Darkness

Things often look different in the night, often revealing their true self, hence more beautiful than the day. Cloaked under the night sky at the dawn of a new day accompanied by whispers of rain and sound of lightening, I wished the time would cease; I wished tomorrow shall never come to pass.

The unfathomable night with its shallow darkness and sinister corners taunts me, moves me, attracts me and arouses me. The night, an embodiment of bottomless secrets with its mystic sky, has magic that binds and entices the dreamer in me. The night with many shades of grey, captivates the ignoble me more than a rainbow that adorns the gloomy summer sky.

Sprinkles of the night that stroked my skin were as gentle as an embrace and warmer than a night of passionate love making. It made want to become a part of the night, invisible during the day only to be encompassed in the darkness.

Dripping in the shower and laughing with the thunder under the moonless sky with no star in sight, I found myself embracing the darkness in me. The shadows of the past and regrets of the bygone days came alive engulfing me letting me relive those moments. Those precious moments of sadness, happiness that encumbers one during the day.

Sitting by the window sill, listening to song of thunder and the torch of lightening that illuminates the narrow bead of rain I wished the light away. 

Irudi Suttru, packs truck load of punches

Tamil movie Irudi Suttru aka the final round stars Maddy on screen after a long gap. The story revolves around a boxing coach and his pupil through whom he wants to realise his dream of winning World Boxing Championship. It is pretty much similar to Chak de India where Shah Rukh coached the Indian hockey team but with much less drama.

Prabhu, known for this ruthless training methods, due to personal vengeance of his yesteryear colleague was transferred to Chennai, where he finds potential in a fisherwoman Mathi. He persuades her to let him train her, polishes her and prepares her for the final stage – the ultimate championship boxing ring.

In the almost two hour movie from when he begins to train Mathi to the last round of the championship, it is a roller coaster ride of vacillating emotions, of disappointments and of perseverance. The movie was not just about winning; it was a portrayal of dedication a coach has over his sport, brutal coaching that belies kindness and a deep bond Prabhu shares with Mathi with a subtle hint of romance that was heartwarming.

Even as the movie ends, despite an end so clichéd it makes you smile.

As cheerful and gutsy the heroine is it was Maddy as Prabhu, the no-nonsense coach with disheveled hair, overgrown beard with a tinge of grey at the corners and taut muscles, who tugged audience along. Sure, it was not the Karthik we knew from Alaipayuthey who enchanted the audience with the smile of Prince Charming; rather it was an older and matured Prabhu, a rugged Heathcliff, who seduced the audience with a smile even more devastating making you fall in love with him all over again.