Saturday, February 28, 2009
Sachin at Tussauds
The wax statue of 'Master Blaster' Sachin Tendulkar will be revealed at Madame Tussauds in Baker Street,London in a couple of months. After which he will be the first Indian sportsperson to be featured at Madame Tussauds.
Monday, February 23, 2009
Rahman bags the Oscars
Thursday, February 19, 2009
INDIAN TEAM MEN ARE BLUER NOW
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
SRK DISCHARGED FROM HOSPITAL
Sunday, February 15, 2009
Bala and Surya team up again
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Schumi injured in bike crash
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Pramod Mutalik : Sarees in return
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Happy V'day Mutalik
So people guess what’s in store for Mutalik this V'day ? Its pink undergarments. Several group of women from the Consortium of Pub-going, Loose and Forward women are asking the people to show their love to Mutalik by sending cheap dirty pink undergarments.
The members of this association have been spreading about this movement across the city and they have also arranged collection centers. There are a number of youth associations joining hands in this campaign. "Join in. Have fun and fight back”. Well seems like a symbolic protest against beating up women and fighting for their fundamental rights.
INDIA - PROVES TO BE CHAMPIONS
India proves to be the undisputed T2o world champions. There by proving that they are very good run chasers too. The Pathan brothers led India to victory by putting up an unbreakable 58 run partnership off 25 balls towards the end of the play. The brothers kept the score board ticking towards the end, thus leading India to Victory. Yusuf Pathan was awarded the man of the match award.
SHAHID STAYS CONNECTED WITH PIGGY CHOPS :
Priyanka Chopra after refusing the rumours of being in relationship with Hurman Baweja after stayin four years together is with Shahid Kapoor, the new guy on the line. And never is she gonna accept the same with Shahid too. Piggy Chops who is shooting in
NAAN KADAVUL (2009) - AN EPIC
Nearly four years of hard work of the cast and the crew has finally paid off. This movie has created quite a buzz in Kollywood. This flick being considered as Bala's magnum-opus has been the talk of the town for the past few weeks after the release of the trailer. Well what makes this movie so impressive and special, Is it Ilaiyaraja's background score? Or Bala's script and screenplay? Or the lead pair's performance?
Bala who is known for his naturalistic films has come up with “Naan Kadavul” (I’m God) this time not differing from his genre. Well, what is this story all about? Candidly speaking there no strong storyline in this movie. Viewers who go with expectations are taken aback. This story broods on the austere realities of the life that prevail in this society and is being narrated in Bala's inimitable style.
The film kicks off with the song Om Shivom and mind-blowing visuals of Kasi, where a father along with his daughter, rambles on the streets of this city in search of his son who he abandoned 14 years ago after the prediction of an astrologer that the son would bring bad luck to the family. Then with the help of the priest Sharma who initially berates them for their act goes in search of the boy.
Then they locate Rudhran (Arya) who is now an Aghori.Rudhran is trained to live on the cremation grounds and inhale the smoke from the burning corpses and is devoid of human relations and emotions. He has great physical power and calls himself God - Aham Brahmasmi. Sharma helps in seeking permission from his guru to send Rudhran to his native village Malaikovil in Tamil Nadu. On return, his mom is traumatized on seeing his state of Aghori. She tries to caress him with her love and affection and tries to prove that she is not responsible for abandoning him but in vain.
A remorseless criminal Thandavan runs a network with hundreds of beggars with distorted children, physically handicapped and aged. Thandavan is assisted by Murugan, who is unwilling to do these cruel deeds, but still scared to go against his boss. Hamsavalli (Pooja) is being kidnapped by Murugan because she has a great voice and is handed over to his boss. Mean while another gangster who runs a similar group in Kerala comes to Thandavan to buy some beggars for price with the help of a local cop. And Thandavan tries to make a bigger deal out of Hamsavalli.This is when the pace of the story increases.How the prayers of the poor are heard by Rudhran who is always in a state of mediation and how he takes hold of the criminals is what the remaining story is all about with a spellbinding climax.
As far as the movie is concerned it is a simple story with a transfixing screenplay. Bala has taken immense care to give this realistic flick. Arya has definitely stepped up to the next level of acting through this film and has very few dialogues, his flaming looks and yogic physique is worth a mention. This is one of the best performances of Pooja till date and is sure of sweeping the awards nationally. But after watching the life of beggars for a long it gives you a ghoulish feeling, creating an impact even after the movie. The places where the beggars are held captive and the train sequences of Rudhran reminds us about Sethu and Pithamagan respectively. The stunts are always natural in his Bala's films and this one is no different.
The director has not let the audiences down. This film is definitely WORTH THE WAIT. 4/5.
Saturday, February 7, 2009
Hairdressers not happy with the title 'Billu Barber' :
Friday, February 6, 2009
CHANGELING (2008) - REVIEW
Well this story is based on a couple of actual events that occurred in
Christine who works for the Department of Telephone Exchange, says goodbye to her son Walter and leaves for work. And on returning home, Christine was dysphoric to see that her son was missing. The despairing mother tries to launch a search which seemed to be of no use. And several months later Christine was informed that her son was found alive and a reunion in front of the press is arranged in order to neutralize the criticism of the department.
After seeing the boy, Christine abnegates that he is not her child. Even though the boy claims to be her son, Captain Jones of the juvenile department tries to prove that he is her son presses her to take the boy with her on a trial basis. After bringing the kid back home she identifies that he is 3 inches shorter than Walter and he also been circumcised which she confronts to Jones. He sends a Doctor to visit her who tells Christine that, the boy is shorter because the trauma he has been through over the couple of months has shrunk his spine and the guy who took the had him circumcised. Mean while there is a newspaper article that connotes Christine is unfit to be a mother. One day she meets up with Briegleb, and he says that the story was planted by the department to disrepute her and he also tells her about the corruption prevailing in the department. Mean while Walter's teacher and dentist give Christine signed letters confirming the boy is a shammer.And Christine in a press conference arranged by her tells the truth.Agitated Jones puts her in the Hospital's psychopathic ward. Christine bonds with Carol one of the inmates, who tells Christine that she is one of the several women who were incarcerated for confronting the police. Dr.Steele reckons Christine neurotic and forces her to take pills. And he says he will release if she acknowledges that she was mistaken for Walter which she refuses.
And Detective Ybarra is called to a ranch at Wine Ville to arrange the transportation of 15 year old Clark to
Mean while Gordon is arrested in
Two years later Christine has still not given up her search for Walter and she is informed that Gordon is willing to admit killing Walter on condition Christine meets him before his execution. Gordon refuses to tell whether Walter is killed or not and he is executed the very next day. And Five years later, David one of the boys assumed to have been killed was found alive and after he was interrogated by Ybarra it reveals that David, Walter and another boy escaped but were separated. Thus giving Christine hope that, Walter is still alive.
On the whole CHANGELING is definitely worth a watch. 3.5 / 5 .