Kuselan Movie Review

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Director or story writer gets the knot for the movie first, and then develop the story around it. It is the case with almost all the directors and with all the movies (Except Bala movies). A daughter was in search of her mother, who was a warrior and left her daughter just after the delivery. When she meets her mother, she had 17 questions to ask. This piece of news from Times of India became a knot for Maniratnam and become ‘ Kannathil Mutthamittaal’. ‘ Nerukku Ner’ live program of Sun TV was so popular and a thought of ‘ If Rabi Bernard meets state’s powerful party leader cum Chief Minister, how it would be and If he asks these questions, how would it be…’ – become a knot for Shankar- Sujatha and Mudalvan was born.

The super star of Tamil cinema Ashok Kumar meets his friend Balan for whom the super star is longing for the whole life. This is the knot. Meena, kids, school principal, Parent-teachers, market people, villagers, Vadivelu and his wife, Livingston and his group, Neighborhood Biriyani family, etc – All the characters in the movie are developed to build the emotions on audience’s heart and helps the movie to run towards the knot in the climax. The original Malayalam story writer has done this work beautifully. And the remake king Director Vasu’s insertion of Rajini image and personal character has beautifully fitting into that. To put in other word, the whole movie prepares your mind to win your heart in the last 30 minutes. Movie has won in that aspect.


Pasupathy and Meena are the actual hero and heroine of this movie. Both of them played wonderful. Pasupathy starts his entry just like that and his character gets developed big and heavy towards the climax. ‘can we run away from here?’, ‘ I lost my sleep after this super star has entered this town’, ‘ Only for telling this It became like this, if I would have shared that..’ – are few examples scenes where he glitters. The climax and scenes around climax loot people emotions.

Meena has courage to accept this role of mother who has three children. She has done beautifully. Vadivelu …his usual ways and usual jokes and people laugh louder.
Nayanthara comes as a heroine for shooting, ‘uricha kozhi’, dances, shows and goes.

Rajini – YES BOSS. What way fans want to see him, it has been given in his entry, on the flying horse with that costume.. Mask of Zorro. Though Rajini is not actual hero in the movie … oh He stands very tall like Everest as his character is described in the movie. My friend who watched with me says after the movie, “Paraman, the same movie is taken in Hindi now. I don’t think SRK won’t fit for such a role. It suits for Rajini for the message he delivers in this character”. (Looks like that why SRK personally called Rajini and asked him not to release Kuselan Hindi version till Billow Barber comes!).

It is Rajini’s real character. A mixture of ON SCREEN and OFF SCREEN roles. He comes as his life. And most of the dialogues are written based on his original story. “Drama about Dhryodhana, going to Chennai for film, Why he goes to Himalaya, What is the difference between ‘ Nimmathi and Santhosham’, Why is he not coming into politics, then why he speaks such a dialogues in the movies, reading of OSHO books in the shootings break, I don’t like you hitting my fans who come to see me, What is the important of the friends and company, what is the greatness of the teacher in life…” – are just examples about his real life matters inserted in the movie beautifully by Vasu. Specifically the discussion between Director Sundarrajan and Rajini “ Yenna mayithukku nee arasiyalukku vara maattengra sollu !?” scene is used properly.

Importance of friend and the expression of gratitude for the friend, What a teacher is doing to you, important of teachers in our life, Mata-Pita-Guru-Deivam and Rajini’s new defined Mata-Pita-Guru-Friend-Deivam is great.

Rajini’s all the scenes and his dialogues are just beyond the cinema dialogues. The school function speech makes people cry. And the climax scene pushes more.
Minus points:
1.Movie goes slow for some time (then it takes off!)
2.Nayanthara’s rain song. Looks like Director got her cal sheet and decided to use maximum out of her.
Plus points:
1.Rajini
2.Emotional appealing scenes of pre-climax, climax and post climax scenes ( last 30mins wipe out all those minus points of the movie).
3.Insertion of Rajini’s role and presenting his real life character with those scenes within the given frames of time.

Chandramukhi – 2, vettaiyan role, redefined Anna malai role – are skills of Vasu.

Kuselan: You will enjoy and the way it falls from mind to heart is beautiful. You can watch.


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“Pollaathavan பொல்லாதவன்” - Movie Review

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Keeping old movie titles and re-mixing old songs become new trend now. This movie has come with Rajini’s film title and re-mixed song (why do they use Rajini stills in the poster?).

Along with Dhanush, Kannada Divya, Malayala Murali, there is a special character called Bajaj Pulsar bike. It makes the hero yearning, make him happy, makes father to feel proud, friends to search for, makes the heroine to attract, knots the hero with Dada’s, gives the view of Puthupettai, Kasimedu and Royapuram. The bike travels with the story line till the climax. And for the hero and his friends Bike is more than anything. New and good try.

Though the story line goes with ‘Parattai Yengira Azhagu Sundaram’ or Kannada ‘Jogi’, it has been given well.

G V Prakash has taken an English song and given for Tamil audience. Anniyan’s influence is there on re-recording. Songs disturbs the pace of the movie, especially the second half.

Divya reminds her grandpa S.M. Krishna. She comes, dances, cries and goes. (What else to expect?) ( S M Krishna kku pombala vesham potta maathiri irukku, Moodum varala, feelingum varala !)

Dialogues are good especially with Dhanush, Karunas and friends scenes.
Banupriya – Amma.. .. Oh! What happened to her voice?

Dhanush again proves his acting skills. He swings his body, dances, fights, cries, laughs and acts. Dhanush scores with his as usual good facial ex-pressions (Maniratnam sir, Cheran sir, Shankar Sir and all directors…. Here is a good actor, give him a chance!).

Daniel Balaji is okay, but his brother Selvam role has been given beautifully and the actor also scores well.

Director brings Puthupettai, Royapuram –Kasimedu in front of us. Who told this is first movie to Diretor Vetrimaran. It does not look like. He has presented a simple story in a different way. Good show director.

Weakness: 1. since it is story of Rayapuram –Kasimedu type, everywhere aruva, kathi, vettu and blood. 2. Songs and re-recording. 3. We can judge ‘Selvam - Ravi’ Brutus type of murder.

Pluses: 1. Dhanush. 2. Photography. 3. The way story was given without boring.

Pollaathavan: Fast, non-boring (except few songs) movie. Usual story has been given in a good manner with few strong scenes. You can watch.

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Yellow Mango...

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Disclaimer: This article was originally written and posted on 2nd August 2005 in an e-group. There will be lots of language correction and I know there is high degree of scope to improve. I did not have to re-write the article, just publishing as it was given 2 years ago. Thanks.

Yellow mango
“Wow… They are back. Great”. I was excited to see them back in their usual place. I used to see them almost every time I drive through that traffic signal. I do not know where they stay. I do not know when will they sleep and when will they get up. I have seen them in late nights and also in the early mornings when I come back from my fitness class. Looks like they are couples and sell fruits in their mobile fruit stall near a traffic signal.

When ever I drive through that road some how the mangoes they sell would attract my eyes. Those small-small mangoes with yellow, yellow with red mix and green mix would attract my eyes. It would be great to see multiple rows of yellow and yellow mangoes. I would be telling myself that God is a great artist and how many colors he has made.

When ever I see the mango in their stall, a desire would come in me to buy and to have it. Immediately I would tell myself, “It is summer, hot and by eating a mango body will become hot. Let me not but it now. Let me have it some other time”. This would be the usual thing happening to me. Almost everyday I had seen them near that traffic signal and suddenly they were disappeared. They were not there for an almost a week. I was waiting in that signal today. My eyes went to that side.. “Wow… They are back”. I was excited. Both of them were there and busy on their selling. I looked their stall and I was shocked. “Ayyo..!” There were no mangoes. Those yellow mangoes were replaced with jack fruit and corns. I felt some thing was missing. My signal was ‘ON’ and it was green. I changed the gear of the car and kept moving. But mind was with those missing mangoes.

“I had desires to buy and have those mangoes. And stopped myself saying that it was summer, very hot and mango was also hot. I kept on postponing. Mentally I waited to get summer over. Now summer is over and also the mango season.” I parked the car and walked towards the stair cases. “With my intelligence I decided that mango is not good for health in summer. What I did not realize is mango will be given only in summer and not in winter. There may be some other fruit in the winter. Mango is a gift of nature for us in the summer. It will available only in that time. HE knows when to give, what to give and whom to give. I ignored mango with my small intelligence and actually did not realize that it was given by the intelligence which runs the entire universe. HE might have given it with some purpose.”

I felt bad and started claiming the stair cases. “Like that mango, I might have ignored so many things in life. What is the use of missing some thing when it was available and thinking of ‘If only I would have known this’ later. Some thing is coming to me means, there might me some purpose. Life must be giving some thing to me. Let me not miss that. I do not want to use ‘If only’ later in my life.”

Remembered the wisdom of mastermind… “Understanding the value of something after loosing it – is foolishness. I should know the value of things when I am having it. . Realizing about dad or mum after loosing them is waste.” I was telling myself, “I should know value of things when it is available. Actually by missing that small mango, I behaved like a Big Banana (Alma mater term)”. “Thank you my yellow mango. I will not miss some thing. I will value. Oh my darling wife, my kids I am coming. I do not want to miss this moment”

I rang the bell, my wife opened the door and I stepped inside as a new person with lot of excitement. Kids were busy with their breakfast in the table and said, “Hai appaas”. I saw there and I was surprised.

There….. A fresh yellow mango was kept in a plate on the table!

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'Azhagiya Thamil Magan' - Movie Review...

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Disclaimer: This has been written by taking mid path and no support or not against anyone.

People call him mass hero and they show title as ‘next super star’. But Vijay had a vacuum in his heart for two things. He was yearning for those two things years together.
1. A R Rehman music. 2. Dual role

Think Vijay might have got excited for these two things and did not see anything else. Vijay got what he was looking for, Director got Vijay’s sign-up and we got a movie… the side artists are murmuring towards us, “ Maatnadaa Mavaney..!”.

In 1970s Vanishree did, then MGR did, Sivaji did, Later Kamal and Rajini and Rajini did. Director Bharathan has given the same ‘Aal maaraatta kathai’.

I have to appreciate Vijay. There are lots of improvements in him. Finally he got a good make up man and costume designer. He is doing very well in few comedy scenes of the first half. He dances very well, especially those small movements and few steps in the first song.
Geetha is back again as ‘Amma’. She has done well. ‘Pchhhhhhh Pchhhhhhh’ lip movement during that telephone conversation – 100% K Balachander mannerism. It shows she is groomed by K B.

Actually the movie name should be “Azhagiya Tamizh MAGAL”. Shreya looks beautiful. Again she got one more movie with enough avenues for acting. She scores.

Lyrics writer Pa.Vijay has a sentiment with A R Rehman, the songs starts with ‘ Ma’ will be hit, I expected a song with ‘ Ma’. Yes.. ‘ Maduraikku Pohathedi”. Even though it starts as “ Karpoora Kannigaiyey”, they song name as “ Maduraikku pohaathedi”. Three songs are good - ‘ Yella Pugazhum’, “ Valaiyapatti’ and “ Maduraikku Pohaathedi”. A R Rehman plays with his voice and beat in ‘ Yella pugazhaum..’ song. A R Rehman has given good songs and re recording. But what to do . I am feeling bad for Rehman.
(Can some one ask Vaali and Balakumaran to stop writing hero worship songs and dialogues, Doing to Rajini and Kamal is okay. They do for S.J. Surya, Simbu, now Vijay and tomorrow to Vadivelu and Kanja Karuppu. )

Satyaraj was going up in ladder during 80s, growth was good. The moment he started copying MGR style, the graph went down and down. Vijay has to understand this. Vijay want to become Rajini. It is visible. Garland – walking with the crowd behind, staring the camera and delivering the dialogue, opening song philosophical, cigarette style, those ‘ Vishk Vishk’ sound during hand movements, fighting style – are too much for Vijay.

The second role of Vijay is only with Rajini mannerism. The way he speaks “ ingey Ingey …” in the fight scene and the way she keeps his facial ex-pression when shreya takes him to her house introduce to her father – 100% Rajini mark. Even a kid will say Rajini mannerism. Vijay has to tell himself the dialogue what he delivers in the climax … “ Oruthana maathiri nadikkarathu easy… Vaazharathu Kastam”.

Vijay got A R Rehman + dula role movie and ‘ Theme music song’ for his future clippings in TV channels, Director got Vijay movie chance. For us… we got the comment… “ Maatnadaa mavaney”.

Few scenes are good. Anyway it will be telecasted in TV Channels.

If you are Vijay fan or ready not to see any logic, even then you will struggle in the theater.

“ Azhagiya Tamil Magan” – You will not loose anything, if you miss this movie. You can miss this movie.

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Proud moment for every Indian!

Hey my Indians,

Is not a proud moment? Is not a matter to celebrate? Some one from this land is standing tall over jambavan’s of technology industrialists, Sultans who own oil wells and software czars. I am not bursting crackers or jumping on the floor. But feel like!

Heart beat goes “ Hey Hey Hey…!”

From the news :
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Mukesh Ambani elbows out Gates, Slim to become world’s richest

New Delhi (PTI): Billionaire Mukesh Ambani on Monday became the richest person in the world, surpassing American software czar Bill Gates, Mexican business tycoon Carlos Slim Helu and famous investment guru Warren Buffett, courtesy the bull run in the stock market.

Following a strong share price rally today in his three group companies — India’s most valued firm Reliance Industries, Reliance Petroleum and Reliance Industrial Infrastructure Ltd — the net worth of Mukesh Ambani rose to 63.2 billion dollars (Rs 2,49,108 crore).

In comparison, the net worth of both Gates and Slim is estimated to be slightly lower at around 62.29 billion dollars each, with Slim leading among the two by a narrow margin.

Warren Buffett, earlier the third richest in the world, also dropped one position with a net worth of about 56 billion dollars. Ambani’s wealth of about Rs 2,49,000 crore includes about Rs 2,10,000 crore from RIL (50.98 per cent stake), Rs 37,500 crore from RPL (37.5 per cent) and Rs 2,100 crore from RIIL (46.23 per cent). Slim’s wealth has been calculated on the basis of his stake in companies like America Movil (30 per cent), Carso Global (82 per cent), Grupo Carso (75 per cent), Inbursa (67 per cent), IDEAL (30 per cent) and Saks Inc (10 per cent).

According to information available with the US and Mexican stock exchanges where these companies are listed, Slim currently holds shares worth a total of $ 62.2993 billion, with more than half coming from Latin American mobile major America Movil. Slim is closely followed by Gates with a net worth of 62.29 billion dollars currently.
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Do not know about tomorrow. Today matters to me and An Indian on top of everybody.It matters to us and I am celebrating. Are you joining me?

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It is not how much you earn...

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It was my personal trip to Chennai and happened to meet my friend. He requested me to be with him for the next morning pooja at his office premises. I respected his feelings and that’s how I was there on that early morning. The Ganapathi Homam was over, Prasadam was distributed to everyone and people were engrossed with the taste of Saravana bhavan coffee. And I was engrossed with the priest.

Rituals were over and he was doing his packing’s. He looked very thin, wore white dhoti on the waste and thread cross the chest. I was asking about his life and family. He used wonderful flavor of Tamil. He has been given responsibility to take care of a small temple in a nearby street; he does not go to all these kind of poojas. Since his guru was busy with some thing else he has been assigned this one. He has two school going daughters and one son. And his aged parents stay with him. He is the only income source for the whole family. He finished his packing’s, picked up his bag, as he was leaving out, he looked at me and said, “ Last month I bought two grounds of land which is next to Porur”.

I was shaken up. He is not as famous as other busy priests available in the city for Homams in the office; he does not go for marriage rituals. He himself mentioned his income is not so huge and on top of it he has aged parents, wife, school going kids and an infant child. All the money would be going for food, medicines, school fee, glossary and other expenses. How is it possible for him to buy two grounds of land, that too in just next to city?

With the unanswered question inside, I sat in my Honda City and drove to Bangalore. Honda City – is an ultimate car. I enjoyed the drive. I Reached Bangalore at 05:45am and I saw Siddique standing with his white bucket. Siddique comes early morning and cleans my car and bike. Same bucket in the hand, but instead of his usual cycle there was a YAMAHA RX125. I was surprised when he said, “My bike sir, I bought last month!” I was very happy for him. I gave the car key, he moved towards the car and I claimed the staircase.

Siddique works as a labor in a godown. I know he has very less income, stays in a rented house, has a family and school going son. That is the reason he cleans few cars in the mornings and gets Rs.300/- per car. In fact I committed him that I will fund his son’s school fee next year. Suddenly Siddique comes in 125cc bike. It is great.. “But how is this possible?”

I remember my wife was telling once about servant maid who sweeps the floor and cleans the vessels at my home was looking for my help for opening a savings bank account. I remember the farmers in my village kept on working for the whole year, kept on spending money for the crops in the form of urea, pesticide, labor, etc and only once they will get big harvest. It will be once in a year. But… they too educate their son and daughters, build villas and bungalows’ and have all the comforts.

My servant maid is a young widow, has a son, earns tiny amount of money, manages the family and want to open an account for savings. The farmers in the village get once in a year, but keeps for the whole year.

Yes. I got it. I understood what Robert T. Kiyosaki told in his famous book ‘Rich Dad, Poor Dad’… “It is not how much you earn. It is all about how much you save!”
Yes. It is possible for the priest to buy two grounds of land just next to the city. It is possible for my car cleaner to buy his favorite YAMAHA RX125. I earn in lakhs and pays good amount of tax. They earn very little, may be in thousands. But they have greater plans for the incoming money. They are not strong in earnings. BUT THEY ARE STRONGER IN SAVINGS.
I remember my father was telling my uncle when I was a small boy, “Earning the money is not a big project. But saving the money is very big project. It is some thing like digging a huge well with a needle”. Now I understand the real life of ants.

My servant maid, Car cleaner Siddique, Chennai Priest, farmers in the village and all those people who work in the street has re-phrased the question in me. It is about ‘how much you save?”.

Hey my friend, your daughter, son, wife and family needs financial comforts tomorrow.

I do not ask you how much you earn… I am asking you … HOW MUCH YOU SAVE?

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TN Government's new plan to avoid Foot-board Travel

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Whether it is a small town or village or city, it is the head ache for the conductors of corporation buses in Tamil Nadu. They are trying all the possibilities to avoid foot board travel. ‘Romeos’ never listened. What to do some of them had taken TICKET for TOP.
The matter is – Tamilnadu Government has come with beautiful idea and the first pilot implementation has been done in ‘Pamban – Verkodu’ town bus. It is amazing; there are no possibilities for Romeos to continue their foot board travel. Look at the photo taken at a TNSTC bus.







ONLY WHEN YOU HAVE FOOT BOARD … You can travel in footboard.
If it is not there … Then ? .


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