It was, indeed, a quiet Sunday. After weeks of hectic travel and meeting people, it was a day spent at home. On such occasions, listening to music becomes the core theme and so it was today too, the prime mover being the musical programme, 'Rangoli' on the national channel which covered a Guru Dutt special. All the numbers covered in it were my favourites and that, set the trend.
Talking to mom is mandatory on all Sunday mornings and today she's given me the task of getting her a new, framed photograph of her favourite deity, Guruvayoorappan. My sister and niece had also chipped in with their inputs and generally, things seem to be going fine out there.
Malayalam movies are getting to be interesting with daring themes being explored and quite a few of them by debutant film makers have been worth watching. A movie of this genre was '22, Female, Kottayam' that I'd missed watching at a cinema and was being aired on the television. The film gets its name from the details filled on the application form for a passport! The main protagonist, Tessa's transformation from a meek, back home type of a girl to the confident lady ready-to-take-on-the-bad-world around her, thanks to her sad experiences with the guy that she was in love and with men, in general, forms the backbone of the story. Reema Kallingal, the actor, has done a commendable job in etching out the contours of the character by her subdued acting.
And then, of course, it was the classy way in which the West Indians overpowered the Sri Lankans in the finals of the T20 World Cup finals that kept us glued to the set. The latter's loss, in front of a capacity home crowd, was stunning as was visible by the quiet that prevailed in the final overs!
Tailpiece.
And I must admit that I was batting for the Windies all the way!
Talking to mom is mandatory on all Sunday mornings and today she's given me the task of getting her a new, framed photograph of her favourite deity, Guruvayoorappan. My sister and niece had also chipped in with their inputs and generally, things seem to be going fine out there.
Malayalam movies are getting to be interesting with daring themes being explored and quite a few of them by debutant film makers have been worth watching. A movie of this genre was '22, Female, Kottayam' that I'd missed watching at a cinema and was being aired on the television. The film gets its name from the details filled on the application form for a passport! The main protagonist, Tessa's transformation from a meek, back home type of a girl to the confident lady ready-to-take-on-the-bad-world around her, thanks to her sad experiences with the guy that she was in love and with men, in general, forms the backbone of the story. Reema Kallingal, the actor, has done a commendable job in etching out the contours of the character by her subdued acting.
And then, of course, it was the classy way in which the West Indians overpowered the Sri Lankans in the finals of the T20 World Cup finals that kept us glued to the set. The latter's loss, in front of a capacity home crowd, was stunning as was visible by the quiet that prevailed in the final overs!
Tailpiece.
And I must admit that I was batting for the Windies all the way!
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