OKOK-------------Double OK(super partha!!)

Movie Review:OKOK

Oru Kal Oru Kannadi-Udhayanidhi-K,Hansika-Ok,Santhanam-Okay---Verdict-Double OK


One of the ardent fans of director Rajesh.Siva Manasula Sakthi and Boss Engira Baskaran were both massive hits.Very few directors who could
do justice to comedy and still making family entertainers.But the over-reliance on Santhanam is increasing since the first movie.SMS was both about
Jeeva and Santhanam,BEB was more about Santhanam and less about Arya and now OKOK is only about Santhanam and nothing about Udhaya.

Kudos for a producer to don a actor's hat by pumping his money into his production venture.Sports a sunglass throughout the movie including songs
for eyes are the only outlet of expressions and he brilliantly covers that.Dances pretty average and does okok comedy.Anything is less when sharing
screenspace with Santhanam.Emotions,Anger,Love all feelings are covered in the sunglass of "Saravanan".Kuthu number outside Sathyam Cinemas is one laudable
act.And great that he shared more screenspace with "Partha" who is more bankable than him though its his money in the film.

Hansika, cute,fat bubbly girl reminding of Khushboo,emotes well only when compared to Udhaya and does a decent job in songs,scenes, and chirpiness.

Sayaji Shinde,usual girl's dad role,Azhagam Perumal wasted,Saranya leveraged in her trademark comedy element.

And Partha who shoulders the entire film in his shoulders.With a debut hero and unknown heroine and worthy actors given unworthy roles, its this guy who pulls
the entire mylapore temple "theru" in his hand.Whole OK goes to this guy.Rajesh is one of the very few who pulls the best out of Santhanam.The way he acts,his scooter
and janavasa car and his ramarajan color dresses and his dance skills in songs, and his dialogues.They are the only fodder for laughter in the movie.It is said this guy
has his own lollu sabha team and discusses about dialogues every day and heard that he is much into spirituality."Fact fact",Carrom KS Ravikumar,Pondicherry modha bus tamizhan,
there are too many to relish.Santhanam is the only reason that the film is going to run.Everyone came in just for that reason and he did not disappoint.The way he emotes a dialogue of
a brahmin from mylapore and his jangiri episode,brings the theatre down.

Director Rajesh once said he would even make a movie without heroine but not without Santhanam, very true.

Great chorea and interesting locales for songs.Songs are a big drag in the movie and they slow down the pace of the movie.Steps have been thought knowing well the debut hero.
Music is OKOK and not upto the mark.We had awesome bgm from SMS from Yuvan and they are missing big time here.

All the usual elements of Rajesh movie:Guest role for Arya/Jeeva,TASMAC style comedy,Adult dialogues,larger than role for santhanam,hero's mom given good role are present in
ample amount in the movie.

First half is damn slow with two songs coming in quick succession for no reason and they put you a little bit down.Second half picks up speed thanks to "partha".

Overall-One time watch for "Partha" engira Santhanam

An Eye for an Eye

An Eye for an Eye

Here is my very old experience but still fresh in my mind.This post is not intended to boast that I care socially but a sincere attempt to invigorate people to do more for our under privileged sections of the society.

It had always intrigued me to do something for visually challenged people(blind is so much a negative word),Was looking around for opportunities to do something hit upon a chance to be a scribe to them courtesy a guy from Loyola College.Loyola College has special departments that teach courses for these special people and conducts exams as well.When these people study using braille books or audio visual aids, writing exams is impossible for them and there-in we could do our part.

I was fearful at first for the success and failure of the person whom I was writing was not dependent on him but on me and so I had to be doubly careful to doing it right.Overcame nervousness and went in for the exam.Ushered in the exam hall, and there was a bright guy sitting in the bench with all the hopes and no nervousness that we would typically associate with a student in exam hall.

A small tip or a tutorial for first time scribes could ease some pressure, but nevertheless it was not a daunting task.Question papers were given and this guy was asked 2-3 times of the exact question code for all depends on that.different people were doing different exams and so possibility of people eavesdropping were next to null.

One amazing thing was all these special guys had to remember and recollect every thing right from question code to exam pattern-vividly remembered the time when we used to check the paper code from the hall ticket.These people had to be doubly careful for they cannot afford to make mistakes.So all of them memorized even the exam codes and paper pattern.

This guy was so confident and wished me good morning and they had some basic etiquette and they understand that we are there to aid them and are more happy.He opened the discussion a little about his wishes that he wants to study nano technology and amazed me his area knowledge when I said I am hailing from Adyar, he asked do you come from near Madhya Kailash, I was humbled a little coz he knew what he was asking about and talking about.Then went on to explain what I do and he was more than keen to listen.These people listen intently for its some knowledge which they get it without much effort which otherwise they would have to if they were to learn it through braille books or audio visual

courses.

Exam bell rang,I got the question paper, he gave his pen.He asked me to read the big mark questions first-smart chap!. I went on to read both the question choices.He examined both and selected one.One thing to be remembered here even in this he has to make sure he remembers to remembers the first question choice and evaluate between both in choosing all in memory for we have an easy task in juggling between front and back as many times we want.

He started dictating, had an amazing memory power.When I started hearing the lines said by him I knew the stories I had essayed in many exam papers.He gave clear instructions and was damn particular in the way the layout of the answer had to look, I could not afford to do wrong for it was his exam and his efforts.One problem I found was these people had not written and so I had a tough time managing the speed in which he was telling, he was so quick for me for I had to stop him midway asking him again.I boasted myself that I could write in quick but with his dictation speed I had to eat my words.

I thanked myself for I selected English coz I could write in little quicker(had a harrowing time writing in Tamil-more on that later)started writing as quick as I can as legible as I can, i can afford to lose marks on my exam but this was his and so I had onerous responsibility to do it right.He was telling quick and fast and I had developed hand pain-first time in many years during exams-courtesy the guy.

Need to share with you an awesome thing that happened.There was a question to distinguish between private and public sector companies.and so he asked to me draw lines and that too only with pencil and so I asked I would draw one line-he asked me to draw two- i asked only 2 differentiation and so one line is enough and then he told me to draw two and so I did.

He asked me to write titles as "classification basis", "private sector", "public sector" Gosh,I kneeled before this guy.Since kindergarten days I would have encountered 1000s of classification questions many a time we have skipped those questions never drew lines in the middle and here was a guy asking me to put a title for the classification basis.

I completed the big mark questions and with him on the way I knew this guy would zoom in marks in this exam and then he came to short answer questions he was right to the point and even gave examples to quote for short answers.Meanwhile beverages were provided and I gave him which he plainly refused saying it is for us.I frankly dint want to drink it that time coz that is his exam time.we completed the exam right on time and this guy also had sketch pens to underline important points, I had to underline the whole paper for in all were important.

I did the same and felt damn happy for this guy.He happened to mention that he had flunked a paper and was repeating it that semester.He dint retort with a thank you-I still have not forgotten what he said-Thanks you wrote in real quick for I had tough time in some exams for people to catch up with my speed.My hands were writhing in pain but for a good reason.

I wished him all the best for consecutive exams and parted ways with that amazing person.

This experienced prompted me to undertake more assignments for such people and I happen to repeat it more than once after this episode.

Happen to write in Tamil for a guy in teachers training school in Saidapet. Found it damn damn hard to write in Tamil for it had been almost 6-8 years since I had written Tamil and all the more Tamil is different script compared to English and i wrote it in a peculiar way making it even more hard.and this guy had not read properly it seems.He happen to repeat the same thing again and again and I had to stop him to tell you had told already and he would come up with next lines for the question.We finished the exam and I bid him good bye feeling happy once again.

I request everyone of them to experience this rich feeling at least once in their lifetime.....

All the best for you all-not sure if there are scribe opportunities right now-but this link could prove helpful www.iscribe.co.in

I scribed.......................V N Balaji

Why this Kolaveri?

Things that have annoyed me or maybe I am hyper-sensitive to such things-here goes the list which have managed to raise my tempers a bit here in Chennai

• Why do vehicles chase after an ambulance creating nuisance for other vehicles as well as increasing accident ratio?
• Vehicles refusing to give space for a blaring ambulance in busy roads-possibilty of patient's life getting saved also depends on the time of their heart attack- if its peak hour-their chances are dim
• Uniformed guys choosing to eat food or drink tea in all roadside shops for FREE
• Women riders almost getting a free hand and never being caught by regulators at all
• College buses especially in OMR zipping and zapping flouting all rules making bikers lives dangerous
• Pot holes on all strecthes of road giving bikers the most troubles
• Politicos Scorpios and Innovas flouting every rule but escaping the wrath be it in rule or not
• Human beings involved in sewage cleaning of human sewage though banned by court
• Colleges charging capitation fees in a variety of ways to the tune of lacs
• Schools charging like colleges for their admission
• Admission forms given for kindergarden applications at odd hours and parents made to wait in long queues at untimely hours
• Govt promoting alcohol having opened 6000shops and raking in 17,000 crore every year and increasing the timings of the shops as well
• All Ultra deluxe buses have ultra deluxe only in name, pathetic seats, no TV, etc
• Share autos are 3 wheeled demons,racing with almost 8 people exclusive of the driver in these roads at high speed
• Parking fees in shopping malls, are indicator of prices inside the mall
• Street biking in roads making lives dangerous
• More mani mandapams opened only to encroach space and encouraging social menace-why not a single big one to house all of them-past,present and future
• 4lane roads are 2 lane roads and 6 lane roads 4 lane roads-thanks to encroachments on both sides
• Why do people go star crazy when they are just normal human beings doing there profession-acting?
• Crores of gold donated to temples which could go to feed hunger or eradicate diseases
• Actors ready to endorse everything from coffee to hair oil but refusing to endorse social causesBlaring stereo not just for their own cars but for other guys around-noise pollution
• Why do bloggers try to write everything they can- act as reformers of society :)

                                                                                                                                 V N Balaji

How to ride bike in Chennai without getting caught?

The following account is months of painstaking research and notes-not all of them were experienced by me-notably women and bike episodes.

Handy guide for bike riders in Chennai to save their hard earned money to spend in Sathyam Cinemas than some where else:

Not an exhaustive list(though)

• Dont speed up on an empty stretch of road
• Dont raise accelerator in a good stretch of road
• Beware of signal points and zebra crossings
• Always stand one or two lines back of in zebra line
• Travel with an older guy preferably age 50+
• Dont travel with persons equal your age if your age is between 20-35
• All the more dont travel with persons your same age of opposite sex in ECR
• If possible travel with your mom, you would never be caught
• Dont keep left, go right lane, many station themselves in the right side
• Look out for "white" signs 500ms ahead using telescopic vision,slow down deliberately
• Never speed up in a road which you have not traversed for over a week-you would not know danger spots
• Simplest one- wear a helmet-that reduces 75% of being caught
• Travel in car if possible, cars are rarely caught
• Travel alongside public transport MTC buses,they offer cover all time
• Travel alongside share autos, they always get caught-giving you time for distraction
• Never park your vehicle anywhere in road,be in bike all the time-ask the shopkeeper to get tea,tender coconut to bike
• Dont sport your company badge-that doubles up the possibility of fine levy
• Studies prove the possibilty of getting caught exponentially increases when travelling with a girl who sits double side than single side
• Be double cautious on ECR,OMR-those are plum areas of possibilities
• Dont be very slow near speed breakers-alert alert
• Have all the xerox of vehicle papers handy-not under the seat cover, but mostly in tank covers

I am a bike rider for the past 10 months having rided along many stretches in Chennai, no offence to regulators.

Feel free to add more points to the same.

KAMAL-Why I love him?

People close to me know that I love Kamal, people closest to me know why I love Kamal, very few know I worship him like God( there is an irony here that kamal being atheist is worshipped as god by me)
I dont rever him as God unlike many mass hero worships-let me state why is he so revered to me?

Finest actor in the country-even people who oppose him for some reasons would attest to that fact that acting and kamal are inseparable, one of the few followers of method acting in India, gives his life to the role.Be it sappani in 16 vayadinile or Kameswaran in MMKR-the variety of roles he has done and the histrionics is just amazing.Few in their prime acting career would sport a "komanam" in a movie and act as lead hero-he did so for the role.Acted in a movie with no songs-Kurudi Punal.Really acted in a movie with no dialogues-but everyone felt the movie because of his acting-Pesum Padam.Only guy to beat him to second place would be Sivaji which he himself accepts-thats humility for you.

Social Worker-You have actors using fans for their benefits-some trying to gain political mileage out of it, some disbanding them in total-some converting them to welfare organs recently-He was one of the first to convert his fans associations to social welfare organizations, fans distribute things to poor and needy during his birthday and donate blood-many of them have pledged their eyes for donation-He stands as a prime example by donating his whole body for medical research-one of the first to do so.He stands up for many social causes- be it Petral Dan Pillaiya or AIDS awareness.Income Tax department announces his name in the list of people who file their returns every year-rarity among actors, he is also one of the highest tax payers in the country.He also regularly features in advts to woo people to vote during elections.Rajini and Kamal are the only bankable actors who refuse to star in commercials sponsoring products for money-very laudable when you have people endorsing from oil to soap.

Good Friend- people who watched Kamal-50 program would know how many friends he has earned in filmdom which is very tough.He has uplifted many a people through his movies.Kadhala Kadhala was a movie which was announced during FEFSI strike and film workers were without work and pay for long and he acted in the movie during that time.Karan was an actor who got uplifted by him.Nagesh always got the best of the roles in Kamal's movies-be it a dead man in "Magalir Matum" or villain in Aboorva Sagotharagal, Avinashi in MMKR or the recent role in Dasavatharam-Nagesh retorted-:he is proud of his last movie-I am honoured-da Kamal". Sivaji was an actor who was not used past his prime-Many wasted him in tiny roles and killed him in 10mins to make way for stardom-100% people would know what a role Sivaji had in Devar Magan.What a chemistry between him and Kamal.Now a days we have all talking about chemistry between dancers-There was live chemistry between both.Very few would invest the money they earned in movies only into movies-other few being Nassar,Prakash Raj.It is different when you have people opening marriage halls,educational institutes- it takes more than courage to invest the money you earn back into industry.Produces many of his high risk movies on his own under RKFI banner-Magalir Matum,MMKR,Kurudi Punal.Some were flops but that did not deter this crusader to do more.

Few nuggets:

• Highest number of National Awards-4(including presidential child actor award)
• Highest number of movies nominated for Oscars
• Refused to list religion while enrolling his daughters
• Relishes Karimeen a kerala delicacy
• Loves banks of Rhine river in Germany
• Writes poetry well
• Recognized dance master
• Learnt workout secrets from MGR
• Keeps the letter KB wrote for him after 16 vayadinile as treasure
• Has a Hummer vehicle-very few in the country have

I know this is not an exhaustive list, but few out of the many I adore this fine human being named Kamal.

Why Do I love Kuchimitai?

All,

Why blog? I believe it is a means of communication to the outer world and space to vent my feelings and share news to people and also an attempt to hone my english skills

Why now? Honestly I did try making one sometime back which was a colossal failure

Why Kuchimitai? we all were kids at one point of time and would have been captivated by the big rosy( and sometimes green) colored cotton candy which was a treat to feast, like all of you I also loved that small difference being I still continue to love Kuchimitai- I love bmw as blog title would have got more hits but I love kuchimitai more than that and hence the title.

What in this? Honestly I dont have an answer right now, But both myself and you would know it soon, I want to make this blog primarily to share what I feel,read and want to share, perhaps educate and entertain as the by-products.

More about this blog and blog post in the coming days.

Coming Soon.........