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Trully an Urban man’s mind :

This article named My Wife , My Valentine by Ram chander was fascinating and Straight from the heart . A true life article about a man understanding his better half. Go ahead. Read it !!

Fools Day and my folk’s wedding anniversary – Thats a coincidence

Today as you all know is the fools day and the same day 26 years back my dad married my mom. does that convey you something ?. But my dad jokingly still says it is a coincidence. In Tamil custom , the bridegroom will be taken as procession in a convertible car , something like the baarath . And for my dad….poor guy, the car stopped running after 10 yards from the wedding hall and they actually pushed it theough the whole procession. He still recollects it in a funny manner saying my grandpa who is my mom’s father fooled him with the car and with his girl ( my mom). I need to ask my mom how she was fooled ?

I am happy atleast in those days, they had all these customs. These days, due to the fast pace of our lives, the customs have died down and marriages have become like fast food restaurants. One day and the marriages are over. The next generation will certainly miss the fun of playing around and socialising. Poor Guys!!

Happy Anniversary Mom and Dad !!!

Ghanan Ghanan : The Rahman Factor

While browsing thru some 50 odd channels today, watched the ghanan ghanan from Lagaan after a long time. Mind blowing folk number. I was just imagining the day when AR Rahman who have sat to compose it. ARR, his keyboard and some beautiful music . Great combination. Probably aamir and ahutosh who have told him the situation and would have waited for sometime for the inspiration from rahman. All 3 would have aspired but would have not felt that the numbers they are going to make for this movie are gonna be seen by people all over the world. I don’t have words to describe rehman’s music in lagaan. Though I love all his other movies, Laggan was a class apart.

Thats how Roja sounded 11 years back and i didn’t believe a 17 yr old guy had composed Kadhal Rojavey (Roja Janeman in Hindhi version). Thats was a totally different sound for my ears and for all in India. I would like to go back and imagine the amount of aspiration and fire that Rahman would have had when Mani Ratnam asked him to compose for Roja. Genius finds another genius.

These eleven years of celluloid medium has made rahman a very mature person. With Laggan and Kannathil Muthamittal ( A Peck in the cheek – Mani Ratnam’s latest tamil film about srilankan refugees) AR has moved from the masses to the classes and we hope he makes even the masses to move to the classes.

Kiska Band Bajega :

Saw Channel V Popstars today. These girls seem to have a atitude for being popstars. I think it a novel and a welcoming effort by Channel V . Shuba Mudgal was amazing as a Judge. Sandeep Chowda is slightly an overdoer. But his “Kallas” in Company was composed so well and picturised too well. Isha Gopikar is now the latest vamp of bollywood. Her club dance for Kallas is really a kallas. keep it up isha!!!