everybody in the movie(including a innocent little girl.....ஒருவேள அதீத சக்தி உள்ள குழந்தையோன்னு ...ஹிஹி)...except the culprit.Stunned by the climax.
4.King of comedy:
A scorcese - De niro combo.A dark humour with a different climax.We laugh at deniro through out the movie by seeing his difficulties.In last scene he explains his terrible life in a comic way to become a "king of comedy"...!
5.Life is Beautiful:
Watch it
6.Moondram pirai:
Kamals acting and music are top notch.But if u look while sridevi is there in the station...its jam packed with so many noises.when the train is gone kamal would be be shown all alone in that big station walking to a chair with noone around just to depict the loneliness after her departure.wonderful climax.
7.One flew over the cuckoos nest:
Jack nicholson is just awesome.climax...one of the best.
8.Kudaikul mazhai:
If I had watched this movie in theatre..I would have came home in interval(சில படம்லாம் கால்மணி நேரத்துல வெளிய வந்திருக்கேன்).TV la paathanala kantinue pannen...unexpected logical climax!Nice one.
9.Kireedam:
The photograph of a person who is to become a police inspector is used in the accused list of the police station in climax.Mohal lal is mind blowing.
10.shawshank redemption:
An unexpected pleasent climax...the movie is all abt hope..and ends with the final word hope
fight club,the usual suspects,devar mahan,taxi driver,keladi kanmani,kurudhipunal,Elipathayam,sethu,johnny,the whale rider are some other movies that had good climaxes
Coming to the point...Im not salem si....adada....Im not a critic like our dhadi madhan to say "இந்த விஷயத்த நான் நோட் பண்ணேன்(periya scientific discovery).இத இந்த மாதிரி செந்ஜிருகலாம்.ஆனா அந்த மாதிரி செந்ஜுடாங்க" etc just what i like is listed!
மேற்கொண்டு மொக்கய போடாம list-s பாப்போம்.
1.The Bicycle Thief:
Best climax I have ever watched.Not just for its unexpected end...something more than that!But for this climax this film would had been another normal movie for me(note pannunga..."for me").After watching the climax surely it will make u think "whom the title actually refers to?"
note:As its an Italian movie I downloaded this movie expecting subtitles .but the downloaded version is completely italian without subtitles(நமக்கு இங்லீஷ் படத்துக்கே subtitle தேவை).So I Downloaded subtitles separately in a notepad and then and there looked at it(என்னமோ EXAM-கு படிக்குறா மாதிரி).Fortunately the movie is just abt searching...so not many dialogues
2.Pushpak(pesum padam):
The film ends with no traces of what had happened through out the movie.Everything happened just washes away like a dream.The film ends where it starts.One of the best dark humour Ive watched(நான் என்னமோ நூறு படம் பாத்த மாதிரி).
3.Saw:
I am challenged to find the villain before watching the movie.So I suspected everybody in the movie(including a innocent little girl.....ஒருவேள அதீத சக்தி உள்ள குழந்தையோன்னு ...ஹிஹி)...except the culprit.Stunned by the climax.
4.King of comedy:
A scorcese - De niro combo.A dark humour with a different climax.We laugh at deniro through out the movie by seeing his difficulties.In last scene he explains his terrible life in a comic way to become a "king of comedy"...!
5.Life is Beautiful:
Watch it
6.Moondram pirai:
Kamals acting and music are top notch.But if u look while sridevi is there in the station...its jam packed with so many noises.when the train is gone kamal would be be shown all alone in that big station walking to a chair with noone around just to depict the loneliness after her departure.wonderful climax.
7.One flew over the cuckoos nest:
Jack nicholson is just awesome.climax...one of the best.
8.Kudaikul mazhai:
If I had watched this movie in theatre..I would have came home in interval(சில படம்லாம் கால்மணி நேரத்துல வெளிய வந்திருக்கேன்).TV la paathanala kantinue pannen...unexpected logical climax!Nice one.
9.Kireedam:
The photograph of a person who is to become a police inspector is used in the accused list of the police station in climax.Mohal lal is mind blowing.
10.shawshank redemption:
An unexpected pleasent climax...the movie is all abt hope..and ends with the final word hope
fight club,the usual suspects,devar mahan,taxi driver,keladi kanmani,kurudhipunal,Elipathayam,sethu,johnny,the whale rider are some other movies that had good climaxes
Wednesday, January 10, 2007
Recent Attractions-Malayalam movies.
As a result of being vetti for so long(porandhadhula irundhe apdithan),Ive come across few interesting things in recent past...
first one malayalam movies...
Dont think I know malayalam.Then u could ask how I could understand those movies?...I also had the same doubt(ennamo engilipees padam mattum full-a velangi paakura maari..ellam oru kuthu madhippa purinjukka vendiyadhuthan!).But after watching the movies i understood that there is no big difference between Tamil and Malayalam.The malayalam movies that I saw are mainly mohan lals movies like kilukkam,bharatham,sanmasullaaruku samadhanam etc and few cult classics like elipathayam!
regarding those Lal movies...especially kilukkam...the comic sense of Lal and jagathy srikumar is just awesome.This man jagathy srikumar is non-stop riot..completely hilarious...I watched certain scenes of kilukkam over and over and enjoyed the scenes!
Bharatham is a completely different movie with some heavy melodrama...I havent seen such an "underplay" in any other movie....but I also felt "why did he act like this...any normal man would react more than this at that situation"at certain scenes..anyway thats typical lal style of being verrrrrrry subtle.remember he got national award for this movie!
elipathayam(by adoor gopalakrishnan) - I already knew the story and read abt "why the movie is soooo great?"...so while watching the movie Im not wondered by the scenes that are meant to be wondered!but onething,the acting is too slow at times...if u watch the movie u would understand!in a scene the protagonist will take 1 min for his hand to reach his "meesai" to dye that!is it deliberate or what?...anyway as they all call ...its a classic(edhukku vambu...nammalum accept pannidalam hehe).just kidding...u would love the concept if u dint read it before!
Its good to watch malayalam movies as they mostly dont make us to read subtitles...normally they are understandable!then the locations-heavenly!wherever u place the camera in kerala...thats a beauty(I meant the nature...romba yosikaadheenga).
first one malayalam movies...
Dont think I know malayalam.Then u could ask how I could understand those movies?...I also had the same doubt(ennamo engilipees padam mattum full-a velangi paakura maari..ellam oru kuthu madhippa purinjukka vendiyadhuthan!).But after watching the movies i understood that there is no big difference between Tamil and Malayalam.The malayalam movies that I saw are mainly mohan lals movies like kilukkam,bharatham,sanmasullaaruku samadhanam etc and few cult classics like elipathayam!
regarding those Lal movies...especially kilukkam...the comic sense of Lal and jagathy srikumar is just awesome.This man jagathy srikumar is non-stop riot..completely hilarious...I watched certain scenes of kilukkam over and over and enjoyed the scenes!
Bharatham is a completely different movie with some heavy melodrama...I havent seen such an "underplay" in any other movie....but I also felt "why did he act like this...any normal man would react more than this at that situation"at certain scenes..anyway thats typical lal style of being verrrrrrry subtle.remember he got national award for this movie!
elipathayam(by adoor gopalakrishnan) - I already knew the story and read abt "why the movie is soooo great?"...so while watching the movie Im not wondered by the scenes that are meant to be wondered!but onething,the acting is too slow at times...if u watch the movie u would understand!in a scene the protagonist will take 1 min for his hand to reach his "meesai" to dye that!is it deliberate or what?...anyway as they all call ...its a classic(edhukku vambu...nammalum accept pannidalam hehe).just kidding...u would love the concept if u dint read it before!
Its good to watch malayalam movies as they mostly dont make us to read subtitles...normally they are understandable!then the locations-heavenly!wherever u place the camera in kerala...thats a beauty(I meant the nature...romba yosikaadheenga).
Saturday, January 6, 2007
Is Cricket a boring game?
I have heard people say "cricket ...sema bore...football maadhiri varadhu"..especially they did during football worldcup time(indha maadhiri pesuna paadhi perukku ronaldo,becham,ronaldino thavira foot balla-la vera endha naayayum theriyadhu)...they would have started watching foot ball only during that time...urudhiya soldren...indha maadhiri pesura paadhi naaikku football rules eduvum clear-a theriyadhu...chumma scene poda vendiyadhu...orkutla yedhavadhu pEr theriyadha photo vechukka vendiyadhu...becham commoonitila sera vendiyadhu...ipdi oorupatta scene...shabbaaaaaaaaa
Ive loved just one thing in that football world cup...zidane....i expected him to lift worldcup :)
let me ask one question to them
1.tell me one game other than cricket which entertains people completely for 8 to 9 hours greatly..one game!(that too we watch test match for 5 days)
2.i accept football is interestin...but is it possible to watch a match for 8 to 9 hours if it is played(it cant be as the players would have been exhausted after 1.5 hours)
scene podalam....adhukaga cricket-a mattam thata koodadhu..especially during sachin's era :)
Ive loved just one thing in that football world cup...zidane....i expected him to lift worldcup :)
let me ask one question to them
1.tell me one game other than cricket which entertains people completely for 8 to 9 hours greatly..one game!(that too we watch test match for 5 days)
2.i accept football is interestin...but is it possible to watch a match for 8 to 9 hours if it is played(it cant be as the players would have been exhausted after 1.5 hours)
scene podalam....adhukaga cricket-a mattam thata koodadhu..especially during sachin's era :)
Monday, January 1, 2007
Top 10 Songs in 2006
I dont have any formal musical knowledge to comment about the orchestration and arrangements in the songs...just what i like are listed! its not ordered or ranked...all songs are good in their own way!
1.Oru naalil - pudhupetai
music by yuvan shankar raja.very nice song.especially there is a violin interlude which is too good!Its not in the movie.Should have been picturised.
2.Manjal veyyil Maaliyile-Vettaiyadu vilaiyadu
a peppy number from harris jeyaraj.wonderful picturisation.Thalaivar looked awesome.
3.munbe vaa - sillendru oru kadhal
the song takes off after a wonderful prelude.Ar rahman - Sadhana sargam combo.it rocks as ever!
4.pul pesum poo pesum-pudhupetai
everything is good abt this song.music-picturisation-dance....a rocking song!especially "bodhayil buthi maaruma vatta nilaavum sadhuramaguma"
5.new york nagaram - sillendru oru kadhal
Nice jazz effect.Wonderful song.Horrible picturisation with moving screen.Suryas costume looked great!
6.karka karka - vettaiyadu vilaiyadu
The main thing abt this song is picturisation.Just awesome picturisation just to show the "gethu" of kamal.Also a nice song to hear.
7.namma kaatula - pattiyal
A fast number from pattiyal.Ilayarajas voice made it hear too good.
8.yemmaadi aathaadi - vallavan
A good fast number.sema beat.The main negative is the dance of reema sen and nayanthara.But that is corrected by the dance of karadi in last 5 seconds along with his son!
9.sudum nilavu - thambi
At times vidhayasagar gives such a wonderful melody.madhavan looked great in the song
10.kaatril Or vaarthai- varalaru
AR Rahman - spb -sadhana sargam.wonderful song with wonderful voices
overall its yuvan shankar raja who rocked this year with pattiyal,pudhupetai and vallavan!
1.Oru naalil - pudhupetai
music by yuvan shankar raja.very nice song.especially there is a violin interlude which is too good!Its not in the movie.Should have been picturised.
2.Manjal veyyil Maaliyile-Vettaiyadu vilaiyadu
a peppy number from harris jeyaraj.wonderful picturisation.Thalaivar looked awesome.
3.munbe vaa - sillendru oru kadhal
the song takes off after a wonderful prelude.Ar rahman - Sadhana sargam combo.it rocks as ever!
4.pul pesum poo pesum-pudhupetai
everything is good abt this song.music-picturisation-dance....a rocking song!especially "bodhayil buthi maaruma vatta nilaavum sadhuramaguma"
5.new york nagaram - sillendru oru kadhal
Nice jazz effect.Wonderful song.Horrible picturisation with moving screen.Suryas costume looked great!
6.karka karka - vettaiyadu vilaiyadu
The main thing abt this song is picturisation.Just awesome picturisation just to show the "gethu" of kamal.Also a nice song to hear.
7.namma kaatula - pattiyal
A fast number from pattiyal.Ilayarajas voice made it hear too good.
8.yemmaadi aathaadi - vallavan
A good fast number.sema beat.The main negative is the dance of reema sen and nayanthara.But that is corrected by the dance of karadi in last 5 seconds along with his son!
9.sudum nilavu - thambi
At times vidhayasagar gives such a wonderful melody.madhavan looked great in the song
10.kaatril Or vaarthai- varalaru
AR Rahman - spb -sadhana sargam.wonderful song with wonderful voices
overall its yuvan shankar raja who rocked this year with pattiyal,pudhupetai and vallavan!
Is English New Year Really a New Year - Importance Of Tamil New Year
started this blog on the ENGLISH new year day.Lets see whether English new year is exactly a new year.
English new year is not exactly a new year.while Tamil new year is perfectly a new year..how?..lets see
[thanks to virarajendar and sudhaama sir of hub for providing many information]
Lets look at the perfect Tamil calender :
Earth rotates the sun in an elliptical path through 360 degress.The circumference is divided into 12 arcs ...30 degrees each(these 12 houses are called raasis ...these mesham,rishabam etc).The period the earth takes in each house is called a month.The names of the months are named after the star which coincides in the full moon day of each month.
now the important thing is we have about 29-32 days in each month in tamil calender because the orbit is not circular..its elliptical..so the time varies.Thats why weve got no extra days for a month in leap year etc...days are calculated exactly for each month and so there is no need for a leep year(like english new year) because in tamil new year the earth completes the 360 degrees exactly which is not the truth in english new year!
Comedies in English new year
first of all during english new year the Earth dint complete its rotation fully.Its incomplete...this incompleteness is filled once in four years by adding a day to february as leap year. Because they give constant dates 30 and 31 to each month which is not accurate.so that gap is filled with the 29th february of leap year.
next thing their start for each day is starting at the midnight of previous day...while in Tamil calender the day begins exactly during sunrise!
this is scientific point of view!
now astrological point of view (for believers ...hehe)
Astrologically speaking...on April-14th...the planet Sun changes House from Meenam the Guru's own House ...to the next House, Mesham, the Sun's exaltment(Uccha) House. Both the Planets Guru(Jupiter) and Soorya(Sun) are the most important planets to render Success in ones Life according to astrology. So the influence of both these Good planets will be available to us in our success as per astrology.
some tit-bits:
~Tamil calender is the calender based on SUN as for us SUN is the prime GOD.thats why we have marriages in tamilnadu held on morning with the presence of SUN.
(It is adopted by malayalese and begalis)
~importance is also given to moons rotation around earth as we name the months after the stars coinciding on each full moon day
~Telugus,kannadigas and north Indians except bengalis calender is based on moons rotation! (note that their marriages held on nights)
thats it!
just thought of posting the significance of tamil new year which is so perfect than the vague english calender!
This is new year day...adhan new year pathi...hehe
thank u
vicki
HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL
English new year is not exactly a new year.while Tamil new year is perfectly a new year..how?..lets see
[thanks to virarajendar and sudhaama sir of hub for providing many information]
Lets look at the perfect Tamil calender :
Earth rotates the sun in an elliptical path through 360 degress.The circumference is divided into 12 arcs ...30 degrees each(these 12 houses are called raasis ...these mesham,rishabam etc).The period the earth takes in each house is called a month.The names of the months are named after the star which coincides in the full moon day of each month.
now the important thing is we have about 29-32 days in each month in tamil calender because the orbit is not circular..its elliptical..so the time varies.Thats why weve got no extra days for a month in leap year etc...days are calculated exactly for each month and so there is no need for a leep year(like english new year) because in tamil new year the earth completes the 360 degrees exactly which is not the truth in english new year!
Comedies in English new year
first of all during english new year the Earth dint complete its rotation fully.Its incomplete...this incompleteness is filled once in four years by adding a day to february as leap year. Because they give constant dates 30 and 31 to each month which is not accurate.so that gap is filled with the 29th february of leap year.
next thing their start for each day is starting at the midnight of previous day...while in Tamil calender the day begins exactly during sunrise!
this is scientific point of view!
now astrological point of view (for believers ...hehe)
Astrologically speaking...on April-14th...the planet Sun changes House from Meenam the Guru's own House ...to the next House, Mesham, the Sun's exaltment(Uccha) House. Both the Planets Guru(Jupiter) and Soorya(Sun) are the most important planets to render Success in ones Life according to astrology. So the influence of both these Good planets will be available to us in our success as per astrology.
some tit-bits:
~Tamil calender is the calender based on SUN as for us SUN is the prime GOD.thats why we have marriages in tamilnadu held on morning with the presence of SUN.
(It is adopted by malayalese and begalis)
~importance is also given to moons rotation around earth as we name the months after the stars coinciding on each full moon day
~Telugus,kannadigas and north Indians except bengalis calender is based on moons rotation! (note that their marriages held on nights)
thats it!
just thought of posting the significance of tamil new year which is so perfect than the vague english calender!
This is new year day...adhan new year pathi...hehe
thank u
vicki
HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL
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