Top Ten Movies & Awards of 2008

[This post is completely personal and not to hurt anyone]
The top ten movies of 2008 are

10.Yaradi Nee Mohini(5.8/10)
9. Raman Thediya Seethai(6.2/10)
8. Poi Solla Porom(6.5/10)
7. Santhosh Subramaniam(6.8/10)
6. Vellithirai(7/10)
5. Vaaranam Aayiram(7.1/10)
4. Saroja(7.2/10)
3. Dasavatharam(7.3/10)
2. Anjathey(8.1/10)
1. Subramaniapuram(8.7/10)

The following are the awards for film technicians of 2008….

Best Editor: Antony
Best Art Director: Thottadarani(Dasavatharam)
Best Stunts: Andy Dixon(Dasavatharam)
Best Choreographer: Brindha
Best Villain: Prasanna(Anjathey)
Best Comedian: Premji Amaran(Saroja)
Best Cinematographer: Jeeva(Dhaam Dhoom)
Best Music Director: Harris Jayaraj(Vaaranam Aayiram)
Best Actress(Debut): Swathi(Subramaniapuram)
Best Actor(Debut): Nakul(Kadhalil Vizhunthen)
Best New Face of 2008: Sameera Reddy(Vaaranam Aayiram)
Best Supporting Actress: Simran(Vaaranam Aayiram)
Best Supporting Actor: Prakash Raj(Vellithirai)
Best Entertaining Movie: Dasavatharam
Best Film of 2008: Subramaniapuram
Best Story Writer: Kamal Haasan(Dasavatharam)
Best Screenplay Writer: Venkat Prabhu(Saroja)
Best Dialogue Writer: Viji(Vellithirai)
Best Producer: Prakash Raj(Vellithirai)
Best Director: Sasi Kumar(Subramaniapuram)
Best Actress: Asin(Dasavatharam)
Best Actor: Kamal Haasan(Dasavatharam)

CONGRATS & ALL THE BEST for all of these artists and lets hope we get more good movies in 2009….

Music Awards and Top Ten Songs of 2008

[This post is completely personal and not to hurt anyone]Now lets see the top ten songs of this year….

10. Santhosh Subramaniam & Saroja
9. Anjathey
8. Silambattam
7. Yaradi Nee Mohini
6. Dasavatharam
5. Subramaniapuram
4. Dhaam Dhoom
3. Sakarakatti
2. Kadhalil Vizhunthen
1. Vaaranam Aayiram

The following are the MUSIC AWARDS for the year 2008….

Best Female Singer(debut): Deepa Mariam(Kangal Irandal)
Best Male Singer(debut): Belly Raj(Kangal Irandal)
Best Music Director(debut): James Vasanthan(Subramaniapuram)
Best Remix of 2008: Thanni Karuthirichi(Yennai Theriyuma)
Best Popular Song of 2008: Nakka Mukka(Kadhalil Vizhunthen)
Best Folk of 2008: Kathazha Kannala(Anjathey)
Best Rock of 2008: Adiye Kolluthey(Vaaranam Aayiram)
Best Romantic Song of 2008: Mundhinam Parthene(Vaaranam Aayiram)
Best Melody of 2008: Anbe en Anbe(Dhaam Dhoom)
Best Song of 2008: Kangal Irandal(Subramaniapuram)
Best Choreographer of 2008: Brindha
Best Lyricist of 2008: Thamarai
Best Visualisation for the song: RaviVarman - Kallai Mattum(Dasavatharam)
Best Cinematography for songs: Jeeva(Dhaam Dhoom)
Best Female Singer of 2008: Chinmayi
Best Male Singer of 2008: Hariharan
Best Music Album of 2008: Vaaranam Aayiram
Best Music Director of 2008: Harris Jayaraj

Kamal Haasan: Chief guest at 39th IFFI

The multitalented actor of Kollywood, Kamal Haasan, and Rekha, the 70's and 80's heart-throb of Bollywood, will be the chief guests at the opening and closing ceremonies of the 39th International Film Festival that begins on November 22nd in Goa. Goa’s Governor S.S. Sidhu, Chief Minister Digamber Kamath, and I&B minister Anand Sharma will also grace the occasions.

Eminent playback singer Lata Mangeshkar, actors Saroja Devi, Dilip Kumar and Tapan Sinha will receive “lifetime achievement” awards this year at this festival which will be hosted by beautiful Bollywood actress Amrita Rao.

Ileana D’ Cruz, famed Tollywood actress of Goan origin, will also be a special guest at this festival.

As reported earlier, 15 films from all over the world have been selected in the competition section and Priyadarshan’s Tamil film Kanchivaram is one of them.

Apart from this, there will also be Indian Panorama, a screening session of 47 renowned Indian films (26 feature and 21 non-feature).

Vaaranam Aayiram wows audiences

After a touching premiere for the movie by Tanker Foundation and Reach India, who held a special screening of Vaaranam Aayiram yesterday in Chennai, audiences walked out of theatres moved nearly to tears by the impact of the movie. Almost every person said they either absolutely loved the movie or liked it immensely.

For a project that seemed to have been jinxed from the start, Vaaranam Aayiram has perhaps found a new lease of life in a quality that should be and essential part of any movie – a beautiful story and a beautiful narration.

When asked what they liked best about the movie, the audiences of the charity show last night responded with a slew of replies, from “fabulous music and visuals to match” to “ a most touching father-son relationship” to “beautifully portrayed love stories” to “an amazing perspective of a modern-minded middle-class Indian family”.

All in all, it seems that Vaaranam Aayiram could well prove to be the huge strength of director Gautham Menon at the box-office as well as in critics’ circles.

It is heartwarming to see the dedication of Suriya, who was filming near Mumbai for Ayan, arrived at the premiere promptly. Divya Spandana and Sameera Reddy looked amazing at the premiere.

Secret about Celebs

Not all celebrities are born with glamour, or at least such was the case with Madonna, Brad Pitt, Russell Crowe to name a few.

While some of the A-listers had reasonably decent beginnings, some had to sustain themselves with filthy jobs before creating a niche for themselves, reports the Daily Telegraph.

Matthew McConaughey spent a year shovelling chicken manure, Mick Jagger worked as a porter in a mental hospital, Madonna used to serve customers at ‘Dunkin Donut’.

Similarly, Russell Crow used to be DJ at 16, Robin Williams worked as a street mime, Eva Mendes used to sell hot dogs, and Brad Pitt donned a giant chicken suit and stood outside a store to attract clients.

Good One

Little boy wanted Rs.100 very badly and prayed for weeks, but nothing happened.
Finally he decided to write God a letter requesting the Rs.100.
When the postal authorities received the letter addressed to God , INDIA , they decided to forward
it to the President of the India as a joke.
The President was so amused, that he instructed his secretary to send the little boy Rs.70.
The President thought this would appear to be a lot of money (Rs.100) to a little boy,
and he did not want to spoil the kid.
The little boy was delighted with Rs.70, and decided to write a thank you note to God,
which read:
‘Dear God: Thank you very much for sending the money.
However, I noticed that you sent it through the Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi , and those donkeys deducted Rs.30 as tax … ‘

AEGAN Movie Review

Who's In It?
The king of opening Ultimate Star Ajith, fondly called as 'Thala' is back again after the blockbuster hit Billa with Aegan. His first and the only release for the year, it has been in the limelight since production. Ayngaran International, the market leader in overseas film distribution has stepped into the shoes of a producer along with actor-turned-producer Arun Pandian for Aegan. Raju Sundaram makes his debut as a director and has also written the script which seems to be inspired by Farah Khan's Main Hoon Naa starring Sharukh.
Aegan has Ajith and Nayantara romancing once again on screen after their successful combo in Billa. The pair shares a much better chemistry as the lead pair in Aegan. The movie also stars Suman, Nasser, Jayaram, Suhasini, Navdeep and Poi Solla Porum Piya. Yuvanshankar Raja has composed music for Aegan, making it a hat trick with Ajith. The cinematography is taken care of by Arjun Jana, an assistant to P.C. Sreeram and Nirav Shah. Stunts are by Stun Siva. Anu Vardhan has designed the costumes for Ajith.
What's It About?
Commissioner Nasser and his department are hunting for evidence to nab pharmaceutical tycoon John Chinnappa (Suman) for his life-threatening adulteration in medicines and other illegal activities. Ramprasad (Devan), Chinnappa's closest friend and partner in crime, turns approver and is on his way to testify against him in court. Along with the policemen protecting him, he is attacked by Chinnappa's men but manages to escape. The Commissioner, frustrated about the security measures of his men, hands over the task of finding and arresting Ramprasad to his son Siva (Ajith), a brave and honest CID officer. To carry out this mission, Siva is ordered to join a college in Ooty disguised as a student where Ramprasad's daughter Pooja (Piya) is a student. The Commissioner plans to arrest Ramprasad when he visits his daughter.
After enrolling as a student, Siva tries to become friendly with Pooja and her gang to know where her father is hiding. In the meanwhile, he also gets to romance Mallika (Nayantara), a professor at the same college. The twist in the tale comes when Siva comes to know that he is an orphan, finding this bitter truth from his long-lost mother (Suhasini) and his brother Narain (Navdeep). The remaining plot revolves around how he finds Ramprasad, who then leads him to Chinnappa.
The Performance
Ajith is at his best when it comes to his looks in Aegan. Anu Vardhan has created wonders with her costume design in Billa and she does the same here, in a more fashionable way. It has been a while since we saw Ajith doing comedy in his movies; in Aegan, his comic scenes with Jayaram, Kochin Hanifa and Nayantara are quite enjoyable, specifically when Thala sings his popular melody 'Unnai Partha Pinbu Naan' from Kadhal Mannan to romance Nayantara. Thala's dance steps for the songs and his style in the action sequences are applaudable. Ajith's charisma and his presence are felt in every scene. Ajith has justified his words in his interviews when it comes to entertaining his fans. The first half of the movie is mainly targeted at satisfying his huge fan following.
Nayantara has proved once again that she is the hottest among the femme fatales of Kollywood. Male audiences will be thrilled by her outfits. She is here to stay as the 'dream girl' of the men for long. Jayaram, as the principal of the college, brings in a few laughs along with Sathyan. Nasser, Suhasini and Kochin Hanifa have played their roles with ease. Sreeman, as the side-kick of Suman, gives an impressive performance. The character with least impact on the audience is Suman. After his equal and vital performance with Super Star Rajinikanth in Sivaji as his arch rival, expectations were high on him. But in Aegan, he is scripted to be merely a comical villain who sobs after killing his men for their failures. His role could have been shaped better.
For the Techie Lovers
In the technical department, Aegan is above average and excellent, at times. Arjun Jana is splendid with his camera work, maintaining the tones and shades we had seen earlier in Billa. The colorization is immensely good and gives the viewer a 'cool' feeling. The look and feel is awesome. Editing by Vijayan and art direction by Milan is worth mentioning. Yuvanshankar Raja has given a few hit songs and an average re-recording. Raju Sundaram has added another feather to his cap as a director and writer who has made this movie suiting the taste of the Tamil audience and mainly have the eager fans of Thala contented.
Final Verdict
Ajith's Aegan is a refreshing entertainer from Ayngaran. Kudos to Raju Sundaram & Team! Thala Rocks! Watch it for Ajith..!
Plus: Ajith, Nayantara, Comic Relief, Less Emotional Drama and Songs
Ahem: Suman's Characterization. Average Second Half and the Climax Fight Sequence.
Audience: All
Best to Watch with: Family and friends
Genre: Action / Comedy
Movie Rating: 1.5/5

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BCCI's income crosses Rs 1000 crores

The Cricket Board's income has increased manifold in 2007-08 and crossed Rs 1000.41 crore, as compared to Rs 651.81 crore in 2006-07, leading to a surpluse of Rs 303.15 crore, according to the report submitted at its 79th AGM by treasurer for the period under consideration, N Srinivasan. The major chunk contributing to the massive increase of Rs 348 crore in its revenue, amounting to Rs 559 crore, has come from the sale of media rights, an upward movement of Rs 245 crore. It was Rs 313 crore in the previous year.

Surplus from tours brought in Rs 226 crore, an increase of Rs 12 crore, interest income Rs 76 crore (increased by Rs 25 crore) and others Rs 138 crore (increased by Rs 65 crore, Srinivasan said in his report. In two years the BCCI's income has more than doubled, the inflow being Rs 430 crore in 2005-06, and the increase in income from last year represented a growth of 46 per cent.

From the cash bonanza earned by the BCCI, it distributed Rs 66 crore (Rs 43 crore in '06-07) to the international players and an equal amount to domestic cricketers. Rupees 31 and Rs 26 crore respectively were distributed to the international and domestic cricketers in 2005-06 and 2004-05, the treasurer's report said. TV subventions to state associations increased to Rs 371.89 crore in 2007-08 as compared to Rs 211.53 crore in 2006-07. The associatiions would also earn IPL subvention of Rs 203 crore constituting 70 per cent of the franchise fees for 2008-09.

The BCCI's contribution towards infrastructure development of its affiliated units over the last three years was Rs 157 crore while Rs 15 crore was the annual outgo under its Platinum Jubilee Benevolent Scheme (Monthly gratis) covering 860 players/umpires (international and domestic), the report said. The monthly gratis scheme includes the benefits to widows of Test cricketers and Test umpires and women Test cricketers have been included under this scheme from this August.

Despite earning over 1000 crore, the BCCI has pegged the budgeted income for 2008-09 at Rs 878.84 crore and the budgeted expenditure has been projected as Rs 642.48 crore, for a projected surplus of Rs 236.36 crore.

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Small Business Loans

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Trisha in Marmayogi

Trisha is reported to have bagged a role in Kamal Haasan's next film Marmayogi, to be produced by the legend himself, in association with Pyramid Saimira. Expected to be the costliest ever movie in Kollywood, it is being planned with a 125 crore budget. Kamal Haasan himself will be directing this film. He had earlier directed films like Hey Raam and Virumandi.
This reigning queen of South Indian filmdom is doing King opposite Nagarjuna right now. She was all set to do two more flicks; one opposite Venkatesh in Krishnam Vande Jagadgurum to be directed by Krish and teh other, Ravi Teja’s next film to be directed by Surendar Reddy. But now, it seems she has backed out of these two plum projects. Why? Because she had to give bulk dates of around 200 days for Kamal’s dream project, meaning she will have no time for any other project. As a result, her presence in Telugu films will be quite low in the near future.
Though she was upset that she had to decline the Telugu movie offers, the role in Marmayogi will be the role of a lifetime for this petite dream queen of Kollywood. Chennaiyil Oru Mazhaikalam, Abhiyum Naanum and Sarvam are the three Tamil movies on hand that Trisha has to wrap up before starting Marmayogi.
Trisha’s dream of working with Kamal Haasan, her favourite actor, has come true.

Find your character....

According to British Psychology, the following are true regarding your month of birth....

January - Peace Maker

February - Sacrificing Nature

March - Playfull

April - Powerfull

May - Lucky

June - Lovable

July - Knowledgeable

August - Lazy

September - Surprising

October - Adament

November - Understanding

December - Brilliant

Actually I dont believe these things but after seeing for December I concluded that it is absolutely right....

Top Ten Things Only Women Understand

10. Why it's good to have five pairs of black shoes.

9. The difference between cream, ivory, and off white.

8. Crying can be fun.

7. Fat clothes.

6. A salad, diet drink, and a hot fudge sundae make a balanced lunch.

5. Discovering a designer dress on the clearance rack can be considered a peak life experience.

4. The inaccuracy of every bathroom scale ever made.

3. A good man might be hard to find, but a good hairdresser is next to impossible.

2. Why a phone call between two women never lasts under ten minutes.

1. Other women!

Madurai Trip

Usually during my school days, I use to go to Madurai atleast once a year but after joining college I just went once in four years. I missed a lot and finally this time I didnot miss my chance to go there. We went there for Pongal on August 8,9,10 and we four, me, my brother and my two cousins as usual celebrated with our families. We use to go to temple in evenings and watch stage programmes in nights with our gang friends.
We slept at 4 in night and woke up at 8 in morning. The lunch for all three days were just amazing. There will be atleast two non-veg items, either chicken & mutton or chicken & fish. I enjoyed food and ate well after years because it was prepared by my grandma. We never had time to relax or sleep but we didnot wish for it either.
After three days of good enjoyment, we four returned home. Well my Madurai Trip was awesome and had lot of joy and fun. We thought of spending a week there but didn’t. Dont know when we will go there next time but definitely miss my village very much….

Training Materials for Infosys and CTS

Many students who have completed their engineering would be almost prepared to join a software company. But after joining a software company, most of them find it difficult to complete their training successfully. So for all those students, here is a chance to make their training easier. The students who got placed in Infosys and CTS can download their training materials in the links below....

Training Material for Infosys

Training Material for CTS

Students those who got placed in other software companies can also download these materials since it covers almost everything in which other companies give their training. So people make full use of it and enjoy your training....

ALL THE BEST.... CHEERS!!

Cricket

Well, Indian Cricket is going through a tuff phase. It is suffering from lack of good, efficient fast bowlers. We can easily count the number of good fast bowlers India had for the past 30 years. In the recent times, the only good bowler India had was Javagal Srinath and he too retired five years back. Still India is searching for an effiecient fast bowler.

Though many young bowlers got a chance to play for India, they didnot prove to be efficient. Ajit Agarkar, Zaheer Khan, Ashish Nehra, L.Balaji, Irfan Pathan, Sreesanth, R.P.Singh, V.R.V.Singh, Munaf Patel are some of the fast bowlers trying to make it to the Indian team. But they find it difficult to do it because of inefficiency. Indian Premier League(IPL) brought many young players to light and they proved to be promising. Some of them are Manpreet Gony, Ashok Dinda, Yomahesh, Praveen Kumar, Sidharth Trivedi and Ishant Sharma.

Though these players seem to be promising, they dont have enough experience to handle pressure. The only current fast bowler who bowls efficiently and with consistent speed is Ishant Sharma but he is overburdened much and hence he is also not able to perform much. The scenario has to be changed. With three coaches for Indian Cricket team, it is still a wondering factor that why there is lack in efficiency. BCCI should take some serious steps to handle this issue. Otherwise there will be no permanent solution to this issue….

GNIIT

There is no end to my GNIIT course. I joined my GNIIT course in December, 2004. But till I dint complete my course. There are totally four semesters in this course. After each semester, there will be a break for the students usually for one month. The first two semesters had been completed on time. But then there were many faculty and HOC changes. The centre also got shifted to a new place. We saw some five faculties for third semester alone. The classes were not conducted properly but with some good faculties we completed third semester in time. Then we had a break for nearly more than a year. The classes didnot commence at all. Many of the students stopped the course and went to jobs. Atlast they started with a new HOC and now the classes are conducted regularly. Lets hope we finish our course and get our certificates soon….

Finally a Degree

Its a long dream for students like us to get a engineering degree. Once when I entered into my college, I lost my interest towards studies and started to enjoy my life. We, our gang, dint even listen to what the teachers said, instead were teasing them. We bunked classes for atleast twice a week, went to movies, stayed in friends’ rooms, boozed often whenever we got some money in our pocket, did all the things what a college student can do. The result, was the first arrear in my life, in my third semester. But I expected this because I felt lazy to buy the original book of that subject during my exam and experienced the pain. I didnot clear that paper till my sixth semester and finally cleared in seventh. In addition to this, I kept four different arrears in each of the semesters from fourth to seventh. Finally entered into the last semester of my engineering life. Days passed very soon as we were concentrating on our project works. Completed the project work successfully and started to prepare for our exams. As usual our gang me, Nitin, Subramani and Sridhar assembled in a common place, either in my place or Nitin’s place. Each one of them shared each subject with particular units and exactly three days before the exam,we shared what we studied. Successfully we completed our studies and also all the three exams. I had one arrear and thankfully got five days leave for it and studied all the five units without leaving any topic. Then fate came into play. When we received the question paper, everyone was shocked. Out of 100 marks, maximum 20 marks would have been from the book, rest was completely on own and we had no idea. We started to laugh for a moment, but then took it as a challenge and wrote for full 100 marks for exactly 3 hours. Came out of the hall with a satisfaction. Result came as ALL CLEAR. Though its not a big thing, it was a real achievement in life. And today when I got my certificates from college, cherished with joy, but didnot show it outside. However crossed the first half of my life and now comes the biggest challenge, with my career. Lets be positive and see how it goes….

BSNL Users Suffer

It was a real shock for all BSNL users today. When I entered my username and password to check my usage details, I got the details of some other person’s usage. Was completely shocked to see that and tried many times but got different person’s usage details each time I checked. Then I asked my friends and they said they were also experiencing the same problem. Relieved to some extent. The problem might be due to the database collisions in server and its with the BSNL to solve this problem. Anyway there will be a back up for the database. SInce from morning we are facing this problem and till BSNL didnot solve this issue. They prove that they are our government in each and every issue. Lets hope that this is rectified soon and we get back our own usage details….

Last Day

Many unusual things happened on final day of our college life. The most memorable of all is that a guy named NITIN who is the best entertainer of our class, unexpectedly came to college and gave a sweet shock to all of us. Nobody expected this will happen on that day since it had never happened before. There was a feel of joy in everybody’s(including the staffs) heart when he entered our class. There was a huge loud of applauds from the entire class. Then the classes<>Then we were asked to go to our lab where we started our celebrations. There were snaps taken everywhere in the college right from the entrance gate to the canteen. Took snaps with other department friends too. Colourful powders were thrown over all of them. No one in the college was able to control the situation since it was done by IT STUDENTS. It seemed to be as if the day went off in a second. In the evening, there were hugs and handshakes all around. As usual we went to our favourite tea shop outside the college and celebrated there as well. Finally everyone left to their respective buses. The day started with cheers and ended in tears……..