Dianying (meaning 'Cinema' in chinese)

Getting DVDs for 6 Renminbi/DVD has perked up my movie- watching caliber !! So Rather than blogging (bugging as you wud say !!) about each to a individual section , I will garner them all here
1. Marley and Me - My husband (who next to menaka has a great liking for wild life ) insinuated the story was about pet dogs although Jennifer Aniston being my only reason to go for it.But heavens !!what a movie !! A simple dog story picturised brilliantly emotional. A movie that can flux you and jolt you in the end !!
2. Bedtime Stories - Typical Adam Sandler movie. 200 % entertainer.'Romaction' ( as he calls it ) is the preference not only for bedtime stories but also for movies. Adam never disappoints his fans. Movie for all age group.
3. Transporter 3 - Compared to Tranporter 1 and 2 , this is really a disaster. But if you get DVD for 6RMB(approx less than a dollar) don't miss it!! Though I dont have much expertise/liking in this automobile stuff , I can assure all the BMW lovers that they have a treat in this movie too !!!
4.The curious case of Benjamin Button - Based on a man who lives his life backwards .. To be precise he is born old and gets younger with age.A far cry from usual !! Don't pick this movie with Oceans feel. In that case this will be a prototype to perceive how our handsome pitt will look in ocean's 50 with all wrinkles !! If you can stay quenched watching handsome pitt for just 30 min ( as i did !! ) go for it!!
5. Revolutionary Road - A story about a fretful wife. A story line that can serve as a title for oratory !! We are acquainted to this kinda traumatic movies from Karuthama till alaipayudey!! Surprisingly there is not much of chemistry between kate and Leono this time(is that because they are living in a hostile feeling all the time ?!! )
6. Yes man !!!! - My answer to this is always YES !!!! I wish Jim carrey presents this kind of releases every month for his die-hard fans like me !!!

Kochem ishtam Konchem Kashtam - Telugu (2009)

I think the director gives a little hint in the title (meaning little liking little pain).Same was my feel watching this movie !!
Looking at the stills showing the success combo - Prakash Raj and Sidhu, it will definitely raise your expectation and to add more to it the star cast includes Ramya Krishnan, Nazar and the milk beauty Tamana.Music is by Shankar, Ehsaan and loy. uhh what else do you need to give a sucess ?!! Still .......(you got it rite !!)

Watch just for :
1. Sidhu and Prakash Raj . Don't be surprised if someone mistakenly says Prakash raj is Sidhu's real life father. So do they look on screen . Prakash Raj not plays but lives as sidhu's reel-life father.
2. Ramya krishnan - This lady can excel in anything given to her.I am not getting anything superlative to describe her skill. she does her role perfect
3. Music -
1. shankar whirls your soul with the stunning start for panche re panche..
2.Adirae is the trademark - Shankar, Ehsaan and loy tune.
Rest all songs are ok .

The reason shown for Prakash Raj and Ramya Krishnan split seems quite trivial making us feel ' phew, thats it?' . [pro'ly we have faced a lot !! (lol!!)]

Shanghai Times...

A day comes in everyones life that they would have never thought about or rather would say never ever dreamt about. So was my day of landing in Shanghai...
To commence with , completely stranded in our catostrophic married life,My husband and I were looking for all possible options to turn over a new leaf !!
Before moving on , feedback from all sources narrowed to just one fact 'it is going to be a miserable stay 'in land of mystry especially for a pure vegetarian like us !!!!. But since at that point in time , having crossed all possible sorts of myseries , it wasn't adding even .0001% of fear in us. We were ready for anything and everything.
We cargoed all that we could :-) and moved into shanghai......

What z in await for us here ???

What we heard 1: "Oh all announcements , Sign boards, advertisements is going to be in chinese. You will never be able to make out where you are travelling"
In reality: All announcements , sign boards or any form of communications are in Chinese followed by English. Especially public transits(every metro train) had the complete map of stations with interchange information displayed in a interpretable, user-friendly formats .

what we heard2: What will you do for hospitalization ? you have to run back to india for anything and everything.
In reality: I got hospitalized here once. Its just the same as in India. service was infact far better.

What we heard3: Food is going to be a major problem. you will never get everything that you require to cook.
In Reality: Ofcourse, we dont get everything. Its the case even in India, but I get almost everything to run a decent family.

What we heard4: Climate is extreme , you will hate to be there.
In reality: Winters are very cold and summers are very hot, but it never went to the extent that we hate the city for that.

I indeed waited for 6 months to completely judge before posting this article inorder to be true to what I say and to not regret after posting..
In precise, Shanghai has given us more than we anticipated.... Yes we did turn over a new leaf :-) ......

Shoes for expressing displeasure

We have been hearing lately a lot about shoes being used to condemn a person or an act.Agreeing its an outcry of emotions many feel its a naive act on the other hand. Though there are lot many ways of expressing condemn what would have been the reason for one opting this way ?
I was just giving a thought regarding what would have encouraged one to use shoes as a weapon (a ahimsha weapon!!!)??Possibly the easiness in handling ??. If we look ages back it was rotten eggs or tomatoes that were used the most to express displeasure in somebody's speech or act. so when did it actually transcend from egg ages to shoes ages ?. Could it have been due to difficulty in carrying rotten eggs?for its stinking smell to increase the probability of getting frisked ?. So it seems ,that the use of accessories for such purpose is more convenient. Guess with the increasing of such incidents, shoes may also get banned in future for such public gathering where there is a possibility of revolt !!! If that gets implemented what other accessories can be thrown for condemning ??

Now lets start with ladies first, lets see what all ladies accessories can be used to express contempt!!

1. Hair clips or pins or rubber-bands- This can be used for condemning. But the problem with hair pins being they are very minute and chances are that they might miss attention. And with Rubber band they don't have a solid formation to ease the throw and they may fall on the throwing party itself seeming as if they were playing with it !!

2. Scarf or chunni ?- More than looking like act of condemn it might seem like an act of expressing admiration, contrary to the motto !!!

3. Other vanity accessories like lipstick or pocket mirror or comb might seem like showing off to others of their possession rather than seeming like expressing contempt !!

Now coming to males
1. Tie - same problem as with ladies rubber band !!
2. Belt - This is might seem like the person is trying to enact "Enga veetu pillai "-M.G.R(Advantage being this can anytime catch lots of attention!!!)
3. wallet - Absurdest act to do ... The person rather than feeling punished will abscond with the wallet !!


So here I conclude my analysis with a special note of admiration for the person's astute on choosing shoes to other accessories for objurgating!!!.

OSCARS

I know a lot has been talked about this year Oscars until it went Stale!!.Hang on !! This is about the after-effects of Slum dog millionaire. I know u have started yawning :-) .My brother sarcastically says that I never know to tell a story without giving a big intro for it. Let me try to keep it precise this time (to my best) :-P.
On getting exhausted with IT profession on being 5 years into this field , I decided to pursue a career as an English Tutor.I can hear u saying 'what has it got to do with Oscars ?'. wait !! As by saying - 'Forbearance is the key to success'. I got a call from an educational institution for an English tutor position. On the interview day, I met a Latino-American, an American, an European and a Zimbabwean (my co-applicants). We talked about lot of things, incidentally the topic reached to poverty they see in Asian countries and as obvious Slum-dog millionaire became the subject of discussion. They started quoting scenes from Slum-dog millionaire. American friend said that the scene where the kids run for life from riots and their mother falling prey was very emotional.He said

"The scene totally stirred me. I just couldn't digest it at all. All to blame is the poverty!!. I realized there is lot of pain around us in this world.I hope one day it(India) reforms to get this(poverty) eradicated. At least every Indian kid gets a bread a day with no difficulty"

After the interview was over, we had to take a cab till subway station. American friend suggested that we(he, Latino-american and I) share a cab till the subway, but we later found the subway was not very far from our interview spot that we reached in the minimum cost.Now sharing 3 Renminbi each seemed very absurd that I denied taking their share.LA walked away with a thanks but my American friend quoted again a scene from Slum-dog millionaire where the Americans offer money to the boy who gets kicked by his boss and said "Its our(American) way of living that we never take anything for free". Anyhow he couldn't convince me accepting his 3 bucks(Say kudos to me !!) Now coming to the point , I don't say that SDM movie has potrayed India totally as a land of poverty but we all can't deny the fact that this movie has influenced the way how India is being looked upon by rest of the world.
At this juncture I felt a need for Ambanis or Tatas or Mittals or atleast our vijay mallaya sponsoring to Spielburgs or Cameroons or John ford kind of a director to direct a sequel of SDM called "Loot ke hua Millionaire"(meaning looted to become a millionaire) to potray a rich India .Pro'ly can have sets like Jodhaa Akbar or Devdas or Sawariya or our thalaivar's 'adiradikaran' kind to showcase a rich India(at least ancient rich India).
All to make Loot ke hua millionaire a success - This time the music score will be done by ...No ..Not ARR .His Oscars had been a much debated one , Critics point that the music is not in par when compared to his sensational hits like - Taal, Roja, RDB, Guru etc ... !! Back to topic , Never-the less an Oscar is an Oscar and no doubt he is a revered musician . But to encourage youths (just like our Indian cric Team) Chance is given to "OUR VERY OWNNNNNNNNNNNN ____ YUVAN SHANKAR RAJA".
For the climax song Frieda and Dev shake legs for "where is the party AA unga ootula !!!!" in our unofficial national dress 'Lungi'... and why not ? when ARR says "ella pughazhum iraivanukae" in Oscars why not we have "unga ootula" in lyrics? and we retain the same set of foreigners for the song or pro'ly call ex-employees of LB or those who are hit by recession and are in look out for a job to have guest appearance in this song .

If the movie can make to Oscars ,I will surely this time take part in the poojas that would be performed praying for yuvan winning Oscars to join the list of Russel, ARR and Gulzar.

And if he wins .. NDTV coverage would say "

"Yuvan's song was well received by Angelina and Pitt , who were seated in the First row" . Infact jolie ran to the Dias to dance for the song"

And now comes the highlight !!

If I accidentally meet my American friend, I would say

"The scene totally stirred me. I just couldn't digest it at all. All to blame is the recession!!. I realized there is lot of pain around us in this world.I hope one day it(US) comes out of this recession.At least every American youth gets a party once everyday with no difficulty" --------JAI HO!!!

P.S:With the sense of satisfaction, I reach home and switch on the TV. There comes the kumkumam ADD saying (read in nirmala periyasamy tone)
"Nan potaen mettu adarku Angelina jolie potal kumang kutthu "-- Koothugalikirar Yuvan sankar Raja, Vangi vitirgala ippodu virpanaiyil kumkumam ... "
OSATHI KANNA OSATHI !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!