I have seen sivaji two times and still can’t get enough :) . I won’t attempt a review here .Will rather point to two reviews absoluetly loved .
Sudish’s review ( about why sivaji is more right than wrong )
the two above reviews are the best i could find and are true to the most part .
and for the news ,i will be going to sivaji again :) 3rd time you see
[tags]rajni,sivaji[/tags]
Sivaji , the boss hits theatres today and i already see people lining up outside the theatre at 12 midnight for tommorow’s show .
The tension and anticipation is visible in the air !!
Thalaiva !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !! Can’t wait to see you .
How many days do you think its going to run ? my bet is atleast a 365 days ! )
The past weekend was spent well,attending podworks.in .For those who don’t know podworks.in is touted to be India’s biggest audio and video podcasting workshop style unconference .
It was well attended by close to 200 professionals and had so much to learn from it .This event was conducted by the knowledge foundation based in chennai ,the team behind the barcamp chennai ,blogcamp,proto.in and many other successful events in chennai .This being a community event ,all the speakers were people who were attending the workshop and it was fun to learn from people who themselves do what they are speaking .
The first day of the workshop focussed on Audio podcasting .
- Introduction ,welcome speech by Kiruba ( The guy behind kirubashow )
- Karthik Kannan spoke about creating a audio podcast in 10 minutes .
The talk comprised of how to use simple tools to acheive this and also professional toolset available.
- The other lecture was by Chinmayee ( RJ/Singer/host on vijay television ).
She talked about how to maintain your body language and voice during a podcast .Tips for having a good voice included drinking less amount of water as possible and preferring to use saliva as the natural fluid lubricant and also to avoid using word/expressions like Ah ,oh ,i see,but ,aana ( tamil) and similar words during a podcast which according to her are orgasmic sounds and unappropriate .
- The next session was tips on using wordpress by sridhar rao,vibeesh and himanshu.
It was disappointing to say the least they talked about creating wordpress.com accounts to start blogging.The topics varied from how easy PHP was ( wonder why they would talk about PHP ) to difference between hosted wordpress blog and your own install . It was quite boring and few people managed to start another session on audacity on the first floor conference hall .That was some fun learning to use audacity ,iam a first time user and it helped one start off .
- The next talk by Sunil Nair ( CEO ,Nautanki.tv) about monetizing your blogs or web content .This was the best talk atleast to me and dealt in depth about how to serve your contents to people and if you should focus on a particular user space on the web .
Then the red bull came in ;) it was nice
- The talks resumed and the it was money again by Mr.Venkatesh ( Sify Manager ) on making monetizing for underprivileged . It was nice to see someone so up the ladder making efforts to reach up to people .
- That was the last and the beach party at ECR was to follow ,however me,alagu ,suren and hari deciding to spend the evening at the marina and we had a great time playing around :) .and the huge sivaji hoarding kept me waiting :D
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The second kicked off a bit late but was in my opinion a lot better :) .The second day was all about video podcasting .
- First talk by Sridhar Ranganathan the product manager from Y! on how to get your blogs discovered by search engines . He talked about how to add meta information and making your content more reasonable for the bots to be able to ping your site often .
Then followed two wondeful presentations .
- First by Vivin mathew from CNN-IBN on how to make an interesting podcast . he also talked about the usual length of podcast and how to make it more appealing by choosing the places to shoot and how to strip down the original content and get your audience attention . You can watch the video taken by alagu here
Vivin Mathew at Podworks.in from Allagappan M on Vimeo
- Then was a super session from Mr.Shashi Kumar a freelance cameraman for NAT-GEO and also the man behing Chennai -600028 movie .He talked about the basics of making a perfect picture ( terms like aperture,frame,line of sight ) and also urging people not to look too deep into the basics and to learn it by the way of actually doing it.Something he admits is how he became one .He never finished a course on photigraphy :) .
Shashikumar @ Podworks.in from Allagappan M on VimeoPost lunch it was a small concert by Krish Ashok with his violin and he was great :) although hi didn’t look like a violin guy ( he wore a iron maiden tshirt ) .
Then there was a talk on making educational podcasts which obviously would benefit many people and the day was called off :) .
Not before everyone signed the huge board with their remarks and group photos taken .
In all ,it was a wonderful show and iam sure all of them loved it .Wishing for an equally wonderful second event .
You can see more pics at Flickr and video at youtube .
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The past 10 days have made me move away from my favourite political party . The party my uncle and family have been supporting for more than two decades . Yeah the party iam talking about is the DMK . The recent split with the Maran family owned Entertainment networks ,more specifically the Dinakaran AC Nelson Poll which resulted in the death of two software enginners and a security guy at the dinakaran’s office , the attack apparently launched by DMK supportes and The leaders elder son .
And then the DMK sits down and asks Dayanidhi Maran to resign citing his inappropriate actions against the interest of the party . Does it mean the attack by party cadres and more importantly the leaders son in the interest of party or the people who put them through . May be Kalaignar is too old to reign the party ? . These questions really disturbed me , i had believe in the party and his leadership since i was a kid and now he has put his family interests over the interest of people . Dynastics politics is here to stay surely .
Alrite accepted Dinakaran was warned and advised not to put out the results ,and so dayanidhi maran was pulled out ,what happened to the DMK Cadres who set fire to the press office .FIR and kalaignar’s elder son walks scot free . I must accept i feel utterly ashamed of having been believed in such a meek leader .
Dayanidi Maran for the record was one of the most tech savvy and successfull ministers in the cabinet BSNL saw a 27 % increase in its profit ,more than 16 billion $ FDI, Mobile phones becoming so much cheaper ,Broadband becoming a gas like amenity in all houses . SO much and now he is replaced by a minister who was an environment and agriculture minister !!!! .
What this also means is DMK loses a huge publicity platform ,no matter how much mileage you take out of RAJ Tv who seem to be their current channel .SUN Tv made sure DMK won the public elections with its wide exposure of AIADMKs short cominngs,retelecasting of the famous Jayalalitha’s adopted son marriage which turned a tide in favour of DMK . No channel today in south india has the access hat SUN empire can have and surely no one has the credibilty and viewership that they can boast off .
It will be interesting to see how DMK manages to come up with now , will it cost them the next election ? or the maran’s just patch up ?
http://content.msn.co.in/News/National/NationalHT150407_958.htm
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This phenomenon called rajni is back with his latest movie titled his own name with a tagline thats true to his status here ( The Boss ) .As it happens with every rajni film ,there is anxiety ,talk over the undisclosed amount he has been paid for his work and the number of records it can break,which more of ten than not are records set by his own films.
Chandramukhi ,his last film was a clear example of it,grossing 100 crores and running in theatres for more than a year .
What makes sivaji even more special is the looks of rajni ,director shankar is always known for the pre releasy hype with his films ,we saw vikram dressed in weird costumes before anniyan got released and the same with rajni .The rajni that the stills show is the guy you would see his billa :) ,the dress and stills definitely bring to memory the more enrgetic,stylish phenomenon called RAJNI.
Some of the audio stills are here
Its in this film that we can see some of the most prodigiously talented artists come together,shankar has always been the director with the midas touch ,AVM being the grandfather of all studios in south india ,Prabhudeva,raju sundaram for choreography,AR Rahman with the music ( His rap number is easily the best we have seen in some time ) and ofcourse all this apart you have rajni in the lead.
He is a brand in himself,at a time when you can see all the big movie starts going for advertisements trying to make every single penny they can with their skills and also get some exposure,rajni has surely stood apart in his own class and said a NO to any endorsements.
Not that he doesnt have a brand , as Economic times quotes
” If a brand name is about creating wealth ,stand for unique set of values and has a distinct personality and characteristics then rajni is definitely a huge brand ” for his presence brings crowds in to the theatre ,his audio means instant downloads by millions in to ther cellphone ringtones and yeah even coconut sales on the first day release.
Rajni also brings with him his own style that i bet you cannot see elsewhere ( forget the bollywoods) be it his style of throwing cigarettes ,his coat or his dances he adds a lot by himself given the fact that ” Laka laka laka ” in chandramukhi , a dialogue that was immitated by so many was rajni`s own idea .
Finally some of my favourite stills
Official CD cover
Somehow i am just loving this film for it brings me back a rajni that i loved growing up with .A superhuman who can defend the good against all evils and sees to it that the good always wins over the evil .someone who can flip a cigarrete and ensure that half a milion youths trying to do the same ,someone whose one line repeated through in the film can be seen used even on a political stage ,someone who first scene in a film is greeted with 101 cocunuts ,thousands of little paper planes flying around,a sound in the theatre when even the speakers go mute come this may i will be there first first show :)
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