Its Election Time In Tamil Nadu...

Its election in Tamil Nadu, Pondichery and West Bengal today. As usual we have been forced to hear the promises declared by all the political parties for the past two month which was just to capture power and would never make it in reallity. This is not happening for the first time or for just the past few elections, this has been the trend right from the first election after INDIA got freedom from BRITISH. When i was around 16, i learnt that my country is been ruled by culprits and crminals, i was really taken back and was really worried. But the thing which dissappointed me the most is when i learnt that everybody knows it and no one was worried about it. What a CRAP is this!!!!

I dont know much about the political parties and leaders of north India but i know few things about Tamil Nadu leaders. The two greatest rivals of all time: J JAYALALITHA-AIADMK and M KARUNANITHI-DMK. Both have there own strenghts and weakness. For me these two parties are the only parties which can respected as political party. When you look at other parties like MDMK, PMK, BJP, Congress, BSP, LDMK etc etc can never be considered as a political party and they switch sides every election. They choose their side not based on number of seats allotted to them nor based on the policy of their coalition nor based on the leader. But simply based on the money given to them. Cheap politicians!!!

As in every election, i witnessed new comers in this election too. First and the most expected is VIJAYAKANTH's DMDK. He is one of the famous cinestar of tamil film industry and he has given many successful movies in 25 years of his film carreer. In this election he is contesting in all 234 seats throughout the state. But the saddest thing is that he didnt get the response he was supposed to get. When you look back at the history of this state, it was mostly ruled by ADMK or DMK, both of them didnt do anything big for the state. All that they did was building their own assets. Nothing else!!! So thats why i thought we should better give this new comer a chance, but many didnt agree with my view.

And the next new face is LOK PARITHRAN, a party started by the IIT students. I couldnt believe my ears when i first heard this news some few months back. But later when i read in newspapers and in TV i was raelly thrilled and shocked. I thought students in IIT have gonet mad to start a political party but then they are trying something new and fighting for our nation. So even if i didnt support them, i should not critize them. So i decided to shut my mouth.

And i was excited about this election for one more reason. Because i am 18 years and i am ready to cast my first vote in my life. But to my luck, my name was not in the voter's list and so i could not cast my vote.(How unlucky i am!!!) Anyway nothing much to worry about it as there is not going to be any big change in the state who ever comes to power. Also i feel that the huge money used for election itself is waste!!!

You Have Got Mail - The Movie

Yesterday i saw the movie "YOU HAVE GOT MAIL". I know its a pretty old movie and most of you would have seen and enjoyed it but only yesterday i got a chance to see it. To describe the movie in a single word - "EXCELLENT". Tom Hanks played the role of a big business guy who starts a big book shop -FOX BOOKS- in New York. Just a couple of blocks away from this bookstore, Meg Ryan runs a 42 year old small bookstore. Due to the opening of the new bookstore, the bookstore of Meg Ryan is forced to shut down.

But both Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan are good friends through internet by exchanging regular mails but the main important thing is that they dont know each other's identity. They never talk about personal things nor sex. They talk about general things like books, music etc etc... And finally they fell in love with each other but in a more romantic and dramatic way. The most important thing about this movie is that i never felt that i was watching a movie which was not of native language ,i.e, i felt like watching a tamil movie. Yes, i never felt the nativity difference.

The main reason for this may be because of both Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan who were really great on screen and had a great chemistry between them especially when they fight. One cannot label it as a romantic movie or drama or comedy because it has a mixture of all those in it. This was the real good movie i watched after RANG DE BASANTI. Most of the movies never affect me in anyway after watching it and there are very few movies which have a great impact on me. And now this is the first english movie which gets into that list.

Most of ManiRatnam's and Shankar's movie always affect me for a longer period of time. If you had seen me some 5 years back, i would have watched all the movies within a couple of weeks of their release. So you can imagine, how crazy i have been about movies. But these days i have become very choosy about the movies which i watch. The main reason for this is the quality of the movie has gone down drastically. Most of the movies are just a brushing work of some old ones. Its really irritating to watch the same story again and again.

But still good movies are produced now and then. And the movies which i am eagerly waiting to see are DA VINCI CODE(which i think would be released in third week of this month), SIVAJI(Shankar-Rajini-AR Rahman-AVM combo) and GURU(a ManiRatnam movie). I am damn sure i would be enjoying these movies to the core.