Month: November 2004
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Blogging Diwali, the Chennai way
What would a bunch of bloggers do normally? Blog. Chennai Bloggers? What else, they meet. So if you are a blogger/non-blogger and if you are in/around/near Chennai this Diwali weekend, the kutty, tiny and cute blogger meet is happening this weekend. Warm welcome to the new journo-bloggers of Chennai. Blogstreet’s Indian version lists hundred and…
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Gifting Deepavali
Having read this year’s Deepavali special issue of Vikatan, I have to say that it is indeed one of the best gifts one can give/get for this Deepavali. When I started reading the Vikatan Deepavali Malar, I had a pre-conceived notion that its going to be another Ananda Vikatan with those typical commerical stuff. Not…
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Happy Birthday Dude !! – Kamal Hassan
[Pic – bizhat.com] No yaps, no cribs. Just a birthday wish to this gentleman on his 50th birthday. Am saving many more such wishes for the coming future that will reiterate Kamal Hassan‘s name in the History of Indian Cinema. Happy Birthday Mr – Krishnaswamy, Nalla Sivam, Chappani, Guna, Velu Naicker, Senapathy, Abay Kumar, Saketh…
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The Rajini (f)actor
[Pic: rajinifans.com] On a dull morning like today, with no evidence of the shining sun and the newspapers underlining the oil price rise, I desperately needed a break. Television. What else. It was Rajini in Arunachalam dancing and singing Athaandaa Ithaanda Arunachalam Naanthaanda in KTV. While we know that Rajini takes special care for the…
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Singing Idols from India
Just like it’s predecessor, the Indian version of American Idol, obviously called as Indian Idol should be gripping. Having witnessed first season of American Idol closely in the US, I would have preferred to change the format a lil bit to suit the viewers of the peninsula. This one looks like Munnabhai MBBS dubbed into…