Nadunisi Naaygal - A brave attempt gone haywire!

Fact is that, if a movie tests your patience, it doesn't mean that it is not a quality flick. A thriller movie is one, which brings the audience to the verge of their seats, not to the exit door! Nadunisi Naaygal places itself in the latter category.

Ironically, the film posted itself with some quality technical work. Thanks to Manoj Paramahamsa and Anthony. People used to assimilate any pictorial narrative with the help of music. Even at the times of speechless movies, it is the music which compensated the dialogues. Hats off to Gautham to come up with such an idea to make a film lack of music. It is indeed a brave attempt! It is one of the riskiest moves made by the ace film-maker. When you take such an Himalayan risk, you should concentrate on the script with utmost perfection. But, this is the place where Gautham fails to make his count.

Nadunisi Naaygal is an attempt to compensate the music with visuals. Performance by Veera as the protagonist hunter and Sameera as the hunted are mind-blowing! Gautham once again proves that he is one of the rare directors who can make a boulder to act. Gautham brought the best out of Simbhu and Trisha in VTV, Jyothika as an antagonist in Pachai Kili Muthucharam, Surya in VA, Jeevan in Kaka Kaka, Daniel Balaji in Vetaiyadu Vilayadu. Similarly, he stands out as a great director, when he brings such an incredible performance from Veera Bhahu(Veera/Samar) and Sameera (Sukanya). But, as a script writer, he fails to make an impression.

Nadunisi Naaygal is a void without Manoj Paramahamsa. Such an wonderful piece of work he has done for this movie! He tried his best to make the visuals as claustrophobic as it can be and he succeeds. Most part of the script could be seen as an inspiration got from Silence of the Lambs and Sigappu Rojjakal. One who watched these two flicks can draw parallels in number of occasions with Nadunisi Naaygal. The house, dogs, brutal murders, sexual urge, childhood sexual abuse are derivations from Sigappu Rojakkal whereas, the character-map of the psychopath is a derivation from Silence of the Lambs and Fight Club.

Though I salute Gautham for coming with such an idea, the irreplaceable fact remains that 'Music is like Mother! Nothing can replace or compensate it'.

My rating will be 2.5/5.

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Additive Manufacturing

The manufacturing processes we use today is the general term used to denote the technical process of ‘Subtractive Manufacturing’. Sculpturing is the best example to understand the process of ‘Subtractive Manufacturing’. A huge boulder will sacrifice its layers of stone in order to shape up the sculpture as per the design. Henceforth, it is named as Subtractive Manufacturing. Even though this process is quite simple, it is associated with several disadvantages. Wastage of the raw material is the most notable disadvantage associated with Subtractive Manufacturing.

In order to overcome such cons, scientists and engineers in Britain have coined a new technical process – Additive Manufacturing, also known as 3D printing.

A print well (so it is called) is used for ‘printing’ the designed products with the raw materials as the ‘ink’. A sample diagram of such a print well is shown below.

 

Plastic, resins and metals have passed the input ink test for this print well.  3D printer is also termed as a ‘Fabber’ or ‘Fabricator’.

Researchers of Filton in Britain have disclosed the technology behind their manufacturing of Concorde super-sonic planes. Can you believe that more than 40% of the aircraft parts are made using 3D printing?  Another research student at MIT, USA has succeeded in printing clocks! Additive engineering has been used for almost a decade now. But, it is used for building prototypes alone. Now, it is time for us to print the entire product using the raw materials.

Pros of Additive Manufacturing:

1.          Software-driven. (design becomes easy with all those enhanced preview shots)

2.         Requires less raw material.

3.         Consumers can alter the design as per their own wish.

4.         Can be used to build artificial bones, which are extensively used in bone-replacement surgeries.

5.         All the plastic items can be printed using the technology – ‘Plastic Injection-Molding’.

6.         Can be helpful in meeting the rapid design changes.

7.         Feasibility of Mass-production and Mass-customization of products.

Cons of Additive Manufacturing:

1.          It will reduce the industrialization in rural and urban areas. (Even a common man can manufacture anything if he gets raw material, fabricator and design software)

2.         Due to the fact that it needs less labor, job-generating capacity will be reduced.

3.         Since it is easy to blue-print the entire product, piracy issues will raise.

4.         Piracy issues will lead to the legal implications of Intellectual Property rights (IP).

Whatever may be the pros and cons, there is no doubt that we are on the verge of another industrial revolution, this time led by 3D printing!

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Emerson’s perspective of Love

“All other pleasures are not worth its pains”. – Ralph Waldo Emerson’s quote about Love.

Ralph Waldo Emerson is a famous philosopher of 19^th century. He is renowned for his elite concepts of individualism and transcendentalism. His perspective of the Universe is defined as the addition of soul to nature.

Didn’t get it? Don’t worry. Neither do I ;-)

People, who love literature, can check out this link. It contains some of the most impenetrable lines of English with some cogent thoughts hidden beneath them.

http://www.online-literature.com/emerson/605/

Happy Valentine's Day!

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Multiple Lifetimes in a Single Life Span - Concept of Impermanence

Have you recently heard the phrase - 'Man is living his life fastly'?
Life span is defined as the expected number of years of life remaining at a given age, whereas a lifetime is defined as the period during which something is functional (as between birth and death). Lifetime is a functional derivative of the number of situations came across by a man. In short, it is the experiences gathered by him during a particular interval of time. When we consider our past generations, they took some days to communicate with their distant friends and some months to travel from one geographic location to another. But, people of our generation do all these activities in a matter of seconds. Man of this decade acquires the same amount of experience, for which our ancestors have taken few lifetimes. 

As the old adage goes, 'Change is the only thing which doesn't change'. 

But, man of our contemporary world has learnt to use that 'Change' as his vehicle to travel from one situation to another. Hence, he becomes an integral part of the change which governs the lifetime in our planet. Because of such drastic changes in the human lifestyle, impermanence becomes the core concept of our lives.

Proverb says that, 'Necessity is the mother of invention'. But in our century, almost all the inventions are driven by 'Impermanence'. Impermanence has taken control over the Necessity. We can see the reflection of impermanence everywhere. Impermanence is the most omnipresent thing in this world next to God (at least we have evidence for the existence of Impermanence :P). For example, our tendency to use the ink-filled Fountain pens has been overridden by the use-and-throw ball-point pens. Everything right from the electronic gadgets to human relationships to human organs have become a replaceable item.

What are the impacts of such changes? A business model which has quality and permanence as its core idea becomes an invalid entity in this world. People opt for things which suffice themselves with temporary satisfaction. The concept of long-term becomes an extinct vision.

What we need to do about this? Nothing. Just have the awareness that the situations we are facing is a by-product of this Impermanence. It will avoid confusion, lessen the mental stress, give a clear insight about our life. 

So, when some elder people criticize us for being running with all our legs, don't conclude that they are alien entities of anachronism. It is us who are the real entities of anachronism!

It is time for us to coin the adage of our times - 'Impermanence is the only permanent entity'.

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Demise of the Finnish Baron - Nokia

In a recent survey held in our Indian subcontinent, it has been conveyed that the brand name 'Nokia' is the most sought over brand by the people. Still 2007, Nokia led the mobile handset market single-handedly. They did their first mistake by not coping with the new technological arrivals in the market. e.g Android platform. Some of the smaller companies like Huawei and Micromax has largely eroded its market share in China and India respectively.  It didn't come as a surprise to many when the CEO of Nokia announced few days ago that their company is caught up with cash crunch. A recent study shows that the market share of Nokia is eaten up by Samsung, Apple and RIM. When we consider the profits gained for the corresponding market share, Silicon valley giant Apple is setting new records.
The following chart will speak volumes about the strong foothold of Apple which eventually led to the demise of the Finnish Baron.

 The only way of recovery for Nokia is to shakeup their management fundas and to adopt themselves to the changing technical innovations. They shouldn't forget that they are doing business in a world which is characterized by impermanence and move-on principles. Lets wait and watch, what Nokia has in its den to accomplish the much needed recovery.

Courtesy: Asymco

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Profile Review - S Ramakrishnan

S Ramakrishnan

S Ramakrishnan is a famous author/ dialogue writer. In my opinion, he is one of those writers of our generation who stands out distinctly due to his quality works in Tamil literature. He has penned dialogues for the movies like Baba, Unnale unnale and Avan Ivan. He is known for his ability to write witty dialogues and for his humorous way of expressing things. He translated the "Alice in Wonderland" in Tamil language. I used to read his column 'Thunai Ezhuthu' in the famous Tamil weekly, Ananda Vikatan. Today, I came across his web page which is rich in information. Hope his site will appease all the voracious Tamil readers. Those who are interested in reading his works can check the following site.

Website URL: http://www.sramakrishnan.com/ 

FB URL : http://www.facebook.com/pages/S-Ramakrishnan/112550075428659

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Spherical Cow - A very simple but meaningful story

Once upon a time, there lived a farmer who has a single cow. He noticed that the cow’s milk output is getting depreciating day by day. So, he contacted a University, seeking for a solution. A research group has been headed to the farmer’s house. They did an elaborate research of the cow for two weeks. Then they announced closure of the research and submitted a 800 page report to the University. It is mailed to the farmer shortly. 

When the farmer opened the report, there is a one line disclaimer at the start of the index.

It said – “Solution applicable only for the spherical cows in vacuum”.

One should consider the feasibility of a result before he puts forth it to others.

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Banana Republic

Recently, the fervid parents of murdered teen, Aarushi has described our Indian nation with an interesting eponym - 'Banana Republic'. They are right! We are an integral part of a nation where a Grade Ranked Officer uses his hand-kerchief to wipe off a politician's shoe dirt. We are an integral part of a nation where a spectrum allocation revenue could wipe away the entire fiscal deficit. We are an integral part of a nation where the cost of 1L water bottle equals the cost of 1L milk. We are an integral part of a nation where the burglary race is always won by The Ruling party with The Opposition Party finishes second.

Remember that, it is the only country in the world to defeat the mighty British empire with peace and Satyagraha.

It is the only country which contained the most diversified ethnic race, which is more in number than the entire ethnicities prevailed all over the world. It is the only country which got all sorts of climatic changes and all sorts of environmental treasures.

But all these distinct prides have confined themselves to appear only in the History text books. Whichever is distinct for us has already became extinct!

In fact, our prides also taken the same path as that of our national animal!

Even if the entire Indian population stands nude, collects their garments and wipes off the dirt caused by these iniquitous politicians, still the dirt will survive!

Yes.. It is the same country. But I don't think whether it is a sane country anymore.

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Rolling stones gather no moss :)

A wise man once sat in the audience & cracked a joke.
All laughed like crazy. After a moment he cracked the same joke again and a little less people laughed this time.
He cracked the same joke again & again, When there was no laughter in the crowd,
he smiled and said

"When u can't laugh on the same joke again & again, then why do u keep crying over the same thing over and over again.

 

'Forget the past & move on'…

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The King's Speech - A humble review

I just finished watching The King's Speech. It was an awesome story of the part played by a speech therapist in resolving the elocutionary difficulties of King George VI which eventually led to the triumph of Britain in WWII. In my opinion, Colin Firth and Geoffrey Rush, both of them deserve the Academy awards.  Portrayal of a King and a Commoner is done with some meticulous efforts in the screenplay.Thanks to David Seidler for putting his efforts to create such a wonderful movie. It is a treat for all those quality-movie lovers.

PS: Those who hate dramas can keep off. No offense meant.

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My First Post

I am glad that finally i started a blog to pour out those thoughts and ideas which were incepted in my day-to-day thought processes.. Let me give an reincarnated life to those ephemeral thoughts before they eventually diminish their presence in my grey matter.. :) 

Happy Blogging Ko!!!

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