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movies close to my heart

CINEMA PARADISO(GIESAPPE TORNTORE,ITALY) AMERICAN HISTORY X(U.S) AMORES PERROS(ALEJANDRO GONZALES INARRITU,MEXICO) COLOR PURPLE(STEVEN SPIELBERG, U.S) LAST TANGO IN PARIS(BERNARDO BERTOLOUCCI) COAST GUARD(KIM KI DUK , KOREA) SPRING SUMMER FALL WINTER(KIM KI DUK ,KOREA) RASHOMON(AKIRA KUROSAVA,JAPAN) SEVEN SAMURAI(AKIRA KUROSAVA ,JAPAN) THRONE OF BLOOD(AKIRA KUROSAVA,JAPAN) IKIRU(AKIRA KUROSAVA, JAPAN) PATHER PANJALI(SATYAJITH RAY , INDIA) ANNIE HALL(WOODY ALLEN,U.S) LOVE IN THE TIME OF CHOLERA(U.S) MODERN TIMES(CHARLIE CHAPLIN) THE REAR WINDOW(ALFRED HITCHKOK) RESPIRO(ITALY) BICYCLE THIEVES(VITTORIO DE SSICA,ITALY) LA STRADA(FEDERICO FELLINI,ITALY) THE HOURS(U.S) BATTLE SHIP POTEMKIN(SERGAI EISENSTEIN,RUSSIA) BARAN(MAJEED MAJIDI,IRAN) THE PIANIST(ROMAN POLANSKI) trainspotting(danny boyle) SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE(DANNY BOYLE) PANS LABYRINTH YU TU MAMA TAMBIEN

PAPPEE- APPACHA THE SAME OLD STUFF

THE OTHER DAY I WATCHED PAPPEE-APPACHA A MALAYALAM MOVIE RELEASED LAST WEEK IN CINEMAS.THE MOVIE IS DIRECTED BY A YOUNGSTER NAMED MAMMAS .THOUGH IT BOASTS OF A STAR STUDDED CAST WITH DILEEP AND INNOCENT DOING THE TITLE ROLES AND KAVYAMADHAVAN RETURNING TO THE SILVER SCREEN AS HEROINE AFTER A FAILED MARRIAGE,THE MOVIE IS A DISAPPOINTMENT. INNOCENT AND DILEEP AS USUAL DELIVERS SOME HILARIOUS STUFF WITH THEIR UNMATCHED FLAIR FOR COMEDY. THE STORY IS NOT AT ALL FRESH.IT NARRATES THE STORY OF PAPPI AND HIS APPACHAN(FATHER)THE NOUVO RICHE .EXTERNAL FORCES TRY TO DISRUPT THE BONHOMIE EXISTS BETWEEN THE FATHER AND SON AND UP TO A POINT THEY SUCCEED IN THEIR BAD DEEDS. BUT THEY TURN FRIENDS AGAIN BY IDENTIFYING THE VILLAINS WHO WERE BEHIND ALL THE TRICKY AFFAIRS. THE DUO OF INNOCENT AND DILEEP DOES THE MAGIC BUT IT REMINDS US OF THE JAYARAM-THILAKAN DUO IN VEENDUM CHELA VEETTU KARYANGAL , INNOCENT -JAYARAM DUO IN MANASSINAKKARE , AND NEDUMUDI VENU-MOHANLAL DUO IN ORKKAPPURATH . IT SEEMS NOWA

RIDING MOTOR CYCLE ON A NAUGHTY ,RAINY NIGHT

NOWADAYS THERE IS RAINS POURING ON A REGULAR BASIS EVERY EVENING ALONG WITH FLASHING LIGHTNING AND TERRIBLE THUNDER BOLTS . THE POWER SUPPLY FAILS EVERY EVENING OR NIGHT. I FIND IT DIFFICULT AS I CAN NOT RIDE THE BIKE IN THE EVENINGS AS I USED TO DO IN THE PAST. ITS A HORRIBLE EXPERIENCE RIDING YOUR MOTOR CYCLE ON A RAINY DAY OR NIGHT. THE RAINDROPS FALL ON YOUR FACE LIKE STONES PELTED. WHEN YOU HAVE YOUR FRIENDS ALONG WITH YOU IN DIFFERENT BIKES AND YOU ARE GOING TO THATTU KADA -( LOCAL FAST FOOD EATERIES OPEN ONLY IN THE EVENINGS AND NIGHTS)TO HAVE EXQUISITE FOOD ITEMS IT IS A PLEASURE TO HAVE SLIGHT SHOWERING AS IT COULD BE TAKEN AS PART OF A LITTLE ADVENTURE.

CELLPHONEstory

AFTER GETTING MY FIRST STORY PUBLISHED IN THE SUNDAY SUPPLEMENT OF ONE OF THE PROMINENT MALAYALAM DAILIES , I WAS LITERALLY ON A HIBERNATION. THE OTHER DAY I FOUND MY CELL PHONE DAMAGED AND COULD NOT REPAIR IT SUCCESSFULLY. I FELT ISOLATED AS IF I WAS IN AN UNKNOWN ISLAND. AMMA WAS MUCH RELIEVED TO SEE IT AS SHE THOUGHT IT WOULD HELP ME GET SOME GOOD SLEEP, SINCE I CAN NO MORE CHAT WITH ANY ONE FOR LONG HOURS. WELL THE SITUATION WAS AWKWARD BUT I DECIDED TO MAKE THE BEST OUT OF IT. I JUST TOOK MY PEN AND MY NOTEBOOK AND STARTED SCRIBBLING.A BLESSING IN DISGUISE ,HUH???? MY PREVIOUS STORY DEALT WITH "META FICTIONAL STUFF" WITH A FORM RESEMBLING SOME OF THE WELL KNOWN POSTMODERN FICTIONS. I WAS NOT GOOD ENOUGH TO CREATE IMAGINATIVE CONVERSATIONS AND REALISTIC DESCRIPTIONS OF NATURE OR THE ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH MY CHARACTERS FOUND THEMSELVES IN.BUT THAT WAS ONLY MY NASCENT STAGE AS A WRITER, SO PARDONABLE,ISN'T IT? THIS TIME ITS THE STORY OF A WRITER WHO DESCRIBES SOME

dashboard dilemma

well ,i thought i must put something in my blog basket;but i got nothing dear. LOOK I AM EMPTY HANDED,I AM EMPTY MINDED;THE HEART GOT NOTHING TO SAY, MY BRAIN OPTED FOR A SHORT NAP. I just wrote this ,to inaugurate my blogy affair . QUESTION OF THE DAY: SMOKERS DIE YOUNGERS, WHAT ABOUT BLOGERS !!!???