Vettaikaran - Nikkaama Oodu Oodu Oodu Oodu ( Theatre Vittu )

     The most expected "Vettaikaran" was released in the silver screen last week and it is yet another average movie from Vijay. Thank god that it is not like his previous Mega hits Kuruvi and Villu.

I watched this movie last saturday (2nd Day of the release) at sangam cinemas in chennai. Though i am not a vijay fan, the media hype given by Sun Pictures and the songs made me to watch it in the theatre.

Before going to the theatre, my intuition said that i am heading towards a hyped movie and noting else because of the following reasons,

1. Distributed by Sun Pictures. I don know yeppadi ivanga inda maadiri padattha kandu pudichi distribute  pannuvaangalooo....... After Kandaen Kaadalai ( Oh God !!! Worst movie i ever watched ) it  is Vettaikaran.

2. I booked the ticket through Internet at Sangam Cinemas. It is just the 2nd day of the release and i    checked  the tickets for matinee show (2.45 P.M). Around 1 P.M i found nearly 50 + tickets available that too on a weekend.

But Still with a very brave heart ( Yevalavoo Paatutoom Ida Paaka maatoomaa) i went to the theatre...

The movie goes like this :

Police Ravi (Vijay) is an average middle class guy in Thoothukudi who clears his Plus Two after four Attempts. His main aim was to become a IPS Officer like Devaraj (Sri Hari), so ravi decides to come to chennai and join a college. On his way to Chennai He meets Suseela (Anushka) in the railway station where asusual he falls in love at first sight.

Later Ravi Joins a college in chennai and also rides an Autorickshaw as part time to fulfill his needs.One day due to his college mate Uma he fights with Chella a womenizer who is the son of a local don Vedanayagam (Salim Ghosh) and earns rivalry of vedanayagam. From that day onwards Sani ( Saturn ) starts chasing Ravi. He loses his seat in the college and also gets in the trap of Police. At one time the police decides to Encounter Ravi from which he escapes jumping from the falls.

One day Ravi comes to know that his Role model Devaraj IPS has lost his eyes, career and family due to Vedanayagam. So he join hands with Devaraj becomes an equal Dada and takes revenge of vedanayagam.

The first half of the movie moves fast with romance and comedy but the director fails to capture the attention in the second half. Though the Entry of Vijay is good but his cowboy like constume in the horse loses the mass on his introduction. Like other Mass Heros vijay also give messages,advices and punch dialogues inbetween, that too his advice to the lecturer on the first day of the college is Jooper.... I wonder how a lecturer could listen to an advice from a first year student that too on the first day of the college and say sorry.

Another Attraction is Uma, classmate of Vijay. I don no why she is putting "Da" in every sentence when she speaks to Vijay. Vettaikaran Crew can conduct a SMS contest on "How many "Da"s does she used while talking to Vijay", winners will get a movie ticket to watch "Vettaikaran". Two Good actors Manobala and Dilli Ganesh was wasted in this movie. There is no logic in sudden disappearance of Devaraj IPS. Being a popular Policeman in the city giving interviews to the television, how can he suddenly disappear from public without any trace. Vijay has tried to adopt Rajini Style but noting works for him. Also he has a very funny group of team around him (Satyan, Hanifa). Whenever vijay and his group walks in slow motion with a Background music, the people starts laughing..

As far as songs are concerned Vijay Anthony has done an excellent work where all the songs are good to hear.. But only "Karigalan Kaal" and "Naan Adicha" Songs grabs the visual attention. Vijay has tried a wiered hair style in "Oru Chinna Taamarai"song which reminds Naan Avan illai - Jeevan. Everyone wonders whether the lyrist had any stomach problem while writing the song of "Yen unchi Mandai" because it has lots of Darrrrrr.. Burrrrrrr... A special mention has to be made on Vijay's constume in "Karigalan kaala poola" song where the costume designer has stiched a Shirt From "Pattu Pudavai" for vijay.... Super Combination and innovation...

Vijay's dance in this movie is also not upto the mark. Even though his previous movies are Mega Flops , his dance was awesome in those movies. But in Vettaikaran the Josh and Enthu in his dance steps are missing.

Another attaction in this movie is Entry of Vijay's Son in "Naan Adicha Taanga maata". Nice to see him..

One thing which attracted me is the song which they played at the end of the movie during display of  names. They played "Pulli Urumudu" Song once again which was like telling the viewers of the movie "Oodu Oodu Oodu Oodu" Out of Theatre.

So Vettaikaran is a treat only for Vijay fans but not for others. Also it has opened the Pandora's box for Vijay. It will be better if he tries some different stories and role rather opting for the same masala type story.

Trip to Yercaud and Hogenakkal

The much Awaited marriage of Geetha and saravanan was planned to held at Salem ( Saravanan's Native Place ) on 1st of November 2009. Myself and my friends decided to attend the marriage and also planned to visit places in and around salem. On Surfing the internet i came to know that Yercaud, Kolli Hills and hogenakkal is in the reaching distance of Salem.

        So after a long discussion with others we finally concluded to skip Kolli hills due to time constraint and decided to visit Yercaud and Hogenakkal since the former is the third largest hillstation in Tamil nadu and the later is somtimes called as Niagara of India.

We (Lokesh, Senthil, Lakshmi, Arun Gopi, Vijayendran, Satheesh, Tamilarasan, Pandi, Aravind, Bharani and myself) planned to start our trip from Egmore Station in chennai on friday the 30th October 2009 at 11.30 P.M via Salem Express along with bride Geetha and her family. Thanks to Geetha and saravanan who booked the ticket for us proactively which helped us to keep less tension at the end, otherwise we would have kept our fingers crossed for a Takkal ticket which will often gets filled up in an hour of opening.

30/Oct/2009 :

In the evening, Myself, Senthil and Vijayendran reached the Egmore Station by an Auto rickshaw at around 9.00 P.M. After having a small Dinner at Vasanta Bhavan which is outside the station, we entered the station and reached platform No 7 where we joined with the other two guys Lokesh and Satheesh. Later Around 11.00 P.M Lakshmi with her Husband Arun Gopi reached the station with the marriage gift and joined us.

Asusual myself, lokesh and Senthil had a look at the reservation chart and checked for any possibility of a good company inside the train which remembered me the songs of Ninjukkul Paeididum Vaan mazhai ( Vaaranam Aairam ) and Maanasa Sanchararae... ( Anniyan ). Hurray... I found a girl's ( Age 23 ) name in the chart which is next to me and mustafa ( Who canceled his trip at the last moment) i decided to settle myself in my place which is a VIP Seat for 3 of us.

At Around 11.15 P.M we all met Kalyana Ponnu Geetha and her parents with whom we are going to travel. She Introduce us to her Relative who was organising the entire trip.  At around 11.25 the other guys Tamil, Pandi,Aravind and Bharani joined us in the journey.

Exactly at 11.30 P.M the Salem Express Departed itself from Egmore station to Salem.we had some Photo Session inside the train and we 3 of us was waiting for that passenger of that VIP Seat.. There comes a Bigger Shock To me ... Yes, It was a 23 year Old girl but only on the records.Actually She was Married and look like 35 years in her appearance who came along with her Husband. I was shocked so as the other and i hummed the "Maanasa Sanchararae song" in a sad note.

After this fun filled scenes that took place for around 30 minutes which was an ideal start of the journey. Arun, Lokesh and Lakshmi went to their Berths and Myself, Senthil, Vijay and Satheesh were chatting till early morning 2.30 sharing some of the memories which happened in the college and in the office and also playing mobile games via bluetooth. After that we too decided to have a nap keeping in mind that we need some energy to spend the next day.

31/Oct/2009 :

We reached Salem Junction at 5.30 A.M in the morning. Saravanan the hero of the event ( Mappillai) has arranged a car to reach the marriage hall. On reaching the marriage hall we were warmly welcomed by saravanan and his family. rooms were arranged for us to relax and prepare ourselves for the day's plan to visit Yercaud.

      A Special mention has to be made for Jagadeesan my college mate who was with us throughout our stay in salem.

      We had arranged a 15 seater mini bus for our visit to yercaud and Hogenakkal. The Bus arrived at around 8.45 a.m and we departed from marriage hall at around 9.00 A.M.to yercaud. Mr.Sasikumar who is the owner of the bus accompanied us both as the driver as well as guide. The mini bus had a T.V with DVD Player which kept us entertaining...

We reached yeacaud by passing through 20+ HairPin Bends and the sightseeing during the travel to yercaud was awesome and astonishing. The Driver explained us about various plants like coffee, pepper etc. which we saw on the way.

To begin with we went to Shervaroyan Temple which was on the top of shervaroyan Hills at about 5326 feet above sea level. It was a small temple which is inside a cave like architecture where we have to lean ourselves to see the god. After the dharshan and refreshment of masala tea and Varieties of Bajjis in a nearby shop we pushed ourselves to Pagoda Point.

Pagoda point is an excellent sightseeing place where we can view the entire salem city from the top. it is a must to see place in yercaud. but beware of monkeys which will hurt you if you are not careful. Next to pagoda point The driver took us to a house cum shop where they sell natural oil and perfumes which was home made. The person explained us about various plants and how they are manufacturing the oil and perfumes. It seems that Even Actor Ajith Had visited the place once to purchase some oils. The person was smart enough to market his product and made us to buy the oil for Rs. 250 which doesnt worth that much.

After the tiny shopping, we went to Ladies Seat,Gents Seat and children seat. These places are so called Suicide Points in Yercaud. We also went to the garden nearby which is good enough to treak. During our timespend at the garden it started raining.So we all ran to find a shelter in order to save ourselves from rain but all our effort were in vain. So while we reach our bus everyone were drenched.

Later we marched towards a hotel to satisfy our hunger. The driver took us to a hotel where we had a small quarrel with the bearer. After the lunch we tried to visit Monford School but at that time the visitors are not allowed. since it was getting late and darker we decided to go to the Yercaud Lake.

          The Yercaud Lake is a must visit place where you can spend some memorable time by taking a ride in the lake. We took a Rower and a boat and spend nearly 15 min in the lake. Since it was around 4.30 in the evening, it started getting darker and also the mist started clouding the path of the lake. It also had a Zoological Park which is next to the lake where we spend nearly 10 min to roam around and started moving towards salem to attend the Reception.
After that awesome visit to yercaud throughout the day we reached the marriage hall around 6.30 P.M. A Seperate lodge were arranged for the night stay. hence we vacated the temporary room in the marriage hall and shifted ourselves to the lodge. The lodge was big and good enough to spend the night. After a tiny refreshment we went for the reception.The Reception was arranged well in a big Marriage hall were many people gathered for the occasion. After spending some time there and presenting the gift to the couples we had our Reception dinner and moved ourselves to the room as we were all very tired due to the day long trip.

------ Day 2 Of the Trip to be continued

Tamil Songs

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Tribute to King of Pop

On 25th June 2009 the World Community went on a shock when it heard the death news of King of Pop Michael Jackson. He is one among the very few celebrity, whom the entire world knows, from the aristrocrats of america to the slums of India .

Life and career

Michael Joseph Jackson (August 29, 1958 – June 25, 2009) was an American recording artist, entertainer and businessman. The seventh child of the Jackson family, he made his debut on the professional music scene in 1968 as a member of The Jackson 5. He then began a solo career in 1971 while still a member of the group and was referred to as the "King of Pop"^[2] in subsequent years. Jackson's 1982 album Thriller remains the world's best-selling album of all time,^[3] and four of his other solo studio albums are among the world's best-selling records: Off the Wall (1979), Bad (1987), Dangerous (1991) and HIStory (1995).

One of the few artists to have been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame twice, his other achievements include multiple Guinness World Records — including one for "Most Successful Entertainer of All Time" — 13 Grammy Awards, 13 number one singles in his solo career, and the sale of 750 million records worldwide.^[4] At the time of his death, he was preparing for This Is It, a series of 50 concerts that would have been held in London beginning July 13, 2009.^[5]

Death

On June 25, 2009, Jackson collapsed at his rented mansion at 100 North Carolwood Drive in the Holmby Hills area of Los Angeles. Pending confirmation from toxicology reports, he was allegedly administered Demerol shortly before he stopped breathing.^[170] Attempts at resuscitating him by his personal physician were unsuccessful.^[171] Los Angeles Fire Department paramedics received a 911 call at 12:22 p.m. (PDT), and arrived three minutes and seventeen seconds later at Jackson's location.^[172][173] He was reportedly not breathing and CPR was performed.^[174]Resuscitation efforts continued both en route to the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, and for an hour further after arriving at approximately 1:13 p.m. (20:13 UTC).^[171] He was noted already to have been in cardiac arrest by the paramedics who attended his house.^[174] Jackson was pronounced dead at approximately 2:25 p.m. local time (21:25 UTC).

May his soul rest in peace....