Twinkle Twinkle Little Star

 I found this when I was searching for something else. This female is a television actor. Revathy Shankaran. Truly creative I must say!

Dhan Te Nan!

People (living forever under the assumption that my blog has some readers), lemme ask you something. When was the last time you came out of the theatre screaming “Paisa Vasool” after watching a Bollywood flick? Taare Zameen Par? Really?? That long??? Well, wait no more. With Kaminey, all of us can scream our guts out.

The story revolves around 2 G**dus. The first G**du is Guddu and the second G**du is a G**du. Charlie, my fav! Guddu stammers while Charlie says “Mein f ko f bolta hoon”.. Its how they hate each other and the cliched how their paths cross. Its a crime drama with a killer combo of dark humour and violence.

This movie can truly boast that each and every character does full justice to his/her role. I was bowled over by Amol Gupte’s performance as a crackpot politician whose lines are suffixed with Jai Maharashtra. The way he snaps “Ae Gap re” reminded me of my neighbour who uses the same dialogue whenever her husband tries to say something. My second fav character in the movie was Chandan Sanyal. Mikhail, Charlie’s buddy. Nothing much to say here since he’s bound to give a crisp performance considering he’s a seasoned theatre actor. Sweety (PC) was adorable with her Marathi lines and so was Tashi as the dope guy. One very important thing that I noticed was there were no background scores for some large portions of scenes. Nice. I like it.

Amidst all crap like Life Partner, Love Aaj Kal, Tere Sang (or whatever that was *YAWNNN*) Kaminey comes a breathe of fresh air. So go watch it and have fun.

Shahid,

No matter what Fid says, I do not, I repeat I DO NOT have any brotherly feelings for you. Lotsa kisses!

PIA – Palakkad Iyer Airlines

Disclaimer: Not my imagination. This is the baby of some guy called Hari Krishnan on Orkut. Dont wanna transalate this since the fun will be gone, if I do. Read on:

Headquarters: Palakkad, of course! 

 Insignia: The logo of the airline will be panchapatram & Uddharini! The tails of all the aircrafts will carry this sign.

 Inaugural flight: PI 108 from Palakkad to Chennai! (108 is a significant no. for us)

 Crew: The entire aircraft crew will be PIs. The stewards and stewardesses will be clad in soman/angavasthram and 9  yards podavai respectively.

 Menu: The snacks menu will have idli, vadai, adai, bajji, bonda, dosa etc, served on different days. On festival days, the relevant food will be served. Kali/puzhukku on Tiruvadirai, appam/pori on Karthigai and so on. The beverages will include panakam on Sree Rama Navami day. 

 Announcement: The cabin announcement will be in PI Tamil  followed by English as is the standard practice. The  announcement in PI Tamil will run like this: Ellarum vango.  Naanakkum Bhagyalakshmi, intha flight la cabin crew chief. Intha plane no. PI 108 Palakkad lenthu Chennaikku porathu. Porathukku ekadesam oru manikoor aakum. Intha flight la  ongalukku pidicha palaharam ellam vilambuva.

 Intha plane parappikkarathu Capt. Ananthanarayanan aakkum.  Avar kooda Capt. Gopalakrishnanum irukkaan. Cabin crew ellarum nanna namma bashai pesuva. Ongalukku ethavathu venamana engale kooppudungo. Udane varuvom. Ellarum nanna sukhichundu  pongo!

 International Flights: The first international service will be from Palakkad to New York. Flight No. PI 1008. (another no. of significance to us) The announcement will be on the same lines as domestic flight. But being a long haul flight of about 18 hrs, will additionally have the following too: Intha flight 18 manikoor edukkum. Athinale aarukkavathu paduthukkanamana jamakkalam/thalagani kidakkum. Sandhyavandhanam pannandavalukku panchapathram/uddharini kidakkum.

 On Amavasai days, for those who need, Vadhyar service will be available for performing tharpanam! Business and first class passengers will receive compliments: velli panchapatram/uddharini. But also to maintain tradition, the miniskirt will have jarigai and hostess willl have mali poo on head wid kungumam and metti and stuff. and the seats will b alotted according to the gothram…so that the passengers can find their long lost relatives….

 The seats wont have numbers…as in 3 A,B ,C…it’ll have da names of places….lik 3 kodavayoor, 5 perembavoor etc. The entertainment system will have live proceedings of the poojais of kula deivams .. and seats can be allotted according to that also. Another part of the initial annoucement should be: Kulimuri yum kakkoosum pinnaltha side la mathram thaan irrikku, kettela? athu ennathinaala-na… minbhagathila antha edam naangal kovil kettiyurukkom – left la pillayar kovil, ight la bhagavathy kaavu. chapadarathika minnala kovil-kku poyittu vaango”

  At the end before landing ”ippo palakkad la eranga porom, ayyo bhayangara choodu appa velila. flight-lendu erangaratta complimentary visheri eduthukango. rombha santhosham neengal flightla vandel. oru last vishayam – vera flight-leyum kovil kettara kaaryam baaki irukku, therinchida? enna.. kaiya toranthu subhikshama donate pannungo ennu request. sheriya.”

I love..

1. when my GL balances tally with my RTGS payouts!
2. that one cuppa coffee in the afternoon. Its my “ME” time (when I’m alone, sorting my head) and I wouldnt trade those 10 minutes with anyone/anything in the world!
3. it when my superboss asks for my help for explaining some stuff to my team members. I know I’m sounding pompous, but can you imagine how it feels like when the EVP of the unit calls for your help??!
4. walking. Yes. I’m super crazy about them. Though I’m clumsy and keep tripping (Ram feels I have this hidden talent to trip and that I can fall down even on the world’s most flattest surface), I’m always game for a good walk with anyone. It could be the kids in my building (they make me run actually) or my hubby or my dad or a friend. But I love it the most when I’m either alone or with Ram. I can just be ‘me’. Plus, its a known fact that it helps your heart remain healthy. What more, it shapes your butt! So ladies, get into those track pants and sneakers, and start walking.
5. music. I’m not writing much here. Simply put the range is Carnatic to Metal. Keep ‘em coming is all I keep saying.
6. shopping. Bags, shoes, perfumes, watches, earrings, kajal, tops, trousers, jeans, kurtis and more! Orgasmic.
7. my books. Fiction, war novels, autobiographies. Everything. My mom dreads just one sentence from me “I’m going to Crossword”. She fears I wont come back before this civilization ends.
8. lonnnnnnnng drives. Need I say more?
9. that cold shower after a rigorous work out. After all the foo-foo sounds during weight training and 20 minutes of treadmill, all I need is a cold shower! Its yummmmm. Believe me.
10. blogging. Its therapeutic. Thanks Zackie.
11. the kiddos in my building. Nigel (3) and Jaden (2) are my escorts. The way they come running towards me, when I’m coming from work, yelling “Hiiiiieeeeee”.. I forget everything. Muaahh kiddos!
12. dancing. I’m gonna say that again. I love dancing. Period. Right from ball room dancing to Ganpati Bappa’s Visarjan that involves some rough raanti moves. Though that has toned down after marriage. Nonetheless, you put on music, I start swaying.

I’m not able to think of anything more, since there’s SunTV howling on top of its lungs on the background. I’m beginning to panic now.

Quote Analysed

Dave Matthews Band quoted: A girl and a guy can be just friends, but at one point or another they will fall for each other. Maybe temporarily, maybe at the wrong time, maybe too late, or maybe forever .

Yes and as usual, the monkey in my mind started questioning it. The first thing that I thought was “Is this really true?”. For starters, quotes and sayings are just some bunch of words put together that mean something. I always believe that these sentences make sense to us because, we always knew that whats being said is true.

For eg: Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom. I mean, now everyone knows that if you fall down, you will get up. Its a given. You’d have got up even if these words didnt exist. So this is there at the back of your head. Subconscious. When you actually read this statement, you’d nod in agreement, bacause you already knew this! Get my point?? (Now I’m confused!) So to get back to what I was saying, I was wondering if this was true. 

May be its true.  I feel there are many who do end up comparing their partners with their friends, probably to see whats been missing or whats unique in the partner/spouse. Even if there are any shortcomings, love and commitment does overlook such trivialities. Some may not agree with me, but then thats my opinion.

Also I have begun to feel, since there’s always this chance of two pals coming closer, the partners begin to feel insecure. Jealousy creeps in. Women show it very easily, while men, given their king size egos, may live in denial for sometime. May be its due to this “chance/possibility” that married people have hurdles in going out with their pals of the opposite gender unless the spouse accompanies them.

To sum it up, is it safe/sensible to conclude that even if you are commited to one individual, the search for a companion never stops? Then who are you with? And why are you searching? If you are searching for that one person, why are you still together with your current partner? If at all you do end up finding that person, will you stop the search?

I don’t know. I’m leaving the conclusions open!

Addicted to Chaandan Mein

I’ve always loved Kaliash Kher’s songs and music. And no disappointments here. This album is top notch. Brilliant and most mature music. Its Rajasthani Folk fusion and has got some amazing funk bass. Listen to this album on a lazy Sunday evening with some whiskey or wine. 

Raah buhaaru, pag pakhaaru, tame nihaaru ji
Pran vaaru, baiyaa daaru, main naa haaru ji……
Ho aye ji maahre chatar sujaan, leego pehchaan
Kaahe bharmaao ji, aao ji, aao ji, aao ji……..
chaandan mein main taku ree, tera sona mukhda
Pyaara pyaara mukhda
Aanchal mein main rakhu ree chanda ka tukda
Aye ji pyaara mukhda
Tu dhare jahaan paav toh muskaye ye dharti….. saiyaa
Oji mahri binti sunlo aan mhare bhagwan
Hame naa sataao ji….. aaoji aaoji aaoji

PS: Thanks Ram. Thanks Sid.