Madharasapattinam

After deciding to watch the movie "Madharasapattinam" alone at PVR cinemas on Thursday (5.08.2010) evening since all my friends already watched the movie, luckily one of my friend who came to Bangalore from Jamshedpur to attend some conference accompanied me though he already watched it and he claimed that this is the costliest movie that he had ever seen because one ticket costs Rs.170.

The movie is basically a love story between an English girl and a Tamilian, loosely based on the background of Indian Independence era. Guess the director was greatly inspired by Titanic and Lagaan to make this movie; but well made to suit the Tamil audiences. The highlight of the movie is that the director gives the audience a glimpse of Chennai pattinam how it looked like during the Independence era. Until I watched this movie, I didn’t know that Chennai had trams and the famous gigantic Spencer mall was actually constructed after destroying the British building. After watching this movie, now my perspective of looking at Chennai city is different. At the end of the movie, I felt we missed one Italian city in India which I meant the Buckingham canal (Chennai’s Thames river) famously called as Koovam, used for transportation in those days. Music, Background score and artists performances are really good in the movie. Worth watching it in theatre. The English girl who acts as a grand-child to the protagonist’s lady love looks like a Shruthi Hassan to me. After “Aayirathil Oruvan”, Madharasapattinam is one Tamil movie which speaks about historic events, if I am not wrong.

TAGLINE: Think out of box; Love the girl out of your country :-).

Angels disappeared

I and my friend were waiting in a New Delhi railway station to board the Karnataka Express train to Bangalore. As soon as the train came to the platform, we searched for S4 coach. We cross checked our names with the passenger list and my friend led the way to find out the 49 and 51 seat numbers. He stopped in the way and didn’t proceed further after he found the seat numbers. I asked him to move inside but he didn’t. Then I peeped above him and found nearly some 15 girls were sitting on 6+2 berth seats. I really went crazy. I felt "OH GOD – AGAIN :-)".
Then I asked my friend to move and asked a girl "Is this S4 coach?".
She said "Yes" with some hesitation and my heart went high as she spoke in her girly voice.
Then I asked "What are your seat numbers?".
She said "Our seats are not confirmed. We are waiting for TC".
"Alright our seat numbers are 49 and 51" I said.
Immediately, two girls gave a seat to us. In a second we were surrounded by girls as like how angels dance around the protagonist in a duet song. Their outfit looked like they are Punjabis. “Pretty” word is not enough to use, they are A-N-G-E-L-S. I don’t know at whom to stare because everyone is beautiful. I and my friend just looked and smiled at each other.
Then a guy came and said "These girls are going to Bhopal to write an exam. All our seats are not confirmed. Could you two share at your upper berth for a night"? The climate is hot and I felt very sticky. Immediately I responded "We can’t. We are coming from a tiring 10 days camp and we are really tired. We need to get some good sleep. I am really sorry boss".
He said "Can’t u feel pity on these pretty girls?".
Yes they are pretty but I and my friend responded coherently "No". Really he is pissed off and went. Then a newly married couple came and argued with the guy who requested us to share us in the upper berth. After a long argument all the girls moved to the next 6+2 seats. I thought in a minute 15 angels were replaced by one (I meant the newly married girl. She too looks beautiful). But that’s not the end of it. The couple went somewhere and came with 3 grannies who sat in front of us. Later I realised their seats were shuffled and the couple sat somewhere in next coach. I and my friend shared a dirty look and we lay on the bed :(.