Female characters in this movie - Asin ( double role - one in 12th century and other in 21st century) and Mallika ( as a Spy agent) are superb.
Music sucks! Himmesh Reshmaiiyya ( whatever) sucks ! Luckily he did not get enough time to do the background score and that saved the movie... Background score is good!!!
Except for Kamal Hassan nobody is in the movie - Hero, Villain, Legend, RAW agent, Social Reformer, Old woman, Afghan Muslim, Japanese Martial arts guru all roles are done by kamal hassan...
And he has done all the roles very well. Comedy and Actions are good!
But have to say it again... Make up sucks !!!!
Sunday, June 22, 2008
Dasavatharam - part 1
Just before going to the movie - My mentor here in my new company gave me a task - see the moview and explain to him how kamalhassan's dasavatharam is related to mahavishnu's dasavatharam.
For him the answer is - No Relation. Sivaji Ganesan had acted in nine roles, so kamal hassan wanted 10 roles and make history.
This is not a moview review, but a movie going experience review. All my friends declined to come with me for seeing Dasavatharam at PVR, Forum mall as it costs 250Rs/-. But i wanted to see it before any of my friends see it. Otherwise they will spoil my mood by telling all the suspense and twists and all.
When I reached PVR theatres I realized my purse has only around 50-60Rs. Ticket i already had. So had to spend 3 hours in theatre without having pepsi and popcorn.
I didn't know any story line and was eager to see it... The first scene showing Nehru stadium and Tsunami after-effects itself dejected me. Could see lot of animated faces ( ofcourse other kamal hassan's ).. Makeup is poor, and looks very funny. It looks like mask pasted for many "avatharams"....
Then it goes back to 12th century... And shows the fight between vaishnavite and shaivite... and how kamal hassan's first avathar fights and dies for the vaishnavite cause. Vishnu statue and kamal hassan's first avathar are immersed to the sea. From this point onwards I was seeing the movie to see a relation btw the 12th scentury story and 21st century... but could not find any .. apart from that when Tsunami happens the statue gets visible again...
But later when i was discussing with my friends - they were talking about "butterfly effect". Small events in past can make significant impact in future... Say a slight variation in position of ball at the top of a hill can impact which valley the ball falls in....
Anyway on a philosophical / spiritical line what the moview tried to convey i did not get.
But the "butterfly effect" theory is true.. small events in past impact your life in a big way.
To be Continued...
For him the answer is - No Relation. Sivaji Ganesan had acted in nine roles, so kamal hassan wanted 10 roles and make history.
This is not a moview review, but a movie going experience review. All my friends declined to come with me for seeing Dasavatharam at PVR, Forum mall as it costs 250Rs/-. But i wanted to see it before any of my friends see it. Otherwise they will spoil my mood by telling all the suspense and twists and all.
When I reached PVR theatres I realized my purse has only around 50-60Rs. Ticket i already had. So had to spend 3 hours in theatre without having pepsi and popcorn.
I didn't know any story line and was eager to see it... The first scene showing Nehru stadium and Tsunami after-effects itself dejected me. Could see lot of animated faces ( ofcourse other kamal hassan's ).. Makeup is poor, and looks very funny. It looks like mask pasted for many "avatharams"....
Then it goes back to 12th century... And shows the fight between vaishnavite and shaivite... and how kamal hassan's first avathar fights and dies for the vaishnavite cause. Vishnu statue and kamal hassan's first avathar are immersed to the sea. From this point onwards I was seeing the movie to see a relation btw the 12th scentury story and 21st century... but could not find any .. apart from that when Tsunami happens the statue gets visible again...
But later when i was discussing with my friends - they were talking about "butterfly effect". Small events in past can make significant impact in future... Say a slight variation in position of ball at the top of a hill can impact which valley the ball falls in....
Anyway on a philosophical / spiritical line what the moview tried to convey i did not get.
But the "butterfly effect" theory is true.. small events in past impact your life in a big way.
To be Continued...
Thursday, June 19, 2008
Monday, June 16, 2008
Friday, June 13, 2008
Tata indicom - 2nd part
I got connection. In second part i am satisfied with Tata-Indicom.
But still the damage is done.
But still the damage is done.
"Tata-Indicom" - WORST CUSTOMER EXPERIENCES IN TRIVANDRUM - 1st part
My wife's had a tata-indicom connection in Trivandrum, it got expired recently because the computer there went faulty and nobody was using the connection.
I had to work from home this week. I reached trivandrum tuesday afternoon and my father-in-law called tata-indicom. We thought since we had connection in the past wiring and related stuff would be easy and could esaily renew the connection.
After several calls, executive came on wednesday night. ( it was my need, i should have gone to their office directly ). Executive said, he would be able to provide connection by Thursday evening. I requested him to do it by Thursday morning. He said he will try his level best. Everybody was happy, but it was just a "mannar mathai" promise.
Whenever we call Tata-Indicom's executive he will say - " people have just started, they will reach your house anytime". It seems Tata's marketing and sales executives live in someother decade.
Started callig every 3-4 hours, you always get the same answer - "they have just started or going to start etc etc etc"
And on friday afternoon, my father-in-law went to their office and demanded the cheque back. And finally they said people will come by 3pm and do the work.
And by 3:30pm i got a call that a VSNL guy is waiting outside. The gate was wide-open and he was talking in his mobile sitting in his scooter. I waited there for 5 mins, but he was no taking not of my presence. Finally i went back and stood in the car shed. After his talking, he took the scooter straight to the car-shed. He climbed down, first refused to acknowledge my presence, and then asked me "veetil arum ille" ? Hmm... may be i have less glamour. I said i am in charge :) he does not seem to believe. Curse my servant look :)
And then he asked me - "cables not there?" and he started looking for the cables. Tata-Indicom had removed the cables from road to house when the connection expired earlier. I lost hope...! So this guy is not going to do anything. I got a feeling.
And he started asking for the "routers", "cables", "adapters" of previous connection. I dont have any issues re-using those. But when a new connection is taken, with all the new setup and installation charges, we expect new equipments. The older ones should be recovered when the connection is terminated. And he had a story - "TATA INDICOMM has ROUTER shortages. He came , just because the connection is URGENT. If i dont need older routers, he will go back"... Ok, so i agreed. TATA- Indicomm is into this business and is facing severe modem/router/cables/adapter SHORTAGES. Poor guys.
He took all the old equipments and powered it all, connected the cables. and asked for my laptop to connect it... BUT NOBODY HAS COME YET TO EXTEND THE WIRES FROM ROAD TO THE HOUSE. The Tata-Indicom service just want to demonstrate how to connect the network cable to my laptop......
He also had a reason - "Minimum 7 days connection time is taken usually. Executives simply promise what they cannot deliver". Perhaps TRUE. But they should solve this themselves. And correct this if they want good business. I DONT CARE. I DONT HAVE TO CARE.
FOR ME I KNOW ONLY ONE THING - TATA INDICOMM IN TRIVANDRUM SUCKS!
Now the guy after connecting the MODEMS have gone out. I am waiting for him and for the cable guys to come atleast today evening.
I dont know whether I will be able to post this using a Tata indicomm connection. If not i will post this after reaching back bangalore.....
I had to work from home this week. I reached trivandrum tuesday afternoon and my father-in-law called tata-indicom. We thought since we had connection in the past wiring and related stuff would be easy and could esaily renew the connection.
After several calls, executive came on wednesday night. ( it was my need, i should have gone to their office directly ). Executive said, he would be able to provide connection by Thursday evening. I requested him to do it by Thursday morning. He said he will try his level best. Everybody was happy, but it was just a "mannar mathai" promise.
Whenever we call Tata-Indicom's executive he will say - " people have just started, they will reach your house anytime". It seems Tata's marketing and sales executives live in someother decade.
Started callig every 3-4 hours, you always get the same answer - "they have just started or going to start etc etc etc"
And on friday afternoon, my father-in-law went to their office and demanded the cheque back. And finally they said people will come by 3pm and do the work.
And by 3:30pm i got a call that a VSNL guy is waiting outside. The gate was wide-open and he was talking in his mobile sitting in his scooter. I waited there for 5 mins, but he was no taking not of my presence. Finally i went back and stood in the car shed. After his talking, he took the scooter straight to the car-shed. He climbed down, first refused to acknowledge my presence, and then asked me "veetil arum ille" ? Hmm... may be i have less glamour. I said i am in charge :) he does not seem to believe. Curse my servant look :)
And then he asked me - "cables not there?" and he started looking for the cables. Tata-Indicom had removed the cables from road to house when the connection expired earlier. I lost hope...! So this guy is not going to do anything. I got a feeling.
And he started asking for the "routers", "cables", "adapters" of previous connection. I dont have any issues re-using those. But when a new connection is taken, with all the new setup and installation charges, we expect new equipments. The older ones should be recovered when the connection is terminated. And he had a story - "TATA INDICOMM has ROUTER shortages. He came , just because the connection is URGENT. If i dont need older routers, he will go back"... Ok, so i agreed. TATA- Indicomm is into this business and is facing severe modem/router/cables/adapter SHORTAGES. Poor guys.
He took all the old equipments and powered it all, connected the cables. and asked for my laptop to connect it... BUT NOBODY HAS COME YET TO EXTEND THE WIRES FROM ROAD TO THE HOUSE. The Tata-Indicom service just want to demonstrate how to connect the network cable to my laptop......
He also had a reason - "Minimum 7 days connection time is taken usually. Executives simply promise what they cannot deliver". Perhaps TRUE. But they should solve this themselves. And correct this if they want good business. I DONT CARE. I DONT HAVE TO CARE.
FOR ME I KNOW ONLY ONE THING - TATA INDICOMM IN TRIVANDRUM SUCKS!
Now the guy after connecting the MODEMS have gone out. I am waiting for him and for the cable guys to come atleast today evening.
I dont know whether I will be able to post this using a Tata indicomm connection. If not i will post this after reaching back bangalore.....
Sunday, June 08, 2008
scientific temper ?
After reading lots of books to improve my "emotional temper", i am done with that. NO MORE that sort of books..!
I better improve my "scientific temper". Borrowed a book "The pleasure of finding things out" by Robert Feynman from my friend Srini and started reading..
Lets see how far i will progress in this "temper".
I better improve my "scientific temper". Borrowed a book "The pleasure of finding things out" by Robert Feynman from my friend Srini and started reading..
Lets see how far i will progress in this "temper".
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