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Vettaiyaadu Vilaiyaadu

I was really expecting to watch this Kamal starrer, given the big fan I am of his and also I like the songs immensely.  So, when doing my usual bi weekly shopping at Quality Groceries, I chanced to glance at the new Tamil DVD section and there I found it, a copy of the movie.  I knew it was too early for a DVD release, so it should be a first print taken at a theatre.  I was dismayed to realise that what I thought was right.  With great expectations, I came home to insert the DVD in my player, only to find that the player was not reading the disc, luckily the laptop did read it.

First impression was that the song “Uyirile enathu” could have been picturised better, and the makeup for Kamal around the eyes and the whole face as well throughout the movie is not what one would expect of a Kamal starrer. Its like nobody paid attention to this factor – Kamal is getting old and this movie shows it.  It is a huge mistake to compare this with Kuruthipunal and the way Kamal looked in that one, of course, he was younger at that time.

The plot line of the movie is good and Daniel Balaji’s acting has improved a lot, from his Chithi days to this pyscho role.  Gautham does his Hitchcockish prescence in the movie in the background of a dance song.  The talent of Prakash raj has not  been properly utilised.  The story line has a real detective theme behind it, which is a welcome change in a movie of this nature.

Vettaiyaadu Vilaiyaadu – can be seen once, for sure.

Ooh Aah Ouch !!

This was how I felt after lifting my old fridge along with my friend Karthik, who happens to be a body builder. It was an old Westinghouse, I had used it for nearly 2.5 years myself. It was very roomy, nearly 300 litre. But the compresser was heavy and was very difficult to lift. The ironic thing was that after lifting it for 3 steps and resting and lifting again, we found out that the fridge had roller wheels !!

In case any of you are wondering whether I drained the water before undertaking the exercise, I realised that I did not do it fully, and there is (was) water all over the kitchen floor and some on the carpet as well. And boy, it was stinking as well. So there I was, lifting the fridge, pushing it to the naturestrip in front of the apartment block to be collected by the council garbage removers next week. After that, I am still not able to lean or sit properly, might be tomorrow before I can bend my back to a extent. For the fridge removal, I really had to bend my back, literally !!

Sometimes I wish I was back in India where you can get help to do all this for you, but the dollar dream goes on, yet to provide to act as a soothing balm for the back pain.