Farewell 2005

I am just 5 hours away from the dawn of 2006.

2005...Wow what a year it had been..
The year saw me taking a big decision to join MBA in Singapore. Lots of questions were raised, but I stuck to my dream. Congrats to me :)

This year saw some of the nature's worst disasters. The Tsunami aftermath, Katrina, Earthquake in Pak, Floods in Mumbai & Chennai. Added to it the troubles created by us humans in parts of the world, especially Iraq, Jordan, Indonesia, France, Australia.. will there be an end to this ? Not sure.

Made a lot of friends in the last year. Because of my MBA got to know many wonderful souls. They have been making my day in Singapore for the past 6 months. Looks like they are going to be there with me all through my life. I am also trying to re establish my old contacts. Got in touch with some of my old buddies. Hope to improve this further in 2006.

I gave my green signal to my parents to find a gal for me. This time my Dad is holding me back. He has asked me to wait because of the dude Guru being not in his right place. Guru.....Agar woh nazar mein aaya na....Uski tho...

Getting interested in Marketing, SCM slowly. SCM is my prime area of interest. Let us see where I end up. Singapore, being a port offers a lot of scope for SCM professionals.

Got to know lot about English music. Courtesy: Shamsher. Started to getting addicted to Doors. Jim Morrison makes my Mojo rising.....

Interacted with some wonderful professors. Lall, Vish, Amit, Charan et al... They still make me hungry to go beyond my MBA. Will I go ahead for my Ph.D ??? Just kidding :). No thoughts of it so far.

One resolution that I want to take in 2006. AVOID PROCRASTRINATION !!!!
Will I be succesful ? Can I take the challenge ? Let us not worry now. We still have time :))

Ok Folks. Enough of it. 2005, personally had been a year of a major change. 2006 should make the change as a succesful one. I hope it does.

Wishing you all a wonderful 2006.

so long.

Alaipayuthe......kanna... un anandha mogana venugaanam athil..

Golmaal Vs ThilluMullu

Well, this has been quite an arguement that I have been having with my friends here at NTU. Recently I saw both these versions and I liked both the versions.

I am a diehard fan of KB and Hrishida is one of the most respected directors in Hindi Cinema. Both of them did a great job in adapting this hilarious story for their audiences.

When it comes to Golmaal, the winner is who else but Utpal Dutt !! The very appearance of this man on screen evokes laughter. Such a wonderful actor. Added to this Amol Palekar's innocent face, Kishore's voice on Aanewaala Pal, DinaPathak as the Mom, this movie was a classic. What made this movie closer to heart besides comedy ? I should say the ease with which the story moves. There are no hiccups, no big stars.. all pure unadulterated fun with no cinematic cliches.
The story goes like a stream and you enjoy it thoroughly aaraamse like a three course meal....
Rahi Mazoom Reja's dialogues need a mention here. Lovely film.

When it comes to Thillu Mullu, it is Thengaai who donned the role of Sri Ramachandra Murthy who stole the show....Man, the interview scene is something that still evokes laughter....

Thengaai: Mr. Subramanya Bharathy, unga pera ketta udane udambellam pullarikkuthu sir.. ungalukkum avara maathiri kavithai ezhutha theriyuma ?
Interviewee: Palakkam illeenga...
Thengaai : Ennathu Palakkam illiya.... ungalukku intha "ZHa'na varatha ?
Interviewee: Amaam sir... Konjam kastapadum...
Thengaai: Ennathu Kasta paduma.. ungalukku appa "SHa'naavum varaatha.... enga naan solratha sollunga paapom....Oru kattu sullila oru sulli kona sulli...
Interviewee: venaam sir.. risku....
Thengaai: Shanavum varathu, zhanavum varathu, peru mattum Subramanya Bharathy..Neer intha naattukkum avarukkum peria Drogam Panreer ayya....Muthalla pera maathum...
Interviewee: call me short name Suppy sir.....

It was a laughter riot. But in Tamil, there were some additional stuff for Rajini's sake. Though Rajini did a great job, he could not exude that Amol Palekar's innocence on screen. Superstar was still superstar....But a great job nonetheless.. What can I say abt Sowkar ? She won it in that Bathroom entry scene.. Meenakshi Duraiswami was amazing....Add to this SPB's Raagangal Pathinaaru.... and Kamal's entry at the climax....That is KB's touch, you know !


Comparing both I should say I have given lots of points on KB's movie than Hrishida's.
But for the originality of the idea, lack of star value and a great cast, my heart goes for Golmaal.

I should say Thillumullu outscores Golmaal on the humour front. Because I still roll on the floor laughing when I think of KB's movie.When I watch Hrishida's movie, I just enjoy and smile.....

The joy of seeing someone getting fooled always has your rib tickling.

But I had lots of expectations on the next movie of Hrishida, which was Naram Garam. Swarup Sampat was simply too good. It had the same cast of Golmaal. But the movie with the presence of ShotGun Sinha, was a little disappointing.

If you could get a grab of these movies during a weekend, I assure you that you wont end up feeling disappointed..

So long..

Aane waala pal...Jaanewaala hai......

PecMech slowly getting life

Thanks to Process consultant Danabal and Kazhidhari Krishnabaradhan, the PECHMECH-99 yahoogroups is getting responses. I replied after a longtime. Got responses from Kaushik, Swami. Ramesh sent a personal mail to me.

It does lift your spirits. A mail from your college buddy is manytimes the energy booster for me. Hopefully this life remains forever and does not die as it has been happening.

Got to see Robert Walters "Pink Floyd - The Wall". I just saw the first half of it. It is about a Rockstar going through his past life. The stuff is a little dark with Floyd's music. Again, a word of caution. This is not for your weekend fun. Place make yourself ready and watch this stuff.

So long...

"Riders on the Storm"

Dada is back

Hee Hee...Hoooo Hoooooo....Haaaa Haaaaa

What else can you do when Kiran More comes out with his justifications to include Dada for the Pakistan tour ? Jimmy rightly said that they are a bunch of Jokers !!!

I really feel sorry for the likes of Robin Singh, Kanwaljit Singh, KN AnanthaPadmanabhan, D Vasu, Santhosh Jedhe, Utpal Chatterjee, Atul Bedade, Amol Muzumdar and the others... Dont know these names ? Well, these were the heroes of Indian domestic circuit and never/rarely got a chance to play Cricket for the country. Robin could not make it into the national level before he was 31. I remember every selection meeting when Azhar would have brought out his name and he was finally discarded. Kanwaljit singh toiled hard for Hyderabad and I think he got one game... the list is endless....

What are they going to do with Dada and Yuvi ? Keep Yuvi out ...I can imagine Dada taking the likes of Akthar and co.. Caught Kamran akmal Bowled Shoaib akthar - Single digit score......
I am still a fan of Sourav. But at this moment, it is either him or Yuvraj in the team. I would prefer Yuvraj ahead of Sourav for the simple reason is that he is a better fielder and a good player of pace. Poor Yuvraj...Carry those Drinks with Pride dude....


Happy Christmas to everyone.

So long...

"Break on through to the other side"

Shown "the Doors"

Thanks Sheroo for reintroducing me to the world of The doors. I had seen the movie by Oliver Stone longtime back. I saw it again today and man, I should confess that I am getting addicted to this music.

For the DOORS fans, please check out the Doors radio at the website of the Doors.
Val Kilmer is just too good in this movie.. what an actor..
A dark movie though and definitely not recommended for those who wanna have some fun during the weekend.

Give it a shot when you have madeup your mind to watch this movie...

So long...

"Light my fire...."

The Great Indian Tamasha ...

Well, The NTU - NBS 2006 Indian Junta consists of
Urs truly from Pondicherry,
DV, AK, Sush from Bengaluru,
Mann,Gogie from Punjab,
Tau from Haryana,
Dada from Delhi,
Tholia from Indore,
Shreya, Arun, Ani & Mani from Mumbai
Moy from Pune

Each coming from different background, the Indian junta is the rocking group in NBS...
Full of fun and josh, we have been having a bash.

Will be writing about all of these in course of time.