Vasu Ramanujam's Blog

I came across this gem of a short movie, thanks to an article by S.Ramakrishnan in this week’s Ananda Vikatan. Watch it!

Of late, I hear a lot about “generation gap”  and how this is affectign the relationship between, say, Father and Son or Mom and Daughter… But I think what has not changed is the emotional connect, the primordial bonding between a Father/Son or Mom/Daughter…

Enjoy this short movie…

What is that? (Τι είναι αυτό;) 2007 from MovieTeller on Vimeo.

So, we just finished watching The Graduate starring the inimitable Dustin Hoffman in one of his stellar roles as a young graduate in love with an older woman ( and her daughter ). 

I knew Kamal was ( and is) greatly influenced by this actor ( who would’nt be? Not just Kamal, even the directors seem to find his movies fascinating). However, what struck me was the entire set of Dustin Hoffman’s  emotions that Kamal seem to have taken a liking to… Not that there is anything wrong with it, per se… Kamal probably felt like “Ekalavya”  to Dustin “Dronacharya” Hoffman.

I still remember seeing Tootsie long  before it morphed into Mrs.Doubtfire which was an inspiration to Kamal’s own Avvai Shanmugi. I thought I was the only one who figured out Kamal’s love for Dustin. well..I stand corrected… Kamal himself has this to say 

“The closest I feel to is Dustin Hoffman who shares many of my paradoxes. Physical appearance to begin with.”

Hmm….I, for one, completely agree… Just check out Kamal’s characterisation in Aboorva Ragangal  and Dustin’s portrayal in The Graduate…. you’ll know what i mean…

While we are at linking Brad Pitt with Suriya, I might as well share with you an interesting clipping I saw on TED. Of late, I have taken to watching lot of TED clippings on my creative zen player via “Zencast” . This comes in very handy, when I go for my morning walks in my neighbourhood. As an aside, let me tell you that I do some brisk walking for around 40 -45 minutes, covering 7 – 8 Kms, at an average of 6-8 mins/km, depending upon who is on my walkway .

Ed Ulbrich, the special effects director behind the movie, tells us the remarkable story about the making of face of Benjamin Button.  It is amazing and I recommend you watch this.