கருப்பு HB பென்சில் கொடுத்து
வானவில் வரையச்சொன்னேன்,
மழையை வரைந்துவிட்டு
"பினிஷ்ட்" என்றது குழந்தை..
"வானவில் எங்கே?" என்றேன்
"மழை நிற்கும் வரை இரு
வானவில் வரும்.." என்றாள்!
Thursday, July 5, 2012
Wednesday, July 4, 2012
Why is it so terrible and why it is still important to go on?
To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow,
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day
To the last syllable of recorded time,
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage
And then is heard no more: it is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.
I so happened to read this piece of poetry from Macbeth, Shakespeare. Before I blabber on with whats in my mind, I should explain what this means to you. I know its a bit straight forward piece of poetry on setting the scales with Shakespeare's entire work. But still...
Each day creeps after another in some trivial way (life is meaningless) and time in all its details, is being noted down, ready for Judgement Day. Our past has done nothing but show fools the way to death. Life is a brief candle. Life has no importance, since it is a shadow.
Life makes no impression, just like the inadequate actor who spends but a short time on stage and then disappears, making no impact. Life is but transient. It is only a story told by a fool, full of sounds and fury but means nothing.
Basically the soliloquy is well-known for its despondence at life. At this point of time, in the novel, it matters not to Macbeth whether he lives or not. "Life is meaningless" will be the shortest translation of this soliloquy.
Now I have a question to you all.. is it just me or every one conscious about this? Speaking for myself, I got this clarity at around 18 and it becomes increasingly more evident as you get older.
When I was younger than what I am now, I had a feeling that how important everything is and how things have to go right - your job, your career, your choices and all that. And then after a while, you start to realize that, its just can't be perfect... its Ok to make mistakes its Ok to go wrong and (- taking the big picture here -) eventually we die!.. Eventually the sun burns out and the earth is gone ..all the stars and all the planets in the universe goes away - disappears and nothing is left at all!.. no Mozart .. no Shakespeare.. no Sujatha.. no Ilayaraja..no Vairamuthu..no Nolan.. No Allen.. no Rahman..no Kamal.. no beaches..parks..temples..theatres..office..traffic jam.. No wars.. no peace.. no economy..Its just an empty space.
And when you start to think about it, the words of Shakespeare - makes absolute sense -
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.
Its just going down!
When you think about it, its just happening over and over again! - Every hundred years, the people on earth is flushed down and earth is left with a whole new set of people - all the Indians, Americans, Hindus, Muslims, Christians, the rulers, every person who is making our lives miserable and happy - are replaced - in the next hundred years. But every set, goes through the same worry, anxiousness and rage!
So it seem like a big meaningless thing.
But, you can't actually live your life like that. Can you? Because if you do, you just sit there and wait for your death. Why do anything, why get up in the morning and do anything? Finally it comes down to this question - why live and whats the meaning of existence?
It differs for every individual. For those among us who is devoid of any basic amenities in life - acquiring them could only be their drive to live. Sad as it is, that can't be denied. They can't (and should not) have all these nonsensical thoughts. But for people like us - to those we know that the food and shelter are guaranteed, is it not our duty to try and figure out, why given this terrible fact, this meaningless end of everything, do you want to go on living? What and why do you care about anything?
Don't we have the responsibility to try and find, knowing the truth, knowing the worst, not giving ourselves a fake heaven and hell nonsense, why life is still worthwhile!? That IS a tough assignment even to explain to somebody who's primary concern is - for instance - their salary, their food, their promotion, their credit scores, their car, the worry about how to face the society, the social status and its own evils - and many many MANY other trivial things. At times, yes,even I am concerned. That is vital for survival.. not for existence! We are not cockroaches, right?
I wont deny some survival necessities... but I do that knowing that I am growing. I don't see in most of us even the slightest clue of growing up.. even in grown men/women!
Don't we have the responsibility to try and find, knowing the truth, knowing the worst, not giving ourselves a fake heaven and hell nonsense, why life is still worthwhile!? That IS a tough assignment even to explain to somebody who's primary concern is - for instance - their salary, their food, their promotion, their credit scores, their car, the worry about how to face the society, the social status and its own evils - and many many MANY other trivial things. At times, yes,even I am concerned. That is vital for survival.. not for existence! We are not cockroaches, right?
I wont deny some survival necessities... but I do that knowing that I am growing. I don't see in most of us even the slightest clue of growing up.. even in grown men/women!
By this time should we not have come out of our boxes and be open? Why is still for most of us, the most trivial things are of concern? Shouldn't we have evolved by now?
I realize this is the single most abstract post I have ever written and I know its not coherent enough and all the questions are debatable and open ended. For most of them, there is no answers. But if you have not given a thought about why existence itself is so terrible and why is it still important to give it a shot... please do. It is essential Because we are living in our own hallucination of reality!
Thanks!
Reflecting this anger of Shakespeare, It is interesting to know our own Mahakavi has the answer for that...
உண்மை யறிந்தவர் உன்னைக் கணிப்பாரோ?
மாயையே-மனத்
திண்மையுள்ளாரை நீ செய்வது
மொன்றுண்டோ !-மாயையே!
எத்தனை கோடி படைகொண்டு வந்தாலும்
மாயையே-நீ
சித்தத் தெளிவெனுந் தீயின்முன்
நிற்பாயோ?-மாயையே!
என்னைக் கெடுப்பதற் கெண்ணமுற்றாய்
கெட்ட மாயையே!-நான்
உன்னைக் கெடுப்ப துறுதியென்
றேயுணர்-மாயையே!
சாகத் துணியிற் சமுத்திர மெம்மட்டு
மாயையே!-இந்தத்
தேகம் பொய் யென்றுணார் தீரரை யென்
செய்வாய்!-மாயையே!
I realize this is the single most abstract post I have ever written and I know its not coherent enough and all the questions are debatable and open ended. For most of them, there is no answers. But if you have not given a thought about why existence itself is so terrible and why is it still important to give it a shot... please do. It is essential Because we are living in our own hallucination of reality!
Thanks!
Reflecting this anger of Shakespeare, It is interesting to know our own Mahakavi has the answer for that...
உண்மை யறிந்தவர் உன்னைக் கணிப்பாரோ?
மாயையே-மனத்
திண்மையுள்ளாரை நீ செய்வது
மொன்றுண்டோ !-மாயையே!
எத்தனை கோடி படைகொண்டு வந்தாலும்
மாயையே-நீ
சித்தத் தெளிவெனுந் தீயின்முன்
நிற்பாயோ?-மாயையே!
என்னைக் கெடுப்பதற் கெண்ணமுற்றாய்
கெட்ட மாயையே!-நான்
உன்னைக் கெடுப்ப துறுதியென்
றேயுணர்-மாயையே!
சாகத் துணியிற் சமுத்திர மெம்மட்டு
மாயையே!-இந்தத்
தேகம் பொய் யென்றுணார் தீரரை யென்
செய்வாய்!-மாயையே!
- மகாகவி பாரதியார்
Having blabbered everything and put all the questions forth, now its the time for the last one.. Is Bharathiyar greater than Shakespeare ? :)
Tuesday, June 26, 2012
iMovies - 3
Prequel: http://riddikilus.blogspot.com/2012/03/imovies-2.html
Forrest Gump - Happily sad...
12 Angry Men -No bombs, no car chases but edge of the seat stuff none the less
Where can I start with 12 Angry Men? Its a story about a person believing that the soon-to-be-convict is innocent. The movie is not about the story though. Its about how it unravels itself. Any vivid movie lover knows there has to be 2 plot points in a three part screenplay. But this movie has more than 4 :) with out the conventional "set-up" portion.
The twelve angry men are the twelve jurors of a murder case and no one has a'priori introduction to any one under the roof. An eighteen-year-old boy from a slum background is accused of stabbing his father to death and faces the electric chair if convicted. Eleven of the men believe the boy to be guilty; only one (Henry Fonda) has doubts. Can he manage to convince the others?
Although the plot of the film is excellent and it is fascinating to see what little things can influence which way a verdict goes. Where this film really succeeds is in presenting the characters of the 12 jurors. The character of each of the jurors emerges through a wonderful mix of perfect casting, excellent dialogue and near-flawless acting.
Juror #1 - a simple man who clearly does not understand the full complexity of the task that lies before him but is trying to do everything not to let anyone else find this out.
Juror #2 - a small, quite man, clearly unaccustomed to giving his own opinion much less to expecting his views to be of any importance. Apparently he finds solace in his job - he is an accountant.
Juror #3 - probably the most complex personality in the film. Starts off like a pleasant self-made successful businessman, he analyses the case impartially, explains his arguments well and is reasonably self assured. As time goes on he becomes more and more passionate and seems to be somehow personally involved with the case. He also starts to show some signs of slight mental instability. Wonderfully played by Lee J. Cobb - this is the character you remember after the film is over.
Juror #4 - self assured, slightly arrogant stockbroker.
Juror #5 - a man under great emotional stress.
Juror #6 - He really wants to see justice done and it worries him that he might make a mistake.
Juror #7 - One that really has no opinion on this case.
Juror #8- A caring man, has put more thought into the case than any of the other jurors.
Juror #9 - a wise old man with his great life experience has quite a unique way of looking at the case.
Juror #10 - the most horrifying character in the film. Votes guilty and does not even try to hide the fact that he does so only because of the boy's social background.
Juror #11 - An immigrant watchmaker, careful methodical man, well mannered and soft spoken.
Juror #12 - a young business type - perhaps he has his own opinions - but is careful to hide them.
Midnight in Paris - Stunning Allen!
All men fear death. It's a natural fear that consumes us all," says a character in "Midnight in Paris"… "However, when you make love with a truly great woman, one that deserves the utmost respect in this world and one that makes you feel truly powerful, that fear of death completely disappears." Paris is her name. She has seduced writers for centuries, and in "Midnight in Paris" writer/director Woody Allen makes love to her with his camera, in the most poetic of ways. Or perhaps he's referring to art, to achieving such intimacy with your craft and such artistic climax that you become immortal, like Hemingway, Matisse, Fitzgerald, Picasso, Dali or Allen himself.
Gil Pender, the protagonist in Allen's 2011 oscar winning film, has never experienced that kind of artistic height. Played quite convincingly by Owen Wilson (in a surprising and refreshing role that Allen had to re-write for him), Gil is an aspiring novelist who is visiting Paris with his girlfriend (Rachel McAdams) and her parents. But while they prefer to shop and visit museums, Gil chooses to wonder about. "No work of art can compare to a city," he says.
Pender is actually mesmerized by the City of Lights and fantasizes about what he believes was Paris' Golden Age, the 1920s with the Lost Generation of American writers walking its streets, writing in sidewalk cafés, and frequenting smoky bars and flamboyant parties. One evening at midnight, trying to find his way back to the hotel, something magical happens to Gil. Really! But no reviewer should give that magic away.
Getting lost in the city seems to be a symbol for how lost he really is, as a person and as a writer, and although he's somewhat insecure and anxious (he even carries a bottle of Valium with him), he's actually a likable guy and soon meets a few bohemian friends (played by Marion Cotillard, Kathy Bates, Adrien Brody, among others) who give him much-needed advice about life and the creative process. From the beginning, "Midnight in Paris" grabs you with its witty and sophisticated dialogue about art, culture and literature, and in the second half the dialogue gets even better. For instance, my favorite line comes from one of the bohemian characters, who believes that: "the job of the artist is not to succumb to despair but to find an antidote for the emptiness of existence." Another piece of wisdom comes from one of the antagonists who criticizes Gil for being infatuated with the past: "Nostalgia is denial … a flaw in the romantic imagination of people who find it difficult to cope with the present." Think about that one while watching the film, for I believe, there lies the moral of this fabulous fable about the past and the present.
At age 75—with more than 40 films under his belt—Allen has created a film that literally glows. Its dazzling cinematography, inventive plot, and Parisian score, combined with the top-notch acting and set-design, makes for an almost-perfect film, one that's not only clever and thought-provoking, but also entertaining and accessible—even to mainstream audiences
Finding Neverland - Gives you a huge smile, takes away all your tears...!
I always feel that one can't claim a movie he/she just saw as their favorite movie ever because it has yet to stand the test of time. But..every now and then a movie comes along that defies that rule for me -- a movie that as soon as I finish seeing it I know that it is an instant classic, if not "my favorite movie ever." American Beauty was such a movie...Finding Neverland is more of such sorts!
In this drama, we are told the story of how J.M.Barrie came up with the play Peter Pan. After some failed attempts at creating a well written play, Barrie finds himself in a park playing with his dog. Several moments later he meets the inspiration for his next play, four small boys and a widowed mother... and how was he inspired..whom did he inspire? forms the rest of the story..
Johnny Depp takes us by the hand and in the gentlest most reassuring way leads into the heart, soul and mind of an artist. How easy is for the world to judge a person? How frightened we still are of all that we don't understand? How easy it is to be curious always? How simple is it to be innocent? The very nature of innocence is suspect because innocence belongs exclusively to the innocent. Every time the world claims to protect it, tends to destroy it. - There are moments, reactions, sequences, scenes, music -at times everything put together - to answer all these delicate questions about life and mind, in this movie.
"Finding Nerverland" is filled with moments of enlightenment. Moving and powerful moments but none more so than Julie Christie's face as she applauds, converted to the fantasy transported into her daughter's house. The moment and the enlightenment are short lived, but, somehow, remains in my mind as a glimmer of hope. If for a moment she accepts the mystery of it all, maybe we all could.
Johnny Depp is the best American actor of his generation, period. Kate Winslet is a stunning rarity among her contemporaries. She doesn't look like anybody else and the camera catches every tiny little thought that crosses her marvelous face
Forrest Gump - Happily sad...
“A good heart is better than all the heads in the world.”
-Edward Bulwer-Lytton
..is what Forrest Gump is all about.
Most of us think this movie as a collection of events centering Forrest Gump (portrayed beyond excellence by Tom Hanks), but if we notice keenly, it is not! It is about journey between
Jenny Curran (Robin Wright) and her childhood friend Forrest. When did they meet? What happened between them? How did they separate? How they met again? And about what kept them together for all those years - Love!
The narrative style of the movie is set in its opening scene. During the opening scene, Forrest strikes up a conversation with a woman sitting beside him in the bus stop. She is 'us'. It feels as if Forrest is telling his own story to us in a third person's point of view. Not many of us reckon it but every body falls for this narrative
unwittingly . That's the beauty.
Forrest gump - this movie has a lot to do with me. Nikhil - my friend suggested me this movie. He was then, studying in Suratkal and I was rotting in Madurai with daily routines and day-scholar life. One gloomy day, we had a conversation and having known Nikhil for quite sometime, I know he is not for tearjerker movies! But still he suggested this to me with a promise that I will feel light after watching this. And yes - I did.
Just then, when had thought life is cruel and complex, this made me believe again in life's simplicity! The movie relates to one, in many different levels. A LOT I should say. It kindles the innocence, empathy, gratitude, fulfillment, love - all in around 140 minutes!
Tom Hanks - is the only person who could have played this role. I can't think of anyone else as Gump, after seeing how Hanks makes him into a person so dignified, so straight-ahead. The performance is a breathtaking balancing act between comedy and sadness, in a story rich in big laughs and quiet truths.
Any attempt to describe him/this will risk making the movie seem more conventional than it is, but let me try. It's a comedy, I guess. Or maybe a drama. Or a dream.
Do experience it.
Forrest gump - this movie has a lot to do with me. Nikhil - my friend suggested me this movie. He was then, studying in Suratkal and I was rotting in Madurai with daily routines and day-scholar life. One gloomy day, we had a conversation and having known Nikhil for quite sometime, I know he is not for tearjerker movies! But still he suggested this to me with a promise that I will feel light after watching this. And yes - I did.
Just then, when had thought life is cruel and complex, this made me believe again in life's simplicity! The movie relates to one, in many different levels. A LOT I should say. It kindles the innocence, empathy, gratitude, fulfillment, love - all in around 140 minutes!
Tom Hanks - is the only person who could have played this role. I can't think of anyone else as Gump, after seeing how Hanks makes him into a person so dignified, so straight-ahead. The performance is a breathtaking balancing act between comedy and sadness, in a story rich in big laughs and quiet truths.
Any attempt to describe him/this will risk making the movie seem more conventional than it is, but let me try. It's a comedy, I guess. Or maybe a drama. Or a dream.
Do experience it.
12 Angry Men -No bombs, no car chases but edge of the seat stuff none the less
Where can I start with 12 Angry Men? Its a story about a person believing that the soon-to-be-convict is innocent. The movie is not about the story though. Its about how it unravels itself. Any vivid movie lover knows there has to be 2 plot points in a three part screenplay. But this movie has more than 4 :) with out the conventional "set-up" portion.
The twelve angry men are the twelve jurors of a murder case and no one has a'priori introduction to any one under the roof. An eighteen-year-old boy from a slum background is accused of stabbing his father to death and faces the electric chair if convicted. Eleven of the men believe the boy to be guilty; only one (Henry Fonda) has doubts. Can he manage to convince the others?
Although the plot of the film is excellent and it is fascinating to see what little things can influence which way a verdict goes. Where this film really succeeds is in presenting the characters of the 12 jurors. The character of each of the jurors emerges through a wonderful mix of perfect casting, excellent dialogue and near-flawless acting.
Juror #1 - a simple man who clearly does not understand the full complexity of the task that lies before him but is trying to do everything not to let anyone else find this out.
Juror #2 - a small, quite man, clearly unaccustomed to giving his own opinion much less to expecting his views to be of any importance. Apparently he finds solace in his job - he is an accountant.
Juror #3 - probably the most complex personality in the film. Starts off like a pleasant self-made successful businessman, he analyses the case impartially, explains his arguments well and is reasonably self assured. As time goes on he becomes more and more passionate and seems to be somehow personally involved with the case. He also starts to show some signs of slight mental instability. Wonderfully played by Lee J. Cobb - this is the character you remember after the film is over.
Juror #4 - self assured, slightly arrogant stockbroker.
Juror #5 - a man under great emotional stress.
Juror #6 - He really wants to see justice done and it worries him that he might make a mistake.
Juror #7 - One that really has no opinion on this case.
Juror #8- A caring man, has put more thought into the case than any of the other jurors.
Juror #9 - a wise old man with his great life experience has quite a unique way of looking at the case.
Juror #10 - the most horrifying character in the film. Votes guilty and does not even try to hide the fact that he does so only because of the boy's social background.
Juror #11 - An immigrant watchmaker, careful methodical man, well mannered and soft spoken.
Juror #12 - a young business type - perhaps he has his own opinions - but is careful to hide them.
All these characters and its complexities are put to us slowly along with the story. .......Films rarely get this uplifting and brilliant. I cannot think of the last time I was so intrigued by the flawless plot, dialogue and acting since 12 Angry Men. For such a simplistic story set in one jury room, it is surprising that Sidney Lumet can drain you of all your emotions and leave you on the edge of your seat with suspense, mystery, and some of the best acting you are bound to ever see grace the silver screen!
Midnight in Paris - Stunning Allen!
All men fear death. It's a natural fear that consumes us all," says a character in "Midnight in Paris"… "However, when you make love with a truly great woman, one that deserves the utmost respect in this world and one that makes you feel truly powerful, that fear of death completely disappears." Paris is her name. She has seduced writers for centuries, and in "Midnight in Paris" writer/director Woody Allen makes love to her with his camera, in the most poetic of ways. Or perhaps he's referring to art, to achieving such intimacy with your craft and such artistic climax that you become immortal, like Hemingway, Matisse, Fitzgerald, Picasso, Dali or Allen himself.
Gil Pender, the protagonist in Allen's 2011 oscar winning film, has never experienced that kind of artistic height. Played quite convincingly by Owen Wilson (in a surprising and refreshing role that Allen had to re-write for him), Gil is an aspiring novelist who is visiting Paris with his girlfriend (Rachel McAdams) and her parents. But while they prefer to shop and visit museums, Gil chooses to wonder about. "No work of art can compare to a city," he says.
Pender is actually mesmerized by the City of Lights and fantasizes about what he believes was Paris' Golden Age, the 1920s with the Lost Generation of American writers walking its streets, writing in sidewalk cafés, and frequenting smoky bars and flamboyant parties. One evening at midnight, trying to find his way back to the hotel, something magical happens to Gil. Really! But no reviewer should give that magic away.
Getting lost in the city seems to be a symbol for how lost he really is, as a person and as a writer, and although he's somewhat insecure and anxious (he even carries a bottle of Valium with him), he's actually a likable guy and soon meets a few bohemian friends (played by Marion Cotillard, Kathy Bates, Adrien Brody, among others) who give him much-needed advice about life and the creative process. From the beginning, "Midnight in Paris" grabs you with its witty and sophisticated dialogue about art, culture and literature, and in the second half the dialogue gets even better. For instance, my favorite line comes from one of the bohemian characters, who believes that: "the job of the artist is not to succumb to despair but to find an antidote for the emptiness of existence." Another piece of wisdom comes from one of the antagonists who criticizes Gil for being infatuated with the past: "Nostalgia is denial … a flaw in the romantic imagination of people who find it difficult to cope with the present." Think about that one while watching the film, for I believe, there lies the moral of this fabulous fable about the past and the present.
At age 75—with more than 40 films under his belt—Allen has created a film that literally glows. Its dazzling cinematography, inventive plot, and Parisian score, combined with the top-notch acting and set-design, makes for an almost-perfect film, one that's not only clever and thought-provoking, but also entertaining and accessible—even to mainstream audiences
Finding Neverland - Gives you a huge smile, takes away all your tears...!
I always feel that one can't claim a movie he/she just saw as their favorite movie ever because it has yet to stand the test of time. But..every now and then a movie comes along that defies that rule for me -- a movie that as soon as I finish seeing it I know that it is an instant classic, if not "my favorite movie ever." American Beauty was such a movie...Finding Neverland is more of such sorts!
In this drama, we are told the story of how J.M.Barrie came up with the play Peter Pan. After some failed attempts at creating a well written play, Barrie finds himself in a park playing with his dog. Several moments later he meets the inspiration for his next play, four small boys and a widowed mother... and how was he inspired..whom did he inspire? forms the rest of the story..
Johnny Depp takes us by the hand and in the gentlest most reassuring way leads into the heart, soul and mind of an artist. How easy is for the world to judge a person? How frightened we still are of all that we don't understand? How easy it is to be curious always? How simple is it to be innocent? The very nature of innocence is suspect because innocence belongs exclusively to the innocent. Every time the world claims to protect it, tends to destroy it. - There are moments, reactions, sequences, scenes, music -at times everything put together - to answer all these delicate questions about life and mind, in this movie.
"Finding Nerverland" is filled with moments of enlightenment. Moving and powerful moments but none more so than Julie Christie's face as she applauds, converted to the fantasy transported into her daughter's house. The moment and the enlightenment are short lived, but, somehow, remains in my mind as a glimmer of hope. If for a moment she accepts the mystery of it all, maybe we all could.
Johnny Depp is the best American actor of his generation, period. Kate Winslet is a stunning rarity among her contemporaries. She doesn't look like anybody else and the camera catches every tiny little thought that crosses her marvelous face
For as quiet a film as "Finding Neverland" is, you never get the feeling that it's all a lot of monologuing. That's one of its chief strengths. There are other things to admire as well. Director Marc Forster avoids the easy trap of sentimentality somehow, and we're never quite sure how he managed that while also investing the film with real emotional content. Forster also does a good job of integrating point-of-view shots so that we can see the world the way that Barrie sees it. Shots like these can be tricky because they can seem so gimmicky if not done well.
Understatement is the operative word with this film, and so even in a scene where Barrie envisions a hook on the end of one of he character's arms, it doesn't seem overly intrusive. Throw in location filming in London and Surrey and you have a movie that's really a delight to watch. I'm not sure how much we ultimately learn about the man behind the Pan, but it's a pleasure spending time with him.
PS: I know that I am writing about the movies that you all might know.. but can we omit them just because of that? :)
Friday, June 8, 2012
உலகம் ஒற்றை ரசிகர்களால் நிரம்பியது!
Of the very few yesteryear directors who could still make sensible movies, Vasanth is one. I have always remembered him the same way he looks today. I wont say all his movies are top notch. But only a visionary with abundant maturity can handle movies like "Keladi Kanmani", "Rhythm" and Raghuvaran portions from "Nerukku Ner"... Everybody forgets Raghuvaran's character in Nerukku Ner.
Yet another sensible interview of Director Vasanth in Vikatan.
மியூஸிக்கல் க்ரீட்டிங் கார்டுபோல படம் பண்ணுவது இயக்குநர் வஸந்த் ஸ்பெஷல். அவருடைய அடுத்த வாழ்த்து அட்டை... 'மூன்று பேர்... மூன்று காதல்’. சேரன், அர்ஜுன், விமல் என்று மூன்று பேர்... அவர்களின் மூன்று காதல்கள்.
''நிச்சயம் இந்தத் தலைப்பு சொல்ற விஷயம், படம் பார்க்கும்போது நீங்க எதிர்பார்க்காத தொனியில் இருக்கும். ஆனா, அது பெரிய அதிர்ச்சியோ, மனசைப் பிசையுற சோகமோ இல்லை. இது காதல் கதையும் இல்லை. காதலைப் பற்றிய கதை. மூணு காதலுக்கும் என்ன சம்பந்தம், மூணு கேரக்டர்களுக்கும் என்ன லிங்க்னு அழகா ஸ்க்ரீன்ல பார்க்கிறப்போ, ஆச்சர்யமா இருக்கும்!''
''மூணு ஹீரோக்களை இயக்கிய அனுபவம்?''
''சேரன் என் சிறந்த நண்பர். அவரோட 'ஆட்டோகிராஃப்’ என் ஆல்டைம் ஃபேவரைட். என்னோட 'ரிதம்’, 'சத்தம் போடாதே’ அவருக்கு ரொம்பப் பிடிக்கும். 2005-ல தேசிய விருது தேர்ந்தெடுக்கும் கமிட்டியில் நானும் இருந்தேன். 'ஆட்டோகிராஃப்’ படத்தை ஏனோ வடக்கத் திய நடுவர்கள் கண்டுக்கவே இல்லை. முதல் ரவுண்டில் இடம்பெறக்கூட முடியாமத் தத்தளிச்ச படத்தை விருதுப் பட்டியலில் இடம்பெறவெச்சதில் என்னோட பங்களிப்பும் உண்டு. இந்தப் படத்தில் குணசேகர் என்கிற கேரக்டர்ல வர்றார். கடலுக்குப் பக்கத்துல சின்ன ஊர்ல நடக்குற அவரோட போர்ஷன் ஒரு க்யூட் கவிதை மாதிரி இருக்கும். அர்ஜுன் செம ஸ்மார்ட் ஆக்டர். 12 வருஷத்துக்கு முன்னாடி 'ரிதம்’ படத்துல பார்த்த அதே துறுதுறு அர்ஜுனை இப்பவும் நீங்க பார்க்கலாம். நாகேஷ் எப்படி... தான் சிரிக்காம மத்தவங்களைச் சிரிக்கவெச்சாரோ, அதே மாதிரி பண்றார் விமல். அவரோட போர்ஷன் மட்டும் கொஞ்சம் பாக்கி. அது முடிஞ்சா, படம் ரெடி.
அப்புறம் ஹீரோயின்ஸ்... 'தாமிரபரணி’ பானு மறுபடியும் வர்றாங்க. சுர்வீன்னு ஒரு பஞ்சாபிப் பொண்ணு, ஸ்ருதி மோகன்னு ஒரு மும்பைப் பொண்ணுனு ரெண்டு பேரை அறிமுகப்படுத்துறேன். எனக்கு ஒரு ராசி இருக்கு. அவங்க இன்னொரு சிம்ரன், ஜோதிகாவா உருவாகலாம்னு அந்த ராசி இப்பவே சொல்ற மாதிரி இருக்கு.''
''யுவன்ஷங்கர் மீது அப்படி என்ன ஸ்பெஷல் காதல்?''
'' 'பூவெல்லாம் கேட்டுப் பார்’ பண்ணும் போது, டென்த் படிச்சிட்டு இருந்தார் யுவன். மொபைல் போன்ல வீடியோ கேம் விளையாடிட்டு இருந்தவரை, 'ஏ கண்ணா... ப்ளீஸ்ப்பா... அப்புறம் விளையாடுப்பா’னு தாஜா பண்ணி கம்போஸிங் குக்கு இழுத்துட்டு வருவேன். ஆனா, அப்ப போட்டுக் கொடுத்த 'இரவா பகலா...’ பாட்டு இப்பவும் மனசுக்குள் குளிரடிக்கவைக்குதுல்ல... அதான் யுவன். இந்தப் படத்துக்கு அஞ்சு பாட்டும் சான்ஸே இல்லை... இந்தப் படத்தின் யுவன் - நா.முத்துக்குமார் கூட்டணிதான் இந்த வருஷ மெஹா ஹிட். பாலிவுட்டின் நம்பர் ஒன் பாடகர் சோனு நிகாம் 'ழ’வை அவ்வளவு அழகா உச்சரிச்சு, 'மழை மழை மழையோ மழை உன்னை நினைத்தாலே மழை’னு பாடி இருக்கார். 'ரா 1’ படத்தின் சம்மக் சலோ பாட்டு பாடின நந்தினியை, 'ஆஹா! காதல் கொஞ்சிக் கொஞ்சிப் பேசுதே...’னு தமிழைக் கொஞ்ச வெச்சிருக்கோம்!''
''நீங்க அறிமுகப்படுத்திய அல்லது உங்களால் பிரேக் கிடைச்சவங்க இப்போ மெகா ஸ்டார்களா இருக்காங்க. அவங்களோட படம் பண்ணலாமே?''
''சூர்யா என்னோட பெருமைனு சொல்வேன். 'ஆசை’க்கு நடிக்கக் கேட்டு, 'எனக்கு நடிப்பு வராது’னு சொன்னவரை, காத்திருந்து 'நேருக்கு நேர்’ல நடிக்கவெச்சேன். எல்லாருக்கும் இப்போ பிரேக் கொடுக்கும் அஜீத்துக்கே, அப்போ 'ஆசை’ மூலமா பிரேக் கொடுத்தேன். பிரகாஷ்ராஜை இன்னொரு கட்டத் துக்கு எடுத்துட்டுப் போனேன். இவங்க எல்லாரும் என் பசங்க மாதிரி. எனக்கு அந்த அளவுக்கு வயசு ஆகலைன்னாலும், அவங்க இவ்வளவு உச்சம் தொட்டது, எனக்குள் ஒரு தகப்பன் ஸ்தானத்துக்கான பூரிப்பைக் கொடுக்குது. அவங்களுக்குத் தகுந்த கதை அமைஞ்சு, அவங்கதான் நடிக்கணும்னு இருந்தா, நிச்சயம் அது நடக்கும். ஆனா, அதற்கான தேவையை அந்தச் சூழல்தான் தீர்மானிக்கணும்.''
''ரொம்ப மெனக்கெட்டு செதுக்கிச் செதுக்கி நீங்கள் இயக்கிய படங்கள் தோல்வி அடையும்போது எப்படி எடுத்துக்குவீங்க?''
''நல்ல கேள்வி. ஆனா, என் பத்து படங்களிலும் நான் ஏதோ ஒரு விஷயத்தைப் புதுசா முயற்சி பண்ணி இருக்கேன். கமர்ஷியல் வெற்றி கிடைக்காத 'ஏய் நீ ரொம்ப அழகா இருக்கே’ படத்துல நாலு இசைஅமைப்பாளர்களை அறிமுகப்படுத்தினேன். 'ரிதம்’ படத்துக்கான அங்கீகாரம் அப்போ கிடைக்கலைன்னாலும், இப்பவும் எங்கேயோ யாரோ நெகிழ்ச்சியில் என் கையைப் பிடிச்சுப் பாராட்டுறாங்க. ஏ.ஆர்.ரஹ்மான் அவரோட பெஸ்ட் கம்போசிஷன்ல 'ரிதம்’க்கு இடம் இருக்குனு சொல்றார். 'கேளடி கண்மணி’ பார்த்துட்டு 'எப்படி இவ்ளோ சின்ன வயசுல இப்படி ஒரு படம் எடுத்தே’னு எல்லோரும் கேட்டாங்க. சுஜாதா சார் 'ஒற்றை ரசிகன்’னு அழகா ஒரு விஷயம் சொல்வார். அதாவது, ஒரே ஒரு ரசிகன் எங்கேயோ ஒரு இடத்துல ஒரே ஒரு முறை பாராட்டினாக்கூட கிடைக்கிற சந்தோஷத்துக்கு நிகரா வேற எதுவும் இருக்காது. போன வாரம் கே.எஸ்.ரவிகுமார் பொண்ணு கல்யாணத்துலகூட ஒரு பொண்ணு எங்கிட்ட வந்து, 'உங்க படங்களைப் பார்த்துப் பல முறை அழுதிருக்கேன் சார்’னு சொன்னாங்க. அப்படியான அந்த ஒரு ரசிகரை நான் திருப்திப்படுத்தினாக்கூடப் போதும்!''
Saturday, May 19, 2012
...Pencil sketching?
These are some of my first sketching attempts...I have started with still life sketching (this is still life sketching) and sketching from photographs...Please give me your feedback. One of the really important decision in my life depends on it! :)
Link: http://www.flickr.com/photos/shaunbatty2/show/
Link: http://www.flickr.com/photos/shaunbatty2/show/
For those who don't know, with the money that I got from a wonderful concept called tax returns in US of A, I bought a dSLR and trying out few things with that as well... (yeah, one more dSLR user to annoy you!) - You can find some of my first attempts here - http://www.flickr.com/photos/shaunbatty/show/
Thanks again for keeping me and this blog alive for more than 25000 hits!! :)
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Jack Kerouac’s List of 30 Beliefs and Techniques for Prose and Life
In the year of reading more and writing better, we’ve absorbed David Ogilvy’s 10 no-bullshit tips, Henry Miller’s 11 commandments, John Steinbeck’s 6 pointers, and various invaluable advice from other great writers. Now comes Jack Kerouac — cultural icon, symbolism sage,exquisite idealist — with his 30-point list, entitled Belief and Technique for Modern Prose. With items like “No fear or shame in the dignity of yr experience, language & knowledge” and “Accept loss forever,” the list is as much a blueprint for writing as it is a meditation on life.
- Scribbled secret notebooks, and wild typewritten pages, for yr own joy
- Submissive to everything, open, listening
- Try never get drunk outside yr own house
- Be in love with yr life
- Something that you feel will find its own form
- Be crazy dumbsaint of the mind
- Blow as deep as you want to blow
- Write what you want bottomless from bottom of the mind
- The unspeakable visions of the individual
- No time for poetry but exactly what is
- Visionary tics shivering in the chest
- In tranced fixation dreaming upon object before you
- Remove literary, grammatical and syntactical inhibition
- Like Proust be an old teahead of time
- Telling the true story of the world in interior monolog
- The jewel center of interest is the eye within the eye
- Write in recollection and amazement for yourself
- Work from pithy middle eye out, swimming in language sea
- Accept loss forever
- Believe in the holy contour of life
- Struggle to sketch the flow that already exists intact in mind
- Dont think of words when you stop but to see picture better
- Keep track of every day the date emblazoned in yr morning
- No fear or shame in the dignity of yr experience, language & knowledge
- Write for the world to read and see yr exact pictures of it
- Bookmovie is the movie in words, the visual American form
- In praise of Character in the Bleak inhuman Loneliness
- Composing wild, undisciplined, pure, coming in from under, crazier the better
- You’re a Genius all the time
- Writer-Director of Earthly movies Sponsored & Angeled in Heaven
The list was allegedly tacked on the wall of Allen Ginsberg’s hotel room in North Beach a year before his iconic poem “Howl” was written — which is of little surprise, given Ginsberg readily admitted Kerouac’s influence and even noted in the dedication of Howl and Other Poems that he took the title from Kerouac.
As Charles Eames might say, “to be realistic one must always admit the influence of those who have gone before.”
Ps: This is a copy-paste post. I really liked it. See you soon with a original material :)
Friday, May 11, 2012
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