A V A T A R ? ? ?

What is the Talk of Town now? Whats the whole world is talking about? Be it Media, Newspapers, Tv, Blogs, your friends circle, everybody is talking about one and only one thing. - A V A T A R I had been to Satyam Cinemas for the weekend and saw this Ever hyped picture. Avatar is named as the "Movie of the millennium" and the top ranker in imdb list. Even the critics are all praise to this movie. Each one is praising cameroon to the sky. But would you kill me if i say AVATAR is the hollywood version of an old Tamil Movie? Yes. Avatar is the hollywood version of an old tamil movie. A Prabhu starrer, Santhanabharathi directed, movie called VIETNAM COLONY!!! Now wipe out the "What the Fa" expression from your face and lend me your ears. After 15 minutes into the movie i relaized that, AVATAR is VIETNAM COLONY RELOADED To start of with, let me give you and Intro about Vietnam Colony, if you have no clue about it. This is an old tamil movie which was released when i was studying my 8th Std. The story line is based on a colony named as Vietnam Colony, where only gundas, goons, and below poverty line people lives. This colony is situated in the centre of the place and a construction company owns this colony. But the residents are not willing to vacate the place as they dont have any other place to go. Then the company makes a smart move by sending one person (Prabhu) to the colony, to be one among them and to tactfully vacate the people. But knowing the reality and by empathizing on the poor residents over there, the Man who was sent by the company, stands for the colony people and fight back against the company. Striking something? Not Yet? Now replace the Vietnam Colony and the poor residents as the people in Pandoras World. Replace the construction company folks as those scientists. Replace Prabhu as the Hero of Avatar. Now you got it. In Avatar, the hero (SAM WORTHINGTON) goes to Pandoras world standing for the scientists and be one among the residents. Later on he realizes the value of their existence and fight back against the ones who had sent him. There are plenty of scenes matching with Vietnam colony. In the begininng, grace would tell the hero that she was looking for his brother and have no confidence that he would finish the mission. Similarly, in VC, Construction Company first doubts about the talent of Prabhu and worry if he could evacuate the gundas and other localites from their place. In VC, When Prabhu Reaches the colony, at first, he would have an argument with the Auto Rikshaw guy regarding the fare. The Auto guy tries to indulge in a fist fight with Prabhu. Then the Main Rowdy of Colony, comes and stand behind Prabhu. Seeing him, the Auto guy would flee and Prabhu thinks that the Auto guy got scared of him only and when he turns back, he would see the gunda standing behind him. Similarly in Avatar, when they are in the pandoras world for the first time, an Elephant kinda creature tries to attack the hero and flee by seeing a much bigger animal behind him. Hero thinks the elephant got scared by him and when he turns back he see a much more bigger creature. In VC, the person who had been sent by the company falls in love with a girl of the colony. Similarly in Avatar, he fall for a girl from the pandoras world. At one point of time, the slum people realize that he is a person from the construction company and attacks Prabhu. Then the girl comes for his help. Similarly in Avatar, tsu tey tries to kill the hero and its the girl who saves the hero. In VC, during the climax, Prabhu gets back to the company and tell that he is no more working for them and then the company people comes to the colony. At the climax, Prabhu is fighting against them along with the other Colony people.In Avatar, along with the hero, whole community is fighting against the villains. There are much more scenes which Resembles the old Tamil movie. I am not saying Avatar is a remake of Vietnam Colony, but i am saying Avatar is the Hollywood version of VC. Cameroon has added lots of stuff to the western audience as well as to other viewers that you almost forget this point. Now that is an Interntational Talent which makes you forget about the original Plot. If Cameroon again take AVATAR after 10 years, i am sure he would add in essentials so that no one would notice that its still Avatar. There are lot of wonderful scenes in AVATAR and Graphics are at its best. Those wild creatures and the flying dragons were too good. I would want to get rid of my Bajaj Discover now and need a personalized vehicle like the one Hero captures during the end. While coming out of the multiplex, the first thing that came to my mind is that instead of spending {(Ticlets120Rs x 2) + 3D Glasses 40Rs + Snacks 150Rs + Parking 40Rs = Almost 500 Rs} at Satyam Cinemas, i could have easily taken the dvd of Vitenam colony for 25Rs and could have enjoyed watching it with my family. This is James Cameroon's most hyped movie and the film after 11 Oscar Award winner TITANIC. It tooks 11 years for cameroon to make this movie, a reality and now i wonder if Cameroon was watching the DVD of Vietnam Colony throughout these 11 years :-)
Who would have had a hearty laugh watching these? None other than Prabhu and Santhanabharathi. Or would Santhanabharathi- Prabhu have felt bad after seeing that their plot has gone international and have renowned Worldwide fame? It pains you know. Even a chotta psychic blogger like me felt bad when some Mallus (Viz....Si..., Shi..., To., ) from my office told that Avatar is actually a version of an old Malayalam movie and not a tamil movie (Now stop laughing loud and making fun of me. It has happened) But thats a bitter fact. It's actually the version of an old Malayalam movie under the same name starring Mohanlal and Siddique as the director, the movie released in 1993 and the tamil version was released an year later.

Well, If you havent watched Vietnam Colony, then you are Lucky. Avatar is a new Experience to you. If you have watched Vietnam Colony already, and didnt even recognize this until i wrote here, then praise the perfection and technicalities. If you have watched Vietnam Colony and Already found out this similarity in the theatre itself, congrats for your out of box thinking.

Latest Mobile Phones

Heio fellow mates, I just like to let you know about the latest happenings in and around the retail market. Hope everyone of you would eagerly be waiting to buy a new mobile or a laptop. Before you step out, just click on consumermate.com. This proves to be a one stop search for all your queries. Yes, they offer the best deals with which you can search and get to know the latest hot deals about your favorite phone, laptops or the LCD’s.

Following are some of the new features that I could find on the website. You can search among a various range of products, compare them with similar models and choose the best deal that suits you. You can just select your favorite brand latest mobile phones and limit your search. If you are not satisfied, you can compare the same product with the other available brands. You can even contact ConsumerMate experts by clicking on the “Ask Us” link. The feature that attracted me was that we can choose the required price band and it immediately shows the number of products that suits our search. Other features include knowing the product, new launches, the product ratings and so on.

I was really moved when I happen to see about the wide range of haier mobile phone. It was simply amazing. There are really a hell lot of categories. The very look of the site was awesome. It is really simple to search and know about the best deals online. Also check the laptop prices in India though this web. Guys, don’t forget to check at ConsumerMate categories before you buy a product.

Deal ah? No Deal ah?

I like to express my views about this game show in this post. This is becoming more popular in Sun Tv. The show is about choosing a lucky box and the player has to open all the remaining boxes to find the yemount in the luckiest one. It has its own merits and demerits. Firstly, the show is a treat for all guys as there are 26 beauties standing right up there in the stage. Some are aunties too, leave them aside. Secondly, the concept is good but the way the game goes is really disappointing. In each round, the player (has nothing to play over here) has to choose some boxes and open it. If this is the case, he /she could choose in bulk (eg.. 1,2,3,4) and they can open it at once rather they are opening it one by one which is really a waste of time. But the show needs appreciation as yemount goes to the needy people. On comparing with other popular game shows, this show is really a yuck as it has nothing to do with knowledge. From viewers point of view, it is just a total waste of time. Comments are awaited.

The Peranmai

Guess you all would have read many reviews about the movie from various websites. The second part of the movie was much better than than the first. No words to explain Jeyam Ravi's effort. It was far beyond expectations. He has given the best out of him. He has done a lot of home work for the movie. A typical trainer indeed.

The first part of the movie shows the real hostel life of young teen girls. My credits to the director for showing it as such. The movie has very little scope for Vaigai puyal Vadivelu. The second half turns to be adventurous. It makes me remember few other films that has nothing to do with the first part but scores well in the second. Many dialogues were censored which made me disappointing. On the whole, the movie is good to be watched once. Jeyam Ravi rockz. It is no doubt that people named Ravi always win. Ha ha..

Launch of new mobile & LCD Television’s categories on consumermate.com!

Hey guyz and girlz, I just like to let you know about the latest happenings in and around the retail market. Hope everyone of you would eagerly be waiting to buy a new mobile or a laptop. Before you step out, just click on consumermate.com. This proves to be a one stop search for all your queries. Yes, they offer the best deals with which you can search and get to know the latest hot deals about your favorite phone, laptops or the LCD’s.

Following are some of the new features that I could find on the website. You can search among a various range of products, compare them with similar models and choose the best deal that suits you. You can just select your favorite brand laptops and limit your search. If you are not satisfied, you can compare the same product with the other available brands. You can even contact ConsumerMate experts by clicking on the “Ask Us” link. The feature that attracted me was that we can choose the required price band and it immediately shows the number of products that suits our search. Other features include knowing the product, new launches, the product ratings and so on.

I was really moved when I happen to see about the wide range of LCD’s. It was simply amazing. There are really a hell lot of categories. The very look of the site was awesome. It is really simple to search and know about the best deals online. Guys, don’t forget to check at ConsumerMate categories before you buy a product.

Simple Excel to Tiff Conversion using Excel IFC

Hi guys, following is a simple function to convert a xls file to a tiff image. Here I have implemented using IRF generator class. This method requires a in built Macro.

public void ConvertToTifExcelIFC(string inputFile, string sheetName, string protectPswd)
{
ExcelIfc.IRFGeneratorClass exc = new ExcelIfc.IRFGeneratorClass();
try
{
int iRet = exc.RunMacro(inputFile, "PrintSheet");

System.IO.File.Move(inputFile.Replace(".xls", ""), inputFile.Replace(".xls", ".tif"));
}
catch (Exception Ex)
{
throw Ex;
}
finally
{
System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal.ReleaseComObject(exc);
GC.Collect();
}
}

Create a SSIS Package

Sql Server Integration Services is a new ETL (Extraction Transformation and Loading) platform that ships with sql server 2005. In this blog, I will explain how to create a simple SSIS package which takes data from one table(source) which resides in database X to another table (destination) which resides in database Y. Both these databases can be in different system which can be in different locations and can also be in different domain.

You need to have proper access rights to these databases. Before creating the package, you first need to create a project that can host the package. If you have Sql server 2005 installed, Open Sql server Business Intelligence Development studio or go to Visual studio 2005 and open Integration Services project from Business Intelligence project. Specify a name for the project and click ok. Once project is created you will be able to see the package designer window of the default package called as Package.dtsx.

In solution explorer, right click the data source and click New data source. Give a data source name (for source), add the proper connection string and click ok. Repeat the same step for creating a data source for destination. Data sources are created with .ds extension. There is a connection managers section below the Package.dtsx section. Connection managers section will allow you to create connections which are needed for your package. You need to add the data sources which we have created to this section.

Right click on the connection manager and click a new connection from data source. Add the two connections which we have created in the data source. Drag and drop a data flow task from the tool box on to the control flow section. Data flow tasks helps you to move data between sources and destinations, providing the facility to transform, clean, and modify data as it is moved. Double click on data flow task --> drag and drop an oledb source and oledb destination.

Double click on oledb source, specify the connection manager ('source data source name' which we have created), data access mode (in our case its select Table or View), and the table name. Once you have selected the connection, the table dropdown will be automatically filled with all the tables in your DB. Now select the column tab and select the required columns in the table and click ok. Drag the oledb source output connector (indicated by green arrow) to the olebd destination. Open oledb destination, give the destination data source in connection manager, data access mode will be Table or View - fast load . Select the table into which the data has to be inserted. Select the mappings tab, and properly map the source columns to the destination columns... Thats it... Run the package, and if all went fine your data will be copied from the source table to destination table.