Paper plans needed

Ilayaraja would give notes in paper to musicians and would ask them to play.

Today we see lot of meaningless movies being made. The art director is on his own. The screenplay writer is on his own. And the director is asked by the production to make the movie.

Result audiences like me have to sit and watch the bakwaas just because there is an element in the movie which is attractive. Like stars, concept etc.

I wish the producers insist on paper-work from art director and screenplay writer. Maybe photos of locales, photos of indoors, photos of sets. And from the screenplay writer the dialogues. Once the producer is satisfied then only director should be called.

What do you say, dear blog readers?

Caricatures

Amitabh Bachchan of yesteryears look

Dharmendra of yesteryears look

Hope you like them !!

One line for Indians

Your ikigai should fetch money.

Today's sher

Taqdeer ko dimaag se mod bhi liya tho kya kiya

Yeh kambhakt kismat hi tho dhoor ka hai diya

Azmaa ke tho dekh lete, kisi ko kya farq padtha hai;

Mera shaq sahi hai, inko khuda se darna padtha hai. 

Kurma, Salna and Chettinad

 I was interested to know the difference between Kurma, salna and chettinad vegetables dish.

Chettinad vegetables

Salna vegetables

Kurma vegetables

I think in Chettinad they add ginger paste and garlic paste too. In salna no ginger paste and garlic paste are added. In kurma no ginger paste and garlic paste are added.

Chettinad contains rich flavours of cloves, cinnamon, star anise. Salna contains rich flavours of cloves, cinnamon, star anise. Kurma does not contain costly flavours.

All the three has saunf, coconut and roasted bengal gram.

Am I correct?

Coordination needed in cricket

I was dissatisfied with the team selection yesterday.  In my team Gill was not there and Saha was in. It is too much to play without a wicketkeeper.

Individually Indian players are one of the best. But Australia is a better coordinated team. The coordination between Labuschagne and Head stole the match. And the fearsome Indian fast bowlers and excellent spinners couldn't take wickets. India lost.

IIM Ahmedabad needs to develop exercises to develop coordination when Individual ego might exist. I suggest blindfold exercises, multi-player tic tac toe, dark room selection and all.

Good morning and good wishes to all!!

12th Fail movie

I watched the movie 12th Fail at a cinema hall in Ranchi yesterday. 

The movie is good. Realistically shot and made, entertaining and a very much Indian subject. 

It will not be proper to say more than this. There are a lot of things I kept waiting for throughout the movie. Will the hero clear his exams? Will he get the girl? Will there be a happy ending ? All these questions kept cropping up in my mind while I watched the movie shot at a pace I loved.

If you like rural Indian life and like watching an aspiring Indian youth working out for a better life; you can watch the movie.