Dasavatharam

It has become the moral responsibility of any thamizh guy to write about this upcoming movie. Of course, we all know what incalculable hype does to a movie (Baba, Matrix Revolutions). Here is hoping it doesn't do the same to this one. Most blogs have a link to the trailer, then interpret what each frame means. This blog aspires to join in the mindless mayhem and aims to throw a punch or two. Heck, we remember how everyone concluded that "Old Kamal" is a hitlerian plotter after watching the trailer of "Indian". We also know how prophetic that turned out. Remember that after you watch the movie.

1. Its a movie set in different time-lines linking people to a common thread. So is it Darren Aronofsky's "The fountain" where Kamal is after the exact same thing in each of his "incarnations" ?

2. There is a crazy scientist and a president, both played by Kamal. Could it be Stanley Kubrick's "Dr. Strangelove" where one Kamal tries to destroy the world, the other is easily influenced by people around him, yet another tries to save the world, while the fourth probably drops the proverbial Nuke ?

3. There are admittedly a bunch of people sharing similar traits, and Kamal is running around in a room full of vats. I hope its not Michael Bay's "The Island" where Kamal realizes he is a clone and tries to figure out his other selves ?

4. There is a big,fat, presidential body-guard look-alike. Is it going to be some sort of a Bizzaro recreation "In the line of fire" by Wolfgang Petersen ?

5. We see kamal carrying an idol and running away from all and sundry with Asin on his side. Is this Kamal playing Robert Langdon from Dan Brown/Ron Howard's "Da Vinci Code" and saving a religious artifact that could potentially 'shake the roots of an entire religion' - something that Kamal would be glad to do for free ?

6. Cars flying everywhere, regular song sequences, explosions. No, not just another KS Ravikumar pseudo-entertainer. After 2+ years in development hell, numerous posts on when and if this movie will ever see the light of the day, an interminable court case, Kamal, Ravichandran and all Thamizh movie fans deserve infinitely more than one of KSR's Cookie Cutters.

Read on ... (at your own peril, obviously) ...

Neighbor's Envy Owner's Pride

On the way to the carwash

"Sir, your keys ??"
"Here"



"But Sir, I need your keys"
"These are my keys"
"But sir, there is no key"
"Ah, you have noticed, yes"
"So I need the key, sir"
"But this is the key"
The serviceman is bewildered, and then I explain everything, followed by a smirk and a closing tagline for the blog, "Neighbors Envy, Owner's Pride", everyone who visits the blog laughs hard.

At the carwash,

"See, you know .. "
"Yes sir, I push the button it starts the car".
This without even turning around to look at me.

Now I know how it feels to have a dozen eggs on the face.

Read on ... (at your own peril, obviously) ...