Crazy thieves in Singapore!
Had a brilliant weekend...back to back stage drama...by crazy Mohan's troupe.
They staged Jurassic baby on friday and Madhu +2 on saturday. Though I had seen the 2 plays many times...on stage and tv....it still left me(and the close to 80 odd audience) in tight fits of laughter. jus for the stats, crazy troupe have done more than 4000 stage shows in their last 25 years (their first play was on aug 7th..so madhu+2 marked the end of 25 yr on stage).
And the best thing about them.....with 25 yrs of drama experience(being the leaders all the while) they still have not the slightest degree of aloofness or attitude.Absolutely casual...I spent almost 45 ins with them backstage...before the start of the first play...and at the end of it...and i actually felt like i was sitting amongst my friends. people were jus casually addressing each other..craxking jokes...listening and speaking to us all the time.
Wats more....during the show, for which i got the pass thanx to my friend AK(whose chittappa is the famous 'cheenu' character-one of the 2 cheenus to be exact), we sat in the first row...right next to Mrs.Mohan...another very simple lady...she shared a lot of info with us during the intervals.....
One of the highlights was Mohan introducing the troupe at the end the second drama....tat showed wat spontaneous on-the-spot humour is....as he spoke abt each person's history...or profession(most of them VRSites)..or role in the troupe...injecting every sentence with jokes..pun and a few slapstick oneliners.



this foto wouldnt need a intro i guess!..except for that the dark one on the right end is me(for those who dint still figure out...tats 'madhu' in the middle)

the famous 'cheenus'


(chami exits)

I'm bak!.....
A brilliant vacation...a mini meet...and(flicking from dubukku)-Thai naadu to Noi naadu via Thailandu.
I havent been blogging or following up for almost a month now *apologetic*
Bak in India i went on my usual tirupati and kula deivam trip...on that context, for those who didnt know(till the year before i used to take the train and bus series ..making it a long and strenuous trip)..AP tourism(Tnagar) provides a very convinient one day tirupati trip package-pretty convenient.
Then was the trip to Tirumangalakudi(rings bell...neone??:P)...and from thr to salem.
Salem happens to be one of my fav places...bcos most of my childhood hols were spent there...along with my cousins-memorable days. Hoganacal happens to look the same....same old parisal...same meen varuval kadais...and the same odour(which made me puke the last time i went there).
Then there was this totally random trip we(cousin and her parents) took....went off looking for this place called aalambara fort(After reading abt it inTheHindu)...not sure how far was from chennai(along the ECR)...we almost reached pondycherry-not much in terms of ancient structure..but brilliant backwaters...and nice drive)
Then came the tricky part. Thanx to my excellent behaviour, a brilliant display of my extreme laziness and haphazard careless way of doing stuff..mom decided it is high time she sent dad to check on how "things" were bak in univ-to have a check on me-as she put it.The mother of all awkward situations...to take ur dad into ur bachelor room..which has some 8 ppls stuff piled on all corners....and a wonderful array of the the "things-that shud-not-be-named"..the solid...liquid...and smoke.
Thanx to the help of my roomie, the room was made presentable...before we reached.
Chennai hits:
veedu and saapadu
chennaiyil oru mazhai kaalam-6 days of rain
mini blog meet
tour de south
also managed to meet div and wini...and we sat thru a wonderful hindi movie(forgot the name!)
Udhayam theatre
chennai sodhappals:
TV...to hell with the settop box concept...till whe is the stay..will good old days of cable connection be bak?
(chaami exits)