நாதஸ்வரம் (Tamil Serial - Nadhaswaram)

Mega serials have been successful enough in keeping our mothers and grandmothers glued to the television whole day and night these days. There are 10s of channels each showing 10s of serials everyday and you can imagine how much we are spoilt for choice even just for watching serials. Serials in general tend to be repeatative and stereotyped and the heroines seem to dominate the scene all the time with gallons of glycerine dumped into their eyes. There are few youngsters who really watch these serials because they have become so mundane and boring that everything is predictable and the dialogues generally are artifical and hyped. Screenplay sucks in most and some don't even have a good story line... If there is any one serial that is really really worth watching and fills your heart with warmth and happiness, it can only be NADHASWARAM, directed by our famous "Metti Oli" THIRUMURUGAN!!!

 Thirumurugan has carved a niche for himself in directing very family-oriented serials that reflect the sentiments, culture, livelihood and happenings of a typical middle class family in Tamil Nadu. His direction, story and screenplay have something special in them that can keep a youth like me glued to his serial! His style and portrayal of characters is so natural that these characters become members of your very own family. Something that deserves special mention is his choice of unknown faces for most of the characters, most of whom are debutants to the media screen. This plays a major role in making these characters part of your home and my home because they are so easy for you to associate with and relate to as they very much resemble your neighbor next door... He has a class in portraying the typical surroundings and living conditions in a small town and in a small home that most of us live in, unlike other mundane directors who shoot their dramas in big big bungalows of cine actors in the posh areas of Chennai.

The highlight of this serial is that it is not centred on any one person and it is not a feminine dominated storyline as well. The serial revolves around a middle class family and it reflects the beautiful sentiments of two brothers whose children are all treated as one by both of them. In other words, nephews and niece are treated as their own children - this beautiful sentiment is brought across by Thirumurugan. The screenplay is so fantastic that even for the sad scenes, there are some comical characters on screen that lighten your heart without making you feel too emotional...

On the whole, 3 CHEERS & HATS OFF to Thirumurgan and his Nadhaswaram Team!!! :)

God is biased... not sure why though...!

Sometimes it makes me wonder whether God has been fair to everyone in this world. I am a strong believer in God but still I get a feeling that he misses out on some people many a times... There are some people in the world who do not get any kind of happiness, while there are others who can afford to lead a very comfortable and high society life... There are millions in India who are malnutritioned, unable to lead a sound life, while there are some like Ambani who can waste 70 lakhs INR just for one month's electricity bill and have a 28-storey apartment just for four members of his family. So, everything seems to be lop-sided and it often reminds me of Kamal Hassan's opinion that - "I didn't say God doesn't exist... I am only saying it would be nice if God existed". Worst of all, it is very painful to see many people dying for no fault of theirs... some kids die of illness at very young age, some youngsters become victims of rape and assault and many people in their 40s and 50s have an abrupt end to their life due to heart attack etc... If you die due to a fault of your own, then that is justified... what if you are a victim of negative chance? Why doesn't God come to the rescue of these people who deserved to live life for a longer period? Isn't it unfair that they die this way...? Why are some born extremely rich, while some extremely poor? Why didn't God create a world with equal opportunities, facilities and wealth for all? Why does the maid in your house have to suffer so hard to lead life and why aren't you required to toil like her? Why does she deserve such a difficult life, what makes you feel you deserved the life you live now? Well... all I can pen down are a chain of such questions for which I have no answer... The only answer anyone can give to this is "FATE", which is very absurd and illogical...

So, what is it that you or me can do about all this? Pretty much nothing...? Well, the least you or me can do is to realize that there is always someone who is deprived of what he/she rightly deserves in this world. Look around you and you can find many who are not as well off as you... Try to make a small contribution to the needy in the society when you have resources at your disposal. I contribute 10% of my monthly earnings to the needy and it gives me great pleasure and satisfaction in doing it...  10% is not much at all... but at least it might benefit one or two people unknown to you in some way or the other. Do your part and experience the feeling of helping others. You surely deserve to live a good life, if you have the tendency and willingness to help others in whatever way you can.

I don't believe in donating money to God for some random poojas and functions. He never asked you for it and he doesn't need it either. You could instead use that to help the needy and you will be blessed more if you did that... Think for yourself.

RAGHAV.

Some of the BEST ROMANTIC LYRICS LINES IN TAMIL SONGS!

Here are some of the best romantic lyrics lines in recent tamil movies... Although there has been so much critic about the quality of Tamil cinema and its songs in recent times, lyricists have always been doing a fantastic job... Read the lyrics carefully and relish the beautiful meaning in it.

(1) வாரனம் ஆயிரம்


என்னொடு வா வீடு வரைக்கும்,

என் வீட்டை பார், என்னை பிடிக்கும்...

(2) ராவனன்

எட்ட இருக்கும் சூரியன் பார்த்து, மொட்டு விரிக்குது தாமரை,

தொட்டு விடாத தூரம் இருந்தும், சொந்த பந்தமோ போகள...

(3) யாரடி நீ மோஹினி

வென்மேகம் பென்னாக உருவானதோ... என் நேரம் என்னை பார்த்து விளையாடுதோ.

உன்னாலே பல நியாபகம், என் உல்லே வந்தாடுதே, ஒரு நெஞ்சம் திண்டாடுதே...

(4) பையா

தேவதை, அவள் ஒரு தேவதை, அழகிய பூமுகம் கானவே, ஆயுள் தான் போதுமோ,

காற்றிலே அவளது வாசனை, அவலிடம் யோசனை கேட்டு தான் பூக்கலும் பூக்குமோ...

சாலயில் அழகிய மாலயில், அவலுடன் போகவே ஏங்குவேன், தோல்களில் சாயுவேன்

பூமியிள் விழுகிர வேலயில் நிழளயும் ஒடி போய் ஏந்துவேன், நெஞ்சிலே தாங்குவேன்...

நெற்றி மேலே ஒட்ற்றை முடி ஆடும் போது, நெஞ்சுக்குலே மின்னள் பூக்கும், பார்வை ஆலை தூக்கும்...

கன்னம் பார்த்தால் முத்தங்கலை தீண்ட தோன்றும், பாதம் ரெண்ட பார்கும்போது கொலுசாய் மாரத்தோன்றும்...

மௌனமாக உல்லுகுல்லே பேசும் போது, அங்கே வந்து ஒட்டுகேட்டாள், கனவிள் கூச்கள் போட்டாள்...

அழகாய் மனதை பரித்துவிட்டாலே!!!

MANGALORE Crash...

தலை விதி

மங்கலூரில் நிகழ்ந்துல்ல விமான விபத்து மிகவும் கோரமான சம்பவம்... கஷ்ட பட்டு, வேர்வை சிந்தி, குடும்பத்தை பிரிந்து, கடல் தாண்டி வாழ்க்கை ஒட்டிகொண்டிருந்தவர்கள் அவர்கள். தொலைபேசியில் அன்பை பரிமாரிகொல்லும் அதிர்ஷ்டம் தான் அவர்கலுக்கு இருந்தது... தன் சொந்தங்கலை பார்க்க ஆசை ஆசயாய் கிலம்பி, கடைசியில் பூமியுடன் இருந்த சொந்தமே இல்லாமல் போயிற்று... இதை தலை விதி என்று தானே சொல்லமுடியும்....

சாவு வரலாம், ஆனாள் இப்படியா வரனும்? இயர்கையான மரனத்தை ஏர்க்கலாம், ஆனால், கடவுலின் இந்த செயர்கையான செயலை சகித்துகொல்லவே முடியாது...! எத்தனயோ இலம் மொட்டுக்கள் கருகி சாம்பல் ஆகி போயின... உலகதிர்க்குள் அழைக்கபட்டு, உடனே அழிக்கபட்டுவிட்டன.... கடவுலை கொலயாலியாக பார்க்க வேண்டிய சுழ்னிலை தான் இது. சிரு வயதில் உயிரை பரிப்பதர்க்கு, உயிர் குடுக்காமலே இருந்திருக்கலாம் அவன். ஆசை காட்டி மோசம் செய்வது குற்றம் அல்லவா?