Nirenjan’s Space

That Four Letter Word (yeah, that’s the name of the movie!), written and directed by Sudhish Kamath, is a new style of film. The story, yeah, pretty much the same old one… boy meets girl, falls in love, fear of losing her if he proposes, blah blah blah… but the way TFLW takes you through the story is completely new. The movie is a refreshing change from the usual “professionally done” flicks.

Sudhish has finally realized his dream of making his own movie, and it has taken him seven years to come to this stage. This movie is all about chasing your dreams. Shot on a shoestring budget, the movie is moderately paced throughout, with a few comic scenes here and there, and no chance of you getting bored. This is a youth film, made by the young, for the young.

My verdict? Definitely a must see.

I couldn’t resist this. Today when somebody from ICICI called me for a personal loan, I told them that I wanted a loan for Re. 1. The lady on the other end was flabbergasted to say the least.

Thanks Gautam.

I’ve lost count of the numerous prayer clubs that have opened for the students of Anna University taking up their semester exams. Seems to happen almost every semester.

Though the prayer club is primarily for one person, I think it would be better to have a city wide effect (at least on Anna Univ affiliated college students).

Good luck fellas. May the Force be with you.

Yesterday, I met up with some orkut friends at a place called Mocha. This joint’s located on Khadar Nawaz Khan Road in Nungambakkam.

My first impression of the place is that it’s horrendously expensive. Oru kaapi-ku 60 rubaava???

Secondly, the place was filled with smoke from the hukkah (or whatever you call it), and for poor people like me, it’s a killer…

Never again…

Just got back from the voting booth…

It’s disgusting… the way 49-O has been circulated around in the media, and still the polling officers are asking “What is 49-O?”.

Does your booth officer know about the 49-O clause? Has it been exercised?

For those of you who are not aware of it, 49-O is an option where you can say that you are not satisfied with any of the candidates and still exercise your right to vote.

Mumbai Don Maanick Baasha is responsible for the recent wave of campaign rallies consisting of 99.9999…% autos.

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I went to my sister’s college day function today as she was receiving some certificate. For some reason, the way the function started reminded me of my school day celebrations. Every year in school, the students would put up a show for the benefit of all the parents. The college day seemed to be no different.

However, it was what came next that brought me back to reality - the long speeches and then the prize distribution ceremony, a feature that was lacking in the school day celebrations. However, I did find that the entire function did have a kind of college enthu that you wouldn’t really find in a school. But then again, it definitely didn’t match up to the kind of screaming that we would have done in our days in the college.

On a side note, once the function was nearing completion, we planned to leave, only to find ourselves locked in. There were two security guards, one on the inside and the other outside, both of them insisting that they didn’t have the key. It took a bit of cajoling and a lot more angry shouting to convince them to open the gate some ten minutes later…

While the world watches the return of Ferrari eagerly, here in Chennai, I am forced to press Ctrl+F5 every minute in espnstar.com…

This book - The Life and times of Prathapa Mudaliar - is the English translation of the first Tamil novel - Prathapa Mudaliar Charithram. I attended the Chennai book release yesterday (and incidentally met up with Ravi after a long time) at Book Point opposite Spencer’s Plaza.

The book was written by Vedanayakam Pillai back in 1857, but till now, no efforts were made to translate it. The translation was done by my aunt, Dr. Meenakshi Tyagarajan and the book was published by Katha. The book was formally released yesterday in Chennai by Shri Ashokamithran (the writer’s writer, as Lazygeek would call him).

The novel, in itself, is a very interesting tale. Pull out a copy, and sit down for an enjoyable evening.

Thathuvams seem to be the rage of the day. Everyday, I get at least 10 of them. Sample this:

Teaspoon vechu tea kalakka mudiyum, aana tablespoon vechu table kalakka mudiyumaa???

How’s a guy to survive an assault of these?

From an SMS:
Sister problemna Dheena paaru;
Family problemna Mugavari paaru;
Brother problemna Vaali paaru;
Selavillaama saaganuma Paramasivatha paaru

And vengeance from a Paramasivam bhaktan:
Sister problemna Thirupaatchi paaru;
Mother problemna Sivakasi paaru;
Brother problemna Bagavadhi paaru;
On the spot saaganuma Aathiya paaru

via e-mail

Happy Birthday Thalaiva!!!

May all your endeavours be met with success…

Why is it that I can accept any stunt, no matter how outrageous, when it is performed by Superstar, while I can’t even look at a stunt done by Ilaya Thalapathi?

What do you see on the signs where it is illegal to catch the Hutch commercial dog?

Ingai pug-ai pidikka koodathu

Baradwaj Rangan has an amazing way with words and the lines above are just an indication of that. Visit his site to see more side splitting lines like that.

I received a rather strange SMS a couple of days back. The content was rather direct, but I don’t think it was intended for me. All I know is that it came from a Chennai Airtel number. See for yourself…

“I am fed up of ur talks . The only thing i like is ur back”

What do you think?