Variety is the spice of life

 Be it SRK or Aamir they rode on the crest of a set of movies that took them to topmost tier of superstardom. While SRK took to love subjects and catering to NRI audience, aided ably by simple dance steps of Farah and pleasant lyrics of Javed Akthar tuned to hummable songs by a plethora of musicians including Jatin-lalit to Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy to ARR, Aamir took a more studious route, picking up stories like PhD subjects and dwelling more on the detailing and characterisation that set him apart in the Khan trio. Salman took the easiest route of all, remake southern hits and rehash the same hit into various versions in hindi. For a good part of previous decade and before, the trio ruled the BO with ever increasing foot falls and ticket revenue. The first to fall off the tier was Salman, whose masala movies began to bomb abruptly. SRK had a string of failures and interestingly he found success in the same formula that propped Salman - action movies. Aamir, despite choosing the script ...

The thing with having a bad memory is you get to relive as if the happenings are new and start afresh. It is especially helpful in cases of book that gives you additional joy of re-reading it as if for the first time, enjoying the same thrill that you might've felt when you read them prior. But the sad part is, if you'ven't remembered reading the book, chances are there that it might be one to forget as well and you might've not finished it for it could've been boring. With "Excavation" i am not sure in which category it falls under!!! Either way, having finished the book, i felt it was worth posting about. It all begins in typical Rollins fashion of a monk in run from natives, trying to protect or hide something that would cause the end of world, but would leave enough clues for future generations to find it out eventually!!! He commits suicide atop a sacred shrine of the native Mayans/Incas/Aztecs?? Edho oru tribe of that time. Right from there begins th...

 It has been a while since we disconnected cable tv at home relying wholely and solely on internet for tv subscription and viewing. And we didnt even realize that we have moved away from regular TV channels like Sun or Vijay till the time this incident happened, for mom, who regularly watches only Vijay, now has switched over to Hotstar app and doesn't even switch on TV!! It's all available within her palm at the touch of a screen. I am the only person who watches TV that too not on a regular basis, but to watch any sports or news. One day while browsing over the channel list i saw Anniyan movie playing on K TV and looking at references to Garuda Puranam, Junior was curious about the movie and said let that channel play. When the owner of the remote himself has decided, that wish obviously becomes the command right! After a while he came to me complaining that the TV was broke and something is wrong. I could hear that something was playing and was wondering whether the picture ...

After so many years yet another Dan Brown novel and based on who else but the redoubtable Robert Langdon, whose eidetic memory and the speed with which he could link clues would put any processor to shame!! This time, after several books, he finally finds his pair, Katherine Solomon, who, if i am right, is only the second recurring character, apart from Langdon, obviously. She is a renowned noetic scientist and if "Origin" was pushing the boundaries with its theme, you should read this book!!!  There were previous instances, especially the books leading to "Origin" were Brown was dwelling more on the creation moving slightly away from the creator, dabbling more into the sciences associated with that porous topic that is finding firm footing as we speak and is more evident in this book. As science advances more into unchartered territories, nothing could be more interesting or complex than what goes inside one's mind. As much as they try to explore the world beyo...

Yet another self peethal post.  For last 2 years, this blog was clocking 100K hits per year, which was possibly the highest it has ever encountered since inception. But intha varusham ennadaanna it has reached 250K hits already with last month alone clocking 100K hits!!! Ithanaikum my frequency of posting has a huge variance though i try to maintain the monthly average. Post podrapo hits kuraiyuthu aana podathapo neria varuthu!!! Enna thaanpa sollavareenga. Whatever the reason is, i was thrilled to see the hit counter turning yet another first digit and thanks for all the visits.  Ithu athanaiyum moola karanam, the one and only reason and person is undoubtably and absolutely Mr.thalai Ramesh. Thank you for your words of encouragement and as i keep mentioning unga comments padikarathukagavay edachum oru post podanumnu thonum. And possibly the viewers think the same as well as unga comments vanthaprum thaan hits rise after each post. Ungal aadharaviruku nandri. And ditto for oth...

The title is kept as such to to kelari vittufy the curiosity in Thalai..hehehe. OMITB is Only Murders in the building, a famous drama series which is into its 5th season, currently playing in Jio Hotstar and TMC is Thursday murder club a movie in Netflix. Renduthukum enna common? Well, both deal with elderly lead characters trying to solve murders. Selena Gomez elderly listla sertha paavam. But that crew involves Steve Martin and Chris short who are not exactly teenagers. The reason for this post being, i happened to see Thursday Murder club the movie on Netflix and couldn't help but wonder how such a stellar cast had been put to waste as compared to sterling attempt by the drama series crew!! The other reason why i was drawn to the movie being, it was a novel by Richard Osman, which came in a book recommendation list. I tried reading the novel and gave up midway as it was neither too thrilling for a murder mystery nor was it funny. But when i saw the movie cast involving the best ...