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Neethaane En Ponvasantham (2012)

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I was eagerly awaiting the release of "Neethaane En Ponvasantham" by Gautham Vasudev Menon (GVM) since the film was announced. The excitement grew tenfold when the music was released (although I would have to admit, initially I was sceptical about Ilaiyaraja (IR) providing the score). Then, on Thursday, the day before the release of the film, I read a statement by GVM online to NOT go into the film with higher expectations. Well, I would have to say that statement along with some negative comments (Thanks Twitter!) DID NOT for one second, deter me from the fact I was excited (to the point of ecstasy even) to watch the film. The screenplay can be summarised as "moments of the relationship between Varun (Jiiva) and Nithya (Samantha) as they navigate through their lives". The moments have been captured beautifully, in a story that may test your patience a bit, but is completely worth the cathartic wait greatly supported by the lead performances and an excellent scor

The Dark Knight Rises (2012)

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Christopher Nolan! What could I say? He has taken a comic book superhero and has delivered the BEST trilogy for years to come. Christopher Nolan has left the Dark Knight series on a high (highest in my opinion) note. The Dark Knight Rises starts off eight years after the previous, astounding "The Dark Knight". Bruce Wayne has shut himself up in his mansion as Batman had to disappear after taking the blame for the death of Harvey Dent. But his retreat is threatened with the arrival of Bane (formerly of the League of Shadows). It is Selina Kyle who starts the ball rolling by stealing Bruce Wayne's fingerprints. From then on, Bruce faces financial crisis, has a relationship with Miranda Tate, gets his back broken by Bane and rises (literally) to defeat evil (you know it is bound to happen) in one of the best finales ever seen on film. If you thought Heath Ledger was the ultimate personification of evil (yes, I do) then, Tom Hardy takes it up a notch with his physique an

The Life Inside

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Sorry about the heading. Corny, cheesy or corncheesy it may be, I had to to do it. Do we live our lives in our terms even though others might consider them wrong? Should we live our life to make others happy? Or do we let others dictate on how we should live? Should we not care about how others feel and live according to our rules? Many of us won't like it when someone advises us on how to live our lives. We feel our freedom is at risk here. If we were given the options of living well or living in poor conditions, we would definitely choose to live well, won't we? But, if we were given no options, but to live well, I think most of us would be unhappy, wouldn't we? We love options, don't we? Sorry about all the questions; it is still early in the week to find answers to these psuedo-intellectual questions, but I have yet to meet the "one" with the answers, but that's a whole new ballgame. Why all these musings, one may ask. This was just a by-product of wat

அத்தியாயங்கள்

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சில நேரங்களில் எனை மறந்த மனிதரின் முகம் கடந்த உணர்வுகளின் பின் தொடர்ந்த வாழ்வின் ஓர் அத்தியாயம் முடிவுறுகிறது இயற்கை மேல் காதல் கொண்ட இதயம் சுக்கு நூறாக, வெடித்த நிமிடங்களில் எல்லாம் மறைந்த வாழ்வின் ஓர் அத்தியாயம் முடிவுறுகிறது தூக்கத்தின் கனத்தில் கண்கள் மூடி எதுவுமில்லா எண்ணங்களை மொழிபெயர்த்து கண நேரத்தில் உணர்வுகளைக் கோர்க்கும் தருணத்தில் வாழ்வின் ஓர் அத்தியாயம் முடிவுறுகிறது கடந்த காலத்தை அசை போட்டு நிகழ்காலத்தில் மனிதத்தைக் களைந்து எதிர்காலத்தின் மீது அவநம்பிக்கை கொண்ட வாழ்வின் ஓர் அத்தியாயம் முடிவுறுகிறது