Saturday, June 14, 2008
I was actually excited about watching Dasavataram on the first day of its release. Especially when NDTV, Times Now & Headlines Today carried non-stop hype about the film yesterday. Someone told me NDTV had given it a 4 out of 5.
I used to be an ardent fan of Kamal Hasan till I saw Hey Ram!
My faith in him fell rapidly after watching the movie. There’s a noble thought somewhere in the movie, but was lost completely in the portrayal of Kamal as a gift to Indian cinema…
“He should stop with just acting”, I thought. And with Panchatantram, Tenali, etc he did seem to make a come-back with just acting.
But Dasavataram? A total three-hour torture! Why can’t someone tell Kamal to retire from the movies? He’s totally lost it! Maybe, just maybe the movie’d been watchable if the 10 avatars had been played by 10 different people. There’d been a cohesive story, at least.
But this looks like its just a movie to showcase the various make-up tricks Kamal is capable of. And believe me, it varies from comical (Kamal as George Bush?! What’s he trying to say? I’m still on the floor laughing!) to downright scary. The Iyengar old lady is made to like one of the scary witches we see in horror flicks… (incidentally a classmate of mine used to scare us with a rubber witch-mask which was very similar to Kamal’s old-lady get-up)
And someone tell me why, but why Kamal’s head looks so disproportionately big to his body in most of his Avatars?
And so many characters are forced, just so the avatars add up to 10. Justification of the title!
But if at all I have one good thing I have to say about the movie, its his avatar as Balram Naidu. We can see a bit of the old Kamal in that character. His Telugu accented Tamil is just too funny!
But Kamal as Dhaler Mehndi who’s cured of cancer by a stray bullet?!!!
Kamal as the white guy -( ex CIA who’s now on the other side of the law) with a huge head?
The 8 feet Kamal who just cannot get a decent word out of his mouth because the mask is obviously limiting his lip movements?
Again, Kamal as George Bush?
And George Bush who’s clue-less about NA CL, which is actually common salt?
The lovely Asin who does nothing but screech her dialogues and get on your nerves?
The never-ending car chases? (Make that train chases, bus chases & helicopter chases)
The Tsunami which makes its appearnace so timely to save the world? (yes, you heard me, save the world. Although a few thousands get wiped out in the process, it saves millions)
Give me a break!!
This movie has been shot with the sole purpose of feeding Kamal’s ego and nothing else.
You can sit through the whole movie and still like it, only if you love him unconditionally…
I liked Shivaji anyday better, simply beacuse it delivered what you expected. It did not have pretenses or claim to be anything cerebral. Just a simple commercial flick, where Rajnikanth did what was expected of him with style…
W!ndow$ XP Pro E$$ential Edition SP3(ISO) - 465 Mb
As of June 3, 2008 - Drivers for the most popular SATA/ RAID Controllers have been added as part of the install. No more need to Press F6 to load drivers.
Windows Essential XP SP3 is a slimmed down version of XP to the bare essentials but still remains fully functional. Over 300mb of crap removed from a real genuine XP ISO and added some important software to make a very complete OS.
Updating Windows Essential XP SP3 includes all drivers SATA!
* Windows Media Player 11 Including all updates
Latest media player from Microsoft
* Internet Explorer 7 Including all updates
Latest stable release
* Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1, 2.0, 3.0, and 3.5 including all updates
Needed for many latest apps to run
* Sun Java Runtime Environment 6 Update 6
Needed for Java based apps
* Unlocker 1.8.7
Gives write access to files in use
* Adobe Reader Lite 8.1.2
Bloatless version of the best PDF reader
* Combined Community Codec Pack 17/5/2008
Very lightweight codec pack that will let you play back almost anything you come across
* CoreAVC Professional 1.7.0.0
The Best H264 Decoder available
* KMPlayer 2.9.3.1431
The best all in one media player with a plethora of features
* Windows Live Messenger 8.5
Pre-*****ed to allow polygamy, remove ads and etc. Includes Live Safety Scanner
* Windows Live Mail
Microsoft replacement for Outlook Express
* Zune theme
Theme from Microsoft. XP will default to this theme after install
* TweakUI in Control Panel
User interface customization app
* Raxco PerfectDisk 2008 Professional
Award winning defrag software for Windows
* CCleaner
A very safe and reliable registry cleaner
* Hashtab Shell Extension
A shell extension for viewing file hashes. A must have for every uploader!
* Gabest AVI Splitter
Replacement for the built in lackluster Windows AVI Splitter. Now you can play back broken AVI files even in WMP!
* UPDATED! WinRAR 3.80 Beta 1
Most popular archiver
* UPDATED! Your Uninstaller! 2008 Professional 6.1.1250
Leave nothing behind of your unwanted software
* NEW! Nero Micro 8.3.2.1
Due to popular demand! Nero Micro is a slimmed down version of the Nero Suite that contains only Nero Express and Nero Burning ROM
* Lots of registry modifications to help improve performance
* Contains all Windows Updates till the date of release
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Windows Vista Live CD Portable ISO | 125 MB
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Microsoft Word 2003 and Microsoft Excel 2003, no installation required. Now Portable, in your flash drive, only 37 MB. Microsoft wants Word 2007 to put more features at your fingertips, without making you grope for them the way previous iterations of the application did. Word 2003, for example, featured 300 menu items and 31 toolbars. This was created with Thinstall so it uses it’s own virtual registry and can be ran from any removable or fixed
Includes Spell Check, Thesaurus and Templates.
Create and share great-looking documents by combining a comprehensive set of writing tools with an easy-to-use interface.
Word 2003 helps you build professional-looking documents with ease.
You’ll spend more time writing and less time formatting documents with new editing and layout tools that are presented in the Microsoft Office Fluent user interface.
To speed template-based document authoring, Word 2003 templates can be deeply integrated with business processes and back-end systems through document controls and XML Data Binding. The new Ecma Office Open XML Formats provide reduced file sizes and improvements in recovering of files that have become corrupt or damaged.
This product guide provides an overview of Word 2003, with an emphasis on new and improved features.
It also takes a close look at Word 2003 in action, demonstrating its exciting new capabilities.
Spend more time writing, less time formatting
The new Ribbon, a component of the Office Fluent user interface, groups your tools by task, and the commands you use most frequently are close at hand.
Includes:
1) Character Map = charmap.exe
2) Disk Cleanup = cleanmgr.exe
3) Clipboard Viewer = clipbrd.exe (view contents of Windows clipboard)
4) Dr Watson = drwtsn32.exe (Troubleshooting tool)
5) DirectX diagnosis = dxdiag.exe (Diagnose & test DirectX, video & sound cards)
6) Private character editor = eudcedit.exe (creation or modification of characters)
7) IExpress Wizard = iexpress.exe (Create self-extracting / self-installing package) Microsoft Synchronization Manager = mobsync.exe (allows synchronization of files on the network for working offline. UNDOCUMENTED).
9) Windows Media Player 5.1 = mplay32.exe (Retro version of Media Player, very basic).
10) ODBC Data Source Administrator = odbcad32.exe
11) Object Packager = packager.exe ( packaging objects for insertion in files, has comprehensive help files).
12) System Monitor = perfmon.exe ( Everything you ever wanted to know about any aspect of PC performance )
13) Program Manager = progman.exe (Legacy Windows 3.x desktop shell, I use this when I don't want other people messing with my machine...).
14) Remote Access phone book = rasphone.exe
15) Registry Editor = regedt32.exe [also regedit.exe] (for hacking the Windows Registry).
16) Network shared folder wizard = shrpubw.exe (creates shared folders on network).
17) File siganture verification tool = sigverif.exe
18) Volume Contro = sndvol32.exe (Just in case you've lost it from your tray).
19) System Configuration Editor = sysedit.exe (modify System.ini & Win.ini just like in Win98!).
20) Syskey = syskey.exe (Secures XP Account database - BE CAREFUL.. appears to encrypt all passwords...UNDOCUMENTED).
21) Microsoft Telnet Client = telnet.exe
22) Driver Verifier Manager = verifier.exe (utility for monitoring the actions of drivers? (useful if having driver problems? UNDOCUMENTED).
23) Windows for Workgroups Chat = winchat.exe (old NT utility to allow chat sessions over a LAN, some help files available).
24) "Microsoft System Configuration Utility" or simply "MSCONFIG." Designed to help you troubleshoot problems with your computer, MSCONFIG can also be used to ensure that your computer boots faster and crashes less.
