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Pulp Fiction - Fan Theory

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   This is on 30 years of pulp fiction and why its still relevant -atleast for tamil movie fans and film Makers as QT is one of the most influenced director ever(Karthik Subburaj. Lokesh Kanagaran etc). QT known for Old content stylised content told in modernised entertained way and with his knowledge on cinema bank literaturised cinema.Creating curiosity interest on what happened to characters by his crazy incidents n ppl. He only borrows high sharp points on various cinemas and reverses plus distorts it. His sense of drama is more like write JD Salinger, has used 250 plus f words. QT tells thick content not seriously but just make it interesting with the liveliness of characters and fiction effect only on few spots like bullet vanishing, soul briefcase, watch history. He is like entertaining professor in dead poet society bring alive dead old school. Fan theory that Wallace Soul removed via neck and hence the band aid :}Make audience guess background and connection of whys w...

#home Malayalam movie review

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I got into this after tough day in my work and selected this as somewhere I saw some raving review in my facebook feed somewhere in my mobile. Irony that movie which downplays the mobile device got attention by mobile. It's very hard and unfair to write review on culture and language that am not into it. But first time ever I went really went tight on capturing images and reading sub titles due to the natural visual, realistic characters. when the movie started telling about a director and writers block, i thought it's going to be too artistic and would loose empathy as like the movies 71/2(french), marupadiyum, bommalatam, VTV. I don't like movies about movies, I was sleepy until the part came in about the guy who ran a video cassette shop who gone out of competition now. And also I thought this movie cannot be tagged as just a feel good family drama but has more hearty flavour to it. My take on a movie always would be story distorted and pick my favourite elem...

Andavar Kavidhai on GOD

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  கிரகனாதி கிரகணங்கள் ;அப்பாலுமே ஒரு அசஹாய சக்தி உண்டாம் ;ஆளுக்கு ஆள் ஒரு பொழிப்புரை கிறுக்கியும் ஆருக்கும் விளங்காததாம். அதைப்பயந்ததை யுணர்ந்ததைத் துதிப்பதுவன்றி பெரிதேதும் வழியில்லையாம். நாம் செய்த வினையெலாம் முன்செய்ததென்பது விதியொன்று செய்வித்ததாம். அதை வெல்ல முனைவோரைச் சதிகூடச் செய்தது அன்போடு ஊழ் சேர்க்குமாம். குருடாகச் செவிடாக மலடாக முடமாகக் கரு சேர்க்கும் திருமூலமாம்; குஷ்டகுஹ்யம் புற்று சூலை மூலம் குரூரங்கள் அதன் சித்தமாம். புண்ணில் வாழும் புழு புண்ணியம் செய்திடின் புதுஜென்மம் தந்தருளுமாம், கோடிக்கு ஈஸ்வரர்கள் பெரிதாக வருந்தாமல் சோதித்து கதி சேர்க்குமாம்; ஏழைக்கு வரு துயரை வேடிக்கை பார்ப்பததன் வாடிக்கை விளையாடலாம். நேர்கின்ற நேர்வலாம் நேர்விக்கும் நாயகம் போர்கூட அதன் நின் செயலாம்; பரணிகள் போற்றிடும் உயிர்கொல்லி மன்னர்க்கு தரணி தந்து அது காக்குமாம். நானூறு லட்சத்தில் ஒரு விந்தை உயிர் தேற்றி அல்குலின் சினை சேர்க்குமாம்; அசுரரைப் பிளந்தபோல் அணுவையும் பிளந்து அணுகுண்டு அது செய்வித்ததும், பரதேசம் வாழ்கின்ற அப்பாவி மனிதரை பலகாரம் செய்துண்டதும் , பிள்ளையின் கற...

My Poetry in Tamil - கவிதை மனசு காரன்

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நான் கவிதை மனசு காரன், இருட்டில் வெளிச்சம் தேடுபவன் , மனித சந்தையில் மனிதம் தேடுபவன் , வெற்றி வேட்டை மனிதர்கள் மத்தியில் தானம் செய்பவன். ஆடம்பரத்தில் எளிமையை தேடுபவன் , வெற்றிக்கு முன்னாள் மண்டியிட மாட்டோம். வெற்றி கணிதர்களின் நேர்த்தி எங்களுக்கு ரசனையற்றது , பூவின் யதார்தம் போல் வரும் தோல்வியின் ரசிகர்கள் நாங்கள் . நாங்கள் உணர்வகளின் களஞ்சியம் , சத்தமாக இருக்காது எங்கள் வெளிப்பாடு அழகானதாகவே இருக்கும் . கவிதை மனா காரர்களே கை கொடுங்கள் உங்களால் தான் மழை பெய்கிறது. இடுக்குகலின் வெளிச்சம் நாங்கள் , தினம் மன தோல் உரிப்பவர்கள், மான் தோற்றம் கொண்ட சிங்கங்கள் நாங்கள் , கவிதைமனசு எங்கள் முகவரி மதம் இனம் சாதி , கலைஞன் இனத்தின் இடது சாரிகள் ஐயா நாங்கள் !

ON Tamil Writer Balakumaran - The man who knew too much on spirituality

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  This write-up on writer Balakumar, veteran of tamil fiction credited to have 200 plus book titles. Balakumaran writing got into me when i watched the Tamil movie Gentleman(1993) as a kid. Even though dialogue is small part of movie, managed to take away his name in the movie titles which we hardly care to see. Then i managed to see some of his works in movie and always been great fan like for a hero in the movie. Later i used to see his name was always there in tamil novel section in book shops which i often used to visit. I turned pages there and got into his novel writing a bit. One of my non conformist friend suggested couple of his novels which i tried and started liking his flavor of writing. He shines like a hero in a movie after reading through it. Amazing technique of domain exploration, philosophical musings on life and people, adulation of feminine side. The novel like "Irumbu kudhiraigal" flashes a bit of movie "Polladavan" and drives into a subject, ...

Super Deluxe(2019) - Tamil movie review

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Super Deluxe Tamil movie review =========✓=✓=============== It's a freak movie, who can only watch with a thug attitude on life and seeing life in cool different angle as a enjoyable outsider.Just like Mr. Kumararaja told that he found difficult to direct the movie Super Deluxe movie initially as he lost touch, even am strugguling to catchup writing as ive been staying away from writeups due to lack of time and strength, inspiration. This is a late review as it got released on March 29 this year, i had a glimpe of it recently on Netflix. But this time i thought of breaking the writers block for this movie response Super Deluxe which has ensemble of star cast and grandeur visuals handled by 2 reputed DOP's. What stands out in the movie is the content, narrative and visuals. The dialagues are very special especially bashing conventional views existing in society. Super Deluxe is a fantasy universe which shows realistic character and life incidents. Am not g...

ON Why I Write

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Writing is mere carpentry as Gabriel Marquez says,the Noble Laurette.How and what we fit matters,how we relate each one (as like the timber is screwed to connect to make a figure and purpose-like chair and table)aesthetically gives figure-further the screwed points to fit the timber are the ones of our contribution .Ive a natural way of making unnecessary,irrelevant thoughts that are not to the practical life(so no release of it unless i write) and as well as am good at carpentry(unfortunately the only thing I am good at) that has made me to write and blog.Since,its an independent forum to make my rational thoughts to hit truth which is filled with ideals,it suits me.Regarding writing subject i choose,any timeless truth deserves to be written which is the cardinal rule for publishing or writing,however i don't obey this always.I try to write what makes sense,does that makes sense?I write when ever i get a chance as i don't get the luxury or privilege of it,but mostly when a...

Right age to get married?

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People married can answer this better i guess, lets leave it to them(experience is like getting a comb after you are bald-nevertheless). Everybody has different family background, education and profession in terms quantity and quality with peaks and falls at different ages,. The marriage should definitely happen during continuous graph of up where the confidence is more because marriage has financial and family balance to cope and compete. The earlier the marry the earlier the offspring, chances of better offspring is more(scientifically proven?). I guess guys know what they want after 30 and girls after 25(they are always smarter), so better marry after 30 for guys and marry after 25 for girls. Anyways, Age is not a constraint because when you feel you have acquired your space in personal and professional life you believed and wanted and you have ability to control, go for it.

On Why Indian Science fiction has little reception?

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Sci-fi genre has not much of takings in people as per our film professionals assumption i guess, that's why very less no of movies had come out on it. Yet, there are lot of fantasy movies and mythology movies (earlier days people used to call this camera trick, pre graphics came into picture) which can be called as some what a sci-fi movies only, infact many of Hollywood movies are inspired from Indian mythology and philosophy(say for example Avatar and The Matrix).  The only director of India who handled this genre the most is  Singeetham Srinivasa Rao.  Communist propagandist director Velu Prabhakaran's Nalaya Manithan(1989) and Athisaya Manidhan(1990) is sort of sci-fi only with horror mixture i guess. There are movies iconic like international film director Shekar Kapur's Mr.India(Hindi film). Some of the important films below: 1. Endhiran(In hindi it's Robot-film released on 2010, 289 crore earnings with budget of 132 crores) 2. PK(not pure yet joins ...

Self Development article - thingZ realiseD on steppinG yearS

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First thing i realized is that am getting younger. It will become saturated to live like Steve Jobs told to live life in a tight way everyday realizing the life is a countdown. Anyway my quick list of this moment: 1.Realized the meaning of value, responsibility, ownership wished could have happened much earlier. 2.  Realized Always learn to think for yourself as family, friends, job cant keep securing you all the time. 3. Realized Nobody will care on your dream, so if you really value go for it on time and break the barriers and enjoy pain and pleasure. 4. Every people, event, activity in every moment of life should be given 100% commitment as life is DYNAMIC and cant go back. To carry it we need to live 100% 5. Your wife or girl friend is just another being with own personality and cant be the way you want all the time. 6. Every thing in life should have its own place-nothing less or nothing more. And be open minded and never be on a comfort zone, if at all lif...

The Book Steve Jobs Loved all his life

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Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda(real name Mukunda Lal Ghosh). This book been introduced by my friend some ten years back, saying it has changed her life. Now, reasonably well known book even among younger generation this book been in print since 1946. Content living this long (there are time when popularity also is not the sign of success or failure) itself is indication that something is good on this book. I tried myself and the backdrop is that its the spiritual pursuits of people during the authors period in India(1893-1952). People who have lived without food(energy via sunlight), and all different unbelievable sorts of spiritual dimensions is been told. The reason the book being popular in West is that author has tried explain Indian spiritual things in rational/scientific way. Needless to say it also explores on yoga, gravitation and all aspects of spirituality. On the downside people might complain the book is of fantasy stuff and pseudo scientific. Any way...

hey Ram(Feb18-2000) - A retro

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The films major instance Direct Action Day (16 August 1946-announced by the Muslim League Council to show the strength of Muslim feelings both to British and Congress, sort of a bandh) event shown in moview is a good effort to depict the killing of around 4000 people on that day(the overall killing happened due to partition riots is estimated to be 2lakh approximately(could be even between 2 Lakh to 20 Lakh and stands next to holocaust which cost around 1 crore lives app)) is an shocking information to know for political outsiders like me to understand what India has gone through as a nation. The amount of research gone into this movie is evident(definitely that which is not included might even be more valuable).  Even though this movie is a historical fiction, doesnt mean its only for old timers and history buffs. Infact not training the mind to take this sort of movie was one of the reason the film might have failed to reach its deserved acclaim(but indeed was...

A Simple Tamil poem

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மாதா  பிதா  குரு  தெய்வத்திற்கு  முன்  வருபவள்  (பண்டிதர்கள்  மன்னிக்க !!) shoot the kuruvi பாடலின்  இரண்டாம்  வரியின்  சொல்ல  பட்ட  மகத்தான காரியத்தை  செய்பவள் கனவுகள், வருத்தங்கள் - வெற்றி , தோல்வி  என்ன  எல்லாம்  தருபவள் சில  சமயம்  அவள்  பூவா   கரும்பா  என்று  குழப்புபவள் பூ  என்று  நினைத்தாள்  கரும்பாக  மாறி  என்  பல்லை   உடைத்தவள் கரும்பென்று  நினைத்து  பொழுது  பூவாக  மாறி  என்னை  ஏமாற்றியதும்  உண்டு பல  சமயம் நீ  ஆசிரியை , தண்டனையும்  பாராட்டும்  மாறி  மாறி உண்டு  அடிக்கடி  காட்சி  பிழை  - கருத்து  பிழை  கொடுப்பவள் நீ  கொஞ்சம்  கரார்  பேர்வழி  தான்  ஆனால்  யாரிடிமும்  ஓரவஞ்சனை காட்டதவள் அனால்  எப்பொழுதும்  நீ  உண்மையே  பேசுபவள் அதனால்  உன்  பெயர்  நிஜம் உன்னை  தி...

Song of the Little Road(1955) - A review on (Un)parallel movie

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Off late i have stopped writing about films because my perspective has progressed that films are not an essential and valuable service, apart from non outdoor entertainment provided which is required to have healthy mind. Also, films are one sided and not two way as people on screen and behind keep exhibiting their talent and we the viewers have no participation (example in sports-Tennis or Chess is two sided). But recently got inspired to come back into my favorite arena-(parallel) movies(commonly/colloquially known as non song movies, award cinema, art film, documentary, slow movies, elite film festival audience movie) after getting inspired from a  TV show accidentally i watched while changing channel, where ace Indian film director Mani Ratnam told that his favorite personality is Satyajit Ray(a veteran with Oscar and Bharat Ratna to his credit). While saying there was a special spark in his eyes. Then i came back to this movie called Pather Panchali - Song of the...

On Creativity- The God of (Un)Important things

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Had you admired  a microprocessor inventor, a chef, a mechanic who puts his creativity in his work. With concentration and passion your complete soul and being put in any activity is creativity only. Creativity is god of unimportant things. A creator makes it important by their humanity, a compassionate response indeed. Creative activity could be described as a type of learning process where teacher and student are located in the same individual.The difference between human and chimpanzee is only 1.6 gene,rest of the 98.4 gene are similar.obvious one unique thing is creativity.We need lateral thinking to improve in life,thinking vertically is only proceeding in sequence arrested by a logic,whereas  a lateral thinking is a combination of intuition,creativity,imagination.Instead of digging the same hole deeper,we can dig different holes.But its just like a reverse gear in car,use when appropriate. Intuition is like observing a rare unnoticed particular part of jam packed ...

ON start UP - Shaped by History and Defined by Future

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Start-up is a seed meant for growth. Entrepreneur is modernized term of business man and as like startup is also modernized term of small company or shop by which shedding taboo of unimportant, contempt and representing positive promise. These modern words  indicate the soul hope passion on their future. Most companies gets started on the philosophy of why not and constantly challenges their being behind and defending going ahead. The point to point focus and progress on main track putting aside overheads cost / infrastructure and support expenses is the crucial and deciding factor. The company running on the trust of investors where patiently pulling it of from full red to all green,i.e., waiting for profitability and profitable to extent of covering up previous losses on investment,sharing profit and also enabling investment for future. The very concept of foundation , team work(too lonely when you have a dream without a team) will be realized in this arena and even a simple ...

ON DREAM - Revisited and Redefined

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This term everyone  might have heard from big talk and  from wanna be big people. You could have observed people around atleast having one dream even if you don't have one-to complete Ph.d, to win a cup / award, to start a start-up, expand your business/career, to be a film/Music director etc. Anything cannot be dream as the one valued and efforted for is what  stands out. Some gets  fancied by the very fact that we can dream and tend to dissolve into which isnt may be the best thing to do. Dream is ambition in disguise, I would say ambition visualized. Visuals are deeply seated which enables to believe intuitively. A picture is equivalent to thousand words,said to be a Napolean's quote.A dream consists of various points and the final ribbon moment of a marathon runner. We need to effort for the first point and so that we could move on so forth. Everybody can imagine,the easiest in life, may be that's why it is the least bothered in human life (thats why i had wri...

ON Tamil movie Uthama Villain(2015) Review - Thematically rich like European movies

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This review an attempt not to be one among the high class or not just a drop and come out with criticism.Just tried to be a common and sensitive type on this. Fans had to learn or evolve and just receive work, i.e., be content receiver and not jump on contenders,precisely not getting carried away by the examples(allusions analogy symbolism and metaphors in stories). Before shedding some time and money on a movie i know what not to expect and this movie is not been done to satisfy audience rather themselves(which in a way satisfies audience also sometimes and sometimes not) , i.e., this turn on movie making by the makers could be on for institutionalized awards. Again its just a story and focusing only on theme, as story is mere vehicle of theme(The story is sort of Shakespearean tragedy genre and thematically rich, an European film approach and theme driven/focused indeed, movie buffs might be aware of this on what to expected on the genre and approach but difficult for non movie ...

ON India English Writing and Chetan Bhagat

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   I first got introducted to him when my aunt gave me this book seeing as an compassionate response to my wannabe out of box thinking-Five Point Someone(she herself borowed and i never returned her :))-i lost and found after she gave it to me. Infact i see this authors book in the hands of young generation people around during my travel to office in bus-who are fed up with the usu al routines that offer and thirsty enough to search from what is usual.But i indeed understood that this man is the giving thoughts to the young India which they reflect well-atleast elite audience(sorry about this). Eventhough initially i was resisting to read due to the fact that cover photo wasnt catchy enough atleast for me, then i went on trying simply because the author himself an pass out of IIT and this story takes place there as well which interested me. Am not a big fan of this IIT,IIM nor any top branded institutions across world as am firm believer of what is done in ...

ON Character(in Stories/real?!)

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A characters journey is exciting always,the crisis and climax.Like millions of average man,am one among to dream/chase/admire of a ideal man like Ayn Rand's theme in The Fountainhead in stories. Infact i personally admire these characters,thats why every story which has a lead man does captivate/motivate us to empathise and follow imagination world in stories.A character is born not when somebody try to create,rather he is created when there is a defense,opposition to conquer the destruction upon him and emerge as a character.The point is that i want to explain some favorite characters in story or real not for the brand that is projected but for genuine depth in all aspects including emotional perspective.A emotional man is a complete without which the dimension is lost,so is the intellectual dimension each is 50-50.The core of character is Truth and it always works and guarantees success and fulfillment, event if not 100% improves chances.everything has to stay out other t...