Prince charming of Indian cricket team.....

It was 1999 World cup, one among the many World Cup tournaments where Indians bowed out of the series with a bad performance. I was tired of seeing this never ending failure of the Indian cricket team. Each of the members of the team had made up their mind to take turns to perform well, hence as a team they never performed...the result they hardly won. There were innumerable defects in every department be it bowling, batting or fielding. The last best fielder I had witnessed in the Indian cricket team was Jadeja and with him being caught up in the intricacies of match fixing the fielding suffered badly. There was Sachin , Sourav, Rahul but still there was something the Indian cricket team missed, the hot blood and the talented. Their search for this ended soon but before that I had broken all the contacts with the cricketing world.

It was probably in 2002, a few months before the 2003 World cup that I again sat down to watch the cricket match , out of compulsion. It was the mini world cup tournament that was played before the actual huge one, so my dad didnt want to miss it at any cost, sad for me though. The match was between India and Srilanka, the match continued at its usual pace, I didnt know anyone in the Indian cricket team, all new faces had made their way into this team. Who cares was my attitude, as it is the result will be the same. It was Zaheer Khans over, when a miracle occurred, I didnt blink my eyes for a while. Oh my god what had i seen just now, an Indian player had just then taken a brilliant catch, diving over a few feet to his right. I was wondering over the next 2 mins of the ad break as to when and how had Indian cricket team manged to get a fielder like this. Believe me the catch was absolutely superb, the Jonty kind of a catch from Indian player ufffffff, I was already his fan . I was desperate to know, who this Indian Jonty was, thanks to replay technology, I did see the catch all over again, hoping to see him but all I could manage was to see his T- shirt and it read 'YUVRAJ' in bold letters. When I finally got to see his face, my face turned bright, I was smiling away, what a handsome man he was, "hmmm talented, young,charming and hot... all in one" was my first thought. A combo for any girl to go gaga over and I bet many girls would agree with me. After that there was no single match I missed. He had completely taken over me , he was there on my calculator, my notebook, my wallet, my bag ...... just everywhere.He had become my hero overnight.

His fielding capabilities is just impeccable, his throws hardly miss the stumps, the ball rarely surpasses him and his hands seldom drop the catch.He has been doing justice to his job as a part time bowler, giving India a break through in several instances when they were craving for one.With the bat he is just a Satan, you dont belive it???? check out his strike rate and average, they say it all. His exhibition of aggressiveness as a batsman is a feast for any of his supporters, for which the ball and the bowlers pay the price. His energy packed shots are capable of sending the ball out of sight in no time, the miracle is the ease with which he plays these shots . This ruthless treatment to the bowlers has earned him several stares, a few words ,which only compelled him to continue his triumph over them. During world cup 2003, which was the best show put up the Indians ever, next to World Cup 1983, he proved his potential as the most reliable all rounder of the future Indian cricket team.

This was the story only about the ODIs. He silenced his critics by playing a magnificent innings with a score of 100 during his first test match against Pakistan on their soil , where the other demigods of Indian batting line up failed royally. He displayed that he too can play a game with patience and temperament when called for. Now he is the major contender for skippers position, this goes to prove the depth of confidence the cricket board has in this mans leadership quality.So does the nation.

There have been bad instances during his tenure as a cricketer, most of which was the hype created by the media. The story about his lifestyle makes it to the front page while his achievements are given a step motherly treatment, when it comes to prioritizing them. As a consequence the public image he creates is of a party goer, rich , famous and an irresponsible individual, who has loads and loads of attitude. My argument is that, who cares about his personal interests and his private life as long as he performs well? This way of thinking from the public,would take the load of putting up a good boy image off his shoulders, which would only make way for more and more cricket.

All in all Yuvi is one such cricketer who gives his fierce attitude a tinge of charisma adding a feather to his cap of masculinity. He is an idol for kids who aspire to become batsman, an awesome entertainer for the audience, pain for the opposition and above all a dream boy of many young gals. Entire nation will surely look forward , to see great things from this youngster in the near future and so do I.

To my dear friends here it is finally the blog that you were awaiting, a blog abt whom Iam crazy ,which i guess by now many would be aware of.

RAJINI..........Paere kaete odanae adhuradille????????

Yes very much..........the name of this Tamil oops Indias superstar will no doubt send shivers down the spines of his rivals. He is an immortal superstar of the Indian film industry. Like many other Indians he is my all time favorite hero. Why I, like many others look upon him as
a superstar???as they sing in the movie avan nedapadhu istyle, siripadhu istyle..... yes he has style in his walk, talk, smile, its just in his blood.

Now let me get to the topic....SIVAJI..the awaited film of the year was released all over the world on 15th of June. While there were people in India waiting to get their hands on the ticket, I already had them in
my pocket. I was all the more delighted to know that I had bought the tickets for a very low price of 16 USD (640Rs) when there were people back in India buying it for a price anywhere between 1000 to 2000Rs.The week of release, my prime time pass was to read the flashing news about the movie, the crowd craze for the movie etc etc and enjoy the hype surrounding his movie. This only aggravated my desperateness to see the movie.

Finally, the D day arrived… I would be watching my first Tamil movie and that too Rajini s movie in the theatre. We reached the theatre at 8:30pm for the 9:30pm show. I was perplexed to see such a long queue for a regional movie in United states. Queue was full of people with overflowing enthusiasm and why not it was their superstars movie after all. They had his face printed on the front of their T-shirts and the movie name embossed at the back of it.

Despite of going so early we could manage to get only the second row in the middle. We had this group of Rajini fanatics sitting in front of us. They were so much taken by the fact that they were going to see the movie, that they clicked numerous photos, shouted slogans in favor of Rajini.This was not all. After one hour of me restlessly moving in my chair, I finally got to see the movie start. The appearance of the name of the movie was received with a round of applause and hoooooooos.Then came flashing across the screen the name 'Rajini Kanth' this had the crowds adrenaline rush to high levels making the atmosphere electric and I mean seriously electric.8 mins after that what we have..... here comes our hero finally, the crowd went ballistic on seeing him, there were people at the screen kissing his image, saluting him and were on their knees before him. The waste shredded papers made their way into the hall only to be thrown at him, it was meant to be the flowers by the devotees alias the fans to their god RAJINI.For few minutes,I sat there agape, looking at this and had my consciences shouting "hellooooo..... can anyone tell me whether Iam in Chennai or USA".Phewwwwwww that day I realized what an impact Rajini had on his fans.

The movie had all in it, Rajini's style, the punch lines, action good music but the director failed to maintain the story line.The first half was a only comedy with lots of songs, and off the track. In the second half the director tries to focus on what actually should have been the theme of the movie but again it wavers off which he tries to pull it back on track. The songs were shot utifully,and with loads of extravaganza, the last song being my personal favourite.Rahman was at his best with music composition as always. Overall it was a mediocre movie garnished with
the element called Rajini.

At the end of the day, I was neither happy nor disappointed with the movie. I was totally enthralled by seeing the magnitude of craze people had for this man. I can confidently say that no Big B no SRK,no Rajkumar or no religion has fanatics following them in such a large number. Till now I have been pondering as to "what does this man have, in him that has made whole world go crazy over him” ...I had no answer. I can only conclude saying that this man certainly has some extraordinary talent and power within him, which is unseen and can only be felt.