Shriram Narayan

Sriram, Sriram kumar, Srirama Chandramoorthi, Sriraaman are the familiar ones around but why Shriram Narayan dad, why why why..was what I was asking my father when I was studying 12th. I am the only one with this name in the whole of tamil nadu in my age(which I found when I was looking for my results over the internet). So my dad sat me down and explained the factors that influenced the choosing of this name. 

Sept 28 1989 19 00 hours

My mother went into labor. When she was on her way, she held my dad's hand and my dad felt as if she was going to say something romantic or important, but she said "Make sure I get a pista ice cream as soon as my belly goes bake to the size it should be" and my dad was "??!!!". Two feet away in stretcher, mom again yelled "Yo Mr Husband, listen I gotta an idea of naming our son Shriram, so you better don't get ideas of naming the baby yourself..get it..got it? good" and she was off. On hearing this Dad was reminded of an incident that took place 3 nights back.

Sept 25 1989 21 00 hours

My grandfather and father were in a conversation. "I wanna name my grandson Narayan" and before my dad could say anything "So its a deal then" and went off to bed, leaving dad "Dai yen paiyanuku naan per vaika koodatha??".

Present situation

So mom went in and "reeeeeeeeeeeeeeee", a sound came out of the room into which my mom went. It seems the doctor saw herself in a mirror and got frightened. Then in 10 minutes, it was my mom's turn to scream and there was I, entering the world not knowing what the hell is going around(kind of like the same situation, I am in right now).

So the time had come to name me and my dad, not wanting to hurt the feelings of his wife and dad joined the names which were suggested and thus emerged "Shriram Narayan".

PS my parents were gonna name me Alamelu if I had been a girl baby...!!! Nalla Vela :D

Dam Dam Dam - Bak Bak Bak

Raavanan, one of the most anticipated movies of this calendar year and one from Mani Ratnam, an ace film director turns out to be a major disappointment. The story line is vague, the whole movie has been shot in a gloomy, rainy and dark terrain, although gives a Mani Ratnam feel, yet falls short of fulfilling all the hype that surrounded the movie.

I actually read a couple of reviews prior to going to the movie and heard many different reactions from my friends who caught the flick before me and wanted to see the movie on my own anyways.

Following is what I noticed through the 160 odd minutes of the movie.

1. I honestly felt that Karthik could have been used better, the flick is a modern day adaptation of the old Ramayana and making him fly through his intro scene is enough to make us understand he plays Hanuman's role. But why make him fly through the entire movie? 

2. Dialogue makes you spellbound

               Vikram : dum dum dum

                Aish : bak bak bak

where do these guys get to write dialogues like these :)

3. I don't get to see any magic with camera too. A lot of slow motion scenes, frequently bending Aish, Rain, darkness dominates the movie and its just sad.

4. The song "Kattu Sirikki" (one of my favorites from the audios) is a shocker. It was like Priyamani sang the song while she was shooting for the climax scene for Paruthiveeran. If you listen carefully, the tone of "Valikuthu da Veera" in Paruthiveeran and Kattu Sirriki have a striking similarity.

5. Ranjitha steals the show. No dialogue, just a few steps in a song, couple of scenes and she gets the biggest applause and whistles. Yellam Nithyananda Swamigalin aasirvaadam :)

6. The highly speculated "six packs" from Prithviraj which he developed for the movie misses to make an appearance.

7. Movie with guys is not bad after all (got a free pepsi and samosa) 

8. It cannot be said as Aishwarya Rai Bachchan was at the best of her physical beauty, yet it was hard to ignore her. She was oooooook. Her green eyes were pretty.

9. ARR's music is the only good thing about the sad and confusing tale. From the Big Cinema Production name card to the end credits, his work was neat.

10. The climax is predictable but there was something missing between Vikram and Aish. Wonder the chemistry would have been better in the hindi version where the real life couple share the screen.

11. The couple that busted me in VTV made an appearance. Courageous of the guy to take his girl amidst all his college mates and was fun to see him, forced to see us in all the corners of the theater when he wanted to avoid us the most. :)

12.In the Kalvare song, you will get to see Aish teaching dance to kids and each one will be dancing his/her own style and own direction, now what kind of a class is that ? :P

Bottomline : Movie sucks, attend to a better job, if you have any.

The Three Booksketeers

Not a big exam fan, just like the millions of students across the globe, there was always a special thing when it comes to a common subject for which three students from three departments come together to study!!! It is not like just another group studies where there will be a padips who will be teaching like hell and some friends of his/her having absolutely no clue about what is happening.

Me, Gowthaman and Mithun will converge at Gowthaman's home (the best place in the world to hang out and "study"). The situation will always be the same, no matter what time it is but mostly, we will be studying in the night. Gowtham ll be sleeping like as if he just got married yesterday, I ll be arriving exactly for dinner and the first thing I do will be going in and asking "aunty, dosa venum...pode venum, chutney venaam :)" and I ll have a great dinner. Mithun will sneak out of his home with just his mobile charger and the mobile.

After assembling, Gowtham ll go "machi, nalaiki ena exam, important questions solu" and Mithun ll be on the phone for atleast an hour to find out the answer to these questions. We will go just 10 mins into reading and then,all of a sudden there will be a change in topic of discussion and we will end up talking mostly about Fazil and his stint as the Godfather of ECE.

Exactly 15 mins later, Gowtham's mom ll call out "thambi, tea ready vandu vangiko". Me and Mithun are slow drinkers so it ll take another 45 mins for us to settle. Then Mithun will start reading as if his life depends on it, Gowtham will think as if his friend has got tons of care for him but little does he know about the latest message he received from some one special which read "Read and teach me the entire syllabus if you want to  see the sunrise tomorrow - a puthur resident".

Inorder to pass the next days exam, I ll complete a lesson or too and will sleep. The funniest thing of all to be noticed is that an almost entire A sec of comp sci dept boys will be waiting for Gowtham who is supposed to teach them. Gestures like these make me question the phenomenon, that is evolution if it is complete or not. 

There will be fun and there is no question about it. Me and Mithun will be playing on the bed, Trying to change Gowtham's status in orkut, end up watching a late night classic, Talking utter non sense, Hear Gowtham say "Aiyo, enaku 1 girl friend iruka koodatha", the puthur resident teasing Gowtham from Mithun's phone, Me, having no regard for anything that is happening around indulging myself into my conversion to being a golti, making fun of Fazil(we do it everywhere), thinking of a good lie to tel Rajkumar for leaving him out and seeing a latest movie and many many more.

The good old days, studies can't get any better than this :D