Thank God

Just wondering how I am alive today. What I said in my last post could have become somewhat true to me. hmmm.. enakum paalu oothi rendu naal aagi irukum :-) Two days back, when I was returning from office I crossed a T-junction. I have always been cautious while crossing that junction as traffic is less dense in that road and people always used to drive fast. I have to take right in that junction so looked for vehicles coming from that direction and couldn't look for vehicles coming from opposite direction as there was a Innova hiding my view. I went ahead and crossed the junction. I was dumbfounded and it took me few seconds to realize what was going on when I heard the screeching sound of a car in front of me. Yeah! I failed to see a Maruti Zen coming at a great speed from the opposite side. Thank God! The driver of that zen controlled by hook or by crook and saved me. Of course, his life too. Otherwise he would have dashed the roadside tree. Fortunately, he didn't stop his car and didn't even yell at me. But then I got few scoldings from the driver of a Qualis, which followed that Zen. ;-). I felt stupid of my negligence then.

Was it my bad time? or good time coz i escaped? ah .. it's a mixed blessing. :-). At that moment, I felt that driver as my God. I thought to follow that car to express sorry and thank him. But then I was little apprehensive and don't want to invite troubles myself. Anyways, thank you Mr.X .. thank god !!

Thathuvam

innaiku setha naalaiku paalu !!!
aavin vandila adi patta annaikey paalu !!!

-- excerpted it from one of Parthiban's kavithai written for Vijay's ATM.

poverty !!!

பேருந்தில் கைக்குட்டை விற்கும் சிறுவனிடம் ஒன்று
வாங்கி துடைத்து பார்
நீ துடைப்பது உன் வியர்வையை மட்டும் அல்ல
அவனது வறுமையும் தான் !!!

kadhal !!!

came across this saying in one of Leoni's pattimandram.

அழகான பெண்தான் தான் காதலிக்கபடுகிறாள்
என்று எண்னாதீர்கள் ...
காதலிக்கபடும் ஒவ்வொரு பெண்ணும் அழகானவள் தானே !!!

Anbe Sivam

Anbe Sivam - one of the most meaningful movie I have ever seen. I saw this movie for first time four years back when I was in college. I really regret for not watching this movie in theater, at least once. Though i felt that it was a good movie, i did not get the exact crux of the movie when i watched it for first time. Recently, i saw this movie again in one of the local television channel. I could not find enough words to praise this movie. In a scene where Madhavan donates his blood to save a small boy's life and later he dies, I was totally engrossed in the movie and it made me to give a second thought on existence of god. But then, I am still a believer of god... may be coz I was inculcated like that... :-)

At some places during the second part of the movie, Kamal used to refer many people as God. On all such scenes, he reasons his sayings based on LOVE; on which the entire movie is based on. This movie showed me various dimensions of LOVE- including the conventional, quite cinematic love between Kamal and Kiran:-). In particular, I loved the love between Venkadesh and Uma Riyas - quite realistic, male bonding between Kamal and Madhavan at the end and last but not the least, the love between Kamal and Sangu, his dog.

At the end of the movie, it somehow convinces the viewers to believe LOVE is GOD and GOD is love. It is up to them how they take it in their part.

A memorable line from the title song .. " manathin neelam ethuvo athuvey vazhvin neelamada" .. Don't confine love. Let our love stretch out infinitely to all others. When our love madai thiranthu thavum pothu, our varum kalam will be, vasantha kalam .. naalum mangalam ..

p.s: it is pathetic that this movie was a flop and did not fetch a national award even though it greatly deserves so. :(.. enna kodumai sir ithu !!!