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2009-06-10T00:22:00.000-07:00

Ice breaker..

2009-06-03T00:12:00.000-07:00

Recently, I watched Meiporul & Pasanga. Both the movies are excellent.

Meiporul is a nice thriller. This is made by a group of NRI in the US. Heroine is an alumni of Anna University. Though it is ameturish, I would recommend watching it. But, Meiporul received worst possible comments from Suhasini in a review.

Pasanga is an excellent work from the director Pandiraj. He hasn't tried to make a simple story complex. The execution was really good. He has captured the nuances of village school kids. He also, has implied that many of the scenes in the previous tamil movies are childish. The Director was a security at AVM studios for 2 years.

Naan Kadavul

2009-02-10T09:37:00.000-08:00

I'm happy to receive Naan Kadavul. Now, a original movie, by itself looks good as they are amidst of dash dash. It will be a great disappointment to those who think that this would be a God-Philosophy-Blah-Blah kinda movie. Bala has commingled necessary aspects in right proportions. A local gang which tortures and manages the beggars and a son (proclaims himself as God) who has been brought back home after 14 years of like at Kasi - Bala has solved these two independent equations in the climax. I wish to share some of the subtle points I noticed in the movie. Don't read further if you haven't seen the movie yet.

Areas which I liked:

1. The track on beggars and how they are being managed were depicted well. Societal concern can even be expressed by exposing the evils in the society, as Bala has done.

2. In most cinemas, trans-genders are used for fun. But, Bala's constructive usage is laudable.

3. Real-life comedy which mingled well with the story. Hats off to Bala for making us laugh without a comedian. Especially the conversation among beggers when their boss was drunk, Dance by the performing artist in Police station and Court scene when Arya was accused of murder.

4. Arya has followed the director's instructions. Pooja's expressions were good - To note, even any other actress would have done well as Bala is handling. Only a good director can get the best outta an artist. It reminded me Ameer.

5. Dialogues were excellent, especially i liked the one which Pooja utters during the climax. She quotes 3 different religious principles and claims that they futile.

6. Rajaa's music, as usual, stays aloft amidst of algebraically-coined music. I liked Ilayarajs's voice in "Oru Kaatril.." song & Madhubalakrishnan's clarity in "Pichai paathiram.." song.

Instances which I felt odd:

1. Arya's dad would be searching for Arya on the river bank. In a slight sight, he recognized Arya, in spite of his monk-like appearance. This scene might have been made better.

2. Even Arya's mom wasn't initially expressive after seeing his son after 14 years.

3. Pooja, who came as a blind beggar, used to sing in train, temple etc. In all those scenes, they play old Tamil songs in the background - that too sounded like the original version. May it be - This was odd. I didn't get the feel. In spite, Pooja should have sung by her own voice or at least the dubbing artist should have been used.

In sum, the story has been executed well without missing links. I expect awards for 2 categories - Direction & Pooja. These movies are the boost to aspiring directors. Lets hope to get more Balas, Ameers & Myskins. Tamil cinema has become physically-challenged because of remake, remix & formula culture. At least after seeing these movies, let the dash dash think.

ŏn'trə-prə-nûr', -nŏŏr' - 1.0

2008-05-28T22:04:00.000-07:00

This post was in hibernation inside the drafts folder for a month. Now only i got some time to release.

பேரு தான் சாப்ட்வேர் இஞ்சினியர்... பொழப்பு..? நாய் பொழப்பு. பாக்க பஞ்ச் டயலாக் மாதிரி இருந்தாலும், இது தான் உண்மை. ஆபீஸ் போறோம்.. PM / TL குடுக்குற வேலைய செய்றோம். சில பல meetings. திரும்பி வந்து, நவரத்ன ஆயில் தலைக்கு வெச்சுட்டு படுத்து தூங்குகிறோம். காலைல திரும்பவும் நாய் பொழப்பு.

Our life at present, is similar to the life of chicken inside a cage. They will be happy even with very small amount of food. Similarly, we feel delighted by the pay hikes, team lunches, celebrations and other so-called employee-friendly aspects. Additionally if they give a laptop, people will fly. Many don't understand that employer is intruding in personal time of the employee, and trying to extract work whenever possible.

We need to think beyond these. You might have heard about GoldQuest scandal recently. I don't find any difference between that and a s/w job.

In that GoldQuest scheme, Some unknown person is the beneficiary in the expense of our money. And at one time we will be the beneficiary in the expense of the someone's money.
I think, this is true with almost all s/w job. I may be wrong. I don't know. At the expense of our work, someone else is becoming multi-millionaire. And he is the so called entrepreneur.

A little bird told me that the amount spent towards completing a typical s/w project is 30 to 35 % (approx.) of the total amount billed towards that project. This 35 % includes employee compensation, s/w tools usage, maintenance cost, infrastructure etc. I mean to say that the profit is almost 70% for a single project.

So, at the expense of 5 % given as pay to an engineer, someone is earning 70 %. We may analyze on how to become that someone?

If king sings...!!!

2008-05-22T01:49:00.000-07:00

Like many people, I too used to sing in bathroom - As this would be the best in acoustics among all places in a house. That time, I could feel the richness and pleasing nature of my voice. That practice gives me confidence. The thirst is not at all leaving my mind.

Since my childhood, I'm interested in singing. Though I was appreciated B.H.Abdul Hameed for the song Anbendra mazhaiyiley.. (Minsaara kanavu) during an audition test, I was rejected. I was not disappointed, but tried to improve myself by trying out various possibilities.

Then during my first year in college, I participated in a competition held in trichy and secured first place for the song Kaalaiyil dhinamum.. (New). I was startled, 6/10 contestants were from orchestras. It gave me some confidence.

Then after joining Emmeskay, I once again attended audition test in front of Ramesh Praba. I sang Poi solla koodathu.. kaadhali.. (Run). But this time, i myself could feel a nasty turn in my voice because of very low temperature in the audition room(though, this should not be cited as a reason). I was not selected.

Recently, I tried recording my voice. I'm not aware of recording theaters. So, I decided to do it in my office, where i can have a serene ambiance. Morning 9.30 is a very early work time in my office, as almost all employees swipe by 11.o0, sometimes even at 12.30. I started recording by 9.30 and It took some 0.5 hr to arrive at a final draft. Then I heard it. It was not good. Additionally, I could hear some pink noise and sound of breathing. Again dejected with my attempt.

Now I looking for a recording theater, where with all typical features i may record my voice. Further, I'm in process of writing my own lyrics for my own composition, so as to present my genuine content. Hoping to see a progress!!!

A kuruvi's eye view...

2008-05-16T06:45:00.000-07:00

It was just before 6.30 P.M. , a serene ambiance was being filled with white noise. The people were occupying the seats calmly as if they have come to attend church. I was chatting with my friend. The clamour from xenon DTS signaled the start.

The hero was introduced in a car race. The car was cruelly battered so that only a hero could drive it and win the race. The following intro song sounded corresponding to a win in bullock-cart race. Even the dance steps didn't match with the beats.

Then, just to show some colours, director had driven to malaysia. There, hero fought with villain for his Rs. 50 L. As the villain refused, Vijay had to steal a diamond from villain, Suman. Then the Trisha and Vijay were meeting gracefully. The romantic scenes were very less , may be to maintain the action movie brand.

The comedy part devised in the transit of diamond from malaysia to chennai is not a new one. Vivek's comedy didn't add any strength to the movie.

Then the villain came to chennai in search of diamond and his daughter. Then, Villain locked up Vijay inside a lift at above 150 feet and fed to gravity. Miraculously, Vijay entered the ground water region and upraised from a river, nearby. Then he took revenge on the villain and trying to save his dad and some people from the thralldom of Suman.

The manirathnam lighting style was improperly used throughout the second-half :-). I couldn't even see the faces.

Melody number, "Then.. Then.. Then.. " was pleasing. I liked all hues of the song especially location, costume, vijay's attitude. Further "Ideal flow" Shreya ghoshal and enjoyable Tamil pronunciation (though not correct!) of Uditnarayan were pretty good. "Pallanadhu.. Pallanadhu.." song was equally good and enjoyable.

Repeated fight and chasing sequences reminded us Dharani. In movies, it is casual that a hero falling from the top of a 10 floor building and not getting any injuries. similarly, Vijay crossing a distance of about 200m in a fly, is not a big deal.

I liked vijay's attitude and expressions. I can say, Vijay & Trisha were not used properly in this movie. Additionally, the negative aspects like music, song sequence and editing have placed the movie to a poor rating. And Vijay has to be very careful in future. Hopefully, Vijay will be back with a bang.

Who is wrong?

2008-05-14T20:32:00.000-07:00

Your English sucks...!!!
Don't disseminate that you are taking GRE...!
Don't create a scene that you have completed 25 word lists!!!
Don't try to be a cynosure...!!
Helping you is like feeding a snake...!
You are fit for nothing!!!

Last week was not mine. I had to receive lot of high dB animadversions about me and my activities. Those comments drove me up the wall and I'm eating my time in mulling over those remarks. I didn't know to react/backfire them immediately. Instead, I decided to deeply retrospect my activities.

As a result, I didn't find any aberrancy in my recent past activities. And, I'm damn sure, I don't deserve those comments. May be, a head on view would have revealed something to those people. So my action item is to be careful and subnormal in my creed, deed and word. I'm trying to run away from those people because their remarks, anything further, may drive me mad. And this is what i can do to those commentators.

Your English sucks...!!! - Your English is slightly off; Correct it. ---- Which is better?

I'm not indicting you; But be mature enough to comment in a decent way; Conceive about your victim(!) and his mentality, before starting anything. These may be just words to you; But might have pierced their heart deeply.

I, initially thought that this post is unnecessary. But the I didn't get any other sink. And these remarks were cooking my goose. So, guys take care. Now i can peacefully continue my GRE prep journey.

Santhosh Subrahamanyam

2008-05-12T21:04:00.000-07:00

Yestreen was a time of a great disappointment. As it was monday, I thought, I can get tickets easily for "Kuruvi" movie. I availed permission in my office and started with my friend. I couldn't get the tickets. But, I saw Santhosh Subrahamanyam. I wish to share my opinion. (Note: I didn't see Bommarillu)

Ravi is decent, especially in costumes. Jeny is winsome, as usual. I felt a slight mismatch between Ravi and Jeny. But their attitude overshadowed the mismatch. Prakash raj is pretty good in attitude. He's done the job well.

The comedy track by Santhanam & team is of nothing special kind. Music by DSP is nothing but his regular recipe.

Though the sentimental discussion between Prakash raj and Ravi is pretty long, It was decent. It indeed caused some motion in my Adam's apple. I was moved by that scene.

I felt joyous whenever Jeny appears on screen. Her attitudes, innocence and charisma are keeping the movie dynamic. And I liked her very much. :-)

On the whole, I enjoyed and traveled with the scenes, which is because of the director Raja. And there lies his success.

It is unfair.

2008-05-06T23:36:00.000-07:00

Whether it is effectual or not, I wish to assert this. Once a vessel is fully filled with sewer water, It can't hold anything further, even pure water.

I witness many guys and gals get reviews from media and people, before watching a movie. Once a guy gets a view about the film, his mind will be completely filled by that thought. With that prejudiced thought, if he watches the movie, his mind will exact for incidents which corroborate his thought which has evolved from the review.

On the other hand, consider an ardent fan of that hero watches the movie. Now, his mind tries to search for incidents in the movie which may rationalize his zeal towards that actor. Ultimately, He will surely feel that movie is fine.

Review, in general, is relative. Reviewer is not a jurist and his perspective is not the judgment. All of us are jurist in our own terms. No one can categorically brand a movie as good or bad. In this world, nothing is right and nothing is wrong. Inasmuch as nothing is good and nothing is bad. Everything is in our perspective.

A true movie reviewer should never have a prejudiced opinion about the movie/ artist. He will not say “ I won't watch this junk guy's movie...“ - If he says, He should not comment on movies. It is as simple as any junk guy can comment on any movie.

A Tamil student... ( Sorry Mr.G.U.Pope)

2008-04-24T05:16:00.000-07:00

Yup.. Its me, believe.
The victim is my colleague kiran, Fuel cell expert. This chap is good at learning tamil quickly. Nonetheless, Hez from vjwada.

Though we have lots of work, we two used to amuse ourself under the esteemed supervision of Anand-san (He ignites everything). We make our office hours very interesting and exciting simply by ottify-ing everyone at our office. Even to our President(India & US Operations) - No clemency.

I normally, teach him some tamil terms. Whatever we prattle, what we do more often, Kiran grasps and cogitates it. He will not stop there-But he improvises it and reverts back to us. Once i told him, the Tamil counterpart for Baby is Kuzhandhai. His out-of-the-box thinking lead to the invention of a Tamil term for Chicken - Kozhi Kuzhandhai.
And Ezhilni for tender coconut. He scolds (especially me) pichakaara paambu - This also, is one of his invention.

Sometimes, he hears to juntas chat and without confirming he starts using some words, which ultimately ends up in clowning. Consequently, he'll get caught by us. He sometimes casually say - muka man neram (Ya.. He means 45 mins..) - nalla irukku - The fact is he doesn't know that the exact words are mukkaal mani neram & Nandraga irukkiradhu. Then i taught him some slang and their originals. After that, he sometimes corrects us while using such slang.

Recently, we taught him the brahmin slang, which our man (manager) often uses. Now he has reached a good level; After running some simulations and getting the results, he says simulation panrachha result nandraga vandhuduthuuuu....

Enna koduma sir...!!!

Crazy filenames...

2008-04-09T04:05:00.000-07:00

After pretty long time, Got a while to blog.
I, perhaps you too, often wonder at the names of files and folders created by ppl.
Especially, in my office - It will be too crazy. The thing is, Even, top management ppl use to christen the files and folders in a crazy manner. I've come across many such instances and wanted to share.

I noticed a file named book_got_from_net.pdf inside the folder books. Further, empty.odp, which contained nothing. :-)

We deal with modeling and simulation of physical systems. I wonder at the model names too.
Tank_Pipe_Tank.mo - It is a model of a hydraulic system which contains a pipe in between two tanks. It deserves, right!!!???
Now you can understand the model named - Tank_Orifice_Pipe_Hose_Pipe_Orifice_Tank.mo !!!

After simulating the models, we need to store the result files. We simulate for an array of experimental conditions. So, for each result file, how we name?
Direct_AtoA_WithMass1000kg_damp100_force70N_L745mm.mat
Hope you don understand.
This represents a test case result at the specified parametric conditions. Direct means a direct connection between two hydraulic cylinder and AtoA means acceleration to acceleration.

I used to laugh at these names.
If you understand, you too, will.

My Dawn...

2008-01-30T03:51:00.000-08:00

It was a month back, when i made debut in blogs. This morning i thought of writing about my activities every morning.Lets see.

I habitually wake up between 5.30 & 6.30.. After finishing my primaries, I'll dress up as if i'm a sports person -With regular Track suit & Shoe. Nothing else. This buld up is jus for a walk & jog of 4-5 km.

My usual destination would be Dr.Natesan Park which is about half and odd km from my place - A well-maintained park with jag track & having korean grass islands.This park is maintained by South Madras Walkers & Jaggers Association.

When i enter the park, the notice board with a new saying welcomes me.I start with a casual walk along the track. Some 50 people wou've been already doing a variety of (funny!!!)things there.

Some people walk casually like me.. Some others with a plod gait.. You may also see some people walking with all the cylinders firing.This is along the track. And in the grasslands, you can see bunch people doing yoga & meditation etc stuffs.One more comedy group is the laughter club - Which prefers laughter to cure abnormalities. I could hear all strange and funny laughter sound and also the actions they do. It'll be very funny.I do exercise near that group.Sometimes a bunch of maamis used to club and discuss something.There is also a place for testing sugar level & Blood pressure - All kelads used to form a queue for this check.

I used to walk for 30 mins by when i'd have completed some 7 or 8 rounds which comes around 4 km. Then i'll go to my place near laughter club. I'll do some basic exercises for another 15 mins by the time i'd have been exhausted.

I'll move toward the natural juice stall at the threshold of the park. She 'll have extracts ranging veg, mushroom, plaintain stem, spinach etc.. I'll have one and slowly walk towards my abode.

Then i'll get ready to office.
This is my usual dawn.

உள்ளேன் ஐயா..

2007-11-13T19:58:00.000-08:00

Even now, Many of my friends bug me to read their blogs. After seeing the no. of lines in the content, i'll simply Alt+F4 it.

Yesterday, after a conversation wit my colleague, Somehow I got interested in blogging. So, வந்து ஒரு attendance a போடலாம் னு நெனச்சேன்.

I don like to write hundreds of lines in blog, as i may feel bored. தோனுறத எழுதுறேன்... வேனுங்க்ரத படிங்க...

As almost all my friends know, I got a job which is really cool in hot Chennai. My work basically involves math-modeling of physical systems. Life is moving well here.

After entering into corporate world, my thoughts are in brownian motion. I like to work on varieties of field viz. Management, HRD, Finance, Investment advisory, Technical Consulting, Entrepreneurship etc. There were also times when i thought "What if we contribute something to medicine & health". Then i realized, these thoughts may be good only to share in blogs and makes no sense in reality.(I don know whether its true or not!!!)

Now a days, i could feel that I'm somewhat tangential to my technical aspirations and involving myself more in investments and share trading(I'm a GET in this field too). I have seen people who shout "Yuppie!!" during "Bull-Run" and Looking dejected during "Volatility"
(Bull+run and Volatility are terms used in share trading. Don't panic). So why not we experience such emotions...??- This thought came to my mind. And now am doing some stuff about money management too.

Similarly, Am also honing my skills towards entrepreneurship. how to win people...?? How to contribute to technology development..?? How to acheive...?? How to formulate the team for my prospective company..?? How to attract customers...?? How to satisfy customer needs..??Ultimately, How to make&manage profit...?? Let's how far it'll work-in (near) future...

Next blog after your comments.