I don’t know who did this, but this spoof is mighty hilarious. Ukkandhu yosipangalo!!!

Dunno how any1 can keep a straight face when the original starts showing up on Sun TV 

1. The venue was waaaaaaaaaaaay out of civilization – some 70 (SEVENTY!!!) KM outside Chennai and roads clogged like Cooum.
2. The crowd was, well truly Chennai – can’t blame – its part of the city culture. Only problem was you couldn’t see beyond 6 ft, whichever angle you tilted your head – forget seeing ARR.
3. Concert was mostly indeee songs. Vera enna solla.

Damn!!!

Taxi Taxi

Singers: Benny Dayal, Blaaze, Viviane Chaix, Javed Ali

Lyrics: Blaaze, Na.Muthukumar, Viviane Chaix

Marudaani

Singers: Madhushree, A.R. Rahman, Hentry

Lyrics: Vaali

I Miss You Da

Singers: Chinmayi, Indai Haza

Lyrics: Na. Muthukumar

Chinnamma

Singers: Benny Dayal, Chinmayi

Lyrics: Pa. Vijay

Elay

Singers: Krish, Naresh Iyer

Lyrics: Na. Muthukumar

Naan Epodhu

Singers: Reena Bharadwaj

Lyrics: Pa. Vijai

Its quite easy to pick the best song right away – a rarity in Rahman’s albums – Chinnamma of Meenaxi fame stands out as the best even after repeatedly listening to this album for the past two days. May be the tunes were familiar, may be I’m hearing a Chinmayi song after a long time, may be Benny Dayal just rocks or simply because the lyrics are so good. But the other songs do not stick on as much – ok, Taxi Taxi is an exemption with refreshing beats and complementary lyrics.

Madhushree disappoints with Marudhaani. Pathetic pronunciation and frankly it sounds like some weepy mega-serial’s title song. Sigh, so much for the much awaited dream combo.

Muthukumar’s lyrics in Elay is all crap. For Chrissake, Charlie Chaplin acted in silent movies – why should he learn Tamil now. And the “Masa masanu valandhu vittom” line is … eh… well, ever heared of imagination, Muthu?

Chinmayi impresses again with I Miss You Da. Such variations in modulation!!! Can’t imagine its her voice actually – quite a performance.

But the bottom line is – we’ve had better Rahman hits.

]]> http://venky.in/2008/07/20/sakkarakatti-2008-track-listings-and-a-short-review/feed/ 4 http://venky.in/2008/07/11/balram-naidus-ringtone/ http://venky.in/2008/07/11/balram-naidus-ringtone/#comments Fri, 11 Jul 2008 05:56:54 +0000 Venkat http://stayhungrystayfoolish1.wordpress.com/?p=70 Looks like Google throws up this link when people search for Balram Naidu’s Ringtone. Unga saabam enakku vendam  – I’m providing the Cooltoad link here. Hope this is what you are looking for.

I wonder whats wrong with Vijayakant (ya, our own Captain). He saves innocent people from the hands of maniacal terrorists, mean politicians, over-fed gundas and still finds time to romance with slim sexy gals. In retrospect, he’s as good as Dirk Pitt. Wonder why he’s the object of ridicule of all Tamil bloggers and the learned class. Sigh… A slightly off-scale BMI and a bit too much of sun-tan doesn’t make an actor unattractive.

Well, but this post is about Dasavatharam, and not our captain. No, I’m not saying Dasavatharam is more like a Captain’s movie and don’t you go reading too much between the lines now. And here are my observations. Some of them may be quite tangential to yours but hey, I saw the damn thing with bleary eyes and an empty stomach. Here it goes.

Kamal has the knack of seamlessly integrating motley of assorted stories in to a single, long-winding saga – errr not exactly like the Davinci Code, but more like “A Quiver full of Arrows“. Impressive nonetheless.

Speaking of the “Davinci Code”, doesn’t Langdon throw up the empty Cryptex in the air to distract Sir Teabing in the last few pages of the novel. Or am I wrong in comparing that with Govind throwing up the idol to distract Fletcher. Hmm…It can’t be. Both are quite different, actually. For starters, Perumal just don’t break-up on landing. He lands on his feet actually.

Have you seen “V for Vendetta” – particularly the scene when the whole of England gathers wearing “Guy Fawks” Masks. Well I sort of got reminded of that whenever more than 3 Kamals came on the screen at once. Well its tough on the make-up artists to pull a fast one – imagine, to pull so many and so often – sigh… Hope they were paid adequately.

Now, I’m not an art expert and am neither one in science. But whatever I’ve learned in the 3 years of my graduation in Microbiology assured me that it is next to impossible to see viruses with a pair of binoculars. No, not even RAW could’ve done that goddammittttt.

Mallika as a club-dancer!!! Suits her perfectly, though. I remember she was supposed to be ex-CIA or some shit. So, whats she doing there in a club?

Well, the relief was the way Balram Naidu was picturised. Kamal shows his class in this one character. And I loved his ringtone.

Bottom line – hope Henri Poincaré, Edward Lorenz, and Jacques Hadamard don’t turn in their graves.

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After the “roaring success” of Veerasaami, our Super Hero’s next venture it seems, is Karuppannann Kadhali. Eagarly awaiting the release.

Do all girls go mad after being with “Simbhu” for a while?

After the not-so-encouraging reviews, I was a bit skeptical while entering the movie hall to watch Spiderman-3. I’m a Spidey fan and was silently wishing that it wouldn’t be as bad as the Grandma-reviews that the Hindu posts – After all this is the costliest movie ever made.

Within a few minutes of the opening, one by one the villains start to appear and by the time you feel suffocated by the number of new characters, Spidey suddenly (well, not suddenly. The alien life-form does take its time to select and infect its host) turns black – Physically, mentally and spiritually. He’s beleaguered by problems all around him – a sulky girlfriend, his job under threat, friend-turned foe-Harry rooting for his head with better gadgets and not to mention, the ridiculously named and characterized Sandman. It makes even Peter lament at one point of time.

This must be the most complex episode of the franchise so for so that it’s not only Spidey, even MJ isn’t sparred by the cruel turn of events. Her career fails to take off, she’s jealous of Parker’s fame, falls for Harry – once again even if for a brief moment, and has to endure the sight of Peter wooing Gwen Stacy right before her eyes.

As with all comics, there comes a culmination of events which leads to an as-happy-a-ending as possible. Spidey conquers Sandman with his ability to forgive, while Venom falls prey to his addiction – power. Just like our very own Pazhan-thamil movies, Harry sethu vachufies Peter and MJ and dies smiling in their arms.

In the absence of a viable plot, the film does meander along at certain points but the CGI effects make you not only to sit up straight but also brings out the child in you.

Goodbye Toby. You did a good job of bring back Spidey in to our lives. Hopefully your successor will take it to more heights.

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