Vijay Narayanan on February 27th, 2007

What kind of futility is it to attempt to speak a few words about Mozhi, a movie that magically transports you into a world where words lose all meaning! I didn’t know till a couple of days ago that Mozhi was supposed to be Jyotika’s last movie. After three hours of the movie, I come [...]

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Vijay Narayanan on February 25th, 2007

Gautham Menon takes a break from his similar-themed cop flicks and explores the concept of infidelity and its effects on a loving family in a slickly-made, technically brilliant movie, in which Arvind Krishna’s camerawork, Harris Jeyaraj’s songs and background score compete with Sarathkumar for the tag of hero. I will take an early bet on [...]

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Vijay Narayanan on February 24th, 2007

The following letter was sent to an executive working for Hutch South a month ago. I did not want to publish it. But since they still haven’t responded satisfactorily, I care zilch about them. Hi, Before you discard me away as just another grumpy customer, please read the following experiences I have had (endured) with [...]

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Vijay Narayanan on February 24th, 2007

Wednesday afternoon, right after lunch, the phone rings… Lady: Mr. Vijay Krishna? Me: Yes. Lady: I’m calling on behalf of ICICI Bank. Based on your credit card transactions, we are pleased to offer you 25000 rupees cash Me: (heck, I spent less than 25K, so how did I get lucky?) That’s very nice Lady: Are [...]

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Vijay Narayanan on February 22nd, 2007

Genius has an infinite capacity to self-destruct. Which is what Liverpool found out to their great joy at the Camp Nou last night. How else can a team, which cannot lay claim to even a few seconds of imaginative / creative play, beat the reigning European champions, whose degeneration looked complete? Discipline is the word. [...]

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