Global Rhythms

Global Rhythms performed at IIT on the first day of Saarang 2007. After all the hype that A.R.Rahman is making a special appearance, I was left totally disappointed. The very purpose of me going to that concert was to get a glimpse of "The Guru of Music". Of course, it was my fault to have believed in those rumours. But Airtel was the sponsor. This made me believe. There was an article confirming the same in one of the newspapers too. So imagine my excitement and the level of disappointment!

Apart from that, the show was good. A lot of effort has been into it. The love of Music was evident from the way they performed. Be it "Ecstasy" or their tribute to mridangam where percussionists, mridangam players and table players played together, they were extra ordinary. Mind blowing actually.

There was one percussionist who was doing an amazing piece (solo) and suddenly, his stick fell. The crowd remained silent for a second when he bent down, took his stick, kissed it and continued. It was really good to see that. They were a bunch of people who were performing at IIT just for the love of music and nothing else. Way to go people!

Of course the show was scheduled at 7.30 but started only at 8 and continued till around 10.( A friend of mine even exclaimed that only the friday 8 show and classes start at time in IIT :D ) But it was worth it. I did enjoy a lot until Rehana entered the stage. She started off with her trademark chaiyya chaiyya with Sriram. I didn't like that piece actually. I really wished someone to stop them and Sriram seemed never ending!

Finally their tribute to ARR - Dol Dol. It was really good. Good effort. On the whole it was a nice evening, after a long time. But still something was missing. Maybe ARR ;)

Pokiri

I saw this movie last night... just to sleep off in the theatre!

This post will not contain any spoilers(as if anything can spoil the whole "experience" of watching that movie)

There is nothing called a story line in this movie.. just a rowdy who just does anything for money but later turns out to be someone great. blah!
Lets see what is there in this movie...

Vijay= imitating prabhudeva.. so artificial.

Asin=4 songs+3 fights+2 senti-scenes=waste of time

Vadivelu=Irritating, but a relief at times[ poor surya though :( ]

Ragasiya=yuck!

Nasser & PrakashRaj=awesome acting, but a total waste.

THIS IS THE BEST PART

punch dialogue:naan oru mudivu pannita aprom en pecha naane ketka matten- what crap? idhu punch dialogue a?? kashtam..

BTW why the hell does he look at the camera like that?? i really thought it was a psycho movie or something.. Gosh
P.S: Indha padathai preview theatre vera poi paathen.. kodumai..

Road Safety Week

The road safety week is atlast over. I guess this kind of a hype will sustain for not more than a week! Since almost all are talking something or the other about road safety and stuff, i need to declare a few very important issues.
On 13th December,2006 i attended a seminar on road safety organised by the rotary club, chennai. I was compelled to go there, so naturally i had no choice. As usual there were a couple of verry boring lectures by few people from the Police Department, Insurance companies and a few others. But I was a bit shocked soon after i reached there. The “eminent” personalities had actually made the whole seminar thing as a platform to shift the blame on the student community for whatever traffic problems public facein chennai. Sadly, there was a Radio jockey from Big FM who had to conduct a group discussion among a panel consisting of the “eminent” personalities and a few students, and i was a part of it. Due to the so called time constraint, he had to stop the whole discussion abruptly. Well, let me complete:
1. Why don’t someone come to the Luz signal near Mylapore at around 6 in the evening and see how the police cars cross the road to park it? Does the RED,YELLOW and GREEN apply only to the public and not to the policemen? Are they colour blind?
2. What am i supposed to do if a signal shows all the 3 colours and there’s no policeman to guide us through? (This happens often in the Nilgiries signal, near Chola)
3. Why don’t one of the policemen come and snatch the license of the stupid autodriver who stops after the zebra crossing at a signal?
4. Most traffic snarls start only because there’s one Extra careful driver who doesn’t want the speedometer to cross 10! Why don’t anyone understand that? I’m not here to propagate the youth to go at 85-90.. But a decent speed will help.
I completely agree that there are a few creatures of my age who consider their bikes as aircrafts and scare the fellow riders to death! But not all. Make sure you have that in your mind.

Happy New Year!

twelve hours from now, a new year will be born..
New hopes, New dreams and..new resolutions :D
Wish you all a verrry happy new year!!