Small Things get you Going..

It was that time of the day when you are really restless, idle, bored, tired and what not... I really needed something to get my day started but in a way was too lazy to even have my cup of coffee and then this happened...
The Scene..
Watching Chennai 600028 with English subtitles on it... Majority of the people I know don't like watching movies with subtitles ON for it could be distracting and could spoil the feel of watching a movie, and many might be knowing how irrelevant the subtitles for Indian movies could be, it can sometimes get worse than watching a Hollywood flick dubbed in Tamil. But, as I mentioned, I was too restless to be doing anything and I had to stretch to get the remote, so forget it... For people who have watched this movie will know its about gully cricket and there's this commentator who gives his commentary through all the matches they show on the movie.
There is this scene when the commentator tries to flirt with a lady next to him calling her Inji Idupazhagi, thanks to Kamal Hassan's Thevar Magan for the term and guess what the subtitle for that said? It was translated as 'Ginger Waist Beauty', man gotto give it to who ever had written the translations, seriously I couldn't stop laughing watching it and if it wasn't enough there were a few bloopers which followed, I actually stopped listening to the dialogues and started concentrating on the subtitles. The next scene Shiva calls someone 'Sanniyenne', the subtitle said 'Planet Saturn', 'Dei Pudingi' was 'Hey Remover'. Man, how funny was that? I think that provided me enough adrenaline to get me going through the day..
But on a serious note, I really think Directors who have taken so much pain to take the movie should spend sometime atleast reading these subtitles, leave writing them themselves, for I don't know what people not knowing the language would interpret it as.. especially things like 'Sanniyenne' as 'Planet Saturn' was hilarious.
Then I just happened to open this subtitle file of our Thailaivar's Baasha, just have a look at Rajini's introduction song translated in English.

I am autofellow autofellow
Four knowing route fellow
Justice having rate fellow
Good people mix fellow
Nice singing song fellow
Gandhi borning country fellow
Stick take means hunter fellow
Big people's relation fellow
Mercy having mind fellow da
I am all poor's relative fellow da
I am always poor people's relative fellow da
Achak means achak only; Gumuk means gumuk only
Achak means achak only; Gumuk means gumuk only

Town become big, population become big
Bus expecting, half age over
Life become hectic in time, exist in corner of street
Ada eye beat means love coming they telling
You hand clap means auto coming I telling
Front coming look, this three-wheel chariot
Good come and arrive, you trust and climb up
Mercy having mind fellow da
I am always poor people's relative fellow da
Achak means achak only; Gumuk means gumuk only
Achak means achak only; Gumuk means gumuk only

Mummy motherfolk, danger not leave
Heat or cyclone, never I never tell
There there hunger take means, many savoury
Measurement food is one time
For pregnancy I come free mummy
Your child also name one I keep mummy
Letter lacking person ada trusting us and coming
Address lacking street ada auto fellow knowing
Achak means achak only ; Gumuk means gumuk only
Achak means achak only ; Gumuk means gumuk only

Yeah!! I never knew it had so much meaning!!

Kadalai - An Art

I was inspired to write this article about 'Kadalai' by someones thought of an Ideal date, which was 'A lousy walk on the shore by the moonlight having kadalai and putting kadalai (Tamil slang for light hearted romance) with someone very dear.' Wow!! How could I possibly not think of this before... Somethings like these makes one realise what a wonderful language Tamil is...seriously I cannot think of any other language as effective as Tamil is...
Anyone reading will definitely be interested to know many such lingo's in Tamil language. Do have a look at this. Request you to go through the entire list with the origin/history of the words used..
Now coming back to Kadalai, Wiki defines Kadalai as 'Verbal Flirting' and the origin of the word possibly from groundnut vendors who provided snack food to couples on the beach, or in trains. Connotes flirting without serious intentions.

Some Quick facts about Kadalai..

• Kadalai makes one feel there is no better way to spend time than to have Kadalai
• Makes one a more efficient person professionally and personally since one has to plan their Kadalai schedule accordingly on a day to day basis.
• Kadalai can be consumed in any form, fried, boiled or even kadalai in raw form, though excessive consumption of kadalai in raw form is supposed to cause stomach disorders.
• Kadalai can be a perfect companion to your beers, scotch etc. Maybe we could even try Kadalai with Red Wine for the Classy people out there.
• Kadalai makes one forget all worries in life and can be a perfect Stress reliever for many.
• Kadalai is best served alone or nowadays Kadalai butter is also readily available in the market, however trying to mix kadalai for complex recipes could be dangerous and possibly cause future trauma.
• Refer the previous point, Kadalai is highly allergic to a few and its Universally considered to be one of the highly allergic substance which is readily available and also consumable. So, sensitive people to stay away from having Kadalai in any form.
• Kadalai can also be a very good time pass activity to have, especially the ones with the nuts. Some nuts are difficult to break whereas some can be really easy. A lot depends of luck, practise and skill.
• Excessive Kadalai could be a spot of bother for people around and can also irritate many due to several reasons unknown.
• Mostly 2 Kadalai's could be found inside a shell, however there are cases where only 1 could be found. 3 or more could also be a possibility.
• It is difficult to gauge the quality and taste of the Kadalai's from outside because most of them come with similar outer shells and could be deceptive. Rotten Kadalai's could taste terrible and cause serious discomfort.
• More often than not the last Kadalai to be consumed in a pack will tend to be rotten and could cause a negative feeling about Kadalai itself, though its an pleasure in most parts.

Statutory warning : Kadalai is highly addictive and could be avoided in its initial stages itself, it can also be seriously injurious to health, courtesy - Round the clock consumption of Kadalai.

P.S : I apologize to all those you cannot understand head or tail of this post, and think I've gone nuts, maybe you could ask for help from those people who have a long time expertise in Kadalai, they might be perfectly in sync of what I am trying to say :)

Hilarious stuff...

Aah! Short of words to describe this one.... Just watch it.