Bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh - How its going to affect the people of both regions??

Bifurcation of Andhrapradesh - I feel its not required.

This week we saw the announcement of CWC , on the formation of Telengana state from Andhrapradesh, comprising of the 10 districts of the region. The state capital Hyderabad will remain as capital city for both the states for a period of 10 years and a new state capital for Andhra region will be developed.

This was a real shock to me and has deeply hurt me, and many had the same feelings I had , I believe. Lets have a short snap shot of the pros and cons of this division if it happens , as announced.

What is the benefit for a common man like me?

I personally don't see any benefit or development in the life of common man like me. In fact few things are going to cost more because of the state taxes between these 2 states. The life style and per capita income will not be improved for at least 5 years, as Telengana's income will not be improving as most of the investors in the region are from other parts of the state and they will be moving back to their regions.

For Andhra-Seema region, as the new capital has to be developed , infrastructure development is required and industries has to be set up, it will take a minimum of 10 years to realize any growth in the per capita income. More over for Telengana region the food products price will be high because it needs to be obtained from Andhra region or some other region, as this part is not having much cultivable land.

Common capital - Hyderabad
Now itself, people from Andhra and Rayalaseema regions living in the state capital are being considered as people from other states. And with the bifurcation of the state , I will not be surprised if they are considered as foreigners also.

More over , one has to travel at least 200 km from the Telengana border to the state capital, through the region, which causes ample amount of insecurity to those who travel through the region , and the way the Seemandhra people are being seen by Telenganites ( not all, those who are lobbying with few power minded politicians for the carving of new state).

If we rent a car from Vijayawada, it needs to have Telengana state permit to reach the common capital , which will not be a good move. If at all a bifurcation is mandatory, develop a capital city for the other regions and then divide the state, in that case every one will be well aware that the division is going to be mandatory and people will make their mindsets according to that.

There are many more problems like these and the above 2 are just examples of how people of both the regions will be affected. More over after the formation of state it will take a minimum of 10 years to realize any real development , that too if the rulers really concentrate on the state development rather than their personal developments.

Tale of two SIvaLinga's - Ramagiri AP Rameshwaram TN

                                                      Rameshwaram Temple

                                           
                                                Ramagiri Valeeshwarar temple Tank

Some one might wonder how the two temples located around 700km apart are interlinked, that too the famous Rameshwaram Temple, termed as Varanasi of south is interlinked with an infamous temple located in small village of Andhrapradesh( earlier Madras Presidency). The answer is our Hindu Mythology.

Everyone knows about the Sand SivaLinga made by Seetha Devi at Rameshwaram, for performing pooja, because the linga from Kasi, bought by Hanuman , came late. But many of us are not aware, what caused the delay and stood as the main reason for the making of Sand Sivalinga at Rameshwaram.

The myth goes like this.

Hanuman went to Kashi from Rameshwaram, to get Sivalinga for Shri Ram-Seetha Devi rituals , to be performed at Rameshwaram ( The name of the place came from the pooja performed by Lord Ram- Ram performing pooja to Lord Eeshwar and hence the name Rameshwaram). On the way, he feels thirsty and sees a water stream flowing down there,which is Kalangi Madugu. To quench his thirst , he comes down and tries to find some one who can hold the linga till he quenches his thirst.

He finds a shepherd boy( Lord Bairava), and he requests the boy to hold the linga for some time , so that his thirst can be quenched. After drinking water, Hanuman gets surprised to see the linga is kept on ground , which should not happen. He did not realize it as the power of Bhairava, instead he thinks , the boy was not able to hold the heavy linga. He tries with all the possible ways to uproot the linga, he fails. He tries to pull out the linga with his tail, only the tail marks gets embossed on the linga and the linga head gets slanted a bit.

He realizes the act of Lord Bhaiarva and then goes back to Kasi to bring a new linga. In the mean time, since the muhurat of the rituals is about to get over, the sand linga is made by Sita devi to perform the pooja without any delay. The new linga bought by Hanuman is also placed in Rameshwaram and rituals were performed.

The ramagiri temple was built in AD 900-1000 period by Pallava rulers and it is almost in dying stage , due to lack of maintenance. Our rich architecture is getting un noticed and we are losing many valuable talent of our ancestors.

Kalangi madugu later got the name of Ramagiri, meaning Rama's hill, because of the linga for Ram's pooja was placed here. The tank of the temple has its water inflow in the form of Nandi mouth, and it never got dry over ages, even if the landscape had no rains for a decade altogether.

బాద్ షా

తెలుగింటి చిన్నోడు

వెండితెర ఫై చిచ్చర పిడుగు 

అన్నగారి వారసుడు 

అందరు మెచ్చిన బుడ్డోడు 

వార్ వన్ సైడ్ అయ్యే 

బాక్స్ ఆఫీసు బద్దలు కొట్టే 

ప్రేక్షకుల మెప్పులు పొందె 

సైలెంట్ గా త్సునామి సృష్టించే 

తెలుగు తెరకి రారాజు 

మా తారకరాముడు 

రారాజులకే రారాజు 

నేటి తారక రాముడు 

నిన్ను చూడాలని మొదలెట్టి 

స్టూడెంట్ నెంబర్ 1గా అడుగెట్టి 

సుబ్బు తో మురిపించి 

ఆది గా అలరించి 

అల్లరి రాముడి నవ్వులు కురిపించి 

నాగరాజు గా  నిప్పులు కక్కి 

సింహాద్రి తో సింహాసనం ఎక్కి 

ఆంధ్రావాలా గ దుమ్ము దులిపి 

సాంబా  గ శివమెత్తి 

నా అల్లుదుఅని నవ్వించి 

నరసింహుడి ఉగ్ర తాండవం చేసి 

యమదొంగై గుండెలు దోచుకొని 

కంత్రి తో కిరాక్ తెప్పించి 

అదుర్స్ అదుర్స్ అనిపించి 

బృందవానం చూపించి 

శక్తి స్వరూపమై తలపించి 

ఊసేరవల్లి గా రంగులు మార్చి 

దమ్ము తో ముందుకొచ్చి 

బాద్ షా గా నిలిచి 

బాక్స్ లు బద్దలు కొట్టి 

ఖలేజ ఉన్న కుర్రాడిగా 

ఎన్నటికి మా హృదయ చప్పుడువై 

నిలిచావు తారక రామ ------------------ సుకుమార్ రా 

Rise of SunRisers- IPL6

Its too early to say, but the performances of Sunrisers Hyderabad in IPL6 is worth mentioning. Last year the team with their old Franchise, Deccan Chargers, almost finished with the wooden spoon, just ahead of Wooden spoon holders PWI, with a better marginal net run rate,with just 4 wins of 12 games.

This season, they had started with a good note. This reminds me how DC had did in 1st season, and bounced back in the second with magnificent wins in its first 4 games, and finally emerging as winners.

On paper, Sunrisers Hyderabad is a underdog. It is because they don't have single handed match winners like Chris Gayle, or electrifying fielders fielders , or the best bowling attack. But still their wins in first two games was possible because of the following reasons.

1. SunRisers knew what is their strength and what is their weakness.
2. Jinx never works always, Uppal stadium, being their home ground was not so lucky all these days. If hard work is put in properly, as a unit, the jinx will fail, which SRH proved.
3. Few decisions taken at right time, worked out perfectly their way.
4. Perfect utilization of resources. It can be anyone's day in T20, but if the resources are utilized properly, even David can prevail against Goliath. That is what SRH proved so far.

I am not bothered how many wins they are going to get this season, or on what position they are going to finish this season, but with the confidence got from first 2 games, they are surely going to be competitive in the entire tournament and finish better than their previous 2 seasons.

The players who turned around the game are almost the entire playing XI they fielded. It cannot be just ruled out that one player had made the entire difference , like what Chris Gayle's score made it for RCB Vs MI. The players might not have got Orange or purple cap after 7 games and 5 days in this season,but surely they gave on the park, for what they are being paid for.

Here we look how the team has went into winning ways.

Akshat Reddy - The Hyderabadi Ranji opener, with a domestic T20 ton under his name( his debut innings if I am not wrong), had given solid starts to the team and did the openers role perfectly, 50 runs in 2 games, at a touch lower strike rate of 98. But being both the games are low scoring encounters, his contribution mattered much than the strike rate. His fielding definitely saved good amount of runs for his team.

Thisira Perera - The pinch hitting all rounder from Srilanka, perfectly filled in the role of allrounder by scoring a quick fire 30 in first game and 7 in 2nd, besides taking 3 wickets at below 7 RPO in 2 games.

Dale Steyn - The fiery Proteas paceman is the spear head of the attack, which lacks bowlers who are atleast 75% capable of what he can do. But his presence and guidance along with Waqar , had bought the best of the rest of bowling unit. His cleaning of tail in first game,besides giving away just 11 runs in 3.5 overs is absolute brilliance in 1st game. He went for runs in 2nd game, taking just a wicket, but his super over performance is absolutely brilliant against Gayle and Kohli, and was able to defend 20 runs , by just giving away 15 runs.

Hanuma Vihari - The player of match against RCB, is not a hard hitter, the member of U19 winning world cup squad in Australia, had proved he is a good defensive player, who can bat long. His knock of 44 is instrumental in leveling the scores in 2nd game and winning in Super over. And his wicket of 1st ball in IPL , that of Gayle will be remembered at least till the end of this season.Currently with 56 runs in 2 games at 56, he is the leading run scorer for SRH.

Asish Reddy - The cheeky all rounder from Hyderabad Ranji team had proved , he is not the one against whom to attack, he took a crucial wicket in each of the games. With the willow he scored 21 runs in 2 games. His wickets of Ross Taylor and Virat Kohli in 1st & 2nd games, had definitely turned the course of the match.

Amit Mishra - The Indian leggie from Haryana is among the wickets this season and scalped 4 in 2 games, along with Steyn he is the leading wicket taker for his team. His economical spells had ensured the targets are defended and the opposition has not went on for big targets.

Ishant - The lanky Indian pacer had found his rhythm and is among the wickets . His 3 wickets in 2nd game was so crucial and his economical spell in 1st game was also equally appreciable. Hope he continues the same way and gives a good pace attack to his team.

Cameron White - He may have failed in both the games with bat, but his super over attack against Vinay was instrumental to give 21 run target for the opposition.

Baadshah - An Energetic Entertainer

The much awaited movie of this summer, Baadshah was released last Friday and it has been hot cake at the Telugu Box office.

I watched the movie and here is my view on it.

Story : 
The story is not much new one to us. It is a regular pakka commercial flick story, with everything placed at required place and pace to entertain people. My rating is 8/10 for the story.

Screenplay : 
This is the aspect which makes the movie more interesting to watch. I can assure that Sreenu Vytla has understood the pulse of the audience and delivers his screenplay with pacy and racy scenes, making the audience get entertained every moment of it. The scenes of Sangeet function, hero entrance, climax are worth mentioning. My rating is 9/10 for this.

Dialogues :
Sharp one liners of Vytla trade mark are available throughout the movie and almost all the dialogues are worth mentioning. Awesome punch dialogues and correct placing of those makes movie more entertaining. My rating is 9/10

Choreography :
After a long gap, NTR is back with energetic dances on par with his flicks like Ashok,Yamadonga,Kantri. Well choregraphed songs add energy to the movie, and the front benchers cannot control themselves, stepping out to do few steps in front of the movie watchers. My Rating 9/10.

Production:
It is a lavish production by Bandla Ganesh, the location selection , rich production values make the movie look lot better. Can give 9.5/10.

Music and BGM:

Thaman did wonderful job with the music and BGM for this movie, if you watch this in a cinema, with good music effect, I am sure, you will love it like anything. There are few places, where he went little overboard,but on the whole can give a 9/10 rating.It is an asset to the movie for sure.

Performances:

Every character from the Hero NTR jr,heroine Kajal , Brahmi, Vennela Kishore, MS Narayana,Nasser,Kelly Dorjee, Ashish Vidhyardhi,Pradeep Rawat, Navdeep,Sidharth had done perfect job for the roles given to them. Never you feel the acting has gone overboard or less than required level. My rating is 9/10 for artist performances.

Technical Aspects :

All the technical aspects are neat in the movie and adds value to the entertainment of the audience. Can give 9 /10.

On the whole the movie is an energetic entertainer for all classes and sectors of audience. My overall rating is 9/10 for this movie.

IPL 6 - SunRisers Vs Warriors review

The first 2 games in IPL 6 had been fantastic , both being close finishes. KKR and RCB prevailing over their opponents DD and MI respectively.

The third game of this IPL , between Sunrisers and Warriors , has become significant for the following reasons.

• Both teams finished at bottom 2 places in last season,with Warriors being the wooden spoon holders.
• Both teams have certain things as new this season. Mathews is new captain of Warriors, and Sunrisers have a fresh start with new owners, with Sun group winning the bids, after DC was defunct-ed.

Both the teams are fighting to have a good start this season. Last season, Warriors lost both their games to the Hyderabad team.

We have to wait and watch whether Warriors will take their last season revenge , or Sunrisers will have  their winning ways against warriors continue.

Uppal stadium, the home ground of Hyderabad IPL team, has not been so lucky for Deccan Chargers, The change in team name to Sunrisers Hyderabad is giving some hopes and sentiments for the home team, that their luck will turn in their way this time.

Players to look for:

Warriors:

Yuvaraj has been star player for Warriors, and after a strong come back from Cancer, he has been good in shorter form of the game. His contribution to the team will be crucial this time.

Steve Smith has been good for PWI last season, hope he continues his willow speaking in the middle order.

Uthappa has to prove himself once again as a run machine and give good start to the team

Mathews has the responsibility of playing the crucial role of defensive,attacking batsman and a captain. His bowling has to be asset to the team

Bhuvaneshwar has been find of the Indian pace attack, his medium pace and swing has to fetch few wickets every game for his team.

Sunrisers

Sangakkara has to score runs this season and give enough runs on board for his team to defend.

Parthiv has been good in the domestic season and his performance has to continue for his IPL team with the willow and gloves , if he is given that job too.

Dale Steyn has the responsibility of attacking from the word go. He has to repeat his last year performances.

Ishant has to support Steyn and give enough breakthroughs for the team.

DwarakaRaviteja in absence of Dhawan, he is likely to open the innings for Sunrisers, and his willow has to speak about his contribution for the team.

Amit Mishra has to be among the wicket takers of this season, both to prove himself and make his team win games and move further.

Cameron White has been good with the willow , in the second half of last season , and his performance has to continue for the goodness of the team.

IPL6 - Players to look for - Part 2

Continuing my last post on players to look for in this IPL season.

Chris Gayle -Entire RCB team and fans pinned their hopes on this hard hitter of all time. He has 3 IPL centuries, handful of fifties and a good strike rate. Till he is in crease, its no stopping from his willow against any attack.

Virat Kohli -The newly appointed RCB captain is in good form in all formats of the game, hope to continue his form in IPL too.


If I keep on writing I have write on many players and the article gets boring.. Apart from these players, the other key players of this IPL are

Darren Sammy
Thisira Perera
Rusty Theron
Sudeep Tyagi
Shadab Jakati
Wridhiman Saha
Rajat Bhatia
Sidharth Trivedi
Jayadev Unadkant
Iqbal Abdulla
Ankeit Chaudary
Amit Mishra


and the list goes on.....

IPL 6 - Players to look out for- Part 1!

With the IPL6 around the corner, let us have a short look on the players to look for, for all the 9 teams..

MS Dhoni - Undoubtedly , MSD will be on a high this season, after taking CSK to 3 finals consecutively, and 4 in total of the 5 seasons, and a semifinal appearance once, he will be keen to reclaim the trophy this time. With the recent 4-0 victory against the aussies certainly boosting his confidence, surely any one can expect the MSD magic to repeat in this IPL.

Mike Hussey - He is another pillar of CSK , along with Faf, can give a good start to the team, also his experience at the international level surely helps the team to get off to a flier.

Murali Vijay - With 2 consecutive 150+ scores against the aussies, and emerging as the leading run scorer of the series, Vijay is on high confidence and certainly that is going to ensure, he will be having a good IPL this year.

Shikar Dhawan - The fastest centurion on test debut is likely to miss a few games at the start of the season due to injury. But , once he returns, he might go into his old ways of exploding and scoring heaps of runs in the IPL.

Sehwag - The drop from Indian team, a good previous IPL season, is making the ferocious batter a player to look for this series. Lets see how he explodes with the willow.

Gambhir - His case is too similar to Sehwag's and it is most important for this Indian opener to get back to his old days of scoring runs consistently.

Ishant Sharma - Off late, Ishant Sharma has not fared that much well in the past test series, but this shorter version of game can surely bring back Ishant to his good old days.

Ricky Ponting - The recently retired Aussie stalwart , as a captain and player of Mumbai Indians have to prove his worth in IPL. So far he did nothing big in IPL.

Glen Maxwell - The million dollar buy from Aussies, failed miserably in the recent tour on turning tracks, have to see whether he is worth for what he is paid for.

Darren Sammy - The world cup T20 winning captain and allrounder is keen on continuing his form in the IPL from International cricket. Certainly he is an asset to the Sunrisers.

Dale Steyn - The back bone of Sunrisers bowling. He has to attack from the word go , if his team has to register few wins and also guide other pacers to bowl better.

Harbhajan - Its time for Bhajji to come out good and prove he is more better player than what he had performed in recent past.

Yusuf Pathan - Yusuf had been in bad form in last IPL, but he cannot leave it simple this season too.

Robin Uthappa - He is paid big, he has to prove his ability this season atleast.

Irfan Pathan - Irfan had been performing well for India till injury in Ranji season opener forced him to stay out. He has to come back strong enough for Delhi Daredevils, for his pay cheque.

IPL 6 Preview- SunRisers Hyderabad

SQUAD for this season :

Domestic Players :Akshath Reddy, Amit Mishra, Anand Rajan, Ankit Sharma, Ashish Reddy, Biplab Samantray, Dwaraka Ravi Teja, Hanuma Vihari, Ishant Sharma, Karan Sharma,   Parthiv Patel, Sachin Rana, Shikhar Dhawan, Sudeep Tyagi, Thalaivan Sargunam, Thisara Perera, Veer Pratap Singh. 

Overseas Players :Cameron White, Chris Lynn, Clint McKay, Dale Steyn, Darren Sammy,Jean-Paul Duminy, Quinton de Kock,Nathan McCullum,Kumar Sangakkara.

Mentor : VVS Laxman

Coach : Tom Moody

Bowling Coach : Waqar Younis

Previous Team Name : Deccan Chargers

Performances in past 5 seasons(Deccan Chargers):

2008 - 8th in League( 2 Wins & 12 Losses)

2009 - Winner ( 4th in League , 7 Wins & 7 Losses) 

2010 -  Semifinalist ( 4th in League , 8 Wins & 6 Losses) 

2011 - 7th in League ( 6 Wins , 8 Losses)  

2012 - 7th in League ( 4 Wins , 10 Losses ) 

Players to look for :

Batsman:

Shikar Dhawan - Brilliant batsman who has played for Mumbai Indians, Delhi Daredevils prior to playing for the Hyderabad based team. His willow had yeilded good amount of runs for the team so far in all the IPL seasons he played. With 400 runs in 14 games last season, he is the top scorer for his team with the bat. But the injury he got during Aussie test match is costing him a few games at the start of the season.

Kumar Sangakkara - A brilliant wicket keeper batsman and a captain in all forms of the game. One of the leading run machines in the International cricket in all formats. Expected to perform with his captaincy and willow this season.

Cameron White - Last season Cameron started with a dull note , but in the later half of the season ,he produced few magnificent innings which gave the team a couple of wins and almost made the team win another one. He is a hard hitter too. His scores in the top order matters the most, in the absence of Dhawan.

JP Duminy - The whole cricketing world and the IPL knows how good Duminy is with the willow and his part time bowling and fielding. His injury is forcing him to sit out for few games this season, once he returns, it will boost up the batting of the team for sure.

Akshat Reddy - He is one of the leading performers in the domestic circuit in all forms of the game. He can open the innings or bat at any given position , which helps the team to adjust its batting order according to the situation. A hard hitter, and a pinch hitter role also can be done by this young player, who has captaincy experience this season for Team Hyderabad in the domestic circuit.

Dwaraka Ravi Teja - The Hyderabadi domestic batsman and its captain is one of the most experienced domestic players in the side, his experience and skills as a batsman, part time offie will surely aid to the team's strength and is one of the domestic stars. 

Hanuma Vihari -  The world cup winning India U19 player can be one of the less recognized stars able to steal the show this season.

All Rounders : 

Darren Sammy,Nathan McCullum , Thisira perera are well known for their all round ablities in international T20 cricket and there is nothing much to specifically say about these proven stars.

Ashish Reddy & Sachin Rana can also perform on par with these international stars and there is nothing to worry regarding the team selection as there are a bunch of all rounders to chose from.

Bowlers :

Dale Steyn - The world class fiery pace bowler is expected to knock many wickets down this season as usual.

Ishant Sharma - Though Ishant is not of his greatest form, he is expected to give some breakthroughs in the power play overs and support Steyn.

Amit Mishra - Specialist spinner in the squad and usually performs well in IPL.

Veer Pratap Singh - The Bengal bowler has been a good performer last season and he is expected to give the same this year too.

Anand Rajan - He is one of the leading wicket takers in the domestic season and a good bowler, with lot of subtle variations , he can be crucial in middle overs and death.

For Ages, death bowling has been a worry for the Hyderabad IPL Team. It had lost on many occasions after scoring 180 runs batting first. If they can contain the death bowing to good extent, they can win many games and look for a top 4 spot.

The first ever 4-0 whitewash by India

It has been 81 years since India made its debut in International test cricket. Though it had won many tests and series in home and a few away, never India had made it 4-0.

The first evet 4-0 result came against the Aussies, who had never had such a result in 43 years till India made it. There are many contributions that helped team India to achieve this feat.

In the first test Aussies opting to bat first made a daunting 380 in first innings,with a good century by Clarke and a fifty from Henriques. They were on the dominant part till India lost 2 wickets cheaply. And showed some fight later by taking two more. Enter MS Dhoni ,who along with Virat and Bhuvi made India get massive lead of 123.

India then bowled out Australia, and had a mere 50 runs to win. If Henriques had not scored 81 in 2nd innings, the kangaroos might have lost by an innings.

Match 2
Again its the aussies who won the toss and batted first. Bhuvi gave initial burst with 3 scalps and spinners did the rest damage. Clarke declared at 237-9. India lost Sehwag early and Vijay,Pujara added 370 runs for 2nd wicket and took away the game from kangaroos. Then Spinners made aussies collapse for a mere 131 in 2nd innings,losing the match by innings.

3rd match
The day 1 was washed out because of rain. Australia made 408 thanks to couple of 90+ contributions from Smith and Starc. India tried a new opening pair , handing a debut to Shikar Dhawan, who demolished the aussie bowling and became the fastest century maker on debut and went on to score 187 in 174 balls,he lofted very few and played all along the ground for majority of his scoring.. Vijay played defensive and made 150+ followed by his hyderabad knock of 167.

The opening stand was 289 but regular fall of wickets has made indian innings to end at 499, with kohli stranded at 67.

Its Phil huges and starc who saved aussies from an another innings defeat. Its Bhuvi who gave start with 3 wickets. Rest damage did completely by the spin trio of Ashwin,Ohja and Jadeja. The target of 133 was achieved with 15 balls leff in the mandatory overs,with contributions from Vijay,Pujara,Kohli,Sachin,MSD and India produced result in 4 days.

4 th Match
In absence of Clarke,Watto took the captaincy,won the toss,but end result was the same. Aussies got  bowled out for 262, with siddle ending as top scorer. India got good start from opening pair Vijay and Pujara. Then India lost wickets at regular intervals,with late hitting by Dhoni and Jadeja,the innings folded at 272 on day 3 morning.

It was the spinners again reducing the aussies to 94-7. Again siddle saved them with a 50 and giving target of 155 to india with 7 sessions to play.

India started attacking from the word go. Lost Vijay early. Then Pujara,Kohli bought the score to 123. Kohli,Sachin and Rahane got out quickly and the score was 128-4. In came MSD, pujara scored 3 fours and levelled the score. Dhoni hit the winning boundary and a history was made.

India Vs Australia - Border Gavaskar Trophy - Review Part 2

In continuation to my part 1 , here lets see a review of how the Indian batsman fared so far this series.

MS Dhoni

In my view, MSD can be given a perfect 10 in terms of batting this series till now. His attacking 224 of 265 balls in first test completely pulled the game away from the reach of Aussies. Also it had answered many critics that he is not fit for the Test team. From a lean phase in the Indian team's losses from the England series in England, he proved his batting skills with a 99 in last test against England , in the dead rubber draw. In the next innings he played, he showed his magic and his past brilliance with the bat came to the park. His approach was completely Sehwagish. He continued that with a quick fire 44 in 2nd test to take a big lead and pile up pressure on Aussies.

Besides his batting and keeping, his brilliant use of bowlers in last 3 innings was awsome,always creating pressure on the kangaroos. Except the Henriques show with Clarke in 1st innings and with tail enders in 2nd innings, rest all were in India's way so far. He showed defensive approach for a whole session in 2nd test but after that it was completely attacking one. His minimal use of Bhajji in 1st innings at Chennai raised many questions though. But he admitted that Bhajji's performance was brilliant in the 2nd innings and in the second test.

Pujara

The fastest Indian to reach 1000 test runs in terms of innings played(18) and the joint fastest in terms of matches played(11- Sunny is the other one). Pujara showed his brilliance with the bat in Chennai with a meaty 44 but did not capitalize the start, where as in 2nd test, he made a good start, converted it into a big score, besides batting with a injured knee, added 370 runs for 2nd wicket along with Vijay and proved that he is the right choice for a No 3 position in the team. Comparisions of him with Dravid is going on everywhere, but its amatuerish as of now. He has to prove it for a while on long run to be another Dravid or the latest wall of India -Pujara.

Virat
Virat continued his form from the last test against England at home to this series with a century in Chennai( 2nd consecutive in Tests for him and against Australia) and followed that with a cheeky 34 in Hyderabad batting with Tail enders.His apetite for runs cost his wicket, but that was a nice addition to the Indian total where the lead was huge by the time he came to crease. His fielding was awsome as usual. From the lean phase against England in first 3 games, his last 3 tests performance overcame that.

Vijay
Vijay might have failed in his home ground in negotiating Pattinson, but his show in Hyderabad was fantastic. Though he scored runs slowly in the begininning and had a strike rate of 47 for his innings, his association with Pujara for 2nd wicket , for a period of over 6 hours and 110 overs was brilliant by any means. He now became a strong contender for the opening slot and selectors might not think of dropping him atleast for the next 2 tests.

Sachin
The master blaster made a well equipped 81 in the first innings at Chennai , followed by a pinch hitting 13 in the second innings, scoring 2 sixes in the first 2 balls he faced in the innings. Though he failed in the Hyderabad test for a low score, it doesnot matter much currently. And he made another Indian record, for the most waiting time with Pads on for a No 4 batsman in Indian test history. Thanks to Vijay-Pujara Partnership. One more thing to mention is the wait he did while Vijay is coming to pavilion, he waited till Vijay came out of the boundary line just to ensure that the crowd's applause goes to Vijay for his brilliant knock.

Sehwag failed in all the 3 innings he played, all three times to unplayable deliveries from the Aussie bowlers, twice to Pattinson and once to Siddle. He might come back to his Sehwagish knocks anytime.

Apart from the top order batsman, Kumar played a vital role with the bat in Chennai , for a stand worth 140 with Dhoni and made a valiant 38 runs . In Hyderabad, he hit couple of boundaries for 10 runs but he got out looking out for runs, coming down the track. Expecting more from a No 9 batsman is not good though.

Jadeja impressed with the ball but failed with the bat scoring 26 runs in 2 innings he played. But it doesnt matter much as he claimed 11 wickets and proved his bowling skills , more than proving his batting skills. Lets wait and watch how he fares with the bat in next 2 games.

With the performance by Indians , now Dhoni is the captain having most Test wins for India, though his wins away were only 5 and at home are 17 in 45 games totally , against the previous record holder Sourav who had 11 wins abroad and 10 at home in 49 games. Though it matters a little, Dhoni is the record holder now.

Also the win has helped India rise in its ranking to 4th position now, and if it gets 2 more wins, it will be ahead of Aussies and might go ahead of England too, if England plays the way it played against NZ today.

Review by Sukumar R

India Vs Australia - Border Gavaskar Trophy - Review Part 1

With the series loss to England on thier home soil, Indian Team was in a great pressure to show a comeback performance. The reason is big for that, couple of years back, till the Eng-India series in England last year, India has been No1 ranked Test side.

In the last 2 years the test series results for India are

0-4 Vs England in England( 4 Matches)
0-4 Vs Australia in Australia(4 Matches)
1-0  Vs WI in WI(3 Matches)
2-0 Vs WI in India ( 3 Matches)
2-0 Vs NZ in India ( 2 Matches)
1-2 Vs England in India( 4 Matches)
2-0 Vs Australia in India ( 4 Matches, with 2 to play)

So, overall India's performance is shortly summarized as below, away and home.

Away : 1-8 ( 11 Matches) W/L - 0.125
Home : 7-2 ( 11 Matches) W/L - 3.5

Overall : 8-10 ( 22 Matches) W/L - 0.80

For a team which was ranked No 1 before these matches were played, is now ranked 4th and 13 rating points behind 2nd ranked England, 12 behind 3rd ranked Australia. If India wins 4-0 and England loses by any margin or draws its NZ series, India have chances to claim No 2 spot by April 1 cut off date of ICC. Hope they will try for it or atleast swap places with Australia in ranking tables.

Coming to the on going Border Gavaskar trophy, India proved its better side of the two in subcontinent in first 2 games. Hope they will continue the show and win the series against the mighty aussies who are without the services of Ponting and Mike Hussey.

Lets have a short review on the performance by these 2 sides so far in this series.

Ashwin - 18 Wickets (9/10)
Clearly Ashwin is the pick of the bowlers for India, he recovered from his bad show against England and proved he is worth for his spot in the team. This made him achieve his career best ranking and rating as well. He is the lone Indian bowler in top 10 ICC rankings for bowlers. If he continues his show surely he will be a long time player for India.

Jadeja -11 Wickets ( 8/10)
Jadeja, who was criticised by many as a player of shorter format and does not fit into longer version, despite his outstanding domestic allround records, had now got chance only to criticize his batting in the longer version and not his bowling. He played a second fiddle to Ashwin and picked up 11 wickets so far in this series.

Harbhajan - 5 Wickets ( 6/10)
Bhajji has not made much of impact in first innings of first tests by just claiming a wicket, though he bowled better than he did against England in Mumbai. In the second innings he got 2 wickets and supported Ashwin well in tandem to knock down the Aussies. In the second test, he bowled exceptionally well in both the innings though he got 2 wickets in 1st innings and went wicketless in 2nd innings ( 10-6-10-0). He piled up pressure on Aussies in the last 3 innings he bowled for India, and as a result they lost wickets to Ashwin and Jadeja.

Bhuavenesh Kumar & Ishant Sharma

Its not a surprise that Kumar and Ishant did not get much of wickets in this series. Both went wicketless in first game. Kumar rocked the top order in 1st innings of 2nd game claiming 3 and Ishant provided the crucial breakthrough by scalping Watson in 2nd innings . Both these got scalps that turned the game in 2nd innings for India.

The batting review will be posted in next post.

Review by Sukumar R

என் காதல் 20 (முற்றும் )

புரிந்தும் புரியாமல் இருப்பது

பெரியோரின் கூட பிறந்தது 

காதலர்களுக்கு பிடிக்காதது 

காதல் என்றுமே ஏற்காதது 

காதலுக்கு அடி பணிந்தவர்க்கு 

காதலை தவிர வேறொன்று எதற்கு 

காதலில் இனிமை இருக்கு 

காதல் இல்ல வாழ்வெதற்கு

பெரியோர்களுக்கு அவகாசம் வேண்டும்
பெரியமனதுடன் ஏற்றுகொள்ள தொடரும்
பெரிதாய் உணர நாழியாகும்
பெரிதளவில் அவர்கள் உள்ளம் குளிரும்

எதிர்ப்புகள் குறைய துவங்கின
ஏற்றுகொள்ளும் சுவடுகள் தோன்றின
ஏற்க வந்தது அரை மனதுடன்
ஏற்க வைக்க வேண்டும் முழுமனதுடன்

புரிய வைத்தல் தொடங்கியது
புரிந்து கொள்ளுதலும் கூடியது
பிள்ளைகள் மகிழ்ச்சி பெரிது
பினைப்பில்லா நம்பிக்கைகள் தோற்றது

காலம் கூடி வர
காதலுக்கு வெற்றி சேர
கல்லுள்ளங்களும் கரைந்தன
காதலுக்கு வெற்றி கொடுத்தன

எதிர்பார்க்கும் குணங்கள் இருப்பின்
ஏகத்திற்கு பிள்ளைகளுக்கு மகிழ்ச்சி கொடுப்பின்
எக்கு தப்பை எதிர்பானேன்
ஏற்றுக்கொண்டால் போக போவதேன்

ஒரு மனதாய் ஏற்றுக்கொண்டார்
ஒன்றாய் வாழ வழி வகுத்தனர்
ஒன்றுக்கும் உதவா கொள்கைகள் கைவிட்டனர்
ஒரு நாள் நிர்ணயித்தனர்

பேச்சு வார்த்தைகள் துவங்கின
பேசி முடிக்கும் ஆர்வங்கள் கூடின
பேரின்பம் காதலுக்கு பேச்சுக்கள்  கொடுத்தன
பெற்றோரை காதலர்கள் பெருமை படுத்தின

நாட்கள் குறித்தனர்
நன்றாய் காதல் உள்ளங்களை குளிர வைத்தனர்
நன்றே நடக்கும் என நம்பினார்
நல்லுள்ளங்களில் ஆசீர்வாதங்களை அள்ளி தெளித்தனர்

களவும் கற்று  மற  
காதலை என்றும் மறா
கடினமாயினும் வெற்றி பெற
காலமும் வாழ்த்தும் நிறைய ------------ முற்றும் ----சுகுமார் ரா

என் காதல் 19(தொடர்ச்சி)

காலங்கள் மாறினாலும்

காதலர்களின் ஊடங்கங்கள் மாறினாலும் 

காதலின் வெளிப்பாடு மாறினாலும் 

காதல் மாறாதது அழியாதது 

எதிர்ப்புகள் பல வரும் 

ஏகத்துக்கு இடைஞ்சல்கள் ஏற்படும் 

எத்தனை காலம் ஆனாலும் 

என்றைக்கும் இருக்கும் காதல் 

வழக்கமான மிரட்டல்கள் 

வாழ்கை மேல் பயமுறுத்தல்கள் 

வண்டி வண்டியை சொன்னார்கள் 

வண்டுகள் போல மொய்த்தார்கள் 

விடாது எங்கள் முயற்சி 

விடமாட்டோம் எங்கள் பெயர்ச்சி 

வீறுகொண்டு எழுவோம் காதலுக்கு 

வெற்றி பெற்று வாழ்வோம் மகிழ்வோடு 

ஊடல் கூடல் பெருகியது 

ஊடங்கங்கள் உதவி கூடியது 

உள்ளிருக்கும் காதல் ஆகாயம்  தொட்டது 

உண்மை நிலை பெற்றோருக்கு புரிந்தது 

பெற்றோரின் பாசம் தேவை -அனால் 

பிற்போக்கு கருத்துக்கள் ஏற்க தேவை இல்லை

முற்போக்குடன் புரிய வைத்தோம் 

புரிந்தாலும் ஏற்க அவர் மனதில் இடம் இல்லை 

துடுக்குத்தனம் தலை தூக்கியது 

துடிப்புகள் கூடியது 

துன்பத்தை தடுக்க எண்ணம் வந்தது 

துடிதுடிக்கும் நெஞ்சங்கள் நிமிர்ந்து நின்றது 

ஆயிரம் கரங்கள் வந்தாலும் 

அழிக்க முடியாது காதலையும் 

அதனுடன் பெருகும் நேசத்தையும் 

ஆழ புரிந்தது அவர்களுக்கு அனைத்தும் 

------------------------------------------------------- தொடரும் ........... சுகுமார் ரா 

என் காதல் 18(தொடர்ச்சி )

மோதல்கள் பெருகின் காதல் பெருகும்
பெட்ட்றோரின் எதிருப்புக்கு அது பொருந்தும்
தடை சொன்னால் தடுமாறுவது அக்காலம்
தடைகளை மீறி வாழ்வதே இக்காலம்

சொல்லம்புகள் எய்தனர்
சொற்போர் புரிந்தனர்
செல்லா கரணங்கள்  சொல்லினர்
செல்லாது எங்கள் காதல் என்றனர்

துடிப்பு கூடியது
வெறி ஏறியது
வெற்றி நோக்கி சென்றது
வேரூன்றி நின்றது

காரங்கள் வினாவினோம்
கரங்களால் அனைத்து கொண்டோம்
காதலித்ததே தவறாம்
காதலுக்கு கல்லறையாம்

இலங்குருதி அடங்குமா ?
இச்சொற்கள் கேட்டு மாறுமா ?
இல்லை இக்கொற்றினை ஏற்போமா?
இல்லை நாங்கள் சரி என்று நிற்போமா ?

வேதனை பெருகிய உள்ளங்கள் சல்லாபித்தன
வெற்றி அடைவதே இலக்கென நிர்ணயித்தன
முடிவினை அறிவிக்கவும் செய்தன - அதன்
பலனாய் பல புண்களும் பெற்றன

வாழ்வின்  ஓட்டம் நிற்கவில்லை
வளரும் காதலை தடுப்பது சாத்தியமில்லை
வலுக்கட்டாய படுத்துவதில் அர்த்தமில்லை
வாழ்ந்து  முடித்தவற்கு அது புரிவதும் இல்லை

எங்கள் கதைப்புகள் பெருகின
உள்ளங்கள் மிக நெருங்கின
மின்னல்கள் கண்களில் அரும்பின-காதல்
சின்னங்கள் பற்பல கூடின

கலாம் கடந்து போக
காலனும் மரப்பானம் பாசக்கயிறு விட
கலி காலமே முடிந்தாலும்
காதலர்களின் பெட்ட்றோர் எதிர்ப்பு மாறாதாம்

------------------------------------------------------------------ தொடரும்...... சுகுமார் ரா

Vishwaroopam - Is it Govt's Venegance act against Kamal?

There is an article in Junior Vikatan, mentioning the following as reasons for the ban on Vishwaroopam

1. Kamal being close to Kalaignar family & giving Salem area rights to Udhay Stalin.
2. Not Selling Satellite rights to Jaya TV.

Following today's verdict of HC , ruling in favour of the state government. All the national TV channels started discussing with many personalties who are in support and opposing the movie.

The basic questions were

1. Is freedom of expression getting killed in this nation?
2. Is it a State government's venegance act, citing the fringe protestors?
3. Is the state government playing Vote bank politics by listening to the protestors?

Going through the issues, all these look perfect and finally it has become a personal grudge of the TN ruling party.

Where is democracy living in this country?

I really thank Dhanush a lot for giving a statement, if Kamal Hasan leaves the country, we will be going behind him wherever he goes, in answer to anchor's question.

In the same show, Govt's advocate is simply Saying " No No No No to everything, the movie has to be banned because of the protests".

In Times now- Arnab' show, Inayathulla's is unable to counter the questions asked by Leela samson ,Mahesh Bhat and Arnab. This shows how adament they are in cornering the movie , though the scenes shown in the movie were happened in US-Taliban war. When Arnab asked what is the Censor board scam raised by Govt advocate, he is repeatedly saying there is scam ,there is scam but not at all saying what is the scam... It proves how baseless the protests are asking for the ban. He is shouting like anything simply and meaningless.

Its a real shameful situation for our democracy , freedom and freedom of expression.

Vishwaroopam Issue- Death Knell to Tamil Cinema

Last evening at 10.15 pm ,the high court judge clearead Vishwaroopam for the release. Orders has been passed to the Govt to remove 144 section in all districts against screening of this movie. Later when Govt Advocate General wanted to get a stay order , the court ordered that it will be taken up for hearing at 02.15 pm today, and till that time the judgement should be implemented, but it was not. Isn't it not obeying high court orders , by the govt?

And moreover, this issue is being seen as an issue for Vishwaroopam and Kamal hasan alone. It is not. It is the supressing act by Govt against Tamil Cine Industry. Where the unity among film industry had gone now? Why there are no voices raising in support of the movie from the industry, except few? Are they afraid of the govt, or they are thinking that they do not have freedom of speech and expression?

We boast up that we are the largest democratic and secular country in this world, but I dont see both existing. No freedom of speech, no freedom of expression allowed here. But still we call ours is democracy, I feel dictatorship is lot better,because we will be knowing clearly what will be allowed and what not.

Govt is trying all the possible ways , with the help of the protestors to ban the movie. There are some news coming out that 1 hour duration of the movie which is portraying Afghan militants should be removed, which is the heart of the movie. What hurts the sentiments of these protestors , if an Afghan militant is shown as how he is in real life , which the whole world knows. Do they want to show Afghan militants as heroes of the movie and others as villains? People of thier community who had watched the movie has not found anything offensive, or anything shown which is not happening around the world in reality. Only a few are disliking it because they treat their community ahead of the country.

If you dont like the movie, or dont like to watch it, you do not watch and support it. Why you are asking for a complete ban of the movie? Is it democratic act? Is it patriotic act? It is really degrading thier communtiy. Arent they realising a movie will be seen as a movie by our audience? How many films had really created impact in our society? I bet there is none so far.

It really makes many to feel that , there is no issue other than this, that the Govt has to resolve. The entire state is facing lot of power cuts and many other issues, cant the govt concentrate on those rather than cornering a movie and banning it, despite the High court ruling that the movie can be screened and there is no offensive content at all.

The interview given by Kamal really reveals how he has been cornered and intentional ban against his movie with political motives behind it. Justice delayed is justice not given. Are the people asking for ban are thinking that every one else are fools? It looks they are looking so.

All these acts directly and indirectly reveals few things

1. Kamal hasan has to be cornered, because he supported Chidambaram & did not agree to give satellite rights to Jaya TV
2. There is no freedom of speech and expression exisisting and democracy too.
3. The protestors want to show that they do not have patriotism and they want all the Afghani & Paki militants as good people, because they belong to these protestors community. And more publicity for them.
4. Censor board certification is not at all having any value
5. High court judgement needs not be followed by the Govt mandatorily.

There are millions are people eagerly waiting to watch the movie in TN. Absolute failure of Govt and democracy here in this case.

P.S : It is not to offend any one. Its just my view on the happenings going on Vishwaroopam. Everyone knows all these too.

Vishwaroopam- Ban lifted!

At last the court goes with the genuine judgement and proves there is some democracy existing still in the country. This brings relief not only to Kamal and the Tamil cine industry. Also, for all the Kamalians, Movie lovers and millions of muslim brothers and sisters who were feeling ashamed and embarrassed because of the protests by few religious organizations.

The judge had ruled that it the "the best ever muslim friendly movie in recent times", of course it is 200% true and the movie is portraying the Indian muslim character "WISAM" in the best possible way, which can make everyone to respect the community.

Now where the protestors , who caused a big disgrace to their community, will keep their heads now? Their logical( illogical ) reasons asking for a ban became ashes now. Its hard fought victory for Kamal and Vishwaroopam. Although this is expected, the protestors were in news for quite some time.

Today afternoon, the movie was released on full flow in Bangalore, despite being a weekday, all the shows got housefulls, within minutes after the Commissioner had given green signal for the screening. All the shows ( 24) were housefulls in Rockline Cinemas, Bangalore from Jan 25th. Now every screen is running fulls, in the city. I am damn sure that this will be be the top grosser for Tamil movies in Bangalore, if not , at least top grossing Kamal movie here.

I am waiting for the verdict eagerly , like millions of Kamalians, and finally breathed sigh of relief, when the announcement came in NDTV. Great Kamal Sir. The support for Kamal rendered in social networking is at the peak level possible ,like never before.

The only thing I felt sad is the way Nadigar Sangam kept silent and did not show full support for the movie.

At last , those who asked for the ban failed miserably now. Once again Truth Triumphed in this country. Warm hearty thanks for all those who supported Kamal. Vishwaroopam got a Vishwaroop Victory. Special thanks for the judge who stood on the fact that there is nothing to ban the movie.

Vishwaroopam - Why Dirty Politics?

Twist and Turn came in the protest against Vishwaroopam today , in the court.

Advocate General saying that it will create law and order problem in the state and asking to remove all the scenes that involves Afghan terrorists is a foolish statement by the well learned judicial person. More over, raising an issue that Censor board has cleared it illegally and the censor certificate is a Scam is absolutely rubbish.

Are they thinking every one are fools around them? When Kamal's advocate asked will they deposit Rs 100 crore towards the losses incurred by the film, they had no answers. It looks like the state government, who is looking out to corner Kamal with the help of the protestors.

If Kamal had given the satellite rights to Jaya TV, surely this ban would never been into picture. Since he had not given, he is politically targetted with the Power the Government has. When Judge himself is convinced that there are no offensive scenes and movie will cause no harm to society, why this fake allegations are raised now?

If the censor board certification is a scam , dont they know it before? Why they are initiating it now, is it because the judge is about to give a green signal to the release of the movie?

If the Governement cannot maintain law and order of the state , for the release of a movie, which has no offensive content, they how the Government will protect common human during thier tenure?

Watch movie as a movie and not some thing else, if you want to corner some one , corner him legally . Not  by banning his movie. An artist can never be supressed by these kind of silly protests and ban. Already it is a big hit overseas and in the places where it got released.

Kamal has every right to demand the Government to pay compensation ( atleast INR 80 Crs ) towards the losses incurred by him because of the opposing from them , for the release of the movie. This is the "CULTURAL TERRORISM" followed here. Every artist is made look liek a Minority , than any community person. Shame on the society and Shame on the Govt citing law and order reasons. Its clearly looking like a personal grudge and not because of the content of the movie.

If you do not promote these kind of magnum opus movies , its not a problem, but if you oppose it , our film industry will never grow, and we will end up in making masala movies all the time,with no scope for technology or performances.

Either the release of the movie should happen , or else compensation has to be given to Kamal Hasan. He should be given for the losses incurred by him as a producer of the movie.

Threat to Vishwaroopam - Is it right?

The threatening statements against screening of Vishwaroopam were out today. It was to the extreme level, saying that they will take law into their hands if at all the movie gets screened in India. Who are these people to stop an artist from releasing his film in theatres , which contains many real facts about the 2002 US-Taliban war mixed up with sci fiction?

Is there no other way to protest against a movie? There are many other ways. They can go to the supreme court, let the judges see the movie and give their judgement. Who gave these people rights to ban an individual's freedom of expression,which is taken in the best possible way?

Are these protestors coming out to say that they have been portrayed badly in the movie as Militants? Did it means they are supporting the Taliban militants and their JIHAD,which resulted in merciless killing of millions of people so far?

Or else it means that they should be treated like the Talibans?

The way the protests are going gives this impression only. There are millions of Muslims , who are friendly with other communities of the country, who are facing embarrassing situation because of these few hundreds of protestors. This protest is really degrading their community , more than making others to show respect towards them.

Is law and order not listening to the threatening statements of these people? How the people depending on the vote bank of these protesters take action against them, in this secular country. Really its a shameful moment of Tamil Cinema and I dont see any film personalities coming out and supporting a fellow Industry person, except a few.

P.S - Its not to offend any one individually. Its a anguish on the threatening statements by few people against the Legend of Indian Cinema. I am sorry if it directly or indirectly offends any one else.

Vishwaroopam- Something behind the Protestors?

Till date we have come accross many protests from various people against Kamal Hasan movies. Virumandi,Mumbai Xpress, Hey Ram,Unnai Pol Oruvan,Manmadhan Ambu,Pammal K Sambandham, Vasool Raja MBBS, Avvai Shanmugi, Dhasavatharam.. These all I Know, but there might be many which I may not know.

The latest addition is Vishwaroopam. There were 2 Protests basically against this movie

1. Vishwaroopam - Sanskrit Title - Hindu Makkal Katchi
2. Portraying Muslims as Terrorists - Muslim Organizations( 24 in total as of date including few polictical parties)

The first one went un-noticed because, if Titles are non-Tamil, the entertainment tax exemption , which Kamal Hasan is least bothered.

The second one became a big issue , asking for the ban of the movie screening by few Protesting groups from a religion. Their statement is - Their community is being shown as terrorists in the movie.

I had a strong belief that Kamal Hasan never portays anything worng about a particular community, nor any thing fictious about any community. This is absolutely right , when I watched the movie.

What bothers these protestors, if the Afghan militants are shown as muslims in the movie( which is real fact, the entire world knows it). They invited themselves into the issue, and made other common Tamil muslim feel bad and embarassed. India is a country where Muslims were Presidents of the country( the top most level of Indian constitution), Vice presidents, Cabinet Ministers, Captains in various sports, many top level posts in Defence, Police  and other civil departments. There are brotherly relations between Other religion people and Muslims in most parts of the state. By raising this issue, it is making an embarassing situation for those Muslims,who are friendly with other religions.

One main fact these protestors have to think about is - How does showing Talibans as militants ( a real fact) , in a Tamil movie will impact the respect of Tamil muslims?

Are people so mad to believe that all people of that community are Militants? And every person of that community does a JIHAD? The answer is absolutely a big "NO". People are not mad to the core to show hatered on a person of community , just because some person , somewhere in the world of that community is doing a bad thing.

Do the protestors think that all people from thier community are being seen as Militants by the society here because of the movies? Its is "No" defenitely.The way they are protesting asking for a ban, is making people think in that way. The protests are really degrading the community. It is creating a bad impact on thier community atleast 1000 times than the movie can create, if at all. Blindly protesting is of no use, without any baseless statements. Afghans should be shown as Muslims only, since it is the fact. And it will never create any harm to any people following that community in India, especially Tamilnadu. It is clearly indicating that , beyond the reason they are telling out, there is some kind of other motivations behind these protests. No one can stop an Artist from delivering his performances on screen. The protests have degraded the respect of the community. It is better to stop it and support the release of the film atleast now.


First and foremost, look Cinema as Cinema and not real life. And more over, dont mix up politics with every cinema. Vishwaroopam is a next level Indian cinema and encouragement is needed for the same, and not selfish,political based protests.

Is our Democracy still existing? Are we letting every one to express thier views , I really feel that Cinema Industry is the most minority in the country, who is deprived of all kinds of freedom. If this situation continues, we will never be able to compete with World Cinema. I dont understand why everyone asks for a ban against a particular movie, every time.

Please watch movies for entertainment. Never use them for your baseless protests.

Really one has to admire the guts of Kamal Hasan to come up with a movie , on Global terrorism , without showing any false facts and not using any scenes which can hurt the sentiments of any community. His efforts have to be applauded and never be asked for a ban from showing his masterpiece in theatres. Are they realising how much the theatres and film industry is losing because of these protests? I believe Kamal Hasan has every right to sue the protestors for causing losses to the movie screening and ask for a compensation, if at all we are living in a Secular democratic country. Government should support this and not support senselss protests asking for a ban. It was a funny judgement today from the Madras High Court, saying that Kamal should discuss with the protestors and solve this issue, besides they have watched the movie, which is being cleared by Censor board, who had a Muslim member in it. If he has to solve by having discussion with the protestors, then what is use of our Judicial system?

Is the government is supporting the protestors just because of the vote banks? This question also arises for everyone who looks at all these incendents happing against "VISHWAROOPAM"

Final say, Vishwaroopam is a movie based on US-Taliban war and it has nothing to do with the Tamil Muslims or Muslim community. What ever we had read in news about the 2002 war had been only shown in the movie, which is a well known fact for the world.

Vishwaroopam's ban - Dont we have freedom of expression?

By seeing the few protesting group's desire of banning the movie Vishwaroopam, only one thing comes in my mind. Are we having freedom of expression  and speech?

And one more question too Are the Laws are written only for the sake of filling the rule numbers and it is not mandatory to follow?

The basic reason why these two questions arises in my mind is, Vishwaroopam is a movie made based on the Global terrorism involving US and Afghanistan. The movie's censor committee had a muslim official and he cleared it , since it is not showing anything beyond reality. Also, it is not showing anything which can really hurt a religion or community.

If the same movie is made by a Hollywood director,with Hollywood actors, the same protestors would keep watching it many times , and will acclaim it as a best and excellent made movie. If the same is made by an Indian, especially from Tamil Cinema, it will be called for a ban, indicating that it is portraying their religion in a bad way.

One basic Information- It is well known that Afghanistan is a muslim country right? And Talibans , who were once ruling Afghanistan are Al Qaida Muslims right? Showing the real fact in a Tamil movie will make people think bad about the community here? Absolutely "NO" , because the entire world knows about the terrorism and who is promoting it, who is doing it.

Every one who is asking for a Ban should first understand that , the scenes portrayed in the movie are facts showed with fiction and nothing new,which the world does not know. Also , they should prove that Afghans are not belonging to their religion , if at all Vishwaroopam has to be banned permanently. But its not possible right. It clearly looks like they are doing it to be in news and gain some publicity, its for their personal benefit and not for the community. Please dont call for a ban on a movie for publicity sake. If at all any scene in the movie is offending( I saw the movie & I didn't find any), you can ask for removing that scene and not banning the movie fully.

A final word - Its not at all showing any thing bad about any religion. The movie portals the US-Taliban war , and it will not create any bad impression on any religion in the country. And more over, till date no movie has made any impact on any community. Every one knows that too. Please look movies as movies and dont use them for your own publicity. Vishwaroopam is a movie , made with latest technology and it has to be seen by every one in theaters, if at all our Tamil Cine Industry has to go to next level . Never try to suppress talent of any one.

The movie is getting huge response and heavy crowds ( from the community of the protesters in very huge numbers), and its being appreciated for the excellent making,performance and taking,screenplay,editing,music.

Please allow everyone to express their views. Dont call for a ban for your personal/political benefits.

From a die hard Kamal Hasan Fan.

P.S - It is purely my opinion and I am sorry if any one does not agree with this.

Vishwaroopam- My View

Just I finished watching Vishwaroopam.

Coming to the protests raised by few muslim organizations, there is nothing bad shown about muslims, infact the movie shows muslim community in good way ti the possible extent. I dont understand what has hurt these protestors.

The movie starts in US, travels in Afghanistan in the flash back episode.

The movie portrays glimpses of Taliban-US war. Only Talibans are shown as terrorists in the movie,which is the real fact. I admire Kamal Hasan for giving an extrordinary movie on Global Terrorism.

The movie is well written,well edited,well picturized, well choreographed, well produced. Overall I give a 9/10 for this movie.

The story revolves around Vishwanath@Wisam, Nirupama,Asmitha,Omar,Salim. Screenplay is very clear and well executed,except a few little pace downs.

The stunts are better than those we see in Hollywood movies. Performances by the cast is clean and perfect.

Overall a technical brilliance taken to next level in Indian Cinema. All the scenes of the movie portraying terrorism are very similar to the US-Taliban war happened a decade ago,shown with good amount of fiction.

Hats off to Kamal Hasan,the world cinema legend for making such a wonderful cinema. Everyone should watch this movie in theatres and its worth watch for atleast couple of times.

If you expect a masala commercial entertainer,you wont like Vishwaroopam. But if you expect a sci fi action movie, you will get what you want.

Background score,songs placement and aura technology also deserve full credits.

My rating is 9/10.

Vishwaroopam's Vishwaroopam

Vishwaroopam is a film based on Taliban - USA clashes. It was made very clear through the trailer and the information that Kamal Hasan gave to the media.

Everyone knows what is the religion of Afghanistan, every one knows how USA is trying to prove its supremacy in Afghan.

Then why these many protests from Muslim Politicians of Tamilnadu???

Movie got released today in Kerala where 25% of the population are Muslims and no protests came from them.

Movie got released in Malaysia where Muslims are in large numbers, but no protests came from them.

Then why the protests from Tamilnadu alone?

Can a movie create huge impact on a society?

The answer is a big "NO". The best examples are Kamal Hasan movies alone.

Mahanadi portrayed the Chit companies fraud, but till date its continuing non stop. Did the people awake from that and stopped investing in private chit funds?

In Virumandi, death sentence abolishment was the concept? Did it happen????

In Devar magan, eradication of communal fights is the concept. Did people stop it by looking its climax?

In Anbe sivam, love and affection is the main concept. But did any one turn communist and showered affection on all?

If all the above Kamal films did not create any impact, how can Vishwaroopam create a bad impact on the society????

If any one protesting against the film can answer this properly, he can be treated as THE BEST EVER INDIAN CITIZEN caring about Indian society.

But no one protesting against this film has a valid reason. Simply they are citing that all muslim characters shown in the film are terrorist characters. Is there any other religion in Afghanistan prevailing? Is there any militant from Afghanistan who is a non - muslim. This doesn't mean that all muslims are terrorits? Does it mean? I dont think so.

Yesterday I read one article from an Indian muslim writer about this issue, I was surprised to see that he is feeling ashamed for this protest by few co-muslims.Hats off to you Mr Naseeruddin Shah @ Alavandhan.

Even if few scenes in film are against a community , how our censor board will certify them? Lets assume that they have missed it, in that case, any one has right to ask the producer of the movie to remove those obsene scenes only. No one has right to ask for a ban on the movie. Look Cinema as a Cinema and not as the one which is really happening around you.

If a film can cause a revolt or an impact on society, then how many of the educated youth turned up in politics watching Ayutha Ezhuthu(Yuva)? I dont see any , including me.

Finally, only one thing is flashing in mind. Free publicity for the lesser known political party in TN, like the one who became so popular by starting a protest against FANAA in Gujarat , few years back.

This article is not to offend any Muslim or any one personally. I personally feel that there is no meaning in asking for a ban on Vishwaroopam. If few scenes are against Islam, any one in this country has every right to ask Kamal Hasan to remove it from the movie. But no one has any right to ask for the ban on the movie. I am really surprised to see why the TN Govt imposed ban. Is it because Udhayanidhi Stalin is distributing the movie in Salem area or is it to prove the protests are correct or is it to corner Kamal Hasan or is it for some thing else. Questions are many , but there are no valid answers.

I am sorry if this article hurted any one directly or indirectly. Its purely my opinion and I believe I have freedom of speech still existing in this country.

Sukumar R... A Die hard Kamal Hasan Fan



என் காதல் 17

வேதனையில் வாடின உள்ளங்கள்
வேர்த்து கொட்டிய நெற்றிகள்

வேரின்றி நின்ற நெஞ்சங்கள்
வேறு பட்டன இருப்பிடங்கள்

எவ்வாறு சிந்திப்போம்
எவ்வாறு சிலாகிப்போம்
என்று ஒன்று சேர்வோம்
எவ்வாறு வாழ்வோம்

கேள்விகள் பல மனதில்
கேட்டும் கிட்டவில்லை பதில்
கேட்பது நாங்கள் யாரிடதிதில்
கலப்பது என்று ஓரிடத்தில்

இருக்கும் வாய்ப்புகளை தேடினோம்
இருப்பினும் சந்தித்தோம்
இரும்பு உள்ளங்களை கரைக்க துடித்தோம்
இம்மியளவு கரைத்தோம்

காலம் கடந்து சென்றது
கல் நெஞ்சங்கள் கரைய துடங்கியது
கல்யாணம் செய்ய மட்டும் மறுத்தது
கள்ள நெஞ்சம் வெளிப்பட்டது

விடவில்லை நாங்கள்
விடாமுயற்சி வீரர்கள்
விண்ணுலகம் எதிர்த்தாலும்
வெற்றி பெற நினைப்பவர்கள்

அவளின் இருப்பிடம் மாறியது
அன்றே சந்திக்கும் வாய்ப்பு வந்தது
அக்கணமே தவிப்பு நீங்கியது
அரவணைப்புகள் துவங்கியது

நினைத்த நேரம் சந்தித்தோம்
நினைத்ததை விட காதல் பரிமாறினோம்
நினைத்ததை போல் வழ எண்ணினோம்
நிஜமான காதலை புரிய வைக்க தொடங்கினோம்

காதலின் ஆழம் புரிந்தது -அதை
கருவறுக்க கரங்கள் நீண்டது
காதலை அழிக்க அவர்கள் மனம் துடித்தது
கவலைகளில் அவர்கள் நெஞ்சங்கள் வாடியது

மீண்டும் முதலுக்கு வந்தது
மீட்டு சென்றனர் அவர்கள் மகளை
மிரட்டி பார்த்தனர்
மிரண்டு போனார்கள்

Pirivaatraamai - Review of Short Film by Haresh R & Co!

Cast and Crew:

Story : Nandhasivabalan
Cinematography : Chandrasekhar G
Editing, Mixing, Direction : Haresh R

This short film , made by Haresh & Team , is a narration of the tale of a boy, his lover and a Professional.

The film starts showing , how the day starts for the hero and the professional. Both are contrasting in nature and well caputred. The most attractive part of this is, the story is told by the emotions of the characters and not by dialogues.

The film ends with the mistake done by professional, which impacts the life of the hero.

All the characters are perfectly portrayed and matured. All the cast perfectly performed what is needed, not a bit more or a bit less.The narration is excellent though its a bit slow paced, which the script demands.

Cinematography is main asset of this short film. All the scenes are well captured and needs an applause.

The background music mixing is well done, and the screenplay is well done and crisp. The direction is superb.

Overall, this film never looks like a film made by first timers.

Well done Haresh,Chandru, Nanda, Preetha,Venkat,Sajna. Hats off to you. The overall outcome is very nice and appreciable.


Review by Sukumar Radrapu