IPL

For People feeling musty about the bromidic test matches, T20 is a real refreshment. IPL this season brings lots and lots of entertainment with added excitement and Glamour :)

So the whole excitement commenced with the mind-blowing auction where in Moolah played the entire fair. With Big businesses like Reliance (Mukesh), India cements, Emerging Group, GMR, Bombay Dyeing being part of the play and big Filmy heads like SRK & Preethi knocking the opportunity, IPL started with big bang from b(u)idding.

8 teams – Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Jaipur, and Kolkata, Mohali and Mumbai are racing in IPL this season.

Stirring much expectation worldwide, IPL made audiences worldwide wait fretfully for its start. And for all patience, audiences were treated with a swashbuckling inaugural ceremony. No, it didn’t end with the ceremony it continued with the astonishing innings of Mccullum and still continues…

Every team has played their part well in bagging star-dom players- worldwide, leaving authentic crickets lovers in quagmire on which team to support.

Now the whole world is waiting to watch which team heads the race !!!

The Name is 'Mahesh Babu'

When I was hopelessly surfing channels on a bored Sunday evening , I was caught by a clip in one of the telugu channels. It was from movie 'okkadu'. Hero gets trapped by a gang of armed villain men. Contrary to having unrealistic fight with 100 men at a time , the hero cleverly kidnaps the heroine at knife point to escape from them(as she is the one villain is in look out for ) and escapes. It was a tantalizing scene and the hero appeared very flamboyant on his role. I was so impressed with his performance that from then on my all time time-pass is to watch MB's movies and to browse and collect information about Mahesh babu.

facts gathered ....

'Mahesh Babu' and 'success' have become analogous these days. Any producer of Tolly-wood is ready to gamble on him. Any director is delighted to work with him. The Distributors are ready to erect skyscraper banners to promote him. To ensure Box-office collection, he has a huge fan following.

9 years back when this ‘Prince’, son of famous yesteryear Superstar ”Krishna”, made his debut as a ‘Raja Kumarudu’ (1999) starring opposite to Priety Zinta, he was promising. The on-screen chemistry of the pair worked very well, he danced well, his ‘boy next door’ looks catered to enrich the script, yet the youthful prince was accepted only as a ‘Chocolate Boy’.

He had to wait for 2 years to convince his fans of his action potential with his first mega blockbuster – Action-packed ‘Okkadu’ in 2001. Mahesh Babu was a treat to watch out in this movie, he underplayed his part very well. The strong storyline and the fast moving script were the other positive aspects of the movie. It inspired for several remakes and helped Tollywood to identify this raising star. Since then he assured success on his every project.

The year 2006 can be marked as the ‘year of success’ for this ‘Nizam ka nawab’ with the release of ‘Pokiri’ – sensational hit of Tollywood in the recent past. The movie scored in India as well as overseas and statistics proved that Southern Film industry have a point to swagger. It was listed one among the top 5 Box-office Grosser Indian Films. No one can deny the awe-inspiring performance of Mahesh in this movie. All his scenes in the movie were electrifying and zestful. Again a must watch movie of Mahesh series.

Post-Pokiri, Mahesh has stirred a zeal for him among audiences. The Grand opening for ‘Sainikudu’ and ‘Athidi’ proves the fact.

The fans are already prognosticating about the next release of ‘Prince’.

P.S. I am never missing any of Mahesh babu releases these days.

Life begins @ 2004 .... My intro with...... :-)

This is my first blog. I am not a frequent pen-pusher and have never thought about blogging. But certain momentous events in my life have urged me to engross them and here I go with my first blog.

There is a famous quote by Soren Kierkegaard about life that
“Life can only be understood backwards, but it must be lived forward” .....very true!!!we always rewind to draw some meaning out of life. I at times, correlate incidents that occurred before my marriage to solve the big Jig-saw puzzle – My Marriage.... !!

This was the time when I was in my final semester of B.E. Though I am an extrovert by nature, I am quite hesitant about circulating my CV to my relatives to have them refer my candidature. Very apprehensive if they would take it in a wrong sense (thinking that I had been in touch with them for favor). But one fine day mom came home rushing to convey me the news that one of my cousin got placed in a revered organization (which is known to be an employee friendly organization and she always wished that I get placed in the that org), Her joys knew no bounds, “hey I spoke to him about u, and he is ready to refer your candidature (she recited the names of books that my cousin has suggested me to go-through to get through with my interview) .He is my maternal uncle’s son and I had hardly spoken to him . With hesitation I forwarded my CV with the sole intention of not to disappoint my mother.

A month later, I got placed (of course on my own effort) in a good org. Corporate environment was very new to me and so every day had loads of stories to convey to everyone at home. Every night I chat with my brother with the stories about the day's happening for an hour (to my mother and my aunt too) .Amidst such a conversation one day, I got a call from a unanimous number. I picked up the call and on the other side was a very elegant voice :

UN: “Hi, I am Siva working with ---. I am a very close friend of your cousin. He forwarded your CV to me and I am planning to refer you at my organization. I am designated as senior systems engineer here. Tell me abt yourself”
Me: “hmm oh is it, Good, thanks, I am Divya … eh ... er … I have completed my B.E… “
UN: “OK, Will call you later.. Take care and be prepared for the exams. Will call you later. BTW, nice talking to you”
Me: “yeah, Thank you, same here… eh!!!! Bye “

Days went by and a month later since I got a call from the number, I received a mail from the same org –it was a call letter for an interview. I again received a call from the same number, talks were very cordial this time but very formal. (I did'nt get through with this interview is a different story!!!!!)

A month later, got a call from the same number:
UN: “Hi Siva here, so where are u now?”
Me: “yeah well with …..----“
UN: “still with -----“
Me: “eh .. yeah !!! “
UN: “OK, even my office is at EC, Will drop by your office”
Me:”hmmm yeah …”
Line went down.
In ten minutes he was in front of my office. I met him for the first time and had a formal talk about his profile and his family. I got to know that my maternal uncle's family and their family hold a congenial relation. They run a charity trust together..
Came home and narrated the whole incident to everyone at home.
Mom: “how does he know you are working there?
Aunt: “why did forward your cv to him?”
Bro: “How was he looking? Jovial or serious”
.....I reply only to my brother always … mom and my aunt had their own discussion post-meet.
Months rolled by and I was seriously working on my aspirations. Ultimately, I got an offer for a good profile from two organizations. I was literally in a dilemma to choose which one … I was again apprehensive to discuss with my cousins about this. (What if they bombard me with too many questions? I knew the profile was good but didn’t have much clue about the activities involved, I would land up in an embarrassment) , When thinking about whom to call, my brother suggested why not I call the same UN…
Me: “Hi, this is Divya here, I want to discuss with you something very important …”
UN: “Yeah temme..”
After an hour’s chat decided to pursue the profile he suggested.

My friend asked me once:"Why don't you marry this guy???"
Me: “No way!!!... Are you crazy? He is my cousin’s friend, I hold a good reverence for him “
Same at his end:
UN's Bro: “hey why don’t you get married to this girl ??
UN: “no way !!! I have no interest in getting married”

Never to mention ………….. We had our nuptial knot tied the same year …… !!!!! :)