Plagiarism in Tamil Cinema...

I am starting to wonder whatever happened to "creativity" in Tamil cinema.A majority of the recent flicks seems to be an out and out copy of Hollywood movies.To list a few,
1.Deiva thirumagal- Now this movie is a remake of the Sean Penn starrer "I am Sam",The director of the movie Vijay has copied each and every detail including the costume and hairstyles of the protagonist of the latter movie.But,when the reporters asked him about the resemblances of the two movies,He denied the fact and stated that his movie was a work of his own and He hadn't copied it.Now does he think that the audiences are idiots??I don't think there's anything wrong in getting inspired by a movie and trying to incorporate it in another script.But copying a movie as it is and trying to get credits for the work is Shameful.
2.Kho - I would say this has been "inspired" by the Hollywood flick "State of play" starring Russell Crowe and Ben affleck.The reason i use the term "inspired" is that though both the stories revolves around the press and politics and their effects on one another.The stories seems to be quite different.
3.Muran - This one's copied from the Alfred Hitchcock movie"Strangers on a train".!!the director has gone little back in time,it was a movie released in 1950's!!
4.Aadugalam - The director has openly stated that he had made the movie after watching "Amores perros" a mexican movie not to forget his debut "Pollathavan" was a copy of "Bicycle thieves" a popular Italian movie...
I 've mentioned only a few movies here actually the list runs for pages...!!
I don't wanna finish this list without a Special mention about Gowtham menon,One of the popular directors in the recent times,who to me is a culprit.All of his movies so far happen to be "ditto's" of hollywood movies,To mention a few"Nadunisi naaigal" is a copy of The famous hollywood movie "Psycho", "Vinnaithaandi varuvaaya" - Was copied from the Hollywood movie"500 days of summer","Vettaiyadu villayadu" - Sandra bullock starrer,"Murder by numbers"...Plagiarism is there not only in movies but in movie songs too..The music directors lift a tune and use it in their songs,its like a karoke in the end!!!To list a few, 
Vijay Antony's-"Unakenna Naan" is a copy of Rihanna's"Unfaithful",Harris jeyaraj's "Karu karu vizhigalal" is a copy of Westlife's "Hit you with the real thing",Joshua Sridar's "Oru Devathai veesidum paarvaiyile" is a copy of Daniel Beddingfield's "He don't love you like I do" Those are just a few of the many copy cat songs...!!

Plagiarism is one of the reasons why i have no regard for tamil movies or songs.These people need to evolve.They are just running around in circles.I think what they do is (like my English teacher use to say..)"put their brains in their freezers!!" ,take four or five  Dvds of movies which are box-office hits and pick one to make a tamil movie or in some cases blend more than one movie together to make a tamil movie,same applies to songs!!!This isn't good for the "directors!".With the advent of the internet and piracy,people are getting to watch a lot of foreign language films and are listening to a wide range of songs...It won't be long before you are stripped of your honors - Directors and Music Directors of "Kollywood"it's high time,you wake up and respond to the changes....

Something in the wind....

I sit by the window,
Gazing at the empty sky,
After the rains are over on a September night.
The radio,plays old songs,
which kills the silence,
I wonder where I'll  live tomorrow?
I'm  a passing cloud,today,
may be I'll stay somewhere,someday.
Till then I'll go those places,
Man,has never dared to!
Do those things that the sane won't do!
I am a loner in paradise,
I am the king of a shattered world.
A killer with a broken heart
I am a night bird who sings alone,
in the empty skies....
I bleed inside,
but no one knows,
These mirages torment,
while hatred, like a cancer grows!
Time slips through my fingers,
As i search for god!
Here i am,
gone tomorrow ...
Pursuing a journey,
without a goal.
I am a loner in paradise...
I am a bird of the broken skies...

அப்பாவி ...

Saturday evening tasmac-la ராமு பையன் ஊத்துறான்,

போதை தலைக்கு ஏற தள்ளாடி திரியுறான்,

அட இன்னாத்துக்கு டா தண்ணி அடிகுறேனு கேட்டா-க 

மணி ரத்னம் range- கு ஒரு கதைய சொல்லுறான்.

வீட்டுக்கு போனா பொண்டாட்டி தொல்ல,

 office-ku போனா manager தொல்ல, 

கோவில்கு போனா சாமியாரு தொல்ல, 

சரி,பொண்டாட்டி-அ சமாளிச்சாலும் மாமியாரு தொல்ல,

காச சேக்கலாம்னு பாத்தா புள்ளைங்க தொல்ல,

இவ்ளோ இருக்க நான் இன்னாத சொல்ல-ன்றான்...

சரி!ஆம்பளைங்க ரொம்ப பாவம் -நு சிம்பதி-ல நம்ம பீல் பண்ணிட்டு ....

 freeya-விடு மாமே-நு advice பனிடு திரும்ப சொல்லோ! 

.தள்ளாடி தள்ளாடி bar விட்டு வெளிய வந்து வன்டியதான் start 

பண்ணி வீட்டுக்கு போகுறான்..
 on the way-ல traffic constable!!

வண்டிய ஓரம் கட்டி ஊத சொல்லுறான்,

நம்ம ஆளு மாட்னான்!!

 police-அ சரி கட்டி வீட்டாண்ட போறான்!

calling bell-a அலுதுனா ஸ்ரீ தேவி-யா இருந்த  பொண்டாட்டி 

மூதேவி-யா மாறி இவன குடிசுக்கரியா-நு கேக்குறா,

வாய தொறந்தா மாட்டிடுவோம் -நு உஷார் பத்திரி ரைட்-அ 

தலைய மட்டும் ஆடறாரு தல!!

பொண்டாட்டி doubt-ஆகி மறுக்கா ஊத சொல்றா ,

அப்ரோமும் ராமு பயன் பட்ட பாட இன்னான்னு  சொல்ல?!

இன்னாத்துக்கு குடிச்சுபுட்டு லோல் படனும்??

இன்னாத்துக்கு அப்றோமா உக்காந்து feel பண்ணும்??!

யோசிங்க boss-உ....!! 

சுவடுகள் ...

காலங்கள்  எத்தனை கடந்தாலும்,

உன் கை பிடித்து நான் நடந்த ஞாபகங்கள்,

மௌனமாய் உன் வருகைக்காக நான் காத்திருந்த  நிமிடங்கள்,

என் கைபேசி அழைக்கும் ஒவ்வொரு பொழுதும்,

அது நீயாக இருக்க வேண்டும் என நான் நினைத்த தருணங்கள்....

உண் அருகே உட்கார்ந்து,

ரசித்த கடல் அலைகள்,

உன்னுடன் சேர்ந்து நனைந்த மழை,

நாம் சேர்ந்து சிரித்த சிரிப்புகள்.

உனக்கு தெரியாமல் உன் குரலை பதிவு செய்து,

நான் கேட்டு ரசித்த இரவுகள்...

எனக்காக நீ சிந்திய கண்ணீர் துளிகள்,,

எனக்கே சொந்தமான உண் காதல்,

உன்னை முதல் முதலாய் பார்த்த அந்த நொடி,

நீ கடைசியாக என்னுடன் பேசிய வார்த்தைகள்,

எல்லாம் என்னுடனே,

நான் வெட்ட வெளியில்,அலைந்தாலும், 

கல்லறையில் துயில் கொண்டாலும், 

என் தனிமைக்கு துணையாக......

Roses are red...

I am all alone,sitting in my room,listening to rock music.Thoughts keep wavering.I wonder sometimes can anyone love u,all the time of the year?? Not even a mother can love her kid all the time..Every relation has its highs and lows..its just not constant.Its not roses all the way.Sometimes u step on a thorn that could ruin the entire journey u've come across.But I think it's in the way people perceive it, that's what makes the difference!For me once I've stepped  on a thorn, I never think about the roses.I've stepped on that one thorn many a time.And that had ruined my entire journey,my entire relationship.I am not a patient,easy going guy,I am easily provoked and i just don't know to hide my emotions.I've been through a lot of things becoz of these and though i regret it,I don't take the least of the efforts to change my ways.It's like i was born that way!!Take this  instance,about me not able to control or hide my emotions-When i was in class IV,once my science teacher was enraged by me ,as I was talking to the next kid without listening to her class,the situation was quiet natural and the beatings i got for that were also natural...!!!But what i did was out of the ordinary I was glaring at my teacher like I was going to eat her alive!,for all that period!!!She could recall that incident even after i went to high school....(the thorns!!)

I guess, I'm predictable and anyone could read my emotions so easily.But lately i've been trying to control them,but somehow those lil bastards creep out of  me.When i talk about the thorns, I fail to realize it can be the same way with people too...those who are at the receiving end!!but i want them to forgive and forget!!May be i should learn to put myself in others shoes!Though i know what to do,i don't do...becoz for me it's always the heart that wins over the mind...!

Recently i was goin thru my school report cards,I had some really impressive scores , 496/500,490/500,etc!!But at the bottom of the report card was the teachers remarks about me.To quote them, my teacher thought i was
1."independent"2."brilliant"3.having leadership qualities and 4."very emotional"!! 

A fan's post....

I am one of those ardent fans of Ilayaraja.I love listening to his songs, especially late at night, laying on my bed. I get a wonderful feeling,doing so.It's like i am in a new world,a world where only i and music exist.aah!!I just relish those moments...Well!it all started when i was in Chennai,when i used to listen to the radio as i didn't have a TV or a laptop in my room for entertainment (thanx to my dad for not letting me have neither of them.!!!)I always sleep late at night like my friends used to call me I am kinda "nocturnal"person...I love the night.And after 10.30 or 11, almost all radio stations play Ilayaraja's hit songs .I started to listen to them as i had no other means of entertainment and I started to love his music. I always have a folder of Ilayaraja's songs in my  mp3 player and  listen to them either during a heavy-work out at my gym  or just before going to sleep.His songs are magic,it eases me when i'm stressed off....I just worship him and I love his songs "truly,madly,deeply".Ilayaraja will always rule the Indian music world!Long live Ilayaraja...

தமிழ் கவிதைகள்..

மரணம்

சிறை கிடந்த  உயிர் ,சிறு  துளை  வழியே  உடலை  பிரியும்  விந்தை   


- மரணம் ....

வெண்ணிலா 

ஒரு பார்வையால்  என்  இருளினை  எரித்தாய்,

என் பயணங்களில் நிலவாய் தொடர்ந்தாய்,

நான்  வேண்டாம்  என்றபோதும்  மலையில் எனை  நனைத்தாய்,

இது  சுகம்  என்று  உணர்கையில்  பெருந்துயரினை  கட்டவிழ்த்து

எங்கோ  சென்றாய்???

  

The Lost

Shattered hopes,
Broken hearts,
Empty gazes,
Innocent smiles,
Make them whole.
Money's nothing but a piece of paper,
The world means nothing.
Something keeps their heart beating,
despite being wounded so much. 
Let it be so,but theirs is the blessed souls,
to live in their own worlds.
They throw glances at them,the passersby..
The memory of which fades away in their busy lives.
A thousand eyes gaze at them but not a single hand to heal them.
they are totally abandoned,not even a single soul to own them...
The showers pour on my window,on a summer evening.
As I wonder how long they'll live,
Left like that on the roads.

The song of the cuckoo reverberates amidst the noisy streets 

They are the people lost in the deserts of time....

She...

You walk into a room full of strangers,

You think you'll see her today,

She is the only thing on your mind,

When you step onto  the hallway. 

She's around you,somewhere,
She's playing games with you,

You can feel her presence,

Though you can't see her.

And you follow a light,

without knowing where it's gonna lead you to.

with hopes and love,

all you want is to see her face! 

She's already gotten into you,

Don't try to fight it.

It's in her eyes,

You've lost your heart,

and now you are a slave.
Admit it,there is no shame.

Love fills your body,mind and soul,

it's the key to your shackles,

and the things that you can't control.

Love sets you free,it gives u wings to fly.

With love,the world is yours,

and everything that comes with it!

Though you are a sinner,in her arms 

you are no more one!

You feel her in your shoulders,

These are moments to savor, 

You hold her in your arms

She's yours,tonight!
You  dance all night long,

Time slips by,like it used to,

As the sun begins to raise

You realize it's the break of dawn,

And you don't want to let go of her!

But she wants to,

Because she doesn't want him to know!

Your heart skips a beat,when you let go of her hand!

But,She promises that she'll see you tomorrow.... 

Far away...

When the morning comes,
I shall wake up on a new land.
A land far far away,
from these commotions.
I shall walk under the sun,
Somewhere amidst the green forests,
Somewhere on the other side of the globe.
In that place I shall live my life,
With no memories and thoughts that  probe.
I wanna be as free as a bird,
I wanna be the King of the Skies.
I wanna live on a high mountain,
I wanna feel the breeze on my hands.
I wanna bath in the waterfalls,
I wanna cleanse my soul.
I wanna dream every night,
only the dreams i wana dream.
I wanna wake up each and every day,
with the heart of a child and the mind of a sage.
And when my time comes,
I shall not think of living the next day..

When you are standing there like that...

The Wind's movin' my emotions up,

Coz it's got ur smell upon me.

And ur standin' there like that,

and do you think my eyes can't see??

Don't expect me to love you,

like in the movies,baby..

I've got my own ways,

that'll make you remember,

my name - I am no angel I am a beast.

We got the the whole night to savor.

hold me tight,as love catches us in its fangs,

lets die a thousand deaths,

and be immortals by the time the morning lights!
You are the drug that keeps me sane,
without you i can't go on a single day!

I've seen the devil in your eyes,
the same which prowls within me!
Passion burns my soul up, 
Lets have a dance,tonight.
May the whole world go crashing
Lets enter the trance,Just us,all night....