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A detour to the world of art
We despise thought, even if it is the only gift God gave us. While being beautiful, it does take away our sleep. After a hard day’s work, we need to relax, put our minds to rest. So we stop thinking. We hate anything that provokes thought. Be it cinema, telly, books or music. We want ‘thought-free’ stuff, packaged as mindless entertainment. Blowing up of buildings,...
by Ram V at November 13th, 2009 at 01:11 pm
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Pazhassi Raja – worthless lives, priceless freedom
Pre-empting a scriptwriter like MT Vasudevan Nair is futile, as he wanders the creative landscape like an un-reined white horse. Committing that error, I walked into Audi 05 of PVR cinemas for the initial show, with ‘Oru Vadakkan Veeragatha’ and its memories still fresh as a blooming lotus petal in the mind. What showed in the screen was entirely opposed to...
by Ram V at October 17th, 2009 at 08:10 am
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In which Arundhati gives it those ones – a tale of Annie
Arjun : A woman’s place is in the kitchen Radha: A woman’s place is on top God give us our daily Johar’s Not KJo , I refer to the cheap spirit Johar’s XXX rum, popular amongst us during college. Daily expense on this was not met by our monthly allowances. As a solution, some of us resorted to tutoring diploma and IETE students. I, however, found revenue avenues...
by Ram V at October 5th, 2009 at 12:10 pm
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The girl with the dragon tattoo – the price of perversion
‘Man Som Hvattar Kvinnor’ ( literal translation ‘Men who hate women’, International Title ‘The girl with the dragon tattoo’) is sublime pessimism all through. Essentially, an insight into extreme darkness of human perversion comes in a riveting murder mystery garb. The engrossing and page-turner novel, on which the feature (TV series)...
by Ram V at September 6th, 2009 at 02:09 pm
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Excuse me Mr.Kanthaswamy – let me pass through
Full of spoilers, revealing twists and turns in the complex plot line, read it at your own risk. With great respects to the king of them all…Captain Narasimha, I relay my 3-hour sojourn with Kanthaswamy KokkarakkoOriginally, the illusion was to stiffen up a sagging wound up thick coir rope, playing the magical snake lute. After extensive research and use by Captain...
by Ram V at August 21st, 2009 at 03:08 pm
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101 Reykjavik – the middle finger of life
Hlynur is the unter-mann There is chaos at the uttermost limits and microscopic details. In between, everything looks normal. Like Prometheus’ liver, Hlynur, is born again every weekend, waking up to say ‘Life is a break from Death’. He is fucked up from head to toe and worst, doesn’t care. Thirstur is a rascal Uncouth and careless Thirstur is...
by Ram V at August 13th, 2009 at 05:08 am
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Murali passed away
Murali was one of the best actors to grace the silver screen. On one hand, he embodied rage and frustration one faces everyday in this beautiful land of ours.His performances in movies like ‘Adharam’, ‘Nee Ethra Dhanya’, ‘Venkalam’, ‘Narayam’, ‘Chambakkulam Thachan’, ‘Akashadoothu’, ‘Chakoram’,...
by Ram V at August 6th, 2009 at 11:08 am
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Izgnanie – Whose child is it anyway?
‘Alex…. I am pregnant. It is not yours’ Vera smiles coyly after this revelation, as if enjoying the moment, and reminiscing her lover. Alex and I were shocked. After twenty minutes of sweeping landscapes and cute family moments, this bomb exploded in ‘Izgnanie’ (The Banishment). It is the second feature by Andrei Zvyagintsev. Alex is devastated, I am rejoiced....
by Ram V at July 16th, 2009 at 01:07 pm
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Bhramaram – Helluva ride with Mohanlal
Midway into life, Dante wandered off into a dark thicket of woods, which turned out to be the doorway to hell. He later on meets Pia in Purgatorio, where all the sins are cleansed, and the souls packed off to Paradiso, the heaven. ricorditi di me, che son la Pia; Siena mi fé, disfecemi Maremma: salsi colui che ‘nnanellata pria disposando m’avea con la sua...
by Ram V at June 29th, 2009 at 07:06 am
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പെണ്‍മലയാളം – A few beautiful women from the land of small things
The contents of this article may not be suitable for young unmarried Indian men, who jump up and down hearing the word ‘mallu’ Keeping in mind, Navy Mama’s immortal statement ‘I have been with them from all over the world. But Ram, mark my words, Malayali women are THE BEST in bed.” It is obvious that the title would attract many, drooling,...
by Ram V at June 7th, 2009 at 02:06 pm
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Kerala State Film Awards 2008 Announced
Jury Chairman: Girish Kasaravalli. Best Film: Orupennum Rendanum ( A Climate for Crime) – Adoor Gopalakrishnan; Best Director: TV Chandran – Bhoomimalayalam; Best Actor : Lal – Thalappavu; Best Actress: Priyanka – Vilapangalkuappuram. The jury chairman has commented ‘..the quality of malayalam films have gone down’. (Source: Hindu, Express)
by Ram V at June 3rd, 2009 at 05:06 am
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Intimacy – One last fcuk (NSFW)
NSFW Alert: This post contains several images and words which might be, repeatedly, unsuitable for children , young and old alike, parental guidance is advised The last fuck of any relationship, would invariably be a dud, as the fuckers would have fucked up themselves and their brains a fucking number of times. But one of them wasn’t, it was the most emotional and...
by Ram V at May 14th, 2009 at 12:05 pm
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Kaiyyoppu
Poetic, Simple, Compassionate, Mammootty, Moser Baer DVD (Rs 60), Eng-Subtitles, Buy, See http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0881930/
by Ram V at May 8th, 2009 at 12:05 pm
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X-Ray of the Soul- P Padmarajan
Past is memories, the present is uncontrollable and future is unknown. In such an unsure world, we try to make sense out of things by relationships, expressions and understanding. Once in a while, someone comes across and defines the way life is percieved. They are hailed as gurus, messiahs, prophets or saviours. Cinema also has its own Sensei. To me cinema is personal,...
by Ram V at May 6th, 2009 at 11:05 am