Average Bond

Spectre 007 had one of the greatest gripping and thrilling intros ever, however slogged in the later stages until we get the kick of 'the bond film' in climax sequence. It just couldn't compete with the minimal intelligent plot for a spy film, finishing in the last position of spy marathon we had this year granting MI5, Kingsman and Spy to share the winner spots.
The longest running bond movie ever is an average watch !

#MoodSwing

To solve the mystery of tensions between different people in myself is the greatest challenge I face today. As I complete writing this note, the other me was looking at my eyes, ain't these are fake words?? 

Refinement - A Reflection ! [Thoughtful]

Since last few days, the word which I say quite often is ‘refinement’. “Look, we need to refine ourselves” . “Self refinement is very much required for developing a good character”. In the course of esoteric meaningful debates with my friends on life, existence and any other silly philosophical stuffs I’ve always used this phrase. Today while taking a shower I thought, why I’m using this word so frequently? Without much worry ‘refinement’ sparked in me. Yes, I’m using this word quite often these days as I’m undergoing the process of self refinement. Thanks to my introspective thoughts these days !

It’s quite fascinating when you start thinking about cohesion between your life and the phrase refinement. Ever since we are born in this planet, various factors contributed to our rational thoughts, intellect behaviour and persona. Family, culture, religion, friends, social network, places lived are to name but a few. But once we begin to observe our life and ourselves, we tend to deviate from groundings what we learned from these factors, challenging them to correct themselves. It’s getting bit complicated. Let’s make it plain and simple. I would like to see those factors laid foundation for our existence, but growth is something what we think and decide. We behave according to our self esteemed thoughts and if thoughts are not of quality, we tend to travel in wrong direction which is fine if you realise and start thinking about refining your thoughts, working towards achieving those. I started refining my thoughts these days which give me greater impact in my personal and professional life. Noting down few mantras which I narrow down as part of self refinement.

1)   Do It Now  'Sometimes Later becomes Never'
2)   Be Wise, Rise Early
3)   Meditate to Plan Your Day
4)   Speak Your Truth
5)   Just Be Nice
6)   Do What You Love, Love What You Do
7)   Learn To Master Your Mind
8)   Listen Twice As Much As You Speak
9)   Be Breathtakingly Humble
10) Learn More To Earn More
11) Spend Wisely
12) Do Not Give Up 'Grace under pressure'
13) Learn To Say No
14) Value Good Things In Life
15) Do Not Complain, But Action
16) Ego Zero For Right Attitude
17) Read Daily 'Become an inspirational human being'
18) Write Notes, Life is a Blog


Most of these thoughts are inspired from Robin Sharma & his 'Greatness Guide' series. As soon as the brooding meditative thoughts start dominating me, I shall break down these aspects extensively .. :)

Cruising Rogue Nation [Film Review]

Most action movies released recently with their new instalments could not attract viewer's eye due to lack of feel fresh gripping action sequences and its traditional narrative styles. Avengers and Fast n Furious are classy examples where Jurassic World turned out to be a silly fun ride! But Mission Impossible Rogue Nation finds right tone for an attractive blockbuster with stunning action sequences blended with interesting script. This isn't just a spy adventure with extraneous twists, rather with a good focused plot, well-placed humour and stunning performances, this movie turned out to be the best from MI package. By the way, leading lady carries half the movie, equal screen space with Ethan!                                                                
Airplane stunt നമ്മുടെ അതുല്യ നടൻ ജയന്സ്വന്തം!

Eshal - Not an untold story, perhaps beautifully framed [Short Film Review]

It's quite conventional that mainstream cinema had discussed films based on teenage love stories wrapped with religious sentiments. The recent spout of handful short films in malalayam however portrayed love stories with different versions, but a love story encased with melodramatic orthodox religious view is rare in this species. Eshal stand unique from the breed of short films by attempting a serious social subject.

Thirty minute short movie opened with a starkly illustrated past in 1980's turning out to be a relevant topic even after 20 years of incident. Further story happening in backdrops of kerala small town where Sudhi, a middle class Hindu guy falls in love with Eshal, a beautiful young Muslim girl. Though the plot did not discuss much about any possible attempt from Sudhi to grab Eshal's attention, surprisingly she reciprocates the feeling for him pretty easily. Soon the movie progressed with main plot approaching the climax which could have been fair more better executed.

As emotionally and religiously charged as the film's story is, the script has been well written by Unee Udayakumar who simultaneously put effort behind music, lyrics & vocals. Being significantly a sturdy subject, dialogues were shaped firmly and well balanced. 'En Kanavil' song which is already accepted by wide audience has been beautifully shot in this movie, an add-on to overall charm. Great work by Sarin and Minu duo after 'Cappuccino'.  Eshal's eloquent eyes delineated through the veil has been one of the pivotal factors of movie's success. Finally craftsmanship of Nithin Nandakumar who is also behind the camera, has shown an excellent outcome inviting the viewers to watch perhaps not an untold story but a beautiful, elegant yet socio-relevant theme. Moreover, the effort and hardships put by not so experienced, passionate IT professionals definitely  need a happy applause.