Booscuthalaa - Untying the Knots

I am an ardent fan of Maniratnam and always eagerly look forward to the release of his movies. Mindblowing screenplay, excellent camera work, brilliant performances and refreshingly thematic music score are some aspects that characterise an offering from the MBA graduate(Mani himself!). And "Guru" is certainly not a letdown in any of these categories. However, does Mani have to refurbish his repertoire? Is it time to come out of the "Mani" image and start thinking out of the box? These were some of the questions that popped up in my mind when I walked out of Satyam after watching the movie a third time. Now that it's quite some time since the movie got released, there is no reason why I should keep rambling on about the story of "Guru". Clearly, this is one of Abhishek's outstanding performances to date. Every hero of Mani underplays and so does Abhishek. The Herculean effort that the superstar(today, he is one!!) has put in for this movie has gone

Vikaasa , - the best place on earth, perhaps next to home. My memories of my school always offer deep solace whenever I'm down and help me move ahead in life. I would always love to go back to school and bask in the warmth of its campus. The coolest thing about school was that we always worked as a family and were extremely passionate about anything associated with the school. I made some really nice friends at school and would always like to keep in touch with anyone even remotely associated with my school. Our annual trips to Ambas vikaasa are just unforgettable. I've been to ambas fiesta every yeat right from Class 4 till Class 10. The Madura Club at Ambas is just fabulous. The otherwise sober Ambas(amudram) used to wear a festive look for 3 days and one might even mistake it for a school in Chennai. Our secret night meetings at the hallowed wooden corridors, paste(ing) 'on the face' sessions at night, ragging juniors(at school, haha!)...what not - We've had a ba

That is a pic that my roomie(housie rather!) Balaji took the other day!!...at our home in Bangalore My most recent photograph... is this!!!.