Month: May 2004
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Chennai gears-up for Mani Ratnam’s Aayitha Ezhuthu and Yuva
As I bike across the stretch of GST highway from guindy to tambaram, Aayitha Ezhuthu hoardings and banners keep springing up slow and steady. It is not that I am amused for the first time about Mani Ratnam‘s strategy on his film’s promos. I’ve always liked the strategy of slow approach that he takes to…
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A Gem on the Mother’s Day
Celebrating Mother’s Day isn’t a big deal. I have my own personal apprehensions just like millions of others in this country on this issue. Mothers’ day and other celebrated days are just children of this commercialization era. That’s however an old story. Its been spoken, written and debated all over since the peep of such…
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Happy Birthday, Mr.Feynman!
Guest Blog 8 – Anand Chandrasekharan Richard Feynman (1911 – forever) Member of the Los Alamos Project. Inventor – Quantum Electrodynamics. Physicist. Professor at Caltech. Nobel Laureate. Bongo drummer. Safe-cracker. Painter of still life. Reader of heiroglyphics. Poet. Here’s my favorite Richard Feynman quartet: I wonder why, I wonder why, I wonder why I wonder……
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Thillana’s Mann Vaasam
Guest Blog 7 – Anand Chandrasekharan Oorai Vittu Veruooru Vandhaalum, unakku ullirukkum Mann Vasam Naarai Vittu Poo Uthirndhaalum, Nalla Manama Veesum Mann Vasam Yaarai Marandhaalum, Yenna Muyandralum, Marakka Mudiyadhu Mann Vasam Paaraikku Naduvula Padinju Kiddakura Eeram Dhaan da Mann Vasam. What happens when a bunch of talented people get together, and move well beyond personalities…
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Vaanam Vasappadum – Movie Review
Now, I understand why Writer Sujatha is averse for his books taking shape as movies. From Gayathri to Karaiyellam Senbhagapoo, Writer Sujatha has communicated his apprehensiveness in transforming his books to movies. Writer Sujatha’s book Irul Varum Neram, based on a real-life situation which happened in Bangalore was fictionalized by him as a novel. Vaanam…
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