Month: December 2004
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Movie of the Year 2004
This is usually awarded finally. Let’s get this upfront and go back down the Best-Of-Kollywood-2004 list. Among the numerous good and bad movies that kollywood saw this year, Virumandi takes the cake. Be it for Kamal Hassan‘s directorial skill or sheer touch of class in screenplay which was a tightrope walk or simply the cast…
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Google and the Geek
Here’s Google way of wishing Happy Holidays. Google‘s desktop search gotta bug[Read it as Aerosmith’s Janie’s Gotta Gun]. A big bug. I suppose they will fix it with a patch. No Issues. The last man I was expecting to write such an awe-inspiring essay, The Drive to Discover, in support of NASA‘s exploration efforts was…
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Carnatic Sells Big Time
And you thought only film music was selling in millions. The carnatic season special CDs exhibition happening in Sri Sankara Hall on the TTK road will prove you wrong. Last evening, it was brimming with activity and there people flock the place to get their favorite devotional, carnatic music CDs with a lovely discount. The…
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Tribute to MS Subbulakshmi
These well written tributes to MS Subbulakshmi talks about the person shw was and the music she lived with. These articles written after her demise are sure some worthy collectibles on MS. Frontline’s cover story, Enduring Music, written by K.Jayanthi and Asha Krishnakumar. Gowri Ramnarayan’s column in Hindu Magazine, An Elegant Simplicity, where she sketches…
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Happy Birthday Dude !! – Steven Spielberg
[Pic: Intercom with spielberg’s signature ] The passion for storytelling, the passion for being highly imaginative and the passion for delivering films with a sense of belonging can be attributed only to Steven Spielberg. As a kid, he was probably my first biggest inspiration for the wonderworld of films. If I could recall one instance…