USA VISIT 2009 - 2010

RADHE KRISHNA 25-12-2009 USA VISIT 06-01-2010 Wednesday Morning Sudha prepared Pudhina chutney cabbage palya . Seen Sankarabaranam in the laptop. Night seen Super singers Junior 2,. Prasanna Sundar, Monisha – Miss ramya song, Sahana – Harini song (Nila kaygiradhu) and spot selected, prasanna – Deepan Chakravarthi song (Poonkadhave Thal thiravay). Nadandhadhu enna – 2012 world collapse discussion. Raja downloaded Manal kayiru. 07-01-2010 Thursday Morning Seen Dinam oru divya namam, Super Singer Junior 2. Shravan spot selected, Vishnuchcharan – Harichcharan song – Kanmaniye, Soumiya – Sunitha sarathi )Thoodhu varuma) Happy Birthday cake cutting, Oviya already selected for this round. Best singer – Sahana , among three Nithyasree, Srihari & Monisha – Srihari & Monisha compared and told that Nithyasree & Srihari equal marks and selected and Monisha eliminated in this round. Nadandhadhu enna – 2009 happenings discussion – 1. Muthukumar self burnt Jan 29th, 2009 – Nakkeran gopal Jana Nathan(director) told their views, Dec 3rd salem students death & Nagai school students accidents. Sudha prepared plaintain palya, brinjal kairasa ( surya cut vegetables). Raja has come at 12 :30PM and we all took lunch. Sudha took earlier. India won Bangladesh in the 3 nation (India, SL & Bangladesh). Evening seen sorgam in Kalaignar TV in the laptop. Seen mugavari SUN TV. Seen Pokkiri (Vijay & Asin) with Sudha. Ananthu phoned and talked. He told about return ticket for us, no problem and can be changed with minor fiinalty charges and I gave the phone to Raja and told details. Raja told ananthu will do the needful for us, Raja has sent the details already. I was relieved now. Sudha gave me dosa tiffin for night and buttermilk. Surya friend has come and talked with Raja Surya. Night seen mala kayiru and slept. 08-01-2010 Friday Morning coffee. Seen manal Kayiru second part. Sudha gave me bread toast. Got good sleep for an hour at 10:30AM. Seen abhiyum naanum kalaignar TV (IST). Surya took harini for check up to the Doctor nearby.Srilanka won against Bangladesh (Sl – 252/1 in 42.5 overs) & BD 248/9 in 50 overs). Surya Raja has come at 12:30 PM and told harini is fine. we all took lunch Bompla huli palya and beans palya and palya gone bad. Ananthu changed the flight Miami to Newyork and received the trip summery from checkmytrip.com. Now Miami to Newyork JFK terminal and from jfk to maa with out changing the terminal. Myself Sudha went to party city and winn Dixie and brought milk. Downloaded kanaa kanden, bambarak kannale & Mozhi copied to DVD. Night seen Kanaa Kanden in TV. Night Dosa tiffin . Raja took us to planetarium and seen laser show and back. 09-01-2010 Saturday Morning Talked to ananthu and thanked him for the ticket changefor the return. Sudha prepared brinjal sambar & mixed veg. palya and took meals at 12 noon and slept. I have paid the Dec phone bill Rs.655/- thro net and mailed Sridhar about the payment. Afternoon SUN TV – Jeyam, Jaya TV – Saval & Vijay – Jambu, TV1 – Kadhal Sugamanadhu, Muni vilangiyal moonram andu. coffee at 3 PM. Webt to Sam’sclub and Wal Mart and back home at 7:30PM. Raja went to Indian stores with viswanathan. Seen Jeyam konden Sun TV. Peranmai in Tamil One channel. Night dosa tiffin. Seen Mozhi DVD inTV. 10-01-2010 Sunday Morning In Jaya TV (IST) seen Avvai Shanmugi. 14-01-2010 Thursday Morning Did tharpanam for the parva kalam. Sudha gave me coffee. Idle and Lemon rice for me during the flytime. Checkin completed at 7AM. Raja has given me phone and I phoned him & told check in completed.Flight AirTran 503 scheduled at 8:15AM and reached at 9:45 AM (sch. 10:17AM) Took idle pkt tiffin and other flight airtran 538 to start from d terminal and went in train compartment to terminal D, phoned radhika, raga, ananthu, Raja. Flight started at 12:15 PM. s In the flight took lemon rice broght from house. Flight reached Phoneix at 3:55PM (sch. 4:30PM Miami time and Phoneix time 2:30PM). I phoned Aarthi and she has come to terminal 4 and came to me and took me to her house. SriKrishna was in the backside calmely. in the house SriKrishna started palying with me nicely. evening took coffee. took rest and night Aarthi gave me sarkkarai pongal, ambodai, cabbage palya dosa tiffin. Suresh has come and talked nicely. I gave the letters broght from miami for him. He was asking about movie DVD and I showed him and he checked in his dvd palyer and many not working in his old version player. Aarthi suresh went to their friends house for discussing los vega plan asked me to sleep. 15-01-2010 Friday Morning got up at 8 AM. Suresh told about weekend trip to los vegas. Suresh office and aarthi prepared meals and served me at 12 noon soppu huli palya and mixed veg.palya. her friend Jayanthi has coem with her son. I slept for sometime. Aarthi went for purchase. I talked to sudha Hari. Suresh told me that his friends family also coming to Las Vegas . Aarthi Suresh went to their friends house and back and told that his friend is tired and not coming to Las Vegas and we are starting by 8 AM and said OK. 16-01-2010 Saturday Morning we started at 8AM and reached Las vegas by 3PM. On the way we took chappathi tiffin and in the hotel Sahara took lemon rice an dcurd rice. Evening started for shows. went to ceasers palace and Ballaergia water fountain. Seen eafle tower paris and took kind sanwich, tomato soup. Suresh went and brought some pkets of burger and they took that and I said mine over. SOme argements were there between them and back to hotel by nignt 12:30AM. Sures Aarthi were telling that tomorrow mornin got start by 7AM to cover many shows. 17-01-2010 Sunday Morning went to stratosphere top and Aaarthi went for a ride and seen circus circus and back to hotel. Morning We took bread tiffin with tomato thokku and for lunch Aarthi kept rice in the electric cooker and took tomato rice and curd rice. Aarthi asked me shall we go straight for shows after lunch and said Ok. Aarthi told SriKrishna is sleeping and we will go for casino sahara and coem at 4:30PM and will go at 5PM. I took care of SriKrishna. They two has come at 5:15 PM and went to MGM grand and seen and seen NewYork, treasureland Mirage, Grand canyons and went to Freemont and back to hotel by 12:30AM. First Suresh told that we will see Mirage tomorrow because time is 9PM and show is for every hour. Aarthi was tellingto go and see both and go so that tomorrow straight we can start for back home and need not come again. Both were arguing each other and I was sitting calm. Suresh was asking aarthi what to do. Again he started something aarthi told ok what ever you plan carry on and go. he was telling where is that treasure island and I told both are in the leftside. He was telling it is very difficult to see all and park everywhere. I told him Ok forget it and to go treasure Island. He was telling then you mean she was not arguing and i am only telling. Then I said OK sorry where ever you said because you only taking us. I told whereever you planned you take us. Then he said where to go. you only told treaure Island is on the leftside. I told by seeing the road I told. (i.e) all . I dont know anything you were taking us.he told he doesnt know and Aarthi only told shows every hour. I kept calm. We went to treasure Island. He parked the car and came inside. Show at 10 PM. suresh told he is not interested in the show and sit aside and we have seen. After that Suresh told tomorrow morning to start by 7AM, so that he will attend office work in the evening and said OK. Then he said where to go, he is not coming to Mirage. Then we can go home I told. He said Ok I will go to Freemont and come. I told If he is not coming to Mirage, then we can go home. He was telling he dont want to get bad name, because of him not seen Mirage. I said nothing like that, what ever possible we have seen. He asked us to for mirage and come and he will take us. I said without him we need not go. Radhika was telling we will go by walk to hotel. He told he feels guilty and because of him we have not seen mirage it will come. I told why you think like that, we have seen whatever possible in our time and why you should be guilty. Aarthi was telling because of her I have come and to go for mirage. Then he said he is also coming and we all went for mirage and seen abd back to hotel after seeing freemont at 12:30AM. 18-01-2010 Monday Morning started at 8 AM and back home at 4:30PM. Slept for sometime and night took meals and talked to suda sury Raja about the trip excellant and Suresh will be tired fully because of driving continuously. Suresh told that he will be busy for another 15 days and having classes in the evening 8:30PM to 10PM with his laptop and Aarthi will take me whrever possible and I said OK. 19-01-2010 Tuesday Morning Aarthi told he will take me for leaving Suresh for his office and to library for SriKrishna. Took bread adn she took me and back home by 11:30AM. Srikrishna was crying and took meals. I took meals at 1:15PM and slept. talked and shown Srikrishna to sudha SUrya thro webcam. Evening seen Masilamani and completed. Seen Supersingers junior 2 in the laptop movielanka.com (yesterday programme). Seen Nadandhadhu enna (asariri walk in the mind Mother killing by son because his mind telling that Lord siva was telling in the mind that no wrong in killing asuras and he felt his mother is cruel and killed her and motor bike burning. evening started seeing Porkkalam. Aarthi was telling she will take me to market for vegetable and bring Suresh from Office. Hoover Dam Hoover Dam by Ansel Adams (1942) Official name Hoover Dam Impounds Colorado River Locale Clark County, Nevada / Mohave County, Arizona, USA Length 1244 ft (379 m) Height 726.4 ft (221 m) Width (at base) 660 feet (201m) Construction began 1931 Opening date 1936 Construction cost $49 million Reservoir information Creates Lake Mead Capacity 35.2 km3 (28,500,000 acre·ft) Surface area 247 square miles (640 km2)[1] Power generation information Turbines 17 Main Installed capacity 2078 MW Annual generation 4000 GWh[2] Maintained by U.S. Bureau of Reclamation Website Bureau of Reclamation: Lower Colorado Region - Hoover Dam Hoover Dam U.S. National Register of Historic Places U.S. National Historic Landmark Nearest city: Boulder City, Nevada Coordinates: 36°0'56?N 114°44'16?WCoordinates: 36°0'56?N 114°44'16?W Built/Founded: 1933 Architect: Six Companies,Inc. (structural), Gordon Kaufmann (exteriors) Architectural style(s): Art Deco Governing body: BUREAU OF RECLAMATION MPS: Vehicular Bridges in Arizona MPS (AD) Added to NRHP: April 08, 1981[3] Designated NHL: August 20, 1985[4] NRHP Reference#: 81000382 19-01-2010 Tuesday Morning Morning Radhika took me to Library and SriKrishna speech zone class and back home. Seen Super singers Junior 2, Srihari, Sharath, Alka Ajith and bala sarangan participated in the mix song round and ALka Ajith selected for best today and received Rs.50000/- prize from antreia ayirathil oruvan singer & actress). seen Nadandhadhu enna (voice from mind for killing his mother & Motor bike burning). Evening video chat with sudha surya and shown SriKrishna. Evening Seen Porkkalam for sometime. Night Suresh asked me whether uploaded the photos and IO told him that card provision is not there in the laptop and tomorrow to be done with chord for the camera. I have uploaded the Las vegas shows in the blogspot. Aarthi gave me adai tiffin for the night. LAS VEGAS 114 shows Adventuredome American Storm American Superstars Andrew Dice Clay Anthony Cools Barbra & Frank Believe Believe and Dinner Bill Bellamy Bill Medley Bite BJ Thomas Blue Man Group Bonkerz Comedy Club Carrot Top Chicago Chippendales Comedy Pet Theater Comedy Stop Crazy Girls Crazy Horse Paris Crystal Gayle David Spade Defending Caveman Diamond Rio Dixie Dooley Don Rickles Donny & Marie Dr. Scott Enge Humperdinck Evening at Improv Fab Four Live Fantasy Fitz of Laughter Frank Caliendo Frank Marinos Divas Gallery of Fine Art George Lopez George Wallace Gordie Brown LIVE Haunted Vegas Tour Heart Henry Cho Hitzville Human Nature Hypnosis Unleashed Irish Show Jason Alexander Jersey Boys Joan Rivers John Edward Jubilee! KA Kenny Shepherd Lance Burton Larry G Jones Le Reve Led Zepagain Legends in Concert Lion King Louie Anderson LOVE LV Comedy Show Mac King Madame Tussauds Marc Savard Marriage Can Murder Matsuri Matt Goss Men of X MEN...The Show Menopause Mental Mentalist Mystere Naked Boys Singing Nathan Burton Naughty Boys Hypno O Penn And Teller Phantom Purple Reign Rat Pack Show Remembering Red Richard Marx RIck Martinez Rick Thomas Rita Rudner Riviera Comedy Club Rock Star Shark Reef Sheena Easton Short Bus Comedy Sin City Comedy Stripper 101 SuperStars Of Magic Temptations Terry Fator Thunder Down Under Todd Paul Tony Bennett Tony n Tinas Wedding Top Rank Boxing Tournament of Kings V - Variety Show Vegas Mob Tour Vinnie Favorito Viva ELVIS Voices Wayne Newton X Burlesque Xtreme Magic Xtreme Thrill Ride ZUMANITY 20-01-2010 Wednesday Morning Seen super Singers Junior 2 (19- 01-2010) singer Karthik has come as extra judge. Prasanna sundhar, Soumiya, Shravan and Srikanth and Prasanna sundhar selected for Rs.50000/-.Aarthi went in the car for dropping suresh and back home at 10 AM and gave me chapathi tiffin. Then went to wal mart and Lee shop with Jayanthi (aarthi friend) and back home at 12:45 PM. Prepared meals brinjal kairasa and took lunch at 1:45 PM. Downloaded photos in the picasa web (shravan id) and snet to Raja Surya Hari and myself from Aarthi id. Seen Porkkalam (Kishore, sathyam & Tinu Anand). copied photos to DVD movie maker and DVD also. 21-01-2010 Thursday Morning Seen super Singers Junior 2 Vishnucharan, Oviya, Roshan & Priyanka participated. Aarthi asked me to put skantha shashti kavacham in the laptop and put that. Then I have put Sri Raghavendra sthothram and Vishnu sahasranamam. Aarthi gave me dosa tiffin. lunch at 1:15PM dish sambar and mixed vegetable palya. Jayanthi (Aarthi friend) has come and took meals here. She brought sambar for me also. Seen some scenes from Vettaikkaran. Seen Villu. 22-01-2010 Friday Morning Dosa tiffin. Ratha sapthami morning given tharpanam. Aarthi prepare meals Plantain palya, beans kootu and Suresh ahs coem at 12:30 Pm and took lunch with him. Seen Vettaikkaran Movie in teh laptop. Seen Super singers Junior 2 (21-01-2010) Nithyasree, Srinisha & Sahana.Nithysree selected for Rs.50000/-. Sahana, Oviya, Soumiya & Vishnuchcharan called and asked them to do better next time and finished. Aarthi asked me to sleep inside room and slept nicely. Evening got up at 5:30PM tok coffee and Aarthi put sugar for the coffee. Seen Panchamritham (Nasser, Jayaram, Samiksha, Saranya Mohan, Arvind) DVD in TV. 23-01-2010 Saturday Morning Suresh planned to take us for SriKrishna GYM and evening Chithra (his friend) house for dinner. Morning Went to Jymboo class for Srikrishna and went to Kohl's and Ethiopias restaurent and back home at 1:45PM. Evening Radhika prepared pizza and took one. Went to Chithra (suresh friend) house for dinner and back home at 10PM. sehupke Chupke . Brinjal kootu, plaintain cabbage palya, rasam, vadam and payasam. Priyadarshan?s latest movie Chup Chup Ke meanders between comedy and melodrama. The film, a farcical comedy of errors, stars Shahid Kapur , Kareena Kapoor , Rajpal Yadav , Paresh Rawal , Sunil Shetty , Om Puri , Sushma Reddy and Anupam Kher . Shahid Kapur?s cherubic charm makes him perfectly suited for the character of Jeetu, a small-town guy with a conspicuous lack of business acumen. Jeetu is engaged to Pooja (Sushma Reddy). He is tragically unlucky in every moneymaking enterprise he ventures into. Overburdened by debts, scorned at by his father-in-law, Jeetu decides to commit suicide so that his father (Anupam Kher) can settle the debts with the insurance money. But Jeetu fails even in this endeavor and is fished out of the sea by two quirky fishermen Bandya (Rajpal Yadav) and Gundya (Paresh Rawal), who mistake him to be a rich guy after finding a slip in his pocket. Jeetu conveniently pretends that he is mute and deaf. Gundya decides to use Jeetu and Bandya to settle his old debt to a Gujarati businessman. He sends the two to do household chores in the house of Prabhat Singh (Om Puri). In this household, while Bandya goes about the daily chores, Jeetu develops a rapport with Prabhat Singh?s niece Shruti (Kareena Kapoor) and her cousin Meenakshi (Neha Dhupia). Like Jeetu, Shruti too is mute. She is a simple girl who spends her time painting canvases, praying and whiling away time with Meenakshi, who is her voice. The Gujarati household also has Shruti?s overprotective brother Mangal (Sunil Shetty), who is overexcited about the prospect of marrying his sister to a rich Gujarati businessman. In the meantime, Jeetu?s secret is exposed to Shruti and her cousin. They promise to keep his secret under the condition that he must help them break Shruti?s marriage with the Gujarati businessman. Love sprouts and blossoms between Shruti and Jeetu. And Shrutis overprotective brother comes to know of this. In a surprising twist, Mangal gives in to his sister?s wishes and accepts Jeetu as a possible groom for Shruti. But Jeetu?s troubles are far from over. His fianc?e Pooja shows up. Jeetu finds himself in a romantic tangle. He has to choose one of the two women. Priyadarshan has not attempted to make an out-and-out comedy film. Chup Chup Ke has a sufficient dose of humour to entertain and enough drama to pull a couple of strings at heart. However, the overall impact of this fusion remains a tad tepid. From comedy to drama, the plot oscillates unconvincingly and by the time the movie draws to close, the farce is stretched to the point of snapping. Humour and gags work in the sequences featuring Rajpal Yadav, Paresh Rawal and Shakti Kapoor. Rajpal Yadav?s naturally unassuming demeanor and the witty lines he delivers make for an entertaining watch. Paresh Rawal is brilliant as usual, but he should have been given more footage in the film. Shahid Kapur plays his part comfortably and convincingly. The young actor also gets to show his flair for humour in some sequences. However, his chemistry with Kareena Kapoor still leaves much to be desired. Kareena has no dialogues in the film, but she enacts her mute part very well. Surprisingly, Neha Dhupia leaves quite an impact in this film with her new, homely avatar. She ought to take more of similar roles. Om Puri does invoke a few laughs while playing his raucous character. Sunil Shetty is plain average. Chup Chup Ke does entertain in the first half. In the second half, the plot steers into the unexpected territory where family drama, mushy emotions and sentimentality take precedence. Seen renigunta (Johnny, Sanusha, Nishanth and Sandeep).Banner: Film Fabricators Cast: Johnny, Sanusha, Nishanth and Sandeep Director: Panneerselvam Music: Ganesh Raghavendra Lyrist: Na. Muthukumar It appears this may well be the Golden age in the history of Tamil cinema in terms of a rapid increase in realistic, sensible films being made. In the midst of today’s ultra-modern magnum opuses from India and abroad, look at the list of recent realistic Tamil films: Subramaniapuram, Saroja, Vaaranam Aayiram, Poo, Abhiyum Naanum, Vennila Kabadi Kuzhu, Naan Kadavul, TN 07 AL 4777, Yavarum Nalam, Pasanga, Naadodigal, Gnabagangal, Sindhanai Sei, Eeram, Unnaipol Oruvan etc. All these were highly-acclaimed, not just because they narrated fresh stories, but were so naturalistic that even an average cinemagoer could feel the intensity of human experiences, be it positive or negative. Renigunta, director Panneerselvam’s latest, made with newcomers including producer S.S. Chakravarthy’s son Johnny as hero, is one such outstanding film which leaves a great impact on viewers. Once you come out of the theatre, you would surely believe that the “to live or not to live” episodes in Renigunta should never happen to you. So go and watch Renigunta, but leave your small kids at home. (Renigunta is ‘A’ certified.) The story goes like this: Sakthi is a happy-go-lucky guy, but his father Sethupathi, a clerk, has great dreams that his son should become a successful engineer. Realizing Sakthi’s inability to be outstanding in studies due to his limited brainpower, his father stops compelling him to become an engineer; rather, he inspires him to choose any vocation he can shine in! Sakthi’s peaceful family life suddenly vanishes when his parents are brutally murdered (in front of him and an apathetic public) by Kathir, prime accused of a murder case in which Sakthi’s father was a key eyewitness. Broken up by the painful and tragic loss of his loving parents, Sakthi decides to take revenge, but in vain. He is caught in his murder attempt due to his inexperience and remanded for 14 days. Due to his shy nature, Sakthi has to undergo severe harassments from the jail guards, where he meets four young, inborn criminals including lame Dabba and fat guy Pandu. He becomes friendly with them only to avoid torment from the jailers. Sakthi has no plans to join the group, but at the same time, is greatly attracted by their love and concerns. The four guys plan to escape from jail; at the last moment, they forcibly take Sakthi to the world of freedom and gradually introduce him to a criminal life. In flashback, the guys come to know about Sakthi’s past and decide to kill Kathir. After executing Kathir, the five friends take a train to Mumbai to avoid the police special force, but fate leads them to a local don in Renigunta (near Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh). In Renigunta, Sakthi meets a dumb girl and love slowly blossoms between them. In fact, the girl’s brother-in-law is a pimp, procuring for his own wife. Realizing her husband’s intention to introduce her dumb sister into the fresh trade, the akka requests Sakthi to elope with her younger sister. With the consent his friends, Sakthi fixes a date to leave the place with his lover. Meanwhile, the local don hires these five friends to kill a prominent contractor, leading to a big twist in the whole story. The murder attempt fails; Pandu is beaten to death on the spot by contractor’s security guards. The special force swoops down on the rest of the teammates who are brutally killed one by one, except for Sakthi. Whether he manages to escape from the police and accomplish his dream of a peaceful life with his lover forms the rest of the film. One can’t say that Renigunta only has bloody violence; it also has plenty of (black) comedy, romance and sentiments, and all components are convincingly presented just as in Subramaniapuram. Thanks to director Panneerselvam, Renigunta is completely free from any sort of exaggeration, be it in graphics, number of songs, length and “superman effects” of the fight scenes. All credit goes to Panneerselvam’s clean script, the highlight of the film, which gives everything in the right proportion. In short, Renigunta simply rocks! 24-01-2010 Sunday Morning coffee seen renigunta end part. Today straigt meals at 12 Noon Kaliflower seekoottu. We started for temple at 1PM and 1 hour drive to MahaGanapathi temple for Sathya Narayana Pooja. Pooja at 3 Pm and started at 3:120PM and finished at 5PM. Chithra Shanmugam also has come. Back home by 6PM. I was seeing arumugam. Aarthi put Tare jamin per Hindi DVD and I stopped my movie and seen that. Night dinner at Jayanthi house told. Aarthi told that Jayanthi hr friend invited for dinner and asked me is it OK and I said no problem. WHen they all are going there for dinner and invited and what should I do and said OK. After that Aarthi told tiffin in our house only. Only they three to chat only told it seems. I said Ok. She told at 8:30PM she will give me tiffin. Jayanthi has come and were talking and feeding SriKrishna. It was 9:15PM and askedme and I told you were feeding him. She gave me onion dosa good one. Seen Arumugam movie (Bharath, Priyamani, Saranya Mohan, Ramya Krishnan, Ilavarasu, Karunas, Satyan and others…). Every once in a while, just when you think Tamil cinema is taking a step in the right direction with serious scripts and different formats comes a movie like Kool Productions' Arumugam. The film destroys any faith you might have in creativity and execution. When the culprit in question is Suresh Krishna, veteran of commercial blockbusters like Annamalai and Baasha, there doesn't seem to be any hope left. With a cast like Bharath, Priya Mani [ Images ], Ramya Krishnan [ Images ] and a host of other regulars, this film should be on its way to becoming a runaway hit. So why isn't it? Here are a few reasons: 1. Rehashing the entire script of old tried and trusted hits (like Annamalai) will not work. The hero Arumugam (Bharath) is dressed up in oversized shirts with a towel wrapped around his middle. Instead of having him sell milk, he's an idli-vendor. Of course, Arumugam faithfully imitates the Superstar Rajnikant's lingo, hand gestures and body language until he has the audience squirming in their seats. 2. Making him have a friend like Annamalai's Sarath Babu. Here, it is Karthik (Aditya), a rather washed-out looking guy, meant to reflect the upper class. The rich Karthik, for no reason, is somehow poor Arumugam's closest friend. Getting the poor cinematographer S K Boopathy to add deepening sun-rays for effect don't really work either. 3. Getting Saranya Mohan to play Mallika, Arumugam's sister, yet another washed out character whose apparent purpose in life is to hike up her pavadai, moan about her brother, serve idlis and run around with nothing to do. When will someone give this pretty girl a chance to act? 4. Roping in National Award winning actress Priya Mani to play the silly Yamini, Arumugam's love interest. Why would a rich father marry his daughter off to an idli-vendor, no questions asked, is a million-dollar question. Add to that the fact that Yamini has never even seen Arumugam, only corresponded to him through letters (in this day and age) and you have the silliest romance of the century. 5. Adding, in an attempt to ape the cult-classic Padaiyappa, yet another version of Nilambari -- this time, it's Malini Devi, essayed by Ramya Krishnan, looking sensuous as ever, but also bored out of her wits. She's haughty, beautiful, willing to do anything to thwart Arumugam because the young man foiled her lofty ideals for her brother Karthik's marriage. The way she retaliates would make you shriek with laughter. She's a carbon copy of Nilambari and exists for no purpose but to let Arumugam have the screen space to ape Rajnikanth's [ Images ] body language. The rest of the cast isn't even worth talking about. 6. In addition to all the above reasons, there's Deva's music, borrowed, rehashed and boring as ever, while Premgi's dialogues are terribly clichéd and lack any substance. What is really puzzling is why the cast chose to act in a movie (no matter how long ago that was) that's so devoid of any logic or charm that you can barely sit in the theatre after half an hour. An ever bigger mystery is why Suresh Krishna felt the need to come up with a half-baked storyline culled from several different Rajni movies, and serve them up to his audience. In fact, you wonder if he really did direct this film at all. 25-01-2010 Monday Morning Seen Neeya Naana (paniyalargal Vs Nugarvor). Took dosa sabji. Seen Deal No Deala (Chellammal). Aarthi prepared vegetable pulav and took lunch at 1:15PM. Seen Tare Jamin per movie DVD in TV. Evening Video chat with Sudha Surya. Aarthi suresh went for walmart and Borders shopping and I said I will be in the house. Seen Madurai Sambhavam (Harikumar, Karthika, Anuya, Radharavi) Madurai Sambhavam, an action packed movie set in Madurai. The film is about the gang wars, Betrayal and Revenge. Also has the basic ingredients of a masala entertainer like Glamour, Romance, Action, Kuthu and Tiruvizha Songs. Aalamarathaan(Radharavi) a bigwig in Aattuthotti, a place in Madurai. He is dreaded by his enemies. His word is the law among the people. He involves in ‘Katta Panchayat’ and instant justice is meted out to those who break the rule. He lives with his family consisting of his son Kutty(Harikumar), Son-in-Law, Daughter,grand daughter and his Mother. Gomathi(Karthika) is a relative of Kutty and she is madly in love with him. Aalamarathaan is supported by his Son-in-Law,Marudhu and Kutty. Enters ‘Cut-out’ Ganesan(Kadhal Dhandapani), local MP, who has come to power with the support of Aalamarathaan. Ganesan and Aalamarathaan enter in loggerheads and Cutout decides to end Aalamarathaan and his loyal men’s. With the support of DIG Subramani(Rajkappoor) he tries to bump off Aalamarathaan and gang but all his attempts get failed. Meanwhile Kutty bumps off Ganesan’s in-law. Enters Carolene Thomas(Anuya) a police officer who has been appointed specially to restore Law & Order of the troublesome area. On the course of her local visit, she meets Kutty and it’s love at first sight, which leads to a twist in the tale. Kutty believes in Carolene words. Meawhile Kutty’s uncle Marudhu gets killed and Aalamarathaan thinks that Marudhu is killed by Ganesan and gang. He seeks revenge and kills Cutout Ganesan and his wife. Aalamarathaan goes to his friend’s place and instructs Kutty to be cautious. After a series of unexpected events, the movie ends with a chilling climax. Harikumar excels in action sequences but has to work on emotions. Radha Ravi is competent with his dignified make-up, slow dialogue delivery and body language, steals the show. Anuya,in a deglamourished role. Her subtle expressions and emotions deserves special mention. Karthika is passable. Sukumar’s camera and John Peter’s music are average. Director Eurekha has tried to give a complete action packed mass entertainer and has delivered it hot. 19-01-2010 Tuesday Morning Morning Radhika took me to Library and SriKrishna speech zone class and back home. Seen Super singers Junior 2, Srihari, Sharath, Alka Ajith and bala sarangan participated in the mix song round and ALka Ajith selected for best today and received Rs.50000/- prize from antreia ayirathil oruvan singer & actress). seen Nadandhadhu enna (voice from mind for killing his mother & Motor bike burning). Evening video chat with sudha surya and shown SriKrishna. Evening Seen Porkkalam for sometime. Night Suresh asked me whether uploaded the photos and IO told him that card provision is not there in the laptop and tomorrow to be done with chord for the camera. I have uploaded the Las vegas shows in the blogspot. Aarthi gave me adai tiffin for the night. LAS VEGAS 114 shows Adventuredome American Storm American Superstars Andrew Dice Clay Anthony Cools Barbra & Frank Believe Believe and Dinner Bill Bellamy Bill Medley Bite BJ Thomas Blue Man Group Bonkerz Comedy Club Carrot Top Chicago Chippendales Comedy Pet Theater Comedy Stop Crazy Girls Crazy Horse Paris Crystal Gayle David Spade Defending Caveman Diamond Rio Dixie Dooley Don Rickles Donny & Marie Dr. Scott Enge Humperdinck Evening at Improv Fab Four Live Fantasy Fitz of Laughter Frank Caliendo Frank Marinos Divas Gallery of Fine Art George Lopez George Wallace Gordie Brown LIVE Haunted Vegas Tour Heart Henry Cho Hitzville Human Nature Hypnosis Unleashed Irish Show Jason Alexander Jersey Boys Joan Rivers John Edward Jubilee! KA Kenny Shepherd Lance Burton Larry G Jones Le Reve Led Zepagain Legends in Concert Lion King Louie Anderson LOVE LV Comedy Show Mac King Madame Tussauds Marc Savard Marriage Can Murder Matsuri Matt Goss Men of X MEN...The Show Menopause Mental Mentalist Mystere Naked Boys Singing Nathan Burton Naughty Boys Hypno O Penn And Teller Phantom Purple Reign Rat Pack Show Remembering Red Richard Marx RIck Martinez Rick Thomas Rita Rudner Riviera Comedy Club Rock Star Shark Reef Sheena Easton Short Bus Comedy Sin City Comedy Stripper 101 SuperStars Of Magic Temptations Terry Fator Thunder Down Under Todd Paul Tony Bennett Tony n Tinas Wedding Top Rank Boxing Tournament of Kings V - Variety Show Vegas Mob Tour Vinnie Favorito Viva ELVIS Voices Wayne Newton X Burlesque Xtreme Magic Xtreme Thrill Ride ZUMANITY 20-01-2010 Wednesday Morning Seen super Singers Junior 2 (19-01-2010) singer Karthik has come as extra judge. Prasanna sundhar, Soumiya, Shravan and Srikanth and Prasanna sundhar selected for Rs.50000/-.Aarthi went in the car for dropping suresh and back home at 10 AM and gave me chapathi tiffin. Then went to wal mart and Lee shop with Jayanthi (aarthi friend) and back home at 12:45 PM. Prepared meals brinjal kairasa and took lunch at 1:45 PM. Downloaded photos in the picasa web (shravan id) and snet to Raja Surya Hari and myself from Aarthi id. Seen Porkkalam (Kishore, sathyam & Tinu Anand). copied photos to DVD movie maker and DVD also. 21-01-2010 Thursday Morning Seen super Singers Junior 2 Vishnucharan, Oviya, Roshan & Priyanka participated. Aarthi asked me to put skantha shashti kavacham in the laptop and put that. Then I have put Sri Raghavendra sthothram and Vishnu sahasranamam. Aarthi gave me dosa tiffin. lunch at 1:15PM dish sambar and mixed vegetable palya. Jayanthi (Aarthi friend) has come and took meals here. She brought sambar for me also. Seen some scenes from Vettaikkaran. Seen Villu. 22-01-2010 Friday Morning Dosa tiffin. Ratha sapthami morning given tharpanam. Aarthi prepare meals Plantain palya, beans kootu and Suresh ahs coem at 12:30 Pm and took lunch with him. Seen Vettaikkaran Movie in teh laptop. Seen Super singers Junior 2 (21-01-2010) Nithyasree, Srinisha & Sahana.Nithysree selected for Rs.50000/-. Sahana, Oviya, Soumiya & Vishnuchcharan called and asked them to do better next time and finished. Aarthi asked me to sleep inside room and slept nicely. Evening got up at 5:30PM tok coffee and Aarthi put sugar for the coffee. Seen Panchamritham (Nasser, Jayaram, Samiksha, Saranya Mohan, Arvind) DVD in TV. 23-01-2010 Saturday Morning Suresh planned to take us for SriKrishna GYM and evening Chithra (his friend) house for dinner. Morning Went to Jymboo class for Srikrishna and went to Kohl's and Ethiopias restaurent and back home at 1:45PM. Evening Radhika prepared pizza and took one. Went to Chithra (suresh friend) house for dinner and back home at 10PM. sehupke Chupke . Brinjal kootu, plaintain cabbage palya, rasam, vadam and payasam. Priyadarshan?s latest movie Chup Chup Ke meanders between comedy and melodrama. The film, a farcical comedy of errors, stars Shahid Kapur , Kareena Kapoor , Rajpal Yadav , Paresh Rawal , Sunil Shetty , Om Puri , Sushma Reddy and Anupam Kher . Shahid Kapur?s cherubic charm makes him perfectly suited for the character of Jeetu, a small-town guy with a conspicuous lack of business acumen. Jeetu is engaged to Pooja (Sushma Reddy). He is tragically unlucky in every moneymaking enterprise he ventures into. Overburdened by debts, scorned at by his father-in-law, Jeetu decides to commit suicide so that his father (Anupam Kher) can settle the debts with the insurance money. But Jeetu fails even in this endeavor and is fished out of the sea by two quirky fishermen Bandya (Rajpal Yadav) and Gundya (Paresh Rawal), who mistake him to be a rich guy after finding a slip in his pocket. Jeetu conveniently pretends that he is mute and deaf. Gundya decides to use Jeetu and Bandya to settle his old debt to a Gujarati businessman. He sends the two to do household chores in the house of Prabhat Singh (Om Puri). In this household, while Bandya goes about the daily chores, Jeetu develops a rapport with Prabhat Singh?s niece Shruti (Kareena Kapoor) and her cousin Meenakshi (Neha Dhupia). Like Jeetu, Shruti too is mute. She is a simple girl who spends her time painting canvases, praying and whiling away time with Meenakshi, who is her voice. The Gujarati household also has Shruti?s overprotective brother Mangal (Sunil Shetty), who is overexcited about the prospect of marrying his sister to a rich Gujarati businessman. In the meantime, Jeetu?s secret is exposed to Shruti and her cousin. They promise to keep his secret under the condition that he must help them break Shruti?s marriage with the Gujarati businessman. Love sprouts and blossoms between Shruti and Jeetu. And Shrutis overprotective brother comes to know of this. In a surprising twist, Mangal gives in to his sister?s wishes and accepts Jeetu as a possible groom for Shruti. But Jeetu?s troubles are far from over. His fianc?e Pooja shows up. Jeetu finds himself in a romantic tangle. He has to choose one of the two women. Priyadarshan has not attempted to make an out-and-out comedy film. Chup Chup Ke has a sufficient dose of humour to entertain and enough drama to pull a couple of strings at heart. However, the overall impact of this fusion remains a tad tepid. From comedy to drama, the plot oscillates unconvincingly and by the time the movie draws to close, the farce is stretched to the point of snapping. Humour and gags work in the sequences featuring Rajpal Yadav, Paresh Rawal and Shakti Kapoor. Rajpal Yadav?s naturally unassuming demeanor and the witty lines he delivers make for an entertaining watch. Paresh Rawal is brilliant as usual, but he should have been given more footage in the film. Shahid Kapur plays his part comfortably and convincingly. The young actor also gets to show his flair for humour in some sequences. However, his chemistry with Kareena Kapoor still leaves much to be desired. Kareena has no dialogues in the film, but she enacts her mute part very well. Surprisingly, Neha Dhupia leaves quite an impact in this film with her new, homely avatar. She ought to take more of similar roles. Om Puri does invoke a few laughs while playing his raucous character. Sunil Shetty is plain average. Chup Chup Ke does entertain in the first half. In the second half, the plot steers into the unexpected territory where family drama, mushy emotions and sentimentality take precedence. Seen renigunta (Johnny, Sanusha, Nishanth and Sandeep).Banner: Film Fabricators Cast: Johnny, Sanusha, Nishanth and Sandeep Director: Panneerselvam Music: Ganesh Raghavendra Lyrist: Na. Muthukumar It appears this may well be the Golden age in the history of Tamil cinema in terms of a rapid increase in realistic, sensible films being made. In the midst of today’s ultra-modern magnum opuses from India and abroad, look at the list of recent realistic Tamil films: Subramaniapuram, Saroja, Vaaranam Aayiram, Poo, Abhiyum Naanum, Vennila Kabadi Kuzhu, Naan Kadavul, TN 07 AL 4777, Yavarum Nalam, Pasanga, Naadodigal, Gnabagangal, Sindhanai Sei, Eeram, Unnaipol Oruvan etc. All these were highly-acclaimed, not just because they narrated fresh stories, but were so naturalistic that even an average cinemagoer could feel the intensity of human experiences, be it positive or negative. Renigunta, director Panneerselvam’s latest, made with newcomers including producer S.S. Chakravarthy’s son Johnny as hero, is one such outstanding film which leaves a great impact on viewers. Once you come out of the theatre, you would surely believe that the “to live or not to live” episodes in Renigunta should never happen to you. So go and watch Renigunta, but leave your small kids at home. (Renigunta is ‘A’ certified.) The story goes like this: Sakthi is a happy-go-lucky guy, but his father Sethupathi, a clerk, has great dreams that his son should become a successful engineer. Realizing Sakthi’s inability to be outstanding in studies due to his limited brainpower, his father stops compelling him to become an engineer; rather, he inspires him to choose any vocation he can shine in! Sakthi’s peaceful family life suddenly vanishes when his parents are brutally murdered (in front of him and an apathetic public) by Kathir, prime accused of a murder case in which Sakthi’s father was a key eyewitness. Broken up by the painful and tragic loss of his loving parents, Sakthi decides to take revenge, but in vain. He is caught in his murder attempt due to his inexperience and remanded for 14 days. Due to his shy nature, Sakthi has to undergo severe harassments from the jail guards, where he meets four young, inborn criminals including lame Dabba and fat guy Pandu. He becomes friendly with them only to avoid torment from the jailers. Sakthi has no plans to join the group, but at the same time, is greatly attracted by their love and concerns. The four guys plan to escape from jail; at the last moment, they forcibly take Sakthi to the world of freedom and gradually introduce him to a criminal life. In flashback, the guys come to know about Sakthi’s past and decide to kill Kathir. After executing Kathir, the five friends take a train to Mumbai to avoid the police special force, but fate leads them to a local don in Renigunta (near Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh). In Renigunta, Sakthi meets a dumb girl and love slowly blossoms between them. In fact, the girl’s brother-in-law is a pimp, procuring for his own wife. Realizing her husband’s intention to introduce her dumb sister into the fresh trade, the akka requests Sakthi to elope with her younger sister. With the consent his friends, Sakthi fixes a date to leave the place with his lover. Meanwhile, the local don hires these five friends to kill a prominent contractor, leading to a big twist in the whole story. The murder attempt fails; Pandu is beaten to death on the spot by contractor’s security guards. The special force swoops down on the rest of the teammates who are brutally killed one by one, except for Sakthi. Whether he manages to escape from the police and accomplish his dream of a peaceful life with his lover forms the rest of the film. One can’t say that Renigunta only has bloody violence; it also has plenty of (black) comedy, romance and sentiments, and all components are convincingly presented just as in Subramaniapuram. Thanks to director Panneerselvam, Renigunta is completely free from any sort of exaggeration, be it in graphics, number of songs, length and “superman effects” of the fight scenes. All credit goes to Panneerselvam’s clean script, the highlight of the film, which gives everything in the right proportion. In short, Renigunta simply rocks! 24-01-2010 Sunday Morning coffee seen renigunta end part. Today straigt meals at 12 Noon Kaliflower seekoottu. We started for temple at 1PM and 1 hour drive to MahaGanapathi temple for Sathya Narayana Pooja. Pooja at 3 Pm and started at 3:120PM and finished at 5PM. Chithra Shanmugam also has come. Back home by 6PM. I was seeing arumugam. Aarthi put Tare jamin per Hindi DVD and I stopped my movie and seen that. Night dinner at Jayanthi house told. Aarthi told that Jayanthi hr friend invited for dinner and asked me is it OK and I said no problem. WHen they all are going there for dinner and invited and what should I do and said OK. After that Aarthi told tiffin in our house only. Only they three to chat only told it seems. I said Ok. She told at 8:30PM she will give me tiffin. Jayanthi has come and were talking and feeding SriKrishna. It was 9:15PM and askedme and I told you were feeding him. She gave me onion dosa good one. Seen Arumugam movie (Bharath, Priyamani, Saranya Mohan, Ramya Krishnan, Ilavarasu, Karunas, Satyan and others…). Every once in a while, just when you think Tamil cinema is taking a step in the right direction with serious scripts and different formats comes a movie like Kool Productions' Arumugam. The film destroys any faith you might have in creativity and execution. When the culprit in question is Suresh Krishna, veteran of commercial blockbusters like Annamalai and Baasha, there doesn't seem to be any hope left. With a cast like Bharath, Priya Mani [ Images ], Ramya Krishnan [ Images ] and a host of other regulars, this film should be on its way to becoming a runaway hit. So why isn't it? Here are a few reasons: 1. Rehashing the entire script of old tried and trusted hits (like Annamalai) will not work. The hero Arumugam (Bharath) is dressed up in oversized shirts with a towel wrapped around his middle. Instead of having him sell milk, he's an idli-vendor. Of course, Arumugam faithfully imitates the Superstar Rajnikant's lingo, hand gestures and body language until he has the audience squirming in their seats. 2. Making him have a friend like Annamalai's Sarath Babu. Here, it is Karthik (Aditya), a rather washed-out looking guy, meant to reflect the upper class. The rich Karthik, for no reason, is somehow poor Arumugam's closest friend. Getting the poor cinematographer S K Boopathy to add deepening sun-rays for effect don't really work either. 3. Getting Saranya Mohan to play Mallika, Arumugam's sister, yet another washed out character whose apparent purpose in life is to hike up her pavadai, moan about her brother, serve idlis and run around with nothing to do. When will someone give this pretty girl a chance to act? 4. Roping in National Award winning actress Priya Mani to play the silly Yamini, Arumugam's love interest. Why would a rich father marry his daughter off to an idli-vendor, no questions asked, is a million-dollar question. Add to that the fact that Yamini has never even seen Arumugam, only corresponded to him through letters (in this day and age) and you have the silliest romance of the century. 5. Adding, in an attempt to ape the cult-classic Padaiyappa, yet another version of Nilambari -- this time, it's Malini Devi, essayed by Ramya Krishnan, looking sensuous as ever, but also bored out of her wits. She's haughty, beautiful, willing to do anything to thwart Arumugam because the young man foiled her lofty ideals for her brother Karthik's marriage. The way she retaliates would make you shriek with laughter. She's a carbon copy of Nilambari and exists for no purpose but to let Arumugam have the screen space to ape Rajnikanth's [ Images ] body language. The rest of the cast isn't even worth talking about. 6. In addition to all the above reasons, there's Deva's music, borrowed, rehashed and boring as ever, while Premgi's dialogues are terribly clichéd and lack any substance. What is really puzzling is why the cast chose to act in a movie (no matter how long ago that was) that's so devoid of any logic or charm that you can barely sit in the theatre after half an hour. An ever bigger mystery is why Suresh Krishna felt the need to come up with a half-baked storyline culled from several different Rajni movies, and serve them up to his audience. In fact, you wonder if he really did direct this film at all. 25-01-2010 Monday Morning Seen Neeya Naana (paniyalargal Vs Nugarvor). Took dosa sabji. Seen Deal No Deala (Chellammal). Aarthi prepared vegetable pulav and took lunch at 1:15PM. Seen Tare Jamin per movie DVD in TV. Evening Video chat with Sudha Surya. Aarthi suresh went for walmart and Borders shopping and I said I will be in the house. Seen Madurai Sambhavam (Harikumar, Karthika, Anuya, Radharavi) Madurai Sambhavam, an action packed movie set in Madurai. The film is about the gang wars, Betrayal and Revenge. Also has the basic ingredients of a masala entertainer like Glamour, Romance, Action, Kuthu and Tiruvizha Songs. Aalamarathaan(Radharavi) a bigwig in Aattuthotti, a place in Madurai. He is dreaded by his enemies. His word is the law among the people. He involves in ‘Katta Panchayat’ and instant justice is meted out to those who break the rule. He lives with his family consisting of his son Kutty(Harikumar), Son-in-Law, Daughter,grand daughter and his Mother. Gomathi(Karthika) is a relative of Kutty and she is madly in love with him. Aalamarathaan is supported by his Son-in-Law,Marudhu and Kutty. Enters ‘Cut-out’ Ganesan(Kadhal Dhandapani), local MP, who has come to power with the support of Aalamarathaan. Ganesan and Aalamarathaan enter in loggerheads and Cutout decides to end Aalamarathaan and his loyal men’s. With the support of DIG Subramani(Rajkappoor) he tries to bump off Aalamarathaan and gang but all his attempts get failed. Meanwhile Kutty bumps off Ganesan’s in-law. Enters Carolene Thomas(Anuya) a police officer who has been appointed specially to restore Law & Order of the troublesome area. On the course of her local visit, she meets Kutty and it’s love at first sight, which leads to a twist in the tale. Kutty believes in Carolene words. Meawhile Kutty’s uncle Marudhu gets killed and Aalamarathaan thinks that Marudhu is killed by Ganesan and gang. He seeks revenge and kills Cutout Ganesan and his wife. Aalamarathaan goes to his friend’s place and instructs Kutty to be cautious. After a series of unexpected events, the movie ends with a chilling climax. Harikumar excels in action sequences but has to work on emotions. Radha Ravi is competent with his dignified make-up, slow dialogue delivery and body language, steals the show. Anuya,in a deglamourished role. Her subtle expressions and emotions deserves special mention. Karthika is passable. Sukumar’s camera and John Peter’s music are average. Director Eurekha has tried to give a complete action packed mass entertainer and has delivered it hot. Aarthi suresh has coem at 9:30PM and took chappathi chutney (peerkangai) & played with SriKrishna and slept. 26-01-2010 Tuesday Morning Eakadasi day. Aarthi told that She and suresh going with Srikrishna to get her driving license to be renewed and library class for Srikrishna. she asked me if you want you can come with us and I told Ok doesnt matter, you go & come. seen Nadandhadhu enna (usual custom like angaraka dosham (marriage with plaintain tree), marriage with donkey for rain like that). Here one marriage in pallipudhupattu village (kandamangalam, Villuppuram) marriage of a girl (6years age) with frog in the tank. Marriage presentation list to be registered with the government approval (rule to be formed in the Parliament). Santhakumar advocate explained in the appasamy case (it is not to be taken as faulty). evening seen Ayendham Padai (sundar) and took care of SriKrishna. I told Sudha about Las Vegas. Suresh has invited his friend Ramesh for night dinner. Aarthi prepared Chappathi sabji & kuruma. They have invited Jayanthi family also. But they have come for sometime and went back. Ramesh has coem at 8:30PM and we all took chappathi kuruma sabji. Night seen Ek duje Liye Ma ro Charithra songs and seen Marocharithra Movie for an hour (5/15). I made SriKrishna slept on my lap. 27-01-2010 Wednesday Morning suresh went to office early at 7:45AM. Seen Other parts Maro Charithra. Super singers not come because of Republic day special. seen Anthuleni Katha Jaya Prada .... Sarita Jayalakshmi .... Prasad Babu .... Tilak Narayan Rao .... Sripriya .... Bharathi Rajnikant .... Murthy Kamal Hassan .... Arun Anthuleni Katha (1976) Plot 1 Saritha ( Jayaprada ) is a working woman in a middle class family. She works hard to support her widowed sister, unmarried sister, her blind younger brother, her mother, her drunkard brother Murthy and his family. Her father abandons the family and becomes a saint. Her brother not only does not take responsibilities, but also creates additional problems for her. She has a longtime boyfriend, who wants to marry her, but she doesn't because of her commitment to her family. His eyes now wander to Saritha's widowed younger sister ( Sripriya ) who reciprocates his feelings. Saritha, after reading her boyfriend's love letter to her sister, arranges for them to get married, thus giving up her chance of having a life with him. She eventually accepts a marriage proposal of her boss ( Kamal Hassan ), when she realizes that her brother has become responsible enough to take care of her family. She also helps her distressed friend, played by Phataphat Jayalaksmi to settle in life. She decides to resign from hard work, but could not as the result of turning point in a typical Balachandar style climax. Plot 2 Anthuleni Katha (Telugu) (meaning story without ending) is a 1976 Telugu film directed by K. Balachander. This is Jayaprada's first starring role and is considered to be one of her best films. Rajnikanth and Kamal Hassan play key roles. This film was shot in black-and-white. SriKrishna was playing with me and slept. Aarthi prepared mango gotsu brinjal palya and took lunch at 1PM. Seen Seethakoka Chilaka (Karthik, Aruna & Sarath babu). Evening aarthi gave me a Apple coffee. Uploaded SriKrishna photos and sent to raja hari and others. Seethakoka chilaka (1981) Murali (Karthik), Aruna, Sarathbabu, Master Ali, Sakshi Rangarao, Rallapalli, Janaki, Smitha, Kongara Jaggaiah (Special Appearance) and Others. Mucharla Aruna, Murali (Karthik), Sarathbabu, Smitha and Rallapalli appear in the movie produced under the banner of Poornodaya Movie Creations by Edida Nageswara Rao, and directed by Bharathi Raja. Janaki ekes out a living as a music teacher and with her slender means educates her son. The son, Raghu, a happy go lucky young man whiles away his time doing nothing serious, and is always found in the company of five of his friends. They tease Aruna, David's sister, back home for vacation, for her bad songs. Aruna starts learning from Janaki. In course of time Raghu and Aruna develop love for each other. David in a rage when he comes to know of this warns Janaki of very serious consequences if the affair continues. On the advice of David's wife and with the help of his friends, Raghu tries to elope with Aruna, but their attempt is foiled by David. The movie, however, ends with Raghu and Aruna united in wedlock, thus proving that religion cannot stand in the way of real love. The film was a remake of the Tamil film 'Alaigal Oivathilai'. Karthik's name appears in the credits as Murali. Kongara Jaggaiah has made a special appearance in the film, while ace comedian Ali makes his presence felt as one of the five friends of Raghu. The movie bagged the silver medal at the national level, and the Golden Nandi award at the state level. Vaaranam Aayiram Suriya, Simran, Sameera Reddy, Divya Gautam Vasudev Menon’s Vaaranam Ayiram is intended to be a biography of an ordinary man. What could have been a subtly told story turns into a sloppy fare with way too much of daddy-glorification and emotional I-love-you-and-I-see-you-in-everything-dialogues. However, this memoirs-of-my-dad would have been a wonderful watch if it did not adopt a schmaltzy narrative often, more often than you think actually, interrupted with songs. Gautam has derived inspiration for Vaaranam Ayiram from his own life and hence the movie is by and large close to real life with only very few scenes seeming out of place. Like the middle-class Surya, whose dad struggles to keep up with his family’s expenses, flies down to the USA in search of his love-at-first-sight Sameera - now that is far fetched. However, as clichéd as his love might seem, his sufferings sound more genuine – a feeling that the ‘Anjale’ song only upsurges. The movie opens with an older version of Surya, suffering from throat cancer, succumbing to his disease. With the bare minimum background score and subdued acting, the scene helps to mound the expectations for a few minutes. The news then is conveyed to the son, played by Surya again, who is on a defense operation somewhere in Kashmir. The rest of the movie is the son’s reminiscences of his father – the son’s role overriding the father’s in the process, however. The first half of the movie drifts away with nothing significant in the offing. In less than half-hour, it breaks into two songs. Surya (dad/son) falls in love twice and loses the love of his life. The second half, however, spruces up with the kidnap episode and the journalist rescue operation. Vaaranam Aayiram is an out and out Surya show. When the man disrobes his tee to flaunt his rippling muscles acquired after hard slog, the ladies scream their lungs out. His subtle expressions after losing out his dad to cancer score as good as his screams and emotional turbulence after losing his girl. Surya Senior’s makeup screams for attention, though. Simran comes a close second with her puffed eyes and refined articulation of emotions announcing that she is ageing gracefully. Sameera has a constant grin, which is adorable. But all she could come up with after seeing her stalker at her doorsteps in the US is a surprised expression after getting a scoop of her favorite ice cream unexpectedly. Surya – Sameera’s first meet in the train is well conceived and executed. Divya, however, is in her quietest form oozing loads of sophisticated attitude. There are touching and heart-warming moments in the movie; however, they are few and far between. Like the scene in which the cancer patient dad expresses his helplessness in telling stories to his grandson since his vocal chords no longer support him and Simran’s emotional silent outburst when she is being told that her husband is about to start his final procession to the burial ground. Harris’ music complements Thamarai’s lyrics with almost all songs, albeit termed as interruptions, hummable. And as Sudha Raghunathan breaks into the Anal Mele song in her unconventionally mellifluous voice, the movie’s sluggish pace is curtailed. Adiye Kolluthe, partly rendered by Shruti Hassan, seems to mark the beginning of Tamil punk-rock. The three hour long movie advocates non-smoking heavily and hits the smokers hard with the harsh reality of its consequences – cancer, for instance. Verdict - Surya show! Night seen Varanam aayiram movie. seen Republic day spl patti mandram Nattin edhir kalam Kazhaniya (field) Vs Kaniniya (Computer) in Kalaignar TV Erai anban judge. 28-01-2010 Thursday Morning Coffee. Breakfast Bread sandwich. Seen Guru En alu (Madhavan, Mamta Mohandas, Abbas, Brinda Parekh, Vivek, M S Bhaskar, Manobala, Mayilusamy, Sona, Renuka, Aarthi, Poovilangu Mohan) After remaking veteran director K Balachander's 'Nan Avan Illai', Selvah is ready with the remake of the recent Bollywood hit 'Yes Boss'. 'Yes Boss', the original had Shah Rukh Khan and Juhi Chawla in the lead with Aditya Pancholi doing a supporting role. 'Guru En Aalu' will mark KRG's 49th production - the producer returns to filmmaking after a five-year hiatus. Says Selvah: 'It's a light-hearted comedy. Guru (Madhavan) is a young ambitious man who will do anything to keep his boss Krishna (Abbas) happy. Guru aspires to start his own advertising agency as promised by his boss and everything goes awry till he meets and falls in love with a beautiful girl. His boss also lays his eyes on the same girl, a model named Seema (Mamtha) and desires to add her to his list of mistresses. Seema, a middle-class hostelite, has dreams of making it to the top of the glamorous world of fashion. While Guru begins to love Seema, she naively gets taken in by Krishna's smooth talk and is drawn towards him. 'Guru's dilemma is that he has to keep his boss happy to fulfill his ambition and yet he is aware that his beloved is being conned into a false relationship', Selvah says. Vivek, M S Baskar, Manobala, Mayilsamy are also in the cast. Music is by Srikanth Deva while cinematography is by U K Senthil Kumar. The other credits are Siva Yadav (art), Thalapathy Dinesh (stunts) and V T Vijayan (editing). Says Selvah, ' When I informed Shahrukh that I would be doing his 'Yes Boss' in Tamil, he immediately suggested Madhavan's name for the lead role. Madhavan too was eager to work in the project. Mamta plays the role enacted by Madhuri Dixit'. Madhavan is upbeat about the movie. He says, 'I had seen 'Yes Boss' several times. It has emotions, romance and humor in it. Selvah is a crafty director, who can do justice to the script' Says Vivek, ' In Guru En Aalu, I play a woman for the first time. Everyone on the sets including Madhavan was stunned by my looks'. Aarthi prepared Keerai koddu hulipalya, cabbage palya and I took lunch at 1:30PM and the meals was very good. Jayanthi (her friend) brought rice and chat with radhika. I have put diaper dress for Srikrishna and combed him and put powder and took photos. MIAMI 31-01-2010 Sunday Morning took bread sandwich. Went to walmart and bought gift for Nithila and went to their house / hall. First took meals (samosa, idle, naan pattani, pulave rice, semiya curd rice, vadam, payasam & coke etc. Then Nithila cake cutting function. Then back home by 3:30PM. Night went to madhwa temple and back with suresh. Night two chappathis. 01-02-2010 Monday Morning Aarthi prepared meals onion murungai sambar, beetroute palya. Suresh went to office by 8 AM and came home by 11:35 AM. We took melas and ready. I have packed aarthis dresses with SriKrishna. Suresh took us to airport. He already made checkin thro net and brought boarding pass. Went for checking bags and being child bag, she checked all baby food items one by one and aarthi bag fully and asked us to pack back. We went in the flight as last persons. Our suitcases were put in flight luggage and went in the flight. Reached Atlanta (ATL) at 5:55PM (sch. 6:19PM). Went to d1A terminal and waited for 8:45PM.)& started by 8:45PM and reached Miami at 10:45PM and came out with bags. Raja Sudha has come and took us to the house were talking for sometime, took meals (bompla kotsu) and slept at 1AM. Raja has bought bed set for the room. 02-02-2010 Tuesday Morning Sudha gave me coffee. Bread toast tiffin. Downloaded Grand Canyon photos in picasaweb and sent to Aarthi (full), Raja Surya, Hari & Sudha. Took lunch at 1PM (Keerai kootu, carat palya) and copied photos to DVD and cleared camera. Evening Aarthi and Sudha went for walking and asked me to stay in the house. Started seeing Paa (Abhishek Bachan). Ullaththai alliththa (karthik, jaiganesh, goundamani & Manivannan). Night chappathi tiffin and Raja did office work. 03-02-2010 Wednesday Morning coffee and bread toast tiffin. Took care of SriKrishna for walking and back home. Seen Chathrapathi (Sarathkumar). Seen Anna Nagar Muthal Theru (Sathyaraj). Raja didn’t come for lunch also. Sudha prepared mango kotsu, beans palya and took lunch at 12:45PM. SriKrishna was palying and took meals by seeing TV DVD rhymes. Evening seen Dr.Siva (Sivaji & Manjula). In SUN TV Vanna thamizh paattu. Evening we all went for Winn-Dixie and myself Sudha went for walking and took SriKrishna also and back at 8PM. Took dosa tiffin. Seen Super Singers Junior 2 Sharath, soumiya, Sahana, Vishnuchcharan participated. 04-02-2010 Thursday Morning Seen super Singers Junior 2 Patriotic Bharathiyar songs round Srihari, Prasanna Sudnar, Nithyasree & roshan participated today and this week no elimination and all the fifteen to next round. Walking with SriKrishna for an hour. Took lunch at 12:45PM (kudamilagai sambar, seppenkizhangu palya). Evening resk coffee. Seen Pithamagan and Priya in SUN TV. Seen Pavun pavunuthan. Went for walking with sudha SriKrishna and back home. Sudha was telling about me that when were in T.K.Kundram first her parents have come and we have to go to Ambattur and they said you go and we will be here and I have told them not to be there and asked them to go. Like this only in every house in the earlier days after marriage she told. I told I could have not told at all. Night Dosa sambar tiffin. Triplicane sudha amma (Aji) admitted in the kalyani hospital for hip problem and now better told and sudha talked to kittu amma and feels better. Seen super Singer Junior 2 This week in movielanka.com (1,2&3/2-2010) isai darbar (Ishwarya & Siva Karthikeyan and Mano Subha & Anand Vaidhyanathan. Night phoned to Ram Ram and asked about shanthi homa for Harini and he asked us to perform Naala Veshtana Shanthi homam. When asked here thro mail and yogeendhra bhatt told not necessary, for the better sake you can perfrom panchakavya homam for sudhdhi. Night phoned to sairam and asked him to send paybill details. Asked ranga to enquire this. 05-02-2010 Friday Morning seen sairam didn’t sent any mail. Seen super singers junior 2 yesterday episode and out of 15 , soumiya eliminated in this round. Surya told that Ranga asked us to perfrom homam. Bread toast tiffin. Seen honest Raj ( Vijaykanth). Evening Seen Sakala kala Vallavan & Amarkalam. Seen Anbulla Rajnikanth. Sudha Aarthi Srikrishna went for walking and I took care of Harini for 3 hours fully. Night adai tiffin. Myself Raja Sudha went to airport and seen Ananthu Jayanthi and brought them to the house. Talked with them upto 12:30AM. Seen Unnidathil ennai koduthen (Karthik, Ramesh Kanna and Roja, Ajith, mouli. 06-02-2010 Saturday Morning myself Ananth went to winn-dixie & back. Jayanthi prepared uppuma and took tiffin. Seen Morning raga movie for sometime. Lunch (mango gotsu, cabbage palya). Went to Berlington and Ananthu bought troller for Harini and bumper and dresses. Aarthi out of door. Evening Raja Ananthu Jayanthi Sudha went for asian stores and back after 2 hours. Night Paratta tomato thokku. Seen Vettaiyadu Vilaiyadu SUN TV. I took care of Harini fully. 07-02-2010 Sunday Morning Coffee Bread toast tiffin. Ananthu Raja went to temple for Manikandan Gurukkal. Function starte at 10:30 AM and finished at 12:30PM. Function went on nicely and named Sahana, Lakshmi, Harini. Raja took the priest to the temple. Srihari, Ranga Murthy, Suresh Raga Viji seen the function thro webcam. Telugu Krishna took video and Ananthu took Photos. Aarthi was inside the room and I took care of SriKrishna fully. Took lunch ( senai kootu, Plaintain palya, carrot palya, chithrannam, arisi paruppu payasam, ambodai. Raja took lunch with sridevi Krishna family after leaving the gurukkal in the temple. Evening Surya prepared pulav , sabji, Onoin Bakoda sudha – Kesari, mukkadalai sundal, Jayanthi curd rice, readymade chappathi and ananthu Raja helped in cutting onion and cleaning work. I have decorated the Jarini thottle. Evening seen Darling Darling Vijay tv and thangam in sun tv. Evening Raja Surya friends have come. Before that Sudha Jayanthi put Harini in her cradle with song/ Dinner started ( Chappathi sabji, sundal, onion pakoda, pulav, curd rice,, sweet kesari, cold Juice, chips etc.) and function over by 9PM. Seen gifts and slept. 08-02-2010 Monday Morning adai tiffin. Seen Deala No Deala (Radhakrishnan won Rs.2,25,000/- and in the box Rs.2,00,000/-. Super Singers Junior 2 already seen last week. Ananthu Jayanthi muself sudha and SriKrishna went for walking and back home and took lunch (Vendai kairasa, Brinjal palya). Ananthu Jayanthi Aarthi sudha SriKrishna went for joyrus shop and back home. I slept. Shown dance videos to Jayanthi and copied to DVD for her for Sadhana. Viswanathan sent photos of yesterday and seen. Seen Uyir (Srikanth & Sangeetha). Seen Guna in Minnal movies. In Nagpur test SA – 558 / 6 d & India 233 & 66/2 IIrd day end. Evening Ananthu Jayanthi Sudha Aarthi Srishna and myself went to Miami beach (Both places Raja & Raga) and back home. Night chappathi Chenna sundal converted to masala. Night discussed about my house settlement after retirement and I told Left to Sudha decision , most probably Chennai. 09-02-2010 Tuesday Morning coffee. India lost by innings defeat to South Africa. SA – 558/6 d, India 233 & 319. I have tried r_r_murali@yahoo.com (which was locked for a month) given answer for secret question and got cleared and seen 539 mails in inbox and span 530 mails. Told all about this. Sent mails to sairam and others for the payslip details. Bread toast tiffin. Surya prepared bompla sambar, potato palya and took lunch at 1:30PM. Ananthu took Raja to office and back home. Ananthu drove the car to the airport with Aarthi Jayanthi myself and gave sent off to ananthu Jayanthi back to Raleigh and Aarthi drove the car with me and SriKrishna home. Raja brought cake for amma birthday and asked me to ask amma to cut and Sudha cut the cake and we all took the cake and celebrated her birthday which is actually tomorrow, since ananthu Jayanthi are leaving today we celebrated today. Evening seen movie (sathyaraj) and Rajnikanth movie in SUNTV. Coffee. Night dosa chenna masala tiffin. 10-02-2010 Wednesday Morning Morning coffee. Sairam has sent the paybills details and sent him thanking mail Surya was sleeping and Sudha started meals preparation. Sudha served me lunch at 11:15am (Bompla menthe gotsu, beans palya). Surya & Raja went to pediatric doctor and Surya came home and Raja took chappathis and office. Radhika & Surya washing clothes. Aji is not well and Sudha thinking of back home and to be planned accordingly. I have seen the arrears details and monthly around Rs.12000/-extra will come. Rs.3700+8700+D.A 12547. Basic Pension , Family Pension & Commuted Value Calculator (Applicable to post-2006 civil pensioners) ________________________________________ Input Type of Retirement Date of Birth Date of Retirement (dd/mm/yyyy) Total Qualifying Service Years Months Sum of Last 10 months Emoluments (Basic Pay (including Grade Pay)+ NPA ) (in Rs.) Sum of Last month Emoluments (Basic Pay (including Grade Pay)+ NPA ) (in Rs.) Output Basic Pension (in Rs.) Normal Family Pension ( in Rs.) Enhanced Family Pension (in Rs.) Commuted Value of Pension Calculation Input Percentage of Pension to be Commuted (e.g. 10 ) Maximum 40 % Whether the Retirement Day is Last Working Day before Date of Birth Output Amount of Pension Commuted (in Rs.) Reduced Monthly Pension after Commutation (in Rs.) Note : All the figures are indicative Gratuity Calculator (Applicable to post-2006 civil pensioners) ________________________________________ Input Type of Gratuity Type of Retirement Date of Birth Date of Retirement (dd/mm/yyyy) Total Qualifying Service Years Months Sum of Last Month Emoluments (Basic Pay (including Grade Pay) + DA ) (in Rs.) Output Gratuity Amount Note : All the figures are indicative Evening seen Anubavi raja anubavi (Nagesh Muthuraman Rajsree) in rajshritamil.com (Aarthi opened this site). Evening myself and Sudha heard pravachanam by Nochur Venkataraman about Kurai onrum illa mail sent by Jayanthi and it is very nice & good. We should act accorning to mind and not to brain. Sent mail to C.Jayasurya. seen En Suvasakkattre (Aravindasamy) Snehithiye (Jyothika). Raja told that the hotel is not available this week and he has booked for next week, only thing Aarthi may not be here. Night we all went to JC Penny and bought dresses fro Harini and Raja bought pizza and taccobell items and back home and took them. Raja drove two trips for taking us home. 11-01-2010 Thursday Morning. Coffee. Raja told that Return ticket blocked for 16th feb 2010 as per amma request and what do you say. I told I have come for her and whatever she says ok and now because of aji’s health it is ok. Seen Super singers Junior 2 08-02-2010 Mano/ Harish Raghavendra & Pop Shalini and Anand Vaidhyanathan Divya. Alka Ajith , Sharath & Vishnuchcharan. Seen Super singers 09-02-2010 recording. Mano, Harish Raghavendra & Pop Shalini and Anand Vaidhyanathan. Nithyasree spot selected, Srihari , Priyanka spot selected. Sudha served lunch Vendai sambar. Aarthi Sudha went for biglots in the car, but went to Miami beach and back home. Evening Seen Vellikkizhamai Vratham & Ranga (Rajni ). Raja has come and started discussion about return and Radhika phoed Jetairways and asked us to send fax for 16th feb 2010. Raja sent details about the fax to Suresh and asked him to send fax. Raja Surya went for shopping (BJS). 12-02-2010 Friday Morning