Kandasaamy : The Kappi Crusader

Kandasaamy is an epic of the 21st century, comparable to the Mahabharatha. If the latter tells you how not to live life, the former tells you how not to make a movie. Thanfully, Susi Ganesan did not use Pillaiyar to write the script. Pillaiyar kovathula thandhatha pudungi kanna kuththi vitturupaar!

Even if the unit spent the two years of production playing dikkilona and jalabalajals, they could have come out with a nice bit movie which could have released in Parangimalai Jothi and done good business. But Kalaipuli Thanu pumped in so much money that Susi started to write a serious movie. That's when it went wrong.

Spoiler Alert : If you have already seen Sivaji, Anniyan, Gentleman and Batman Begins, there is nothing I can spoil for you. If you haven't, I still cannot spoil it as much as Susi. So summa koocha padaama padinga.

Kokkarako Gummango... [Cock-talk for Read Review]

Kandasaamy has a very innovative concept of pudungifying black money from the rich and distributing it to the needy. India-laye, yaen indha world-laye indha concept-a yoschathu rendey paer dhaan - onnu GD Naidu, innonnu namma Susi Ganesan. Bodhi marathadi-la okkandha gnanam varum, but bethi-kaaga marathadi-la okkandha indha maadhri kadhai dhaan varum. A stale story can still be interesting with some slick screenplay. It could have been a fast paced 150 minute entertainer at best. But at 200 minutes, one wonders if Susi's payment was based on the length of film reel used. Like oru mozham paththu roobai or something. I am sure Thanu would have got better returns if he had bought Malli Poo! ;-)

People write their wishes on a piece of paper and tie it to a temple tree. Their wishes get fulfilled, supposedly by God himself. Anga dhaan director oru twist-a vechaar. It is actually the Kappi Crusader Kandasaamy who fulfills their wishes! There is also a CBI Aapesar Kandasaamy who raids big shots who have black money. Police Aapeesar [Prabhu] smells something fishy. There are a few villains who are after the CBI aapesar. There is one figure who is daughter of a villain and sets out for revenge, but unexpectedly falls in love. Please connect the dots and make your own ettu pulli kolam.

Vikram has tried out his luck with fancy dress after Kamal in Dasa. Grapevine has it that whenever Susi's kid would cry and not eat food, Susi would instruct the make-up man to do something new to Vikram. To kanakku kaamchufy for make-up money spent, they shot that look and put it in the movie. You would have expected better role selection from Vikram. But I don't blame him entirely. He must have fallen asleep mid-way while Susi narrated the story.

Tamil Cinema's first superhero will be remembered for long. The costume has been localized to suit the Tamil kalaacharam. Jetty goes back inside the pant fearing objection from Ramadas. The intro is one of a kind. Vikram comes flying around with the superhero jamakaalam tied behind his back. His hair looks like somebody has poured kaara kuzhambu on it. But closer inspection reveals that they are all cock (seval) feathers. While intimidating the bad guy he also does some cock-like (seval) mannerisms, along with a kokkarakko. There is a rap song for which I have not figured out the lyrics, but his hand gestures kinda sync with the very famous "Oh pillar, caterpillar" song which would be a sure hit with the girls. After 15 mins of flying around, cocking and singing, the audience wait with bated breath, for the interval.

It is said that good things come in small packages. But this one came in small dresses. Shriya. Her haircut helped show more of her back, and ofcourse there never was too much hair on the front anyways! There was only one scene where she was fully covered, but even that she tears during the scene. Brilliant characterization. Director touch pannitaar. It is well known that for her acting prowess, she needs multiple takes to show (emotions) well. Every time the director said "Cut", the costume person seems to have misunderstood and cut a portion of her dress. But yeah, we are glad about the misunderstanding.

The romance track is a comedy piece. During a raid at Aashish Vidyarthi's house, Vikram picks up a call. It is the villain's daughter Shriya who gives Vikram a website to visit if he wants to see her dance on webcast! Ippadi patta raid ellam irukkum therinja naan kooda CBI join panniruppaen, sigh. Before seeing the dance, Vikram dutifully finishes the raid which leaves Aashish Vidyarthi with a twisted face (more than the usual level). Shriya decides to make Vikram fall in love with her to take revenge! Adada, idhallavo revenge! They do not love each other for most part of the film. But they will go to each foreign location, drink coffee, sing song, dance and come back. Dei director, ivanga enna Karagaata troup-a oor oor-a poi aaditu, kaapi-thanni kudichuttu vara...appadinu logical-a questions varum. But Shriya's costumes, or the lack of it, rob the audience of the dhum opporunity.

Susi has been very particular about logic. He explains in excruciating detail how superhero stunts are performed with the help of ropes, choreographed by his friends. The friends bring a tape-recorder for BGM and even stuff for smoke effects. But when they showed a cock (seval) in their hideout which Kandasamy looks at to learn the mannerisms...shabba...sekaru sethutaan. Shakunthala Devi puzzles-la kooda ivalo logic thevai padaathu. They've tried out something like Batman, but ended up with a Pokiriman.

There are three villains. Aashish Vidyarthi plays PPP, and does justice to the character name by keeping his face constipated. Then there is a don called Mexican Pichumani [played by magician Alex!] who put Marlon Brando to shame with his amazing dialogue delivery - "Sekoority illama engayum pova koodathu", "Indha panatha bang-la podalam. Andha bang manager en friend dhaan" to quote a few. Mexican accent I guess. The third guy, Rajmohan, does a pole dance during the climax in mundaabaniyan and pattapatti undraayar. Among others, there is one head of CBI who speaks Tamil as though he is onnu vita cousin of Thatha Naharkar of Junoon fame. Susi Ganesan does a cameo - a pivotal role of a person who takes photographs of Mexico on his iPhone. Padayappa-la paambu eppadi oru turning point-o, adhey maari dhaan namma Susi role indha padathula. Indispensable. The only mistake in the casting department was naming Shriya as Subbalakshmi and giving her costumes of Jothilakshmi.

The movie is a collection of incoherent scenes with the editor doing his best to ensure this. CBI aapesar will suddenly go raid. Kappi Crusader will suddenly start cocking in front of a bad guy. Villain will suddenly decide that he needs to do matter. Shriya will suddenly decide to she needs to sing a sexy song. Pichumani will suddenly decide to do Billa don walk. Vadivelu will suddenly decide to put one mokkai. Hero will suddenly decide to get preachy and throw some statistics to villain who is standing in jetty. Like this wonly full movie. To bear all this for three and half hours, oru miga periya mana dheiriyam is required.

The re-recording was one nice aspect. Devi Sri Prasad did a good job with that and compensated for allowing Vikram to talk in all the songs. Vikram-ku pitching problems neraya. Neraya notes are orey flat. Voice-la throw seri illa. Innum nalla practice pannanum. Sruthi set aagala. Sruthi-oda akka-va vena try panni paakalam.

Cinematography is very mangalagaram. Ekambaram was warned by Sivagami Computers that he has gandam in all colors except yellow. All characters look equally jaundiced. I think while deciding on what to use for Mexico, he watched the Salma Hayek matter scene in Desparado and decided that everything in Latin America should be of that tinge only. Water, grass, people, everything. Mexico-la ellarum manja thechu kulipaanga-nu yaaro avarukku thappa informesan koduthirukkanga paavam. Very mangalagaramaana cameraman. All the scenes in Mexico have been shot in one open (yellow) grassland. For this why Mexico? Nonsense fellow.

Susi has donned many hats for this film...though none of them turned out useful. Susi the actor offers some solace to the audience...it helps to know the face of the person you are scolding in bad words. The powerful script writer in him has made heads turn across the globe. Sun Microsystems issued a notice banning Susi from writing any script in future, including javascript. The Human Rights Commission is planning a mass campaign with Susi's pic and a message - "Inime pena la kai vecha, mudhal dead body nee dhaan". He has also been extremely compassionate as a story-teller. For the benefit of heart patients and pregnant women he has ensured that the most nail-biting moment in the movie is the curiosity that builds up if Vikram will succeed in getting the cock (seval) body-language. He has also cleverly used slo-mos throughout the movie. So if at all you fall asleep, when you wake up you'll still watch the same scene. Total hollywood level thinking.

Overall, with few things right and most things wrong, the biggest release of this year is a disappointing attempt at commercial cinema. To pump in crores of money in this movie which took two years to produce, one has to be an utter dummy piece. It is high time Kalaipuli changes his name to Kaipulla Thanu.

I am glad I did not have to buy tickets for this movie! Thanks to Hamsini for the oasi tickets :-D.

The only good thing about the movie is that it made me put a big mokkai post after a year! Susi Ganesan vaazhga!

Dasavatharam: Review

Phew! The wait is finally over! I watched Dasavatharam by paying 285 bucks for a ticket! I thought I will have one complimentary vellakari and one complimentary karuppi on either side for this price. But they just gave me one cushioned seat to park my ass. Bleddy inflason!

The hype was phenomenal. Especially after I heard that Kalaignar kissed Kamal after watching the movie! Kamalukkae muththam-a?! First of its kind, truly!

Now most importantly.. was I entertained?? Yup, surely. And would I like to be entertained again? Hmmm...May be not, unless I am given those compliments I expected! :D

Read Review . . .

Dasavatharam had an interesting concept which appealed to me - the chaos theory. No, wait, it's not the usual "chaos" aka "confusion" you associate with a Kamal movie! :D This one's about how one small event can get related to a series of other events; like in the movie "Crash". I see it as a smart ploy by Kamal to use this since there is probably no better way to make the characters converge. A film with an actor in ten roles is no joke. It is meant to celebrate the actor more than the tale and this did not come as a surprise to me. I have nothing to complain about a wafer-thin story line which puts off critics of 'pure cinema', the one's who've always held Kamal in high regard for his movies. But come on, the guy needs to make money too..he's not around to serve humanity :)

The film has overcome many hurdles. The most atrocious - "Kamal stole the story from me" is what some arbit fellow claimed and they went to court. When the judge took a look at both the stories (empty A4 sheets) he dimissed the case and used the A4 sheets to write Sriramajayam and tie it in Alwarpet Anjaneyar kovil tree. Story thirudittan, story thirudittan-nu koovina andha dog-a if me see, tongue plucking question ask: what story? where story? Bleddy fellow.

The 'story' revolves around a bio-weapon which scientist Govindarajan (PS: All characters unless and until mentioned are Kamal!) invents and some evil fellows try to put it to wrong use for money. Govindarajan tries to stop them and this results in a fast-paced turn of events within which many of the ten characters are woven nicely, and a few seem to be just there, staring at you. That's Dasavatharam for you. A good entertainer.

I may sound cliched if I say that Kamal has done a brilliant job portraying the ten characters. I think there can be no second opinion about it. The effort he has taken to showcase their body languages and accents is simply stunning. The body language of Krishnaveni Paatti and the Kung-fu master were top-notch. Dialogue delivery of Poovaragan, Nambi and my favourite Balram Naidu were clinical. If you are keen on celebrating Kamal Hassan, there is and if I may say, there will never be a better film for you. Just go watch it as many times as you want!

Two things which disappointed me about the ten avatars. One, their characterization lacked depth. The roles just had spell-binding acting, but not a single one in my opinion made me 'feel with the character'. Nambi and Poovaragan came close but that's about it. I also expected that the characters would be based on some theme, like the navarasas were portrayed in Navarathri, but that was not there. Two, the make-up. It was brilliant to see that all the ten characters looked different. But is a poochandi mask on the face compulsory? Maybe if it's a fancy dress competition, yes. But we want the guy to be able to emote well. Though Kamal still does a good job with emotions, that's his brilliance, we might have got a better result if they had not been obsessed with make-up!

The screenplay was decent. There were bright spots as well as duds. The film moves at a good speed which is its biggest plus but there were far too many disgressions - evils of dealing with too many characters! The main plot is a typical hero villain-chase with Fletcher chasing Govindarajan for the weapon. And there are subplots for the other characters who happen to get involved in the chase and Kamal does a good job connecting these subplots in simple, nice ways. It is not classy treatment, but something appreciable for sure considering this is commercial cinema! At the same time, in certain cases, like Dr. Sethu's (he's not Kamal!) death, there was no reason. The overall scheme of things look chaotic to me. The racy narration will appeal to the audience, but the disgressions and their connection may not appeal as much to the mass.

The first half hour of the movie had just too much English and infact had Tamil subtitles! Now, you are making a commercial cinema targeting the mass. You board a train when it is racing past a checkpost. When you jump from a bridge you always land on a nice cosy vehicle below. When Manmohan Singh (he's not Kamal!) and George Bush are listening to your speech (no translators), you speak in "sanga tamizh". Do we care? No, we don't! So please dub the first portion in Tamil and re-release, we won't mind :)

The 12th century scenes were the most interesting part of the movie. Nambi was really majestic and portrayed a lot of different emotions during his brief appearance. Napolean (not Kamal) tried his best to speak Tamil, aana paavam he can at best say "Chozha Saamrajyam" as "Sola Seraton". Fletcher was too Terminatorish for my liking, but he had style. Naidu, the cop, was top class especially when he says "Aathankavaathi", ultimate! The screen was so full of Kamal that I had intelligent questions like "Andha kutti koranga nadichathu Kamal-a?" and "Oru velai climax twist-la indha perumal bommai will reveal itself and say Naanum Kamal dhaan. Ivalo naal Perumal veshathula irundhaen a la Thillu Mullu climax?" Avtar Singh was a joke, really. He gets shot and the bullet shot cures his cancer?? This is a too much. Cancer research stop panni, Gabtun-a vittu all cancer-ku 'soot at site' order kodukka sollalam inimae!

Asin's (not Kamal) dialogue delivery was brilliant. Her hard work to memorize the dialogues are evident. The only dialogue she had - "Perumaale" (Rhyming bad word I am getting in my mouth-u, but for old time sake, I am no speak) was as likeable as Udit Narayan's Tamil. For the number of times she uttered the word, avalukku VIP seat Vaikuntam-la confirmed - innum oru vaati solli irundha naaney amchu vechiruppaen. Kamal tried to fill in the comedy track with Asin, but it has backfired badly. Neither the dialogue, nor the acting is impressive. And ya!! Mallika Sherawat (not Kamal) plays the role of a Tamil translator. Spashtama pesina. Suththi podanum. Avalukku illa, avalaye suththi kadal-la podanum.

The music department was a clear let down. Himesh has to start from Sa Pa Sa and Saralivarisai. I love "Kallai Mattum Kandaal" for the lyrics. BGM was thankfully nice and suited the movie. The special music for Balram Naidu was the best :D The songs did not intrude the movie at any point and that was a really nice thing considering the fact that they had a tough screenplay to handle. It nicely adds on to the commercial aspect. Good job! Climax-la KS Ravikumar (not Kamal) does an item number for Karunanidhi, Manmohan Singh and George Bush :D

Art direction and camera work were very impressive and were very apt for the film. There was not grandeur for the sake of it! Sensible. But the much hyped computer graphics - tsunami scene, under water shots look straight out of Finding Nemo kind. For a film of this budget and magnitude, special effects were far from impressive in the sense that you could realize what was graphics and what was not. Just because it is called special effects, it need not specially stand out! I am really surprised that this has happened in a 'tech-savvy' Kamal film.

The climax was dramatic. Not necessarily a bad thing, but it was handled in a amateur fashion. When you see a tsunami, would you run? Or would you look at it like Vijay Sarathi in Sun TV Neengal Ketta Paadal and say "Idhu dhaan tsunami"? That's what our Kung Fu master did :) The Krishnaveni Paatti - Poovaragan connection, me likey! Nice touch! Kamal debates with Asin the existence of god who has caused such a tragedy and Asin explains why it has happened for the good. Wokie. Then they show dead bodies all around. Next minute Kamal-Asin romance. Venaam. Valikkuthu. Message sollala-nu ippo yaar azhutha? "Meendum Meendum Sirippu"-la message solliyae aavaen-nu adam pidippangale, like that this comedy!

The last dialogue was nice though - "Naan kadavul illa-nu sollaliye, kadavul irundha nalla irukkumnu dhaan sollaraen" :) Kandippa will become popular! I already see this in various places - "Dasavatharathula kadhai illa-nu naan sollala. Kadhai irundha nalla irukkum-nu dhaan sonnaen". Namma pasanga kusumbukku oru alave illa :)

Lets not be finicky about logic and thin story-line. The film is meant to be a commercial entertainer and it is a good one. I refuse to accept though that this is the closest Kamal has come to bringing an 'intelligent' script to the masses. The film could have easily been much better and it's not. First, the script is by no means 'intelligent'. Second, he had done a better job with sreenplay in a Virumandi or a Devar Magan.

I did not mention Ravikumar anywhere since it was just Kamal's touch I could see throughout the movie. I am guessing Ravikumar was meant to tell Kamal what would be commercial and what wouldn't. In that case he was good, the commercial elements were mixed well. I still feel the treatment should have been more simple than what has come out. That's needed to get repeat audience from B & C and my guess is it will hit the collections. Time will tell the true story.

Overall, the film is worth watching once in theater if you are neutral. Leave your brains out and go looking for an entertainer. You will not be disappointed. Dasavatharam is meant to be an exhibition of Kamal's talents and it truly is a grand exhibition. Ensoi thangamani!

First Day @ Work

Today was my first day at work. First ever jobless day. Orey the prayers, coconut breakings, feet fallings and all before leaving Chennai. Then in Bangalore, wearing new shirt with kungumam, god prayings and right leg keeping to get on Volvo Bus to office. So many auspicious things doing before joining job.

I reach office and am told that me just formalities completing today and given a bunch of forms to fill. And this is what I filled . . .

1) I, Praveen Krishnamurthy, hereby nominate X to get my Gratuity benefits in case of my death during service.

2) I, Praveen Krishnamurthy, hereby nominate Y to get my Provident Fund in case of my death during service and this nomination overrides my previous nominations.

3) I, Praveen Krishnamurthy, hereby nominate X to get my Life Insurance benefits in case of my death during service.

4) I, Praveen Krishnamurthy, hereby nominate Y to get my Widow Pension benefits in case of my death during service.

Aiyyo! Why does everyone have to start work on such a morbid note? Join panna annikkae naan seththa enna nadakkum-nu ezhuthi vaangikkanuma?! Yezhavu!

Update: It seems they lost one of the above forms and I need to die again! Hmph!

Echa Pasanga Naanga

I thought I would never blog again! But, New Year adhuvuma, rendu paera echai thuppi mangalagarama oru post poda vaendiya kattaayam! :)

So here goes . . .!

Steve and Mark-nu rendu close friends. Paakarthukku rendum total opposites, aana character-wise rendum same worstu behaviour wonly. Oru naal . . .

January 1, 1968
Steve: Dei Mark, innikku New Year da.
Mark: Aiyyo! Nallavela gnabaga paduthina. Namma annachi innum daily sheet calendar kodukkala!
Steve: Yaaru Sarathkumar-a?
Mark: Chi.. namma maligai kadai annachi da.
Steve: Idhukku ellam kavala padatha Mark. Enga veetla avar pona varusham kodutha calendar use pannama appadiye vechirukkom. Adhai vaena naan unakku tharaen da.
Mark: Ennai enna muttal-nu nenachiya?
Steve: Yaen da?
Mark: Pona varusha calendar-a indha varusham eppadi da use panna mudiyum muttal. 1968 leap year-la?

*Ippadithaan chinna vayasulaenthey rendu perum romba brilliant. Oru naal they were deciding on their careers*

Continue Thupping . .

Mark: Steve, 8th standard-la 9th time-a fail aagarom. Varuthama irukka?
Steve: Illa da tension-a irukku.
Mark: Yaen?
Steve: 10th anniversary celebarate pannama poiduvomo-nu.
Mark: Chi! Vera edhavathu field-la achieve pannuvomey?
Steve: Padippu varala. Paattu varala. Drawing varala. Sports suththama varala. Ivalo yaen, pichai kooda edukka try pannitom, mudila. Idhukku maela enna da panna mudiyum?
Mark: Mudiyum. ICC panel-la umpire-a povom.
Steve: Seri ok. Porathu dhaan porom. Fourth Umpire-a povoma?
Mark: Why?
Steve: Fourth Umpire-na namma kooda andha Mandira ponnu okkarum machi. TV-la kaatuvan.

*ICC selects Steve and Mark for the job*

Steve: Cha!
Mark: Enna?
Steve: Fourth Umpire-a poda sonna, enna da field-la nikka solraanga. Orey veyyil-a irukku.
Mark: Don't worry da. Kelvi pattirukkaen ellarayum first field-la dhaan poduvaangalam. Fourth Umpire-ngarthu very senior position. As you grow unakku Mandira pakkathula seat undu.
Steve: Ennavo po. Machi naalaikku match. Indha, unakkaga naan soda bottle vaangittu vandhirukkaen. Idha udachu, kannu munnadi vechu paatha kannu paleer-nu theriyum.
Mark: Thanks da. Naan unakkaaga sunnambu vaangittu vandhirukkaen. Idha moonjila poosinda un complexion affect aagama irukkum. Appuram Sivaji Rajni maadhiri vellai-a aagiduva.

*Match Begins*

Mark: Machi nee kodutha kannadi semma sharp da.
Steve: Ellam nalla theriyutha?
Mark: Yes da. Ippo dhaan anga rendu vellai pura joing-nu paranthu poachu. Naan paathutteney!
Steve: Ada paavi. Appo ball-a paakaliya nee?
Mark: Adha pathi dhaan pesittu irukkaen!

Steve: Mark, yaenda en kai-laye innum ball irukku? Match innum aaramikkalaya?
Mark: Ada paavi. Ippo lunch break da. Un kai-la irukkartha poosanikka.
Steve: Oho. Enakku match aaramichuthu-nu yaen yaarume sollala?
Mark: Dei Sachin-a out vaera koduthaye da!
Steve: Appadiya? Yaaro nadoola howzzaaa-nu kathinaangale adhukku dhaana? Naan yaaro merattaraanga nenachu konnuduvaen-nu kai kaamchaen. Adhu dhaan out-a? Yaenda sollave illa!

Steve: Dei Mark, nee kodutha sunaambu seri illa nenaikkaraen. Eriyuthu.
Mark: Yaenda naaye kannu-la ellam poda adhu enna mai-a? Nallavela, osi-la kadachuthu-nu vaera engayum thadavama vittaye.
Steve: Ippo eppadi da manage panna?
Mark: Loosu. Kai-aala dhaaney out kaatta pora. Appuram edhukku veena kanna tharandhu vechirukka. Nalla moodikko.

Steve: Dei appeal panraanga da. Saththam kaekkuthu.
Mark: Machi Ponting edho catch-a pudichaan nenaikkaraen. Sure-a therilaye. Enna panna?
Steve: Avanaye kooptu kelu da.
Mark: Dei Ponting, catch pudichiya?
Ponting: Yes sir, one pitch one hand.
Mark: Plum out. Dei Ganguly, loosu payale, one pitch catch-la poi out aaraye vekkama illa?

Mark: Kumble, yaen ippadi kaththara?
Kumble: LB appeal.
Mark: Leg Byes-ku yaen appeal pannara nee? Kaetta koduthuttu poraen.
Kumble: Aiyyo, Leg Before Wicket. LBW.
Mark: Sellathu sellathu. Yaenda mandaya kaal-a stump munnadi vekkama pinnadiya vepaanga. Not out.

*Press Conference*
Journalist: Many decisions in this match were controversial. What went wrong?
Steve: Ofcourse, the decisions wonly!
Journalist: Why did you not refer Ponting's catch to the third umpire.
Mark: Idhu Ganguly, Ponting and naan sammandha patta vishayam. Idha oru moonavathu manushan kitta kaekka solreengala? Cha!
Journalist: Appo why is there a third umpire?
Steve: Idhu neenga avara kaekka vaendiya kelvi!
Journalist: Jaffer was bowled. But it was a no ball. Why did you give him out?
Mark: Adhu eppadi irukkara ball-a illa-nu solla mudiyum. Naan poi solla maataen! Umaachi kanna kuthidum!
Journalist: Why did you give Sachin out caught when he did not even play the ball?
Steve: Paarunga, naan menakettu andha physio payyan kitta kaettaen. Avan dhaan Sachin-ku mudhugu pudichu vidartha sonaan. So Caught Behind out. Rules are rules.
Journalist: Why did you not give Ponting and Symonds out even when they nicked the ball??
Mark: Idhukku ellam eppadi out kodukka mudiyum. Ellarum dhaan ball-a nakkaraanga!
Journalist: Nakked the ball illa nicked the ball!
Steve: Appo ball-a nikka vecha thappa?!
Journalist: Aala vidunga! Kumble, how do you feel about the umpiring? Any strategies for the upcoming matches?
Kumble: Yes. Inimae umpire kai thooka try panna non-striker-a vittu kichu kichu mootta solla porom. Vera vazhiye illa!
Journalist: Any comments on Symonds being called monkey?
Kumble: There is nothing racist about it. We called Ricky monkey too, he never bothered. Symonds-ku uruthuthu.
Journalist: Appadiya?
Symonds: Light-a!
Journalist: Ponting, shouldn't you have played the game with sportsmanship? Is this right?
Ponting: It is a matter of integrity and no compromise must be made.
Journalist: Yaarukku?
Ponting: Yaarukko!
Journalist: Last question. Umpires, neenga nallavara kettavara?
Steve & Mark: Aaah. Aaaaaaah. Therilaye pa! Therilaye!
Kumble: Appo mudhal-la kannadi-a vaangi podunga da echa pasangala!

Wish you all a very very happy new year!!! A lot of you have stayed with this blog despite all my laziness. Thanks a ton!! :)

A quick update. MBA mudiya poguthu. I begin work right from next month! Inimae enna yaarum velai vetti illatha payyan-nu solla mudiyaathu :D

New Film Poojai

Gajananam bhoodha ghanaathi sevitham

kabhitha jamboo palasara pakshitham

umaasutham sokha vinaasakaranam

namaami vigneswara paadha pankajam

*ting ting ting ting* (mani adichings)

Start Meejik. . .

Starring

Tea.R as Hairy Potter

Gabtun as Alagesa Goundore

Sombhu as Kundalakesi

9thara as Manthagini

S.J. Soriya as Lord Labakku Das/Adhaan-Unakku-Theriyumae/Iruttu Raasa

Introduction - Pozhacha Pulla
*Rasathi Kuppam. Raathiri velai. Purushan sarakku adichu flat. Ponjaathi purushan adichu flat. All thoongings. Gumm iruttu. Thideernu oru moothra sandhu-la moonu uruvam repeat aavudhunga. Rendu aamblingo and oru pombley - Alagesa Goundore, Makku Munima and Pakkiri. Pakkiri kai-la oru koindha*

Alagesa Goundore : Pakkiri, koindha inna aachu?
Pakkiri : Inga paarunga, en kai-la dhaan keethu.
Munima : Enna azhagu, ethanai azhagu!
Alagesa Goundore : Munima, kannadi poduma. Unakku magic theriyara alavukku kooda kannu theriyala.
Munima : Aiyiyo! Indha chinna vayasula ivalo mudi-a?
Pakkiri : Ashwini hair oil use pannuthu. Mudi kottarthu suthama ninnu poachu. Podugu thullai suthama illiyaam.
Alagesa Goundore : Endha aabathum illiye?
Pakkiri : Illinga. Naanum chinna vayasulaenthu adhaan use pannaraen.
Alagesa Goundore : Dei naan uyira pathi kaetta nee mayira pathi pesinu keera.
Pakkiri : Imbuttu velai senjirukkaen, idhu paeru innango?
Alagesa Goundore : Potter. Hairy Potter.
Pakkiri : Soakka keethu.
Munima : Mandai-la kodu keetha Pakkiri? Paathiya?
Pakkiri : Ah aan ma. Irunthichu. Aana theliva illa. Idho ippo dhaan oru topaz blade-a vaangi innum oru rendu keeru keeri vittirukkaen. Paarunga pakka-va keethu.
Munima : Appadi. Koindha safe inimae.
Alagesa Goundore : Lord Labakku Das innum saavala.

*Koindha and one letter-a oru gudisai vaasal-la vechuttu Goundore, Munima and Pakkiri appeat aagitaanga. Appala kaarthaala aavuthu*

Veerabagu : Hey Pattani. Ingittu va. Koindha onnu keethu inga. Un jaadai-la keethu di. Mavale, inna panna nee?
Pattani : Seriyaana imsai ba nee. Letter keethu-la. Padicha piriya povuthu.
Veerabagu : Pre-KG la enakku letter reading ellam solli kodukkala ma.
Pattani : *reads letter* Aiyiyo. Idhu en thangaachi koindha-yaam.
Veerabagu : Enakku machinichi irukka-nu sollama sadhi panniteengaley di neeyum unga appanum.
Pattani : Enakku bayama keethu.
Veerabagu : Unna paatha naaney bayappadala. Andha koindhaya paathu nee yaen bayappadara?
Pattani : Aiye. En thangaachi Malli evano Siluvai-nu oruthana odi poi kalyanam kattikina. Adhunga rendum oru maadhiri.
Veerabagu : Appadina inna mey aachu?
Pattani : Indha Malli chinna vayasulaye bayangarama magic pannum. Rendu vayasulaye vandhu enga kanna pothittu "Malli kaanum!" appadinu rousu panni enga ellarayum aacharya pada vekkum.
Veerabagu : Oh! Ippo indha koindha yaen inga amchaanga?
Pattani : Idha yaaro Alagesa Goundore eluthina letter. Siluvai-um Malli-um mandai-a poataangalam. Koindha Hairy Potter namma kitta valakkanumnu vuttu poirukkan.
Veerabagu : Aiyayo. Namma payyan Dadhi-a enna panna?
Pattani : Namma paya paerukku yaetha maadhiriye dadhi. Edhukkum indha Hairy payala konjam thalli-ey veppom. Ivana thookki poatta andha Alagesan namma veetukku auto anuppuvaen-nu poattirukkan. Risku vaenaam.

Alagesa Goundore nencha maadhiri Hairy avan chithi Pattani gudisai-la valaruthu. Hairy padhukaappu romba mukkiyam. Lord Labaku Das-kae dikalty kodutha orey pulla Hairy dhaan. Labakku Das-ku inna aachu-nu yaarukkum theriyaathu. Sila paer solraanga romba tholavu-la irukkara oru kuppathula porukitu irukkaan appadinu. Aana aal ambael. Address-ey illa. Oorey thanni adichu gummalam. Orey kaaranam. Hairy Potter. Pozhacha Pulla.

Note : Maramando shelved and no idea when I am going to finish this one. But as always, let me hope! :)

Disclaimer : All names and characters are fictitious. Resemblence to any popular book is purely coincidental :D

PS : HP fans, edhuva irundhaalum pesi theethuppom, ok? :)