Moondram Pirai ~ kanne, kalaimaane !!

A picture taken yesterday night – it was great setting to naked eye but when photographed, it has not come out so well (pic taken with Pixel phone!) 

Bhagyalakshmi, a young woman, has a car accident while returning from a party and is hospitalised with severe head injuries. When she recovers, she is diagnosed with retrograde amnesia and she fails to recognise her own parents. She mentally regresses to the state of a child. While she is undergoing treatment, she is kidnapped and sold to the madam of a brothel. .. .. .. sure, you know this storyline !! 

 

Pictured  here is ‘Moondram Pirai’ – the Third Crescent of the Moon.   The "third crescent moon" is another term for the waxing  crescent moon. During this phase, the visible part of the moon is a thin, crescent-shaped slice of light.  

A hazy or blurry appearance around the moon, sometimes accompanied by a halo, is typically caused by atmospheric conditions like ice crystals in cirrus or cirrostratus clouds. These crystals refract (bend) the moon's light, creating a halo effect. Other factors include dust, pollution, volcanic ash, and smoke, which can scatter the moon's light, producing a hazy glow. 

This is always a bigger challenge in cities – the  sky appears less clear in cities due to a combination of light pollution and atmospheric conditions. Artificial light from cityscapes scatters through the atmosphere, reducing contrast and making it harder to see faint celestial objects like stars and the Milky Way. Additionally, atmospheric haze and pollution can further obscure the view, creating a milky or murky sky, especially in urban areas. 

City light refraction refers to the bending or distortion of light from artificial sources as it passes through varying atmospheric conditions, particularly in cities. This can lead to the appearance of flickering or shimmering city lights, especially when viewed from a distance.   Refraction can create interesting visual effects, like the distorted images seen in mirages or the shimmering lights on a wet street. 

Moondram Pirai (transl. The third crescent) a film written, directed and filmed by Balu Mahendra starring Kamal Haasan and Sridevi, Y. G. Mahendran, Silk Smitha and Poornam Viswanathan hit the screens in 1982.    revolves around a school teacher who rescues a woman with retrograde amnesia, from a brothel, and protects her in his house located in Ketti. The rest of the film shows how the woman recovers her memory with the teacher's help. It was  produced by G. Thyagarajan and G. Saravanan's Sathya Jyothi Films. It was predominantly shot in Ooty and Ketti, with further shooting also taking place in Bangalore. The songs were great hit set by Isaignani Illayaraja -  with lyrics written by Kannadasan, Vairamuthu and Gangai Amaran. It  featured  ‘Kanne Kalaimaane’ the last song written by Kannadasan to be recorded before his death in 1981.

 

Interesting !
 
Regards – S Sampathkumar
30.4.2025 

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28.4.2025 @ 10.30pm

வாழ்வே மாயமா ! வெறும் கதையா! கடும் புயலா, வெறும் கனவா நிஜமா??

 

நிலவுக்கு பின்னால்  நிழல் இருக்கும்

நிழலுக்கும் ஒருநாள்  ஒளி கிடைக்கும் 

மலருக்குள் நாகம் மறைந்திருக்கும்

மனதுக்குள் மிருகம் ஒளிந்திருக்கும்

 

திரைப்போட்டு நீ…..மறைத்தால் என்ன!!  தெரியாமல் போகுமா !!

 

வாழ்வே மாயமா ! வெறும் கதையா! கடும் புயலா, வெறும் கனவா நிஜமா??

 

A  lovely song from 1977 Tamil   movie Gayathri – starring  Jayashankar, Rajinikanth and Sridevi.  The movie was based on Sujatha novel of the same name,   directed by R. Pattabhiraman and written by Panchu Arunachalam.  

where to find happiness !!

 

A Happy Man ! ` - ~ where and how to find happiness ?

 

A successful enterprise may be about various sales nuances.. this man would not know how much of stock he has ! nor the sales strategy of selling nor pricing techniques - he is unsure of the distance he may have to travel; unsure of the vagaries of weather, his customers and more ... not sure of his competitors or their strength .. .. BUT - he wears his attitude 'keeping happy' - lot to learn from such people - take a bow.. **