A very happy birthday(s) to two divinities who have graced this materialistic world
Lord Amgeneya - surveying all godly activities from his abode that is close to the holiest of all places - Hollywood
Billy Bhagawan - whose moorthy is much smaller than his keerthi and whose email signature is much larger than his subject matter
The usual anna dhaanam activities will be held as soon as Bhaktha Shironmani Shri Shri Shri Grizzly Swamiyar coordinates all the Bhaktas.
Amen.
Saturday
Lord Amgeneya and Billy Bhagawan
Friday
Anniyan '57
The Three Faces of Eve - 
This black and white classic is perhaps the first movie to deal with multiple personality disorder (MSD). It is quite possible that this is the first of its kind in world cinema as it is based on a book (of the same name) that documents the first diagnosed case of MSD. Jeanne Woodward plays the titular character(s). She convincingly enacts the three different personalities housed in one body. Through a better part of the movie, it is a conflict between Eve White, a dull mother and her alter ego, Eve Black who appears to be nothing short of an yesteryear Paris Hilton. As the psychiatrists try and understand the coming and going of these two personalities, Eve is alienated from her family. In what was, to me at least, an interesting plot twist, the third personality emerges and deals with the other two in a manner which confounds the doctors even further. However, it was no surprise to me that Jeanne Woodward won the oscar for her performance. Any novel character that sets a trend must be awarded.
Anniyan
It is not too difficult to draw the parallels between "The three faces of Eve" and "Anniyan". I think Shankar should be seen as the quintessential I.T director. No one uses a template much better than Shankar. He has successfully blended the proven character of a reformer into various movies that deliver.
Gentleman - Shankar's template with a medical college entrance scandal expose.
Indian - Template + Bribery + Varma Kalai
Mudhalvan - Template + Corruption + One Day CM
Anniyan - Template + Corruption + MSD
Shivaji - Template + Education system + Rajini
Shankar excels in the way he delivers the template ever time but I.T makkal yaavarum cut and paste makkale...
Despite being a fan of his movies, I can't help wonder what Shankar is going to get 'inspired' by next. Will it be based on the Bourne series with an amnesiac social reformer? A futuristic social reformer a la Terminator who travels back in time to get rid of some corrupt elements? The possibilities are as many as the number of formulaic movies out there.
Thursday
Wednesday
(Jelly) bean there, won that
Nothing upsets my health more than watching India lose a game of cricket. It leaves me with what the modern age Iceman, Steve Waugh, likes to call "mental disintegration". It is accompanied by nausea, depression and weight gain. It also leads to temporary hearing loss when Ravi Shastri and co. sit down to analyze why India lost. Finally, I become selectively illiterate for a week at least - nothing on any cricket site registers in my mind. I had resigned myself to thinking that there is no immediate remedy to this disease (medical name ATISS - Acute TeamIndiaSucks Syndrome ) short of Indian Cricket board deciding that they will spend money on nurturing talent - that's what delirium does to you. The English cricket team, descendants of Dr. W.G.Grace, found an easier 'earthy' remedy - Jelly Beans. For this medicine to work, spray the pills in the general area of the Indian team's spearhead, sit back and crumble. As simple as that. ATISS is well contained and the symptoms do not surface (and how!).
If I were a mean person, I would suggest that Mr.Bean looks saner next to the Jelly Bean promoters that is the English Cricket team. I might even suggest a Jelly Bean re-mix of MJ's "Billy Jean" - "Jelly Bean is not my lover". I am not a mean person. Just a smug Indian Cricket Fan who can't help notice that the next match is at the Oval - the very shape of a Jelly Bean.
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