At the Outset i would like to mention that this is the view of a lay man. I am not an expert at analyzing the quality of Cinematography or the technical aspects. My reviews will be based on the entertainment aspect for Masala movies and Involvement aspect for Devotional Movies.


Coming to Pandurangadu my equation will be KRR+MMK+Devotion=SUCCESS. Seems to me like the actors and the actresses are only secondary. The actors and actresses are secondary. I am not degrading the artists but it is the amount of elevation and involvement that they are able to bring through their combo that makes them the pillars of these devotional movies.

I am not going to dwell too much on the story. It is about a flirt who realizes the value of parents and finally realizes GOD.


The first half is meant for the masses and is there any man better than KRR for the masses? Commodification of women is his forte and the way he shows Meghna Naidu, Tabu and other girls is simply a testimony of that.

The second half is all about KRR's other side the devotional side and boy! hasn't he done a great job? The last 40 minutes containing 4 songs just moves through extra ordinarily. I am not able to still believe that it lasted 40 mins for it seemed just like 10 mins. Brilliant grip.

Performance wise Balakrishna is simply outstanding. Be it in enacting the role of a flirt or that of a devotee he excels. However his best performance comes as Lord Krishna, he has tried to emulate his Dad(NTR) and he has done a great job at that. KUDOS to Balayya for that.

Sneha does the role of an innocent devotee to perfection. Neat job from her. Tabu was meant to make the masses drool and she succeeds at that. K Visvanath does a neat job as the dad. The rest of the cast are Ok.

Mohan Babu does a short role and as usual is very good in it.

Coming to the music, as i said at the start MMK is just brilliant. Songs or background score he is just at his best. Songs still continue to linger in my mind and i am sure that i am not alone.

Editing in my opinion is good and Cinematography seems adequate, nothing great but nothing bad as well.

Dialogues are gud at important places which is very important. About the quality at the rest of the places, well nothing much to write home about.

However there are some things which if avoided would have made this movie a great one

1. Plethora of comedy artists forced into the script and testing our patience( it was the case in the previous 2 movies as well). They were there in the previous 2 movies as well and i guess the success of those movies have made KRR to have them again in this movie as well.

2. Establishing the reason for God showering the Ranga character with so much grace. Although God showers all of us with grace with no reason, it would have been better if such a thread was there.

On the whole, an average first half( with lots of cleavage and navel show) and an extraordinary second half.

Verdict: Definitely bound to attract Common audience. Definite HIT.

This is an open request to an individual whom i respect and admire very much for his Conviction, Moral Values, Straight forwardness, Honesty and Knowledge.

Sir,

As usual it was enlightening to read your article in "Indian Express" a couple of days back. You were at your best in exposing how poor are Rahul and Sonia as leaders. Wonderful article.

I would also be more happy if u can write an article exposing the incompetence of Rajasthan's chief minister and the dictatorship attitude of the chief minister of Chattisgarh.

It has been a long time since the Gujjar issue came up and nothing seems to have been done in the meantime. It seems like the Chief Minister has the time to watch IPL games but not to address such serious issues. It also seems like not much progress has been made on the Jaipur blasts case.

Coming to Chattisgarh words fail me when i try to describe about his attitude in handling the case of a renowned doctor who has spent his life in servicing the poor and for whom support is now coming from all quarters of the world and that too from Nobel Laureates. Regarding the development of the Tribal people and the backward people in Chattisgarh, the less said the better.

I do accept your arguments about Sonia and the Congress but what i would also like to see from you is you criticizing constructively the BJP government too. I want to see this from you so that the you are not looked upon as someone who is biased and your views reach a more wider audience.

JAI HIND.

I became a victim of my temptation today.I decided to go to sleep yesterday after Watson's dismissal thinking that the Mumbai Indians will win the game easily. Today morning when i woke up it was again proved that it is a game of Glorious Uncertainties.

I now got tempted to watch the Highlights show and in hindsight it was me succumbing to the temptation which cost me dearly in the end. The highlights got over by 8.30 and it was time for me to start to work.

I had to now take a bus as the train which goes to my place had already gone and it will take an hour for the next one to come.

I walked to the Bus Stand and to my surprise there were no buses for my place. So my begging session started. I started to beg the conductors of the express buses which do not stop at my place to make an unscheduled stop. Finally it did pay off as well as one conductor agreed. Aah i was happy and boarded it immediately( although the cost of the ticket was almost twice the normal cost).

The bus was a video coach and the moment i boarded it i looked up to the TV to check what was the movie being played. Oh My God :( they were playing a Vijay movie. The bigger shock was that the movie was "Thirupachi" directed by a director whose upper chamber is empty.

Now i was cursing myself for having watched the highlights show. Consoling myself, i decided to watch the movie as the journey would take more than 30 mins. And I did not know whether to laugh or cry.

Scene after Scene with not even a grain of common sense. Horrible acting(??) or to say the least by the lead characters with the Hero hogging the limelight. Background music which reminded me of a marriage function and of course stunts which made a mockery of Gravity.

If u r wondering whether i am saying this out of bias, well here is a sample.

The hero comes out of a house in disguise, well dont imagine too much.He simply applies sandal all over his face like a lady who is undergoing a facial and bashes the sidekicks of the villian without getting even a single punch. And then comes the most comical part he pierces a lemon with a sickle and then says that it is God's action and not his. I just could not tolerate any more and luckily and thankfully i had reached my destination.

As i was walking to the office i thought of a genre to slot this movie and i came up with the Term "Torture Comedy" a variation of "Tragic Comedy" invented by Shakespeare.

Mae West is reported to have said: ‘Marriage is an institution, and who wants to live in an institution?’. Well I dunno what made this person come out with this statement. For whatever i have seen of this Institution ( as per West) i have come to the opinion that this is easily the best Invention of Human Race.

Marriage is the bedrock on which our society is built and I cannot do anything but Take My Hat Off to the person or persons who have thought of this arrangement. Readers might be wondering as to why i am speaking about Marriage now. Well, can anytime be better than the 25th Wedding anniversary of my parents ?

25 years have passed and according to my parents it has passed in a jiffy. The good days usually do pass that way, isn't it?(Remember our school holidays ???). I have had the opportunity or i will call it privilege to watch them from close quarters as neither me nor them have been forced to move out to different places due to work or studies even for a very short period so far.

And the more i see them, the more my faith gets reinforced in this relation. The bonding that the both of them share,the affection that is showered by both of them on each other and most importantly the understanding they share.

Lot of times they don't speak a word with each other and yet one does exactly what the other wants him/her to do. I have studied about these kind of things in literature when i was too young to understand that, but now i am getting what they were speaking about.

This article would be incomplete without a word about my mother. It is very natural for mothers to love their children. But it is not her affection towards me but her affection towards other people( to whom we are related in no way), animals and plants that makes me look at her in astonishment. Watching her speak to dogs, cows, cats, crows and squirrels as if they are her kids makes me look at her in awe and amazement. She epitomizes Love( affection without anything in return). And this love of hers is not limited to me or my family but it extends to anything and everything under the sun. It seems that the word "Ego" does not exist in her dictionary.( Hope that this is the case with me sometime into the future :))

If i were to write about her Kind Acts then words will not be enough.

My father who is also a good human( but no where near my Mom)is a damn lucky man to have her as his partner and they have been lucky enough to be together for 25 years and i hope that they remain united for another 25 at least.

Is something which has become a political rhetoric at the national level just like 'Kamraj rule" has become in Tamil Nadu.

Before looking at Ram Raaj let us take a look at the concept of Society and the role of the State.

There are two versions to it. One is Our Version and the other is the version of the West or the Rest of the World.

Whats the difference? While ours focuses more on the Individual the West focuses more on the State. Why is that?

As they say the family is the building block of the society and the Individual is the building block of the family, so our people framed the policies that would lead to the realization of the Individual. We followed a Bottom-Up way of building.

The west followed the Top Down approach of building the society, by providing the state with all the authorities and making the Individual to depend solely on it.

(They taught the world to follow the "Bottom Up" approach in Programming. Ironical.)

So what is Ram Raaj? Now on reading the aforementioned paragraphs you should be able to answer it.

Ram Raaj is a state in which the people are contented, disciplined and at peace with themselves. Ram Raaj need not have Ram as the ruler, Any Ted, Mark or Iqbal can be the ruler of the state. Ram is merely a Reference to the Context. Unfortunate part is we have lost the context and have stuck ourselves to the Reference.

No wonder we are fighting over the Existence of the Ram. All this is unnecessary if we can understand the true significance of the Reference which is Ram. So did anyone called Ram exist? (Is it really necessary now?)

So when will we have Ram Raaj? We will have it when we look at the society like we look at our family, when we stop letting the Waste Water into the Storm Drains which are built for a different purpose, when we start to teach our kids the importance of values and not Money, when we teach them to deserve and desire, when we live at peace with ourselves, Now when will that happen???

Train travel is always a great experience by itself. Put in a few college students preparing for their exams in the same compartment as you, Voila!!! You have got the recipe for the best journey. I was privileged enough to travel with a few such fellows today and i went down the nostalgic lane

//I started to think about my own preparation and wow i could not control my laughter(Mind you, i was never laughing during that time.)

This was how my preparation used to go

Advice to Myself: "Gower, dear Past is Past. So don't worry about this one. Plan your next one properly. So how many days you have for the next one?? 4 days. Oh thts gud. So you have enough time to prepare. GREAT. Start preparing from today evening"

Clash within me:Tht day evening will see a terrific clash within me with the prosecution and the defense putting forward their arguments.

Prosecution " Go ahead start preparing"

Defense" Dont worry man you have 4 days to go. So we can start tomoro"

And the case ends with me awarding the case in favor of the defense

Brisk Start: The next will start briskly with me starting off briskly with the briskness lasting for about an hour

Dull Phase: This is the phase in which i would be for most of my holidays,Oops Study leave. This phase would follow the brisk start and extend till the day rather night before the day of the exam. This phase would be punctuated by calling friends( who always used to be better prepared than me) and sleeping for a good amount of time.

Desperate Phase:The most exciting phase in which i used to flip pages at the Rate of Knots and still would have not completed the 5 units. This would also involve me seeking KT(Knowledge Transition) from my friend during our bike Journey to the college.

Climax: This would have me thinking like Einstein to frame the answers for the questions which i don't know( Most of them will fall into this category)

Then i would come out thinking that this should not happen again. But then the Lazy man inside me is the most powerful as well so The same cycle will repeat itself.//

Coming to these students they were no different from me. Well, I said to myself "Students will be Students"

IPL has been an average fare at best. So what about the commentators?? . Lets look at each one of them Individually

Greg Chappell: The most boring of the lot. Does not commit too many mistakes and most of the times is very frank with his opinions and correct with his analysis. No wonder he could not sustain as the Indian Coach.
Verdict: Take him out and replace him with Sidhu to boost up the entertainment.

Tony Cozier: Again someone who is not too entertaining. An average entertainer at best Tony Cozier has failed to spice up the event with his commentary.
Verdict: Can be dispensed with and replaced by "Venkatesh Prasad"( who i guess will receive the marching orders sooner or later)

Robin Jackman, Rameez Raja and L Sivaramakrishnan: Passable is the best word which best describes their performance as a commentators.
Verdict: Can be dispensed with

Ian Bishop: The "Professor Commentator" is fit only for the longer versions of this game and does not fit the bill for T20s.
Verdict:Send the professor back home.

Ravi Shastri: Wonderful entertainer. Whether it comes to wooing the crowd by speaking in the local language at the toss or speaking about the Cheerleaders he is excellent. Not to forget his loyalty, which he expresses by praising Lalit Modi at least 10 times in a game and keeps on asking the players about how it is to share the dressing room( Going by these commentators,I guess IPL is more about sharing dressing rooms)
Verdict:Get him some incentives

Sunil Gavaskar:Loyalty thy name is Sunil Gavaskar is the feeling one gets. "Well there is Lalit Modi", " Here is lalit modi", "Lalit Modi enjoying the action", "SRK is happy" and he speaks some cricket too in between.
Verdict: Bonus Candidate

Aamir Sohail: "Husky voice and Loads of Nonsense(read as entertainment)" captures Aamir Sohail. One example for that:" Wasim Jaffer holds the key for Bangalore"
Verdict: Bring on more such people. We want entertainment

Ranjit Fernando: Keeps the viewers on the edge of their seats by not completing the sentences at all. His way of structuring a sentence is "Start, pause, Start, Pause, End "
Verdict: Go Ranjit Go, Keep Going

Pommie Mbwanga: If he were a radio commentator then the listeners would be made to think that playing cricket leads to Hypertension.So excited he gets. I dont blame him. I guess his pay packet is linked to his ability to keep viewers engaged even when there are no contests, for which he goes crazy over trivial things. A loyal IPL servant.
Verdict: If he develops some of Aamir Sohail's trait or Arun Lal's to be more precise then it will be great.

Arun Lal: Undoubtedly the best of the lot. Seems to me like there is no limit to the humor which he can provide. It does call for an ability to keep uttering nonsense stuff and carrying off without improving at all. Arun has it in plenty. I wont quote a lot of them for then the length will become too much. All i will give is one statement made by this gr8 commentator.

(One of my friend gave the beginning of a story and asked the readers to complete it. Well i will be slightly different. I will give a sentence. Now you have to tell me the meaning of that , If u can)

"The bat speed on that occasion proving to be disastrous"

Verdict: 3 OR 4 more Arun Lals will make IPL a very entertaining watch for the TV audience.

The above list is based on the entertainment quotient alone. Sensibility and understanding of the game are not considered as the game itself is designed for Entertainment.

A recent survey says that India is the 3rd most Brand Conscious country in the world. India is more brand conscious than USA( which is perceived to be the most Brand Conscious Nation by Indians).

I am Surprised and Stunned!!! How come we are ranked 3rd. We should have been ranked No 1. Thinking why??? Well we have brand associated with us right from birth and the number of brands are only increasing by the day which leaves me wondering how come this Brand Conscious nation is not there at the top. Well with the introduction of more brands and with the fight for Brand Recognition hotting up, I guess its only a matter of time before we are ranked as the "Numero Uno."

I am writing this article out of sheer pain and agony. Someone who is responsible for my survival and existence is struggling to lead a life. The man whom according to me is the fulcrum of life for everyone is being ignored.The man whom according to a Saint Poet must be the leader of men is now the biggest Laggard.

This man is none other than the Poor Farmer. Cheated and exploited to the core he finds himself left out of the growth express in which many other Indians are now traveling in now.

I am now hearing some voices saying"Boss now that the Food prices have gone through the roof and hence the farmer must now be happy." Friends all i ask you to do is to visit Nagapatinam district or Tanjore district in Tamil Nadu once and you will get a hang of the real scenario.

One of the basic rule of business is that the producer or the owner decides the price of his own product. Agriculture is the sole exception.

The Governement and the Traders decide whats the price that they will be paying for the produce. The reason behind this being the protection of the farmers and the maintanence of the price of essential commodities. I could understand this when the country was an out and out socialist country. Now with the country Liberalizing and embracing capitalism as the way to go,i don't see any need for the government to do this.

The government is better when compared to the traders who form a cartel and make sure that the farmers are exploited to the core. With lack of good godowns and cold storage facilities and Interest costs weighing down heavily he has no other go but to sell it at whatever price he gets.

Words fail me when I try to describe the life of these "Real Heroes" of the society.

What needs to be done to better this situation: Long back ITC came with e-Choupal there by eliminating middlemen and providing farmers with the pricing power. Not one, not two around 100 e-Choupals are the need of the hour.

I would also like to see more of "Central Points" where the farmers can actually bring their produce and sell them directly there by eliminating middle men.

Providing them with more Cold Storage and Godowns there by preventing the exploitation.

Last but the most important: Eliminating money lenders( might be the most difficult thing to do since majority of the money lenders are big shots in the local political scene or people close to them) by the introduction of Stringent laws and also by ensuring that Banks cover the needs of these people.


I also find it Surprising when i see 100s of NGOs speaking about AIDS awareness but hardly any about more serious issues such as this.( Friends please let me know in case if there are any such NGO. I would be more than happy to know about it).

P.S: When i decided that i will start a blog, i also decided that not all my articles will be lighter topics like "My attempt at making Mirchi Bajji" or "Software Engineer's lifestyle in US" or " Carnatic Music reviews". I wanted to write on topics which i felt were of importance but not being given the required attention in Media ( I don't blame them, they were tied up with Indian Idol and Sydney test match yesterday, Sharukh and Aamir episode today, Might be Rakhi Sawant tomoro). I would be more than happy if this blog creates awareness in even 10 people( over ambitious perhaps, as thats roughly the number of ppl who visit my blog) and if it leads to the birth of "ONE IDEA"

When i see

People like George Bush leading the most powerful country

Leaders like Karunanidhi and heading my own state.( Dont think that i am against him or i am an AIADMK supporter, since he is in power now i am using his name)

A Military Junta exporting rice to other countries when 2 million of its own people are starving for food.

People queuing before Jewel Shops to buy GOLD on Akshaya Tithi thinking that it will bring them Good Luck and Fortune

When women are looked up on as just commodities by not only men but by women themselves

When the person who produces food is not able to price his stuff, but people who manufacture shoes have that capacity

and

When Crony Capitalism is taught as the way to go

I say Hats Off to my Ancestors for having predicted all this some 5000 odd years back. Wish I could be at least half as intelligent as them.

A title which may drive away even the very few people who visit my blog, but I am not going to speak about the importance of Goal Setting like a Corporate Trainer. I am going to discuss about the importance of Goal Setting in the world of Investment.


People might ask, Why Investment? Certain happenings over the past month, month and a half have made me write this piece.

"Can i buy now or will the market go down further? Can i sell Infosys and switch over to Tata Steel now? Is the Realty Sector party over? Can i get into Pharma now? Can i sell my holdings and get into Short Term Bank Deposits? These are some of the questions that my friends ask me.

The only advice that I offer to them, Dear Friends Have a Goal?

Will having a goal alone suffice? No , The goal needs to be realistic. Look at Returns which can be made consistently on a year on year basis.

Understand that Risk and Returns are Directly proportional.

Have a Time Frame. Unless you have that you will never be able to apply the concept of Opportunity cost. Also the lack of a time frame will make u panic and make u take decisions which are mostly bound to be wrong rather than right.

Ex: Recently one of my good friend asked me, " Can i sell Infy and buy IDFC?

I said boss u first tell me whats the time frame u r looking at, if u are looking at a period of a week, then there is every chance that ur decision might backfire, If its a month then again there is a probability of u going wrong. So whats the time frame u r looking at?

I hope this example highlights the importance of having a time frame.

Once u have all this in place develop a feeling of contentedness. For unless that is in place U are not going to be at peace which will hamper ur growth.


I know it is easier said than Done for i have been struggling to implement all these things for years now without any g8 success. But life is all about Trying.

So Try, Try and Try Until You Succeed.

Jai, Zindabad, Thalaivar Vaazhga ever heard this before?? Well the chances are that most of the South Indians would have heard of this, at the time of the release of a movie whose hero commands a fan following. I have always thought what makes these people go crazy over an actor??

I used to look at these people and think of themselves as people as FOOLS. All thats history now. I have become a FOOL( no i don't want to use that word anymore) , let me say a FAN myself. Boy and it does feel great to be a FAN.

The only problem however is that when i led a tension free life before, it has got very tight now. Every time a movie releases my pressure goes up. How will be the movie like? How will be the performance of my hero? What will be the response of the Public?. These things really make me go mad. Boy, being a fan is indeed tough.

However all this really is not remembered when the movie turns out to be a hit and when people give Thumbs Up to the movie.

Oh i have still not mentioned the name of my Hero. He is TARAK also called as NTR Jnr.

Now that the movie is releasing, what will be the verdict this time around??? One thing is for sure whatever the verdict may be one thing is for sure A Fan is someone who stands by his hero through thick and thin. While success serves as a fillip and failure leaves us frustrated nothing will make us change our loyalty.

I am a True FAN.

"Naan Yen Piranden" ( For what did i come to this world???) this is a question which often plagues me like anything. Just when i was thinking about this and reading today's morning newspapers i found an interesting article. Nizam, born in Tamil Nadu and Settled(???) in Guntur, Andhra Pradesh has been travelling throughout the country around in his cycle rickshaw spreading the message of brotherhood and Peace.

While the majority of us in the world do not find 24 hrs enf to earn money here is one man who is cycling 75-80 kms daily spreading the message of peace feeding on whatever people give him and not asking (!!!!) for food. I feel jealous of this fello and at the same time feel guilty for doing nothing to this society.

This man now wants to meet the Chief Minister of TN and suggest him some remedial measures to curb drunken driving and over speeding. Waste of time in my opinion as the Chief minister's purpose is to only enjoy power and amass wealth for himself and his family.

Long live the gentleman!!!

MM Keeravani or MM Kreem as he is called in Bollywood is one of my favorite music directors, even though he is not in the league of Ilayaraja or A R Rehman. He is someone who always takes me in to a different world with his music.

He is supreme when it comes to Devotional or Classical music and above average when it comes to regular commercial stuff. So it was very natural of me to have sky high expectations when it came to Pandurangadu, the latest devotional flick in the combo of KRR-MMK.

So how is the album does it really live upto the hype or has Keeravani failed this test? The album contains 15 tracks.

Aadauv Devakideva: This is a sloka which captures in a single paragraph the entire life history of Lord Krishna. Very neatly done.

Brindavanuma: Keeravani's voice may not be a connoisseur's delight but it is a very soothing one when he sings commercial numbers and soul touching when he sings devotional numbers. This is a devotional number. Do i need to say more? Listen for urself and get transported into a different world

Govinda Krishna Jai: This is a song which speaks about the deeds of Sri Krishna the boy. Wonderfully rendered by SPB this song will grow on when seen on the screen. The way it is pictured is of utmost importance here as it is very easy to show some small boy doing all kinds of mischief. I personally believe this song will attain a new level if this song with the singer singing it in the height of devotion without any girls and boys there by preventing the trivializing of the lyrics.

Govindude Koka Chutti: Simply Stunning number. Keeravani does it again with this number. With Sunita providing great support this number is an outstanding one.

Hey Krishna Mukunda: SPB and SPB alone can render these kinds of songs. Good to hear i am pretty sure that this song will catch on when seen on as it is about the protagonist demanding the lord to give him darshan.

Jaya Ranga Ranga Vittala: A master at churning out chorus numbers which elevate the scene, keeravani comes out with this wonderful chorus. Could be the ending song. Excellent.

Jwalath Kaarala: Wonderful chorus.

Mathrudevobhava: Extra ordinary rendition and Lyrics of great depth makes this a simply extra ordinary number. Could go on and become an all time hit.

Koshaladeshapu: Mass number if i can call it that way, Now don't come to the conclusion that it is the usual mass number which has Shankar Mahadevan crooning to some stupid lyrics. This number has SPB again at his mischievous best as he sings about his love for women and his lifestyle. Sunita again provides great support. Fun Number.

Mathapitrusamo: An average chorus

Neela Megha:SPB at it again and this number when seen on screen will make a few people to shed tears for sure.

Sahasra Sheesara: Shankar Mahadevan sings this average chorus

Premavalambanam: An average duet.

Sri Sri Rajadi Raja: A fantastic fun number rendered by Shankar Mahadevan and Geeta. Mass will go berserk with this number for sure.

Yemani Adaganu: What lyrical value? My God!! Comes as a slap in the face for people like me who keep asking the lord for different things. Must listen number.

Overall, a fantastic album, definitely the cream of Kreem without an iota of doubt. A great relief for listeners from the run of the mill music stuff which we have been hearing for quite some years.

Kudos to Keeravani and Team

Newspapers, Television, Magazines, Hoardings seems like i cannot escape the IPL fever. Such has been the hype and the hoopla surrounding the even that it is hard to refrain myself from watching the games.

To start off let me say upfront that I am not a twenty twenty hater nor am i opposed to the players making big bucks. Media, Music, Movies, Football, Tennis everything got commercialized long back, and in my opinion cricket has joined the party very late. So for people who are crying foul i would advice them to look at their own field first before they go up in arms against cricket.

Having said that i am against plagiarism, I am against monopoly and i am against crony capitalism all of which are things that IPL stands for.

To begin with the entire concept was taken directly from ICL and they have made a few more changes to create ways to make more money ( unethically of course). The regulators who are supposed to supervise the business operations run the business operations and what more they are doing their level best to make sure that parallel leagues (ICL in this case) are finished by employing intimidation tactics.

Democracy today has a new definition which is " By the rich, Of the Rich and For the Rich" and so does Cricket "By BCCI,For BCCI and Of BCCI".

Coming to the entertainment aspect, 270 sixes have been hit, Hold on...Before u jump all over me on hearing that, i would like to ask u one question, How many of those sixes can u recollect??

Sixes have now become so commonplace that it has led to boredom. I do agree that T20 is a batsmen game but that does not mean that u take bowler out of the contest. Flat wickets are fine. But what is not fine is the short boundaries. These short boundaries are taking out some aspects of the game, which are the Running between the wickets and the Decision making of the batsmen.

With the short ropes batsmen just need not think for they know that even mis hits will clear the boundaries comfortably, there by making them dumb. How many threes have we seen so far ? (sorry for troubling u with this difficult question) u will have to think long and hard to come up with the answer for hardly any have been run.

So with some of the interesting aspects thrown out of the window the game has become like a circus show with the bowlers becoming the clowns.

IPL can revolutionize the game but not if it is run this way. More thought needs to be given for otherwise it will be looked up on as an extension of Bollywood, which if it happens will be the biggest disgrace to the game.