CD Review: Bommarillu

Hi DG, who's this actor? I saw him in a movie (boy loves girl, boy's parents say no b/c they're rich, girl's family is not, boy puts his foot down, girl's brother says no b/c boy is stuck up and rich, boy says he'll prove his love by working on the farm, boy ends up saving girl's brother's farm, girl's brother is happy, boy's father comes around, all's well that ends well) that had me all soppy and crying at the end and quite a bit in between. :) Really liked him and the movie - but then it doesn't take much to patao me, just give a love story, any love story. :)

Ahhh Suj, my twin-sister in movie taste!! ha ha! This 'actor' as you loosely call him, is my man Siddharth (I really sound like a teen groupie or what?) - Karan Singhania in RDB?? That movie u so succintly summarised was his first major hit, Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana (NVNV for short). He used to be Mani Ratnam's assistant director and when director Shankar saw him, he cast Sid in his movie 'Boys' and the rest is history.

He's good or what? Tho I adored him in Ayutha Ezhuthu (the tamil orig of Yuva - he plays the role that Vivek Oberoi did in Hindi) and NVNV, I was floored in RDB - I didn't know he had this new dimension to him.

Is that enough Sidhology for you today? ;)

If you are intersted, here's more. Sid did his MBA in SP Jain, Mumbai, one of the premier management institues in the country and then took up directing when Maniratnam spotted him, thanks to the umpteen speeches and theatre plays that he was involved in. He is also an excellent writer. So he's not just a good actor/singer/ asst.director, he's a multi-faceted chap!!

(If only we knew his email we could have invited him to write for DC, what say Suj? ;) )

In case you are wondering how I knew all this, my teammate was his classmate at SP Jain.. :)

Ah Kishore me mate - except for his jaatak, I've got every tidbit about him! ha ha ha!

I should admit that I am sad.
:)

Ayyappadi, got way more info than I bargained for! But all good, I say. Long live, Sid.

And of course, yes, Kishore, we coulda.

Kishore:
Hmm if your teammate was his classmate, Kishore, maybe we (ahem!) the DC team could tap him for Sid's contact details.

Ah never mind writing for DC! is that the best use for a phone number of a hot bloke? chee chee!!

Suj:
Aw now! you've hurt my feelings! :(

DG,
Yooohooo somebody seems to have some kinda crruushhhh... ;)

Suj,
Ayyappadi - now where have i heard this before? :)

DG,
I just spoke to my teammate, he says he has kinda lost touch, but his sister was close to him, so he'll check if she knows any contact details... ;)

DG, no, no, no, no. I did say it was all good, no? Me digging all of it. Thankoo very muchly.

Kishore, "Ayyappadi" has made it back into by vocab in the 1 1/2 years I've been back. V is not too happy, I might add.

Suj,
hmmm, *sniff* okie then. I shall rest easy. btw, what does 'ayyappadi' mean??

Kishore,
*faint*

Suj:
Oh btw, can't see the pix again! what's happening? has someone jinxed the system so ole Sid's pix aren't shown to the world? *wonders*

Wot??!! You haven't heard "ayyappadi"? Hmmm. It's an expression you use when you're resting your tired behind after a long day, said to the accompaniment of creaking bones. Also an exclamation conveying surprise, "is that so?", sort of like "ayyoyyo".

And I can still see the pics. It's a jinx my dear, specifically afflicting your computer. Hee hee. By the way, where have you hosted this? Let me check.

we say 'appadi' or 'ey yeppadi' (that's the one that goes with the creaking bones sound effect) - hmmm, it is true, u learn new things every day. U learnt abt Sid ole boy and I learnt 'ayyappadi'. not bad!!!

hmm, this review can by found by clicking http://music-movies-and-mayhem.blogspot.com
i can see the ole boy prancing abt there, here - zilch!

Ok, that's the problem then. You must host photographs with a third party host such as Photobucket or Flikr or Imageshack. They cannot be hosted on your blog. If you do, then we run into problems like this one. I'll send you an e-mail with the instructions.

ayyappadi,appadi,ey yeppadi.. all are quite frequently used creaking bones exclamation... :) among the older folks its often accompanied by a "ada rama"... ;)

Suj:
Okie dokey - I shall follow instructions once I get home from work, in about, hmmm half an hour? I would like to mention that this is the first time the images are playing up for me. I still think someone jinxed poor Sid ole boy ole man.
;)

Kishore:
ada rama is more of a cousin to appadi then a synonym, me thinks. ada rama is more an exclamation at times of trouble, isnt it?

Actually ada rama doubles up in many ways.. we can have all those interpretations based on the context.. mostly used by the old-folks though.. :)

hence the creaking bones sound effects, I suppose!

Ha.. ha.. I guess so... :)

Kishore:
so, what happened to the idea of asking Siddharth to *ahem* write for *koff koff* DC?
;)

Great review DG!

And what is this I read? You may come in contact with His Maha Cuteness himself?! Ooooooooooh...

Hey Cesmi!
Fancy 'seeing' you here! Thank you for your compliments. good thing India glitz and the other websites agreed with my review eh? Did you see the video clips?
Regarding getting Siddhu-paiyya's number, I think Kishore is just pulling my leg. *sigh*
;)

I haven't listened too many times but think I like them a little bit more then you do (probably cause I haven't listened to that many Telugu soundtracks yet :)). I think the WHAR song both sounds and looks like Girlfriend from Boys.

Re. the number: Whatever.. a girl can dream, right ;)!

DG,
Patience mate! My teamie is going home to Mumbai next weekend (next one, not today that is).. he said he'll ask his sister (who actually was closer to Sid) if she's still in touch with him. If so.... hmm.. need i say more?

Cesmi, if you would like to write for Desicritics, please email us at desicritics at gmail

Cesmi,
You are right about WHAR sounding like GF (the visuals are quite comparable too). But Sid's dance moves are miles better in WHAR, I thot! Tho the songs are okay, I prefer NVNV tracks - Adire, Adire, need I say more?

Kishore,
*ack* *swoooooon*

Kishore

*nudge nudge*