Embarassing Post

I have deleted my previous post.. Too much embarassing but it revealed that few of my family (siblings / niece / nephews) are reading the posts. It triggered bit of low moments with so much of phone call. Hence removed it.

The Interview That Wasn't

I know I am copying famous weekly show in English TV Channel in India but the show's core idea is to present things in humor sense. My friend just called and shared his experience with an random interview he encountered in a mall. It seems he was doing windshoping in the mall and was planning to move out of the mall, as his wife wants to catch some bite nearby restra.

Suddenly he noticed a huge crowd, as curious as any aam junta, he sneaked his way to centre and see the thick of action. Suddenly the person holding the mike (the same words which got justified at the end of narration) thrust the stick to his face and started questions.. Here are the list of questions..

• Question: Which is recent Hindi movie you have seen ?
• Answer : It's been few years in theaters and last movie was Dhoom 2
• Question : So which one you liked most in 2009 releases
• Answer : Oops.. I haven't seen anyone in 2009
• Question: What do you think of nominations in XYZ Awards 2009
• Answer : I haven't read or heard about the nominations ; Maybe I will see the Awards function when it gets telecast
• Question : Do you think nominations for best supporting actress are relevant to the box office results and critics views on each of the nominees
• Answer : Relevance is not there in the way you ask question all along
• Question : So, which movie you wanted to see in near future
• Answer : Avatar

Abruptly, the interview came to an end and the stick was thrust into another person.. The First Question was similar to that, seems like that person, a gentleman in mid 40s wasnt comfortable but he obliged to answer the first one.

• Question: Which is recent Hindi movie you have seen ?
• Answer : I never watched Hindi movies in full and never in theatres
• Question : So which one you liked most in 2009 releases
• Answer : I dont watch movies at all in any language
• Question : Atleast name one sir,
• Answer : I think it should be that elephant one which Dharmender acted (Whoa is that 2009 release?)
• Question : Did you like that movie?
• Answer :
• Question: What do you think of nominations in XYZ Awards 2009
• Answer : Does that company give awards for movies, I didn't know that
• Question : Do you think nominations for best supporting actress are relevant to the box office results and critics views on each of the nominees
• Answer : Best Actress Award should be given to you for asking such irrelevant questions without battling an eyelid.
• Question : Do you think someone like Vidya Balan should get Best Actress award?
• Answer : I again stress you should get the best actress award or your producer should get best technician award for having wonderful robot doing interviews and look so real on road
• Question : What is that supposed to mean?
• Answer : I said you are either Robot or Best Actress to do such insane interviewing without any reactions. .. Is it some kind of candid camera show going on?
• Mike Holding Person : Not sure what you are talking about, I don't really observe the answers should I proceed with the XYZ Awards nomination.
• Gentleman : Please ask someone else, I am off from this place and will never come near camera even in marriages :)

My friend then happened to move away from the crowd and bearing the cold vibes from wife why waste time for such dumb thing all because someone wears modern clothing and you want to drool :)

But he noticed the channel van was waiting outside and two gentleman animatedly discussing, our guy moves near them to hear them properly. They were indeed discussing about that the interview routine going around.

What he concluded is very pathetic. It seems that the person was hired new and she is in training session to be on road for news gathering so they want to see how she reacts to various points coming from random people. Seems like she is nervous and just went on flow with the list of questions printed on the chit she has.

Seems like somene's training didn't go well.. Nervousness can make you act weird but not with bizarre flow of questions :)

Should the Blog title be "The Job That wasn't" which is bit rude to aspiring Journo or TV personality. Hope that she overcomes nervousness to be successful one that she yearns for.

Ayirathil Oruvan - One of Kind Tamil Movie.. Na, one kind of movie from Indian Film Industry

There was hype in Tamil Movie Industry about Ayirathil Oruvan (AO).. It is translated to One in Thousand.. actually a old movie title which legenday actor and ex-Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu MGR acted. The movie stars Karthi of Paruthi Veeran fame, Reema Sen, Andrea, Parthipan..

The director on his pre-release shows in all TV Channels told that this movie is outright fantasy movie and full of my imagination. The movie has clear disclaimer on this line that it is totally imagination and no inaccuracies of history is not intended.

It is an out & out fantasy movie about two erstwhile kingdoms of Tamilnadu.. Cholas and Pandiyas, mostly on their rivalry and Cholas last (or lost!!) emperor. The Archaeological Dept goes for search trip to an island in Vietnam to find the remains of Cholas who fled after a defeated war wtih clear objective of safeguarding the heir apparents of the king.

The adventures and traps are clearly a hallmark of creativity and the logical reasoning and effective computer graphics makes one feel attached to the movie and the script.

All the lead actors have performed their life out for this movie especially Parthipan who as an estranged king, shows the emotions of life lost in wilderness and also scores point with clear diction of ancient tamil verses in the dialogue. The two lead actress were justified in the role selection.

The climax of the movie is a stretched affair with unwarranted scenes of violence on women who are captivated. The director should have made a difference by showing some other means of getting the chola group disappear or killed.

If you want to be nit picking film critic, sure I think there will be lot of doubts and loopholes in the story line, script and also some of the scenes. Also there will be comments or criticism that the movie is inspired by English movies. Such adventure / search related movies will sure look similar.

I think Director Selvaraghavan ignited atleast few people to go back to historical references of Chola kingdom. Their engineering prowess is clearly highlighted in the movie with traps, barricades and checks for anyone to enter the area of hiding.

It is sure Ayirathil Oru Padam.. meaning One in Thousand Movie to be watched. I am sure it requires lot of effort, research and continuous creativity to come up with such screenplay, dialogues, etc.

For those willing to spend 3 hours on creative surge, go ahead and watch the movie. I think the movie should be marketed pan India for more viewership but it is grey area whether pan India people is aware of history related to Cholas, Pandiyas :(

How one can create another controversy out of 3 Idiots movie :)

Is Chatur reflection of South Indian Students

The success of 3 Idiots seems to be surprising for few bloggers though they are appreciative of the message it carries. Rote learning / Race behind marks are not the ideal education system.

Also the high pitched war of words of the credits controversy seemed to have blown down another controversy with the movie's characters. Here is my funny take on possible interpretations by public / media on that one.

During the ragging scene, the character "Silencer" or "Chatur" introduces himself as "Chatur Ramalingam" and speaks only English. The senior guy chides him to speak in Hindi. Chatur says "I am born in Uganda and studies in Pondicherry, so I cannot speak Hindi". Then he goes on to learn the lingo. The controversy is hidden here :)

There are ways to interpret any scene in a movie but here is 2 ways of interpreting and blowing it as controversy.

Interpretation#1 : I think director / script writers (I wouldn't tell them as story writers obviously because of the other controversy)wanted to convey the point that South Indian students are behind the marks race and adding that they are not Hindi literate per se.

Interpretation#2 : The other way it can be interpreted is that writers wanted to portray that those who do not know Hindi are not born in India and written the script such that Chatur says he is born in Uganda and raised in Pondicherry.

I think the Media didn't bring it up because they are pretty sure this will not get them the TRP pointers. Also there are no major TV Channels that are dependent on South Indian viewership as one of the famous TV Editors agreed that English channels don't allocate much airtime for South Indian news.

On the other angle, one can be pretty sure, the South Indian language media or English media (both print & TV) based in Southern part will not get into such matters, they by far have better news to cover rather than mindless controversies.

So Script writers' arrogance came in while creating such character because they could have kept one of 3 Idiots to be from South India.

Now the serious part, Chatur was pivotal role in 3 Idiots to stitch the screen play and also driving home the message that the movie intend to convey.

At the same time, somehow I was not impressed with characterisation of 3 Idiots because it reminds of lot of earlier such rigid characters like Big B's Mohabbatein role or Dean from Munnabhai MBBS or some strict family headman in few village oriented movies. The exaggerated way of gross dressing (not cross dressing) of a director of an reputed institution doesn't go well.

I have not read the book, so I won't comment on the controversy but the book should make a good read, will sure buy one legal copy from a book stall so that the royalty goes to either of the CBs (Charity Books or Chetan Bhagats). Hey I do follow CB in Twitter and one of the message he indicated that money made during that controversy will go to charity.

One of the hidden message from the movie is not to stereo type education or life but somehow script writers stereotyped Pondicherry / South India educated students, which is bad from people who made Gandhigiri famous after 60 years.

Tail Piece: Maybe CB vs 3 Idiots controversy was triggered to avoid this getting blown up :)

Happy New Year 2010

I just want to get better count for Dec 2009 on Blogs. There are two of them in Dec '09. The New Year is about to ring in soon; in few hours in Australia, New Zealand, etc.

Here wishing all the readers of this blog (hoping to get more visitors than my blog count ;) )




I wish the success and happiness pours into everyone's life as water gushing out of water reservoirs.



Let the year 2010 be year of help. Maybe you need to help odd stranger or someone who has fallen off from pedestal and you can hold onto them as long as you can to avoid falling in the ground.



Let the world is full of colors..



It Party Time Guys.. Go and Enjoy the New Year Eve and Year that beckons everyone

Why I get Chased By Dogs

I know this title would clearly bring in smiles to people know me as I had to put few injections for dog bite even though it was just myself and doggie sir bumped into each other accidentally.

But of late in last few weeks, I am noticing that dogs kept chasing me on random timings on particular street. Be it around twilight time (say 5.30 to 6PM) or early mornings or late nights. This does not happen on daily basis as I rush thru that street to catch the bus in early mornings and return home in in evenings.

The set of dogs were regular ones in the street and they would give me a stare glance or sometimes just ignore. Sometimes they bark at someone wearing fancy dresses but when I pass by they wouldn't mind me at all.

This baffled me for few days and then I found a company thru a regular jogger for years. I seen him jogging around our area daily in mornings on daily basis but suddenly for last few weeks I saw him just doing his brisk walking. He normally engages me with some small talks if he notices I am not rushing towards the main road.

On one encounter last week, I asked him why he stopped jogging and walking, he said that he is also being chased by the dogs in that particular street. I happily announced that I was also being the target and he seems to be on the same mood that he got a company in distress.

Yesterday, he met me and then said he will accompany me upto bus stop which I gladly obliged, then he revealed most strange thing. It seems one weird crazy two legged one is playing with some gizmo to chase off the dogs. The gizmo works like this, it makes a buzzing sound to irritate the four-legged ones so that they move away from the location. But in reality, dogs gets irritated and on process of identifying the source of buzzing sound, they mistake the passersby in the street and start barking or chasing them off.

My companion chanced upon this weird stuff when he started observing the nearby houses whenever the dogs acted strangely. Suddenly he saw some 40+ plus guy holding that gizmo. He had noticed few times on different days / timings, then decided to barge into that house and asked that guy to explain what he was doing with that gizmo or should I call it as dumb invention.

Then he got the above explanation. He had given stern warning to that guy not to use unless dogs are creating nuisance in late nights disturbing sleep.

The other trend he explained is about speeding two wheelers guys intentionally drive near sleeping ones and rev up accelerator and whiz off, but the sufferers going to be pedestrains.

Weird People, Weird Inventions seems like one doesn't need to worry about lack of entertainment options but they should understand entertainment shouldn't affect others.

Phew.. I could write such big blog for such weird stuff which should have been put in 140 limit of microblogging :)

Why I was desperate to see KKR to win IPL 2 !!

Here you go, I just got your audience by weird title, but the theme of this blog is all about why I wanted all 8 teams to win IPL 2 for the attributes I liked in each of the team. That said, every team had their unique DNA and their USP is also majorly different. I am fond of each team (it's a truth!!) on some parameters, so thought will share those in my blog for wider audience.
The other aspect I wanted to share is that my study of each team's behavior on management perspective on different leaders (captians or coaches) on their impact for the on-field performance and off-field ones as well :) You may see only positives out on the blog so I think this entry will not trigger any controversies!!!

Why I am happy that Deccan Chargers won - Simply put one of the modern legends leading it with more of instinctive tactis / strategies with bunch of hard working , polite & young players from one of not so major hub of cricket in India. Another thing is that they were in the bottom of points table last year and had to make some drastic changes which is going to be order of the day in this commerical venture of cricket.
Another aspect, I liked their approach on tournament with respect to off-field publicity or media relations, it was just a quiet month and only the talking happened in post match presentations or press conferences. Their off-field personnel were always on low key and not much mention of them during this month

Why I am sad that Royal Challengers lost final - After all it's Namma Bengaluru hudugas (boys) that couldn't bring Good Times to the city. One of the early inspiration for me in my adolscent age is their owner :). Then their stalwarts are one of the silent giant killers in cricket in last 2 decades. Listing them out for you... Kumble, Dravid, Kallis, Boucher are there big time match winners and not much of media spotlight on them for wrong reasons, for that matter it may be nil on that aspect.
The elder statesman of the team started leading the team and got thru to finals and had to lose out low scoring and seems their players were overawed of the big stage, big event and bigger price. The leader took the ownership of taking on big fish Gilly on the final and succeeded on that. It shows how the captain took the initiative and also had respect of the team. I am always inspired by the calmness and professional approach of Kallis, Kumble, Dravid and their new young one Manish Pandey.. Even though their coach is a high profile one, he wasn't occupying media space for not more than reasonable amount, maybe less deserved for team that was the finalist :)

Wanna continue but will give a break and go for other teams in next entry..