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Kamal Haasan Dasavatharam Movie Review, Facts and Fiction
I thought I will stop, but could not.. If I say/write something without listening/reading what others say...is it called a debate??? As far as i know debate should take into consideration what others say :) we have beautiful words in our land - va…
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June 2008
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pungkuzhali
Not exactly Ravi. Poonguzhali can be termed a split personality (ayyo yaravathu Natarajan Srinivasan sir kitternthu enna kapathunga). Shes one character who makes you feel different at different point of time. Sometimes you love her bravery, someti…
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satish_arun
June 2008
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Kamal Haasan Dasavatharam Movie Review, Facts and Fiction
Malathy, Did you ever read all my mails? In the very first few mails I did say what are all the things that was not good in that movie. Almost in similar lines with others.....but I am questioning my communications skills now....am i not clear in w…
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satish_arun
June 2008
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Kamal Haasan Dasavatharam Movie Review, Facts and Fiction
ithu enna vamba pochu..As I said earlier, I rarely watch movies, and I am a bit choosy. If I like a movie, atleast so far, it will be a real good movie with good reception from various quarters. May be, now I am proved wrong. promote panni enakk…
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June 2008
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Kamal Haasan Dasavatharam Movie Review, Facts and Fiction
Yes. Thats why i was wondering why people didnt like this movie. In india entertainment = hero + (glamorous) heroine + 5 songs + 1 villain + 5 fights (hero winning over 100 people single handed)..typical formula. But this is definitely unique movie …
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June 2008
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Kamal Haasan Dasavatharam Movie Review, Facts and Fiction
oh....padam pakkamaye Dasavaratham and kamala appadi hard criticism of Dasavatharam, I thought you are writing after seeing the movie. ungalukke koncham overa illa? Satish
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satish_arun
June 2008
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Kamal Haasan Dasavatharam Movie Review, Facts and Fiction
Sorry to bring this topic again. As I said earlier, the movie is a milestone in Indian cinema and has a lot of philosophy in it. I didnt spell out everything that i was thinking about the movie. Today I stepped on this comment by someone in www.imd…
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satish_arun
June 2008
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Kamal Haasan Dasavatharam Movie Review, Facts and Fiction
Very true. I am not a great movie buff. I seldom go to theaters or watch movies frequently. But I enjoy good movies and hate to watch silly movies All movies are for entertainment, let it be Sivaji or Dasavatharam or any other crap movie. Its p…
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June 2008
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Kamal Haasanâââ‰â¢s âââ¬ÃÅDasavatharamâââ‰â¢draws effusive early re
I dont know why some didnt like this movie. Its really a milestone in Indian cinema. No one ever dared to attempt it so far. As said, its only because of Kamal..if anyother, it would have been considered a good film.The story and script are of in…
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June 2008
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Kamal Haasanââ¬â¢s ââ¬ËDasavatharamââ¬â¢draws effusive early reactions
sorry...a bit of typo. > One thing that I dont understand is, why 130 crores??? The spl > effects are definitely of the best quality. I wanted to say - definitely not of best quality. AND > in the movie. Probably they should not have g…
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June 2008
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Kamal Haasanââ¬â¢s ââ¬ËDasavatharamââ¬â¢draws effusive early reactions
Morning I read our group members reviews and was taken aback. Hindu will not give a good feedback for any movie and if Hindu says a movie is good, its mostly really good. I watched the movie this afternoon. When i came back, I was thinking I wil…
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June 2008
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Kamal Haasanâs âDasavatharamâdraws effusive early reactions
Review from Rediff. http://www.rediff.com/movies/2008/jun/13dasa.htm But the review says that throughout the movie, the existence of god is questioned. SPS, just yesterday you were saying that someone said there is not atheism in this movie? Re…
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June 2008
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Kamal Haasanâs âDasavatharamâdraws effusive early reactions
Yesterday I was reading an article in rediff. An interview by the special effects supervisor. He says 90% of the movie has special effects and all were done in India, with less cost but quality equivalent to Hollywood. It seems the movie is a miles…
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June 2008
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Bravery of Indians/Tamils.
On second thought.... Indians were so brave that no one is second to none...constantly fighting amongst themselves to showcase their bravery....split into smaller territories and due to the ego clash lost the cooperation and paved way for foreign i…
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satish_arun
May 2008
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Jainism and Buddism
Venkatesh, I have a question regarding Malik / tuqlaqs cakewalk across india. Its next to impossible to get such a big army from outside India. Did the locals were recruited in their army? even if the locals betrayed their own kith and kin for mone…
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May 2008
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Tamil Sangam - Facts and Ficiton
KD - 'Paramasivan Kazhuthilirunthu pambu ketathu...' Swami Vivekananda-'Everyone is right in their own way'. Newton - 'every action has an equal and opposite reaction'. Buddha's philosophy is that, monks should …
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May 2008
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a plowman with a single plow
I think its a general practice used for Dieties.not sure about its significance. If i remember right, Dr.Kalaikovan said that its called 'urs soothiram' which is depicted on the sculptures of god and goddesses. But not sure what it signif…
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satish_arun
May 2008
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a plowman with a single plow
as anuman said, 'kanden seethayai'.... I am a bit excited. Many of our group members must be already knowing this, but for a novice like me its a treasure (how far I am going to use it..will i ever use it, time only will answer). I cam…
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May 2008
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Vaastu makes accident-prone roads safe
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May 2008
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Is Kamaba Ramayanam e text available
Vairam, You can try www.chennailibrary.com. They have a good collection of tamil literature available online. PDF can be purchased for a nominal fee. Project madurai should also have it, but I remember seeing it in chennailibrary. I used to read…
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May 2008
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Poet who criticised the Brahminic beliefs
Vairam, Thanks for the post. When I read the tamil lines from your site, i was wondering about the intro given. None of the two stanza's talk anything about criticizing a community (atleast to my knowledge). Both are very generic and a commo…
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satish_arun
May 2008
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Vaaram Oru Alayam #59 Arulmigu SoundaraRajaPerumal Thirukkovil, Thaadikombu
I have visited this temple a couple of times. My sister lives in Dindigul and we all made to this place two-three times earlier (appa...first time Natarajan Prakash has posted a temple which I know :) - ithula enna peruma, get out - thengai seeniv…
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satish_arun
May 2008
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sivagamiyin sabatham
Dear Sir, I know you are elderly person and might not be able to adjust to the current generations thoughts or views. But with all due respects - I dont see Krupa insulting anyones view, but he was just expressing his views. There were healthy d…
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satish_arun
May 2008
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how literate can a toddy gather be in ancient india
very true Vairam. U.Ve.Sa in his autobiography would have expressed his pain when he narrates how he searched for the palm leaves. The tradition is to copy the text in new palm leaves and then throw the damaged/old things in river or fire. But p…
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satish_arun
May 2008
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sivakamiyin sabatham..
While talking about Divakars comment on VD... ippa Natarajan Srinivasan sir-a izhukkalama? Divakars comment on poonguzhali - 'athu oru loosu sir. Split personality'.
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satish_arun
May 2008
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sivakamiyin sabatham..
Krupa, ootukara amma avanga amma ootukku poyirukangala? Back to form...keep posting. nalla pesi vecha mathiriye mail anuaparaye...very good (appa now everyone will be confused. athane nakku venum). When you earlier wrote that i called you and off…
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satish_arun
May 2008
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sivagamiyin sabatham
Yes. True indeed. Taj mahal is considered to be the eighth wonder of the world. Whole world says its fabulous. But when i saw Taj for the first (and till date last)time in 2003, I was not at all thrilled. It seemed to be yet another building to my …
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satish_arun
May 2008
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sivagamiyin sabatham
I dont understand why we should take it personally. Everyone has their views and so is Krupa et al.. I think we should take it light, have fun and disperse, rather than taking these things seriously.. there are lots in life than SS and PS to be seri…
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satish_arun
May 2008
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how literate can a toddy gather be in ancient india
Just for vadam (vidandhavadam???)...... Going by Madan's thought, which seems a bit logical..... 1000 years later, all our records will be found in English....includin the PS mails...and karpooram ethi sathiyam pannalum, PS tamil literary for…
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satish_arun
May 2008
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Making of History - Fiction
Saaaar.....as per recorded evidence(we consider literature also as recorded evidence) , it was Sri Rama of Ayodhya who made the first military expedition to SriLanka.... Probably Narasimha was the second... koncham overa poreno?
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satish_arun
May 2008
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