An unforgettable Wednesday

Mumbai terrorism attacks – something no Indian would have imagined that would happen to us. An attack which had an impact on every true Indian! An attack which is going on for 3 days which we have never witnessed before!

Well, what is happening to our country?

2008 is a bad year for us. Starting from Bangalore, Ahmedabad, Jaipur… we are witnessing so many terrorists’ attacks this year. Even after our country has been hit by so many attacks, we are still unable to zero-in on the perpetrator!

Frankly, all the blasts occurred except Mumbai had very less impact on me. I just prayed that everyone should be fine.

But today after seeing Mumbai suffer, I can hear my heart beats go in a rapid pace, a silent prayer goes through my mind, eyes filled with tears and that conveys helplessness and a sense of fear that prevails in me even now.. when I type this.

At this point I am really scared to step out of my house. I feel there is no positive vibes out here. I just want to say ‘enough is enough we can’t take it anymore’!

I want to just put down my thoughts here and show my anger. I just want to point out on the people whom I just hate now and show them what they have not done. But am just scared to go on.. .I sense now that the liberty to express has gone haywire! The blasts have just scared the hell out of me! I just want to say one thing “F**K them”!

I want to end here by thanking the NSG force and the various heros who have helped the people who have been trapped and especially the NSG for shooting the accused! Hats off to them and am just so proud how strong our army force is! It simply implies ‘Dude even if you take 3 days or 4 days, we are not gonna leave you alive’!

With a silent prayer for the people who have lost their lives, I sign off!

Post Script:
I really want to appreciate NDTV for their outstanding coverage on this. Personally I liked the way the news was presented by them. Especially Pranoy Roy for his comments that hooked me to write this! Well, I don’t have a legal platform to comment on this, am just happy that someone who is well learnt about all the sides is doing our job!

Varanam Aayiram.... to all the dads!

Movie: Varanam Aayiram

Cast: Surya, Sameera reddy, Divya Spandana, Simran.

Music: Harris Jayaraj

Director: Gautham Menon

Varanam Aayiram (meaning the strength of thousand elephants) is the most expected movie of the year. After the hot-combination of Surya and Gautham Menon in Kakha Kakha, the second movie of the duo is Varanam Aayiram which was released on Nov 14.

This movie is a tribute to Gautham’s father who passed away last year. The movie talks about the relationship that a father and a son shares. Typically it’s the relationship that Menon and his father shared, of course with a few cinematic elements added to it!

The story begins with Surya (as an army officer) while on a mission gets the news of the death of his father. He starts reminiscing about the days spent with father and the story cuts to a flash back.

Krishnan (Surya) is a government employee who is married to his college mate Malini (Simran). ‘Mundhinam’ is a beautiful penned song that shows the entire love story of theirs. It was love at first sight for him and the song which tells their love story can’t get any sweeter. The line where Simran says, “He just swept me off my feet” explains it all!

Moving on, Surya (played as his son) shares a unique kind of a relationship with his father. He looks upon his father more than his mother (as played by Simran). Theirs is more a friendship than a typical father-son relationship.

Surya goes to an Engineering college in Tiruchi, after his father borrows money to pay his capitation fees, but ends up watching movies than attending classes. While returning back after his final semester he meets Megna (Sameera Reddy) in the train. As expected, it was love at first sight for him! The emotions displayed by him when he sees her brings a smile to everyone who is watching the movie. The way he pats his chest and admires her secretly is most romantic scene in the whole movie!

He starts playing his guitar which is followed by the ‘Nenjukul Peidhidum Mamazhai’ song. His attempt to impress her goes in vain as she leaves to America for higher studies. After setting up his own company along with his friends he follows Sameera and finally wins her heart! (Wonder which father allows his son to go in search of a girl when there is no money around! This is too cinematic to believe. I suppose Gautham did a similar scene in his life too – refer Times article).

A major blast occurs where Sameera loses her life and Surya comes back to India. He meets his sister - Shriya’s friend and neighbour played by Divya who helps him overcome the sorrow. Surya’s unable to forget her gets into drugs and the scene where the withdrawal stage happens is tremendously done by the actor. He was so real and his acting was just brilliant. He comes out of it and at the advice of his father takes a break and goes to Kashmir!

The complete transformation happens when he gets engaged in finding a kidnapped kid and realizes his true self to become an army officer. The awaited six-pack scene comes and everyone goes ‘ahhh’ while watching him! He moves to Delhi and Divya follows him this time and love strikes again! Moving on, Krishnan is diagnosed with lung cancer. And well you can imagine the climax, which directs to the first scene of the movie.

The first half of the movie was great mixture of songs and scenes that moves at a faster pace while the second half was a drag! Certain scenes remained cinematic and so unrealistic while the romantic parts of the story are well crafted and the emotions are well displayed.

This is Gautham’s story through Surya! Surya is the main substance of the story and story revolves around him. He has done full justice to the movie and has shown great acting skills. His hard work is clearly visible and there needs no surprise if he wins a Filmfare award for best actor category this year! I can see a South Indian Aamir Khan shaping in him! The father, the teenage son, the college student and the army officer (where he sports a six pack) is differentiated so clearly. Well for the ladies, all the three heroines get an equal share and have done a great job!

The music score is just wonderful! All the songs are nice and the music itself becomes the USP of the movie. If he hadn’t dragged the movie and cut some unbelievable scenes, the movie will rated 5/5 by me! Well, for all the hard work done by Surya and Gautham I give them 3.5/5!!

Post Script: Watch the movie with no expectations and if your an ardent Surya fan, there is no doubt you will just LOVE watching this movie! And for me, I LOVED SURYA! :) He is a hot property for Tamil industry!

Sa-Ro-Ja Movie review!

MOVIE REVIEW



Movie – Saroja
Genre – Thriller / Comedy
Director – Venkat Prabhu
Cast – SPB Charan, Vaibhav, RJ Shiva, Premji Amaran, Prakash Raj, Jayram, Vega,
Sampath.
Bottom Line – Four friends are mistakenly caught up with baddies and help save the
daughter of rich businessman who is kidnapped by them.
Rating: * * * *

Rarely Tamil cinema has seen the two completely different genres ‘Thriller’ and ‘comedy’ in one movie. Hats-off to director Venkat Prabhu for taking such a big step in entertaining the Tamil audience. ‘Sa-ro-ja’ is a promising movie by Venkat Prabhu which will have you in splits. He re-creates the magic after the runaway success of blockbuster ‘Chennai – 600 028.’

The story begins with the lead character Saroja (Vega) being kidnapped. Prakash Raj played as the girl’s father (a rich Businessman) calls up the police and starts the investigation. Jayram plays the role of Asst Commissioner and friend of Prakash Raj.

Meanwhile the story cuts to the lively and bubbly gang of four friends, Jagapathi Babu (SPB Charan), Ajay (Shiva), Ganesh (Premji Amaran) and Raj Babu(played by new comer Vaibhav).The four friends decide to go to Hyderabad to watch India – Pakistan match. A major accident occurs which forces them to take another route to reach the destination. This is when the story actually begins.

The four men land up in an area where there is no way out. They find themselves in the midst of the baddies who tries to murder them. They try to escape and find Saroja (Vega) who is kidnapped by them. Sampath (Sampath) plays the kidnapper with a gang of guys who assists him. Saroja with the help of these four men tries to escape and what follows next is the climax.

Prakash Raj has played his role really well. The emotions expressed by him sure needs applause, especially when he tries to confess to his wife and when he bursts out thinking about his daughter! Jayram too has played it well. But after years of seeing him as a comedian, this role of his is hard to accept. The villain Sampath is definitely used well by the director. We were just wondering why they wasted him in Chennai – 600 028!

The four guys – SPB Charan, Vaibhav, Premji Amaran and Shiva have loads of acting skills that should be noted by the directors of Tamil industry! Premji’s comedy line in this movie, ‘Evalavo pannitom, idha panna maatoma’ (From Vijay’s movie) is sure to make us laugh out loud! The movie has comedy where it shouldn’t have. When you just think the movie is getting serious, Premji has something for you! He is best used only by his brother.

And for the ladies, Vega is the only female lead who has some weightage in her role.(That too, only for the second half of the movie!). Nikita played as Sampath’s love, shakes her leg for a song and vanishes and so does Kajal Agarwal who is played as Shiva’s woman!

The location of the movie sure needs to be mentioned. We wonder where in Hyderabad the area exists. The music for the movie is composed by Yuvan Shaker Raja. His rapport with brother Venkat has produced great results and one can witness in this movie. The songs ‘Cheeky Cheeky’ and ‘It’s my Life’ has a western blend. While songs such as, ‘Dost bada Dost’, ‘Koodana Kodi’ and ‘Nimirndhu Nillu’ is typical of Yuvan’s music.

The 3 - day movie is sure to entertain you for the 3 hours you’ve paid! If you haven’t laughed out loud before, watch Sa-Ro-Ja, the complete entertainer!


By,
Sharanya CR

Post Script:

Delayed post! Wrote this review a few days of the release for our newspaper! Tell me hozz it guys!!By the way, the guys Vaibhav and Sampath were HOT!!:D I loved the movie...saw it thrice already!:) This is review is 'ore peter' typical for newspaper purpose.. my review is 'semma tucker machan' :P :P