What a way to end a year!
1. What do you think about watching a movie, “Aarar Asaipadar“, on your favourite musician? Great? Okay, then how about watching it with the man himself (Sanjay Subramanyam) sitting behind you? Wow! This was my feeling today when we went to Sree theatre in Satyam complex to watch the documentary on Sanjay. When I saw Sanjay at the entrance, I was like, “Could I have asked for anything more today morning?”. The movie/documentary is kind of a pioneering concept, since it is filmed on a great artiste and released in his prime. The usual documentaries of eminent artistes in Carnatic music usually come towards the end of their illustrious career/life or even after that, if they are made at all that is. Sanjay has been acknowledged by everyone in the Carnatic music circuit as one of the greatest to have ever performed this art form and this movie reiterates this fact. Moreover, there was a short impromptu interview with the person himself (sitting in front of us) at the end of the movie. It must be said that the multiplex structure allows one to innovate to movie-showing and watching experience by adding stuff like these. Great!
Though the idea of a movie on the musician is an excellent concept, this movie was just that - a concept. The movie maker completely failed in implementing the concept. Though I had learnt from an earlier review that the movie drags on quite a bit and was mentally prepared for it, I must admit I couldn’t sit through the 85 minute movie. What the film maker wanted to convey through this movie by showing bits and pieces without any continuity was very unclear. There was no voice-over at all, most of the time was taken over by Sanjay’s singing and the audience learnt most about Sanjay from an interview taken by Anita Ratnam for some other programme but which featured in documentary (some of the other content also didn’t look original). I couldn’t believe that Sanjay agreed to be a part of such a poor effort. If given a chance to be in his home for a day, honestly I could have made a better movie with my 3.2 mpx digital camera. No exaggeration! To me, it looked like the original idea was to film his routines and compile them into a documentary some 10 years down the line, but a sudden development made the film maker to release it this year itself.
2. I’m totally pissed off with the way the news channels telecast the clippings of Saddam at the gallows. It made me low full of yesterday. As if that was not enough, some channels showed another video where he was taunted and humiliated after having his hands tied and a rope at his neck (i.e seconds before being hung). Such a sad state of affairs! I used to think how uncivilized Homo sapiens were that they watched their own ilk being devoured by carnivores in the Roman era. I think we are no more civilized today, ready to watch a man being hung.
3. Other thing that has put me off is the sad story emerging in Gurgoan after bodies of children were unearthed. It’s good that I’m not following that story at all.
Okay here comes 2007! Wishing all of you a happy new year.
- Music, TV/Radio/Films/Theatre | Time: 11:58:45 PM (UTC+8)
Hi Karthik,
Buying tickets for an evam showing has now become easier, with the launch of our own Box Office at www.evam.in -
All you have to do is click on the show of your choice, choose the denomination of the ticket and the number of tickets and we invite you into ‘club evam’.
No money transactions, no credit card payments – just convenience. Helping us stay in tune with you.
Tickets once blocked, will be reserved for you at the Show, by my Box Office team – you just have to collect them and pay. We hope you will all use this unique service to purchase your tickets.
I must warn you that the home page may take a tad bit to download – considering this is our first online effort – things will only get better from this point on.
So log onto www.evam.in and see you at our shows – looking forward to busting your Stress!
And do remember – evam150 starts this weekend- Now showing ‘ART by evam’ on 6th Jan & ‘Love Letters by evam’ on 7th – 3.15 pm and 7.15 pm- Alliance Francaise.
Looking forward to meeting you there!
Cheers and Regards
Karthik Kumar
Managing Partner
Evam Entertainment
mailevam@gmail.com
Helpline: 98402 22363
Comment by evam entertainment — January 4, 2007 @ 4:36:09 PM
Hi Karthik,
Buying tickets for an evam showing has now become easier, with the launch of our own Box Office at www.evam.in -
All you have to do is click on the show of your choice, choose the denomination of the ticket and the number of tickets and we invite you into ‘club evam’.
No money transactions, no credit card payments – just convenience. Helping us stay in tune with you.
Tickets once blocked, will be reserved for you at the Show, by my Box Office team – you just have to collect them and pay. We hope you will all use this unique service to purchase your tickets.
I must warn you that the home page may take a tad bit to download – considering this is our first online effort – things will only get better from this point on.
So log onto www.evam.in and see you at our shows – looking forward to busting your Stress!
And do remember – evam150 starts this weekend- Now showing ‘ART by evam’ on 6th Jan & ‘Love Letters by evam’ on 7th – 3.15 pm and 7.15 pm- Alliance Francaise.
Looking forward to meeting you there!
Cheers and Regards
Karthik Kumar
Managing Partner
Evam Entertainment
mailevam@gmail.com
Helpline: 98402 22363
Comment by evam entertainment — January 4, 2007 @ 4:39:13 PM