Mechanical Life

Listen to Shiva (2006) - Music by Ilayaraja, Directed by Ram Gopal Varma

RHCP - Dani California (Music Video)

Last nite, I met up with Sen and Wish at spencers. PJ joined a little later. Browsing around Westside w.o. A/C was unthinkable. We later went to Landmark and, this must be pretty common with everyone who goes to the LM, bought some classic lit. It was cheaper and it was hardbound. An Irresistable combo! PJ got Omkara and Wish was carrying a bag with some stuff. Not sure where she bought them. Popcorn, sweetcorn. Left spencers with PJ. There was some friction with the other 2. Went to the Gopalpuram coffee shop. Star called after a long time and by then sars joined us. I was on the phone long enough for sars to play the smartass. Star had some bad health week and recovered a.t.m. PJ left and we picked our way back to the beach. Sars wanted to take his car. We picked his car and all of a sudden sars had this impulsive need to go to matchpoint. We shared a mulligatawny and by then my mom's warning call came. Came back home. e.o.d.

Sars and I went to the Gym as usual. You guys have no idea on how good I feel about the previous line some conv Sars - Machi nalla vandhurukku, le?? Me - yennadhu?? Sars - Muscles? Me - Ah? Sars - biceps, triceps... Me - Ahem.. Sars - Brachialis, Fectoral carpii, latismus dorsi... Me - dai... Sars - Pectoralis, Glutus Maximus, Sartorius... Me - Ot*a addi vanga pore Sars - Latismus Dorsi, Teres Major, Gluteas Me - Mama...un ishta devathaiya vendikko... Sars - Thoppa mattum... Me - mattum??? Sars - venda oodu, Aductur Magnus... Me - Machi machi what about Corpus cavernosus?? Sars - Ah? Me - C. Spongiosum Sars - (smacked his lips) Me - Vena onakku theriyadhu... Sars - correct. yenakku theriyadhu...apdina?? Me - Vaa da polam Sars - Jus 2 minutes da...adhu 15, adhu 15, aparom mmmm, ah adhu oru 15... Me - Kaasu kudu, naan auto le poren Sars - Asinga ma panaadhe da Me - &*#@#@!!!!

Vettaiyaadu Villayaadu How can you squander good acting? Make a movie like Vettaiyaadu Villayaadu. How can you spend up a good night’s sleep? Watch a movie like Vettaiyaadu Villayaadu. Ok, I am clearly overstating this. Some parts of the movie were appreciable. Here’s a small list of what was good. >DCP Raghavan’s Introduction – No swish whoosh noise accompaniment, established a gutsy police officer, dark humour hanging somewhere there but wasn’t used. >The Murder of Arokiaraaj’s Daughter – Established the goriness of the perpetuator, music accommodated the overhanging darkness. >The Investigation of Arokiaraaj’s Daughter’s Murder – Established Raghavan Instinct (was it an inspiration from Will’s Instinct – Red Dragon? Not sure), BGM, again the ability to use bright daylight to deliver ominous activity like digging up a dead body, Goriness. >Kayal Vizhi meets Raghavan – Now it took jus2minutes for Mr.KH to do what he does the very best. Home ground advantage? It was like wa...

Chariots of Fire - Review I saw the movie in one sitting after a long long time. Maybe the only disadvantage I felt was due to the popularity of the theme music, I've heard it so many times that I didn't perhaps get the complete enjoyment of the movie. But nevertheless the movie was great. No All American heroism. Thank god not much of the Anglo-saxon decency for that matter. One thing I did notice was that the director wanted to show a lot more but something stopped him. Something WAS missing. Overall it's a great movie. Being from India, heroism does play a role on me. I would rate 'Seabiscuit' and 'Breaking Away' as two of the most inspiring movies I've seen. I wanna add a lot more to this about Chariots of Fire. I'll need to watch it again. I liked the titles and how they reused the titles for the ending as well. Smart. The title music from Vangelis - Chariots Of Fire (Mythodea Live in Greece) 13 (Tzameti) - Trailer A friend of mine introduced me...

Premiere Magazine - The 100 Greatest Movie Characters of All Time 1. Vito Corleone of The Godfather 2. Fred C. Dobbs of The Treasure of the Sierra Madre 3. Scarlett O'Hara of Gone With the Wind 4. Norman Bates of Psycho 5. James Bond of Dr. No 6. Annie Hall of Annie Hall 7. Indiana Jones of Raiders of the Lost Ark 8. Ellen Ripley of Alien 9. Jeff Spicoli of Fast Times at Ridgemont High 10. Gollum of Lord of the Rings 11. Margo Channing of All About Eve 12. Charles Foster Kane of Citizen Kane 13. Atticus Finch of To Kill a Mockingbird 14. Randle McMurphy of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest 15. Hannibal Lecter of The Silence of the Lambs 16. Robin Hood of The Adventures of Robin Hood 17. Dorothy Gale of The Wizard of Oz 18. Carl Spackler of Caddyshack 19. Rick Blaine of Casablanca 20. Virgil Tibbs of In the Heat of the Night 21. Susan Vance of Bringing up Baby 22. Travis Bickle of Taxi Driver 23. Eathan Edwards of The Searchers 24. The Little Tramp of Mabel's Strange Predicame...