Showing posts with label reflection. Show all posts
Showing posts with label reflection. Show all posts

Friday, June 13, 2008

Impressions

Been to the film titled "Arai En 305Il kadavul".
It's about people and God.
The protogonists undergo lot of difficulties.
They shout @ God and he does come.
There on,the story revolves around usual people but with God amongst them.
Aint gonna review the film in detail or discuss the techinicalities of it.
I'm impressed by the simple yet powerful message the movie conveys.
You will understand it with the single scene I describe.
It's the climax.
Unlike other movies,it's an eventless climax set in a T-stall.
Eventless it may be,
but if you really get the gist of it,you will have an eventful life.
God : Where's your mother? She is good singer. I like the way you to dance to your mom's song.
Vagabond : Mom's gone. She's gone to God. She was a victim of the recent religious riot.
Now that she's gone. I have to sing and my brother has to dance.
God : (sad) Take this money. Have some food.
Vagabond : No sir! I will not take this money without any work. If I do take it,
it's charity and not wage. Mom has told me never to accept charity.
God : Ok sing. Let me listen.
The boy starts singing and his younger brother dances to the tune.
Guess what the song is,"Kurai ondrum illai ..... kannaa........"
There ends the wonderful film.
What you infer from the above conversation depends on your perspective.

"Work,for the sake of work!
What you do defines what you are!"

Well,that's what I infered.
Am trying my best to stay true to the inference.
If aint true to it,I wont be writing this blog while taking my weekly scotch listening to some of my fav tracks.
Someone told me that writers had a big ego.
Going by the number of I's in the lines above,that someone is wrong.
Writers have the biggest ego.

Let me try not to be an egotist.
What was the most interesting encounter I had,involving someone else?
Been to the movie with Shreya.
I guess she's the reason why I find the film unsually enjoyable! ;)
She's modern yet conservative.
Independent yet obliging.
I love her company @ the movies.

At the movie,was out sipping coke in the interval.
There was this guy who put me in a real fix.
Take a look:



He took one look @ me and wanted a pic with me.
A pic with my shirt off.
He was persisting with the request for such a long time,I couldnt say no.

There's another gal whom I met this weekend whose face still lingers in my mind.
Was returning from SNEHA foundation's aniversary ceremony.
There was a traffic jam.
Was behind a car on my bullet.
Thru the car glass saw one of the most beautiful faces I've come across.
And she was looking @ me.
Signalling @ me.
Requesting me to move my bullet back.
I could only oblige.
Still remember the expression of gratitude on her face.
Would she be thinking about me @ this time?
Would I meet her again?
I dont know.
I dont care.
I enjoyed that moment and am happy that it happened.

If you have been reading this far,it could only mean one of two things.
You are either loving me(i.e if you are a gal) or wanna be my best friend(i.e if you a guy)!
Oh k lover,kisses.. till v meet again.
And my dear friend,good-bye ;)

Friday, February 29, 2008

Reality

Came across this question while channel-surfing.
"Sanjay Dutt has been married twice,
before his recent marriage.
what is the name of his first wife?"
What kind of quiz is that?
Sanjay is an actor and it is reasonable
to quiz one,on his acting career.
Why would someone ask a question on his private life?
And are people really interested in such talk?


Going by the number of SMS responses,
the answer is a resounding 'yes'.
People really are interested in such details.
Not just about Sanjay,but about others in general.
We may attribute is to the voyeur in each of us.
It may be a bitter pill to swallow,but as a society
we are a big bunch of voyeurs,preying in each others
internal affairs. The success of 'reality-shows' on T.V
is a tribute to our voyeurism.

There was an article on netscape that listed
the reasons why reality-shows were a hit.
1) Voyerism
2) Economy
A reality show can be produced at a fraction
of the cost it takes to make a prime-time soap.
The production cost is low because the people on reality
shows are not stars. They are ordinary guys/gals l
ike you and me. Most would go on-air for as little as ..
well,for nothing. They accept such low wages
because the show can transform them in to stars over-night.
Even if one doesn't go on to become a star,
he/she can still be happy because they will be
on prime-time T.V.

An important point the article missed-out
was the "rags to riches" part of the story.
We love to see someone like us sweat it out,
beat the competition and become a successful star.
It is inspiring and it gives one hope.
Everyone in the audience identifies with one of the
participants and celebrate the participant's
victory as their own.

So,reality shows are good,
good for the channels - because they can attract
more and more viewers at lesser cost,
good for the participants - because they become
rich and famous.
But is it good for the viewers?
Well,that depends on your view.