Perai Sollava!!!

How do u feel if there is a person with same name as yours.

It s an awkward question to me. Actually i don feel comfortable. If some one calls
my name and i am turning towards them, but they are looking for someone else worthy.
The next stage of this is they when someone calls your name and u knew that u are
not the concerned person and you have stop yourself and not turn.

What if that person is in your same class or team, and he is more charming, fun to
be with . Ya the identity of your name goes to them, the fact is we don own it. But
it s thing that pricks me a bit.

It s more complicated "When you call person with your name". I do it very rarely .
may 1/50 days i ll do. Its hardly possible to tease them with their name. I smile if
i see a new person with the same name. Would be eager to know how their roads were.

Once i gave lift to a seventh standard guy and was talking to him regarding his
studies for some 5 odd minutes and was happy to drop him . But he never asked what
my name was. Still i said.

When you like a girl so much and fortunately u get chance to speak and as the
discussion goes, if that person says i knew few other people with your name. How to
react to this. You will be almost buried if this is one side.

You have the right to be angry if u are not able to create an account on your own
name and the culprit who has stolen that right is also same named.
Some people come to you and say "Enda intha per vechavangalae ippadi thana " .

"One last thing is an incident - A school friend of mine was bonded with a girl for
3 years. As usual Time played a Nambiar role and u guessed the end. One day we were
watching a song in sun music and suddenly we saw message scrolled below ; a Guy (of
his name) conveying a love message to a girl(of my friends's favourite name)". I don
know what that girl replied , but my friend reacted with a smile in his face.


Praveen Kumar,
25/7/2012
Chennai

Tamil Cinema & its Location

Ellorukum Vanakkam!!


It s nearly 8 longs years since i started to admire cinemas,
It was in 2003 September , when i first went to a theatre on my own with my friends Manoj  & Manikandan(Qualcom) to Boys movie in Ganga Theatre in Karpagam Complex.
Three movies that year, each after a major examination,
Boys noon show after my Quarterly Exams.
Enaku 20 Unaku 18 after Half-Yearly and
Autograph as a gang after Annual Exams.

But the real attraction towards movies was marked by the movie Kaadhal in 2004.
I was totally into the movie even as a 11th student .
The peak of it was in 2010 when i watched nearly 30 movies in my 8th semester of college within a span of 6 months.
I am not going to further talk of my favourite movies or director or mass hero or collection.
The tiny thing i have choosen is the LOCATION

I am thinkin why i am picked this topic, may be my favourite subject in school is geography .
What is there in a location to talk about.
Does that have any significance on talking.
Will it make a difference!!!
Ok, leaving all such questions aside,
"Open pannuna oru azhagana gramatha kaamikrom" This is a most commonly used dialogues in movies while talking about location.

-------In mid 70s and early 80 movies are based on----------
1. chennai or
2. a poor family in a city or
3. how a man overcomes his problem.
But when BharathiRaja came he took the entire tamil cinema to village with his nativity touch and naatupura musics.
Then from 90s to 2002 it was city life althrough the way and forign song sequences and love.
The came a band of directors who showed nativity beyond villages,
It was BalajiShakthivel and Bala who sat on the driver's seat , they took Kodambakkam tO Theni and Madurai.
When Kathal released it showed how the life of people in madurai can be shown with such reality,
Then went a bunch of directors making all the good looking actors to wear veshti or lungies, clean shaved to beard filled faces.
The from kaathal to manam kothi paravai, the most important numbers are aadukalam, paruthiveeran, mynaa, Kazhugu, then merku paruva katru, poo, Boss.

----------If this is happening in one side, we have people who can go round the globe to bring the best places to Kollywood.---------------
**Shankar. He has already shown us the seven wonders in a single song, Beutiful Pune in Sivaji, Tulips in Boys and Aniyan.
**Manirathnam, has his own identity, even as he not even shot outside India has brought many beautiful places like thanushkodi in kannathil muthamittal, kashmir n ooty in roja, entire madras in alaipayuthae.
**Gowtham vasudev Menon, He is a great lover of Chennai, where he choose chennai as his theme when he shot each movie based on his protagonist living in anna nagar, adyar, tambaram, ECR, aminjikarai. Not to miss he has brought to our all the graet places in INDIA in Nenjukkul Peithidum song.
**Bala - A theni specialist in Pithamagan and Avan ivan. Who knows the land better than he does.
**Suseendran- A man with such variation all his four movies in four direction - VKK in interior villege, NMA in chennai city about love n friends moving places , ASK in Hilly terrain and RP in chennai Gym boys.
**Hari - he should be one of the inspiration for this blog where he aims at shooting movies in different districts of the state starting from Chennai, thoothukudi, Tirunelveli, Dindugal, Kovai, Sivagangai, Nagercoil , tiruchy.
**K.V.Anand- who can love one's camera more than he does, the places that are least visited by any international movie makers like Congo, Norway . Not only in foreign places, in Gala Gala song he also has taken us to major highlights of the districts of the state.

---------------Not only big directors like them , the growing up or debutants also choose different locations avoiding the same old places,-----------------
#Seeing a movie shot in trichy is a brand new experience in Engeyum eppothum
#Kayam a movie on Astrology has made a huge impact on the Tamil village people awareness towads false beliefs.
#Aravan , vasanthabalan has brought a brand new picturesque by setting up something that none of us would have seen in this so called modern era.
#Subramaniyapuram, Another board to tell tamil cine technicians to go further deep into Villages.
#Katrathu tamil where hero rushes into Villages of Mathya pradesh.
#mynaa , an unnoticed love story among valleys
#Korripalayam, mayandi kudumbathinar, Thenir viduthi, Thoonganagaram, Naadodigal,
Not only south Tamil nadu has scenic places , North and east also gives a tough competition.
--Kovai---:
SathyaRaj , Koundamani, Manivannan, Sundarajan . If u switch your tv to see any comedy scenes late night you can see thes people performing in any of the channels,  not only they came from this region they also acted most of the movies shot in these locations like murai maanam, maaman magal, chinna thambi periyathambi, Thirumathi Palanichamy.
Sooriya vamsam and kalavani also were shot in and around pollachi for scenic views.
Oh If one talks of Kovai, how can we leave Ooty.
Where Kadhal Kottai, Sachin , Vishnu .
Valparai also has played major roles where Rajathi Raja ,  Kaathalikka Neramillai where shot.

------If you are near coimbatore i cannot stop me from talking of Kerala------------:
Autograpgh- the movie starts in Madurai, goes to azhapula , again lands in coimbatore and end in chennai.
Rhythm - Sangamam of Photgraphy and Nature in kerala.
Vinnai Thandi VAruvaya - Almost a honeymoon advise for lovers to go to boat resorts in Azhapuzha.
Paiya - travelling from Banglore to Bombay , A good LIFT to tamil audiences.
Pokkisham takes us to kolkatta ,
Anbe shivam to Orissa,
Goa to the Indian Miami.

---------------Sending Messages to the community:--------------------------------
Bharathiraja has already made huge impacts on female infanticide or relationship crisis in his movies.
Vaagai sooda va, a dictionary of the people who work in Brick fields and their settlements inlate 1960s period.
Angadi theru, torches a locality where entire tamil nadu goes and forgets to think of the people whom they see there
Passanga, into the kids world for 3 hours
There are many more that i have missed and, i feel travelling to many places will definitely widen our living space in this big world.
And these variation in places , atmospheres can do lot of good vibes to the masses who see it in silver screen and few who dream to go to these places.
Indian movies makes more number of movies than Hollywood does and Kollywood runs second in Indian race behind our friend Tollywood.
Proud to be a fan of Tamil Cinema.

June 5th 2012
Chennai.

IPL Season 5 -

IPL 5,
May 28th 2012.

And finally it marked the end of the season.
A beautiful night for those whos kick started the inaugral version of the IPL with a bang.
The most enthusiatic team among al.
I still remember shah rukh dancing in THE EDEN GARDENS 4 years back near the boundary line.
Shoaib akthar and KHAN enjoying after their victories especially wicket of Sachin in a match.
The Dream started with Rawalpindi express , But it needed a Magician from the Carribean to do it for the KKR.

Opening Batsmans of India, Yorker bowlers of Pakisthan, All rounders of SouthAfrica, Likewise Devastating pacers of West Indies.
But finally from the beaches of Trinidad, the Mystery man Sunil Narine delivered it, single handedly stopped each and every batsman coming in KKRs way to finals. 
But i have this small doubt, his DOB is 1988. such a small guy in international arena .
When he gets wickets or at times got hit also, this guy is simply out of emotions.
Its not that he is inexpressive, he is controling his anger or happiness in such a way that many players like Kohli , Vijay should learn from him.
Anyways its time for the Indian Batsman to solve another mystery like they did against Warne, Muthaiah, Mendis.
But this time, i am sure it ll be harder ride.

One other person who has amazed me is Steve Smith.
Few people look like iron, He is IRON man according to me. Whether it comes to sprinting for runs, or fielding, he s a person who you should watch for in the international and in ipl matches.

Rahul Dravid, who came to collect the Fairplay award for his team. If this person's team is not getting that award you should throw the award to gutters.
Man of values, He is the only reason why i am at times angry on Sachin. Sachin's fame grace has shadowed this man's talent to certain audiances.
His look for the presentation, looked like a golfer, but proud to see a Cricketer in such a Look. He is one person who makes me shout, "Cricket is a GENTLEMAN's GAME".

Sachin, his dismissal in the eliminator, and how he reacted to it, has made cricket proud.
Steyn u are the best pacer in this format. ur over agaist rohit sharma in a league match, simply no words. 
Mallinga, u have practised hours, days and years for your yorkers that only few inhuman can afford to hit u.
David hussey 's catch. The way he watched the ball travelled should be a fielding guide across the world.

Pollard, Bravo , Gayle and Smith . It was very happy that one of my favourite international team has such players like yo.
Pollard's determination to contribute to MI in all three forms were simply amazing. that too in the third format.
One shot he stopped of CSK skipper in Eliminator , there is no other person who could have done that.
Bravo's Six in 45degree and match winnig six of Bhatia 's last ball.
Smith 3 balls 14 runs, how many cricketers could have done that.
Gayle, one or two, normally stroms attack only the coastal areas of India, but the Gayle storm hurricaned in all parts of India.

Pune, ya, yo started well, but soehow things were not good thru ur lenses, but i should thank you for showcasing Ganguly's excitement after his first ball wicket.

Deccan, What one can tell, your team had the most happiest finish among all other teams, you turned out as the Kingmaker by winning the last two matches and sealing the fate of 3 teams, this should have made Gayathri happy.

Rajasthan, I missed to see the excitement for Shilpa and happy that u fighted like real royals where yu missed Watson for most of the matches. Not to miss Rahane the man who set IPL on fire this season.

Punjab, Five teams have proved themselves till now in T20 format in India, and i am sure , Trophy will be coming towards the Heart of India  , It just moved from Legs to Hands now.

Banglore, You were the entertainers . Other teams played for themselves , you were the one who played to entertain 1 billion people. ABD s finish against DC . Gayle's opening almost said the opponent that the opponent can think of winning only if he is out of equation.

Munbaikars, The Battalion, there was one man standing in your way in yellow , There is no other way with the specialist you have in all departments .

Delhi Boys, Not again, it was for your team the Play-Off was initiated . The difference between winning and loosing is one man, if he stands, match wins even if they need to chase 300.

Chennai, Something new for you to experience, Its ok to loose. Yo have proved enough.

Calcutta, And the Howrah has bridged a new hope in taking the trophy from south to North-East. Manvindher Singh , No words, when Gauti failed and when it needed the most, u stood up.

Oh, i think i dint tell about one person.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni

Well, few tell that u are lucky, few tell you are a hard hitter, few tell that u are a cool customer.
But according to me you are Teacher .
Yes, You tought nearly 10 crore growing kids and the remaining grownups of the nation , on what to do if ur toy is plucked from you by others and how to react . It means that you have grown up or its time for other chaps to have go at it.
This particular toy is not made for one, but when you have it long and you are about to loose it , even the monks go mad to keep it theirs , but no serious arguements or mishaps or shouting or starring to the oppostion which tells loudly to the sporting world that there is something called spirit the lay in a game than just winning it.

Thank You Cricket for being an extra nerve of the nation.

                                                                                Praveen...