Diwali Rocks

From Left to right - Nada Thengozhal, Thengai Barbi.. Next Row - Gulab Jamoon, Poondu Karasev, Badhusha.. Next Row - Mysorepagu, Soan Papdi.

A few crackers on the top, and Vikatan Deepavali Malar... Diwali is still on and running. My concentration is still focussed on the Mysorepagu and Poondu Karasev. Aggaaga gaaga !

Ganga Snaanam Aachcha !!

I wish, you guys have a great Diwali !

For guys like me who hunt for a reason to celebrate, Diwali is a bonanza. Its been a usual formality with our guys (school mates) to meet up on the diwali day, and it happens tomorrow. Waw !!

Dont forget to talk to your family and friends. Occasions like this build/maintain relationships.

[This is one picture that gave me real satisfaction, after i had made it on Photoshop. I've put the full version on my photoshop blog.]

What an emotional uprise :)
25000 hits as the Lakshmi Vedi bursts outside. (ezhai keththa ellurundai !!)

Keerthivasan.com

I redesigned the keerthivasan.com (redesign is a too-big word.. but ill use that anyway).

Thanks to PK for reminding me of CSS. Way back at NIIT, I was interestingly doing this. But after getting into serious(!) mainframe programming, I never had a chance to have my hands on it. And PK ignited the interest, and redesigned his blog in a whacky way. I like his layout very much. But Blog-avyukta wasnt going to change templates. So , I put all these CSS stuffs on my keerthivasan.com

So, here you go. Ladies and gentlemen. www.keerthivasan.com :)
Most of the pages are under construction (Cmon guys, I cant do that in one day).

You can help me in feeding back(?) your thoughts. eMail me.
What other contents can be added ?

Jai Jai Hanuman

Hanuman - the Picture.

A Sahara One Motion Picture and Percept Picture company production.

Seems to be a promising movie. Ramayana in any-form is a "Thigattadha" story. And my Hanuman is a very very interesting character. (My ishta deivam is Kodhanda Raamar)

Download Clippings here and here.

Visit the Site, to see our Kutty hanuman, fly on the sky.

I get reminded of our very own Dara Singh as Hanuman in the famous DD Ramayan. Nobody could ever replace the image of Arun Govil as Ram. Click this to see a nostalgic picture.

I would say Ramanand Sagar should be praised equivalent to Kambar (Tamil poet). Both the guys did the same job. I think Ramanand Sagar's Ramayana is equivalent to Kamba Ramayana in terms of fame. What say ?

Dilbert - Today

Dilbert Rocks today !! If you dont get it, subscribe it now.
I get this mail everyday, after lunch. The best way to start afternoons.

New Wallpaper (Diwali Special) on Photoshop Blog

More Music on avyukta ODEO Channel.

A few uncommon and very familiar sounding music.
You know what to do !

GMail Autosave !

Say this good news to your mom and dad, who have been placing baby-steps emailing you.

I've seen many people compose a mail, and type a very long letter.
They have been used to writing Inland letters.. and they write with the intention of filling up every blank space on the letter.

Same hands now type very big emails to their hearts in America and elsewhere.
And what if the browser crashes or current goes of,.. or something fatal closes the window..

Thanks to the new Autosave feature of GMail.

Yesterday = Oh No !!

How Brutal ? How mighty Brutal ?

No Power . No UPS Back Up . No News paper. No shops.
No Network in my mobile. No batteries for the walkman.

How am I expected to kill one day ?

Simply watched out of the window, the rising levels of water and occasional Umbrella's with all hidden bodies. Yesterday's rain at chennai was something I havent seen for years. Non-stop and severe. And the wind in the evening was awesome.

Many people were thinking "Mazhai podhumpa !!". Surplus is something we are not capable of handling.

Thankfully today morning, normal clouds and sun-shine smiled up. Water levels have reduced. Few Petrol Bunks closed. Few trees fallen.

Otherwise, chennai is back after a YUK holiday.

Semma Mazhai !!

I will not go to office today. Well, Not many people will. And people in office better stay there. We lost all roads, and it will be a while before we sight it again. Its all flooded all the way !! My Phone line is not working, but Braodband is working ( i still wonder how.. ). SMS is not going out. Power goes off and comes back, periodically.

Guys, chennai is back to those Cyclone days, which we missed for a few years.

Movie Buzz

First click on the picture. In the big version, do you see something fishy ? Oh yeah !!! the stars are with the moon.

Ram Gopal Varma's Ek. A new $20 million project starring Amithab and Abhishek. As obvious from the picture, the movie drags in International Lines and will be close to a controversy, or atleast draw some protest from some part.

[ Quick question to you. Do you think some Indians would leave it easily, if they see some manipulation on the Indian Flag like what RGV has done to the American Flag ? Why ? ]

The poster carries the tag-line "India's biggest Motion Picture , Ever". Whew !!

"Fear can bring the bitterest of enemies together". Anybody would guess Pakistan and USA, and thats obvious from the flag. Why and How are questions Ram Gopal Varma would try and answer in this movie.

I have a big list of Ram Gopal Varma's movies yet to be watched. Im open to anyone who can lend me DVDs :)

BTW - I dnlded the MP3 from "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" by Ilayaraja. Awkward music. Untolerable. Totally reused and improper. What the heck !! I wish some rash critisisms reach Ilayaraja.

Goohoo !

Click picture to see the real dimension of Yahoo ! Mail Beta.

It looks closer and better compared to Outlook, doesnt it ? Well, Im never going to get out of the lovely GMail interface, but still would love to get my hands on Yahoo..

Look at my trust on GMail



With Yahoo still ruling the eMail world, and Google Talk nowhere close to replacing Yahoo messenger... Yahoo is still a tough competetor of Google.

Uuru Rendu Patta Koothadikku Kondattam.. Koothadinga rendu patta Uurukku kondaattam.

Vikatan Deepavali Malar is out on the stands. A few sections of it are really interesting. Haven't completed yet.. (reminds the voluminous Kalki Deepavali Malar).

Heh.. Vikatan Deepavali Malar is my Harry Potter.

Ambi-Shun !!

"What is your ambition in life ?"

How many times were you asked this question, when you were a Kid ? Well, I dont know your life, but my life had a huge array of such questions. And am Still not able to answer it. My inference proves, that Ambition is a temporary word, whose value keeps changing periodically and is never even closer to reality. But many would say, it is not Ambition.. it is dream. Ambition is something you constantly work upon. heh !! Then its all just words.

I wanted to become a Pilot. I wanted to be a IIT student. I wanted to be an Astronaut. I wanted to be a computer engineer like Arvindswamy, and fight against Pakistanis. (Not terrorists at that time). So much of day-dreams. It is just maturity that tells you, "A*******, you cant be a pilot with that weight.. "... "IIT ? with that figure in Chemistry mark sheet ? you should be kidding.."

Right now after staying late on meeting rooms.. i have better words to describe the plan for growth. "Long term and Short term Objectives" ...

Short term objectives is not something that we leave inside the planning room. I guess, we can bring it home and take it to bed. We can set it in our personal life.. I know, planning and life are two extreme words. Yet, Im going to give it a try.

Im going to set a short term objective, and work on it. Does it sound like taking life in a very dumb-monotonous way.... well, it depends on the objective you set. (tricky !!)

Im not a serious guy, who will set objectives like "Learn french..".."memorize Purusha Suktam in 5 days".. "become a Team Lead in 6 months.. " "loose 10lb in 10 days" nah nah nah..

Me and Prabu Karthik have got into this plan. "I love Madras". A small still-photography documentation. About Chennai, the everything of it. The Rosham that came after reading the Shobha Warriors post on Chennai.

This is the short term objective. Hope it comes out good. Any creative ideas for "I Love Madras" are welcome.

New Picture on Photoshop Blog :)

Aridhaaram !!

Why should Kamalhaasan make up his face like Old Kamalhaasan in Indian, when he did not look like Kamalhaasan at all ? Shankar could have easily made someone else act. Was it for the fun of doing it ? Or to get names like "I wore a make up that takes 4.5 hours everyday to apply.. and it was a complete strain".

:) I dont know.... we will get to it later. Here's something else, thats really good. I bumped into a site which did make ups for movies and television shows. And incidentally, in its Resume it had Hey Ram.

Edward French, Inc. Special Makeup FX Studio in California.(CA nna California dhaaneppa ?)















Here are pics of Kamalhaasan and Naseeruddin Shah in their faces made-up by EdwardFrench.

Make ups of Kamalhaasan in Hey Ram were extremely essential. They showed the time-switch. I remember 6 different faces in Hey Ram. They were good, and to a hardcore Kamal fan like me, it was visual treat. I still wish i have a beard like what Kamal had in Hey Ram..

But Indian ? Manasaatchiya thottu sollunga.. Sukanyavai appdi sodhappi irukka vendam.. illaya ?

Nene Ra !!! P. Vasu....

These are pictures from "The Making of Chandramukhi". I cut them off from the movie, to show you how P.Vasu fares behind the screen.

The Making showed P. Vasu expressing all possible emotions, and reciting them to every characters starting from Nasar, Vadivelu till Rajnikanth. I felt the character produced the exact expressions that P. Vasu showed him a minute before. Now, this is debatable, if a director curbs the freedom of the actor, or making the actor not think more.

But Iam sure we are all making a Biig Mistake. Why is that we miss out P. Vasu when we talk of great directors. I have heard only Shankar and Maniratnam being mentioned.

P. Vasu was once branded as Sentimental director. All his movies (i guess he started the "Thaikulam Aadharavu" concept) are senti oriented. We shouldnt forget the Himalayan Success of Chinna Thambi and few other successful movies from him. Chandramukhi is easily termed as a "Straight Lift" from Manichitrathazu... but I think it is delicate to make such a risky-line of movie with Super star casting on it. I've already told that "Chandramukhi" is not a promising movie, and had all chances to Flop. Thank all the Gods, we have a Super hit movie.

I was very impressed with all the expressions that P. Vasu was teaching Jyothika (belated b'day wishes). This guy is a great Actor. PVasu has completely visualized the movie before he started directing, thats what it looked like. Of course, any director would have...

But dont you think P. Vasu is a good director ? Let us wait and see his next flick.

Avyukta Chips

Yes, the making of Chandramukhi on video is given with the Orinigal Soundtrack. Its good to watch. I knew ther was a making of Baba.. but it doesnt make sense to watch the making when you havent seen the movie itself. Try to watch The Making of Chandramukhi.. will be an interesting 1 hour. :)

Water Audio seems to be out, and this one is my favourite.. Rahman is concentrating more on the raagas this time. Take a listen to Bangri Marori.

Worth1000 has a contest on Corporate Logos. Amazingly stunning Photoshop works. Peek in.

Troubling news. David Copperfield announces this..

Nokia's newest takes a new web page with a stunning Flash work. Think of gifting this to me :)

For $ 2,300, this product will take you to a different TV Watching. 1 latcha roobavukku TVyaaa ???

the world is still uncertain
with the dark cloud and dirty wind
with the uneasy crater and restless wave
unexplored surprises and unresolved mysteries
the world is still uncertain

the rocky land has rocked a lot
the speed wind has winded up lives
the hungry ocean has eaten up bodies
im scared.. awaiting the next best calamity

2.30 today afternoon.

Clear skies faded away
and the dark guys come in..
heavy rain like never before..
they touch and pierce the skin

2.30 looked as dark as 7.30
"peyyena peyyum mazhai !!"..

im safe in the office
watching a guy, polythene bag on his head
thats his rain cover..he is all wet already
he is running on the road, he runs for his daily bread.

there's another honda on road a new green accord
2 cute little girls, watching the fast rain in their windows
along with the rain, they see this guy, with a dirty cover.
he looks funny to them.

i go back to work... with the only worry..
i wish my bike starts with one kick.