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Thursday 31 December 2015
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Charlie
We got to watch “Charlie” yesterday and boy,it was a very colourful-hippy -movie.
The story in simple sentence,” A quirky girl in search of an equally quirky guy :P”
This is a movie for all those misfits in the society,who dare to do things differently,who has in them what it takes to be weird and be happy about being weird.And I believe at least some point we all too might have wanted such colour and madness in life.
Charlie the protagonist,is a kind hearted artist...magician..rescuer..alcoholic(?).Again,I am not sure how he lives(?) or what he does to fill his stomach(?).His family is his dad ,who confirms that travelling has made Charlie,who he is now. He also have a huge list of admirers who are bemused by his ways of life and love he showers to everyone of them.He is kind to all and goes that extra mile to help and rescue people in distress.
Now the story is progressed when our lady,Tessa,who also an artist,who had ran away from her mother rents a dingy home previously rented by Charlie,who had left behind a huge collection of his art.Being an artist herself,helps Tessa to admire and be intrigued about Charlie when she stumbles upon his graphic novel.A special mention to this graphic novel,which albeit was the crux of the story.That one was superbly done. :).She is super excited about the prospects of meeting a like headed man,and soon sets out to find him!She uses the portraits Charlie had drawn to find the folks and their stories associated with him and slowly Charlie is pieced together..! Finally,did Tessa and Charlie meet ?If they met,how was that meeting ? :)Thats for you to watch!!
First and for most the costumes,the home,the locations, esp the pooram :)..it was really nice to see so much of color in every frame!! :) and yea the graffiti,the hippy-ness,bohemian style of the movie.It all,added a certain warmth to the story.The music..very refreshing.And it does justice to movie or so I believe.The beauty of kochi,all those lanes and roads and old buildings which I haven’t seen in any other movie was so pleasant to watch,cinematography at the best!!
About the characters,the one person to whom I can totally relate was Tessa.She reminded me of what I used to be :D.And one scene,which struck with me was the eulogy given to self :).That was thought provoking and made me remember passages from Tuesdays with Morrie :).
But if you ask about the story,aah..I could not find one.It was all about one central character and too much of the central character.I was also annoyed at couple of abrupt endings or starting to the people he is associated somehow.
Though,everybody was praising Dulquer for his free spirited acting,I quite didn’t enjoy him.He was making so much of effort to look effortless :P Through out the movie,I was thinking who could have replaced him to throw in that spark to otherwise quirky movie.Parvathy was an absolute delight to watch! Her eyes,expressive and her body language which shows that excitement,with a slight tinge of disappointment whenever she misses Charlie :).Aparna was her usual self of being bold (?).Venuchettan was the most effortless actor,he reminded me of my grand father.And how can one forget about the “Thief”,he was great!
Once the movie was over,my dad exclaimed to have “enjoyed” the new gen movie but it reminded him of Estappan by Aravindan G. And yeah,so I did dig about the movie!!
The most surprising thing,I found in the movie was the location of “Youth Hostel”.Its enroute to my maternal grandparents home :D, and I could not keep my eyes of the scenic beauty of my place.I was brimming with pride!!
My Rating : 3.5 / 5
The story in simple sentence,” A quirky girl in search of an equally quirky guy :P”
This is a movie for all those misfits in the society,who dare to do things differently,who has in them what it takes to be weird and be happy about being weird.And I believe at least some point we all too might have wanted such colour and madness in life.
Charlie the protagonist,is a kind hearted artist...magician..rescuer..alcoholic(?).Again,I am not sure how he lives(?) or what he does to fill his stomach(?).His family is his dad ,who confirms that travelling has made Charlie,who he is now. He also have a huge list of admirers who are bemused by his ways of life and love he showers to everyone of them.He is kind to all and goes that extra mile to help and rescue people in distress.
Now the story is progressed when our lady,Tessa,who also an artist,who had ran away from her mother rents a dingy home previously rented by Charlie,who had left behind a huge collection of his art.Being an artist herself,helps Tessa to admire and be intrigued about Charlie when she stumbles upon his graphic novel.A special mention to this graphic novel,which albeit was the crux of the story.That one was superbly done. :).She is super excited about the prospects of meeting a like headed man,and soon sets out to find him!She uses the portraits Charlie had drawn to find the folks and their stories associated with him and slowly Charlie is pieced together..! Finally,did Tessa and Charlie meet ?If they met,how was that meeting ? :)Thats for you to watch!!
First and for most the costumes,the home,the locations, esp the pooram :)..it was really nice to see so much of color in every frame!! :) and yea the graffiti,the hippy-ness,bohemian style of the movie.It all,added a certain warmth to the story.The music..very refreshing.And it does justice to movie or so I believe.The beauty of kochi,all those lanes and roads and old buildings which I haven’t seen in any other movie was so pleasant to watch,cinematography at the best!!
About the characters,the one person to whom I can totally relate was Tessa.She reminded me of what I used to be :D.And one scene,which struck with me was the eulogy given to self :).That was thought provoking and made me remember passages from Tuesdays with Morrie :).
But if you ask about the story,aah..I could not find one.It was all about one central character and too much of the central character.I was also annoyed at couple of abrupt endings or starting to the people he is associated somehow.
Though,everybody was praising Dulquer for his free spirited acting,I quite didn’t enjoy him.He was making so much of effort to look effortless :P Through out the movie,I was thinking who could have replaced him to throw in that spark to otherwise quirky movie.Parvathy was an absolute delight to watch! Her eyes,expressive and her body language which shows that excitement,with a slight tinge of disappointment whenever she misses Charlie :).Aparna was her usual self of being bold (?).Venuchettan was the most effortless actor,he reminded me of my grand father.And how can one forget about the “Thief”,he was great!
Once the movie was over,my dad exclaimed to have “enjoyed” the new gen movie but it reminded him of Estappan by Aravindan G. And yeah,so I did dig about the movie!!
The most surprising thing,I found in the movie was the location of “Youth Hostel”.Its enroute to my maternal grandparents home :D, and I could not keep my eyes of the scenic beauty of my place.I was brimming with pride!!
My Rating : 3.5 / 5
Wednesday 30 December 2015
My Angel
Overwhelmed with joy
My eyes brim with tears
When I saw my little angel
My hands tremble with fear
On touching her tender face
For i was afraid
My roughness would hurt her
Getting her to my arms
Was a true divine moment
It is no where similar
To what i had always imagined
Holding her in arms
A longing dream of mine
Truly a bundle of joy
That i had in my arms
Cute eyes and small nose
Rose lips and Soft toes
No where she resembled me
As her father said...
Suddenly she twists,
Raising her closed pink fist
As though in protest
For disturbing her sleep
Rocking her back to sleep
I watched my lovely gift
And I realize that,
My life has changed forever
Note : This was written even before I had my baby girl :D,I knew I would definitely have a girl,just like me :)
My eyes brim with tears
When I saw my little angel
My hands tremble with fear
On touching her tender face
For i was afraid
My roughness would hurt her
Getting her to my arms
Was a true divine moment
It is no where similar
To what i had always imagined
Holding her in arms
A longing dream of mine
Truly a bundle of joy
That i had in my arms
Cute eyes and small nose
Rose lips and Soft toes
No where she resembled me
As her father said...
Suddenly she twists,
Raising her closed pink fist
As though in protest
For disturbing her sleep
Rocking her back to sleep
I watched my lovely gift
And I realize that,
My life has changed forever
Note : This was written even before I had my baby girl :D,I knew I would definitely have a girl,just like me :)
Thursday 24 December 2015
Insipid
It rained heavily
And after ages
Stooping brown trees
Overflowing streams
Wet red muddy roads
It was indeed,a new life
Just like the good rain
Who knows when to come
I came to your life
The least when you expecte
It rained heavily,
Again,The next season
Streams still flows
Pregnant clouds filled skies
It was still a new world
But with onset of wrinkles
Again we met
Not just for a season
From the initial spurge
Together,we grew old
It rained heavily
And recurrently
For many seasons
Rivers were born
This seasonal burst
Now was another routine
And after ages
Stooping brown trees
Overflowing streams
Wet red muddy roads
It was indeed,a new life
Just like the good rain
Who knows when to come
I came to your life
The least when you expecte
It rained heavily,
Again,The next season
Streams still flows
Pregnant clouds filled skies
It was still a new world
But with onset of wrinkles
Again we met
Not just for a season
From the initial spurge
Together,we grew old
It rained heavily
And recurrently
For many seasons
Rivers were born
This seasonal burst
Now was another routine
Tuesday 22 December 2015
You...
You,
A revelation of my love
Simple thoughts of you
Brings out ecstasy in me
I am in love with you,
And your velvet touch
I am already in heaven
Bestowed by your kisses
I live now with this purpose
For being there for you
I know, seasons never come
Before they ought to !!
Impatiently, I wait for that day
Until you dawn upon me
Not so far, I can feel,
This bittersweet wait
Awakened by this,
beautiful dream
I sense the tingle
Of holding your finger
From far across
Beyond the worldly barriers
I realize, I am you !!
Note : I had written this while counting days to my D-date to see my lil girl 'N' :).Its been 2 years,but still remains so fresh in my memory.
A revelation of my love
Simple thoughts of you
Brings out ecstasy in me
I am in love with you,
And your velvet touch
I am already in heaven
Bestowed by your kisses
I live now with this purpose
For being there for you
I know, seasons never come
Before they ought to !!
Impatiently, I wait for that day
Until you dawn upon me
Not so far, I can feel,
This bittersweet wait
Awakened by this,
beautiful dream
I sense the tingle
Of holding your finger
From far across
Beyond the worldly barriers
I realize, I am you !!
Note : I had written this while counting days to my D-date to see my lil girl 'N' :).Its been 2 years,but still remains so fresh in my memory.
Friday 18 December 2015
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Tuesday 8 December 2015
Sorry,I'm busy
In busy traffic junctions of Indian roads,right when the signal turns red,we can always find a group of people comprising of children,girls,boys,even older folks covering you from all your sides.They all are trying to sell small but cute things or sun shields etc to the people who are stuck in the signal.Occasionally,I do buy something or the other especially if there kids.[Thats why they employ kids!!!]
It was one such day when we were stuck in traffic,the only difference being that I was with my team on my way to a team outing.But that day,it was a very old man who came to us,started tapping on the car window with his bony hand.He was trying to sell a packet of ear buds.He was crying and asking us to buy at least a packet of those ear buds.He really was in hunger,pain and shame :(
But I chose to ignore him.I chose not to look at him[yes,I am a rude-jerk].I am not sure why I did that.I am ashamed of myself,I still am and will always be!! :(
That pathetic look of the old man,is still giving me heart aches even after a year of this incident.After a few days,I went looking for him but could not find him.It still haunts me that when I could have made a difference by buying that kit or even giving him some money or at least even buying him a meal,I chose not to do it.
Its such a relief on being able to tell this out loud,now.
In response to the daily post Sorry, I’m Busy
It was one such day when we were stuck in traffic,the only difference being that I was with my team on my way to a team outing.But that day,it was a very old man who came to us,started tapping on the car window with his bony hand.He was trying to sell a packet of ear buds.He was crying and asking us to buy at least a packet of those ear buds.He really was in hunger,pain and shame :(
But I chose to ignore him.I chose not to look at him[yes,I am a rude-jerk].I am not sure why I did that.I am ashamed of myself,I still am and will always be!! :(
That pathetic look of the old man,is still giving me heart aches even after a year of this incident.After a few days,I went looking for him but could not find him.It still haunts me that when I could have made a difference by buying that kit or even giving him some money or at least even buying him a meal,I chose not to do it.
Its such a relief on being able to tell this out loud,now.
In response to the daily post Sorry, I’m Busy
Everything Changes
It was a bad day,a very bad day!!
I was late to my office and my "Amrit, I am so sorry to tell you this.You have stage I ,which is a very common and curable type of cancer".
Amrit head was wobbling in fear,anguish,anger on the prognosis provided by his doctor.Much to his disbelif,he was writing in pain and anger in knowing
“This too shall pass.”
Years,later as I sit in this same spot.I receive yet another note which made suddenly everything very clear!
"
"
In response to the Daily Post "Everything Changes"
I was late to my office and my "Amrit, I am so sorry to tell you this.You have stage I ,which is a very common and curable type of cancer".
Amrit head was wobbling in fear,anguish,anger on the prognosis provided by his doctor.Much to his disbelif,he was writing in pain and anger in knowing
“This too shall pass.”
Years,later as I sit in this same spot.I receive yet another note which made suddenly everything very clear!
"
You can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future.
"
In response to the Daily Post "Everything Changes"
Next Year...
It was the end of one more grant year for Deeps.She was excited to exit the year happily and was so ready to embrace the new adventures from life.
The new year party was at full swing.It was just few more minutes to 12 O'Clock .The count down had already begun.
"10..9...8..7...",even before the count down could finish Deeps heard loud noise of heavy artillery firing from behind.At first she thought that it was the loud Metallica playing in the fore ground added with the cheerful New Year Party noises of the crowd gathered,but she felt quite uneasy.Her gut told her to move somewhere "safe".Even before she could get a sense of whats happening,the time became still for innocent Deeps.
She suddenly had no more "Next Year"!
Note : Paris killings in mind!
The new year party was at full swing.It was just few more minutes to 12 O'Clock .The count down had already begun.
"10..9...8..7...",even before the count down could finish Deeps heard loud noise of heavy artillery firing from behind.At first she thought that it was the loud Metallica playing in the fore ground added with the cheerful New Year Party noises of the crowd gathered,but she felt quite uneasy.Her gut told her to move somewhere "safe".Even before she could get a sense of whats happening,the time became still for innocent Deeps.
She suddenly had no more "Next Year"!
Note : Paris killings in mind!
Saturday 5 December 2015
Favourite book-to-movie
Well,that has to be To kill a mockingbird...
Images Courtesy : Goodreads
The book was so good and the movie was too.Very few movies manage to capture the essence of books mostly due to sheer volume of imagination put forth by the famous books.But To kill mocking a bird as movie was just right.
Images Courtesy : IMDB
I enjoyed the movie as much as I enjoyed the book :)
Images Courtesy : Goodreads
The book was so good and the movie was too.Very few movies manage to capture the essence of books mostly due to sheer volume of imagination put forth by the famous books.But To kill mocking a bird as movie was just right.
Images Courtesy : IMDB
I enjoyed the movie as much as I enjoyed the book :)
Friday 4 December 2015
Five-Friday-Finds
Its Friday!!
Cheers :)
- The biggest birthday gift!! :)
- This article speaks about the happiness myths we behold.
- A good article on why chennai flooded ?
- A list of mind altering confusing movies.
- Do you know about these seemingly known things ?
Cheers :)
The Wanderer
Mount Kailash and Lake Mansarovar - Its a dream to see the sunrise from this place!
Next stop - "Paris" .How can one not imagine roaming all day long in Paris ?
Auschwitz concentration camp - This is place I am wanting to visit since the first I understood about Nazi and world war 2.I don't know what I can expect from such a place,but nonetheless it is one of the principle structures that remind me of the cruelty of fellow humans !
CuChi Tunnels is definitely on my travel list.
And finally the majestic and the mysterious Macho Picchu
Well,its just 5 places for now ;)
In response to the Daily Post "The Wanderer"
Thursday 3 December 2015
The guilt that haunts me...
Every single day,my heart is filled with the very deep guilt of leaving my lil one with my mom so that I can go work for securing her a (b)right future(?).The irony of it!!
I have been working since she was 4 months old(yes,I know, its hard) and now that she is close to 2 years,she does know that precise moment I put on helmet and start my scooter.She sinks into herself and says without any joy "mama, tata bybye".That melts my heart away!! I believe she is used to our routine and may not make a fuss whence grows up.(fingers crossed).
I am scared to even think about that day when I would want her to stay back with me,just share something...anything as I am sure that she would ask me "Mommy,where were you when I needed you the most ?".I hope she forgets all of these days :D.Many days I wake from terrible dreams seeing my girl, saying I hate you mom for not being there for me,not playing with me or not seeing what I have drawn for you...
I realize this is what every working_new_mother goes through and we don't have a choice.I used to boast about taking a break of 5 years to enjoy my girls childhood and decide things for her.But my pay check helps everyone in the longer run of the month.And thus,its my mom who enjoys my little ones precious childhood.
In response to daily post The Guilt that Haunts Me
I have been working since she was 4 months old(yes,I know, its hard) and now that she is close to 2 years,she does know that precise moment I put on helmet and start my scooter.She sinks into herself and says without any joy "mama, tata bybye".That melts my heart away!! I believe she is used to our routine and may not make a fuss whence grows up.(fingers crossed).
I am scared to even think about that day when I would want her to stay back with me,just share something...anything as I am sure that she would ask me "Mommy,where were you when I needed you the most ?".I hope she forgets all of these days :D.Many days I wake from terrible dreams seeing my girl, saying I hate you mom for not being there for me,not playing with me or not seeing what I have drawn for you...
I realize this is what every working_new_mother goes through and we don't have a choice.I used to boast about taking a break of 5 years to enjoy my girls childhood and decide things for her.But my pay check helps everyone in the longer run of the month.And thus,its my mom who enjoys my little ones precious childhood.
Every single day,I go through this torment and every single day I end up praying all I would want is to just hug my girl and see her dance and sing,see her grow up before she is too "Grown up"
In response to daily post The Guilt that Haunts Me
A Confession...
It had been cloudy all day
Just like my mind
But I am determined
A confession is all need from her
I slowly walk into her room
And open the closed windows
The floral curtains sprung to life
The pages of her book just flipped across
As I turn around to look at her
My heart aches like none
The ruffles of her bed
The dried flowers of vase
The books in shelves
The dusty floral curtains
Everything is as same
But,nothing is same at all
Frozen, I stood near the window
From here,I still see her lifeless body
Lying in the bed I made
Just like my mind
But I am determined
A confession is all need from her
I slowly walk into her room
And open the closed windows
The floral curtains sprung to life
The pages of her book just flipped across
As I turn around to look at her
My heart aches like none
The ruffles of her bed
The dried flowers of vase
The books in shelves
The dusty floral curtains
Everything is as same
But,nothing is same at all
Frozen, I stood near the window
From here,I still see her lifeless body
Lying in the bed I made
November's End
Yet another month has passed.And as I look back,I am pretty much the same person,that I was earlier this month.Only that,I am just more tired!!
With ailing parents , a hustle-bustle toddler,time crunching assignments at office,daily commutes,life was quite busy this November.
And then there were rains.Not like the usual "thulavarsham" we get here at Kerala.But this time,rains were saying hi at all wrong times.It would be sunny all morning and then suddenly out of no where there comes huge rain,just to drench my washed and dried up clothes and then again sunshine.These were not the rains I know of...I am cribbing,I know.I can only assume the loss of chennaites!!Well,I too once was a proud resident of namma chennai.The place where I used to stay is all filled up with water :|.There were no drop of water to drink then and even now though its all surrounded by water.What an irony!
I pray that all remain safe,especially babies,new borns!!
#ChennaiRains
With ailing parents , a hustle-bustle toddler,time crunching assignments at office,daily commutes,life was quite busy this November.
And then there were rains.Not like the usual "thulavarsham" we get here at Kerala.But this time,rains were saying hi at all wrong times.It would be sunny all morning and then suddenly out of no where there comes huge rain,just to drench my washed and dried up clothes and then again sunshine.These were not the rains I know of...I am cribbing,I know.I can only assume the loss of chennaites!!Well,I too once was a proud resident of namma chennai.The place where I used to stay is all filled up with water :|.There were no drop of water to drink then and even now though its all surrounded by water.What an irony!
I pray that all remain safe,especially babies,new borns!!
#ChennaiRains
Wednesday 2 December 2015
Family
Dad : Hey, son did you have your dinner ? Come down now and have dinner.Mama and me are waiting for you.
Son : Im nt hngry nw!.wil hv lt ltr.
Mom : Its getting cold.If you can better come to eat.I need to do the dishes and then go to sleep.Come down now!
Son : k
Mom : Will you call down her as well ?
Dad : Hey daughter, can you come down for dinner ?Its already 8.
Daughter : I dnt hv tym dad.I hv 2 finis of tis asgnmnt 2 b submitd 2mrw.
Daughter : I nt hngry 2.Mom has made bhidi, which i don’t lik !
Mom : Well the time you take to type of this conversation in whats
app is all needed for you to come down and have the dinner !! :D
Note : Inspired by a present day whatsapp family scene :D,I witnessed recently!!
Son : Im nt hngry nw!.wil hv lt ltr.
Mom : Its getting cold.If you can better come to eat.I need to do the dishes and then go to sleep.Come down now!
Son : k
Mom : Will you call down her as well ?
Dad : Hey daughter, can you come down for dinner ?Its already 8.
Daughter : I dnt hv tym dad.I hv 2 finis of tis asgnmnt 2 b submitd 2mrw.
Daughter : I nt hngry 2.Mom has made bhidi, which i don’t lik !
Mom : Well the time you take to type of this conversation in whats
app is all needed for you to come down and have the dinner !! :D
Note : Inspired by a present day whatsapp family scene :D,I witnessed recently!!
Monday Blues!
We make umpteen number of decisions daily without even thinking.And then we get stuck somewhere in the middle of life not knowing why were are here and what we doing and where we need to go to.That,I believe is the one chance we might get to truly "decide" who we want to become in life!!
Tuesday 1 December 2015
Battery Operated
I could not lift the arm.Its unusual.Never once in my life did I have the trouble of using my arm!!
I yelled to my wife,”Honey,I can’t lift the arm” .Can you please help me ?
“Oh well thats because,I forgot to charge the batteries to your arm last night .Can you please use your human hand ??“,my wife yelled back !
Since the whole advent of battery operated hands have taken place,it feels very odd to use my own hand :)
I yelled to my wife,”Honey,I can’t lift the arm” .Can you please help me ?
“Oh well thats because,I forgot to charge the batteries to your arm last night .Can you please use your human hand ??“,my wife yelled back !
Since the whole advent of battery operated hands have taken place,it feels very odd to use my own hand :)
Writing Prompts :)
I am just trying to flex my brain into including the above listed writing prompts for whole month of December and I am quite excited to see how well it goes!! :)
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