MOVIES AND PEOPLE !!

Since the camera was invented snapshots and movies have become a part of human life and very much influence a viewer's mind. Few bring back memories and few make us sit back and think, leave alone the commercial masala flicks. Good movies have really stood a class apart and this shows the viewer's hunger for reality and their sickness of masala movies. Of course the maturity in the viewers was brought about by flawless scripts- thanks to broad minded directors.

Along with technology the scripts and concepts of the Hollywood have also found a warm welcome in our country. Stealing from Hollywood has become a habit these days. And most of it have did well in box office despite critics accusing the directors for not giving due credits to the actual movie.  Not an unknown fact that cinema is now a globally expanding business, with producers the kingpin behind that "worldwide release" tag.

The expectations of people are getting high with every movie released and stars of the genre "acting is my passion" are competing hard to live up to the expectations of their hardcore fans. And actors Bucked up with consecutive hits along with audacious directors are ready to experiment new things on screen and each of it adds to the hype of the movie. But it has been proved time and again that hype and Star cast for a movie's success has become a thing of the past. - creative directors with a script of substance will do wonders at the box office today. Remakes, sequels and dubbed movies are also in the competition as people don't get to see their favorite stars often on screen with their movie rate being one in 2yrs. Movies still remain the best pastime for the people with IPL and world tournaments inhibiting the ticket sales a little bit at times. Another unnoticed factor is that theatre audiences have increased considerably  since early 2000...thanks to the multiplexes and fight piracy attitude of the people (nothing else can curb piracy). The statistics actually fluctuate with 3D movies and regular movies and with arrival of new multiplexes and most importantly with the number of people turning loyal to torrent sites.

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MY DAYS AT KERALA [PART 2]

While u just can’t pass time u keep imagining stuffs. Imagination is man's best gift from GOD. Innovations and Inventions are just a byproduct of imagination...exercising the brain cells is the actual deed. Only Byproducts sell not deeds. And so it isn't a surprise if there are ppl addicted to imagining things..!! Brain is a mystery and mind is a myth. Bury the biological expedition.

 I was wondering what’s the best thing about kerala and several regular aspects came to my mind…Coconut, backwaters, greenery, Mohanlal, NRIs, unemployment, strikes, alcoholism, communism...all these factors have been bonded to kerala for more than a decade and nothing has changed. Nothing new has taken kerala by storm leave alone film stars and dams. Change is inevitable but kerala is a bad example for that. The visible growth and political changeovers in other states have barely influenced or inspired the people of this state. People of kerala are still in the dark…the restless people and intelligent graduates leave the state...and they never come back..!! That’s the secret you can find malayalis all over the world. Migration to other countries started even before you could ever imagine it to be. This is the state where airports run on private partnerships and ministers put up railway stations in their backyards and also the state where there are more number of political parties than police stations. Here even a 8th grade student can call a strike and any one of the political party would back it for publicity ( True and Personal Experience). The roads here don’t fit two buses side by side but the need for speed attitude of bus drivers is a talent that has to be appreciated. The race among the private buses is a thrill for the passengers despite fatal risks involved while the unconcerned govt. buses run empty most of the time. Most of the driving enthusiasts would find it frustrating not being able to burn the rubber coz of broken roads and innumerous curves but the kin of NRIs enjoy the same to drive their Jaguars and BMWs at 20kmph >poor use of the speed demons< Hospitals and schools have increased in number but the sick and uneducated have not decreased.

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MY DAYS AT KERALA [PART 1]

                   It pretty much dawned upon me to know and feel the difference between temples of different states. I knew that temples in kerala were really serious (no offense) about worshipping GOD. They have their regular poojas in time. And the other day I happened to be in one temple near my home and it was the festival period of that temple. Most of the temples had this festival sort of thing and it happened for over a week's time. I was there on the last day or to be precise in the evening darkness of this festive period and it was so colorful with all the pretty ladies around and lamps lighting up the whole vicinity and never can I forget to mention about the three beautifully decorated elephants standing tall among the crowd. I was wearing a t-shirt and a white dhoti and walked past the entire bustle to catch a view of the deity and there were people lined in front of the shrine and I joined them. You had to remove your shirt to get into the main shrine and to get a closer view of the deity. I stood outside the main shrine but still could see the deity. And everyone around was staring at me like I was from another planet. I couldn't understand but maybe coz I was wearing a t-shirt and I was the only one with a t-shirt-dhoti combo. It wasn't cool and it wasn't odd either and I know you wouldn’t agree at this point if I said keralites weren't that good at fashion but that is the truth. Most of them don’t wear t-shirts and forget about girls, they look better the way they are in salwar. After having stood there long enough the crowd dispersed and i too followed. I had a tough time finding mom amidst the crowd who earlier left me alone as soon as we entered into temple premises to meet her old friends. trust me. Women get more excited than men when they meet people after long time, it’s as if they are literally enthusiastic to see someone older than them....just kidding!! And then I found mom among a group of "laughing out loud" women..lol women.. I greeted them all with a smile else they will think am arrogant…typical indian mentality…The women started asking details from my resume while their eyes were busy studying me [call that MULTITASKING] and they were looking at me like "so this is your son?? I shall marry my daughter to him..!!" That's another fact about kerala moms...they admire the gorgeous as their son-in-law or daughter-in-law...!![Not me]!! They won’t spare anything which has the potential to improve their status in the society….beautiful son-in-law or daughter in-law, a new coat of paint for home, a car even if its third-hand, at least one kid studying in English medium school and such innumerous things. While i was having chitchat with my mom's friends she went inside and had a view of the deity and finished her list of offerings for the deity. After a final gudbye to all we left the temple with our hearts filled...me with experience and mom full of mixed emotions.