Listen to Lucky

I didn't have a great dream like the one of Martin Luther King Jr, but today i had realised one of my dreams which i had visualised 25 years ago. Row 4, Seat 70, Mound Stand, The Lords cricket ground, watching the 3rd day's play between India and England. I never had better saturdays in my life than this one. This was the ticket which was issued to me at lords. One of the cherished possessions. After collecting my tickets at the counter, there was security check and we had a big queue to be checked before being allowed to witness the match. After the security checks, I passed the edrich and compton stands to reach the Mound stand. Row 4, Seat # 70, Mound Stand - I sat there in that place with so much of adamancy like karunanidhi (that for next 6 hours i was not ready to move away except for food and rain). India resumed the overnight innings with Ganguly (dada struggling a lot on seaming conditions and RP singh playing the night watchman's role). After the middle order coll...

I still remember the day i watched "Bharathi" the movie by Gnana Rajasekharan (retired civil servant who takes better films than the film institute guys !!!). The movie had a such great impact on me that made me to watch the back-to-back shows...(Never in my life i was so beautifully moved by a theme(story) and sparkling performance of Sayaji Shinde and backgound score of Illayaraja, the maestro). whenever the chips are down, the following poem of mahakavi use to haunt me, which illustrates that we need to push ourselves beyond the normal vicious circle and think beyond the mundane. Thedi Chorudhinam thindru PalaChinnanjiru kadhaigal pesi ManamVaadi thunbamiga Uzhandru PirarVaada pala seyalgal seidhu NaraiKoodikizha paruvam eidhi KodumKootruk Kiraiyenappin Maayum PalaVedikkai Manidharaip Pole NaanVeezhven endry Ninaithayo? Ninnai Sila Varangal Ketpen AvaiNere indrenakku tharuvai EndranMunnai theeyavinai payangal InnumMoolathazhindhidudhal Vendum Iniyennai Pudhiya Uyir aaki En...

Hi, This is my first blog and i decided to jot down on my favourite movie. I was watching the tamil version of Sagara Sangamam a.k.a Salangai Oli . I like the scene where padmasri kamalhassan teaches/demonstrates the various forms/sampradhayams of classical indian dance in that movie and quotes the lines from abhinaya shatra, Yetho Hasta Thatho Dhrishti, Yetho Dhrishti Thatho Manaha Yetho Manaha Thatho Bhavaha, Yetho Bhavaha Thatho Rasaha” (Where hands go your eyes follow; Where your eyes go your heart follows; Where your heart goes your expression follows; Where your expression goes, there is your gift to the audience.) The crux of the scene which lucidly explains that any art form requires an absolute form of dedication/commitment from the disciple/practitioner of the art/science. There are lots of scenes which are so beautifully picturised where the art form and the protagnist's dedication has been classically captured. Due credits for the Director K Vishwanath / Maestro Illay...