I had received and still continuing to receive many emails on corruption in India or some scandal. Those who sent, who forwarded, or those who read never cared about those emails but to archive or delete them after forwarding to the contacts they've in their accounts.
One of those emails was Swiss Bank declaration on 70,00,000 Crore Rupees Indian black money is with them and has officially written to Indian Government that they are willing to inform the details of holders (Industrialists, Politicians, Entrepreneurs, etc.) of 70 Lakh Crore Rupees in their Banks, if Indian Government officially asks them. And the so-called patriot requested to forward to at least 10 friends, relatives or colleagues etc. and convert it into a mass movement as service to our motherland.
If it was a year ago or two I'd react to it very intensely, but still wouldn't do anything but to curse our so-called politicians, industrialists, entrepreneurs, etc. The one who has initiated these sort of mails wouldn't do anything but to enlighten people like us, which is absolutely of no use to anyone including the person who has actually written this. Honestly, will anyone who reads those emails do something to improve the situation?
Reading this sort of stuff reminds me of a quote:
Man don't think of changing himself, rather thinks of changing the whole world. - Leo Tolstoy
One more email was about the secrets of Nehru dynasty (read below link), which was really informative, but I don't find anything wrong in that. No one has right to morally judge someone else's private or personal life. One's personal or private life doesn't matter until and unless they serve the people. However, I don't know anything about politics and I don't have any respect for them.
I'd respect Mother Theresa same way I've been respecting since the time I read about her in some class text books, even if she were a Model, an Actress, etc. instead of a Nun. No offense.
P.S.: http://www.mail-archive.com/better_personality@googlegroups.com/msg01352.html
http://www.fachak.com/dark-secrets-of-the-nehru-dynasty
Monday, August 16, 2010
Thursday, April 1, 2010
My Brother's take on grovelers
Characterized by abnormal greed for attention from their master. Their Crave for master’s attention is abysmally pathetic. Their extremely contemptuous behavior is well received and reciprocated. Well some call it smart n some call it apt. But I prefer it call it f*****g pathetic. Should see their ugly rotten smiles when manager is around reminding me of the worst possible scum I’m around with.
Single minded devotion of impressing their master seems to be the motive that drives the team with unusual thrust. Extremely talented towards this end and have enough means to achieve it. Have enough or rather plethora of ammunition to destroy any other by this toxic junk. And hey, this works amazingly well.
Greed to achieve success by means of their f*****g brains seems to be the last resort for most of these b******s/b*****s. Sometimes I wonder if one has any brains working straight which this whole damn world may call outrageous.
Well that’s all u got here. The best of suckaholics who can suck anyyyyyyyyyything…
This is what I found in my 5 years ………..
Single minded devotion of impressing their master seems to be the motive that drives the team with unusual thrust. Extremely talented towards this end and have enough means to achieve it. Have enough or rather plethora of ammunition to destroy any other by this toxic junk. And hey, this works amazingly well.
Greed to achieve success by means of their f*****g brains seems to be the last resort for most of these b******s/b*****s. Sometimes I wonder if one has any brains working straight which this whole damn world may call outrageous.
Well that’s all u got here. The best of suckaholics who can suck anyyyyyyyyyything…
This is what I found in my 5 years ………..
Monday, March 22, 2010
Raw story
Mahesh - Cinematographer, 26, still a virgin; in the sense, did not have sex with anyone. Friendly (unlike me); appears to be a happy-go-lucky guy, but he isn't; very focused towards work. His mind is always after a single word, View. He is as strong as Howard Roark when it comes to work; as belligerent as a soldier in a war. But, when it comes to family, he is as weak as Dominique Francon and that's the reason he doesn't want to have any new relationships as he strongly believes that relationship weakens a person. However, he falls in love with a girl. Don't think of anyone apart from his family members and a girl in his life.
Andhrite settled in Chennai; speaks Telugu and Tamil fluently; born in a middle class family. Stays with his mother, who works for SBI; estranged; mentally strong.
Brother is also into films; Sound Engineer by profession; married and a daughter.
Kavya - Beautiful, agile, should be tall (I like long legs); model turned actress; born in Andhra brought up in Mumbai; speaks broken Telugu with a Hindi dialect. Worked in a few commercial ads, which blatantly got her an offer in a Tamil film. I choose Mahesh as the cinematographer for this film to move the story.
They meet each other while working for the ad (this should be revealed eventually.) Their conversation always start as if they are in the middle of something (screenplay should be very gripping.)
All the above things should not be explained or told. Audience should realize as the movie rolls; except - 26, still a virgin; in the sense, did not have sex with anyone.
I'll have to think to move the story.
P.S: Inspired of the rumour about Anushka and Senthil.
Andhrite settled in Chennai; speaks Telugu and Tamil fluently; born in a middle class family. Stays with his mother, who works for SBI; estranged; mentally strong.
Brother is also into films; Sound Engineer by profession; married and a daughter.
Kavya - Beautiful, agile, should be tall (I like long legs); model turned actress; born in Andhra brought up in Mumbai; speaks broken Telugu with a Hindi dialect. Worked in a few commercial ads, which blatantly got her an offer in a Tamil film. I choose Mahesh as the cinematographer for this film to move the story.
They meet each other while working for the ad (this should be revealed eventually.) Their conversation always start as if they are in the middle of something (screenplay should be very gripping.)
All the above things should not be explained or told. Audience should realize as the movie rolls; except - 26, still a virgin; in the sense, did not have sex with anyone.
I'll have to think to move the story.
P.S: Inspired of the rumour about Anushka and Senthil.
Thursday, March 11, 2010
Poetry in motion...
That's what I felt as I stepped out of the theater after watching 'Ye Maya Chesave' (YMC). Almost a decade ago I had watched 'Cheli' and its Hindi Version (Rehna Hain Tere Dil Mein) and I felt Gowtham Menon is one of the directors who is very good at that genre. His previous films, Kaka Kaka (Gharshana in Telugu), Vettaiyaadu Vilaiyaadu (Raghavan), Varanam Aayiram (Surya s/o Krishnan), too had the episodes of romance, which were really worth watching. Almost for all of his films he had penned beautiful dialogues for those romantic episodes. I was expecting a full-length romantic film from him again and finally it materialized with YMC. I am jealous of him for amorous and gripping screenplay.
The chemistry between its lead actors Chaitanya and Samantha was superb. I always believe doing close-up shots for any actor is difficult compared to long shots as it give us audience a clear picture of his/her expressions, physical gestures etc.. The film has too many close-up shots and I had a quite satisfaction with their performance.
I did not see Josh, but Chaitanya was very natural in this film. This might be because he was just be himself and did not act. A few people whom I know said that he was not up to the mark, but I would say his character was so that he has to underplay. The only thing I hated about him was his dance (definitely better than Krishna and Jagapati Babu); they should have choreographed the songs (which has dances) without any dances.
Samantha is one of the finest actors of Telugu Cinema in the recent past after Charmee. She was terrific as Jessie and I was mighty impressed and obsessed with her performance. The lady who has dubbed for Samantha was simply superb and she is the same lady who dubbed Sameera Reddy in Surya s/o Krishnan. Always husky sounds better than sweet and I realized this after watching Chandralekha, in which Ramya Krishna dubbed herself. Moreover the voice of Savita Reddy for most of the heroines in both Telugu and Tamil has been monotonous.
The story deals with the complications of a woman's mind. Gowtham must had researched a lot on this subject and I was taken by surprise with the way he narrated with the presence of conflicting elements sharing the same space in each and every shot: sanity and insanity, love and hate, selfishness and generosity, truth and lies, anguish and joy, remorse and happiness, etc. and I was damn impressed.
Music and background score by Rehman was like slow poison. Manoj Paramahamsa did a fabulous job, especially the backer-water shots in Allepie; one just cannot close his eyes. Dialogues were totally conversational and I thoroughly enjoyed them.
'తన front కంటే backe ఎక్కువ సార్లు చూశాను; not that I was complaining'.
Conversation in the US when they meet after 2 years.
This one of the best love stories I have ever seen; next to Geethanjali; that's the best compliment I can give.
Title should have been ఏ మాయ చేశావే instead of ఏ మాయ చేసావే.
P.S: http://idlebrain.com/news/2000march20/kbc-ymc.html
I have seen tamil version (Vinnaithandi Varuvaaya) as well. Trisha was plastic sometimes; I was expecting her to perform better than in ఆడ వారి మాటలకూ అర్ధాలే వేరులే. Simbu was fantastic; he was too good in the first song.
The chemistry between its lead actors Chaitanya and Samantha was superb. I always believe doing close-up shots for any actor is difficult compared to long shots as it give us audience a clear picture of his/her expressions, physical gestures etc.. The film has too many close-up shots and I had a quite satisfaction with their performance.
I did not see Josh, but Chaitanya was very natural in this film. This might be because he was just be himself and did not act. A few people whom I know said that he was not up to the mark, but I would say his character was so that he has to underplay. The only thing I hated about him was his dance (definitely better than Krishna and Jagapati Babu); they should have choreographed the songs (which has dances) without any dances.
Samantha is one of the finest actors of Telugu Cinema in the recent past after Charmee. She was terrific as Jessie and I was mighty impressed and obsessed with her performance. The lady who has dubbed for Samantha was simply superb and she is the same lady who dubbed Sameera Reddy in Surya s/o Krishnan. Always husky sounds better than sweet and I realized this after watching Chandralekha, in which Ramya Krishna dubbed herself. Moreover the voice of Savita Reddy for most of the heroines in both Telugu and Tamil has been monotonous.
The story deals with the complications of a woman's mind. Gowtham must had researched a lot on this subject and I was taken by surprise with the way he narrated with the presence of conflicting elements sharing the same space in each and every shot: sanity and insanity, love and hate, selfishness and generosity, truth and lies, anguish and joy, remorse and happiness, etc. and I was damn impressed.
Music and background score by Rehman was like slow poison. Manoj Paramahamsa did a fabulous job, especially the backer-water shots in Allepie; one just cannot close his eyes. Dialogues were totally conversational and I thoroughly enjoyed them.
'తన front కంటే backe ఎక్కువ సార్లు చూశాను; not that I was complaining'.
Conversation in the US when they meet after 2 years.
This one of the best love stories I have ever seen; next to Geethanjali; that's the best compliment I can give.
Title should have been ఏ మాయ చేశావే instead of ఏ మాయ చేసావే.
P.S: http://idlebrain.com/news/2000march20/kbc-ymc.html
I have seen tamil version (Vinnaithandi Varuvaaya) as well. Trisha was plastic sometimes; I was expecting her to perform better than in ఆడ వారి మాటలకూ అర్ధాలే వేరులే. Simbu was fantastic; he was too good in the first song.
Saturday, January 30, 2010
I love negativity
Since my childhood people around me had always liked the positive characters in the movies. I was always fascinated by the negative characters. It's not that I had imbibed negativity or me being malevolent but the kind of pleasure I had derived from those characters was intangible. To produce the kind of stimulation within our brains, which would make us emotional (laugh, fear, etc.) just cannot be expressed in words.
'Frank Costello' played by Jack Nicholson in 'The Departed' was one of the best of its kind. He had played a sadistic boss of the Boston Irish mob. At the dock when Costello hangs up and walks along and sees Mark Whalberg and his boss Queenan step out; Costello not liking the conversation with them and the kind of smile on his face hiding his anger in turn humiliates them when Queenan says "I will get you, Frank.", Costello reciprocates "If you coulda then you woulda, but I guess you like to go at your own pace." The expression of nuances by Nicholson in this shot would make you laugh.
I watched 'Dana Veera Sura Karna' in its second/third release during late eighties or early nineties. I was never interested in mythological movies (I used to watch Ramayan serial every Sunday in the DD National though) and was forcibly taken to that movie by my dad. I was awe-stricken with NTR's performance in the role of Dhuryodhana. Especially the shot in which Dhuryodhana fights against the duel committee, who refuses Karna for not having a clan and kingdom. NTR was superb, be it his command over Telugu, pronunciation, or cult expressions (I don't know the meaning of many words he uttered though). By the end of the shot, his vibrance made me feel that I was really watching Dhuryodhana.
And many other, Chiranjeevi in 'Idi katha ladu'; Mohan Babu in 'M Dharmaraju M.A.'; Heath Ledger in 'The Dark Knight'; Kevin Spacey in 'Seven'; Amjad Khan in 'Sholay'; Kota in 'Gayam'; etc..
'Frank Costello' played by Jack Nicholson in 'The Departed' was one of the best of its kind. He had played a sadistic boss of the Boston Irish mob. At the dock when Costello hangs up and walks along and sees Mark Whalberg and his boss Queenan step out; Costello not liking the conversation with them and the kind of smile on his face hiding his anger in turn humiliates them when Queenan says "I will get you, Frank.", Costello reciprocates "If you coulda then you woulda, but I guess you like to go at your own pace." The expression of nuances by Nicholson in this shot would make you laugh.
I watched 'Dana Veera Sura Karna' in its second/third release during late eighties or early nineties. I was never interested in mythological movies (I used to watch Ramayan serial every Sunday in the DD National though) and was forcibly taken to that movie by my dad. I was awe-stricken with NTR's performance in the role of Dhuryodhana. Especially the shot in which Dhuryodhana fights against the duel committee, who refuses Karna for not having a clan and kingdom. NTR was superb, be it his command over Telugu, pronunciation, or cult expressions (I don't know the meaning of many words he uttered though). By the end of the shot, his vibrance made me feel that I was really watching Dhuryodhana.
And many other, Chiranjeevi in 'Idi katha ladu'; Mohan Babu in 'M Dharmaraju M.A.'; Heath Ledger in 'The Dark Knight'; Kevin Spacey in 'Seven'; Amjad Khan in 'Sholay'; Kota in 'Gayam'; etc..
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
A few memories of Samyuktha School
I was doing my 3rd Standard in Samyuktha High School, Anakapalle and one day a girl took admission in our school and to my fortune she joined in my class. I fell in love with her the moment I saw her. She was fair, agile and suave. Believe it or not her face was spotless; maybe because of minimal impact of hormones at that age. She was in casual wear (that time we used to call it civil dress); white nylon frock with jaunty red scarf around her neck elevated her beauty. I did not notice the foot wear though. She was my first crush and I was completely infatuated.
Later I was introduced to her by one of my girl classmates and I came to know her name, Anjali. I used to sit in the first row as I was short and to my luck she was also in the same row, next column beside me. Many times she stared at me and my classmates used to tease me for that. I still remember, one day she came to me and congratulated and shook hands with me for winning second prize in elocution; that was my first physical contact with her, as matter of fact any girl; her hands were unctuous. Also, once I sat next to her in the school bus on our way to excursion. I thought of asking her to marry me, but fearing that should we complain to the Principal, who would ask me to come with my dad next day, I resigned.
When I was in 5th Standard, school management was in the process of recruiting a Biological Sciences (BS) teacher. For the time being our Physical Sciences teacher was instructed to take BS classes as well. One day they announced that a new teacher will take BS from next week. I was never interested in any science classes (except Math) and some of my girl classmates were very curious to see the new teacher (I still do not know why there were so). As the time rolled, our new BS teacher came to the class and the first time I laid my eyes on her I did not like her for some reason. As the time progressed I started liking her and I always looked at her straight into her eyes. Well, boy of that age does not know much about chestnuts and snowballs.
One day I came to know that she is getting married and I was depressed (that was my first depression). I wept for sometime and was morose for the whole day. Later when she returned to the School after marriage she gained weight and was looking more beautiful than before. This could be because other systems within her were activated. I still remember her wearing a blue saree and a matching blouse which was slightly revealing the cleavage and me sitting in the first row got a good sight of that. I was a little scared and at the same time enjoyed her sensuously pleasing beauty.
Later I was introduced to her by one of my girl classmates and I came to know her name, Anjali. I used to sit in the first row as I was short and to my luck she was also in the same row, next column beside me. Many times she stared at me and my classmates used to tease me for that. I still remember, one day she came to me and congratulated and shook hands with me for winning second prize in elocution; that was my first physical contact with her, as matter of fact any girl; her hands were unctuous. Also, once I sat next to her in the school bus on our way to excursion. I thought of asking her to marry me, but fearing that should we complain to the Principal, who would ask me to come with my dad next day, I resigned.
When I was in 5th Standard, school management was in the process of recruiting a Biological Sciences (BS) teacher. For the time being our Physical Sciences teacher was instructed to take BS classes as well. One day they announced that a new teacher will take BS from next week. I was never interested in any science classes (except Math) and some of my girl classmates were very curious to see the new teacher (I still do not know why there were so). As the time rolled, our new BS teacher came to the class and the first time I laid my eyes on her I did not like her for some reason. As the time progressed I started liking her and I always looked at her straight into her eyes. Well, boy of that age does not know much about chestnuts and snowballs.
One day I came to know that she is getting married and I was depressed (that was my first depression). I wept for sometime and was morose for the whole day. Later when she returned to the School after marriage she gained weight and was looking more beautiful than before. This could be because other systems within her were activated. I still remember her wearing a blue saree and a matching blouse which was slightly revealing the cleavage and me sitting in the first row got a good sight of that. I was a little scared and at the same time enjoyed her sensuously pleasing beauty.
Thursday, January 21, 2010
A few dialogues which I liked
21 Grams -
"There is a number hidden in every act of life, in every aspect of the universe. Fractals, matter...that there's a number screaming to tell us something. Am I boring you?"
"No. No. L..."
"I'm sorry. I guess I try to tell them that numbers are a door...to understanding a mystery that's bigger than us. How two people, strangers, come to meet. There's a poem by a Venezuelan writer that begins...'The earth turned to bring us closer. It turned on itself and in us...until it finally brought us together in this dream.'"
"That's beautiful."
"There's so many things that have to happen for two people to meet and...Anyway, that's...that's what mathematics are."
The Shawshank Redemption -
"I have no idea to this day what those two Italian ladies were singing about. Truth is, I don't want to know. Some things are best left unsaid. I like to think it was something so beautiful...it can't be expressed in words...and makes your heart ache because of it. I tell you, those voices soared...higher and farther than anybody in a gray place dares to dream. It was like a beautiful bird flapped into our drab cage...and made those walls dissolve away. And for the briefest of moments...every last man at Shawshank felt free."
The Godfather -
"I've known you many years, but this is the first time you've asked for help. I can't remember the last time you invited me for a cup of coffee. Even though my wife is godmother to your only child. But let's be frank here. You never wanted my friendship. And you were afraid to be in my debt."
"I didn't want to get into trouble."
"I understand. You found paradise in America. You made a good living, had police protection and there were courts of law. You didn't need a friend like me. But now you come to me and say, 'Don Corleone, give me justice.' But you don't ask with respect. You don't offer friendship. You don't even think to call me Godfather. You come on my daughter's wedding day and ask me to murder for money."
"I ask you for justice."
"That is not justice. Your daughter is alive."
"Let them suffer, then, as she suffers. How much shall I pay you?"
"Bonasera, Bonasera. What have I ever done to make you treat me so disrespectfully? If you'd come in friendship, the scum that ruined your daughter would be suffering this very day. And if an honest man like you should make enemies, they'd be my enemies. And then they would fear you."
"Be my friend? Godfather?"
"Good. Some day, and that day may never come, I'll ask a service of you. But until that day...accept this justice as a gift on my daughter's wedding day."
"Grazie, Godfather."
"Prego."
Saving Private Ryan -
"I have a letter here...written a long time ago to a Mrs Bixby in Boston. So bear with me.
Dear Madam,
I have been shown in the files of the War Department a statement of the Adjutant General of Massachusetts that you are the mother of five...sons who died gloriously on the field of battle. I feel how weak and fruitless must be any words of mine that would attempt to beguile you from the grief of a loss so overwhelming. But I cannot refrain from tendering to you the consolation that may be found in the thanks of the republic they died to save. I pray that Our Heavenly Father may assuage the anguish of your bereavement and leave only the cherished memory of the loved lost...and the solemn pride that must be yours to have laid so costly a sacrifice upon the altar of freedom.
Yours very sincerely and respectfully...
Abraham Lincoln."
"There is a number hidden in every act of life, in every aspect of the universe. Fractals, matter...that there's a number screaming to tell us something. Am I boring you?"
"No. No. L..."
"I'm sorry. I guess I try to tell them that numbers are a door...to understanding a mystery that's bigger than us. How two people, strangers, come to meet. There's a poem by a Venezuelan writer that begins...'The earth turned to bring us closer. It turned on itself and in us...until it finally brought us together in this dream.'"
"That's beautiful."
"There's so many things that have to happen for two people to meet and...Anyway, that's...that's what mathematics are."
The Shawshank Redemption -
"I have no idea to this day what those two Italian ladies were singing about. Truth is, I don't want to know. Some things are best left unsaid. I like to think it was something so beautiful...it can't be expressed in words...and makes your heart ache because of it. I tell you, those voices soared...higher and farther than anybody in a gray place dares to dream. It was like a beautiful bird flapped into our drab cage...and made those walls dissolve away. And for the briefest of moments...every last man at Shawshank felt free."
The Godfather -
"I've known you many years, but this is the first time you've asked for help. I can't remember the last time you invited me for a cup of coffee. Even though my wife is godmother to your only child. But let's be frank here. You never wanted my friendship. And you were afraid to be in my debt."
"I didn't want to get into trouble."
"I understand. You found paradise in America. You made a good living, had police protection and there were courts of law. You didn't need a friend like me. But now you come to me and say, 'Don Corleone, give me justice.' But you don't ask with respect. You don't offer friendship. You don't even think to call me Godfather. You come on my daughter's wedding day and ask me to murder for money."
"I ask you for justice."
"That is not justice. Your daughter is alive."
"Let them suffer, then, as she suffers. How much shall I pay you?"
"Bonasera, Bonasera. What have I ever done to make you treat me so disrespectfully? If you'd come in friendship, the scum that ruined your daughter would be suffering this very day. And if an honest man like you should make enemies, they'd be my enemies. And then they would fear you."
"Be my friend? Godfather?"
"Good. Some day, and that day may never come, I'll ask a service of you. But until that day...accept this justice as a gift on my daughter's wedding day."
"Grazie, Godfather."
"Prego."
Saving Private Ryan -
"I have a letter here...written a long time ago to a Mrs Bixby in Boston. So bear with me.
Dear Madam,
I have been shown in the files of the War Department a statement of the Adjutant General of Massachusetts that you are the mother of five...sons who died gloriously on the field of battle. I feel how weak and fruitless must be any words of mine that would attempt to beguile you from the grief of a loss so overwhelming. But I cannot refrain from tendering to you the consolation that may be found in the thanks of the republic they died to save. I pray that Our Heavenly Father may assuage the anguish of your bereavement and leave only the cherished memory of the loved lost...and the solemn pride that must be yours to have laid so costly a sacrifice upon the altar of freedom.
Yours very sincerely and respectfully...
Abraham Lincoln."
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