SRI'S Blog

Cricket An Indian  team Cricket tour of Australia is always interesting and engrossing for many reasons.  The atmosphere , the stadiums (   the  Adelaide Stadium was not the one I know – total change )  , the crowd , the pitches, the commentary and its quality and assessment , getting up early to match the Aussie time zone and finally  the intensity of the battle   . The first test at Adelaide started with the background of losing a young , upcoming player to the Sport itself. Not one of those things that  happen regularly but it was sad to see Phil Hughes die , hit by the Cricket ball. One hopes that this would be the last of its kind. With Dhoni not available , we had a young captain who was willing to take risks.. The team had a wrist spinner in the playing XI and the decision to go with Four Bowlers may be a good one.  ( Anyway our bowlers get whacked all over and so what will one more bowler bring in – better to have  an  extra batsman). Aussies dominated the first two day

I was keen to watch this movie for several reason 1.. A period movie after a long time. Having watched several trendy  movies  in the recent past ,that had so much of technology and everything modern and plush , hard to believe scenes, logic missing  ( entertainment at its best )and everything unreal, here is a movie that will take you back several decades .  So excitement on how this was executed 2. The actors -- Both Siddarth and Prithivaraj do not do the normal roles. They take up challenging ones and one can expect them to do the extraordinary. 3. The pre build up marketing for the movie was outstanding .. Just dragged me in to watch as soon as it was screened, 4. Music by AR Rahaman .. Enchanting, leg shaking  and delightful . The songs urged me to check as to how they were filmed.. Did it meet my expectations ?  I would say  more towards meeting rather than not.  You may be very familiar with the story line. A Theatre Company owner ( neatly done by evergreen Na