IMHO, the countdown for Tamil Film Music
New entrants this year to watch out for in 2012....
8)Saajan Madhav(Murann)
7) Anirudh (3- BGM yet to be released)
6)Sathya (Engeyum eppothum)
5)Prakash Nikki (Rowthiram)
4)Gibran (Vaagai sooda Vaa)
3)K -(yuththam sei)
2) Singer Karthik (Aravaan)
1)Sharreth (180)
in the race....
7)Sundar C Babu (Poraali,Thoonga nagaram..)
6)Vijay Antony (Vedi,Yuvan yuvathi,...)
5)Harris Jeyaraj (Ko,Engeyum kaathal...)
4)Yuvan Shankar Raaja(Aaranya Kaandam,Mankaaththa..)
3)GV Prakash kumar(Mayakkam enna,Deivathiraumagal,...)
2)Joshua Sridhar (Veppam, Viththagan)
1)Thaman S(Vandhaan vendraan,Mounaguru...)
and the heavy weight / marathon league...
A R Rahman( )
Vidyasagar(Thambi Vettothi Sundaram)
RESERVED (Azhagarsamiyin Kuthirai,Mayilu,...)
Thursday, December 29, 2011
Monday, December 26, 2011
Techie anecdotes
Very often we come across people who are the end users of technologies like email, smart phones, digital cameras etc. And if they do not happen to know your software engineering background, it could be your rendezvous with ignorance which you can laugh about later. Here are some of mine...
A famous Eyecare chain here created an online record of my issues and generated a patient ID. The next time I happened to visit one of their other centers and I promptly took the ID card with me. But to my surpise, these guys had no clue of my records and wanted me to register again. When I asked why, the young girl replied "Our records are different Sir"
I took my mom's old black and white photograph to get it scanned in my native town. The guy who owns the famous photo studio / lab there quoted an exorbitant price to scan and make a blow up print of the photo. I was in no mood to argue, but did raise my concern in vain. Later, the lady technician who actually did the scan whispered generously "Don't worry I have made 2 copies of the photograph in your memory stick for the same price" !!
Govt. websites need some serious changes in design patterns. My login credentials wasn't working for service tax website. When I called the toll free help desk they said you I'll have to contact my local range officer to reset the password, for whatever reason ! When I went there, this guy finds that they had no record of my business and so he can't access it !! I was in a different region when I started my business and I had moved since then. But what is the point of going "cloud" if a particular regional office can't access(even view) info. about other regional records ? I had to unnecessarily travel some 20km today because of this.
I got an email from the HR of a potential employer asking me to send scanned copies of my documents for verification. As I went through the list I saw the last item was "2 passport size photographs". I called the young lady to confirm if she wanted a soft copy or hard copies. I told her what the last item was and she said "Oh thats ok, just send us 2 soft copies of your photo, that'll do" !!??
Share your anecdotes too...
A famous Eyecare chain here created an online record of my issues and generated a patient ID. The next time I happened to visit one of their other centers and I promptly took the ID card with me. But to my surpise, these guys had no clue of my records and wanted me to register again. When I asked why, the young girl replied "Our records are different Sir"
I took my mom's old black and white photograph to get it scanned in my native town. The guy who owns the famous photo studio / lab there quoted an exorbitant price to scan and make a blow up print of the photo. I was in no mood to argue, but did raise my concern in vain. Later, the lady technician who actually did the scan whispered generously "Don't worry I have made 2 copies of the photograph in your memory stick for the same price" !!
Govt. websites need some serious changes in design patterns. My login credentials wasn't working for service tax website. When I called the toll free help desk they said you I'll have to contact my local range officer to reset the password, for whatever reason ! When I went there, this guy finds that they had no record of my business and so he can't access it !! I was in a different region when I started my business and I had moved since then. But what is the point of going "cloud" if a particular regional office can't access(even view) info. about other regional records ? I had to unnecessarily travel some 20km today because of this.
I got an email from the HR of a potential employer asking me to send scanned copies of my documents for verification. As I went through the list I saw the last item was "2 passport size photographs". I called the young lady to confirm if she wanted a soft copy or hard copies. I told her what the last item was and she said "Oh thats ok, just send us 2 soft copies of your photo, that'll do" !!??
Share your anecdotes too...
Tuesday, December 20, 2011
MI4- Ghost Protocol - movie review
If you're a lover of the precision of IMF's previous missions, you're not likely to enjoy this movie much. Because, everything goes wrong with the missions of this installment of MI - messages don't self destruct, fake IDs don't get uploaded on time, packages turn up empty, gloves don't work, masks don't get molded and of course (as they mention in the teaser) the whole IMF has been disavowed. But you still have the edge of the seat action sequences and the ever fit Tom Cruise chasing and being chased as usual. Learn how to take your car out of a parking lot from this guy.
Brad Bird, the director, not surprisingly, adds his own comic touch to the action. The director's love for humor can be evidently seen in many sequences especially through Benji 's character. But too much of anything spoils the broth and in the case of this movie it does distract the viewers from the seriousness of the missions. If there is one character that interests you with many shades it is that of Brandt played by the deserving Jeremy Renner (
The Hurt Locker
fame). Paula Patton doesn't add much to the plot more than skin and kicks. Tom cruises through his role as Ethan Hunt as usual and the chemistry between him and Simon Pegg in the previous installment has been cleverly extended in this movie. And yeah, we have our own Anil Kapoor playing a very very crucial role that takes your excitement to a completely different level !!! (pun intended). Ving Rhames does a cameo as Luther Stickell at the end of the movie.
The real problem with this movie is it does not have a single focused mission (like the Chimera or the Rabbits foot). The normal save-the-world-from-nuclear-destruction plot reduces this to any other action movie. The other big let down was the characterization of the villain. Hendricks ( played by Michael Nyqvist) does not measure up to Owen Davian (played by Philip Seymour Hoffman). It was evident that the climax which supposedly happens in India were shot elsewhere in a set. I'm not even gonna start on the loop holes in the plot since nobody seems to be bothered about it. But if you want some adrenaline pumping action from Tom go for it.
The real problem with this movie is it does not have a single focused mission (like the Chimera or the Rabbits foot). The normal save-the-world-from-nuclear-destruction plot reduces this to any other action movie. The other big let down was the characterization of the villain. Hendricks ( played by Michael Nyqvist) does not measure up to Owen Davian (played by Philip Seymour Hoffman). It was evident that the climax which supposedly happens in India were shot elsewhere in a set. I'm not even gonna start on the loop holes in the plot since nobody seems to be bothered about it. But if you want some adrenaline pumping action from Tom go for it.
Sunday, December 18, 2011
Porali - movie review
"...because success is a menace. It fools smart people into thinking they can't lose." - Bill Gates explains in the movie "Pirates of Silcon valley" why a giant IBM would buy anything from a nobody like Microsoft. Perhaps that is what has transpired in the case of Samuthirakani (Nadodigal fame) and M. Sasikumar (Subramaniapuram fame) to make Porali and Eesan respectively. As expected they have cast each other as protagonist in their projects.
Porali starts off with a promising note and a very interesting pan shot of the top viewing camera to capture the typical Chennai housing complex and its residents. The initial comedy tracks are cleverly used to make the audience travel with the main characters Sasi, Ganja karuppu and Allari Naresh (A very commendable comeback to the tamil industry) The first one hour does engage you with interesting developments. The script loosens when Swathi starts falling for Sasikumar. Like many other tamil movies the unemployed youth miraculously finds a way to make a living and succeeds in his life in just one song. Now, it keeps you wondering what the "struggle" is all about.
I really liked the subtle nuances of the director like the Vinayagar coming throughout the film or the prices going up every time he shows the petrol bunk etc. But I couldn't stand the repetitions (one folk song and one song by Shankar Mahadevan) from his previous project and loads of unwanted violence hoping these would save the day. Music director Sundar C babu shines more in re-recording than in the songs. There is a strong contrast between the city and village portions in that give a feeling that these are two different movies !
Porali takes too many twists and turns in the treatment that one wonders what exactly the director wants to convey? It was a real struggle for me to figure what Samuthirakani wants to convey? Is this a movie about how gifted children are ill treated, or about Chennai's suburb and its residents or family feuds or a youth struggling to achieve in life or....about Uranium.
Porali starts off with a promising note and a very interesting pan shot of the top viewing camera to capture the typical Chennai housing complex and its residents. The initial comedy tracks are cleverly used to make the audience travel with the main characters Sasi, Ganja karuppu and Allari Naresh (A very commendable comeback to the tamil industry) The first one hour does engage you with interesting developments. The script loosens when Swathi starts falling for Sasikumar. Like many other tamil movies the unemployed youth miraculously finds a way to make a living and succeeds in his life in just one song. Now, it keeps you wondering what the "struggle" is all about.
I really liked the subtle nuances of the director like the Vinayagar coming throughout the film or the prices going up every time he shows the petrol bunk etc. But I couldn't stand the repetitions (one folk song and one song by Shankar Mahadevan) from his previous project and loads of unwanted violence hoping these would save the day. Music director Sundar C babu shines more in re-recording than in the songs. There is a strong contrast between the city and village portions in that give a feeling that these are two different movies !
Porali takes too many twists and turns in the treatment that one wonders what exactly the director wants to convey? It was a real struggle for me to figure what Samuthirakani wants to convey? Is this a movie about how gifted children are ill treated, or about Chennai's suburb and its residents or family feuds or a youth struggling to achieve in life or....about Uranium.
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