Sea Change

I saw "Kaloori" by Sakthivel who directed Kathal - a romantic tragedy.This one seems like its sequel.Its too early to mark it as such.Produced by Shankar again , amidst high expectations , the movie has lived upto its name till the end except for the climax.The directors benchmark has distorted the sweet castles built up in the film.When people see films , some relate their past experiences with the scenes as they roll out.I even smiled unconscionably recalling the greatest moments I had with my friends.Yup , everything in the movie happens with a theme of friendship in the Background.The new faces Akil, Kalai selvi(in the film ) , the two "guys" and the rest of the crew have lived upto their given characters.The film gurantees a bright future for them.But we have to remind ourselves that our Tamil Cinema Industry is unpredictable as it was always.Lets leave that part to God to bring them up.
The camera works and art settings professional though , lacks certain essential elements of the modern era.Director Sakthivel is almost flawless.But we must prepare ourselves to bear the excruciating pain inflicted by his "romantic tragedy" climax.It suitably suggests that the Director has desperately eyed for some "award".I would give a 8.75/10 for this coveted movie.Joshua Sridhar has once again ignited our minds with this ebullient music.It invigorates our soul and transcends them to a new world to enjoy our youthful days(I mean in imagination :-) ).The momentum generated in the second part will definitely win accolades for the Director and the Film Crew.Tammana Bhatia deserves special mention because of her coquettish smile and charming look.(Love at first sight !).

GRE

• Seen many cars but nothing is as conspicuous as Audi R8.The diaphanous gown worn by the made her conspicuous at workplace.
• gestalt phenomenon - a tricky word used to denote sth which is unified as a whole and difficult to obtain by the summation of its components.Where the fish do they use the word?
• When we refer to a group of people , their ideas or their qualities , a word called "constellation" comes handy. eg.The constellation of qualities she inherited made her the right pick for the job.
• I surmised that he committed this murder from the look on his face! surmised - suppose , guess.
• How will you denote the seperation of solid and liquid - its curdling.Figuratively a blood-curdling experience denotes a really frightening one!
• When two roads meet , we call it a junction.When two rivers meet , its called confluence.Can be used figuratively also.St.George Memorial is at the confluence of Missisipi and Ganges.
• People who are not cultured are said to be with philistine attitudes.They lack interest or do not understand art,literature and music.
• Epicurean is an extremist who is devoted to pleasure in any form.
• comatose due to lack of sleep - got it? lethargic,torpid,tardy
• When you are calm and cool , you are said to be nonchalant.Excessive dose infuraites the people besides you.. His nonchalant behaviour infuriated him.
• hetergenous mixture of something..how do you call it? commingle :-) His books are a commingle of sarcasm and jokes.
• Tantamount t0-equivalent to sth(bad esp.,) His resignation would be tantamount to admitting that he was guilty.
  

GRE

• Otherwords used to mean country brute are yokel,groundling,lumpkin,canaille,Hoi Polloi.
• If you want to curse someone use these words - imprecation,interdiction(stop someone from moving to a different place),malediction,anathema.
• If you argue or in a mood for a duel , you are belligerent,bellicose,pugnacious,jingoist
• If you commit a crime in India , Australian government cannot try you legally, because there's something called purlieu.
• If you don't care or mind what's happening - you are said to be fussy
• You are squeamish when you faint on seeing blood.
• If you are interested in your dress/style, yor are foppish as well as finicky.
• Politics is more like floating on a piece of iceberg in the artic, no one will know when you will plummet. Quagmire , morass , bog,fen,slough - wet land.
• If you are caught red handed copying in an exam hall, you are into predicament.
• Love for books - Nerd ; Love for sad and unpleasant things - morbid
  

Movie Freak

I love watching movies for arts sake.Nothing can beat English movies(not all)when it comes to that part.I recently downloaded and watched The Shawshank Redemption,Schlinder's list,Forrest Gump and Little Miss Sunshine.Basically one needs to prepare himself to face any kind of climax unlike the Tamil movies which usually have a "comical supernatural" ends at the climax.
The most striking feature of academy award winning movies does not stop with the whooping budgets but with the amount of hardwork and intelligence spilled into it.Though illegal as described by some narrow minded chauvinists , I use Mu(spell it using your nose - its greek!)TORRENT for my downloads.I am grateful to Dataone for turning me into an nocturnal like my roomie to trigger my downloads at 2:00am - I am not sure whethers it early morning or late midnight :-) .I will check with BSNL customer care and let you know.(first I will have to check whether they have a customer care!!!).I think the deviation ratio is 0.7 now.ok..
The quintessence of movies is to delight the viewers and entertain them.Most of the movies do this part correctly.There are some movies which go a step ahead to do the impossible - to make us think.

Movie reviews :

Forrest Gump :
An adaptation of the book written by Winston Groom by Robert Zemeckis(Director) with Tom Hanks playing the protagonist.This movie revolves around Forrest Gump , a man with IQ of 75.The course of his life with his heart breaking childhood friend Jenny who often leaves him giving the silly reason of chasing her so called "Dreams of becoming POP star". Rate - 8/10 . To know more about it:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forrest_Gump_%28film%29

GRE

• Same patois will be spoken differently by different people.Gradually they evolve into dialects. Lingua - tongue(L) .Therefor Lingo-language.I have a book named "MAMA book" by Prof.DEJ. I am too indolent to use a hardcover Oxford.So I use a Oxford Advanced Learners compass(computer).It contains most of the words except a few for which I use www.dictionary.com eg.creole(in a context) - refers to rudimentary form of language. Also PIDGIN- basic communicative language used between two different language people.
• This word is very famous among Political circle.Pasquin? Attack against political rival. syn:Lampoon
• Ever been to RTO office or caught by a Traffic Inspector , then you are a victim of malfeasance.They are far worse than traitors who bilk your money.They are nimble enough to do it in public places.Beware of con man who peculate money in the name of finances.Polladhavan film's theme is based on purloinry by the Villain.Embezzlement is a form of cheating in the name of "trust". syn: defalcation,misappropriation,malversation
• What bothers Ravi Shashthri,Ganguly and the Indian Cricket fans? The Climate! If its not lucid/pellucid , everyone returns to their work. ant:murky,nebulous
  
• Every CS/IT guys in our college have a propensity to code programs.I hope I have a propensity to exaggerate! propensity - inclination. syn:proclivity.Some have a predilection for food and sleep like my room mate. predilection- likeness,preference . I have a penchant for red wine.
• casuistry - a way of solving moral and legal problems cleverly but with falsehood.
  
• The time to fall asleep is less during somniferous lectures .Quite contrasting to our night life.The guy next to us knows when we start squiggling :-) squiggling - handwriting written carelessly.
• Feeling of nostalgia is a common thing among sea wanderers.They have qualms of homesickness ;qualms - the propriety or rightness of a feeling of course of action.
• Compunction - feeling guilty when doing sth.We generally feel no compunction when bunking classes.
• Perdition - punishment even after death.Osama and his counterparts have already booked tickets for their perdition ceremony.syn:limbo,stygian(very dark),hades(land of dead)
• I have brother named Pratap who is a globetrotting journalist.Peregrination - long journey often slow.I would love to be a peripatetic(working by moving from place to place) Engineer.

Eight day stint comes to an end

I am a movie fanatic,also choosy.A friend of mine(Srivathsan) told me about www.imdb.com - Internet movie database which rates the past and present movies on a 10 scale.After doing a little research , I downloaded Little Miss Sunshine(2006) and The Shawshank Redemption(old) - after a eight day stint from Dec.5th.Finally Mission accomplished.When it comes to downloading from torrents , I would recommend Azureus(Java client).I used Vuze Entertainment powered by Azureus 3.0.4.0.It is an open source software(my ubuntu version crashed unexpectedly due to java runtime problems).The application is handy and well suited for a first time user.Remember to configure your port address to 6881 for faster download rates(Read more about them in threads or google).

GRE

• Abishek Bachan , Amitabh Bachan , Jaya Bachan .. What is common between them? Besides they forming a family , their cognomen is Bachan! Hope you got it! cognomen - surname.
• Most of us are blessed.For many people suffer from lack of basic facilities.When it comes to politicians , they are destitute of ordinary human feelings.They have a busy time nurturing their egos.destitute - impoverished,impecunious,indigence,paupersim,privation.
• Some politicians are notorious when it comes to Law and Order.They take them into their hands and convert an iniquity into pecadillo as per their wish.Its all in the game. iniquity-large sin;pecadillo-minor sin.
• English is a funny language in the words of our English teacher Prof.Donald.E James.Yes we have to accept the hard truth.Moreover a latin scholar can guess most of the words in English because many of its words have their roots in Latin. eg.peccare - to sin (as in previous)
• I would recommend "Word Power made easy" by Norman Lewis to grasp these concepts
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