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Some more Digression (in continuation of the above)
when I felt like giving up, I tried the 'auto-suggestion' mechanism of focussing my mind on something other than running - I chose music and that too IR's classic from the 80s and played them in my head and wow! it worked great and I completed the distance - of course, the pain came much later in the evening
Wow,I go out on a week's vacation&the entire tone of this thread has changed :) .It nice to know that there has been a healthy discussion going on.I also missed an opportunity to run in yesterday's marathon&meet some of the hubbers esp tmrrmt. :D
I think I will have to spend my time at the hub today catching up rather than posting.
tmrrmt, CONGRATS to you on completing the Half Marathon category! Its indeed a great achievement! WISH YOU ALL THE VERY BEST for the next one! BTW, one song that came to my mind instantly (with respect to jogging) is the all time classic PARUVAME PUDHIYA PAADAL (Mohan, Suhasini). Interludes will rejunevate all your cells :-)
thanks
Krishnan
Congrats to madhan on his marathon feat. I might have hummed the IR song "poonkaatrile" from "paatu paadava" movie. My!!! such a wonderful rare gem of a song.
I boarded the "Mumbai Express" this weekend at PVR and this time I was all ears to savour the rerecording and IR did not disappoint me even one bit. Few remarked that there was no bgm at all. But I say it is all pervading seamlessly through out the movie. The tempo, and the tonal variations Raja gives to the "kurangu kaiyil maalai" theme song at various places in the movie is just brilliant and something which Raja alone is doing till date. Few scenes with exceptional bgm include the car accident chaos scene, crane (as mentioned by many), mumbai express train chase , kamal's byke chase scene( sadly the wonderful music here is drowned by the byke screeching sound. Well done Kamal-IR. Keep up the good work.
Thumburu ,
let me compile the scenes where there was an excellent BGM ..
1.The scene wehere Kamal explains to teh Traffic Police that Pasupathi is a deaf ..etc
2.Kamal's intro scene in Bike
3.Crane scene
4.The scene where Kamal and Manisha run behind Dattu when he attempts sucide
5.The scene where Pasupathi hits Kamal with a club .
6.Scene where Kamal explains hi slove to Manisha in the night with Dattu's support .
7.Mumbai Xpress Train Chase
8.Bike Race Scene
9.The initial scene where pasupathi ,vyapuri ,...sorry A & B discuss the plan
Also ,if u obeserve
1.No character blantantly shows soem expression ,which would suggest this is a comedy scene - The acting is downplayed by all characters .
2.BGM does not that 'twee...' twiwwing ' kind of sounds which u will see inc omedy films ...
Cinefan,Quote:
Originally Posted by Cinefan
Ada amappa!
And congrats to tmrrmt!
alwarpet_andavan
Vijayr,Quote:
Originally Posted by vijayr
Neenda natkalukku piragu sandhikkirom. No hard feelings from my side :)
I felt the same way about that scene in Mahanadhi. However, i wouldn't say all of DR's love scenes are unwanted. And as you've said, it's a subjective topic and what might be a wanted or even essential scene to me or tmrrmt (Hey Ram, for e.g) might be totally uncalled for to others. The point i'd made in my reply to mythila was, whether the scenes are necessary or not, Dr is certainly not "spoiling" Indian Culture or Thamizhar Panbaadu. As was mentioned very correctly in some posts here, mega-serials, SS dialogues along patriarchal lines, cheap "budget" comedies etc are the more to be blamed.
alwarpet_andavan
Folks,
Was the Mumbai Express CD released? I only find the tape everywhere. I don't find the CD even in Landmark, Chennai..
Thanks.
Heard the CD is released for the Hindi versionQuote:
Originally Posted by satish
alwarpet_andavan
First, let me congratulate all those who ran the marathon. I also liked that IR's music has been a source of inspiration and that there was opportunity to spread awareness about TIS. This is great. Hats off to you guys.
Coming back to the topic of Kamal's intimacy scenes in the movies. I think most of us here including mythila who initiated this point, do respect Kamal for his acting and directorial abilities. These so-called scenes seem to be precluding people from watching the movie as a family together. Prabhudas mentioned about the need to evolve genres like in Hollywood. Why not Kamal take the lead in this and produce good, wholesome artsy movies without these scenes ? Leave these scenes, probably required by market conditions to the less talented, who need crutches like this (which many of us here avoid like a plague).
For Hey Ram, I think, Vasundhara Das, was booked only after accepting to these scenes. She said, she decided to take the deal because it will give her a break in the movies. I am not sure whether this falls into the category of exploitation but you guys decide. Kamal, always, had this , kadhal ilavarasan' image. But it is going into the territory of 'kAmam' and that too when many of the heroines are probably not much older than his daughter.
Many may not agree, it is these kind of antics on-screen that are one of the factors for mass-acceptance of an actor. I remember reading an article what kind of things makes a superstar in the indian milieu. I think one of these things is, you really dont want to be indulging too much in acts like this.
I do know that 'glamor' and 'covert sexuality' has been part and parcel of the indian film history. But the dangerous trend is, this 'covert sexuality' is becoming too overt. The distinction between heroines and 'bad girls' (like silk smitha) is getting more and more vague as the heroines are doing all the dancing in skimpy clothes routines which was the job of the 'bad girls' earlier. This sets a bad role model for young women. I think this is probably more serious than the allegations on Kamal, but that does not mean Kamal's actions cannot be criticised.