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Sounds very familiar? You have obviously attended a lot of job interviews. This is the single most annoying question that the interviewer can ask. This means the interviewer has not read your CV that you have painstakingly made after using dictionary, correcting grammar, justifying lines, asking Peter Ponnambalams about the language to be used in the covering letter and all, sending it to him/her

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It was a dream come true. Never thought I'd meet A R Rahman again, chat with him, take his autograph (yet again) on the Rockstar CD and click two lovely pictures!Classic Incantations - The Babelsberg Film Orchestra is in India performing A R Rahman's background scores as part of the year of 'Germany in India'. "Let's make it happen!" was Rahman's one-liner sent to Dr.Marla Stukenberg (Director,

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Usually before a film is made, the writer narrates one-line/ story to the director, then screenplay, dialogues are written, Producer found, cast and crew finalized, shooting begins, editing post-production done, marketing begins simultaneously and then gets released after the film has been bought.In Ra.One, first McDonalds, Youtube, Godrej, Horlicks, Nokia, Playstation, Western Union, Cinthol,

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Identify the nine advertisements in the picture grid (most of them on air now)Email your answers to blogeswari {AT } gmail {DOT} com or post it in the comments sectionNine points to be won - One point per correct answerOne attempt per person - One guess per advertisement, please.Please email your answers to blogeswari {AT} gmail {DOT} com or post them in the comments section on or before

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My obsession to spot similar locations across various films continues...Karaikudi & aroundThe Chettinad Mansions and Palaces with wooden pillars, long corridors, beautiful windows and doors provide a superb backdrop to films featuring 'rich' families. Kanadugathan also has a temple and lake (if I remember right).The shooting permissions can be easily obtained to shoot anywhere thanks to the local

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Tele-vetti 27 celebrates actor,politician,producer Khushbu's birthday this month.1. Identify Khushbu's films from the above grid (L to R)2. One entry per person / Only one guess please3. One point per correct answer - 9 points to be won4. Last date for sending your entries - Wednesday, 28th September 20115. Please email your answers to blogeswari {AT} gmail {DOT} com or post your answers in the

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Identify the nine advertisements (some vintage, some on air now) in the picture grid.Email your answers to blogeswari {AT } gmail {DOT} com or post it in the comments sectionNine points to be won - One point per correct answerOne attempt per person - One guess per advertisement, please.Please email your answers to blogeswari {AT} gmail {DOT} com or post them in the comments section on or before

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A whole of new jingle based television commercials these days. Some of the ads I like :ADra sakka!1. AirtelIn their attempt to get closer and connect with the youth, the guys at Taproot have come up with a lovely thought ' Har ek friend Zaroori Hota Hai'. Ram Madhvani, a veteran in advertising films has directed this TVC. The real heroes of this ad are lyricist Amitabh Bhattacharya and Ram

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1.Identify the Puratchi Thalaivar films (L to R)2. One entry per person / Only one guess please3. One point per correct answer - 9 points to be won4. Last date for sending your entries - Friday, 23rd September 20115. Please email your answers to blogeswari {AT} gmail {DOT} com 6. Please do not post your answers in the comments sectionMGR Naamam vaazhga!Edited to add on 24th September

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This entity called Kollywood fanatic. I don't understand it sometimes. I understand a Rajni fan, Puratchi Thalaivar fan who are both mass. Ulaga Nayagan fan, Nadigar Thilagam fan are class. I also get {Shabaaa..} Vijay fans 'coz, lets give it to him- he can dance well, he has that opening-song appeal. BUT I DON'T UNDERSTAND THALA ROCKZZZZ FANS. I simply don't. He cannot dance. He cannot have

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It is not easy to narrate a story in 30 seconds. Ad film-making involves filming 'picture perfect' shots with colour coordinated costumes, sets and fitting music. Don't know why, but most ad film makers who, after making hugely popular advertisement films, 'goat' adichify in their first attempt when they jump to the silver screen to direct movies. Jayendra with a 'Just pass' joins this long list

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" Kandippa inda padathukku Hero-vukku award kedaikkum" - the Pillayar suzhi/ Om sakthi / 'Bodyguard Muneeswaran Tunai' in the first page of director Bala's bound script (was there one?) was replaced by this particular line, me thinks.Award director Bala set out to make Pithamagan part 2 with the same sembatta tala hero, heroines who fall in love with odavaakarai heroes, over the top

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Orambo!Identify the films in which these cars/vehicles appear (L to R)Double-click for a larger imageOne entry per person / Only one guess pleaseOne point per correct answer - 8 points to be wonEmail your answers to blogeswari {AT} gmail {DOT} comLast date for sending your entries - Monday, 14th March 2011Email your answers to blogeswari {AT} gmail {DOT} comPlease do not post your answers in the

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Daadi hero, lungi, no kuliyal for 1 month trained at 'koothu Pattarai'. If Koothu Pattarai not available, former assistant directors would do - 1 number Ennai vazhiyara, no make-up 'Chechi' heroine - 1 number Aadu - 1 dozen Maadu - 2 dozens Over smart kids befriending hero /heroine saying 'Ennangraa' - 1 dozen 'Iyalbaana mugangal' also known as

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I am told these days getting a Botox job done has become as common as putting Amrutanjan for talavali. Atleast that's what it looks like. Visited a reputed parlour last month and there were brochures and brochures on what Botox is all about. Cut to dermatologist. When did Sori, padai, Sirangu doctor become a beauty expert? Enakku konjam ancient-a feeling aavudu... 'coz this guy had fultoo posters

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Promotion,Target, Attritions, Additions, Anger, Grey hair, Stress, Interviewed, was interviewed, Hip Holidays, Doctor visits, raise, More doctor visits, Raise, Hospitalization, Weekends tata, review with CEO, Weekend breaks bye bye, Love-with-Laptop, One-fight-a-day with team, Blog go-go, Twitter come come, facebook bye bye, facebook hello hello, 9-9, meetings, marathon meetings, Bye bye fitness,

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Vodafone Blackberry services!A post for the second half of year 2010 after this one was due but thought I'd write about my most favorite and effective advertisement of 2010.Loved the simplicity, the way the message was conveyed effectively, loved the jingle, the casting... everything about this TVC.Congratulations Ogilvy (advertising agency), Nirvana films (producer/director) and Clinton Cerejo (

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Watching any movie is like having full meals. Inippu, pulippu, kaaram... it has to have everything in the right proportion and I need to enjoy kattu-kattufying the full meals, and most of all, has to be super value for the money spent, else it gets thrashed.Most of the [Bollywood] films I have been watching of late, have been so terrible, boring and above all - just not worth the 350 Rupees spent

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A colleague from South spent a week in Mumbai on work including the weekend. Asked him what he did over the weekend and he mentioned watching a film... alone! It was a Sunday morning and since he did not know too many people in Mumbai pal went alone to watch this film. "Alone-a? eppadi daa?" I asked. And appadiye went off in the flashback mode.Rewind, rewind. First year, two weeks into college

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Did you know that 'Pasanga' director Pandi chose Vimal as his hero after the latter showed his Bingo ad to him?and R Madhavan got introduced to Maniratnam through Santosh Sivan after they (S and M) did a Pond's sandal talc ad together?TV serials, game shows, feature films, advertising films, documentaries, music videos, tamizh copywriting, radio spots, brand solutions... After having menjufyed

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Rains in Mumbai come with the 3 hour traffic jams, wading in knee deep water, umbrellas going out of control, seepage in pudu veedu... but whatever it is, this is one season I really really look forward to.Morning tea, mid-morning tea, pre lunch tea, post lunch tea, evening tea - have lost track on the cups of tea I have everyday enjoying the rains.Here's my latest buy. Its a 2-in-1 cup. Tea

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He rehashed the Mahabharata, narrated MGR-Karunanidhi kadhai, Ambani ki kahani in his style. The next obvious story is the other big epic. A narration of a story as intense as this one requires the coordinated efforts of the cast and technicians. Maniratnam has managed to extract the best out of them but has he managed to convey his story well? Read on.Baala kaandam'Cheeyyan' Veeraiyya, the local

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It is IPL season and also the time of the year - Lots of cricket, lots of ads!ADra sakka!1. Bank of IndiaWhat's with me and my love for the BFSI ads? This ad deserve an applause for the way it has captured the relationship between people. This one talks about friends who have been friends for years but doesn't show them sharing a cup of chai in the park benching cracking silly jokes, talking

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One number love story was my debut followed by films on policekaarans with lauvv and action. I did yet another cop film. Then I tried to Ctrl+V Derailed followed by a film on Daddy Daddy, Son Son. I sat at home for a year wondering what to do next. "Time for a love story", I told myself and started working on the same. I finalized my artistes, technicians, locales and started shooting ....without

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Going by the number of five and five and a half stars the film has got from honorable reviewers, let me clarify before I start. My name is Blogeswari and I have not been paid to write this review.My name is KaaviyamThe Kaaviyam is about Rizvan Khan played by Saaruk kaan suffering from Asperger's Syndrome 'coz of which he has a problem with social interaction, hates the color yellow and stays away

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A new series where the best and boring television advertisements (TVCs) of the month will be featured.ADra sakka!1. SBI Life InsuranceInsurance is the most boring category when it comes to TVCs and it is not very come up with something out of the box for this category.In how many ways can you express the same 'Family, security, anything-for-your-loved-ones, plan-for-tomorrow'? This ad is about

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Remember Adzap - this intercollegiate inter-school thing where teams would take off on popular films / ads? Once upon a time, at every fest Loyola would begin their adzap episodes with two guys saying "I warn you" "I warn you da" "I warn you" to each other and a voice-over taking over with his "Warner bros. present...". Thought it was very funny when I saw it the first time, "okay okay" on the

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"Refreshing" "Superb!" "Rajkumar Hirani - Take a bow!" "Triple thumbs up!" - that was probably what I thought I'd say after watching the film that has Aamir in the lead and Rajkumar Hirani as the director. And Aamir was the only reason I watched the film first day first show. I came out of the theatre disappointed.Story Farhan (Madhavan) and Raju's (Sharman Joshi) classmate and roomie in the

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The answers for Tele-vetti 24 are1.Thalapathi2. Kuselan3. Rajadhi raja4. Mannan5. Sri Raghavendrar6. Johnny7. Sivaji : The Boss8. Baasha9. Moondru mugam10.Ninaithale inikkum11. Guru Sishyan12. Muthu13. Mullum malarum14. Annamalai15. ChandramukhiThe Aascar goes toFilbert ;Balaji ; Karthick Krishna C.S and Sriram Murali - 15/15. Congratulations!Scores:Ananth K ; Hema ; Gayatri ; Chandrasekaran

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Married to a 'salesman' (ok ok sales head!), working with the sales 'peoples' everyday, I could relate to every bit of this film, the setting and particularly, the protagonist though I have never done this selling bit ever in my life.DhandaIt is a tried and tested - 'underdog turns winner' story for Shimit Amin's Rocket Singh: Salesman of the year. Harpreet Singh Bedi played by Ranbir Kapoor the

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The credit to bring new voices in the tamizh playback singing industry should go to A R Rahman. Pre 1991 there were just a handful of male and female singers who ruled the industry for almost two decades. Earlier, most of the film credits had just two names in the Pinnani padagargal category - SPB, Janaki or TMS, P Susheela. I love SPB's voice but thinking about it now, imagine a whole lot of

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Tele-vetti 23 - Kamal 50! Aascar goes to Prashanthi, Boo, J Rajendran and Kaarthik A -13/15. Congratulations! Thank you all for the wonderful response! Super show!The scores - Padmashri, Bhargavi, S Praveen & Ramaswamy N - 12/15Sathya Praveen, Shobha Rao, Venkatakrishnan, Aparna, NattAnu & Nithya- 11/15Vinothkumar Gopal, Rajeswari & Jesudoss, Janet, Sacchita - 10/15Vivek Seshadri - 9/15Ambi - 8/

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There are some films that are made to make you laugh, some films made to make you cry and there are those which are made only to be saavaduchyfyed by blogs like the one you are reading right now. Kurbaan - taana vandu maatara teeni for this blog.The Goat n Horse RomanceAatu-daadi Saif Khan falls madly in love with Kudara(i) moonji Kareena Kapoor when they meet in one of the Delhi colleges in

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Fourteen years + four full-time jobs + seven years of freelance + umpteen designations = Twelve different sets of visiting cards, each bunch as big as a sengal.The first ever visiting card I had with my name and the designation 'Production assistant' left me ultra thrilled. I was distributing it to all and sundry that mummy-gaaru thought I'd give one each to all those vettalappakku mamis during

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Earlier, full-on advertising was restricted to Deepavali, Christmas, Pongal and other festivities - 50% discount on this, 99% discount on that etc etc. Then came Valentine's day, Friendship day, Neighbours' day blah blah when Archies, Hallmark and others made tons of money asking people to gift their loved ones.Telecom is one sector whose advertising is not restricted to any season - They

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H, S and J were my first friends in Mumbai and thanks to facebook and SMSes have been in touch with all of them.H called me last week after almost three years. "Come for lunch on Sunday, ela saappadu!". My first question was, "What's the occasion? Gruhapravesham? son's birthday? Appa's Shashtiabdapoorthy?" "No occasion, just land up at 11.30!" he said.B and I promptly landed up at 12 . H and his

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Tele-vetti 22 - Koo chuk chuk, Aascar goes to Praveen S - 4/10. Congrats!Scores- Swap - 2/10 ; Ramaswamy N - 1/10 ; The correct answers (L to R)1. Murattu kalai2. Thevar magan3. 16 vayadinile4. Moondram pirai5. Thalapathi6. Anniyan7. Thillana mohanambal8. 5 star9. Kizhakke pogum rayil10. Agni nakshatram----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Do you also wonder....What the real purpose of a bed cover is? Agreed it helps you keep your bed neat and you can keep your bedsheet crumpled and cover it up with this and all that. But that even your poarvai can also do no? And when you sleep where exactly do you keep your bed cover? Do you have the patience to fold that 'boodagaara' cover and put it neatly inside a cupboard before dobakkunnu

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Rendu bottle................................................ PAYASAM...Oru plate fulllll ...............................SWEETS ...Dabba Dabba-vaaa.............................TAPPASU...Happy Deepavali to all bloggers, tweeple, orkutters, facebook-makkal, Space-rs and wave-log!

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"Andheri se Bandra , Bandra se Dadar , Dadar se Mumbai Central ... " - Whatever you ratto-fied (Yes yes that is Hindi for manappadam ) or failed to ratto-fy in your school days, this you will when you spend some time in Mumbai travelling by trains. That's the monotonous train arrival announcement in the Western Railway platforms.You will curse the system, abused in Marathi by ladies in the I

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Bigg Boss - the desi version of Big brother has an ardent fan in me. Watched almost all episodes of the first season. Was one of the 'privileged' few to get access to episode details on Bigg boss 2 even before they were telecast - the fights, the eliminations, controversies were known before hand and hence not much enthu-ness to watch season 2.Bigg boss Season 3 ie Triteeeya has begun with THE

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Tele-vetti 21 - Chavalier Nadigar Thilagam special Aascar goes to Boo - 11/12. Wow, super! Congratulations and thank you everyone for your enthusiastic participation.Scores:Chandrasekaran Krishnan - 7/12 ; Ambi - 5/12 Jesudoss, Janet and Swat - 4/12The correct answers for Tele-vetti 21: [L to R]1.Thillana mohanambal (Oh-so romantic train scene) 2. Saraswathi sabadam (Naaarayana... Naarayana)3.

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When you watch some films you instantly tend to connect with a lot of things. Wake up Sid is one film that I could connect in a lot of ways. To start with it is a very 'Bombay' film, Konkona's flat reminded me of my PG accomodation in Bandra and the crazy 80 year old house owner (in the film its one of the neighbours), my dear friend Ush's sis Raji who was promptly accompanied me to every PG /

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Tele-vetti 20 still on...This Tele-vetti 21 is to celebrate Chevalier Nadigar Thilagam Sivaji Ganesan's piranda naal on October 1st.Identify the Nadigar Thilagam films One entry per person / Only one guess allowedOne point per correct answers - 12 points to be wonEmail your answers to blogeswari {AT} gmail {DOT} comLast date for sending your entries - Saturday,3rd October '09 Email your answers

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That was a tough quiz. Congratulations to all those who participated in Tele-vetti 19... And the Aascar goes to Nitya - 5/8- Congratulations!Other scores:Sachitta - 4/8 ; Praveen S - 3/8 ; Swap - 3/8 and Ambi - 3/8The correct answers for Paatram pazhasu quiz pudusu are: 1. Boys [Senthil scene]2. Unnal mudiyum thambi [Samayal song]3. Aboorva sahodarargal [four villains' dinner party]4. Saamy [

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Tele-vetti 18 Aascar winner Vikram S - 10/10 - Congratulations!Scores:Lavs - 7/10 ; LKS - 9/10 ; Preetha - 6/10The correct answers for Rahman Raagas:1. Sonnalum ketpadillai - Kaadhal Virus2. Azhagana ratchasiye - Mudhalvan3. Nazrein milana - Jaane Tu ya Jaane Na4. Madrasa suthi paaka poren - May Maadham5. Theeyil vizhunda taena - Varalaaru6. Naan paadum - Duet7. Vayendral vanakkam - New8. Yaakai

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Identify the ten advertisements in the picture grid.Email your answers to blogeswari {AT } gmail {DOT} comTen points to be won - One point per correct answerOne attempt per person - One guess per advertisement, please.Email your answers to blogeswari {AT} gmail {DOT} com before I post the next quiz. The next quiz will be posted after Sunday,the 30th of August '09The answers for விளம்பர விளையாட்டு

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Long long ago, so long ago a young man called Susi Ganesan workedwith Maniratnam for many many years getting an alpa salary of 200 bucks for one month an entire project. Frustrated with the slavery and salary at Madras talkies, one day, he got full veeram and pheelings and vowed that he will make a film that is twice the budget of all Maniratnam films put together and today... Susi's kanavu

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21 days privilege leave, 10 days casual leave, 10 sick leave - some expire, some don't, some can be encashed, some can be carried forwarded... How on earth does one keep track of these leaves? Come January and I start planning when to take what leave calling admin now and then on the leaves that expire, ones that don't etc etc. I think A, the darling admin person goes pichaxing her head with my

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Twins - one good - the other not so good , separated not by birth but out of mutual consent. They do get together in the end not before a series of brawls, dishoom dishooms, dishkaaon dishkaoons and a whole lot of Kaminey wars. Charlie the baddie is a small time gangster and Guddu his twin bro an NGO worker. Guddu is in love with Sweety [Priyanka Chopra], sister of ‘Jai Maharashtra’ gangster and

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Identify the nine advertisements in the picture grid. Email your answers to blogeswari {AT } gmail {DOT} comNine points to be won - One point per correct answerOne attempt per person - One guess per advertisement, please.Email your answers to blogeswari {AT} gmail {DOT} com before I post the next quiz. The next quiz will be posted after Saturday,the 22nd August '09The answers for விளம்பர

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When I watch wonderful advertising films on television, I really wonder what I am doing sitting in front of the laptop tappu tipping the entire day instead of being on the sets of a film. Take the recent Vodafone - 'Set your own busy callertune' film. The idea of the film is very simple. But the execution is quite cute with the 'Aerosmith'-ey tune and 'normal' voices singing their busy

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The recent trend in Tamizh films is to portray unemployed – bearded angry young men speaking Madura tamizh as representatives of Natpu-kaadhal-Nermai and so on. The film reminded me of K Balachander’s Varumayin Niram Sivappu – only the ‘beard’ and the ‘unemployed’ bits, mind you.STORY Three friends- Karunakaran, Chandran and Pandi decide to help Karunakaran’s childhood friend Saravanan in

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My comments section is flooded with comments on the earlier post on Thayir saadam . Facebook has comments-oda comments on the same note. Hamsi suggests I send this note to Midday and call it 'Nakki Nakki saapadra Pakkis'. OB wants a sequel to the post which will be called 'Thayir saadamum madhyana tookamum' and ofcourse there are comments on Maavadu, Narthangai, Elumichangai - the perfect combos

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Yesterday's Midday carried an article on a Tea expert who organizes private tea-tasting sessions. Tea being the most favourite and the only item (?) I can make decently well [go watch the youtube video before reading any further], I was intrigued on what a 'tea tasting' session was all about. Quoting from the Mid day, Teacup India is the brainchild of Radhika Batra in Bandra where she home

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The best thing about weekends are the newspapers and tamizh magazines. TOI, DNA, HT, Midday, Mumbai Mirror, Asian age, Kumudam, Ananda vigadan, Aval vigadan, Snehidhi, The Hindu, Dinathanthi... the second half of Sundays are spent with these loved ones.A huge fan of film reviews, I don't miss a single review in any of the above plus the ones on TV on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.Here's a list of

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Hero and heroine meet, date, kiss, dance, sing, breakup, miss each other and get back together finally. Haven't we seen all of this together and in bits n pieces in a million hindi films. So what's new?AajJai (Saif), an architect of sorts and Meera (Deepika Padukone),a fresco artist live in the United Kingdom. Jai meets Meera at a pub, asks her out and they click instantly. For two long years

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LOCATION - A department very close to my heart 'coz that's where and how I started my career in films - hunting for the best suited locations the script demanded.Slumdog millionaire, Satya, Maqbool, A Wednesday are few of the films shot extensively in Mumbai and around. It's a great thrill when you watch the film and identify the locations. Slumdog millionaire is one film I would have loved to be

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Identify the eight advertisements in the picture grid.Email your answers to blogeswari {AT } gmail {DOT} comEight points to be won - One point per correct answerOne attempt per person - One guess per advertisement, please.Email your answers to blogeswari {AT} gmail {DOT} com before Monday 3rd August.The answers for விளம்பர விளையாட்டு 30 are1. Livon2. TVS Scooty3. Reliance mobile4. Limca5. Colgate

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Sony's Jhalak Dikhlaja season 3 started it. "Aaj kya new kiya?" they asked. Do something new... Do something different from the routine... take a different route etc etc. Tata Docomo that launched in South recently has a tagline - 'Do the new' . K S Chakravarthy, National creative director , Draft FCB Ulka says, “‘Do the New’ is all about inviting people to be adventurous, be fresh in their

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Stores like Fab India, Anokhi, Cottons have a lot in common apart from the kind of clothes they sell. It is their I-am-doing-you-a-favour-by-selling-you-my-stuff attitude. In short, a very Dilli attitude.I end up visiting these shops 'coz they are the only ones who seem to be stocking kurtas / kurtis which fit me. It has been years since I shopped at Fab India - read link.I visited Cottons in

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The Bandra Worli sealink [okay okay Rajiv Gandhi bridge or whatever it is called ] is a complete engineering marvel. Its an amazing experience to drive on the seabridge that connects Bandra and Worli. There I was yesterday with seven of my colleagues driving towards Bandra in the evening in the office vandi. And everybody who drove past us, drove with us had this victorious "Isn't-this-wonderful?

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Identify the ten advertisements in the picture grid Email your answers to blogeswari {AT } gmail {DOT} com Ten points to be won - One point per correct answerOne attempt per person - One guess per advertisement, please. Email your answers to blogeswari {AT} gmail {DOT} com before Monday 29th June 10 am IST.The answers for விளம்பர விளையாட்டு 291. Bournvita2. Tata sky3. Tata Sky4. ESPN [not just

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Rock on!! was the best Bollywood album of 2008. There's something magical about Raman Mahadevan's voice. He brings out the senti-ness in his renditions, just like this one.

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Unlike the Madras autos and taxis, the ones in Mumbai are reliable, safe and you don't have to listen to Saavugiraakki kind of stuff from them. And yes, they return the change however small the amount may be.Taxis which are more than 25 years old are being phased out and its great news for me. The rickety, old Premier Padmini taxis with no leg space, stinking seat covers have made travelling by

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Identify the brands (1-9) these celebs endorse.Email your answers to blogeswari {AT} gmail {DOT} com9 points to be won - One point per correct answerOne attempt per person - One guess per brand, please.Email your answers to blogeswari {AT} gmail {DOT} com before Monday 22nd June 2009 10 am IST.The answers for விளம்பர விளையாட்டு 28 1.Saridon2.Clinic plus3. Axe4. MTR Gulab jamun 5. Iodex6.

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Surprise gifts, surprise parties, surprise treats - Who doesn't like surprises? Kheer Kadam is a surprise sweet. This is how it looks. Looks like Rava laddu, doesn't it?You just chew into the laddu and surprise! you land up at the 'Tirattuppaal'-ish centre whose taste is yummier than the outer layer. Here are some better pictures of the sweet.Kheer kadam at Sweet Bengal - Rs. 12/= per piece.Taxi

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டபுள் செஞ்சுரி போஸ்ட் - # 200!வாத்தியார் ஸ்டைல்ல ஒரு Title.. ஒண்ணுமில்ல... ஒரு சின்ன Tag - அன்புடன் பாலாவிடமிருந்து. 1) உங்களுக்கு ஏன் இந்தப் பெயர் வந்தது? உங்களுக்கு உங்க பெயர் பிடிக்குமா?ப்ளாக் உலகில் 'உலா' வருவதால் ப்ளாகேஸ்வரி. Ofcourse பிடிக்கும் 2) கடைசியா அழுதது எப்போது?ஒரு வாரத்திற்கு முன் சினேகிதியுடன் சண்டைபோட்டபோது. 3) உங்களுக்கு உங்க கையெழுத்து பிடிக்குமா?ரெனால்ட்ஸ் பென்னில் கோழி

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A sizzling hot plate with brownie and vanilla ice cream + cashewnuts. Hot chocolate sauce generously poured on top. You wait for ten seconds for the smoke to settle down ... and then you have it.....all for yourself..Ah! ida ida ida idaathaan naa edirpaathen. Sizzling brownie with chocolate sauce available at: Newyorker, Cafe Coffee day outlets .---------------------------------------------------

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This product's USP is its salt content and the client wanted to highlight the same in his ads. The first series of ads had pretty woman with lots and lots of makeup barge into cafes`, trains with their camera crew and ask smart looking men who say "awww" (not this awww) - "Kya aapke toothpaste mein namak hai?" [Does your toothpaste have salt?] and when these men give their '

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Tamizh magazines for women- Mangayar Malar, Aval Vigadan, Snegidhi etc have been giving this 30 naal... 30 samayal recipe books as ilavasa inaippus [free supplements] for over 6 years now. 30 naal ... 30 tuvayal , 30 naal... 30 kuruma, 30 naal... 30 gravy are some of the books in this series.Always enthu to collect such recipe books (but never to use them), I had a huge collection of these 30

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Ummon's tag has pending for quite sometime.I am supposed to pick a blog that really impressed me, but it can't be someone I know. Not even virtually. It has to be a blog you stumbled upon or walked into through links. It can't be a blogger I have built an online relationship with.And the award goes to Mumbai Magic... the family of three bloggers - Janaki ma'am, her daughter Deepa and grand

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Is this the season of sogams or am I the only one seeing people worrying / sulking all the time? No boyfriend / girl friend - Sulk.. ok understandable. Have a boyfriend ? Sulk again ..."he was flirting with that girl... bohooo". Don't have a job ? Sulk.. ok agreed. Have a job? Sulk again 'coz you don't get along with X, Y and Z in office! Ofcourse all of us have our share of problems but oflate

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Suddenly we have all become very Englees, French, Italian in our speeches. Junta used to talk about filling 'gas' in one number TVS 50. My first reaction - "Gas in TVS 50 na they fill petrol in Cylinder-a? Technology has imbroved so much eh?" Honestly, I thought 'gas' meant some pudu, special petrol exclusively for two wheelers in Madras. Wonly after sometime (months,days...hehe) I realized the

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I had yet another interview yesterday. Shifted lock, stock, padukkai and paathram for the 8th time in the last twelve years in Mumbai and thus yet another hunt for the cook and the bai (domestic help) .The Maharashtrian cooks always come as Koundamani-Senthil.. in pairs, for interviews. One is your prospective cook and the other, her friend who comes as oppukku chappani for moral support.The

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Everybody seems to be having an 'anthem' these days. They are these "Kuch kar dikhayenge" "Hum honge kaamyaab" "Mutti mein dum hai" kinda JavedAkhtGulazirsh$&tWhat's even more annoying is Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy composing all of them. Check out the following.Anthem No.1 - Lead IndiaLead India - the most over-rated campaign of all time. What has it done to India in the last one year apart from winning

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This World Book Day on April 23rd, Radio Mirchi invites you to donate children's story books/ comics at any of the CROSSWORD book store's outlets in Mumbai or at Mirchi's office in Lower Parel, Mumbai before April 23rd. These books will be given to Doorstep school, an NGO that works for the underprivileged children.Crossword outlets Kemps Corner Shivaji Park IMAX Wadala Sion Bandra Turner Road 

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Tele-vetti 17 AMMIES© winner - Manikandan - 10/10. Congratulations!Kaarthik scored 8/10Correct answers: 1.Deepak - most irritating host on TV- double irritation when he hosts the show along with Divyadarshini2.Devipriya - Another annoying actress on Chinnathirai3.Shiva - After a songi debut on 'Iramaana Rojave' decades ago, he does some tundu beedi on TV4.Vinodhini - One actress who has

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Tele-vetti 16 Aascar winner - Nandita - 14/ 16. Congratulations Nandita!Scores: LKS and ‘friend’ – 13 / 16 Janet Jesudoss – 13 / 16 Sumi G – 12 / 16 Ambi – 12 / 16 Kaarthik – 12 / 16Saraswathy S – 10/16The correct answers:Thai manne vanakkam [ Maa Tujhe Salaam ] from Vande Mataram Behka - Ghajini Yeh Jo des he tera - Swades Aararai kodi – Anbe Aaruyire Azhage

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Tele-vetti 15 Aascar to Anantha! Congratulations for a 12 /12 !ScoresBoo - 11/12Kaarthik A - 9/12Sumi G - 9/12Ambi - 9/12The correct answers1. Anjali Anjali - Duet - This song was on the loop 24*7 during my college days, exam times in particular 2. Kannum Kannum - Thiruda Thiruda - Sundaram master won the national award for choreography. 3. Masakkali - Delhi 6 - Ahaa! Mohit Chauhan at its best. 4

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Tele-vetti 14 Aascar goes to Boo ! - 9 out of 9. Congratulations Boo!Scores :LKS - 8/9Sridhar Narayanan - 7.5 /9Rajesh Ragupati - 4/9Jay - 6/9Aarathi - 6/9The correct answers:1.Poova talaya2. Ten mazhai3. Kadalikka Neramillai4. Pattanattil Boodam5. Tiruvilaiyadal6. Edir neechal7. Aboorva sahodarargal8. Aboorva raagangal9. Server sundaramTele-vetti 15 - Rahmania!Identify the Rahman SONGS not (just

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There's something about these Dilliwaala film-makers - Dipankar Banerjee, Rakeysh Om Prakash Mehra etc. that is so very irritating. They are so full of Dilli that their films become stand alone advertisements for Delhi tourism than an integral part of the story. Delhi 6 is one such "This-is-the-city-I-grew-up-in-It-has-winters-it-has-shawls-it-has-happy -gaajar ka halwa families-and-red

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Saloon man's actor friend who he hasn't met for almost a decade, comes to Budbuda village for a shoot. Saloon man gets all the attention from a wannabe poet to the school principal wanting to meet Actor. Saloon man tries to meet actor but in vain. Finally , actor does some senti talk and true friendship ke liye zindabad hai.StoryKabhi Katha parayumbol Kabhi KuselanSaloon man, Saahir  and

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Some stuff from the West which are now a part of our lives - things that I struggle to live with.1. Finger bowls : These days, even ondrai-aana restaurants have started giving finger bowls. After one number full meals when your hand turns masala-ish , your fingers are dripping with curd what purpose does a stupid finger bowl with three spoons of warm water ? You need a mug , don't you? You dip

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Dunno if its Mugaraasi, but I end up spending for the world and its ammas - free lunches, free rides, free everything. Why me?A victim of Gandhi kanakku, here's episode 843 of my life."I will drop you in Bandra" said Devadai a.k.a Bruhaspati at 9.30pm as I packed my bags to leave office. We took a cab till Bandra. Enroute I was subjected to some sogakkadais and "Am I not your friend?" kinda senti

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What's common to Nirulas , Dilli haat, Gurgaon Malls in Delhi, MTR , Brigade road in Bangalore, Saravana Bhavan in Chennai and Mondy's, Blue Frog, Hard Rock cafe` in Mumbai?These are all places first timers to the city visit, new brides moving to the city are taken to by their anbu purushans to show-off how hep he is 'coz he drinks beer and these people come back raving about it to fellow

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The Karuppu kudirai is back and yes, had this alpa thrill of being one of the first to attack the shops and fill my bag with everything and anything from the Kala Ghoda bazaar.This installation by a group of architecture students from Prabhadevi caught my eye. This is not part of their project / syllabus / curricullum . These guys decided to get together, buy used cycles from the scrap dealer ,

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Tele-vetti 13 Aascar goes to Blossom Blossom - 9/9 . Congratulations!Scores:Lavs and Ambi - 8/9LKS , Swap , Faitoo, D Rat and Manikandan - 7/9Art Navy - 5/9Sud Gopal - 4/9Old Timer - 1/9The correct answers:1.Vaali2. Roja3. Unnale Unnale4. Subramaniapuram5. Boys6. Kuselan7. Paruttiveeran8. Azhagiya Tamizh magan9. VeyyilTele-vetti 14 - Adaan Nagesh ! Identify the Nagesh filmsOne entry per person

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I don't know what you call it but we call it Shaani Shurunai also called as Fab India. Supported and promoted mostly by plus sizes like yours truly, Fab India's clothes have looked the same for decades now. After the first wash, Fab India clothes lose colour, shrink in size and become veedu todaikkara tunis. Believe it or not, everytime I wear a Fab India kurta after its first wash, I get one "

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Our pazhaya car now affectionately called as Dabba was our faithful companion on our umpteen road trips across the state, particularly along the Konkan coast where we covered almost 70% of the destinations mentioned in Outlook traveller's 52 weekend getaways. After he (dabba) retired a year ago, we were pudu maadu kulipaating our new guy for almost a year and now looks like he is all set to

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Even after eleven and a half years, I remember every bit of the shoot for this music video. Right from the recce` to the 20 hour travel from Bhuj to Jaisalmer to the first time I was face to face with the man himself... He was pretty shy and it took quite sometime for him to give the shots where he just had to walk towards the camera.Just being there at the studio, watching him work with great

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Managed to attend three concerts this week - Ranjani-Gayatri at Parthasarathy Swami Sabha, Sanjay Subrahmanyan at Music Academy and Aruna Sairam at Mylapore Fine arts.For those asking "Obama-vukkum Omapodi-kkum enna sambandham? You attending carnatic concert-a?" , I learnt Carnatic music for quite sometime and once upon a time - ie 2 1/2 decades ago. Aatha-naina dreamt of us becoming "A......

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Who doesn't like receiving gifts? Last year's 'Secret Santa' in office was fun 'coz it was just within our team. T gave me a whole lot of goodies and I just couldn't guess who my Secret Santa was till the end. Arj was my Secret Banta (!) and most of my gifts to her were toffees, Mc Donalds' big meal , chips - things that are very Saappatturaami. This year, despite protests from ardent gift (

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மும்பையில் எல்லோரும் சதா ஓடிக்கொண்டேயிருப்பார்கள். எங்கே, எதுக்கு என்றெல்லாம் கேட்கக்கூடாது. காலை 7.48 லோக்கல் ரயிலைப் பிடித்து அங்கே ஓர சீட்டை பிடிப்பது தொடங்கி, 9.11 BEST பஸ்ஸை ஸ்டேஷனலிருந்து ஆஃபீஸுக்கு ஓடிப்பிடித்து, ஆபிஸில் அரக்க பரக்க வேலை செய்து மறுபடியும் ஆபீஸ் டு ஸ்டேஷன் மாலை 5.39 பஸ், 6.02 ட்ரெயின், மறுபடியும் ஸ்டேஷனிலிருந்து இரவு 7.43 பஸ்ஸில் கிளம்பி 8 மணிக்கு வீடு வந்து சேர்ந்து,

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The Ghajini haircut is a craze in Mumbai thanks to Aamir Khan’s super marketing strategy. One enthu kutty had come to office this morning....More Ghajini mottais’ photos tomorrow (hopefully!) PS : Kollywood Kostan # 19's correct answer: Nala Damayanthi. Congrats Ambi !

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We are one vetti kudumbam. When the three of us - Akka sokka, Annan guevera [please read his comment in this post - he is the inspiration behind my tele-vettis ] and I meet, we discuss the future of art families - i.e kalai kudumbams. We are irresponsible children . Never have we discussed Amma's health, Appa's tensions, their finances, kids' future etc. Whenever we meet in Madras, our

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Tele-vetti 12 THE AMMIES© winner Vijaya - 9/9. Congratulations Vijaya!The scores:Sridhar - 8/9Sud Gopal - 7/9Kaushik - 7/9Ambi - 7/9Swap - 7/9Old Timer - 4/9The correct answers:1. Subalekha Sudhakar - S P Shailajagaaru's purushangaaru.2. Mounika - Balu Magendra's Rettai vaal kuruvi3. Gopi - DD Drama's aastana vidhwan. Has been acting for centuries now. Used to dup for Subalekha Sudhakar in

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"Topa Topa ..." my dad used to scream whenever there was a kezha vayasu Gemini or kezha Shivaji song on Oliyum Oliyum, when it was the whole and sole entertainment for most of us.Our (sis, bro and I) aversion towards wig-wearers started then. Any actor with a wig or a topa as we call it (toupee`) automatically came under the trash or rejected list. This was not the wig that they used wear to give

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...ippadi Aayittomungo!Enga logo-va paarungo!Gumtalakkadi Gummango... Recession eppo pogumungo?

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It is a indeed a Good day. Was simply thrilled when I read this piece in today's Brand equity, supplement to the Economic Times .Brand equity ad agency reckoner rates Black Magic Motion Pictures as the No.2 ad production house in the country. Directors Dadu (Abhijit Chaudhuri) and Arjun Gourisaria are super people to work with. They are fun loving and their enthusiasm reflects in the films they

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