Namesake-My name is Karthi(K)

Namesake –My name is Karthi(K)

 
 




It is very clear now. There is a drought in the scriptwriter / director’s creative cells.

No. I don’t mean that their creative ideas are drained.

Guess, What I am pointing here ?. May be Title suggests you something.



This is not about the name of the film. It is about the name of the lead character / Hero / protagonist in our Tamil movies.



Confused .Ok. See the list of the Tamil films. You may find one aspect common to all the films.



1. Alaipauthey

2. Peralagan

3. Sarvam

4. Nepali

5. Mozhi

6. Vinnai thandi varuvaya

7. Theeratha vilayattu pillai



I may missed some other titles also..

What is common? Karthik is the answer.

The character name of the lead actor in these films is Karthik.

And now there is a hindi film featuring Farahan Akthar and Deepika ‘Kartik calling Kartik’.





Earlier the hit names are Shiva ,Jeeva .Now its ‘Karthik’s ‘turn.



Think if Vijayakanth’s or Rajini’s name is karthik in their upcoming films. You may burst into laughter.

What is the reason behind the current surge of karthik in Tamil films. I wondering that the director may feel this name ‘Karthik’ has a youth appeal.



I never want to be called as Karthik..While in school ,they called me Karthika and in college ,they purposefully called ‘petchi’ .



In home , I am Karthi.

Lost in Transition

Lost in Transition

We don’t know how we are loosing our great good friends, with whom we had the unforgettable memories in the past.

One such Lost happened recently. Whatever the reason, the pages Muthukumar has written in my college life, don’t get fade.

2008/9/30 Pavithran P pavithran.p@gmail.com

7:08 PM me: r u alive ?

7:41 PM Pavithran: ya. i am how r u?

7:45 PM me: fine .. u ? pune?

7:46 PM Pavithran: ya

where r u?

7:47 PM me: Chennai. u?

7:48 PM Pavithran: tata technologies

7:49 PM me: s s... with vadivalagan and pattu.. right?

7:50 PM Pavithran: ya

7:51 PM so..how is life going

7:52 PM me: fine... same usual.
.

7:56 PM u knw muthukumar got married/ did he invited u

8:01 PM Pavithran: no da

this is a news for me

8:03 PM me: similarly i got this news. he didnt inform me. i dont knw. infact he knws my no.. shankarasubramainam told me

Pavithran: thats ok..forget it..man..

8:04 PM buddy got to go

me: s s.. i just felt ... since we had a good time

in the college

Pavithran: give me ur no.

8:05 PM hay

give me ur no.

8:06 PM me:

இது யாருமே வராத tea கடை

இது யாருமே வராத tea கடை


Title -Courtesy -Nathan Pillai

One year over .I started blogging last sep. Years ago, I used to call Bali for writing official letters. He helped me a lot. After sometime, I have some inventory of emails, which I have sent to my friends, about us –our personal and professional updates.

I posted all the emails in this blog. The travel, personal things, MBA classes given some stories, true incidents and I started posting regularly

In the beginning , I called my friends to check my blog and asked them for the comments .When I realized , they have more works to do, I stopped my enthusiasm .

Sometimes I had the urge to write my experiences .Over the period, this blog became my diary, my friend.

As Nathan commented "இது யாருமே வராத tea கடை"

For the first year celebration, I want to thank my blog readers.

I thank others also, who mistakenly visit this blog

Regular Reader: Nathan Pillai

Occasional Reader :

.

Compulsary readers.

kathir,punnaivanam,rajasekar,balakrishnan

His name is Balee

His Name is
A unclassified account on

This is the 10th year. My association with balee started in the year 1998.

First time I saw this guy while standing in the Mepco’s STD booth, during our early first year in the college. I got irritated because of him.
That was a long queue .Our lad was talking for a long time.

“Ama appa palam sapiten .rendu pachai vazha palam… illa pa ... their satham mattum than night sapiduren…. Sonja kosu adikam pa…. ama mineral water than kudikern…”
You can imagine this dialogue in Anniyan ambi tone. Finally, he came out …
He may forget this piece.

After that, when thampiduari, my first year room mate gave an introduction about balee.We didn’t have a relation during first year.

When, we started to mingle in the second year, I came to know the mepco legend about Balee.Balee’s dad visited Michigan State University, where his elder son was studying. He simply struck by the ambivalent of the campus. He had big opinion about the university.

He was also in CII’s southern chapter office and he himself a prominent industrial personality at that time, based in madurai.One day he happened to be the chief guest at a function in Mepco. He was completely beaten by Mepco’s strict military regime.
He liked the college more than the great Michigan university .That is how balee was in mepco.

How, I can define balee’s character. I believe you may see the film Ayuitha elthu.
Balee’s is somewhat like Siddhrath in that film. For E.g... A scene, where people are waiting outside the US embassy for Visa interview. Siddarth is coming late and by chatting unwanted things with a friend, who is in the queue, Sidarth also joins the line in the middle. That is balee.

He will do, whatever he wants and finally achieve his true intention.

Sometimes, you may think that, he is making lot of scene.” Overa scene pduran “.
But that is his nature.

During the college initial days, he was always busy chatting with girls. Finally he had some friendship failure that is history now. He now hates the place srivilliputhoor and karaikal.

While in 4th semester, we, group of 10, gelled together. He was the only finance minister in our gang.

He put a notice board in his room .That showed his current credits.

Petchi: 50 + 32.25 + 49.45 + 3 (kings, during free night)

Saravana: 30 + 12.30 …

Like that…..He is a perfectionist.

But he never hesitates to give the money. Till now, we are enjoying his loan without any interest.

“Ilaa Appa Sonna “… This was the three letter word , which has broken any staffs hard standing. Whether it was in college or hostel, Balee, used these words whenever he was in the problem.

For E.g.: A period’s absence will attract Rs. 5 fine. And a half day’s leave also attract Rs.5 only. You have already attended the first three periods and the last period is going to finish now. We in the last desk are laughing for some reasons. The staff is picking up and asked us to leave the class. Now “Balee will say “Illa appa sonna”.
Since his dad is a known person to the college, What ever the reason he starts with these words and finally he will be let off. This is balee.

The three years in the college and life in Chennai after mepco speak volume about his kind gestures.

He is full of ethics while purchase.

For E.g .. If he wants to buy a kerchief, he will roam all over Chennai. He will not rest until he finds the right shop. Shop? .. He will search shops, where he will get buy one get two free or vice versa. He has such nick of caliber .We always look after him for any purchase .

Whenever, he comes back from US, he will bring some chocolates .That chocolates we can find in Chennai also.

” What about the liquor “, I asked him during his last visit to India. “ I brought one, but that is for a Girl, not for you”. This is Balee’s another dimension.
He can enjoy the Saturday evenings with girls with same kind of enthusiasm when he is with the boys.

When I posted a story, related to his family, he called me. I have not got his permission.
But he was not taking it seriously. That is ....

“Naina “, this is how our mate used to call his father. I believe they are sharing a wonderful rapport. Never seen in any family. Though his father sometimes goes overboard by his ‘MOKKA’, we all enjoy his company also.

Balee, always trying to be a jack of all trade. He put his hands in every thing.
French or Japanese, he wants to study everyting.He even tried his throat in singing.
For us, it was a tragedy, but him that was also a part his schedule.

We, almost all, except a few tried to be a replica of him. Until, few years back, we were under his influence. But he molded us individually. We found ourselves because of him too...

I personally like his big blast laugh, (Showing all his teeth) .We all love him violently.
It is a great pride that Balee is with us .

Tailpiece :
I wanted to write this in a more humor way. I tried. But I believe, I have not put my best memory.

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The two flop proposals

The two flop proposals

This two love stories were failed attempt .But when looking back, the incidents are really funny.

The email stories-1

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Mamas,
Once again ,this petchi is coming into his familiar territory
This time , I am typing about our own little flirt master gooja's( the real master is none other than Bali) untold romance.

Here we go,

A TRUE FLIRT'S LOVE STORY
( I don’t love you …. ?!!??&%$#/?....But I selected you…) this is the tag line.

It all started in the mid 90's , we can say in the year 1996, when our hero gooja( hereafter for the heroine's convenience , we call him Balu-the milky) finisihed his class 10th.He announced his happiness to all of his neighbours including the herione , who lives in the adjacent street.

Both have completed their 10th at that time. They didn’t have much interactions as balu was a child …

When they entered their 12th std, they slowly started their conversations .They discussed about their studies, careers and etc.Now their friendship also started in a healthy manner.What I mean is, he didn’t make a solid kadalai or mokka as with other girls.He protected his other side from her.He never flirted with her. This is truly inspired her and she thought balu is geniune guy unlike others..So… this was time she started to love him and he too.

But both have not expressed their desire.

They took a different studies .Balu maintained his friendship in a subtle way though the undercurrent love is always there.

Life took him to mepco, then chennai .After a self exile of one year in Gujarat , balu returned back to chennai.

Balu, is the guy, who always wants to mingle with the girls immediately.After he landed a job in chennai, he asked the herione, how to correct gals.She replied something.By this balu measured the depth of the sea.He got some idea.

One fine day, that day he was travelling to attend a interview at Hosur, balu sent a sms , asking her what type of marriage she would like to have.

'' I cant love anybody.. But I love the person , who selects me as his life partner..'" she replied.He sent one more SMS ,stating that he wants to say onething.

Balu sucessfully finished the discussion and got the job.Now, he wants to pass in the other test.He has gone to his native town.

In the eveing , he made a walk to her and gave the sweets.She asked what he wanted to say.Balu got a little shy.He didn’t opened up his mouth.

She told that , she has taken photographs .That was for alliance purposes.She showed them to him.

Now, balu asked her, '' Are you in love with anyone". She replied negatively.''Are you ready for a intercaste marriage, balu throwed the next one with much confidence.

''It depends on the guy …" she answered with joy….They ended the chat as balu again went to think-tank mood.

She was more anxcious to hear the next question from Balu.She said her parents are looking a alliance for her.
Balu replied , ''say your father , don’t look for a bridegroom for you''..'' Why''..she asked..

Then the new gen-next dialague came from Balu"' Remember your SMS, you confirmed that if someone selects you, then you will love him…. I don’t love you .. But I selected you…what you say.."'

Guys .. I end the story here.. I tried to write this in a better manner.
But this writing is not good as before..

The climax is.. The gal took 2 days to express her love .Balu now in the race with saravana.

'' We like each other very much..But I don’t want to call it as Love… We are not like others. We will not send every hours sms's ,mails etc..We know the true battle now only begins ..We should consenus from both sides.If everthing falls in our places ,we are happy..Till then, we maintain a relation which sould not be overboard…""

This is gooja's verdict on his love.

Mamas. .. For heaven's sake.. This love should be end with success as I belive this one of the most matured love and it will break the barriers.

petchi

The email stories-2

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Mamas,
Petchi: The Asli Hero-Part 2.

'' This all happened on sunday night and gooja and myself were going to sleep. I slept immediately .I have seen D in my dream and I woke up.
I called Robo ,punni and Arul over phone and asked '' D yenkau kidaipala''. You know , they came up with the same answer '' No, Never...''.The time was around 12.30 mid night.''

'' On Monday night i again called arul and sethu and asked that'' shall i express my love for her'' . Yes, you have to say this, i got their reply. And experts like Gooja has said'' sollatha kadahl sellathu''....

Tuesady Night , I discussed with my sister the same thing..'' Kassa , Panama... Go ahead .. ''. So I decided to say that 4 letter word...
On that night, i drafted a letter in my heart and planned to send an e-mail tomorrow.Then i called D, but i have not told this but made some general interactions as usual.
The letter is'' Hi D, i would like to say a four letter word to you. No.. that is not love .. it is life. Yes , i want to be part of your future life. I will be happy, if you accept my proposal. I dont know much about you but You are polite , humble, bold and of course you are good looking. I know, you dont know much about me.

Now, if you give me a appointment to meet you, then i will explain myself .If you find i am good enough for your life partner , then accept my love.
I will not take my heart to a downfall, if you reject me outrightly. I have no issues.All i want to say, i like you and i hope i will be a good husband for you.Thats it..."

I have to attend a Interview on wedneday afternoon.. So i decided to send the mail in the evening. During the morning breakfast with saravana, i wanted a confirmation from my mom. I typed a sms to my sister '' I am going to say my love to D.Before that i want to discuss with mom". I sent it.But...
I have sent to D instead of my sister.Alas ... i could not take the food afterwards. It was a mistake... Not a intentional one.

D called me immediately. I didnt attend . She sent one sms saying'' playing with pranks in the morning.. anyway good day..'

After the interview , around 5.30 , i sent one sms , '' i want to talk to you. is it possible today.." She has not replied anything until 8.30.
But the 3 hours were a nightmare for me. But I thought, she will not call again . i felt, she will cut short the good relationship .

She called me, at 8.30 and asked '' what is happening petchinathan?. I told like this '' D i like you. I dont know how can express this'' . I repeated some of the letter content.. ''. Then she said......

'' Petchinathan. i have not taken this as wrong. I am already in a relationship, . I dont know, when will i get married. .Please dont take serious .Cool.''

I said," Good. Atleast , you have behaved in a mature way. I know about you. That why i decided to say this''..
She said'' Thanks for the compliment .. and You too took this in a practical manner''

'' You are my friend .. how can i take this in a serious note.. I know you from 3rd year , and I never thought you in that angle so far. I have no problems ,. Dont feel, i take this in lighter way...,'' D continued.

'' Thank you'' , i said..
Then she said '' We talked many times and met occasionally, but you never exposed this part before and did not give any indications about this. Good Petchinathan. ''

I replied '' i dont have any great feeling for you .. But i like you. I wanted to convey this message to you and I did. ''
D asked '' without geeting any results , how did you discuss about me with your family...''
I told '' i wanted to get the a confirmation from my family for a Love marriage . so I called my sister. that s all.
'' Petchinthan , you are so cautious and good person ''( Nee romba nallavana yerkiye'- that s what she told in tamil..., remember the Hilarious Vadivelu comedy)

Then i told '' keep in touch..''
"' Hey, you can send mokka sms any time. You are my friend .. Ok..." She said.

OK. Bye D ., I said.
Good Night , Bye.. . she replied.

Now tell me boys...who is unlucky D or me.

Lessons learned '' Dont wait for the time .. if you want express yourself say immediately ''

Guys, I thank you all,for your overwhelming support to my love.As you expected my love got failed. But petchi won..

Operation failed.. but patient breaths ....

Note : Mamas , this is not a shocking news da. The shocking news is '' i will enter into a marriage life at 31" .. my mom told.She consulted some vetti astrologers , bloody guys , they said this......


petchi

The Email Stories

The Email Stories

His Name is Bala*Krishnan*







Hi all,

First ..

Machi , i am sorry, i could not come on your son's birthday...Will try to come any other day in the coming week.
Kathir, again gone coimbatore for treatment.
Me and saravana as usual .. nothing special from my side.
Punnai at last gave up the idea to get a girl friend.

Finally, it s again gooja's dance. But this time he bit robo...

here we go,

when robo wanted to book a bus ticket to madurai , he requested gooja . Robo told the locality of travel agent. It is near to Hosur bus stand. There is a hotel near to the booking office.

''Machi, Gayathri bhavan pakkathula thana yerku antha travels" gooja asked robo.
Robo " koiyala ,, antha hotel peru menaktchi bhavan da. Gayathri yen pondadti peru "...
'' sorry machi,, tongue slip akiduchu...". gooja replied.
The next day, robo's wife called Gooja as '' Anna "...

Guys .....beware... dhanush type boys are around you.

petchi




Gooja .. eppoda ellarukkum pathirikai vakka pora .. avanavan usura kaila pidichundu unnoda kaalatha ottittu irukaanga..


11/13/2007 09:40 PM
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RE: just for jolly



:)))))))))))))))))))) mama....ennala control panna mudiyala sirippa.... dei gooja dog.......

Breezy wind and some grazy times-2

Kathir-A phenomenon

Kathir , one of my true friend , who knows in and out about me .He is a marine engineer and at present ,I can say, he is in the ocean , crossing all over the world.
During our mepco days, he was the one who made us laugh at any point of time.

He always posts questions for getting new information. But the question itself bears more bone cracking hearty joyful moments.
One day, saravana , the other friend , showed his family album. He pointed out one woman and said, she is my chithi .Suddenly kathir asked this ‘’ Chithi na un appavoda wife voda sister ah ? Or ammavoda sister ah? ( is this lady, your father’s wife’s sister or mother’s sister ?) ...

Another day, Mouli , a great friend of all , got a new scientific calculator . We all checked that one. Kathir took the calci and asked us, how do we switch off the calci. Mouli told, it’s a auto off calculator. Now, kathir asked this’ Then, where is the auto button “...

Till date, we don’t know about his caliber of thinking in a new way.

Breezy winds and some grazy times -1

Nathan , the punch line and the oil bath

Nathan, charted Accountant ,is my brother's friend .After some time we too gelled together.This was one of the unforgettable incident for both Nathan and me . Nathan asked me to post that fuuny incident.

After the two failed attempt in Civil service exams, in the year 2004, I was working in a small company. Nathan, at that time, successfully passed in the CA exams, was working in Aircel. .We shared a room in a Mansion at Royapettah.

After neatly dressed up, as a confidence building measure, everyday, in front of the mirror, I used to say the following lines,’’Karthi, you are good. See, today all the girls in the road will turn on you .Okay”.

On that day, after wearing the dress, I was having a coconut oil bottle in my hand and I tried to get the oil by pressing hardly. I was in front of the mirror. Nathan also besides me. I repeated the punch lines. Suddenly, the bottle cracked and I had a oil falls on my face..

This incident is a similar one to the comedy scene of Vadivelu, where, whenever he says ‘’ Oh God, why you made as so beautiful”, at that time the mirror cracks or something falls on him..

Nathan, always laugh when he calls on me reminding this one.
I stopped the punch lines afterwards.

The email stories:1 - 98M27:An Autobiography

This was one of the series of mails I sent to my friends while working in Vibromech, I give the exact mail here.


from Karthika Petchinathan

subject Story of a unusal past

Period :1999-2000Petchi: The Asli Hero

'' It was a rainy day.Pazhangkanantham ,the place where we were waiting for the bus .After the failed competition in a Madurai college, we all returned back to the college........

....The empty bas came and we got the seat also.As usual I took a back seat........The bus was ready to geared up. The climate was perfect to romance.Suddenly, I saw the girl ,who was fighting with a fruit vendor in the bus stand.I identified her. She was my college mate and I had a very good crush on her.For me She was the angel......

... Both the kaakee dressed men arrived. The driver ignited the engine with a roaring sound .Now the ambiance has changed. The girl till quarreling with the seller in a typical street bargaining accent.All of her friends from the bus now screaming .But the pretty refused ....

....I realized , I was the only one from the college in the bus.. In those days , I weared a mask of Saviour of woman .Now I got a chance to become a real Hero..In a matter of moment , I fell into a dream ........After the song in ALPS was over , I ran towards the fruit shop. Without making any introduction to her, I shouted the shopkeeper and asked him to return back her money. I even did not make my head turn towards her. .......After certain point ,she got the money back. ... I have done it without my mussel power, ..Anyway it s ok .

... I stepped into my seat.. Did she say anything? Thanks...I got it from her. Thats all? Yes. thats all. Oh. but the irony of this episode was, she did not know about myself .Actually, after that only she came to know that we were from the same college...Oh... Bad..."However , I got a chance to sing '' Pehala Nasha pehalaguva Naya Pyar ke...".................

Excerpts from the Best seller " 98M27:An Autobiography

The email stories:New books in the pipeline

This was one of the series of mails I sent to my friends while working in Vibromech, I give the exact mail here.









Mams,
I take the privilege to name the titles ,for some of the books ,may be you will write in future.I give some brief description ,consider as a literary review.

Balee: How to harvest the groundnuts

Dont confuse with the title, its a management tips for guys from villages.The author is a former flirt ,now turned in to a flamboyant intellectual ,based in New York.You definitely know about love failures.But in this book, the writer accounts his own trauma and pain due to two of his friendship failures.An inspirational book and a must read one.

Mouli: Breezy winds and some crazy time

A true love story .The author mesmerizes you with his own style of writing .The story is about two mouse pals and how they turned into lovers.Delhi and Chennai , where both lead characters live ,are the locale of the story.After reading this, you may have a sense of deja vue.The brilliances of author come to light at the end,where he finally portrays his love in to a arranged love, and finished in a good feel.It does not have much romance as expected but full of family drama and the writer himself takes his love as a foolish one.A book for whom who dont have a job.

Saravana: Ponnuku Thanga Manasu.

A usual love story of friends finally fall in love .Written for rural readers. A true script for village love story. The story tavels around all parts of Tamil nadu like Tuticorin,Chennai, Thanjavur and Hosur.Full credits go the author , who maintains some tempo and suspense till the end.A worthy book for Tamil cinema.

Below books will be reviewed in later mails.

Gooja : Wooing the gals -My Hoppy

Punnai:In the name of Gods
Sriram: Love and Marriage

Arun: The mechanic and the software gal.

Bye
petchi

The email stories-Friendship :Strictly Male

This was one of the series of mails I sent to my friends while working in Vibromech, I give the exact mail here.






from Karthika Petchinathan

subject Friendship: Strictly Male

"Can you remember your first friend's name.Got him.? Then Who is he? Is he your fellow toddler ? Or Is he your childhood catapult playmate? Or Can you unfold your brain cells and get the Kushi Vjay -Jothika type baby friendship.?

No, I can't. This is your answer. We all normally forgot all our street friends,with whom we grown and acquired the great words like....P for and K for.....

.......Friendship is like a marriage ,which should be continue throughout the life.When you forgot all the memories of our school friends and street friends, then we can not call it as friendship...

........When did the true friendship started.? What is true friendship? Where did you use the words like mama,machi,mappi, mamu and mappilai before your college entry....

........Can we continue the friendship forever? Which is the breaking point? Marriage or Girl friend?..........
................Really don't know, what to say at the time of our friendship melt?......

........Till ,What do you want more when all your friends around with you.... LIFE ROCKS......

Excerpts from the book " Friendship: Strictly Male" Authored by karthika petchinathan Published by Music lovers Copyright -2006
HAPPY FRIENDSHIPDAY
byepetchi

The email stories -1 .The Big Stealing-My underwear

This was my first mail ,with some content ,I sent to my friends while working in





-------- Original Message -------- Subject: The Big Stealing-My underwear Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2006 10:13:49 +0530 From: Karthika Petchinathan

Dear ALL, I am writing this to inform you about my underwear ,pink in colour which i have bought in a velachery shop during a rainy day. You may wonder why he build up such a huge story.Guys,I have a valid reason .

You all encounter the problem and use itch guard ,and you know why the product is being marketed.Obviously ,saravana has been awarded several times from the Itch card company and he and his former room mate , Mr.T.Arun ( MPL -FORD.. ) 8-) . Dont confuse with Henry Ford. This lanky lad is from Naranamangalam) shared a rapport while using the itch guard.

So, these guys are one of the many fugitives, whose underwear should be washed in all type of preventive liquids.This is the real conditions and everybody wants to safeguard their underwear from this baby faced rustic fellow. O:-) Today morning , this man who usually gets up 5.50 am and by the time he wakes all of us by switch on the light , ( by making hot water, wearing shoes- guys please understand we are living in a pathetic environment and of course you can not enter into the toilet after him.), has stolen my underwear.I have a great love on this particular pink colour ,since when you wear this '' you get assualted'' ..

I know saravana has a eye on my beautiful,slim jatti and today he took this.I am now wearing the yesterdays one. :-[
I request you all to instruct him, to buy a new one for me( i need the same colour-that is very important).
Please help me, Help me,me,eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.
petchi