Madras

It was not supposed to be this way but we’ll take this anyway. For now, we are on a break, going around this wonderful city and meeting lots and lots of people! It’s good to be back after about 22 months.

The Trailer

Black out.

Four guys on Brooklyn Bridge. Discussing Ilaiyaraja, Rahman, the Beatles and Floyd. Start singing Velai Pookal. “Dei, I hope someone throws a few quarters. I am broke”.

Cut to bar.

Everyone high. “Who is the hottest of them all?”, shouts Vikram on top of his voice. “My desi girl, my desi girl”, answers Arjun.

Cut to girls on a couch.

“What did you call me?”, fumes Sanjana. Priya and Sumana laugh out loud.

Cut to a table in a cafe.

Nisha looks over from the book. Giggles. “You know, the book starts with – Who is John Galt?” More giggles. Sid gives back a look of fury, clasps his hands together and asks, “Who the fuck is Sanjana Patel?”

Cut to the most inebriated time of the night at someone’s home.

Arvind swallows a shot of tequila, licks the salt at the tip. With eyes closed, “I don’t know. Who is it?”

Cut. Priya throws the bra, “Fuck you man!”

Cut. The car shrieks to a halt. Arvind blasts, “Votha, Thevidiya.”

Cut. Sid smiles into the phone, “Hat behenchooth.”

Cut. “You can actually create data input to cause a buffer overrun and even crash the system at the other end”, explains Arjun. “We are doing some cool stuff, ok?”, agrees Sid. Smug.

“Weightu katrangala pasanga?”

Cut to inside car, middle of the traffic. “Machi, What the hell do you want da?” “Dei, just follow the car da, please! I need to find her.”

“Apdi sollu da. Ennaku theriyadha ponna? Enna peru?” Sanjana Patel. “Ennadhu?” Points across the road.

Flurry of images. Show all characters. Some weird ass inspiring music and quotes like “A journey of a lifetime…” or “The longest night…” in the background. As cliched as possible.

Black Out. Titles.

Focus on Sid. “This is completely pointless. Yes it is.”

Yeh Kahan Aa Gaye Hum….

One of my friends asked this n00b(new admit, this fall in my university) why is he not doing a thesis and has settled for a non-thesis. The guy beats around the bush only to finally admit that it is all because he got into a relationship(after arriving here), has to think about the girl’s family, when they would bring up the issue of marriage in her house and it would be better for him if he gets out of school soon. These people have just passed out of their college.

Brilliant!

I then think about all those men who are meticulously working towards their career. Men, elder by many years to me. I think of my roommate who has come here with two years of experience, after a five year college degree and may also think of an MBA or a PhD in the future. And I’ve seen him be so career oriented and consider him to be a perfect role model for anyone. And then we all know about this guy!

Is this a case of some misplaced righteousness? Or like Elaine Miller would say, some case of compromised values and diminished brain cells? Maybe it is just a case of – to each his own! OF course, it is perfectly plausible that both the tracks(professional and relationships) remain mutually exclusive and go hand in hand.

Nevertheless, like I mentioned in Nirmal’s blog on the same lines – “Technology has improved so much ah?!”