பொய்யா பேசுறான்

பொய்யா பேசுறான் இவன் பொய்யா பேசுறான்

உண்மை என்றால் அர்த்தம் தெரியாதென்றான் 

குடுத்த வாக்கு காத்துல போச்சு 

இவனை நம்பி எங்க நிம்மதி போச்சு 

தினம் தினம் ஒரு புது கதை 

நித்தமும் இதே தொடர்கதை 

கடமையை செய்யல 

அதன் அர்த்தமும் தெரியல 

கேள்வி கேட்டா வருது கோபம் 

எங்க வாழ்க்கை ஆச்சு ரொம்ப பாவம் 

இவன் என்ன செய்ய போறான் 

ஒன்னும் புரிய வில்ல 

வாங்கின காசுக்கும் வேலை செய்யல 

கடமையாகவும் ஒன்னும் செய்யல 

வாயில வடை தான் சுடுறான் 

மனசாட்சி இல்லாம இருக்கான் 

மானம்  இருக்கா என்று தெரியல 

மனசாட்சி இருக்கா என்று புரியல 

எதுக்கு இந்த பொழப்பு 

தேவையா உனக்கு காரி துப்பு 

Aarariro Song!!!

Lyrics: Sukumar Radarapu
Composer and Singer: Krishna Prashanth

பகுத்தறிவும் நாத்திகமும்..என் புரிதல்

தமிழ் மண்ணான பெரியார் கொள்கைகள் நிரம்பிய தமிழகத்தில் இன்று பகுத்தறிவு பேசுவது அரசியல் ரீதியாக அதுவும் அவர்களின் ஆதாயத்திற்கு பேசப்படுகிறது அதிகமாக.

எனக்கு புரிந்த பகுத்தறிவும் நாத்திகமும் இங்க பதிவிடுகிறேன்.

வெளித்தோற்றமாக பார்த்தால் பகுத்தறிவும் நாத்திகமும் ஒன்றினைன்தவை போல தான் இருக்கும். ஆனால் இரண்டும் வெவ்வேறு தான். ஏன் என்றால் நாத்திகர் பகுத்தறிவு கொண்டிருக்க வேண்டிய அவசியம் இல்லை அதே போல் பகுத்தறிவுவாதி நாத்திகராய் இருக்க அவசியம் இல்லை.

ஆனால் நமக்கு சிலர் திரும்ப திரும்ப பகுத்தறிவு என்றால் குறிப்பிட்ட ஒரு மத,ஒரு சாதிய எதிர்ப்பு ,சில மதங்களுக்கு அதரவு என்ற வகையில் கருத்துக்கள் தினிக்க படுகின்றன.இன்னும் குறிப்பாக இங்கே பகுத்தறிவு பேசுபவர் ஒரு மதத்தின் கடவுளை மட்டும் மறுத்தால் தான் பகுத்தறிவு என்ற கருத்து தினிப்பு தான் நடக்கிறது.

சரி , பகுத்தறிவு என்றால் உண்மையில் என்ன?

எல்லா வற்றையும் பகுத்து ஆராய்ந்து புரிந்து கொள்ளுதல். சரி இதற்கு நாத்திகம் மட்டுமே வழி இல்லை. கடவுள் நம்பிக்கை உள்ளவர்கள் பகுத்தறிவு வாதிகளாக இருக்கலாம். எல்லா நாத்திகரும் பகுத்தறிவாளர் இல்லை.நாத்திகம் என்பது கடவுள் மறுப்பு மட்டுமே. பகுத்தறிவு மனிதர்களை சமமாய் கருத வைக்கும் ஆனால் நாத்திகம் அதை உறுதி படுத்துவதில்லை.

சரி ஏன் இங்கே பகுத்தறிவு கடவுள் மறுப்போடு இருக்கு. காரணம் சொல்லப்பட்டது சாதி. சாதி மதம் மூலம் வந்தது,மதம் கடவுள் பெயரால் வந்தது. இதனால் கடவுளை மறுப்பதாக பெரியார் சொன்னார். ஆக அவர் கூற்றுப்படி பகுத்தறிவு என்பதற்கு கடவுள் மறுப்பு கட்டாயம் அல்ல சமத்துவம் முக்கியம். சாதி பெயரால் பளவு பட்டிருந்த சமூகத்தில் அதற்கு காரணமாக அவர் எண்ணிய கடவுளை மறுத்தார். ஆனால் இன்று ஏன் அவர் கடவுள் மறுப்பு கருத்து முன் வைத்தார் எண்பதை விட்டு விட்டு கடவுள் மறுப்பை மட்டுமே முன் வைப்பது பகுத்தறிவு பாதையில் இருந்து விலகுவது போல் இருக்கு. அதுவுமின்றி ஒரு மத எதிர்ப்பு மட்டுமே பகுத்தறிவும் இல்லை எண்பதை நாம் உணர வேண்டிய நேரமிது.

எவ்வாறு கடவுள் மறுப்பு இல்லாமல் பகுத்தறிவு பின்பற்றலாம்?

பதில் மிக எளிது. மனிதனாய் வாழ்ந்தால் போதுமானது. எல்லோரும் சமம் என்ற உணர்வு போதுமானது. பிறப்பொக்கும் எல்லா உயிர்க்கும் என்ற வள்ளுவரை விட பகுத்தறிவு சிந்தனை உண்டோ? அவர் கடவுள் நம்பிக்கை அதி பகவன் முதற்றே உலகு என்றதில் சொல்கிறார்.இதை விட கடவுள் நம்பிக்கை உள்ளவர் பகுத்தறிவும் உள்ளவராய் இருக்க முடியும் என்பதற்கு சான்று தேவயா?

இங்கே எல்லா மதங்களும் அடிப்படையாக போதிப்பது அன்பு ,அற நெறி, ஒழுக்கம். மதம் என்பது வாழ்க்கை முறை. கடவுள் என்பது நன் நெறி,அறம்,அன்பு மக்களிடம் சேர்க்க மனிதனால் பெயர் சூட்டப்பட்ட வழி,இந்த அண்ட சராசரத்தை இயக்கும் சக்தி்,அதற்க்கு நாம் பல பெயர்கள் இட்டோம். சிறு தெய்வம் முதல் பெரு தெய்வம் வரை எல்லாம் நாம் மனித நேயத்துடன் வாழ உருவாக்கிய பெயர்கள் தான். அதனால் அதில் உள்ள நந்நெறிகளை பின்பற்றினாலே பகுத்தறிவோடு நாம் வாழ்வோம்.

இடையில் வந்த மூட நம்பிக்கைகள் மறுத்து நந்நெறிகளுடன் வாழ்தல் பகுத்தறிவே. கடவுள் மறுப்பினால் பல நந்நெறிகளை நாம் இழக்கிறோம் என்பதை உனர வேண்டும். மூட நம்பிக்கை,சாதி மறுத்தாலே போதுமானது.

நாத்திகம் அவரவர் நம்பிக்கை. அனால் நாத்திகம் சமத்துவம் அடிப்படையில் வந்தது அல்ல. வெறும் கடவுள் மறுப்பில் வந்தது. அதில் பகுத்தறிவும் சேர்ந்து இருக்கும் பட்சத்தில் நன்றே.

பகுத்தறிவு என்ற பெயரில் மக்களை ஒரு மத்த்தின் நன்நெறிகளை பின்பற்றுவதே தவறு அந்த மதமே தவறு அதில் சில சாதியினறை மட்டும் இழிவு படுத்துவது போல எந்நேரமும் பேசுவது பகுத்தறிவு என்ற பெயரில் சுய லாபம் தேடும் செயலாய் இருக்கும் பகுத்தறிவாய் அல்ல.

இன்று பொருளாதார அடிப்படையில் ஏற்றத்தாழ்வு அதிகமாகிறதே இது பகுத்தறிவாளர்களிடமும் இருக்கே. இதற்கு நாம் என்ன செய்ய போகிறோம்.

சாதி ஒழிப்பதற்கு மதத்தையும் கடவுளையும் சாடினார்கள் பகுத்தறிவு எனும் பெயரில்.
அதற்குள்ளே இந்த பொருளாதார ரீதியான ஏற்றத்தாழ்வு சாதியை விட அதிக அளவில் வந்திருக்கே இதை எதை வைத்து நாம் எந்த பகுத்தறிவு பயன்படுத்த போகிறோம்? இல்லை அறம் ,மனிதம் கொண்டு களையப்போகிறோமா?

காலம் பதில் சொல்லும் என நம்புவோம்.

ஊடக விவாதங்கள் மக்கள் பிரச்சனைகளை திசை திருப்புகின்றனவா?

சமீப காலமாக ஊடகங்களில் நடக்கும் விவாதங்களை பார்க்கும் போது இந்த சந்தேகம் எழாமல் இருப்பதில்லை.

உண்மையாக தலையாய பிரச்சனைகளை எல்லாம் விட்டு விட்டு மற்ற விடயங்களை விவாதிக்கிரார்கள் என்றே தோன்றுகிறது.

பல நாட்களாக நடக்கும் நெடுவாசல் ,கதிராமங்களம்,மீனவர் போராட்டங்களை மருந்துக்கு ஓரிரு முறை மட்டுமே விவாதித்து, மக்களுக்கு அதிக முக்கியத்துவம் இல்லாத அதிமுக உட்கட்சி பூசல்,ரசினி கமல் அரசியலுக்கு வருவார்களா மாட்டார்களா, பிக்பாஸ் தேவையா இல்லையா என்ற முக்கியத்துவம் குறைந்த விடயங்களை அதிகமாக விவாதிப்பதன் பொருள் என்ன?

உ பி மாநிலத்தில் 60 குழந்தைகள் இறந்ததை பற்றி விவாதிக்க நேரம் இல்லாதது ஏன் ஏன்று புரியவில்லை. அதை விடவா அதிமுக உட்கட்சி பூசல் பெரிதானது?
குஜராத் மாநிலங்களவை நனதேர்தலை பற்றி விவாதம் செய்ய தெரிந்த இவர்களுக்கு உபி குழந்தைகளின் மரணங்கள் விவாத பொருளாக தென்படாதது ஏனோ?

தேசிய ஊடகங்களில் கூட இதை விவாதிக்க தயாராக இல்லாதது ஏனோ?

இன்று ஊடக தர்மம் என்று ஒன்று இருக்கிறதா?
இல்லை சிலரின் விருப்பத்திற்கேற்ப இவர்கள் நடக்கிறார்களா?

பிக்பாஸை விவாதித்த அளவிற்கு கூட விவாசாய பிரச்சனைகளை விவாதிக்காததை பார்த்தால் அதிலிருந்து மக்களை திசை திருப்புகிறார்களோ என்ற ஐயம் வருகிறது..

ஊட்கங்கள் தமது நடுநிலைமையை ,முக்கியத்துவம் குடுக்கக வேண்டிய விடயங்களை பற்றிய பார்வையை சுய பரிசோததனை செய்ய வேண்டிய அவசியம் இருப்பதாகவே பெரும்பாலான மக்கள் எண்ணுகிறாற்கள்...அது நடக்குமா?

மக்களில் ஒருவன்

Kulirvikkum mazhaye!!!

Kulirntha kaatru mella varuda kaarmegam karaigirathe
Siruga siruga karainthu vanthu saaralanadhe
Mudhal thuli en mel vizha magizhchi ponguthe
Aalangatti tharayil vizha punnagai pookkudhe....

Siru siru vairangaalaai kottum mazhai thuligal...
Paranthu virinthu aadi varum vanna mayil iragugal...
Kuruvi koottam silirthu koottam koodi parakkave
Thannai nenaikkum maari kandu bhoomi sirikkave
Paarkiren punnagai uzhavar enum kadavul mugaththile....

Soodana theneer kulambi
Ponnirathil ventha milagai bhajji
Kottum mazhai kandu unbadharumaiye
Nilam ninaithu pattadaayai milirvathu swargame...

Sukumar Ra

Is media debating right things?

There are various news coming in that in Ghorakpur,UP(current CM was MP from this place) that 63 children died due to no oxygen supply in the hospital.

While the govt statements say that these children died due to brain fever or something of that sort,there is a news coming in that FIR has been filed against oxygen supplier and if the messages coming in social media are true, that there has been around 40 reminders from the supplier for his pending payment claims and not settled yet by the govt, due to which the supplier denied further supplies is very serious​ issue.

Even if the govt statement of brain disease is true also, its another serious issue of ill functioning of the public health department of the govt.

And no news channel seems to be interested to take up this debate in their prime time debates. There is a message circulating in social media that times now anchor in debate on vandemataram has asked is it so important to discuss on the UP disaster during the vandemataram debate.

Is it not the moral responsibility of the media to make it a point and show the truth to the people?

Is debating on vandemataram or rift between BJP and AIADMK more important than the 63 kids death?

Seriously the 4th pillar of the democracy gets questioned here due to giving low preference to serious issues like this.

Note.. all the above is based on the news in circulation.

Dravidianism...Indianism

There is lot of things and speeches revolving around these 3 things

Dravidianism
Indianism

Though the speeches given by the respective leaders are more of political oriented, it has to be clearly distinguished and understood as its need of the hour and there is an impression that the central govts all wanted to have a commonalism thorugh out the country than regionalism,since India is a country with speciality of Unity in Diversity.

I am still trying to understand the basic differences between these 2 idelogies or infact basically what they mean. By joining the dots from various speeches and debates i understood this way. Its just my opinin and not offense to any of these idelogies.

Let me start with Indianism.. it simply means all people living in India shall be feeling they are Indians first and respect all other indians with equality irrespective of caste, creed, religion, region,color,race,gender. Or simply being patriotic to the country.

Dravidianism... This is the ideology of the southern part of India and this is exisiting majorly in the state of Tamilnadu as on date and recently in certain issues and the low priority given by central govts to the southern states has raised the topic of a seperate south india or Dravidian country. What does it mean actually?
This is an ideology that distincts the aryan race from non aryan race of the south India. As per various debates its understood that the word came into existence few centuries ago and its predominantly spelled out from 20th century onwards. It refers to the people of tamil, telugu,kannada,malayalam origin or the mainland of the people of these 4 languages.

Still trying to understand more on this and will write based on my understanding further.

Thanks for reading.

Tata Tiago-My Review

First to Say, The Tiago Its Fantastico from Tata has been eegonomically,asthetically superb one from them.

I am using it for past 13 months and here comes my first review on it. I wanted to write a detailed review but since this is first one on my Tiago,let me keep it crisp.

I am using XM petrol variant and all petrol variants will be same with respect to the performance.

The first best thing about Tiago is its eye catching asthetically good exteriors and interiors,which wasnt the USP of the Tata cars till date with Nano being exemption.

Interior seating space is much better than other cars in this segment,power pickup same as other 1.2 L engine cars,hence performance wise it is equal if not more compared to other brands.

Mileage is the USP of Tatas and Tiago rated mileage is 23.84 kmpl which is best in this segment. I am regularly getting 14 to 16kmpl in city, 21 to 23kmpl on highways with AC which no other brand car gives in this segment. I used the car less and i am sure the mileage will further increase on regular usage on highways.

Coming to the cost, mine costed 4.8 lakhs on road price in Bangalore,which is atleast 25% economical compared to other cars.

Overall its best value for money and the performance on par with other brands,less maintainence cost makes this best in this segment.

Simply Its Fantastico

ICC World Cup 2015- A review till 23-Feb-2015

The ICC cricket world cup 2015 started with a good note and so far 9 days into the world cup, its very good cricket that has happened, with some ferocious batting, bowling and fielding efforts on display from the teams. There were some awesome performances and some unexpected performances too.

Coming into the teams and how they fared so far in the world cup, lets have a short look at those. Let me start with India, being an Indian.

India:

Many had written off India till the world cup began and now they are the talk of the town with two astounding wins against their Arch rivals Pakistan , to whom they never lost in a world cup match till date and South Africa, against whom they have lost all the three world cup encounters till yesterday's win.

It all started with the match against Pakistan , where the batsmen came in handy with 70's from Shikar Dhawan & Suresh Raina , along with a marvelous ton by Kohli that made India to post 300 on the board, though the last five overs yielded only 21 runs and India lost 4 wickets ( including 3 wickets from overs 48.5-49.2), the total was sufficient to knock down Pakistan by 76 runs. Shami, Umesh, Jadeja , Mohit chipped in with wickets when needed and in the middle overs took 3 wickets for 1 run which made Pakistan go away from chasing and once Misbah got out, its all but a win for India.

Against South Africa too MSD won the toss and chose to bat, despite losing Rohit for a duck, courtesy direct hit by ABD, Shikar came out blazing with his career best score of 137 , and a patient knock of 46 from Virat, an attacking 79 from Rahane has made India post 307, their highest against SA in a WC game. Those who wrote off Shikar dhawan had seen a fantastic innings from him and he repeated his Champions Trophy outing style here too. Again with the mediocre bowling India has, it managed to bowl in right areas and keep the proteas in check, controlling the run flow and taking out QDecock early( in his previous 3 outings against India, he has scored tons). Then with the run flow restricted,and Amla taking a risk of pulling a short ball, got out by a brilliant catch in the deep by Shami, judging it well to keep himself within the boundary line. Then when ABD took the risk of a second run , misjudging Mohit's arm in the deep, lost his wicket, which gave India much wanted relief and in a similar way Miller too got out, the ever productive reverse sweep has called for the fall of JP Duminy and India beat the proteas by a whopping 130 run margin, one of their bests in a WC game and their best ever against SA.

With the other games for India scheduled against UAE,Zimbabwe, West Indies and Ireland, India can be the leader from the group if it keeps its winning form in 3 out of 4 games.

New Zealand:

Temper - My Take!

After couple of flicks of Tarak not going well with the audience, and Puri slightly off mark with his last 2 flicks, both came back with a bang at the Box office with Temper. The confidence shown by the Temper team before the movie release was apt and its truly 100% correct, and showed how they believed Temper can make inroads at the BO and end the lag period of the lead actor as well as the director!

Coming to the movie, everything they kept on the screen is apt for the story line selected, added with a racy narration made the movie an awesome one to watch. We , the Tarak fans are expecting such an energetic performance from Tarak after Baadshah, and the performance is inline with his best performances given in Aadi,Simhadri,Yamadonga! And with this our thirst has been quenched by the Temper Team!

Coming to the best aspects in Temper, its the lead actors performances on screen, the racy narration, entertaining dialogues, perfect dialogue delivery by every one with Tarak's being highlight of the movie, the best BGM of recent times, stylish looks, stylish picturization of the songs, awesome choregraphy( best inline with Yamadonga, Kantri), and best direction!

The first half is quiet decent one and until we watch the movie till the end, we do not realize the importance of the first half. Almost all the scenes in the first half , has been used as lead scenes to the second half and when the movie is in high TEMPER mode in 2nd half we do realize that the decent first half is of so much importance and its awesome too!

Coming to Tarak, his mannersims ,stylish looks, his acting, dances, dialogue delivery are at his best. I am really realizing that Puri's words in Audio Release function that , NTR will be seen as Before Temper and After Temper, its 200% true. We have been waiting for such a performance from Tarak and we are satisfied with Temper now, we want Tarak to select such scripts which give ample amount of entertainment and gives his best performance.

A special thanks to Vakkantham Vamsi for such a brilliant story, he deserves applauds for the court room scene in the pre-climax. And Posani, who is well known for his comic performances , has given a superb performance, elevating Daya( Tarak) in every scene. I can definitely say this is best from Posani and will be remembered forever. The other cast , including Prakash Raj did justice to their roles and gave a neat performance making the movie entertaining in every scene.

The choreography, cinematography , BGM deserves special applause for making the movie look so stylish and rich. Only one thing I can say for sure is, irrespective of the Total BO collections of the movie, as Puri told in the audio function, the movie will stand tall in our hearts for a long time.

Overall, the movie is definitely worth watch and you wont find even a single scene that disappoints you. Its a different movie from Tarak & Puri and both are at their best in this movie. Watch it on Big Screen and enjoy the movie.

As a Tarak fan, I feel satisfied with the movie 200% than what the cine industry people told in social media and media about the movie!

Tarak's Emotional Speech about N-fans in Temper Audio Launch!

All the Tarak fans were mesmerized by the speech given by Tarak at Temper Audio Launch. Every word spoken by him is a priceless gem about his fans. His words made every Tarak fan feel proud of being a Tarakian. This is not to mean other heroes and their fans are not good. Its simply that Tarak has made his fans proud.

The most important thing to note is a fan has made a audio visual showing off his feelings on Tarak, his acting capabilities which many fans supported. Tarak is the best of the lot of present generation actors overall and he should not be confined to only Mass entertainers, which at one point of time, may look monotonous and leads to failures at Boxoffice.

The concern shown by Tarak towards his fan's feelings is awesome gesture by him, and his words indicating that he will keep trying till all his fans proudly lift their collars and say "I am proud to be a Nandamuri Fan". And his words of Nandamuri Namasamvatsaram is 100% true, with his brother Kalyanram's Pataas emerging as 1st Blockbuster of Telugu Film Industry in 2015. And all the fans are hoping that the trend continues with Temper and Lion.

His confidence and subtle gestures make us feel so proud of him. His words saying that he will satisfy us in Temper , if not in his next film is so great. He need not to give importance to every fan's feeling, but he did, which is a remarkable one and that makes him stand much more taller in our hearts.

I sincerely wish the Temper team to get a blockbuster hit , as did the audio!

Nandamuri Nama Samvatsaram of Tollywood Started!

Its official now that Nandamuri Nama Samvatsaram has started in Tollywood with Nandamuri Kalyanram's Pataas getting the 1st blockbuster status of 2015 in Tollywood or the Telugu Film Industry. Jr NTR@ Tarak's Temper's audio is a great success and the combination is expected to work wonders at the Telugu box office followed by Lion, which will be a mass entertainer from NBK, who is riding on the success of Legend.

Coming to the Pataas' Blockbuster status, the movie theatricals was sold for 9 crores and the first week distributor share was around 9.5 Crores( some websites claim it as 9 crores and some close to 10 crores), though official figures from producers and distributors are awaited, they declared that the movie is in profit zone from day 7, which means the collections are more than 9 crores in the first week. More prints were added for week 2 and the 2nd weekend collections will be another 2 crores , with no biggie in competition and added prints, in many screens, sankranthi releases are being replaced by Pataas and another same day release Beeruva, which is a good sign for continuing the good run of Pataas.

As per the latest reports from BO, the 10 day collections are estimated some where around 11-11.5 crores, which simply means 2-2.5 crores profit or 22-28% profit to the distributors. And with minimum share around 2 crores expected more to get added in the full run, the distributor profits will be around 44-50%, which is enough to term the movie as a REAL blockbuster and the first Telugu Block buster for the year 2015.

As a fan of Tarak, I am really happy to see his brother Kalyanram deliver the first telugu blockbuster of 2015 and wishing Tarak to continue that with TEMPER and NBK continue with LION.

With the range of the Hit received by the Audio of Temper and the craze among the fans and telugu movie audiences for the Tarak-Puri Combo, it is more likely to end up as a HIT movie minimum.

Wishing all my dear Tarak fans & N-fans a Nandamuri Nama Samvatsaram!

Pataas- Good beginning for N Hereos in 2015

After a long time, a much deserved Hit has come for Nandamuri Kalyanram in the form of Pataas. His wait for a hit for 6 years after his last hit Hare Ram has paid off. Same way a hit for Nandamuri Hereos after Lengend has come, in the month of January 2015 marking it as a good beginning for Nandamuri Hereos and fans. With Temper and Lion to follow, and hoping these 2 will become hits at the BO, making it a clean hit year for my Nandamuri Fans and Nandamuri heroes. And it has been real Sankranthi for N-fans on 23-Jan-2015 when Pataas was declared hit with the positive mouth talk and its BO performance.

What makes Pataas a hit/Super hit/Blockbuster:

From the movie aspect, these are the key things that made the movie generate positive talk and end up declared as hit.

1. Kalyanram's performance
2. Pacy narration and interesting screenplay
3. Music
4. Brilliant performance from the Technical crew and other star cast.

From the BO prespective , this is how the movie has been declared hit.

1. World wide theatricals sold for 9 cr INR.
2. Day 1 collections of around 2 crs share and 1st weekend collections of 5.5 cr share.
3. The movie had did well at BO on day 4( republic day) and continuing the same on 5th day, with the estimates for these 2 days adding upto another 2.5 crs share.
4. By all above, the movie share will be around 8 crores by day 5, which is 90% of the theatricals recovered in 5 days.
5. With the mouth talk for the movie and postivie reviews all over, and the response from audience, the movie is expected to earn around 9 cr share by Week 1, which is the breakeven and enough to be declared hit.
6. The range of the movie going into super hit/block buster depends on how much it earns in its 2nd week, based on the current scenario around 15 cr world wide share is expected for Pataas, which will be enough to term it as Block buster at the BO.

With such a good BO performance, it has made all N fans happy and its the best sankranthi gift for fans, that Kalyanram can give to us, the N fans.

 

India's chances at the World Cup 2015!

India being the defending champions of the World cup cricket, has much more responsibility to come back on track and perform well in the world cup. The current form of the team is a big question mark, with the team not performing collectively. And unlike the earlier world cup, where spin played a major role, this world cup is being played on pace friendly tracks and Indian bowling attack is not so good in such conditions.

Moreover, from the last world cup there are few changes to the rules in ODI cricket

1. Usage of 2 new balls from each end
2. Power play overs reduced to 15( First ten overs mandatory, 5 overs batting powerplay before 40th over)
3. Only 4 fielders allowed outside the 30 yard circle in non-powerplay overs, against 5 allowed in the previous edition.
4. Spin friendly tracks in 2011 World cup Vs pace friendly tracks in 2015 world cup.

The above new set of rules has made the part time bowlers role limited in ODI's, whereas part timers were so effective in the previous world cup( remember Yuvi playing a significant role with the ball). Still, there are much more ways to tackle this if some kind of effective plans are made , all needs is batsmen in form and bowlers doing decent job with fielders supporting them. Its so simple, but how far India can make this effective, considering the performances its showing the CB series is putting serious doubts in the minds of Indian cricket lovers!

Indian team in Group Stage:

The group stage for India is set up very well, the other teams in the group being South Africa, Pakistan, Westindies, Zimbabwe, Ireland,UAE. Top four teams qualify for the knockouts. To make that happen, minimum requirement is win 3 games with good margin to progress. With teams like UAE,Ireland,Zimbabwe and WestIndies in the group, India's chances of qualifying to the knockouts is more or less confirmed, unless a very bad or worst performance against the lower ranked sides happens, which is the least possibility. If Indians perform reasonably well with both bat and ball, qualifying to knock outs is never a question mark.

India Vs Pakistan

India's opening match against Pakistan is more than the world cup finals for them, as India will look its clean sweep record against Pakistan in World cups and Pakistan wants to make it a no-clean sweep. The first time both these teams met in a world cup is in 1992 in Australia and this time its the same country hosting the match. There were India Vs Pakistan clashes in 1996, 1999,2003,2011 and all the games were won by India. More than 50k viewers are expected to watch this match on the venue( all tickets sold out on the day it opened within a span of less than 30 mins, much more than any other match in this world cup) and about 3 crore( 30 million) viewers on television.

India relies on its batting strength and Pakistan on its bowling strength. If Indian batsman out perform the Pakistani's by a good margin, then the match will be in India's favor, as an Indian, I wish to see India winning this game than any other game in the entire world cup. The match is a pure contest between Indian Top 6 batsmen Vs Pakistan bowlers. On paper this match looks of 50-50 chance for both the teams.

India Vs South Africa

The only team against which India lost a match in 2011 world cup is against South Africa and they have edge over the Indian's this time too. And South Africa is known for its choking and hopefully it happens against India.

South Africa is strong on both the batting and bowling fronts with Amla,De Cock, ABD, Steyn,Philander,Morne giving out their best on any given day. If India has to win this game, or atleast be competitive in the game, the top order needs to fare extremely well against the feiry SA pace attack and the bowlers need to contain the SA top batsmen, which is a difficult task. On paper, it looks 80-20 in favor of SA.

India Vs Westindies

Westindies, in the absence of Pollard and Bravo looks like a team that is regrouping, still there is Gayle at the top order, if he clicks, then it will be a good chance for the carribeans to win against any team on given day. They have Ramdin, Russel, Samuels who can hit big and if all click together India will find it tough to win the game. But on the other hand, India has firepower in batting and if its clicks well, it will be a tough job for the windies. On paper this looks like 70-30 in favor of Inda.

India Vs Zimbabwe

Compared to other full members in the group, Zimbabwe is the weakest side. And against India, if they want to win, they need to perform a miracle almost. Lack of depth in both batting and bowling fronts give the advantage to India in this game and on paper its 90-10 in favor of India.

India Vs UAE

The associate nation from Asia is yet to prove on the 50 over format against full nations and unless any miracles happen its easy game to Win for India. The chances are 98-2 in favor of India.

India Vs Ireland

The associate nation is known to give shocking defeats to full members in world cups, the win against Pakistan in 2007 shut doors for Pakistan progressing further and their win against England in 2011, chasing down 328 is a remarkable one in WC history and its a record chase in a WC match. India needs to be a bit cautious against this side to progress into knockout stage.

Knockouts

The likely combinations of QF match involving India is Australia, England, Srilanka, New Zealand. Except Srilanka all the other 3 teams are strong on pace friendly tracks and it needs a spectacular performance from the Indians to go into semifinals and finals.

Key Players need to perform:

Virat Kohli- The batting strength lies with the form of Virat undoubtedly and he needs to give star performances for India to reach knockouts and finals.

MSD- MSD should utilize his options available to the fullest and with the bat and gloves he need to perform.

Rohit Sharma/Shikar/Rahane - A lot depends on how these batsmen score runs at the top of the order either to chase down the target or put a stiff target to the opposition.

Bowlers : The bowlers needs to be much more consistent in line and lengths. Ishant, the most experienced of the bowling attack needs to spearhead and cause enough damages to the opposition. Shami/Bhuvi/Umesh should take atleast a wicket each in the first 10 overs to put brakes on the opposition scoring. Binny/Axar/Ashwin/Jaddu should concentrate more on tight bowling to contain the opposition and also take wickets.

On the whole, the real test for India is in the knockouts and they should take every game seriously in the league stage to reach knockouts.

Wishing the Men In Blue a success in this world cup 2015.

 

Pataas- Much Needed Hit for Kalyanram!

Kalyanram has been striving for a hit after his last successful movie Hare Ram, for more than 6 years. He made only 3 movies after his last hit - Jayeebhava, Kaththi, OM 3D, all under his home banner. All these 3 movies were not impressive at the boxoffice, though OM 3D was well received by critics.

Finally the drought has ended with Pataas, and is most likely to emerge as a commercial hit at the BO , first for Nandamuri heroes in 2015. The pre release business of 9 crores seems to be a decent one for the movie and in all possible ways, the movie is expected to cross this easily in its first week itself. The early reports from the early morning shows in AP gave a talk ranging from above average to Hit, and the early trade buzz is indicating that Pataas is having good openings, which is much needed for Kalyanram.

This will put NKR back into stardom and depending of the range of hit of the movie, the market value of Kalyanram is going to increase from the present 9 crores for sure. A good comeback from him.

Coming to the reviews of Pataas so far, all reviewers has given good rating about the movie indicating that Kalyanram performance, music, dance, action sequences, speedy narration, energetic screenplay,abundant humour are the plus points of the movie and its a clean commercial entertainer, though the story is of regular action drama one.

On the whole Pataas team deserves a pat on their back for giving such a Hit movie and making all our N-fans happy in the first month of the year 2015.