Note: If you’ve not watched the movie ‘Sillunu oru kaadhal’, scroll down for the short movie-review. You’ll enjoy the article then.
The other day we both were watching 'Sillunu oru kaadhal' in our 29' TV (Ahh.. I know what you’re thinking… Do you think that I’m showing-off about my TV…?? Hmmm…. And… of course, YOU ARE RIGHT!!). Anyway… as the movie went on, we occasionally exchanged looks whenever there was a ‘touching’ scene. Then… the movie got over in an emotional climax & we both were totally engrossed. The way Surya & Jothika hugs each other in tears created a emotional drift in both of us (its only later, I realized the drift was upon me only!!)
I carried the emotional mood in my mind and picked up this conversation with the hope that Neel was also in the same emotional mood (Nay… he hardly becomes emotional!! Go ahead.. You'll know why.)
Deepa: Ammu.. (I call Neel this way, whenever I’m ‘emotionally taken aback’..)
Neel: Hmm… (See.. He sounds emotional too..!! I felt encouraged to continue the conversation.)
Deepa: Shall I ask you something??
Neel: Temme Ammu… (Yeah.. He is also ‘emotionally taken aback’…!!)
Deepa: Did you’ve a love before meeting me?? Do you feel now, that you would want to live with her, just for a day..?? (I think I’ve got a Multiple-personality disorder…!! Somewhere Jothika entered my mind & pulled out this question from my mouth… I asked this with a heavy heart and was eagerly waiting for his reply. But…)
Neel: (Silence…)
Neel didn’t answer for few minutes… My blood started boiling & must’ve hit 102°C!! Did he have a love?? Is he feeling bad to reveal the truth?? Is he feeling bad about my direct question like this?? Too many questions started flying between the corners of my eyes.
He broke the silence and…
Neel: Kala, Girija, Renu, Shyla, Malathi, S______i, A_____a, M__a, R____a, P______n, L____i, M_____e…
(Name list continued with 20 – 25 names, at the rate of one name per alphabet. Thank God for two reasons: 1. English has just 26 alphabets. 2. We don’t speak those languages which has 200+ alphabets. I'm always at your help, if you wanna check out whether your name is in the list, and/or, if you have filled the blanks correctly!)
Neel (giggles..): If I had to stay with my past lovers, just for a day, that would take away one month from you… If it is ok for you, it is ok with me…
(What does this sentence “If it is ok for you, it is ok with me…” mean? You know, he is never interested in staying with them!! He is accepting this deal, only because I offered it... Otherwise, even this thought would not have passed his mind!!)
What do you think my reaction would be…??
My Pillow broke and the cotton stuffed into it started flying in the room… Rest of the guess is yours!!
Real Moral: Never comprehend Neel (any guy for that matter!!) with his reactions… He always pretends!!
Reel Moral: Let what come may… Never beat someone till the pillow breaks. Or, never use a pillow for beating – You’ve better tools to do this job effectively!
Movie review:
An amazing, simple movie with no big punch dialogues, blood-shed & all masalas a regular tamil movie would generally have.
Jothika & Surya marries each other due to compulsive family situations & both were not actually willing for this marriage... Days started rolling & they start understanding each other. Their relationship turns into an unbounded love and living with each other was an immense joy... Their joy results in a cute & naughty girl baby, who is as talkative a Jo. After few years, Jo gets to know that Surya was already married to Boomika, in his college days!! Boomika's dad, being a politician, gets them seperated with his influence. Boomika flies to US & never gets back for years. With great reluctance, Surya marries Jo then. Surya had penned all his feelings for Boomika in his personal diary.. A particular sentence in his diary goes this way: "I dont need to live with Boomika for 100 years... Just a single day is enough & my life would become complete. But I'm denied of that single day..". Jo reads this diary & gets upset.
On a fine day, Boomika comes back to India & gets to know that Surya got married. Jo, out of her love towards Surya, brings Boomika to spend a day with Surya. Becoz, she wants Surya to feel complete.. She leaves home so that the duo has enough privacy. End of the day, Jo comes back home and finds Boomika missing. Boomika leaves a note to Jo telling that Surya is always for Jo, as Surya's heart is now filled with Jo only.. Jo & Surya hugs each other in tears…
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
Fun-filled marital life
My Granny would always suggest the ladies in the family, not to allow the men (of all ages!!) into the kitchen. I now understand that she must’ve come to this conclusion with her past experience (probably a funny incident/accident), like the one which I’m gonna share now!!
Neel, none other than my sweet (and mischievous...) hubby, entered the kitchen that evening. I dint mind him roaming in the kitchen, though my Granny’s “family message” kept blinking on the top of my head. Whenever Neel comes in, I always see him grabbing the plastic box in which I had filled all the snacks (Hey Readers... my next blog will be on why I came up with the idea of dumping all the snacks in one box!! Keep your eyes searching & it will be in very soon). Even this time, he did the same! Are you wondering what big fun is there in this..!! Just hold on… His mischievous episode is about to come…
I planned to cook ‘Idly Sambar’ that day.. I had cut the necessary vegetables & put them into the pressure cooker. After 3 whistles, I switched off the stove and was waiting for the pressure to get released so that I can open it safely. I thought why I should wait next to the cooker looking at its steaming-face. So, I moved to the hall. Neel was sitting in the hall watching TV (like a harmless kid!!) and I too joined him. 10 minutes passed. I thought it’s the right time to open the cooker & hence reached the kitchen. My bad luck, pressure was still there. I went back to hall and decided to wait for 10 more minutes. Another 10 minutes passed. I went again & saw… The pressure was still there. ‘Naughty Neel’ followed me & asked me what was wrong. (This time, my Granny’s “family message” was blowing like a horn in my mind and as usually I brushed it aside.) I told him that I’m waiting for the pressure to get released to open the cooker. All of a sudden, Neel was taken over by the feeling that ‘he should help his wife on her trouble-some situations’!! Like a reflex action, he immediately jumped near the stove – moved to the cooker – added a confident note saying “Its ok.. Let’s open it. I’m used to open the cooker, when the pressure is still inside!” (Oh God!! What a lovely husband.. He lies to soothe his wife!) I stopped him from doing so by warning that the cooker may burst out. He cared a damn & opened the cooker……………………………………………………………………………………..
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Next few minutes, both of us remained standing there with our eyes closed. We slowly opened our eyes & what we saw was not the kitchen… It was like a battlefield!! Yes…. The vegetables in the cooker burst out & had formed a layer on the floor. Neel pretended to be an innocent kid carrying the gloomy expression “I don’t know it would happen like this…!!” Once again his ‘helpful’ feelings started taking over… Poor one… He planned to clean the kitchen for me, as he is the root-cause for all the mess. But, before it turned into a reflex, I was alert enough to push him out of the kitchen. At last, I listened to my Granny’s “family message”!!
It took nearly an hour to turn the battlefield back to my ‘neat’ kitchen… I couldn’t resist my laughter while cleaning those burst-out vegetables!!
Neel, none other than my sweet (and mischievous...) hubby, entered the kitchen that evening. I dint mind him roaming in the kitchen, though my Granny’s “family message” kept blinking on the top of my head. Whenever Neel comes in, I always see him grabbing the plastic box in which I had filled all the snacks (Hey Readers... my next blog will be on why I came up with the idea of dumping all the snacks in one box!! Keep your eyes searching & it will be in very soon). Even this time, he did the same! Are you wondering what big fun is there in this..!! Just hold on… His mischievous episode is about to come…
I planned to cook ‘Idly Sambar’ that day.. I had cut the necessary vegetables & put them into the pressure cooker. After 3 whistles, I switched off the stove and was waiting for the pressure to get released so that I can open it safely. I thought why I should wait next to the cooker looking at its steaming-face. So, I moved to the hall. Neel was sitting in the hall watching TV (like a harmless kid!!) and I too joined him. 10 minutes passed. I thought it’s the right time to open the cooker & hence reached the kitchen. My bad luck, pressure was still there. I went back to hall and decided to wait for 10 more minutes. Another 10 minutes passed. I went again & saw… The pressure was still there. ‘Naughty Neel’ followed me & asked me what was wrong. (This time, my Granny’s “family message” was blowing like a horn in my mind and as usually I brushed it aside.) I told him that I’m waiting for the pressure to get released to open the cooker. All of a sudden, Neel was taken over by the feeling that ‘he should help his wife on her trouble-some situations’!! Like a reflex action, he immediately jumped near the stove – moved to the cooker – added a confident note saying “Its ok.. Let’s open it. I’m used to open the cooker, when the pressure is still inside!” (Oh God!! What a lovely husband.. He lies to soothe his wife!) I stopped him from doing so by warning that the cooker may burst out. He cared a damn & opened the cooker……………………………………………………………………………………..
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Next few minutes, both of us remained standing there with our eyes closed. We slowly opened our eyes & what we saw was not the kitchen… It was like a battlefield!! Yes…. The vegetables in the cooker burst out & had formed a layer on the floor. Neel pretended to be an innocent kid carrying the gloomy expression “I don’t know it would happen like this…!!” Once again his ‘helpful’ feelings started taking over… Poor one… He planned to clean the kitchen for me, as he is the root-cause for all the mess. But, before it turned into a reflex, I was alert enough to push him out of the kitchen. At last, I listened to my Granny’s “family message”!!
It took nearly an hour to turn the battlefield back to my ‘neat’ kitchen… I couldn’t resist my laughter while cleaning those burst-out vegetables!!
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