Webseries - Queen

 I'm glad to have watched this before stepping into 2020. So much learning to take forward - the best one being "Do the best you can do while doing what you have to do".

Brilliantly portrayed by three lady artists, the protagonist's journey depicts what made her so strong and swashbuckling. Ramya Krishnan, as usual, has put up a flamboyantly charismatic performance. Inspired by true events, the script and screenplay are top notch! And it's a must watch, especially for women who seek strength and success.

Thank you - Gouthm Vasudev Meenon - for putting things together.

Movie Review Post!

My last full fledged movie-review-post was on 'Arjun Reddy'. And the last movie I have watched is 'George Reddy'. My life in between had revolved around handling two babies and two projects. Yet, nothing stopped me from watching a few movies. Thanks to Amazon prime, Netflix, Zee5, Hotstar and other online links. It's quite difficult to summarize my thoughts on all those movies. Let me try handpicking a few of them, which impressed and inspired me.

#Rangasthalam deserves all applauds for the attempt made to recreate village environment and personas. Charan and Samantha - I never found them as good before.

#Padmaavat released among havoc and Sanjay Leela Bhansali's depiction of Padmavati and Khiljee will stand tall for a few years to come.

#Mahanati is made as greatly as Savitri Garu herself is. Keerthi Suresh's brilliant portrayal of the yesteryear's actress is the best of all biopoic performances I have seen so far.

#Gudachary's script work is one of the awesome of its kind. Adavi Sesh is indeed the find of the decade.

#TheShapeofWater Not all movies which won Oscar convince you as much as this film does. How do they get these plot ideas! Beyond imagination, at least mine.

#Virus is a fine work of art that depicts a complex script in its simplest form. Couldn't believe the way they pulled off the climax sequences! Thought provoking.

#Uyare is a beautiful story of a girl with unbeatable conviction to become a pilot. And nothing, including a brutal acid attack, can stop her from believing that she makes an efficient pilot.

#KGF After Baahubali, this has been that Pan-Indian film, second part of which is the most awaited. What a dramatization and characterization of the lead protagonist! Mind blowing work especially in the second half of the movie. Yash has done a fantastic job. I'm too waiting for the Chapter - 2.

#GeetaGovindam Absolutely entertaining piece of cinema. Vijay and Rashmika make a beautiful pair on screen. Smartness overloaded in the direction department.

#Raazi Undoubtedly the best work of Alia Bhat so far. Very convincing she is in that role. The only song of the film is such a grandeur of music! Full marks to Meghna Gulzar.

#Raatchasi #Hitchki Must watch movies for all teachers, students and their parents. Every student is unique and some teachers have ways to bring out the best of each of their students. Jyothika's costumes and Rani Mukharji's act are the highlights of these films.

#Chichhore is a must watch not just for parents but for everyone else too. Interesting screen play and awesome performances makes this movie a great watch.

#MissionOverMars Ever since I attended the panel talk of women scientists from ISRO at Mumbai in 2016, I got connected to MOM project so well. No doubt I watched this series at one go, all eight episodes back to back. Awesome narration and depiction of the role of women scientists in the successful run of Mars Orbiter Mission. A mist watch for all techies.

#GeorgeReddy The forgotten history of an influential student leader of Osmania University in early 1970s is picturized in a brilliant and non-controversial way. Sandeep Madhav is the best fit and he filled the shoes aptly.

Looking forward to watch movies and write more about the artists' work in 2020

Our hobbies make our children - ParenthoodDiaries #18

 Our hobbies make our children and our fears break them.

What we are habituated to do is most likely what usually our kids pick up at an young age. I grew up listening to my dad's bedtime stories, and observing him reading books. I used think that he was telling me all those interesting stories from those books. I picked up the habit of reading books from him and I'm still hooked onto it. As I grew up, I picked up the habit of writing, again from my dad, and you know how I'm with that now.

While it's easy to guess what hobbies children pick up from parents, it's tricky to say what fears they are influenced of. There might not be a direct correlation of the fears they pick up, but somewhere or others the fears of parents and children do have a connection. I'm still not very clear of which ones I succumbed to. However, I'm sure I did. Those fears did become my limitations at times.

For our kids' sake, we must choose our hobbies wisely and try to be fearless from within, as much as we can.

Worth staying away from Kids - ParenthoodDiaries #17

I drop kids at creche on every working day's morning. Sometimes they cry. Many times they get on. But every time I drop them, I think of this: TODAY I MUST CONTRIBUTE TOWARDS SOMETHING VALUABLE, WHICH IS WORTH STAYING AWAY FROM KIDS THE WHOLE DAY!

My perspective towards work changed, hugely, after kids. Earlier I used to perceive it to be my responsibility to do the task at hand well. And that was it. But after kids, I started seeing the work that I do as my contribution, towards the organization and society. When we feel we are responsible for doing something, exemplary work especially, we expect to be recognized and rewarded. When we feel it's a contribution, we expect it to be rejoiced and remembered.

After all, glory is in being remembered for the signature we leave through the work we do.