Archive for August, 2007

Dis-concert in Madras

Published by Vivek August 13th, 2007 in Fun stuff and Tamil Nadu. 1 Comment

A little note on how Hariprasad Chaurasia’s concert left me between agony and ecstasy
Hariprasad Chaurasia is a man who never disappoints. I have been mesmerised for a while in every performance of his and always.  Typically I walk out in a semi-trance with a feeling of ecstasy that only a great live music performance [...]

Kamal Hassan’s Anbe Sivam: An underrated classic

Published by Vivek August 4th, 2007 in Movies, Podcasts & webcasts and Tamil Nadu. 1 Comment

Anbe Sivam
IMDB
Year: 2003
Writer: Kamal Hassan, Madan
Director: C. Sundar
Length: 160
Category: Drama

Rating: 5 out of 5

Anbe Sivam i.e. “love is god” is a story about changing values in an era of globalisation. It is an all-time favourite movie for me and many others
Madhavan, a young upper-middle-class Indian ad moviemaker, encounters a middle aged trade union activist in [...]