PVR Cinemas - Bangalore.

Over the weekend we went to PVR to see a movie (Vettaiyaadu Vilaiyaadu). I somehow left my phone in my seat when my son created a mess with his Nachos. We realized it almost an hour later! But here is what was the good experience during that time:

1. The PVR guys were friendly enough to let me into the theatre to search for the phone while the next show was going on!
2. The guy sitting in the same seat (where I was in the previous show) was friendly enough to give me his phone to dial my number and look for the phone in the darkness.
3. The PVR cleaning staff were honest enough to deposit the lost phone to their office.
4. The office staff were good enough to quickly verify my identity and my relationship with the phone and returned it to me.
5. My son was patient enough throughout the drama without wincing while we were both very hungry.

Whew! That's quite some learning for one afternoon!

Vettaiyaadu Vilaiyaadu

This weekend we went to see "Vettaiyadu Vilaiyadu"(http://www.vettaiyaaduvilaiyaadu.com/). And I did the mistake of taking my 6 year old son along :-(

Oh boy! With 25+ murders (28?), half the time I had to cover the kid's eyes so he wouldn't get nightmares! But he did enjoy the rest of the movie though.

Having said that, it is a pretty ok murder mystery movie. Harris Jayaraj has done some good work (though loud). And the camera work was indeed good. The movie has Kamal all over it.

If I can steal an expression from Bhaskar Ghosh, "You should see it if you have the stomach for it." Yep! You need the stomach for 28 murders and blood and gore in most frames.

Old Ilaiyaraja Photos - 7.

And that's all I've got!!

Old Ilaiyaraja Photos - 6.

We are almost done...

Old Ilaiyaraja Photos - 5.

Now we are dealing with more recent times.

Old Ilaiyaraja Photos - 4.

Here is IR with some political bigwigs...
This is the fourth set of photos...
IR in a function with MGR!
IR getting an award from Karunanidhi.

Old Ilaiyaraja Photos - 3.

Here is the third installment...


IR with the other musical giant M.S.Viswanathan
IR with P. Susheela
IR with S. Janaki
"Stop! Stop! You are killing me!! I cannot stand that!" Old pals in a lighter mood.

Old Ilaiyaraja Photos - 2.

This is a great collection that I received. I hope there are more of such photos of IR.
IR explaining the song to Jensy.









Ain't these cool?

Old Ilaiyaraja Photos.

I got these rare Ilaiyaraja photos from my bro. They start from the earliest dates. I will put them in a series of blogs today so you can all see it and enjoy!




Two of them, sans Gangei Amaran.
An early photo of the trio. IR is at the harmonium.

That's the three brothers with IR on the harmonium.

Apple(tm) Blues(Not tm)

I got this Apple iPod recently. It proved me again what Apple's target audience is: ones that do not know even the 'T' in Technology.

They want to keep everything simple. So far so good. To keep it simple, they make counter intuitive decisions on our behalf! That is stretching the meaning of "simple" too far that it hurts. When we are used to maintaining everything as files and folders, here comes iPod that says, By default iPod will not allow you to save music as files and folders. But then you can go ahead and shoot on your own foot if you are that particular.

There is a play/pause button on the front but no stop button! And the documentation talks about how to reset but not about how to stop!! By mistake I held down the wrong end of the jog button for six seconds and then realized it is to stop. duh!

Oh! BTW, you need a computer to charge the batteries. Alternatively, you can buy an extensive universal adapter to charge them. I mean, who is going to buy more than one of these gizmos to require a universal adapter?

Hmmm.... Somehow we always have to choose between the devil and the deeps**t. Isn't there a clean and neat choice available somewhere?