Happy Wedding Day to My Mom n Dad

Today is my parents' 26th Wedding Anniversary...
As usual I wished my mom "Deepest Condolences"

A Tribute to R.D.Buman

Today is the 69th Birth Anniversary of the legendary music Director R.D.Burman

Silver Jubilee

Today is a Double Silver Anniversary in my Life.

Today I'm 25 yrs and 25 months old

DASAVATHARAM -

DASAVATHARAM – The highly expected movie for the past 2 yrs, at last released yesterday. It’s much expected because of the 10 different roles portrayed by Kamal Hassan which is the first time in World Cinema History. Kamal dons the role of the Hero, the Villain (American), American President (Bush look-alike), Heroine’s Grand mother, a Vaishnavite, a Punjabi Pop Singer (Daler Mehendi look-alike), a Japanese Fighter, a Telugu CID Officer, a Muslim Giant, a Christianity converted Harijan (Speaking Nagercoil Tamil). Except the Giant Kamal, (whose make-up is artificial) all others make-up is mind-blowing.

I was awe-struck by the old lady makeover, with lot of wrinkles all over the body, with less Height, with broken teeth, speaking in an old-lady voice. None can do these kind of roles other than Kamal. Though it’s not new to him, it’s a Visual Treat for Kamal fans.

Technically, the film has taken Tamil Cinema to the next level. The make-up and the Special Effects will be a mile stone.

Music is not up to the mark. I didn’t like the songs when the music was released. Though Himesh has given hits in Hindi, his Tamil debut is average.

Asin has done a neat job with less over-action. Mallika Sherawat’s Skin show is just for Commercial purpose. Jayapradha, who was once considered the Epitome of Indian Woman by Satyajit Ray has lost her charm and grace. Rekha – Ayyp Paavam…

NATIONAL AWARDS - 2006

Best picture - Pulijanmam - Malayalam

Best Director - Madhur Bhandarkar (Traffic Signal) - Hindi

Best Actor - Soumitra Chatterjee (Podokkhep) - Bengali

Best Actress - Priyamani (Paruthi Veeran) - Tamil

Best Supporting Actor - Dilip Prabhavalkar (Lage Raho Munnabhai, Shevri) - Hindi

Best Supporting Actress - Konkona Sen Sharma (Omkara) - Hindi

Best Music Direction - Ashok Patki (Antarnad) - Konkani

Best Lyrics - Badhe Haath ... (Lage Raho Munnabhai) - Hindi

Best Cinematography - Goutam Ghose (Yatra) - Hindi

Best Screenplay - Prakash Jha, Shridhar Raghavan and Manoj Tyagi (Lage Raho Munnabhai)

Best Art Direction - Rashid Rangrez (Waris Shah-Ishq Da Waris) - Punjabi

Best Costume Designer - Manjit Mann (Waris Shah-Ishq Da Waris) - Punjabi

Best Choreography - Madhu Samudra and Sajeev Samudra (Ratri Mazha) - Malayalam

Best Makeup - Anil Motiram Palande (Traffic Signal) - Hindi

Best Child Artist - Divya Chahadkar (Antarnad) - Konkani

Best Special Effects - EFX, Chennai (Krrish) - Hindi

Best First Film of a director - Kabul Express (Kabir Khan), Ekantham, (Madhu Kaithapuram)

Best Popular Film providing Wholesome Entertainment - Lage Raho Munnabhai - Hindi

Best Audiography - K J Singh and Subhash Sahoo (Omkara) - Hindi

Best Editing - Raja Mohamed (Paruthi Veeran) - Tamil

Best Male Playback Singer - Gurdas Mann (Waris Shah-Ishq Da Waris) - Punjabi

Best Female Playback Singer - Aarti Anklekar Tikekar (Antarnad) - Konkani

Best Feature Film on National Integration - Kallarli Huvagi - Kannada

Best Film on Family Welfare - Karutha Pakshikal (Malayalam), Faltu (Bengali)

Best Film on Other Social Issues - Hope (Telugu)

Best Children’s Film - Footpath (Kannada)

Best Film Critic - G P Ramachandran (Malayalam) and Rafique Baghdadi (English)

Best Animation Film - Kittu (Telugu)

Special Jury award - Omkara (Hindi)

Best Hindi Film - Khosla Ka Ghosla

Best Tamil Film - Veyyil

Best Kannada Film - Kaada Beladingalu

Best Malayalam Film - Drishtantham

Best Telugu Film - Kamli