Unguaranteed Prophecies & Guaranteed Ramblings

Shame: There are more armed personnel in Delhi than Civilians

To the Libertarians, it is a mockery of Democracy by making Delhi appear like Police State while to the rest, they don’t mind sacrificing Liberty at the cost of Security. A shameless parade of “weapons of mass destruction”.

Song of Sparrows, an exellent movie by Majid Majidi! I happened to watch it on UTV World Movies. The lead performance by Mohammed Amir Naji (character name: Karim) delivers an equally fantastic performance!

Considering the level of media control in Iran, I am very surprised that it keeps dishing out World Class movies while over here, [...]

Finally, watched Avatar at Devi Cinema Complex at Chennai Anna Salai. It is being screened at Devi Kala, relatively a small cinema hall with a smaller screen. The Devi Cinema Complex has been renovated in lines with Satyam Cinema Complex et al. Parking should be an issue, so, if you are booking online, please make [...]

A great Director/Script writer knows how to keep his audience guessing till the end

I may be judgemental. I prefer Gautam Menon as a Coordinator than as a Director. I am suspecting Vinnaithaandi Varuvaaya could be trite as his earlier Vaaranam Aayiram and Minnalae. You simply cannot hand over candies of same flavour that are wrapped [...]

Pre Independent India was filled with Nationalists while Post Independent India is filled with Regionalists. These Humans are so moulded by their history books and yet succumb to regional sentiments. It is time for us to relocate elsewhere.

Up in the Air is a very good movie by Jason Reitman. Jason succeeds in combined screenplay and in his Directorial ability. I liked his other movies, Juno and Thank You For Smoking, the latter *in particular*. I would say Thank You for Smoking and Up in the Air deal about individuals, their professional practice [...]