Black n White

Vishwanathan Anand has proved it again... 12 matches of excitement with last game victory Vishy has defended his title successfully. It might have been hard for him to play with an opponent not even talking with him and his experiences with Eyjafjallajoekull and tough FIDE rules. He was defeated with a Grunfeld Defence first game. But later with Catalan attack emerged back in the tournament. At the end of 11th game, both Topalov and Anand were in a tie with 5.5 points each. But the final game shown the difference. With Queen's Gambit Vishy pushed his opponent to make a mistake by relatively open King and made him resign the match, getting 6.5 points with last match victory - one and only for the defensive Black in the tournament. Anand rocks ever........

IPL 10

IPL 2010 got a great success - despite the terror threats, match-fixing and Income-Tax controversies -  and Chennai Super Kings are the new champions. This season have brought out many talented Indian youngsters - Naman Ojha, Sourabh Tiwary, Ravichandran Ashwin are some of those. Veterans like Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, Anil Kumble, have shown their experience and guided the youngsters all over the tournament. Big stars like Shane Warne, Jaques Kallis, Muthiah Muralitharan have given their commitment to make this season interesting. In total, this IPL was more twisty and interesting than the previous editions.

Here comes the brief story of IPL 10. Tournament started with a tight KKR vs DC match giving KKR their first victory and the Deccan Chargers' early lose. Some crucial matches brought a race for the semis spots except for Mumbai Indians who had lost only 5 matches including pity-full finals. Low scoring victories to DC, high scoring loses to KXIP, DC's storming semi-finals entry, Bollinger's  bowling, Malinga's yorkers, Pollard's sixes, Sachin's boundaries, Ashwin's spins, RR chasings, Murali Vijay's century, Ojha's wickets, Yusuf's fastest century, Uthappa's maximums, Raina's saves, Kumble's rapid balls made the tournament entertaining. Ravi Shashtri's commentaries seasoned the telecast. Looked like Indian fielding improved much better. Final A R Rahman concert was beautiful and unforgettable. This time both Pink and Orange caps captured by Indians, P Ojha and Sachin respectively 

Final between CSK and MI was pretty more interesting. I didn't watch but listened through FM as my internal assessments were on. Partnership between Raina and Dhoni was delightful. First over maiden made the MI's confident go down. Pollard's sixes looked like making the match turn around but failed to do so. Defeating the Mumbai Indians by 22 runs Chennai Super Kings bagged the trophy. Credits to Ashwin and Raina. 

As I told earlier, this is the best IPL of the three, if controversies (Modi and Match-fixing) are forgotten.

Paiyaa (film)

5 Songs + 6 Fights + 1 Car = "Paiyaa"

This time we entered the theatre with less expectations as we had already got comments from my friends. I went to Paiyaa mainly for Karthi and Yuvan, both have done their jobs well.

Karthi comes as "Shiva" - an unemployed ECE engineer searching for job in Bangalore with the help of his friends. He falls in love at first sight with "Charu"(Thamannah). Shiva goes to railway station to pick up his friend where he sees Charu with a man. That man thinks Shiva as a Taxi driver and he gets a chance to take her to Chennai. Later he knows about her uninterested marriage arrangement at Chennai and helps her escape from it by taking her to Mumbai. A villain gang set by her step mother chases them. First half is enjoyable with Karthi's funny dialogues and expressions. Second half starts with Shiva's flashback explaining his clash with Milind Soman. Whether Shiva safeguarded Charu and handed over her to her grandma and whether they escaped from respective chasing groups is the rest of the story.

All the five songs with Yuvan's music are amazing, especially "En Kaathal Solla Naeram Illai..." song is mindboggling. Tamannah has acted well and her expressions are improved much from Ayan and Anandha Thandavam. In this movie Karthi hums his brother's "Oru Maalai Ilaveyil Naeram" and his father's "En Kanmani Un Kaadhali" like tributes to them. Picturisation of Songs is really nice.

How could Charu and the man with her think a man with Mitsubishi Lancer as a Taxi driver?? Both Charu's step mother and Shiva's father were not shown and only could be heard. Milind Soman comes in only four scenes. I don't say fight scenes should be realistic but they could have avoided it being over-dramatic. Madhi's cinematography is the only convincing thing for eyes.

Paiyaa - a one time watchable entertainer...

Smiling Tears...

Days are long, Night is dark,
It's all mystery here, but -
Where in the world am I??

I feel strange, missing someone??
I feel incomplete, missing something??
Neither... I lack it..., but -
What do I miss here??
Friends! - No,
Faith!! - No,
Care!!! - No, - then
What do I miss??

It's all mystery here, but -
I know what I lack, that I never lack it...
I forgot to have it...
Oh, my eyes are crying,
Tears roll down,
My eyes are not my Eyes, but Heart...
Tears roll down,

It's all mystery here, but -
I know what I lack, that I never lack it...
SMILE...
But, where did I miss them??
Oh, my eyes are crying,
Tears roll down Smiling...

When I was a Child....

I am 18 now, far away from childhood, thinking about the future...well, most of us are concerned about the future. Just forget about them them for few minutes and relax. Now, unwind your childhood memories..... I want to share mine....

Mom's love and Dad's care - they are never going to decrease - I felt our family as my world, I could remember the moments I was walking around the streets holding my father's hand and not caring about others. Almost every child considers their dad as the only hero of life, so did I. First day of school leaving Mom and crying in the halfway - unforgettable. Busy schedule with crayons and pencils, collecting marbles, street cricket with broken door woods, press the calling bell and run moments, watching cartoons - superheros, enjoying first drops of rain, sailing paperboats, early night sleeps, running after butterflies and dragonflies, playing with ladybirds.... I can never forget these moments of my childhood. I miss them a lot.

 Childhood days are the most wonderful days of everyone's life. Remember those days and be happy...

"There is a garden in every childhood, the enchanted place where colours are brighter, the air softer and the morning more fragrant than ever again" - Elizabeth Lawrence

Gold Rush...

Indian Boxers punched well to bag all the 6 possible Golds in Commonwealth finals this time. With this they surpassed the previous maximum count of 4 gold, 2 silver and 1 bronze they won in 2005 at Scotland. 

Paramjeet Samota(91+ kg), Amandeep Singh(49 kg), Suranjoy Singh(52 kg), Jai Bhagwan(60 kg), Vijender Singh(75 kg) won their bouts comprehensively while the sixth one Dinesh Kumar(81 kg) was awarded gold as his opponent Johnson withdrew due to elbow injury. 

World No.1 Vijender with bleeding nose from first round punch from opponent Buglioni, was expected to struggle but he fought with grit to defeat the English with 13-3. “I was a bit nervous thinking that the referee might stop the bout because of my bleeding nose. However, the support of the home crowd spurred me to carry on,” said Vijender, who was adjudged the best boxer of the meet. 

India emerged as the best team with 36 points surpassing England with 23 points(3 gold, 1 silver, 2 bronze). Meanwhile England's Weaver became the most promising boxer of the tournament. 

It was really glorious day for Indian sports. All the 6 boxers played with fury and clinched all the six. 

Chak De India

IWD

It is said that God first created man, but then He felt that He could do better and created women as a symbol of beauty. Her beauty is not just restricted to skin but lies deep into her heart by which she makes the world happy. She is gifted with immense intellectuality which makes her the root of happiness - She cares about you as your Mom, She fights with you as your Sister, She guides you as your best friend, She shares your moments as you Wife. She is the real architect of  Society. She has all abilities to compete with men, do not discriminate or prejudice, treat her equal as men...

Happy womens day...

Will You Cross The Skies For Me?

This time Gautam Vasudev Menon has given us a wonderful love story. I went to Satyam for Vinnaithandi Varuvaaya with 40 of my classmates today. We simply forgot Silambarasan Rajendar and Trisha Krishnan and could only see is Karthick and Jessie romancing. Once again the name Karthick has got a romantic character after Alaipayuthey, Rhythm and Mozhi. 

VTV has some impacts of the director's previous movie Vaaranam Aayiram like love at first sight, Simbu almost imitates Suriya in most of the shots - probably Gautam is still in Vaaranam Aayiram hangover. First half starts with Jessie's wedding at a church where Karthick narrates his flashback. It looked more romantic with limited narrations and excellent screenplay. Unlike other Gautam movies second half is interesting despite its slow pace. Simbu proved himself as an actor in the second half (He has not used his finger mannerism and punch dialogues for the whole movie). I'm sure you will think about your love at present or in the past for at least a moment at the climax.

Gautam Menon has given special care for every characters in this movie. Simbu and Trisha have given their best performance in this movie. Ganesh Janardhanan has got a unforgettable character as Karthick's friend. K.S.Ravikumar comes as director and makes us laugh with his simple comments. But most of the characters were missing in the second half. Manoj Paramahamsa's cinematography is the key of the movie's success, especially the Malta Island and the locals of Alappuzha are treat for eyes. 

Music - from the beginning till the end, A R Rahman has given excellent background score. Songs are more seasoned with Rahman Music. Vaalvukum Pakkam Vanthen part in Hosanna, Swasthi Swasthi Muhurtham chorus in Aaromalae and Kollamal Unnai Kondru Pudaithaen in Mannipaya have given some exceptional moments  from A R R. Background music at the climax part of the movie is incredible. Rahman rocks!!!

In whole this is made for those who loves Love...

'A Movie For the Melody Lovers'

200*

They were waiting for this day... From January 5, 1971 and at last their dreams have become true in the 2961-st ODI match... Master strikes the first-ever ODI double ton at Gwalior.

After crossing 190 mark with 5 overs left, he just faced 9 balls to make this historical moment. They varied their bowling length from Helmet high short deliveries to Knee high full toss but all in vain. He just drove them out of the rope either touching the grass or flying in air. This time he has shown the youngsters how to play a one-day innings. Starting with 1-0 in 1 over, he made India reach 401-3 with 25 classic fours and 4 big sixes scoring 83 off the last 47 balls he faced. He got almost 60 percent of his runs from boundaries.

Two century partnerships, with Karthick and Dhoni, may look small when comparing to his score but played a vital role in making this record easy for him. He passed through Kapil Dev and then his own record, then through Kristen's 188, Jayasuriya's 189, Anwar's 194, Coventry's 194* and at the end reached 200 in the last over of the innings. Interesting fact about this record is that this is the same day when he made a 664 run partnership with Vinod Kambli which was a world record then.

New Records today:

1. Sachin - First man to hit a 200 in ODI cricket
2. Sachin - Top scorer of ODI cricket (200*)
3. Sachin - Most fours in an innings (25 fours)
4. Sachin - Most runs against South Africa (1859 runs)
5. India - Most 400 knocks (3 times)

Later in the match Indian bowlers didn't let the proteas to make the Historical 434 chase again. Pacers collapsed the top order. A B de Villiers lasted till the end with a consolidation century.

India retained its second position in One Day Internationals...

India Rocks...

A Dark Night Dream

It was dark and deep, I was looking for the Light,

Could I find the One?? No, but Why??

I think I am looking for the wrong one at this cold night,

I went down it, for nothing but to cry.

It was dark and deep, I was looking for the One,

Could I find the Clue?? No, but Why??

The sky was blue and I saw the rising Sun,

It told to me just to make a try.

It was dark and deep, I was looking for the Clue,

Could I find the Truth?? No, but Why??

I saw the Sun, thought I'm not in blue,

It told me nothing but an ecstatic lie.

It was dark and deep, I was looking for the Truth,

Could I find the Light?? No, but Why??

It all came to the end, I woke up from dream,

Oh dear, my search ended in a tie.....