Mar 7, 2010
Art in the sky
Just moments ago i walked up to the window and i was amazed by what i saw. I quickly grabbed my camera and here's what i managed to capture.
Mar 6, 2010
MyView - Vinnai thaandi varuvaaya
Gautam teaming up with Rahman for the first time was the main reason why i was looking forward to this movie and the excitement grew even more after hearing the songs.. Ah another masterpiece.
Before i talk about the movie, i need to mention the audio release. Never have i seen a Tamil movie music launch before where the focus was entirely on the music. I liked the way Gautam narrated the situation of the song followed by an unplugged version of the songs. The event was what it was meant to be - a musical evening.
Like the earlier Gautam Menon movies, this one too adopts a narrative style. We traverse through the movie along with Karthik, a guy next door. The good thing about the movie was that there was no stardom, no filmy scenes throughout. The events and the dialogues are so natural and close to real life experiences and it could easily have been borrowed from Gautam's personal diary, is it so Mr. Menon? :)
Simbhu and Trisha have given a very subtle and natural performance. Even the dance movements seem to be underplayed as though it was Karthik and Jessie dancing rather than Simbhu and Trisha. The dialogues were very casual but repetitive. I felt the movie moved very slowly particularly in the second half.
Kudos to Gautam for the way he has used Rahman's songs. I felt that Mannipaya song was misplaced. Going by the lyrics of the song, it could have fitted much better in many other spots in the movie than the place where Jessie for the first time shares her love to Karthik. Rahman has lifted the movie to a different plane with him BGMs, it was very refreshing. The female version of Aaromale was a pleasant surprise and absolute bliss. I would love to see Gautam work with Rahman more in the future.
The dual climax attempt was good but Gautam gave away the element of surprise during one of the earlier dialogues between Karthik and his sister.
Overall a decent movie, nice performances, great music. It's a refreshing movie away from the stereotypes but nothing to rave about. I don't think it's worth all the hype. The movie was a bit too slow to my liking. It's good not great!
Before i talk about the movie, i need to mention the audio release. Never have i seen a Tamil movie music launch before where the focus was entirely on the music. I liked the way Gautam narrated the situation of the song followed by an unplugged version of the songs. The event was what it was meant to be - a musical evening.
Like the earlier Gautam Menon movies, this one too adopts a narrative style. We traverse through the movie along with Karthik, a guy next door. The good thing about the movie was that there was no stardom, no filmy scenes throughout. The events and the dialogues are so natural and close to real life experiences and it could easily have been borrowed from Gautam's personal diary, is it so Mr. Menon? :)
Simbhu and Trisha have given a very subtle and natural performance. Even the dance movements seem to be underplayed as though it was Karthik and Jessie dancing rather than Simbhu and Trisha. The dialogues were very casual but repetitive. I felt the movie moved very slowly particularly in the second half.
Kudos to Gautam for the way he has used Rahman's songs. I felt that Mannipaya song was misplaced. Going by the lyrics of the song, it could have fitted much better in many other spots in the movie than the place where Jessie for the first time shares her love to Karthik. Rahman has lifted the movie to a different plane with him BGMs, it was very refreshing. The female version of Aaromale was a pleasant surprise and absolute bliss. I would love to see Gautam work with Rahman more in the future.
The dual climax attempt was good but Gautam gave away the element of surprise during one of the earlier dialogues between Karthik and his sister.
Overall a decent movie, nice performances, great music. It's a refreshing movie away from the stereotypes but nothing to rave about. I don't think it's worth all the hype. The movie was a bit too slow to my liking. It's good not great!
Mar 3, 2010
Hotel Rendevus
It was many summers ago and I was on my first trip abroad alone. It was a sleepy Saturday morning when I stepped out of the airport and got into the cab. My conversation with the cabbie went something like this:
Me: Hotel Rendesvus
Cabbie: WHAT?
(thinking I wasn't loud enough)
Me: HOTEL RENDEVUS?
Cabbie looks at me perplexed, so i had to hand over the paper i had with the hotel name written on it.
Cabbie: Ah. Hotel Rondevoo..
If that incident wasn't embarrassing enough, later that evening i was sightseeing and I asked a passerby, "How do i go to Boat Quay".. He said, "You mean Boat KEE?".
Now that left me doubt my English proficiency. I never felt that my English was bad.. it was not great but certainly not terrible as well. I have never said "Could not able to" EVER. So you know... Then I got this mail which gave me some hope. It made me realise that it's not entirely my fault.. the English language is quirky as well. The fact is that in my mother tongue an A is always pronounced an A and never E or OH and there are no silent Hs and Ps. What you see is what you say and there is never a Spelling Bee competition. So I'm not entirely to blame here. English is a crazy language.
if you are still shaking your head in disagreement here's proof:
There is no egg in eggplant or ham in hamburger; neither apple nor pine in pineapple.
English muffins were not invented in England or french fries in France.
Sweetmeats are candies, while sweetbreads, which aren't sweet, are meat.
Quicksand can work slowly,
boxing rings are square,
and a guinea pig is neither from Guinea nor is it a pig.
And why is it that writers write, but fingers don't fing,
grocers don't groce, and hammers don't ham?
If the plural of tooth is teeth, why isn't the plural of booth beeth?
One goose, 2 geese. So, one moose, 2 meese?
One index, two indices? Is cheese the plural of choose?
If teachers taught, why didn't preachers praught?
If a vegetarian eats vegetables, what does a humanitarian eat?
In what language do people recite at a play, and play at a recital?
Ship by truck and send cargo by ship?
Have noses that run and feet that smell?
Park on driveways and drive on parkways?
How can a slim chance and a fat chance be the same, while a wise man and a wise guy are opposites?
When a house burns up, it burns down.
You fill in a form by filling it out and an alarm clock goes off by going on.
When the stars are out, they are visible, but when the lights are out, they are invisible.
And why, when I wind up my watch, I start it, but when I wind up this essay, I end it?
How can the weather be hot as hell one day and cold as hell another?
Why do overlook and oversee mean opposite things?
How come abbreviated is such a long word?
Why are they called stands when everyones sitting?
Why is it called building when its already built?
Why does slowdown and slowup mean the same thing?
the silly language doesn't quite know whether it's coming or going.
______________________
Things to ponder over isn't it? They could have borrowed the word Rendezvous from the French, but can't they fix the spelling before adding it in? Kuch likthe hain.. Kuch bolte hain.
Onestly, who else feels the same way ;)?
Me: Hotel Rendesvus
Cabbie: WHAT?
(thinking I wasn't loud enough)
Me: HOTEL RENDEVUS?
Cabbie looks at me perplexed, so i had to hand over the paper i had with the hotel name written on it.
Cabbie: Ah. Hotel Rondevoo..
If that incident wasn't embarrassing enough, later that evening i was sightseeing and I asked a passerby, "How do i go to Boat Quay".. He said, "You mean Boat KEE?".
Now that left me doubt my English proficiency. I never felt that my English was bad.. it was not great but certainly not terrible as well. I have never said "Could not able to" EVER. So you know... Then I got this mail which gave me some hope. It made me realise that it's not entirely my fault.. the English language is quirky as well. The fact is that in my mother tongue an A is always pronounced an A and never E or OH and there are no silent Hs and Ps. What you see is what you say and there is never a Spelling Bee competition. So I'm not entirely to blame here. English is a crazy language.
if you are still shaking your head in disagreement here's proof:
There is no egg in eggplant or ham in hamburger; neither apple nor pine in pineapple.
English muffins were not invented in England or french fries in France.
Sweetmeats are candies, while sweetbreads, which aren't sweet, are meat.
Quicksand can work slowly,
boxing rings are square,
and a guinea pig is neither from Guinea nor is it a pig.
And why is it that writers write, but fingers don't fing,
grocers don't groce, and hammers don't ham?
If the plural of tooth is teeth, why isn't the plural of booth beeth?
One goose, 2 geese. So, one moose, 2 meese?
One index, two indices? Is cheese the plural of choose?
If teachers taught, why didn't preachers praught?
If a vegetarian eats vegetables, what does a humanitarian eat?
In what language do people recite at a play, and play at a recital?
Ship by truck and send cargo by ship?
Have noses that run and feet that smell?
Park on driveways and drive on parkways?
How can a slim chance and a fat chance be the same, while a wise man and a wise guy are opposites?
When a house burns up, it burns down.
You fill in a form by filling it out and an alarm clock goes off by going on.
When the stars are out, they are visible, but when the lights are out, they are invisible.
And why, when I wind up my watch, I start it, but when I wind up this essay, I end it?
How can the weather be hot as hell one day and cold as hell another?
Why do overlook and oversee mean opposite things?
How come abbreviated is such a long word?
Why are they called stands when everyones sitting?
Why is it called building when its already built?
Why does slowdown and slowup mean the same thing?
the silly language doesn't quite know whether it's coming or going.
______________________
Things to ponder over isn't it? They could have borrowed the word Rendezvous from the French, but can't they fix the spelling before adding it in? Kuch likthe hain.. Kuch bolte hain.
Onestly, who else feels the same way ;)?
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