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Thursday, January 21, 2010
Pazhassiraja - A True Review
t was my monthly bike trip to Sulthan Bethery from Mysore and this time my journey was to meet the King, Kerala Varma Pazhassi Raja. I had high expectations for this movie as the trio MT-Hariharan-Mammooty had created magic in the past with "Oru Vadakkan Veeragadha". My expectations were not completly let down and the 7 hours ride for a 3.15 hour movie was not at all a waste.
As Usual, MT has twisted the history in this movie too. MT is known for bending the facts and we love it when he bend the history according to his will and we usually tend to believe what MT Vasudevan Nair told is the truth and not what history says. In Vadakkan Veeragadha, he portrayed Payyampalli Chanthu as a hero who is accused for the crime which he has not done. Viewers sympathized along with Chanthu and even now for any malayalee, If you ask whether chanthu was noble, they would say "Yes". That's the power of MT's pen. Infact Payyampalli Chanthu was a cheat and its he who killed Aromal. The Generous Chanthu was MT's creation and we believe that is history. Similarly, MT again changed history through "RavanaSeetha" where he said, Seetha was Ravana's daughter and he kidnapped Seetha due to fatherly affection.
Likewise, in Pazhassi Raja movie too, MT had made lot of changes and iam sure the new generation would believe what they see on screen. To Start with, History says, Pazhassi Raja was a short and dark man. He was bit fat and was loved by many for his bravery. Here Mammooty is not Short and dark but we cannot imagine anyone except him to portray Pazhassiraja. So this can be ignored. MT Says, Kaitheri Maakam had an abortion and later no where its mentioned that she became pregnant later. With the song "Kunnathe konnakum" I dont really know where hariharan meant to say maakam was concieved again. But in reality she had a daughter. Later Kaitheri Maakam had committed suicide by hanging herself on a mango tree. 2 days back there was an article in Mathrubhumi about Kaitheri Mathu, grand grand daughter of Kaitheri maakam where she showed the personal belongings of maakam. According to it, Pazhassi Raja was not killed by British but he too had committed suicide by swallowing a diamond ring. But MT gave the character a heroic touch at the climax and thats what we wanted to see. There are lot of instances in the movie where MT deliberatly twisted the truth and has written his own epic. But whatever it is, we always love to read what he writes and always gets astonished by his innovative thinking.
Lets take a charcter by character analysis. We will start of with
Sarath Kumar as Edachena Kunkan
Sarath Kumar has rocked big time in this movie. He has done a brilliant job as the army chief of pazhassi.Tamil industry has not yet exploited this man's talent and its for the first time Sarath Kumar got a chance to reveal his "Acting" skills. He looks stunning, masculine and truly suiting the role as the Army chief. No other actor could have portrayed Edachena Kunkan better than him.
Right from his intro scene, till the end, Sarath's screen presence gives you thrills. The scene just before the interval was mindblowing. Edachena Kunkan Reaches Pazhaveedan's(Suman)house to tell that the bond between British and Pazhassi Keralavarma stands cancelled. Then he delivers a dialogue to pazhaveedan,
" One day we would see face to face. That days is not so far" and kicks the chair nearby.
It really gave me goosebumps and i wanted to see the scenen agian and again. Another thing to be mentioned, a man of late 50's has still maintained his body well.Remember Sarath Kumar was the only actor back in 90's who had a well maintained physique in Tamil industry. During the fight scene with pazhaveedan, he delivers a dialogue with a raised dagger. Just check out his biceps and the flames that sparkle in his eyes.
When he says,
"Ithu thalaykal chanthuvinte maladaivangalk Edachena kunkante Kuruthi" (This is Edachena Kunkan's offering to the God's for Thalaykal Chanthu)
That was one hell out of a scene and the entire theatre was filled with claps. His dialogue deliver is awesome and you can see the pain, Revenge, Hatred, everything in his eyes.Altogether, Sarath Kumar has done an excellent job as Edachena Kunkan
Manoj K Jayan as Thalaykal Chanthu
Another Plus point. There are 3 actors who are my all time favourites.Who can do any role with ease. Be it comedy, Character role or villain role, those 3 people would "Live" as the character within whack of a second. They are Manoj K Jayan, Siddique and Rajan P Dev. Thalaykal Chanthu is one of the powerful character of Manoj in the recent past, after the Digambaran in Ananthabhadram (Watch it, if you havent). When Manoj is on screen, viewers feel relaxed. Audience would have a confidence that Thalaykal chanthu would take care of British troops and nothing to worry. His expressions, Body language, Dialogues everything were perfect to be the tribal chief. His final scene in the movie is one of the beautifully portrayed shots. The Way manoj usues Bow and Arrow, also during the fight before getting caught, was truly amazing. Three cheers to Manoj K Jayan for living above expectations
Padmapriya as Neeli
Padmapriya as Neeli, Thalaykal Chanthu's lover is a powerful character. Padmapriya has not done anything kind of this role before in her career. She has played her part well and the hardwork and effort taken was seen on screen. She along with Thalaykal chanthu lead the tribal troop for guerilla war against the british. They fought the british behind the cover of woods and dense forest. Neeli's fight sequences are worth a mention and a thumbs up for her
Suresh Krishna as Kaitheri Ambu
Now this was one miscast in the movie. I really dont know why Hariharan casted this dummy piece, Suresh Krishna. I believe if Siddique was casted instead of Suresh, the character would have been much powerful and would have gained a lot of cheer from the audience. Eventhough Ambu has a huge importance in the story the weak casting made it go un noticed. But Suresh has done whatever was told to him. So we can give a grade of "Met expectations" and nothing more. As usual, there was no power to his dialogues and sucked big time during the emotional dialogue delivery towards the climax. Thos who have already seen this movie, just imagine the role with Siddique, instead of Suresh and you could feel what a great miss it was from Hariharan
Kanika as Kaitheri Maakam
She looked quite good as Maakam, eventhough there were nothing much to offer from her side. One scene where Kanika outstanded is where she helps Pazhassi to escape from the British troops. Kanika was apt for the role and did a decent work
Last but not least, Mammooty as Kerala Varma Pazhassi Raja
Mammooty looks stunning here both in the first half and in the second half. During the second half, with the beard and all, he looked exactly same like Chanthu and we feel, Time has not affected this man. The scene were he go alone to the British regiment to take revenge, is beautifully shot and i just jumped out of the chair clapping when he shoot the british man from the horse.
However, I feel Mammooty's talent for stunt scenes were not properly exploited. There were just 3 fight scenes for mammoty through out the movie, where as Manoj K jayan and SArath Kumar has more than 6 fight sequences. Most of the time he was shown just as a one who sit back in the gallery and enjoy the match. His Army and his mighty warriors fight the british through out the movie to save their king, to protect him and the King was no where to be seen when his mighty warriors needed his help.
His dialogue delivery is at its best and there is one scene which would generate a small drop of tear on the corner of your eye.
When Pazhassi sets out to fight the british alone at the climax, his nephew cries for him. Then Pazhassi would say,
"Dont cry for me. Shed your tears for this unfortunate country!!!"
That was one of the best emotional scenes in the movie and MT's powerpacked script does make us ponder for a while. Altogether, Mammooty has a huge comeback after the 6 consecutive flops and he can be relaxed. He looks elogent in the King's Attire and motivates not only his army but also the Audience with the powerful dialogue delivery.
Now the Minus points are,
Like Anil mentioned, String works were totally poor and doesnt even worth a mention. People were flying as if they were the ancestors of spiderman and superman. String Work - Total Disaster
Pazhassi Raja's Intro scene. They had been moulding the scene well for his intro but spoiled at the end. I agree, Mammooty was not hyped, but when the movie is about Kerala Varma Pazhassi Raja, atleast a background score during his entry would have been better. Pazhassi Raja's intro was just like any other no name character in the movie.
Jagadeesh was absolutely Un necessary.
Less fight sequence for Pazhassi Raja
There are few mistakes or negatives here and there but while taking the movie as a whole, it can be accommodated. Jagathy Sreekumar, Thilakan and the Foreign actors have done their job more than expected. Cinematography was at its best and deserve an applause. Ramachandra babu has again proved himself. There are plenty of scenes where you would sit with your mouth wide open by seeing the beauty of the shot. Many shots just appeared like a beautifully written poem.
Altogether, This movie is worth a watch and Gokulam Gopalan can relax. This would transform into a super hit for 2 reasons.
1)A historical movie after a decade
2)The combination of MT - Hariharan - Mammooty
As Usual, MT has twisted the history in this movie too. MT is known for bending the facts and we love it when he bend the history according to his will and we usually tend to believe what MT Vasudevan Nair told is the truth and not what history says. In Vadakkan Veeragadha, he portrayed Payyampalli Chanthu as a hero who is accused for the crime which he has not done. Viewers sympathized along with Chanthu and even now for any malayalee, If you ask whether chanthu was noble, they would say "Yes". That's the power of MT's pen. Infact Payyampalli Chanthu was a cheat and its he who killed Aromal. The Generous Chanthu was MT's creation and we believe that is history. Similarly, MT again changed history through "RavanaSeetha" where he said, Seetha was Ravana's daughter and he kidnapped Seetha due to fatherly affection.
Likewise, in Pazhassi Raja movie too, MT had made lot of changes and iam sure the new generation would believe what they see on screen. To Start with, History says, Pazhassi Raja was a short and dark man. He was bit fat and was loved by many for his bravery. Here Mammooty is not Short and dark but we cannot imagine anyone except him to portray Pazhassiraja. So this can be ignored. MT Says, Kaitheri Maakam had an abortion and later no where its mentioned that she became pregnant later. With the song "Kunnathe konnakum" I dont really know where hariharan meant to say maakam was concieved again. But in reality she had a daughter. Later Kaitheri Maakam had committed suicide by hanging herself on a mango tree. 2 days back there was an article in Mathrubhumi about Kaitheri Mathu, grand grand daughter of Kaitheri maakam where she showed the personal belongings of maakam. According to it, Pazhassi Raja was not killed by British but he too had committed suicide by swallowing a diamond ring. But MT gave the character a heroic touch at the climax and thats what we wanted to see. There are lot of instances in the movie where MT deliberatly twisted the truth and has written his own epic. But whatever it is, we always love to read what he writes and always gets astonished by his innovative thinking.
Lets take a charcter by character analysis. We will start of with
Sarath Kumar as Edachena Kunkan
Sarath Kumar has rocked big time in this movie. He has done a brilliant job as the army chief of pazhassi.Tamil industry has not yet exploited this man's talent and its for the first time Sarath Kumar got a chance to reveal his "Acting" skills. He looks stunning, masculine and truly suiting the role as the Army chief. No other actor could have portrayed Edachena Kunkan better than him.
Right from his intro scene, till the end, Sarath's screen presence gives you thrills. The scene just before the interval was mindblowing. Edachena Kunkan Reaches Pazhaveedan's(Suman)house to tell that the bond between British and Pazhassi Keralavarma stands cancelled. Then he delivers a dialogue to pazhaveedan,
" One day we would see face to face. That days is not so far" and kicks the chair nearby.
It really gave me goosebumps and i wanted to see the scenen agian and again. Another thing to be mentioned, a man of late 50's has still maintained his body well.Remember Sarath Kumar was the only actor back in 90's who had a well maintained physique in Tamil industry. During the fight scene with pazhaveedan, he delivers a dialogue with a raised dagger. Just check out his biceps and the flames that sparkle in his eyes.
When he says,
"Ithu thalaykal chanthuvinte maladaivangalk Edachena kunkante Kuruthi" (This is Edachena Kunkan's offering to the God's for Thalaykal Chanthu)
That was one hell out of a scene and the entire theatre was filled with claps. His dialogue deliver is awesome and you can see the pain, Revenge, Hatred, everything in his eyes.Altogether, Sarath Kumar has done an excellent job as Edachena Kunkan
Manoj K Jayan as Thalaykal Chanthu
Another Plus point. There are 3 actors who are my all time favourites.Who can do any role with ease. Be it comedy, Character role or villain role, those 3 people would "Live" as the character within whack of a second. They are Manoj K Jayan, Siddique and Rajan P Dev. Thalaykal Chanthu is one of the powerful character of Manoj in the recent past, after the Digambaran in Ananthabhadram (Watch it, if you havent). When Manoj is on screen, viewers feel relaxed. Audience would have a confidence that Thalaykal chanthu would take care of British troops and nothing to worry. His expressions, Body language, Dialogues everything were perfect to be the tribal chief. His final scene in the movie is one of the beautifully portrayed shots. The Way manoj usues Bow and Arrow, also during the fight before getting caught, was truly amazing. Three cheers to Manoj K Jayan for living above expectations
Padmapriya as Neeli
Padmapriya as Neeli, Thalaykal Chanthu's lover is a powerful character. Padmapriya has not done anything kind of this role before in her career. She has played her part well and the hardwork and effort taken was seen on screen. She along with Thalaykal chanthu lead the tribal troop for guerilla war against the british. They fought the british behind the cover of woods and dense forest. Neeli's fight sequences are worth a mention and a thumbs up for her
Suresh Krishna as Kaitheri Ambu
Now this was one miscast in the movie. I really dont know why Hariharan casted this dummy piece, Suresh Krishna. I believe if Siddique was casted instead of Suresh, the character would have been much powerful and would have gained a lot of cheer from the audience. Eventhough Ambu has a huge importance in the story the weak casting made it go un noticed. But Suresh has done whatever was told to him. So we can give a grade of "Met expectations" and nothing more. As usual, there was no power to his dialogues and sucked big time during the emotional dialogue delivery towards the climax. Thos who have already seen this movie, just imagine the role with Siddique, instead of Suresh and you could feel what a great miss it was from Hariharan
Kanika as Kaitheri Maakam
She looked quite good as Maakam, eventhough there were nothing much to offer from her side. One scene where Kanika outstanded is where she helps Pazhassi to escape from the British troops. Kanika was apt for the role and did a decent work
Last but not least, Mammooty as Kerala Varma Pazhassi Raja
Mammooty looks stunning here both in the first half and in the second half. During the second half, with the beard and all, he looked exactly same like Chanthu and we feel, Time has not affected this man. The scene were he go alone to the British regiment to take revenge, is beautifully shot and i just jumped out of the chair clapping when he shoot the british man from the horse.
However, I feel Mammooty's talent for stunt scenes were not properly exploited. There were just 3 fight scenes for mammoty through out the movie, where as Manoj K jayan and SArath Kumar has more than 6 fight sequences. Most of the time he was shown just as a one who sit back in the gallery and enjoy the match. His Army and his mighty warriors fight the british through out the movie to save their king, to protect him and the King was no where to be seen when his mighty warriors needed his help.
His dialogue delivery is at its best and there is one scene which would generate a small drop of tear on the corner of your eye.
When Pazhassi sets out to fight the british alone at the climax, his nephew cries for him. Then Pazhassi would say,
"Dont cry for me. Shed your tears for this unfortunate country!!!"
That was one of the best emotional scenes in the movie and MT's powerpacked script does make us ponder for a while. Altogether, Mammooty has a huge comeback after the 6 consecutive flops and he can be relaxed. He looks elogent in the King's Attire and motivates not only his army but also the Audience with the powerful dialogue delivery.
Now the Minus points are,
Like Anil mentioned, String works were totally poor and doesnt even worth a mention. People were flying as if they were the ancestors of spiderman and superman. String Work - Total Disaster
Pazhassi Raja's Intro scene. They had been moulding the scene well for his intro but spoiled at the end. I agree, Mammooty was not hyped, but when the movie is about Kerala Varma Pazhassi Raja, atleast a background score during his entry would have been better. Pazhassi Raja's intro was just like any other no name character in the movie.
Jagadeesh was absolutely Un necessary.
Less fight sequence for Pazhassi Raja
There are few mistakes or negatives here and there but while taking the movie as a whole, it can be accommodated. Jagathy Sreekumar, Thilakan and the Foreign actors have done their job more than expected. Cinematography was at its best and deserve an applause. Ramachandra babu has again proved himself. There are plenty of scenes where you would sit with your mouth wide open by seeing the beauty of the shot. Many shots just appeared like a beautifully written poem.
Altogether, This movie is worth a watch and Gokulam Gopalan can relax. This would transform into a super hit for 2 reasons.
1)A historical movie after a decade
2)The combination of MT - Hariharan - Mammooty
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മറയുന്ന സന്ധ്യകള് അറിയുന്നുവോ എന്
മനസ്സില് നിറയുന്ന നെടുവീര്പ്പുകള്
ഇരുളുന്ന രാവില് പൊലിയുന്നുവോ
ഈ വരളുന്ന നോവിന്റ്റെ വിരഹാര്ദ്രത
കണ്ടു ഞാന് നിന് കണ്ണില് ആയിരം
കിരണങ്ങള് ഒന്നിച്ച് കത്തിച്ച ആദിത്യനെ
കേട്ടു ഞാന് നിന് ചുണ്ടില് ഒരു കുയില്പാട്ടു പോല്
മധുരം ചാലിച്ച എന്റ്റെ നാമം
കാണാത്ത കാഴ്ചകള് കാണാന് പഠിപ്പിച്ചു
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മറയുന്ന സന്ധ്യകള് അറിയുന്നുവോ എന്
മനസ്സില് നിറയുന്ന നെടുവീര്പ്പുകള്
ഇരുളുന്ന രാവില് പൊലിയുന്നുവോ
ഈ വരളുന്ന നോവിന്റ്റെ വിരഹാര്ദ്രത
കണ്ടു ഞാന് നിന് കണ്ണില് ആയിരം
കിരണങ്ങള് ഒന്നിച്ച് കത്തിച്ച ആദിത്യനെ
കേട്ടു ഞാന് നിന് ചുണ്ടില് ഒരു കുയില്പാട്ടു പോല്
മധുരം ചാലിച്ച എന്റ്റെ നാമം
കാണാത്ത കാഴ്ചകള് കാണാന് പഠിപ്പിച്ചു
എന്നിലെ എന്നെ നീ തൊട്ടുണര്ത്തി
കരയുന്ന നേരമെന് കൈകളായ് മാറി നീ
കരളിലെ തന്ത്രി തന് നാദമായ്
ചൊല്ലുക കാറ്റേ, അവളെന്നുമെന്നും
തുടിക്കുമീ ഹ്രദയത്തില് ഉണ്ടായിടും
മരണത്തെ നേരിട്ടു കാണുമാ നേരത്തും
എന്നുള്ളില് അവളെന്നും ഉണ്ടായിടും
Friday, January 15, 2010
Pazhankanjiraja - The Real Warrior
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Lights On… Camera….ACTION….
(Camera Wayanaatile kaadukalude mukalil koody thenny thenny neengunnu. Introduction muzhangunnu Mohanlalinte shabdathil)
1792 March 18.
Sreerangapattanath vech Tippu Sullthanum British medhavikalum thammil oppu vecha karaar prakaaram Wayanattile tippu kayyeriya pradeshangalellam British pattaalathinu vittu koduthu. Britishkaar paavam karshakarude vayattathadichu kond, avare chooshanam cheythu nikuthiyum kappavum kramatheethamaay vardhippichu.
Parisara pradeshangalile naaturaajakkanmaarelam durbalarum brittishukaarku munnil muttu kuthyavarum aayirunnu….
Oru Rajakumaran maatram Britishkaarkkethiraay dheeramaay poraady….
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Sunday, January 10, 2010
Pampukalk Maalamund
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Thursday, January 7, 2010
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നേരിനേറ്റ് പാതയില് നീ ചരിയ്ക്കു - മനസ്സേ
നേരറിഞ്ഞഴല് നീങ്ങി നീ സുഖിയ്ക്കു
തൂ വെണ്നിലാവു പോല് പാരില് പ്രസന്നമായ് നീ ചരിയ്ക്കു
വിശ്വം നീ ചമയ്ക്കു
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Tuesday, January 5, 2010
AVATAR Colony
What is the Talk of Town now? Whats the whole world is talking about? Be it Media, Newspapers, Tv, InfyBlogs, BB, your friends circle, everybody is talking about one and only one thing. - A V A T A R
I had been to bangalore for the weekend and saw this Ever hyped picture. Avatar is named as the "Movie of the millennium" and the top ranker in imdb list. Even the critics are all praise to this movie. Each one is praising cameroon to the sky. But would you kill me if i say AVATAR is the hollywood version of an old Malayalam Movie?
Yes. Avatar is the hollywood version of an old malayalam movie. A Mohanlal starrer, Siddique-Lal directed, movie called VIETNAM COLONY!!!
Now wipe out the "What the Fa" expression from your face and lend me your ears.
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[Written on : 4th January,2010]
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I had been to bangalore for the weekend and saw this Ever hyped picture. Avatar is named as the "Movie of the millennium" and the top ranker in imdb list. Even the critics are all praise to this movie. Each one is praising cameroon to the sky. But would you kill me if i say AVATAR is the hollywood version of an old Malayalam Movie?
Yes. Avatar is the hollywood version of an old malayalam movie. A Mohanlal starrer, Siddique-Lal directed, movie called VIETNAM COLONY!!!
Now wipe out the "What the Fa" expression from your face and lend me your ears.
Read more
[Written on : 4th January,2010]
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Monday, January 4, 2010
Java
During the last semester we were given a chance to do our final project at Amrita Research Labs(ARL). ARL is another division of our college and used only for researches. The decision of Dean to give final year students a chance to do their project at ARL was not very much pleasing to our faculties. They took it as an insult and thought Dean asked students to do their project at ARL because he had an opinion that the Faculties are not much goood in guiding the final year project.
So 90% of the class decided to do their project at ARL. It was their dream come true. My project mate was Varun (Lolan). Varun is a funny guy, slim like a pencil and highly inspired by Remo of Annyan (that time, it was the blockbuster) had decided to grow his hair and we always teased him. But it was not a good idea for me to piss him off as he was bit a techie.
So in the entire class, Me and Varun decided to the project in the usual conventional way, i.e in our college lab itself under guidance of Binu Sir. It was not because of the sincerity to faculties or anything, but the rules at ARL were very strict and we being the lazy bones, very well knew that we cannot follow the stringent and strict guidelines over there. Binu Sir was super pleased by our decision and our Batch Owner Br.Anand was highly impressed.
While the entire class was working till late at ARL for their projects, me and varun were playing cards at hostel, Arguing over Lalettan and Mammooka, Fighting for the centre page of Cinema Mangalam (A Not so good Malayalam Film Magazine). We were room mates at hostel and every night past 1 before sleeping he would ask me
"Balu, da namuk project thodangande???" (Balu, We have to start the project right???)
"aaa.... naale labil poi todangam" (Yea.,.. tomorrow we will go to lab and start)
But that tomorrow never happened. Either i would be in the nearby movie theatre or Varun would be in the Internet cafe trying his luck in Yahoo chat rooms.
It took 2 weeks for us to just think and decide what we have to do as a project. Lot of ideas peeped in like Library Management System for our College, Banking solution Software, Unique identification for students who use Labs blah blah and more blah.... Later we zeroed on the simplest and easy one. To develop a Game. It could be placed in the College Lab and students can make use of it during their leisure time.Also its emphasize the point that Studies are not the only thing that would happen in Lab.
anyways, It was fixed and our decision got approved from batch owner. Following were the days of googling. Googling for code, googling for know how, and googling for what not...
somehow 1 day before the D day of presentation,Varun managed to get the piece of code from here and there and we developed it. That whole night we both had spent in the lab and somehow finished it.
Presentation happened to the whole class and faculties. With all the teachers, Batch owners etc. I was sure that i would tell something blunder on the dias and was extreme careful in explaining each and every stuff. Whenever i came across a module which i had no clue or whenever i sensed from the mannerisms that the Batch Owner Anand Sir had some doubts, I would smartly escape by telling
"Further explannations would be given by Varun"
Throwing an angry look at me, he would blabber something whatever that came to his mind. Anand sir was our nightmare and he enjoyed screwing up the students. He really screwed up all those who did their Project at ARL by asking unearthly questions or really hifi geeky stuff. Girls who did their project at ARL broke down to tears when they couldnt asnwer him.
Me and Varun were scared, but at one corner of mind i had confidence that he wont attack us bcs we did the project at Lab itself and not at ARL. Dono from where, but whenever i get onto a stage or dias, i would have a great amount of self confidence. Even if i dont know whats in a module, i would tell something and cover it up. The questions for which i dont have an answer, i would tackle somehow. "Confuse if you cant convince" was my motto then.
Everything went well and we succcessfully finished the presentation. Anand sir dint attack us much but for whatever he asked, we had readymade answers. But before closure, Anand Sir asked a Question. A Very Simple one.
Why did you chose Java to do this project?
The Answer was Java is user friendly and more compatible than any other language. But i shouted on top of my voice blocking Varun
"Sir, We Selected Java to do this project, because BINU SIR Told us to do so!!!"
The class was Rolling on the floor laughing and even Anand Sir couldnt control his laughter. Varun was dumbstruck. I looked at Binu sir who was present in the Panel. He had a sheepish smile and few colors were changing in his face, Red..Yellow...Green...Blue..
[Written on December 29th, 2009]
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So 90% of the class decided to do their project at ARL. It was their dream come true. My project mate was Varun (Lolan). Varun is a funny guy, slim like a pencil and highly inspired by Remo of Annyan (that time, it was the blockbuster) had decided to grow his hair and we always teased him. But it was not a good idea for me to piss him off as he was bit a techie.
So in the entire class, Me and Varun decided to the project in the usual conventional way, i.e in our college lab itself under guidance of Binu Sir. It was not because of the sincerity to faculties or anything, but the rules at ARL were very strict and we being the lazy bones, very well knew that we cannot follow the stringent and strict guidelines over there. Binu Sir was super pleased by our decision and our Batch Owner Br.Anand was highly impressed.
While the entire class was working till late at ARL for their projects, me and varun were playing cards at hostel, Arguing over Lalettan and Mammooka, Fighting for the centre page of Cinema Mangalam (A Not so good Malayalam Film Magazine). We were room mates at hostel and every night past 1 before sleeping he would ask me
"Balu, da namuk project thodangande???" (Balu, We have to start the project right???)
"aaa.... naale labil poi todangam" (Yea.,.. tomorrow we will go to lab and start)
But that tomorrow never happened. Either i would be in the nearby movie theatre or Varun would be in the Internet cafe trying his luck in Yahoo chat rooms.
It took 2 weeks for us to just think and decide what we have to do as a project. Lot of ideas peeped in like Library Management System for our College, Banking solution Software, Unique identification for students who use Labs blah blah and more blah.... Later we zeroed on the simplest and easy one. To develop a Game. It could be placed in the College Lab and students can make use of it during their leisure time.Also its emphasize the point that Studies are not the only thing that would happen in Lab.
anyways, It was fixed and our decision got approved from batch owner. Following were the days of googling. Googling for code, googling for know how, and googling for what not...
somehow 1 day before the D day of presentation,Varun managed to get the piece of code from here and there and we developed it. That whole night we both had spent in the lab and somehow finished it.
Presentation happened to the whole class and faculties. With all the teachers, Batch owners etc. I was sure that i would tell something blunder on the dias and was extreme careful in explaining each and every stuff. Whenever i came across a module which i had no clue or whenever i sensed from the mannerisms that the Batch Owner Anand Sir had some doubts, I would smartly escape by telling
"Further explannations would be given by Varun"
Throwing an angry look at me, he would blabber something whatever that came to his mind. Anand sir was our nightmare and he enjoyed screwing up the students. He really screwed up all those who did their Project at ARL by asking unearthly questions or really hifi geeky stuff. Girls who did their project at ARL broke down to tears when they couldnt asnwer him.
Me and Varun were scared, but at one corner of mind i had confidence that he wont attack us bcs we did the project at Lab itself and not at ARL. Dono from where, but whenever i get onto a stage or dias, i would have a great amount of self confidence. Even if i dont know whats in a module, i would tell something and cover it up. The questions for which i dont have an answer, i would tackle somehow. "Confuse if you cant convince" was my motto then.
Everything went well and we succcessfully finished the presentation. Anand sir dint attack us much but for whatever he asked, we had readymade answers. But before closure, Anand Sir asked a Question. A Very Simple one.
Why did you chose Java to do this project?
The Answer was Java is user friendly and more compatible than any other language. But i shouted on top of my voice blocking Varun
"Sir, We Selected Java to do this project, because BINU SIR Told us to do so!!!"
The class was Rolling on the floor laughing and even Anand Sir couldnt control his laughter. Varun was dumbstruck. I looked at Binu sir who was present in the Panel. He had a sheepish smile and few colors were changing in his face, Red..Yellow...Green...Blue..
[Written on December 29th, 2009]
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Life is a blessing
Its said, Life is a blessing. But how many of us truly realize it? I think, I have realized that to an extent. Its just the matter of a breath. Once you are unable to take the breath in, its all over. I have been through the dreadful phase of life where I had to struggle for the next breath to keep myself alive and trust me, it’s a nightmare. During the end, I mean during the last moment of struggle, there is one last milli second where you truly realize the meaning of helplessness and surrender yourself to death. I had experienced that too. Not once, but thrice. I still remember the day when I struggled like hell for a breath, my whole body shaking vigourously, my hands beating the hospital bed frantically and with my whole body I fought like never before for a breath. I still remember the milli second when I realized all my effort is becoming a waste and the moment I decided to give up and surrender to death. The moment when I closed my eyes realizing that its all over. But fortunately, due to God’s grace, I was pulled in back to the shore of life. Even with the oxygen mask and surrounded doctors and nurses, in that room where emergency alarm was ringing on top of its voice, I sensed few drops of tears on my cheeks. That was Life…So when it is just the matter of one single breath, then why in this life time we carry the burden of ego, selfishness, greed and all. We work throughout our life to live. For food, shelter and for our beloved ones. We, over here, are truly lucky for what we have, but ever thought about the ones who are not fortunate enough???
In this world, there are many who struggle for day to day living. Right from the beggar on street towards the coolie at railway station and the tea shop boy in bus stand are struggling hard for a living. While talking about beggars, no one loves to live their life as a beggar and to die on streets. But still if there are beggars, then understand its their circumstances and they are stretching their hand to you because they have no other option. I make a point to give something when ever a hand is stretched towards me. There are many who don’t bother to, but let me tell you the 1 Re or 2 Rs change in your wallet could fetch him/her a cup of Tea and that Tea might be their food for whole day. End of day,they would be thankful to that tea. Today while on your way back and when you stop at signal, just look around. There would be a kid peeping out of the window of neighboring vehicle. Just smile at him and feel the joy for yourself. While on a train, please look out to the paddy field or a house nearby the track. Wave at the kid who is staring at the moving train, for a second, feel the Pleasure. So when there are really small things which could do wonders, then why hesitating to do it?
There are lot of things we can do to make others happy without even spending a penny. By doing so, not only them, even would be happy. A merciful look, few soothing words, a compassionate hug or a helping hand is all what people need and not exactly the currency in your wallet. Its not anyone’s fault that we have become so much self centred like this. May be the society or may be the examples we got were misleading. But we being the educated fortunates, have to start thinking humane and have to change. Its yet another new year going to come. Celebration time. When the thought about new year comes to your mind, the first thing one would think about the new year bashes and the late night parties, dj’s and discotheques. To me, For every new year, I would be celebrating in Temple. In Amritanandamayi Ashram to be precise. I would welcome the New year with Prayers in a spiritual place. I don’t know, but that’s what I feel. Parties and celebrations can be done at any time. New Year is important. We are welcoming another year which may bring goodd and bad to us. Hence I prefer to start it with prayers and pure thoughts. Except last new year (I was in ICU then), I have celebrated most of them in Ashram itself and this year also, its not going to change.
So, the whole purpose of this article is just a minor attempt to make you realize that there are lot more things in life than partying and enjoyment. The purpose is to remind you that even the unfortunate souls too would hope to have some happiness during the festival season. Think wisely. Afterall, its just the matter of a breath. One single Breath….
Happy New Year!!!
[Written On : December 28th, 2009]
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In this world, there are many who struggle for day to day living. Right from the beggar on street towards the coolie at railway station and the tea shop boy in bus stand are struggling hard for a living. While talking about beggars, no one loves to live their life as a beggar and to die on streets. But still if there are beggars, then understand its their circumstances and they are stretching their hand to you because they have no other option. I make a point to give something when ever a hand is stretched towards me. There are many who don’t bother to, but let me tell you the 1 Re or 2 Rs change in your wallet could fetch him/her a cup of Tea and that Tea might be their food for whole day. End of day,they would be thankful to that tea. Today while on your way back and when you stop at signal, just look around. There would be a kid peeping out of the window of neighboring vehicle. Just smile at him and feel the joy for yourself. While on a train, please look out to the paddy field or a house nearby the track. Wave at the kid who is staring at the moving train, for a second, feel the Pleasure. So when there are really small things which could do wonders, then why hesitating to do it?
There are lot of things we can do to make others happy without even spending a penny. By doing so, not only them, even would be happy. A merciful look, few soothing words, a compassionate hug or a helping hand is all what people need and not exactly the currency in your wallet. Its not anyone’s fault that we have become so much self centred like this. May be the society or may be the examples we got were misleading. But we being the educated fortunates, have to start thinking humane and have to change. Its yet another new year going to come. Celebration time. When the thought about new year comes to your mind, the first thing one would think about the new year bashes and the late night parties, dj’s and discotheques. To me, For every new year, I would be celebrating in Temple. In Amritanandamayi Ashram to be precise. I would welcome the New year with Prayers in a spiritual place. I don’t know, but that’s what I feel. Parties and celebrations can be done at any time. New Year is important. We are welcoming another year which may bring goodd and bad to us. Hence I prefer to start it with prayers and pure thoughts. Except last new year (I was in ICU then), I have celebrated most of them in Ashram itself and this year also, its not going to change.
So, the whole purpose of this article is just a minor attempt to make you realize that there are lot more things in life than partying and enjoyment. The purpose is to remind you that even the unfortunate souls too would hope to have some happiness during the festival season. Think wisely. Afterall, its just the matter of a breath. One single Breath….
Happy New Year!!!
[Written On : December 28th, 2009]
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Pledge
In this lovely mist, covering the coldy night
Thinking of thee, I realize your heavenly might
With no words to praise and no deed to shower
I just shed my tears with some prayers to offer
When I cried for help, you came to me with a smile
When I needed strength, you came to me in a while
In my louder cry, you graced me like a saint
In my humble smile, you hugged me with a chant
How would I repay, I asked you in a doubt
Be the change of world, you said me in delight
How would I be change, I asked you in distrust
Love the one around, you said me pretty direct
Let me be your kid and let me live a lot
Not to live for me, but to live for mob
I would praise your thought and I would walk your path
I would do my part to change this world a lot
[Written on : December 24th, 2009]
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Thinking of thee, I realize your heavenly might
With no words to praise and no deed to shower
I just shed my tears with some prayers to offer
When I cried for help, you came to me with a smile
When I needed strength, you came to me in a while
In my louder cry, you graced me like a saint
In my humble smile, you hugged me with a chant
How would I repay, I asked you in a doubt
Be the change of world, you said me in delight
How would I be change, I asked you in distrust
Love the one around, you said me pretty direct
Let me be your kid and let me live a lot
Not to live for me, but to live for mob
I would praise your thought and I would walk your path
I would do my part to change this world a lot
[Written on : December 24th, 2009]
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O Lord of IT
O Lord of IT,
Are you the Almighty,
Did you file your IT,
and do you have an ID?
Blame me not, For my pace
Let the issue come, i will face
9.15, is what i chase
But what kills me, is the bloody irace!!!
Police called a strict curfew
All have left home except few
I work all night to finish TP Review
But what kicked my ass is Compensation review!!!
P.S - Did you check out Infy's new Death Policy? I feel its better to be dead than living. Chek maadi,
[Written : December 3rd, 2009]
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Are you the Almighty,
Did you file your IT,
and do you have an ID?
Blame me not, For my pace
Let the issue come, i will face
9.15, is what i chase
But what kills me, is the bloody irace!!!
Police called a strict curfew
All have left home except few
I work all night to finish TP Review
But what kicked my ass is Compensation review!!!
P.S - Did you check out Infy's new Death Policy? I feel its better to be dead than living. Chek maadi,
[Written : December 3rd, 2009]
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