Cinema - The only Magic show, which I still believe in...

After watching,

• Minnale / RHTDM , I wanted to be an Engineer, which eventually I have become.
• Vasool Raja MBBS / Munnabhai , I wanted to be a Doctor, but unable to do so due to the previous point.
• Fight club, I wanted to get beaten the shit out of me or at-least freak the hell out of my manager.
• Newsroom, wanted to be a Journalist
• Breaking Bad, wanted to cook or at-least do Meth!
• Into the wild, hated the world for what it has become and started to hate my job and screwed up my reputation and career , still continuing to do so... Detailed review here
• Mounam Pesiyathe, wanted to smoke and more importantly hate love, irrespective of the climax :P 
• Notebook, Lot like love, when Harry met Sally etc, I wanted to fall in love but then it did jeopardize my epiphany from the previous point!

That's the effect of cinema (motion pictures to be on the exact side of the argument) on me.

I am obsessed with cinema. Always have been, always will. I am one of those people who want people to shut up after entering the theater and I’d rather have the whole cinema to myself to be honest.
I haven’t been to the movies for a while( been two weeks), and I miss it. It is the place where we come closest to experiencing the hazy mystery of our dreams in the full light of consciousness and where these lucid dreams of someone else come true.
 In that darkened hall sit and wait, momentarily deprived of any kind sensual information and  time seems to hang around suspended. In this moment, before the title card appears ,anything is possible - In a finger-snap  the world is destroyed, a man is murdered or a lady gives birth to a beautiful girl and part of the joy of what follows is discovering which of those have been selected for inclusion, and in which order they have been arranged to show it and how these happen.

It's amazing how cinema captures very vividly those moments that very well go unnoticed in normal life.

Laugh when the character feels happy , cry when the character feels let down irrespective of whether the character laughs or cries, I tend to live the character for a couple of days if it strikes me.
At-times people have despised for giving an Ok to a movie which they disliked to the core - Cant explain but I love movies!
But there are movies which I hated too.. when people see the downside of a movie, I tend to see what else is good in it and for one more time I loved " The Dark Knight Rises".


So here are the top reasons why I'm mad about cinema...

The feeling of Exceeding Expectations -  The way a movie, of which I had expected nothing, turns out to be one of my favorites .

Movies that put you in a mild shock due to their utter perfection

Laughing hysterically at a comedy while being all alone or A movie so well-made, that you feel complete empathy with everything the characters do.

The way some films make me realize that there are people with much bigger problems than me

Finally,

 Kate Winslet ! Titanic - the first film I saw on the big screen and fell in love with her! Period.

Rules of Engaging An Auto-Rickshaw in Chennai!

In these times when  people have been made aware of the Hazards involved in taking an Auto Rickshaw in Chennai and are trying to put an end to it - LinkHere . , most of the people in this city are content to perpetuate the status quo and the monopoly of the Auto drivers , and there are some who are not ; they will have to walk!


 So here are a few tips on how to reach your destination sound! ( cannot promise your safety though!).

• Never ever mention the word "Meter" to an Auto-driver ,It will be treated as a cuss word and he will take it as an insult to his profession and will literally violate you, your parents,grand parents and your grand children are no exception.

• Never take an Auto that's in the stand, always stop a running auto, its safer - Believe me!!

• You don't choose the destination or the way, its the Auto-driver's and if that's a common Interest of both , then it is a Win-Win situation otherwise you are screwed.

• If the Auto driver gives you a look like he is disgusted with you since you are trying to give him herpes or gonorrhea , It just means he is not going that way , so will-not take you there.

• Its better to learn the words like 'Kaithe', 'Kasmaalam' , 'Saavu Grakki' , 'Otha' , 'Baadu' and a few other's before taking an Auto, so as to know whether he is swearing or just involving in a casual talk, cos you'll never know the difference.

• Careful not to Insult or look-down upon the Auto-drivers because they always earn more than you and you'll know that at the end of the trip.

• Better talk and sort out the wage before sitting inside the Auto, If you don't, then someone's gonna be penniless at the end of the month

Following these simple rules, I cannot promise you that your Chennai-Auto-Drive will be joy ride but at-least you'll know why the hell the Auto-driver is angry at your Great Grandma cheating on your Great Granpa!

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Adios

The "My Kinda Girl!" *conditions Applied!

There is a guy who is greater than God, He is that guy who can speak out his heart looking straight into the eyes of the girl he loves  - (courtesy a tamil film song)

It is destiny I would say, to meet the first (of the many yet to come) " My Kinda Girl" in bar in an unknown land where I thought I could manage with my Prathmic second class degree in Hindi. But I was wrong; Neither could I manage the Hindi nor did they speak Hindi. Marathi was being pelted right on my face and the numbers too written in Marathi - *tha Dei!

Me, a typical Indian who believes in "Gorgeous girl will always fall for the Dorkiest of guys" theory, not realizing the fact that this was the very reason for me being single, fantasized (no! not in that way!) about meeting a girl who would have the figure of Diana Penty(Need to sync up with current times no..) and the brains  of .. hmmm lemme think... hmmm.. ah can't think of any one.. so the point is with "Brains", should love Quentin Tarantino, Illayaraja, ManiRathinam, Rahul Dravid, Roger Federer, Mikka Hakkinen ,Breaking bad , should have an opinion about politics, should be a feminist and should be open to arguments too!
 (Too many 'should's', No grammar, No parallel structure maintained - Now you know why I screwed up GMAT)

As you'd have guessed already, I too had no hopes of meeting some one with those qualities and it remained a fantasy till I met her.
So , I had to meet this long time friend at this bar-cum-resto called Thank God Its Friday on a tuesday. We had ordered two pitchers of Beer and a Mojito each!
( by the by, she was drinking Rum on the rocks #facepalm!!) and sitting on the seats lined up facing the Bartender, who was from the North-east and his face looked bruised, wanted to ask him about the recent riots *Straying away from topic*

Just behind my friend, in my line of sight there she was, animatedly explaining some thing to her friend and I was lost at first sight! *Bells rang, light bulb got lit, Birds flew, waves crashed against the rocks*

It's the love at first sight, which brings out a different human being out of you. It is innocent, selfless(More or less) and it simply gives a heavenly feeling. Cheeks turning red ( It depends, can be her blushing or she using her footwear !) , increased heartbeat, dying to have a glance, all these moments and memories associated with it are just unforgettable. It is the state in which man sees things; most widely different from what they are and longs to get that same feeling again but in vain.

Dressed in a black top , sported a Grayish casual 3/4th , thin (as in suitable to me , If you have seen me), sexy shot-haired ( Not the typical Bob cut types but as in Emma Watson style as in here.) ; Had a tattoo on her neck which read "life".She had a very sexy dimple on one cheek - Not the "cute" one that is big and right in the middle but was the "hotter" one more towards the chin, a few centimeters off the place where the mustache would join the beard to make it a french for a guy! - I had no way else to explain the exact location man! plus I am an engineer- That sums it up right!
So as usual "I" continued with my Hysteric/Animated chat with my friend to get "her" attention - Like Genilia in the Bommarillu movie or like any other girl's hysterics, after she had noticed that a guy is looking at her.
As always no use! she never even noticed me,by this time I was doing mono-acting more like the over paid acting of Jothika and the gimmicks of T.Rajender , still no yield!.

"Always remember to be courteous, polite, confident, mature, and have fun ", I said to myself - Ah! who am I kidding, If only I had any one of those above qualities I would have been a father of two kids by this time!

So finally I summed up all my courage ( yeah of course I was drunk , so it had to be there somewhere) and asked her out(*cannot reveal the secret*) and she said those amazing three words " Piss of Dude!"... I dint hear a damn word she said, dint wanna.. Its the best ever feeling, like Rocky winning the world championship or you choosing the correct door in the lady or the tiger riddle. It was a state of frenzy like when you had a cocktail of drinks, actually I did have, but that's not the point! In my head Bryan Adam's was singing  -

"I wanna know you - like I know myself
I'm waitin' for you - there ain't no one else
talk to me baby - scream and shout
I want to know you - inside out"

I know what you're thinking , "Dai Peter"; Yes was tempted to say Illayaraja but it all has become a cliche after these Goutham Menon movies plus a cover of the song had been played earlier in the bar.!

So coming to the point. I don't think whether I would have liked her more if I had gotten any other reply from her! But that's the "My kinda Girl!"

Like as usual, one has to move on or otherwise be brave enough to say "The being in love is better than the falling in love".

Adios!

Just Another Clichéd Adieu Email!!

Due to the Overwhelming and outrageous response I got for the Adieu Email which I sent, which might be to the fact that most of them are really exited and happy that I am leaving them at-last for good and they can have their fair share of happiness!!, Still I thought I'll put that up here... Here it goes...

 Subject : Just Another Clichéd Adieu Email!!

I’ve been offended by not getting people’s farewell emails before, but now, facing up to the task of not spamming and not leaving anyone out, I see it’s a daunting one.
If this reached you and you don’t give a hoot that I’m leaving, sorry for the spam. If this was forwarded to you and you’re offended at being left off the list, sorry as well.

Ladies and Gentlemen,

I bid you farewell as I’m heading for the open road and what’s missing is a Harley , a leather jacket and a girlfriend. Donations and applications are welcome.

In last two plus years here , I take home a lot of friends and a few foes too.!
Have tried my best not hurt anyone in the process and If I have hurt any of you , It was Intentional and I meant it!

Thanks a lot for everything and staying by me during these testing times and sharing a drink when needed. You guys were awesome and hope our “let it out” sessions continue.
I have gained some valuable lessons and experiences here ,Thus indebted to you for your pains taken for meI have enjoyed my stint here, and the learning experience has been fantastic, but I would value the opportunity meet a lot of extremely talented individuals as my biggest achievement.

Just want to stress on what I’ve been saying all along , It is ok to make some mistakes , take a break from work, life is short and live it to the fullest, In short, Get a life!

This is Your life and it is ending one minute at a time, so make the most of it!

to cut the long story short.. “I QUIT.. THANK YOU”

yours truly
Purandar

I’m throwing myself a farewell party tonight at the Tasmac , if anybody is interested in drinks!!

If you need a friend to cheer you up ,need a hug , need a shoulder to vent your anger , need advice on liquor , movies or relationships  , you know who to call right?

Phone:+91 978999***9

Email : purandarrajm@gmail.com

Twitter: https://twitter.com/kudikaran

Fb: https://www.facebook.com/purandar

PS: There were some hilarious responses to this email some even have come forward in donating a Harley Davidson Badge and a recipe for Espresso Martini which keeps you going the whole night and gets you wasted for the week.! But due to Professional Ethics I will not be able to post them up here! Chao.! 

Billa -II - Confessions of an Ardent Thala fan.\m/\m/

"En thala pola varuma "

Yes , I am a thala AjithKumar fanatic , Yes I love the cheap thrills of watching Ajith walking in slow motion with a theme song played over and over till you hate the song and Yes I love to see him pelting out punch dialogues one after the other innately aimed at a rival or a politician.

Unfortunately Billa 2 does not offer these cheap thrills to the fans nor does it offer a well written movie for the critics.
**Spoiler Alert** Actually there's not much I can do to spoil this movie more, so you can continue reading..***

Chakri Toleti , the man behind this Epic.
Initially I was very apprehensive about him directing Ajith , as he has just one movie to his credit before this one, "Unnai Pol Oruvan" , which is officially a remake so no credit to him for the writing nor the screenplay. All my apprehensions were proven to be right as this movie is just an amateurish attempt to recreate Vishnuvardhan's Billa magic with no script. This brings us to the question why writers are not given much importance in south Indian films?

The opening credits of the movie was one thing which I loved the most , the montage type sequence with apt editing to tell the story of David Billa from birth to the time frame in which the movie is set in , was awesome. Credit to the cinematographer and the Editor. A similar type of sequence used in a song in the second half , was some thing new and engrossing.

Vidyut Jamwal , the lead antagonist , is another big plus to this movie. He is hand some , his looks are menacing and fits into role perfectly.

The Dialogues and the one liners used in this movie by Ajith are a scream and a treat to fans who were waiting for the opportunity to take off like a animal waiting for its prey.

Apart from these there are no other positives that we can take away from this movie and yes Ajith was brilliant as usual , Since I am an Ajith fan , this might seem biased so not going into those aspects.

Not divulging much about the story , actually there isn't much anyways, I would have been content to see Ajith's in his ever attractive style and charm,  walking in slow motion for the theme song throughout the movie , but the master director had included just two scenes of such sort one in the interval block and one at the End!

I have to tell about the heroines , Parvathy Omanakuttan and Bruno Abdullah . They neither do have the substance nor the "matter", or at least not in this movie!
Parvathy Omanakuttan , Miss India world reminds me of the Dinosaur in the movie "Jurassic Park". Don't believe me?? Take a close look at this http://purandar.blogspot.in/2012/07/my-contribution-to-sameguy-meme.html

Next big disappointment was Yuvan, I think he's lost it!! Just one song was in the tolerable levels and to Ajith's bad luck that song come's in the End credits. Other's were just classics to a deaf man.

Apart from these there were far too many logical fallacies in the movie like Ajith sporting converse shoes when he is an exile from Srilanka , Ajith's dialect having no smell of Elam when his character is a Srilankan Tamil and him not even having a scar on is face/body after gory fights with blood oozing from his face!!

Bottom line " Thala.... Saachuputanga thala"
Though Billa 2 is not a well made movie , you can give it a try to catch Ajith in action who is at his charming best!

One consolation was that I saw the movie with Surya , Jothika and Vishnuvardhan at Sathyam cinemas and Jothika was as beautiful as ever!! (Not that we went together they were sitting two row's behind ! :P)

Looking forward to Ajith's next with Vishnuvardhan....!


  

My contribution to the #sameguy Meme..!

Parvathy Omanakuttan - 


 Indian model and actress who was crowned Miss India World in 2008 and later became first runner-up as Miss World Asia & Oceania at the Miss World 2008 competition and currently starring along side Ajith in Billa 2!

Click on the Image to have a closer/better look!
Quite similar.. isn't it?! atleast the nose and teeth! #parvathyomanakuttan.

"3" The Movie - Moonu Naal kooda Odathu!

Sorry to the Anonymous dude who should be credited for the Tag line...

So to begin, Ah I just hate to write reviews for a bad movie but had to for this one.

So the story begins,.

After the Debacle of Vandhan Vendran and Rowthiram(Two most useless movies of Jeeva) this movie was the first that me and my friends booked to watch on the first day and history has repeated itself.

With all the hype around the bacterial kolaveri song and the well cut teasers/trailers, even if the movie was a little good it would have made it large(sorry Royal stag!).!

This movie, which is the directorial debut for Aishwarya Dhanush, follows the same old formula for Artistic films made recently, Feel good first half and a medical complication in the second half!. No no.. no split personality disorder this time but a Bipolar disorder(Now I get Y Dhanush was good in physics in this movie!!).

The second half of the movie has the Mayakkam Enna effect and Dhanush, though his acting is splendid, doing the same kinda role after Mayakkam Enna does not Impress.

Shruthi Hassan is just awesome as a school girl and the physics and biology of the romance between the two actors is worth a mention. Sadly after the school life the only thing she does is cry and made me remember Kamal Hassan in Nayagan, Not that she cries like him but just cries for a whole lotta time!!

Sivakarthikeyan though comes only in the first half, had the audience in splits with his witty one liners.

Except for SundarRamu(Yes, yes,that Mayakkam Enna friend)others have nothing much to do.

Music, the only exceptional aspect of the movie, Anirudh has done an excellent Job, had striking BGM where ever needed,used Silence and underplayed the music at the right places. Aishwarya did not do any justice to the awesome tracks Anirudh had given, the songs are misplaced and Badly picturized. Like for Instance Po nee po song comes when Dhanush goes to Sabari Mala .. Dai...

Added to these frustrations there are a few illogical and unjustified sequences in the film which tears the movie apart, like getting married in a night club!! and the intent for Suicide totally not acceptable and hence don't get the audience to feel , it rather irked them to Mock it.

PS : Never go to a night show to AGS , One drunk as@#$%e was blabbering about the love anthem and Sachin anthem through out the movie!!!

The Whole movie felt like a Selva Raghavan movie without the glamour and the intensity, which sadly are the only two USP's of Selva.

BTW why the name 3?? Still don't get it, as per cinema.in's write up it is the 3 stages of life, if so the second stage, ie during love has just 2 scenes before they get married!!

As my friend aptly told, one fine night after a couple of rounds they made a song which leaked became a super hit and though Why not make a movie and here it is.... and we are thinking .. "tha! lost the 120 roobes".