A good head and a good heart are always a formidable combination.
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Chennai Express..
A breezy out n out entertainer in the Manmohan Desai kind capers like Amar Akbar Anthony and Naseeb of the 1970s, with SRK doing an Amitabh.
A thin story line that has some resemblance to the Amir Khan-Pooja Bhat starrer, Dil Hain Ki Man Nain, that itself was Mahesh Bhat's remake of the original spectacular musical, Chori Chori, with Raj Kapoor and Nargis in the lead.
A ripe old mithai-halwawalla kicks the bucket and his widow asks the apparently dutiful grandson, Rahul, the protagonist Rahul – played by SRK – to immerse half the dead man's ashes in Rameshwaram in South India, as she carries the other half to Varanashi. Rahul isn't a great believer, so no intention of making the long haul. He, as planned boards the Chennai Express, alongwith the brass urn containing the ash, with the avowed intention of alighting at Kalyan station where his friends are supposed to wait and then proceed to Goa and have a jolly good time there.
As is only to be expected, the plan goes awry, Rahul couldn't get off at Kalyan but continues the journey, thanks to the village belle, Meenamma (Deepika), who is being kidnapped by a gang of brawny Tamil-speaking thugs working on the orders of her dad, a well-known dada in a south Indian township, who wants her marry a local goon, against her wishes. . The story then deals with the troubles and travails that Rahul and Meenamma encounter en route, until they get married.
The movie provides hilarious situations and interludes galore, the finest being, the way Rahul and Meena communicate each other's plight thro a medley of popular Hindi film songs that the hugs don't get a hang of.
The role of the tough Meena's dad is played by the versatile Tamil actor, the villain-turned hero Sathyaraj, mouthing his trade-mark dialogue, Ennamma Kannu, that is considered as famous as the Hindi film, Deewar's. He utters this dialogue for the first time in the Tamil version of the Hindi film, Trishul, where Sathyraj don's the late Sanjeev Kumar's construction tycoon's role.
In many a Hindi film with Tamil characters, the Tamil they speak would appear like a parody or spoof of the language, and many Tamil puritans found them difficult to digest. However, in Chennai Express, Sathyaraj and Delhi Ganesh, a well-known character artiste and Mohan Ram, a popular TV serial artiste, speak impeccable Tamil
Chenna Express captures the colour and grandeur of several eye-candy locales in India's countryside.
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From the world of science…
Apples contain the flavanoid, Procyanidin B-2 which helps facilitate new hair growth.
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About 18% of deaths in the US are linked to obesity and being overweight among people aged 40 to 85.
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Weird world…
Hotel staff find 40 pythons in a room.
Montreal: Hotel staff got the shock of their lives after find 40 snakes in a room. The pythons – some up to four-and-half feet long – were rescued from plastic storage bins. The manager of the Canadian hotel where they were discovered said they belonged to a couple who had checked into the room for a night. Police removed the reptiles while the two guests were out for the evening and took them to an animal shelter.
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Jilted wife saws off 28-year-old's penis.
Brasilia: A wife sawed off her cheating husband's penis after caching him in bed with another man. She is believed to have waited several days before exacting her bloody revenue on her 28-year-old husband, who was unaware he'd been spotted. The on Wednesday she suggested tying to the bed and hacked off his organ with a bread knife. The man, from Santos in Brazil was rushed to hospital but the penis could not be saved. His condition is stable but he will have to use a catheter for the rest of his life.
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Quote of the day…
"Certainly in our system of justice you can be found not guilty, which is not the same thing as found innocent" – Katrina Lantos Swett, Vice Chairwoman of the US Commission on International Religious Freedom.
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Santa and Banta went to a restaurant. When the waiter placed two pieces of tandoori chicken, Santa quickly took the bigger piece for himself.
Upset, Banta said, "When will you learn to be polite?"
Santa: "So if you had to pick first, which one would you pick?"
Banta: "The smaller piece, of course."
Santa: "What you are whining about then? The smaller piece is what you want, right?"
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Tongue very much in cheek..
"A woman's mind is cleaner than a man's: She changes it more often" – Oliver Herford.
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