Sometime, the past week, I was bored, not sure what to do.. So I decided to watch this movie by name "Veerasamy" ...
For the benefit of the readers, who don't know tamil and / or tamil movies.. "Veerasamy" is a recently released tamil movie, which is almost a one-man show..
This is how the opening credits roll out
Production
Direction
Story
Lyrics
Cinematography
Screenplay
Music
Dialogues
Catering(!!!)
Audience (????)
by
Vijay T Rajender M.A (a.k.a V T R, formerly known as T Rajender M.A formerly a.k.a T R)
This appears everytime our hero delivers a punch dialogue. BTW, every dialogue in this movie is a punch dialogue ... it is a punch delivered on the audience, for their choice of movie..
No prizes for guessing who is the hero, comedian, heroine.. oops ignore the last one... it is our very own V T R...
Luckily for us, he has got a well groomed(!!!) and pasted beard, due to which he cannot disguise as the heroine.
After this introduction, I doubt whether you would want to read a review of this movie.. In case, you still want to read the review, then may God save you...
The story is very simple. The hero(V T R, who is also director-cum-producer-cum-story writer-cum-caterer-cum-music director of this movie) is a good samaritan, who helps needy people.. In order to help people, he joins politics and wins an election .. Thanks to his verbal punches at the villains and the dear audience.. Then you have his sister, who loves his arch-nemesis' younger brother (surprise!! surprise!!), who delivers a long dialogue, which makes us reach for the paper napkins.. You also have a heroine whose purpose is .. nah!! forget it .. totally irrelevant to the movie and its audience.
The travails of our hero lands him in trouble with the corrupt politicians, police officers, audience of this movie.. and finally our hero dies surprisingly without speaking a dialogue..
Officially, this movie is intended to belong to action genre. But unintentionally it has ended up as a comedy movie. The audience started laughing during the emotional scenes.
V T R rocks (just like a baby in a cradle) as usual with his rhyming punch dialogues, rhythmic dance steps and amazing emotions, which ends up as a good stand up comedy. Jerry Seinfeld, step aside!! you are no match to VTR. I love the scene, where our beloved V T R jumps thru the roof and hits the villain. I have never laughed so much looking at an action scene.
Not recommended for people to see alone, especially in theatres.
Rating : Sorry dude, no stars, maybe one black hole..
I would like to end this post with a punch dialogue from V T R. During a TV interview,a reporter asked V T R about how he felt about his son's success in the Tamil movie industry, he replied in a typical VTR style "Maankottailendu Maamaram-than varum" (Translation : From a mango seed, you can only get a mango tree)... I thought we could grow apple trees using mango seeds, oh stupid me!!!!
P.S : I admire V T R. Even after taking a lot of flak from everyone, he dares to make movies his way and be himself. Also, it takes a lot of effort being everything in a movie. This guy is never short of energy, even though the end result is vastly different from what he expects.
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Tuesday, March 06, 2007
Wednesday, June 28, 2006
Two botched pitstops and a crucial mistake
It's been sometime since my last post. Been a bit busy these days :-( .. Well here I am with this post.
Here onwards, I'll try to review every Formula 1 race here. Please don't expect this to be objective. Since I'm a hardcore McLaren fan, u'll find the review a bit more McLaren-centric than usual.. If u want objective reviews, this might be the place for u....
So, here we go on with the review of the 2006 Canadian Grand Prix....
This took place at Montreal @ Giles Villeneuve Circuit... One of the most challenging circuits in the Formula 1 and is very well known for the proximity of concrete walls to the track.. and infamous for cars crashing onto the wall...
The qualifying went on smoothly without any untoward incidents and the top 7 were
1. Fernando Alonso
2. Giancarlo Fisichella
3. Kimi Raikkonen
4. Jarno Trulli
5. Nico Rosberg
6. Michael Schumacher
7. Juan Pablo Montoya
The race started with a mistake by Fisi and Kimi made use of it to jump to second.. Meanwhile Montoya overtook Schumacher and had an amazing on-track duel with Rosberg, which seemed good Television viewing while it lasted... As feared, there was a touch between the duo and Rosberg crashed into the wall , thus bringing the safety car out.... Montoya had to go to the pit lane for a front wing replacement and joined at the tail end of the cars.
As the race restarted, Alonso, Kimi and Fisi pulled away from the others and Schumacher was stuck behind Jarno Trulli for a long time.... Then came the news that Fisi had been awarded a Drive-Thru penalty for a jump-start and after the drive-thru, he joined the race behind Trulli and Schumacher... Meanwhile, difference between Alonso and Kimi was hardly a second for the first stint in the race and the duo had a lead over 20 seconds on Trulli and others.. Alonso came in to the pits and Kimi took over the lead for the first time in the race (WOW!!!!!).... and Alonso rejoined the race at second position just ahead of Trulli... Two laps later, Kimi went for his pits and we were all expecting a brilliant pit stop from McLaren as usual........
Sadly, the pit crew bungled and the right rear tyre wasn't fixed correctly and Kimi lost around 4 seconds and joined the race 5 seconds behind Alonso....
Meanwhile, Montoya was driving aggressively and overtaking people brilliantly and jumped upto 12th place from last.. and then he hit the wall on the last corner and wrecked his car.. Race over for Montoya :-((
As usual, Schumacher overtook Trulli at the end of the first round of pit stops and jumped to third .... Schumacher was also lucky that his car did not suffer any damage, when he hit the wall during one of the laps in this period...
... and the order was Alonso, Kimi and Schumacher.
The race continued and by the end of the second stint, Alonso was ahead of Kimi by around 7 seconds and Kimi was ahead of Schumacher by 20-odd seconds.. Then Alonso went for his second and final pit stop, which was a clean one and joined the track 5 seconds behind Kimi.. and then in the next lap, Kimi went for his second and final pit stop..
Tragedy strck here for the second time and Kimi's engine stalled and had to be re-started, thus ensuring that Alonso will lose only by either crashing into the wall or a mechanical failure , both of which seemed unlikely .... and Kimi joined the track just ahead of Schumacher, who was yet to go for his second pit stop... Thus , ensued a cat and mouse game for 5-odd laps before Schumacher went for his second and final pit stop.. This was again a brilliant one by Ferrari and Schumacher joined the race 20-odd seconds behind Kimi....
After the second round of pit stops, the gaps were
Alonso - Kimi 15-odd seconds
Kimi-Schumacher 20-odd seconds
This went on for some time.. Thus prompting everyone to think that this race would end in a predictable manner.....
But Jacques Villeneuve had other plans... While trying to lap Ralf Schumacher, who was having a miserable day, he lost grip and crashed into the infamous wall.... thus bringing about the safety car... This happened with 10 laps to go.. After the debris were cleared, there were 8 laps of excitement...
There were a few backmarkers between Alonso and Kimi and also between Kimi and Schumacher .. and this made the restart very crucial... Alonso had an amazing restart and opened a 3 second gap between himself and Kimi, whereas Schumacher made up time and reduced his gap to Kimi to 1.5 seconds....
On the penultimate lap, Kimi made a mistake in the U-Turn and Schumacher overtook him to take the second place :-(( ...... and Schumacher reduced his gap to Alonso to a mere 1.5 seconds at the chequered flag.. At the end, Alonso won his fouth straight Grand Prix and seems really baffling why he's making the move to McLaren next year, especially when Renault is performing so brilliantly...
The top five in this race were :
1. Fernando Alonso
2. Michael Schumacher
3. Kimi Raikkonen
4. Giancarlo Fisichella
5. Felippe Massa
For McLaren & Kimi, this race was the story of "TWO BOTCHED PITSTOPS AND A CRUCIAL MISTAKE"...
After the excitement of this race, I'm really looking forward to the US Grand Prix @ Indy this weekend... Watch this space for the review ;-)
Here onwards, I'll try to review every Formula 1 race here. Please don't expect this to be objective. Since I'm a hardcore McLaren fan, u'll find the review a bit more McLaren-centric than usual.. If u want objective reviews, this might be the place for u....
So, here we go on with the review of the 2006 Canadian Grand Prix....
This took place at Montreal @ Giles Villeneuve Circuit... One of the most challenging circuits in the Formula 1 and is very well known for the proximity of concrete walls to the track.. and infamous for cars crashing onto the wall...
The qualifying went on smoothly without any untoward incidents and the top 7 were
1. Fernando Alonso
2. Giancarlo Fisichella
3. Kimi Raikkonen
4. Jarno Trulli
5. Nico Rosberg
6. Michael Schumacher
7. Juan Pablo Montoya
The race started with a mistake by Fisi and Kimi made use of it to jump to second.. Meanwhile Montoya overtook Schumacher and had an amazing on-track duel with Rosberg, which seemed good Television viewing while it lasted... As feared, there was a touch between the duo and Rosberg crashed into the wall , thus bringing the safety car out.... Montoya had to go to the pit lane for a front wing replacement and joined at the tail end of the cars.
As the race restarted, Alonso, Kimi and Fisi pulled away from the others and Schumacher was stuck behind Jarno Trulli for a long time.... Then came the news that Fisi had been awarded a Drive-Thru penalty for a jump-start and after the drive-thru, he joined the race behind Trulli and Schumacher... Meanwhile, difference between Alonso and Kimi was hardly a second for the first stint in the race and the duo had a lead over 20 seconds on Trulli and others.. Alonso came in to the pits and Kimi took over the lead for the first time in the race (WOW!!!!!).... and Alonso rejoined the race at second position just ahead of Trulli... Two laps later, Kimi went for his pits and we were all expecting a brilliant pit stop from McLaren as usual........
Sadly, the pit crew bungled and the right rear tyre wasn't fixed correctly and Kimi lost around 4 seconds and joined the race 5 seconds behind Alonso....
Meanwhile, Montoya was driving aggressively and overtaking people brilliantly and jumped upto 12th place from last.. and then he hit the wall on the last corner and wrecked his car.. Race over for Montoya :-((
As usual, Schumacher overtook Trulli at the end of the first round of pit stops and jumped to third .... Schumacher was also lucky that his car did not suffer any damage, when he hit the wall during one of the laps in this period...
... and the order was Alonso, Kimi and Schumacher.
The race continued and by the end of the second stint, Alonso was ahead of Kimi by around 7 seconds and Kimi was ahead of Schumacher by 20-odd seconds.. Then Alonso went for his second and final pit stop, which was a clean one and joined the track 5 seconds behind Kimi.. and then in the next lap, Kimi went for his second and final pit stop..
Tragedy strck here for the second time and Kimi's engine stalled and had to be re-started, thus ensuring that Alonso will lose only by either crashing into the wall or a mechanical failure , both of which seemed unlikely .... and Kimi joined the track just ahead of Schumacher, who was yet to go for his second pit stop... Thus , ensued a cat and mouse game for 5-odd laps before Schumacher went for his second and final pit stop.. This was again a brilliant one by Ferrari and Schumacher joined the race 20-odd seconds behind Kimi....
After the second round of pit stops, the gaps were
Alonso - Kimi 15-odd seconds
Kimi-Schumacher 20-odd seconds
This went on for some time.. Thus prompting everyone to think that this race would end in a predictable manner.....
But Jacques Villeneuve had other plans... While trying to lap Ralf Schumacher, who was having a miserable day, he lost grip and crashed into the infamous wall.... thus bringing about the safety car... This happened with 10 laps to go.. After the debris were cleared, there were 8 laps of excitement...
There were a few backmarkers between Alonso and Kimi and also between Kimi and Schumacher .. and this made the restart very crucial... Alonso had an amazing restart and opened a 3 second gap between himself and Kimi, whereas Schumacher made up time and reduced his gap to Kimi to 1.5 seconds....
On the penultimate lap, Kimi made a mistake in the U-Turn and Schumacher overtook him to take the second place :-(( ...... and Schumacher reduced his gap to Alonso to a mere 1.5 seconds at the chequered flag.. At the end, Alonso won his fouth straight Grand Prix and seems really baffling why he's making the move to McLaren next year, especially when Renault is performing so brilliantly...
The top five in this race were :
1. Fernando Alonso
2. Michael Schumacher
3. Kimi Raikkonen
4. Giancarlo Fisichella
5. Felippe Massa
For McLaren & Kimi, this race was the story of "TWO BOTCHED PITSTOPS AND A CRUCIAL MISTAKE"...
After the excitement of this race, I'm really looking forward to the US Grand Prix @ Indy this weekend... Watch this space for the review ;-)
Sunday, January 29, 2006
Rang De Basanti
"Rang De Basanti" is one movie which stands out in recent times. It leaves an impact on the audience as they are leaving the movie hall.
What is it all about? It's about our country and the youth, the so-called "Generation Y".
How relevant it is to our present times?
It is very relevant. We, Indians by nature are very easy-going kind of people. That's one of the reasons the world loves Indians very much. The problem is when we start taking everything easy. A typical Indian's attitude is "It hasn't happened to me, so why should I give a damn".
"Rang De Basanti" captures this attitude and shows it on the screen. Everyone of us can identify ourselves with the protogoanists in the first half and some part of the second half. It reminds me a lot about my college days, where we had a group of friends and used to have fun and not worried about anything.
We do read a lot about various incidents on the newspaper everyday. We just forget that as we carry on with our lives.It strikes us only when we are affected directly.
This is portrayed brilliantly in the movie, where the protogoanists are hit hard, when their friend dies and is labelled as an incompetent pilot.
The movie certainly does plant a lot of thoughts into our minds. It also underlines the futility of violence and ends on an optimistic note.
In fact, this is one brilliant movie and leaves us with a lots of sensible thoughts ringing in our minds, unlike some other movies of recent times.
I would recommend this movie to everyone, especially the youth.
What is it all about? It's about our country and the youth, the so-called "Generation Y".
How relevant it is to our present times?
It is very relevant. We, Indians by nature are very easy-going kind of people. That's one of the reasons the world loves Indians very much. The problem is when we start taking everything easy. A typical Indian's attitude is "It hasn't happened to me, so why should I give a damn".
"Rang De Basanti" captures this attitude and shows it on the screen. Everyone of us can identify ourselves with the protogoanists in the first half and some part of the second half. It reminds me a lot about my college days, where we had a group of friends and used to have fun and not worried about anything.
We do read a lot about various incidents on the newspaper everyday. We just forget that as we carry on with our lives.It strikes us only when we are affected directly.
This is portrayed brilliantly in the movie, where the protogoanists are hit hard, when their friend dies and is labelled as an incompetent pilot.
The movie certainly does plant a lot of thoughts into our minds. It also underlines the futility of violence and ends on an optimistic note.
In fact, this is one brilliant movie and leaves us with a lots of sensible thoughts ringing in our minds, unlike some other movies of recent times.
I would recommend this movie to everyone, especially the youth.
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