Cine Reviews

Cine Review: My friend Manoj used to do this in his blog. I follow him in reviewing movies that I come across. I start with Tamizh (Tamil - This is bcos some of my friends are not accepting that spelling) movies that were released on Tamizh new year. The review is based on my views. So, the review does not mean that the movies are good or bad.

Only 3 movies were released. I went home with a plan to see all the movies. But unfortunately only 3 movies were released. So, I watched only 3 movies - Sachin, Mumbai Express and Chandramughi.

Sachin

Actor - Vijay

Actress - Jenelia

Movie is like Kushi - part 2. Cinematagraphy is very good. The movie was shot in a hill station. Jenelia is too cute. Better than Boyz. The movie is going very slow. Songs are also not so good to listen. Sachin - Not aggressive

Mumbai Express

Actor - Kamalhaasan

Actress - Manisha Koirala (Edhukku irukkannae theriyala)

Movie is very boring. Oru chinna katha. Kidnapping katha. Comedynna logic irukka koodadhunnu mudivu pannitanga pola. But comedy is not upto the mark.

Mumbai Express - Bullock Cart

Chandramughi

Actors - Rajnikanth, Prabhu

Actress - Jothika, Nayandhara

The best of the three. After a long time I have seen a very interesting movie. Entirely different from Rajni movie. Each and every frame is interesting. Re-recording could have done still better. Rajni used to say 'arrey' . On hearing this I remembered my colleague (Madhavi D) who used to say this. The interesting thing is she does not like Rajni. Jothika is the pick of the movie. Really the character (Split - personality) suited her well. I went for night show to watch this movie. Everyone should watch this movie. Nayandhara is very cute but did not get much to act. Vadivelu is too good with Rajni.

Chandramughi - Rara....

From next time onwards, reviews will be only for good movies (To my knowledge) and for only one per post.

@ Home

Last week I went home (Pondicherry). I started at 2:30 from Hyderabad. From Hyderabad to Chennai train journey in non AC coach was horrible. Then from chennai to Pondicherry 3 & 1/2 hours bus journey. Finally I reached home at 11:00 next morning. That day I stayed in home itself. I did not go anywhere. My friend was not there home that day.

Next day he came and we went to a movie and beach. The next day 2 movies. The reviews of those movies in my next post. The next two days went sluggish. I had good meals there @home. I did not meet many of my friends this time. I went to my friend's brother's marriage. There I met 3 of my friends and spent some time there. We started speaking about the old stories again. Last day I went to temple (Manakula Vinayagar). I used to go to this temple weekly once when I was @home.

Again after 5 days of stay, I started from Pondicherry, the reverse of my arrival, back to Hyderabad.

Short notice on my Appraisal

Appraisal - The method of Ranking/Grading the employees performance. After some months, again people started speaking about appraisal. The last appraisal was very bad (to the fact) for me. The grades given to me were correct. But the comment given was discouraging and frustrating. I got overall B+ which is like second rank. To the fact, this is more than what I had done the last cycle.

The comment was I was not interested in doing client's work. Rather I was doing work like tool development, web site building for the team etc., etc.,. This was so discouraging me. I am very sincere to whatever work given to me. Last cycle I did not get much work from the client. So I spent the time in other way usefully. But it showed my leader as that I am interested only in that kind of work.

But in this cycle I did many client work and got appreciations too from the onsite. And I am doing the work outside of project as well. I am managing it properly. But still my leader is not happy with me. One day he told me that "Mind your own business. Why do you mind other's business?". This was the output of helping a guy in my team. My manager will ask me to do something which is not a project work. My leader will not be happy if I do that. Without his notice I have to do that work. And most of the work I have done were without his notice. Only during the release he would know.

For this appraisal again he will say "He is not interested in working". But now I have some proofs. I am not bothered about the ranking. But I am very bothered about the comments. This time I am going to fight. Without my closure the process will not end. If I get the same kind of comment now also I dare to meet DM (Delivery Manager). Now I am going to start preparation for other companies. If I don't get proper recognition, I am going to leave the company.

Delivery Head

Delivery Head - Delivery Unit Head. I came to know how a Delivery Head should be in order to rule/manage the people working under him. My Delivery Head is a gem. After my role models the one I am crazy about or seeing with amazement is him. He is now just 35 years of age. He is not gigantic. He is not tall. But his voice, too good. Commanding and tuned voice. After I have seen his way of speaking, I came to know why he is a Delivery head. I heard that he is a Keralite. He has 14 years of experience in my company. He joined my company in 1992 with Rs2600/- as his salary with no knowledge in computers. Before our team had a video conference with him. But I was not able to see him properly since I sat last in that room and the conference was in TV. I had imagined him to be gigantic but he is other way round. But also he is not tiny.

Last Thursday we had a session with him. Question and Answers session. Questions are the employee problems and Answers are the solution. Most of the employees appraisal were not good and correct it seems. Everyone complained about the administration for not recognizing them properly. The grades that had been given to them were not impressive. The company have distributed the grades as fixed. Grade A is less than the rest even though the company performs well. I do not understand this logic. But the explanation given to this statement was, "If the test is tough, all the students in the class will get less marks. Eventhough the marks are low, ranks will be from 1 to the last. If the test is easy, all the students in the class will get more marks. But the ranks will be from 1 to the last as before." Will this explanation is correct?

The session went well. The way he answered was too good than what he answered. The talk of the session was our team lead, Deepak GD. He was telling the problem in furious but the answeres were not to his satisfaction. My PM also asked question but he was asked question by the Delivery Head for not treating a developer properly. But he managed to justify that. And the group found one suggestion box (Named by me :)). I had seen him giving suggestions in each and every session.

I think, these sessions will not change anything. We are just the employees. For the management to change, it will be like an evolution and not revolution.

Gender of a Fly

How to tell the gender of a Fly ? JUST TOO CUTE.
This is the cleanest e-mail joke I've come across in a long while.

A woman walked into the kitchen to find her husband stalking around with a fly swatter.
"What are you doing?" She asked.
"Hunting Flies" He responded.
"Oh. Killing any?" She asked.

"Yep, 3 males, 2 Females," he replied.
Intrigued, she asked. "How can you tell?"

He responded, "3 were on a beer can, 2 were on the phone.

Last Week

Last week I was not able to post anything since I did not find time for that. And one more reason is that nothing noticeable happened last week. This week was also sluggish for me. This is because of preparation for a major project. As far as I am concerned the initial phase of any project is the most difficult thing.

I want to discuss something about my work. Generally I used to help others in all fronts if I am able to. But hardly seeks others help. I think nothing wrong in this. Because I am a guy who wants to face challenges and difficulties and solve them by struggling. To the fact I got used to this. Because I faced many difficulties during my childhood and none to help that time. So now also I used to face myself.

There is no distinction in helping that he is my friend, girl or anything. Till now none came to me for financial help since I am not in that position. But in studies and work people seek help. And I took pleasure in helping others. Sometimes I may not be able to help others, even my friends due to some reason. At that time they feel bad. I too feel bad for not giving them a hand. I think the success of a man lies in this also. If people seek help then it also means the helping hand is good.