What’s his name?

I’m looking for the name of an actor in S.Ve. Shekar’s Natakhapriya. He has a distinct voice, and features in almost all of S.Ve. Shekar’s pre-2000 dramas. Generally he plays a cameo, but very memorable ones.
Some of his most enjoyable roles are as S.Ve. Shekar’s father in Crazy Thieves in Palavakkam (”Maargazhi thingal…”), and as […]

A tale of two teams

Suppose a neutral fan had been told at the start of the just-concluded Euro 2008 qualifier between England and Croatia that one of these teams had already booked its place in next year’s finals, and the other needed a draw to qualify, he / she would have told you at the end of the game […]

Kollywood trivia

What is the claim to fame of Sundarrao Nadkarni with respect to Tamil cinema?
Update: Ok, that turned out to be a damp squib. Shri Nadkarni was the director of Haridas, the most successful Tamil movie pre-1950.

Amazon.com’s Customers Vote

Check out Customers Vote on Amazon.com.
You get to vote on 6 products out of 18. And those products with the maximum votes will be offered for Black Friday prices (a 1000-dollar laptop for 300, an 1800-dollar LCD TV for 700, Nintendo Wii for $79 etc) to lucky customers after a draw. I think this is […]

Credit crunch in the US

The Hindu has published a long-pending editorial on the ongoing credit crunch in the US which is a result of housing lenders competing against each other in the recent past to provide home loans to unqualified people without properly assessing the long-term risk of their actions. Promptly, the editorial cites the chances of a similar […]

Oram Po - Trailer

Oram Po, starring Arya and Pooja, is slated for release in a couple of weeks. The movie has faced lots of problems, hence the delayed release. I chanced to catch the trailer (which has been out for long) yesterday. Must say it is one of the best movie trailers in recent times. If it is […]

Charukeshi

… best expresses a mixture of happiness and melancholy. Probably why it towers all other raagas when it comes to expressing a sense of intense longing, passionate yearning.

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Question

Will President Bush, Supreme Protector of democracy worldwide, announce an armed invasion of Pakistan, in order to restore democracy in that country?

The future of public transportation

I had the good fortune of attending Temple University’s conference on Digital Transformation of Urban Experiences today.
The keynote address was by Dr. William Mitchell of MIT. The idea presented was that of the City Car - a futuristic car that MIT is working on. This car is designed for shared use, and can be used […]