This post is to Bollywood as well as my fellow country men and woman.

To the Bollywood first- Guys, what the heck is wrong with you all? sometimes you talk like you are great people, know only to do good things and can lead people in the right way. But when it comes to actually doing the deed. You play dead?

Fuck Man. Seriously! – Animals are better than us. If one Crow is dying or dead, all the crows come together. When one of your own is being bombarded with threats by some goondas, you all play dead?

Ya we know you have professional rivalries. Professional rivalries should be only be kept to professional matters. But when one of your own is being targeted by some ass hole goons – where the heck were you all? Don’t have balls to come out?

Once in a while you come across something extra-ordinary that will make you open your mouth and say WAAAW!. Nature is full of that WAW and many such things are captured in Full HD in the BBC Documentary Series called “Life“. Produced by the BBC Natural History Unit using state of the art filming technology. For nature lovers, this is bigger than James Cameron’s Avatar 3D.

Narrated by none other than David Attenborough – the series is spectacular in showing the goodness of nature as well as telling the story in a way that you will forget yourself and wont realise your mouth is open since a loong time.

As Danny Boyle’s Slumdog Millionaire gets its big share of awards at the Golden Globe, A R Rahman is being recognized and heard all over the world. This Man is not just a musician, he is a magician with just a different kind of magic. He deserves a “Sir”! 
Look at those Awards.

I would say “Sir.A.R.Rahman” this time, he is making HISTORY!

- Rahman’s a genius: Boyle
- Maestro Rahman’s music draws Oscar nominations
- Slumdog, Rahman sweep Oscar nominations
- Complete list of Oscar nominations

Slumdog has been nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay (Simon Beaufoy), Best Picture, Best Original Score (A R Rahman), Best Song (One each for Jai Ho and O Saya), Best editing, Best Sound Mixing (Resul Pookutty), Best Sound Editing (Resul Pookutty), Best Cinematography and Best Director (Danny Boyle) at the Oscars.

Not just Nominations, I am sure he will make it. In fact, I am wishing that he gets the Best Original Score and the two of his songs nominated for the best song do not compromise and make a Tie!! Been tired of listening to Rahman’s music!! This should keep him quite at least for some time

I am watching the movie on Saturday.
But the music? Its already playing in our Home and Car

Kamal Hassan’s Dasavatharam which is releasing today (June 13 ), is expected to hit the screens with around 1,000 prints in Tamil, Telugu and Hindi. In Kerala it is releasing in 75 screens, while in Andhra in 250 screens.

In non-southern markets movie is beeing released with about 60 prints with sub-titles across the country- the largest release a regional film has witnessed.

Theatres in Chennai are screening around 45 shows a day in 21 theatres as opposed to Rajinikant’s Sivaji, which was released last year in 17 theatres.

Kamal Hassan is making a comeback after two years… so, anticipation for the film has skyrocketed so very high.

I am eager to watch the movie this weekend in Hyderabad.

Update (June 16th, 2008):
Watched the movie on Saturday. Its no where to my expectations except the first 15min of the movie. Rest of it goes on and on and on… and I felt as if I was sitting in the theater for half a day. I heard that the budget was 60 Crore Rupees and the graphics costed a lot of money. But after watching it, I guess even 6 Crores is waste paying for the graphics. Very cheap and silly graphics. No quality at all. Kamal, you should have gone for a better animation company. Coming to the makeup; Only 2 makeups were good enough. Rest of them were crappy and scary. By the way, the picture in this post is NOT showing the original characters played by Kamal. That one is some imaginative designer’s work misguiding people.

I recently saw the movie Forbidden Kingdom and I would say the old man’s makeup on Jackie Chan is
what our Industry makeup standards should be like.

Though I didn’t like the Movie “Dasavatharam”, I would say Kamal has guts to do this movie. I’m sure no other actor can even attempt to do a movie like this just because of too many links and roles.

If I have to remake the move, I would say, the whole of the movie should be like the first 15 min. May be all roles should be historic and powerful, all the roles NEED NOT be linked in one story, there could be multiple stories shown from the history and someone can narrate the stories in between…. well thats what I expected to be in the movie.

I would say, If you still didn’t watch this movie, you can wait for the DVD/CD to be released and watch it at home.

If you’ve seen the trailer, you know that the movie looks full of obscenely ridiculous action sequences that would kick unholy amounts of arse. The movie is a two hour, R-rated version of that trailer. It inspires many an exagerrated obscene comment, but it’s completely deserving in doing so. 300 is adapted from the graphic novel by Frank Miller.

I was switching channels today morning and in Star Movies a movie was just starting. I waited to see what it was and didnt move from my chair untill it was over. The movie is Like Mike and it was damn funny. I had a very good morning today and watched all the movie in the morning which is not normal to me. If you ever see this movie name in the today’s movies list, dont miss it. Its worth all that time you sit there.

A 14-year-old orphan becomes an NBA superstar after trying on a pair of sneakers with the faded initials “M.J.” inside.

Here is the official site of the movie:
http://www.likemikemovie.com/

I was watching this movie yesterday night and felt so many things.
You know, things like why these little ones have to live life so hard.
If you think you have all the bad things happenning to you, watch this movie and you will feel much better than ever. I want nominate this movie makers/directors for the Oscars.
You have to watch it. I hope you will watch the English version, unlike me who watched a french or german, i dont even know which language it is, could be french probably. There were actually 2 other voices dubbing the story at the same time.

Other Reviews on The March of the Penguins:

Critics have found The March of the Penguins to be as wondrous as word-of-mouth has it. Jami Bernard in the New York Daily News concludes: “It will make you want to bill and coo with your mate, cuddle your young and maybe even go for a swim.” Nancy Churnin in the Dallas Morning News calls director Luc Jacquet’s description of the emperor penguins of Antarctica “stirring profiles in courage.” Michael Booth in the Denver Post remarks that the emperors will leave audiences “energized, mesmerized and stupefied by the possibilities of life.” The Baltimore Sun’s Michael Sragow describes the movie as “eloquent and stirring.” Eleanor Ringel Gillespie in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution calls it “an often-miraculous movie.” Although the film is attracting families, the Los Angeles Times warns that it may be too intense for small children.

But Wesley Morris comments in the Boston Globe: “Kids might blanch at some of the more upsetting images, but ultimately the movie will delight and uplift more families than it will scare.”

Movie information from IMBD:

A look at the annual journey of Emperor penguins as they march — single file — to their traditional breeding ground.

Directed by
Luc Jacquet

Genres
Documentary

Cast
Charles Berling, Romane Bohringer, Morgan Freeman, Jules Sitruk