THE 'PAIR ' FORMULA CONTINUES

A few days back my son has posted in his blog about the manner in which certain events are occuring in pairs.
As if a sequel to that i have seen a couple of things happening in pairs for me too,
First things first:
A send off from top executive cadre followed by a send off from department -a first pair to recollect in the week following retirement,
A pair of sillver articles presented as token of love and affection by near and dear,
A pair of emails from a distant friend after a lull lasting a month,
A pair of cars proceeding to THirumala to have dharshan and return in ecstacy
And last but not the least a pair of movies,yesterday and today to complete the cycle.

And the movies are EZHAVATHU ARIVU(SURYA) and Vellyudham(VIJAY).
The first one in a theatre near to our locality, right in the midst of the thunder storm ,decided at the spur of the moment at the desire of my wife,
The second at a theatre, away from the city, right in the sun shine, decided by my daughter and son in law, with tickets courtesy by my son, with on line booking, sitting at HK.

SURYA has lived the role.SHRUTHI HASAN, depite being the first appearance in Tamil cinema has handled the role with dignity.KAMAL CAN HAVE A SIGH OF RELIEF.The movie talks about the past glory and greatness of tamil nadu and also traces the history of Bodhi varman, who is regarded as God by CHINESE even today.Some history, some fantasy, some science , combine to gether give an impressionable movie.The problem with period movies is that it is akin to walking on a tight rope.You have to convey the audience, the connection with the past and present .While Surya represents the past and the present, Shruthi (Subha srinivasan is th name in the movie)acts as a bridge to narrate how the yester year Surya(to be precise 6th Century Surya ) has got incarnated in the 21st century Surya thru the molecula science.Bio Chemisrty students would get fresh dose of energy thru this movie.A single line story is that the Chinese who learnt every thing from Bodhi varman, made it a point to remove every trace of its knowledge from India and then attempt to make India to be its slave by waging a biological war against India, The cure for the bIOLOGICAL WAR lies with Bodhi varman's books(held in museum in India) AND ONLY A PERSON WHO CARRY THE IDENTICAL GENES structure like Bodhi varamn can save the country.The villain, from Hongkong/Singapore with his style of walk and fights is atreat to watch.How Shruthi hasan makes Surya to relaise his hidden otential to eliminate the villain forms therest of the story.
The best part i liked is the glow in the eyes of Surya when he alternates between the 21st century man to 6th century Bodhi varman and the powerful arguments put forth by Shruthi hasan to drive home the point that India and in fact TAMILS had a civilisation(not for the vote bank as described by today's politicians)that was far more advanced and civilised than the present century inhabitants.On the whole an enjoyable movie with some good music by HARRIS jEYARAJ, especially the tunes coinciding with Buddist monk temple tones,

Velyaudham also appears to be built on a similar concept. I do not know who said it,perhaps MAPPASAN, that all stories in the world can be considered as derivatives of seven basic elements of relationship.If that be true, i am not surprised that VELAYUDHAM is also a story where a girl finds the energy and potential in a man by accident rather than by design (this is where the movie differs from Ezhaam Arivu.Vija antony has tuned in quite a few block buster songs.Santhanm's comedy adds to the credibiklity of the movie and the fact that Vijay himself has been portrayed mostly on the comic tone(except for the last few moments of toucing death of his sister for noble cause_Kudos to the sister for an wonderful performance )makes the audience to enjoy it to the hilt despite some gory scenes of crime in between,This is another story of vendetta wherein (once again by accident than by design , except for the last part when the hero has to avenge the death of his beloved sister)the local minister who commits atrocities by joininh hands with pakistan/afghan militants to bring disgrace to India is eliminated by the hero.AS usual stunts, dances and music are good and at the same time some of them are as usual unbelievable.Any way the theatre,(which we (self and wife)are visiting for the first time )its ambience and the food court all gave an whole some experience and we as usual missed our Son who would have been a great company on such outings.And oflate the experince of such visits , rather than the good or bad cinema, steals the show.India is definitely becoming second to none in most of its entertainment pursuits.

The tale of pairs thus camje to an interesting end, with the week end and may be more in store in days to come.