Ubiquitense

After all the blah on blogs, news portals and news papers, I watched Aayirathil Oruvan (AO). I wish I were a director in the Tamizh movie industry. Why? Well, it’s so easy to spin a story out of 10 other Hollywood movies and present it in a third-rate platter, for an equally third-rate audience that laugh their heart out when they see heads getting chopped off the bodies, and blood splattering all over the screen. I’ve enjoyed movies like 300 and Saving Private Ryan (uncut version), but the gore is portrayed in an authentic way – not laughable at all. You get the intensity of the action in such movies. Definitely not here in AO, where the graphics for the gore scenes are pathetic and cheap, and looks like it was done in haste.

Throughout the movie, why ‘m I constantly reminded of movies like The Mummy, National Treasure, Gladiator, Tomb Raider, Apocalypto and so on? Looks like Selvaraghavan (huh, the director) took the pains to watch all of these movies (and a few more that I may have missed over here..) to tell an Indianised story.

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Tags: ayirathil oruvan, cholas, pandyas, rating, selvaraghavan

Undoubtedly, Rahman is a phenomenon!

This statement pretty much gives you an idea of what rating this album, Vinnaithaandi Varuvaaya, is gonna get from me and from all other Rahman fans.

Unlike Dilli 6, this album doesn’t pack any new music genres, but who cares…the music is way too beautiful and repeatable for a hero like Silambarasan (a.k.a. Simbu). Gosh, I can’t even imagine how he’s gonna do justice to the sanctity of the songs. When I think of him, I can see his full monty type of dance for the ‘yaar vootla party’ song. Disgusting!!

Well, coming to the album..

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Tags: album, hosanna, piracy, Rahman, songs, tamil, tamizh, VTV

This picture is an example of how framing plays an important role in photography. This wasn’t taken by a professional photographer, but by someone whose creativity was at an all time high when she handled my bulky, button-crazy camera.

And…that someone is none but my WIFE!!!

Photo © Ubiquitense

Tags: framing, kerala, photography, picture, soochipara, waterfalls

1945 was the year it was
When life was snuffed with an almighty burst
The God of a bomb enough to kill some millions
And maim some millions more
Screaming, melting, running, falling
Wilting, burning, man and nature
All was killed, the land was laid waste
Hiroshima and Nagasaki came to be
The burning, bleeding, dying testimonies of
What can be achieved!
All in a day’s work!

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Tags: blog-a-ton, H-bomb, Indira Gandhi, Indonesia, London tube, Methyl Isocyanate, Mumbai, Ramayana, tridents, tsunami, twin towers, Union Carbide, World Trade Center

Well…the buzzword these days is social networking. If you are not on Facebook or Twitter you are really not in with the times. What however is interesting to me is the way such activities are redefining relationships and friendships.

In earlier times, you met a person, you talked, you met again, you talked and then slowly you would decide whether this person shared your wavelength or not. You took your time in deciding whether you would share something in common with this person. Slowly you would build an understanding, and take the relationship to a level to which you felt comfortable. You were able to see the person in flesh and blood. You were able to trust your five senses to judge and assess the other person’s reactions or their body language. You heard their voice and saw their face and well…it was a person to person engagement.

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Tags: facebook, friends, internet, social networking, twitter