Endhiran is an Experience………

Endhiran.. Is not a film…it’s an experience..You got to watch it for sure..

Its an Indian film with Hollywood technicians, and Sci-Fi film made by Shankar with an Indian touch..Hats of to Shankar on the attempt. Also big thanks to Sun Pictures for producing such a big budget film..

Now..What makes Endhiran so special?? It has mind blowing animation on an Indian film.. beautiful cinematography..Excellent visual..Stunning sets..Good songs..

Ok, lets get into more details..Its not a typical Rajini film, it’s a different Rajini film..It doesnot have Punch dialogues nor does it have an introduction song..neither it has the typical Rajini style..But its still Rajini all the way..Its a film about Rajini,Rajini and more Rajini..

There are some scene were you could see typical Rajini style especially in the “Kadal Annulkal” song..he wears the coolers and does his trademark walk..its worth every penny..Then the walk with the lions on “Arima Arima” songs, I really liked the Arima songs as its the best..typical rajini style song..

The film revolves around 2 people..Rajini and Aishwarya, the other cast are part of the film..thatz it.. I would not want to reveal much details, but the version 2.0 is a killer punch.. watch out for last one hour..you will know who the black sheep is…its simply awesome, typical Rajini style..Nobody would have pulled off this better that Rajini. Its RAJINI all the way..Hats off to the Superstar for the effort he has put in the film..

Its bit long, but few scenes could have been removed to make it a more crisp movie..example Santhanam and Karunas drinking scene, kalabhavan mani scene..

Its a movie where everyone in the family would enjoy watching.. Special mention about Madan karki for his intelligent lyrics and dialogues.. Credit also goes to Randy,Saby Cyril,Peter hein as well..

Its a film that you donot want to miss…I am already on my way to watch it again probably in Gold Class…

Way to go Super Star…

Sure to create records at the Box office….

DOT

Kishan

Valparai – Heaven abode..

” Valparai: The quiet, unexplored hill station,close to Nature…”

We decided to spend this Holiday season in Valparai for couple of days. I was too keen to visit Valparai as I have heard it’s all about Tea Estates and how true it was… it’s full of Tea Estates.

We started off from Pollachi by road and Valparai is around 60 kms from Pollachi, I must say the roads are in very good condition. The first place you come across on the way to Valparai is Aliyar Dam, and then Monkey falls, for going to Monkey falls you need to get tickets near Aliyar Dam itself.

As soon as you cross Monkey falls, towards your left you would see the picturesque view of Aliyar.

All through the road there are lot of view points, especially the view point on Hair pin bend 9 will give you an overview of the Aliyar.

The road to Valparai has 40 hairpin bends, All the along the road you would see lots of small waterfalls, which is very nice. In addition to that you would also see lots of Monkeys. It takes about 2 and half hours to reach Valparai.

We decided to stay in NEPC tea garden bungalow.NEPC is situated at the highest peak in Valparai .it come just after the 30th hairpin bend. They have 4 cottages, each cottage has 3 room (with attached bath).A room costs 2500 for a night stay. The rooms are very decent; they have a room heater, TV, Queen size bed. Unfortunately they do not provide you with Towels and soaps etc. Make sure you carry them when you stay @ NEPC Tea Gardens. They have a common dining area , food is pretty decent ,they provide both Vegetarian as well as Non-Vegetarian food.(Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner).The cost of the food is extra.

If you can afford a bit more then you can get accommodation in Waterfall Estate or Stanmore bungalow. They are really good. You have book these cottages in advance.

Places to visit:

1. Balaji Temple- You need to walk inside the Tea Estate, No camera allowed.

2. Vella Vinayar (Lord Ganesh in white marble)

3. Koolangazhur

4. Nirar Dam

5. Sholyar Dam

6. Number Parai

7. Nallamudi Poonjolai

8. Kadamparai – Dam

Valparai is the most unexplored and beautiful hill station. Thankfully it’s not commercialized. The town is one single road which has more bakeries. You can stop by to have some snacks and good tea.

ATMs:

SBI, Axix bank and Indian Bank

Places to Stay:

1. NEPC Tea Gardens:

URL: http://allseasonguesthouse.com/

2.Stanmore Bungalow:

URL: http://www.teabungalows.com/stanmore.htm

3.Waterfalls Bungalow:

URL:http://www.glendalestays.in/waterfall1.html

If you could stay for more than 2 days, then on one of the day you can make a trip to Aithrampally Falls which is 100 kms from Valparai and the road to the falls in through the Dense forest.

If you are interested and willing to spend a little bit more then you can stay in Rainforest resorts in Aithrampally falls.

Name: Rain Forest Resort – Aithrampally

URL:http://www.rainforest.in/

Note: there are no good hotels in Valparai for food; you have to depend on the places where you stay for good food.

Travel:

Valparai is 460km from Bangalore.From Coimbatore TNSTC buses are available to Pollachi. From Pollachi TNSTC buses are available to Valparai.

Definitely a place that’s worth a visit for your next Vacation………..



R V obsessed with Page 3…

We need to ask this question to ourselves… Are we obsessed with Page 3?

Going by what’s making News in the recent times, one would think so… Almost everyone would have read the news of an actor questioned by the US authorities either in Print or electronic media.

My question, why is this being made into big news? Why India media are so crazy about this, it’s after all a routine check. You can stop me and argue it’s not routine to have more than 2 hours of questioning.Well…my counter argument: Many of you would be working in a software company, where you might have friends from a particular religion, when they had to go to US, they would have questioned the same. One of my friend for sure was questioned for an hour by the US authorities because he belongs to a certain religion.

Why is that when thousands of Indian who travels abroad are questioned, does not become news. Why only an actor???  Why is he making a hue and cry out of this? Giving interview and giving suggestion on what needs to be done? It’s bizarre to hear. Funnily gives interviews to media and calls them not a publicity stunt.

There was another actor some time back claimed that he was not allowed to buy a house in a locality as belonged to another religion.That too became a big news for the media..

Are we so obsessed to Page 3 that these makes it to the Primetime?

More surprising when Abdul kalam was questioned it did make it to the media after 2 months. :).

I am sure the Home Minister has better thinks to do, than address this concern…

It’s natural for anybody to be cautious after the disaster that happened. If India does not do that, then it’s our problem, take corrective measure.

Many of you might ask why not we question the people from other countries when they visit India. Good question, my observation is we have an obsession with Fair skinned people. We always treat them on higher plane when they visit India. May be this is one reason that does not allow us to set any rules..

For heaven’s sake we all pray that the media reports something that is informative to people.

Hope for a Change..

A Million dollar bet!!!

A Million dollar bet!!!

This one happened when was I was attending a marriage reception. You might have already started thinking what the million dollars bet…is. Well read this…

Indian wedding or reception is a place where relatives, friends meet with each other and exchange pleasantries. Normally people in their mid 60-70 have a lot to discuss. The topic of their discussion would be the Food, politics and if its women it would predominantly dominated by the sarees and Jewellery.

As I did not have much company that day, I was sitting alone counting the time for dinner. I had an early lunch that day. Suddenly I hear some people in their mid 60’s talk. Guess what the topic of their discussion was. This is where I have the million dollars bet on!!!

I was really taken aback by the discussion that was going. This is the first time I am hearing the people in their mid 60’s discuss this.

Ok, I know you are really getting excited to know the topic, the topic was none other than the Latest trends on the Internet to be specific it was about the internet connection and the speed. One was saying the he has a dial up connection at home, the other one was suggesting why you don’t go for Broadband as dial up connection is slow, and they were discussing about the modem connections as well.

Now, Gimme a break, what a remarkable transition of topic discussed. May be this has something to do with their sons/daughters/grandchildren staying in different parts of the world. The eagerness to see them has turned them to netzines.

So next you find people in the mid 60-70’s chatting don’t be surprised when you get to hear discussion on Cloud computing, On Demand world….

Break the rules !!!!!!!!!!!!!

  

Why do people break the rules? Who is to be blamed? Is the general public at fault or is the fault of the authorities who fail impose the rule strictly?

 

Let’s take a simple scenario which every Indian would have either seen it or part of it, when we drive a two wheeler or a four wheelers, there could days when we were late to office, so we try to ignore the red lights, we see on the either side of the road and if no vehicle is coming on the opposite direction we tend to break the rule and drive thru the road even if there is a red light. Worse is during the early morning and late nights.

The most common reason we tend to give/hear are, it will be late to work or there is some urgency. But how many of us realize that we are risking the life just for a few seconds.

 

Have we become so busy that we cannot wait for couple of minutes in the traffic?

 

 Having been to USA, I could see Indians’ driving four wheelers religiously following the rules, I often wonder why people when they are back tend to break the rules in India.

 

The other commonly abused one is wearing helmet, worse in some states as it’s become a political issue and government tends to roll back the rules imposed… If you are in Bangalore you can experience this …When I drive on the road, I often wonder at the different helmets (should I say looks like one) that people wear. Most of them do not fit to be a helmet, some even wear the ones that is used in construction place, more worse some wear the helmet for their bike rather for themselves.

 

Gimme a break, Aren’t the Helmet supposed to protect oneself from any head injuries? How come people do not realize this?

 

 

I will leave the judgment to the people reading this blog…

 

1) Is it because of the corrupt system that we have in place, we know we can get away from anything we do as long as we have our wallet filled with Gandhi notes(what an irony , we give Gandhi notes to get rid of our wrong doings !!!!!! )

2) Is it lack of Civic sense among us?

3) Is it because we have become so busy in our life?

 

 

Until we our self realize this, it would be Break the Rules………

Its reigning India at the OSCARS !!!!!!!

Its Original Scintillating  Creative  Alluring  Rahman…

‘Slumdog Millionaire’ sweeps eight Oscars at the 81 st Academy Awards including Best Adapted Screenplay, Cinematography, Sound Mixing, Film Editing, Original Score, Original Song, Direction and Motion Picture.

For the whole Slumdog team it’s a moment to be proud of…

Its reigning India at the OSCARS.Slumdog Millionaire has done it!!
It has made the west sit up and take notice of India in the field of entertainment…

India is not about IT and ITES, its more than that…

Hope the so called Big A’s and B’s of bollywood realize this and not blog on criticizing the film. Probably they should have been given a role in the film as the host of the show, which would have made them happy 🙂 for god’s sake grow up guys !!!!!

Anyways lets not get into this controversy anymore…Let’s celebrate the 2 Indians who have done INDIA proud…Resul Pookutty and AR Rahman…

I am little surprised as to why many musicians from the south have not openly congratulated Rahman.
Is it the ego that is still hurting???…I wish the so called Issai gnani and other contemporary musicians came out openly and congratulate Rahman.There were not many who congratulated him for the Golden Globe…

AR Rahman you have really done us proud and I being a big fan of yours for sure know this is the start off the journey. The man who started his film career with “Chinna Chinna asai” has really achieved big and bagged most of the awards that are given on this globe.

He is really a Mozart of Chennai…

This is the first of many awards that Indians are going to get in the global arena.

Once again Congratulation from one among the billion fans…

Let’s not forget “Smile Pinki” which also bagged an OSCAR for the best documentary short subject.

JAI HO !!!!

Thank you email ….

After much thought I have decided to publish the Thank you letter that I sent to my fellow colleagues while I left my previous company……..It took me a week to compile this email as I didn’t want to send a routine thank you letter..Here is the email .. read and enjoy…..

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Hi Fantastic People…

 I am quite disappointed that I am leaving <Previous Company> and there are no demonstrations!!!. No self-immolation’s!!!. Nothing.  Tomorrow (28.Nov.2008) will be my last working day @ <Previous Company>.

 Guys… I have some goodies and a Hot Tip at the end of this email…

 I have enjoyed my tenure here and I appreciate having had the opportunity to work with you. Thank you for the support, guidance, and encouragement you have provided me during my time.

 Here is what I will miss very much:

1. All the friendly, helpful and energetic colleagues. 2. Great team spirit. 3. Freedom to perform and argue. 4. Flexible working hours. 5. The free but delicious birthday cakes, Chocolates, wafers, sodas, not to forget the Westside gift coupons. 6. Sweets and Savories from colleagues after their trips. 7. The one-on-one talks with all people.”

” Sorry, I have been Head-hunted by another Pride”

One last thing as a true consultant, guys whosoever needs my personal id and Number, can contact me and in turn they will be charged $ 20 for the same….

 Hot Tip:

 How to keep up with all the changes in Technology….

 Did I say I have some goodies for you…? Here it is… Since there is a slowdown in the economy I have decided to give my personal information free of cost!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!………Here it is…

Email id:  xxxxxx@gmail.com

Contact no:  xxxxxx

 All the best to you guys! Do keep in touch. Keep Smiling!!!!!!!

Journey on the great Indian Rail…

 I happened to attend one of my cousins wedding in Coimbatore in TamilNadu.To avoid last minute hiccups we have booked the trains tickets a month in advance…

 We did start from Bangalore by Kurla express; we arrived at the station a lot early to avoid the ever increasing carbon emissions in the city. J

 As most of the relatives have booked on the same train, everyone started arriving one after another. But alas the expected one did not arrive on time; it was late by a good 40 min.

 We thought we could buy some magazine to pass time, as we were in platform 3 we did not notice any book stalls, so we decided to go back to the first platform and buy some books. My goodness there is not even a single book stall open in Bangalore City Station. We returned empty handed, the only good thing was we could pass 20 minutes of our time. Finally the train made its arrival @ the Bangalore station, as usual with all the push and pull we were able to get into the train.

 The train started to move, and then we could get the fragrance of the restroom of our trains, remember this train comes from Mumbai, so think of it…

One must be really brave enough or I should say urgent enough to use the facility. J

 Thankfully no side Middle berth .Time was already past 11 pm, so I had taken my upper berth .I had my MP3 player as my companion.3 hours is what I could sleep ,then I got down ,sat next to side lower berth hearing some good songs.

 Hurray the station arrived @ 5.30 and I jumped off and left for my home.

 The day after that we had to return from Coimbatore to Bangalore after the wedding .This was a Day journey, the train was at 1.30 in afternoon. After having lunch we headed to the Coimbatore station…

There was huge crowd outside the station that really took us by surprise. We somehow managed to move through the crowd to take our position on the platform 2.

Later we realized that the Colleges and schools were declared holiday hence people were in a hurry to go to their native. There was an announcement, all we could hear was the train number and late, I was like Oh God gimme me a break…This time there was a book stall beside us. That helps J

  It was really hot, so we decide to cool ourselves by having some chilled Aavin flavored milk. Once the train arrived as usual with all the customary things completed, we settled and train started moving. As I said before this was a day train so we decided to book the seats and not berth. It’s supposed to be a reserved compartment, later I realized, reserved is only for the seats and not for the compartment as such as you can stand next to the seat or sit on the path or sit next to entrance and block the doors for these you don’t need tickets ,neither does one ask you .!!!!!!!!!!!!

 As people were occupying every inch of space on the compartment except those “Reserved seats” it was cramped everywhere ,the fragrance was not felt this time J

 The train had a pantry car, so the eatable started coming one after another, you could almost smell the aroma of the dish. Eat them at your own risk… !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

After a good 2 hours of journey ,the most unthinkable happened !!!!!! I never thought such a thing would ever happen … Top kollywood artiste were on sale not only kollywood but all the other woods including Hollywood were on sale !!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yup ,you guessed it right ,there were 3 guys coming one after another for the sales of Pirated DVD. The first gentleman had a bag and some DVD in his and he marketed those by selling “All New Movies” and moved away..

Then the second one this time it was lady ,She hardly new what she was selling ,guess what she had a bag full of DVD’s and few of them in hand and started selling “DVD.. DVD..DVD..” J  Guys who have traveled in Train/Bus can imagine this…its like selling “tea/coffee ..tea/coffee ” J

 We were not able to move around as we have been seat arrested for a good 3-4 hours.Finally the train made its way to Bangalore station…we were released from our seat arrests…

  It’s an experience, you got to experience it !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!   J  

 ‘Incredible India’

Slamdog Millionaire – does it bother you???

Does it bother you ??

So we have Slumdog Millionaire released. Some of us are doing a Slamdog Millionaire. What is hue and cry about this movie?

Are we feeling jealous that our Indian movies do not get the awards? We are so fascinated with the Oscars, that we feel if someone from outside India gets the honor on directing an Indian film, we start pointing fingers at the film.

Guys, wake up there is lot of good thing one can do for the development of the downtrodden people in India. Everyone criticizes the film for showing India in bad light, but honestly tell how many would have visited slums in India.
How many of us are really trying to do something for the upliftment of the society.

Agreed, India is shining but that does not mean we are rich nation and we do not have poverty. How long do we live in the mask of looking rich and self sufficient?

Surprising to see media spend good amount of time debating the movie.

I feel this is just another movie, see it enjoy it. If it hurts you do your bit for the society.

As the one in billion, I wish AR RAHMAN all the best for the Oscars…..

JAI HO !!!!!