A sudden discovery - Madhavan played Sujatha?

Sujatha (S. Rangarajan) the writer/ dialog writer par excellence in Tamil literature and cinema is no more. He is credited with spearheading the team that designed India's first Electronic Voting Machine. While these are in the news and are well known facts - what really caught my imagination was that - I now realize suddenly that Mani Ratnam's protagonist in "Kannathil Muthamittal" was more than loosely based on Sujatha.
Here are my observations on the similarities between Thiruchelvan (played by Madhavan) and S.Rangarajan (Sujatha)
1. Both write under a "Female" pen name (Indira was Thiruchelvan's wife's name - same with 'Sujatha' Rangarajan).
2. Both shoot into fame/ have a connection with Anandha Vikadan
3. Both have a day job in a productions/ government sector company (Maddy can be seen wearing uniform to work and talking on the phone/ meeting employees or union guys. Sujatha was an engineer at Bharat Electronics Limited in his day job.)
4. The obvious connection - Maddy speaks Sujatha's lines in the movie - and a lot of the thoughts are said to be either Sujatha's or Mani Rathnam's - the views of life, the focus on simplicity, the so-called "live for yourself" principle, the incisive nature of the speech and writings and so on.
I will research a bit more on Sujatha and see if there are any more similarities.

Belated Birthday wishes to all concerned.

I have become an expert at missing birthdays of close friends/ family.
Take the example of one friend X - I have missed 2 of the last 3 birthdays. This time I realized I missed it some x time period later. (this birthday wish miss instigated the blog entry.)
Take the example of another friend Y - I missed all of that person's birthdays till 2005 and then wished the friend once in 2006 and again missed 2007.
I dont remember wishing Z in the last 6 years.
I missed XX's birthday last year. I only knew XX from 2004 - so I had wished XX for 3 consecutive years before this inevitable miss.
All of X,Y,Z,XX are what I would consider CLOSE friends.

X, Y,Z, XX - I am sure all 4 of you read this blog. Sorry to each one of you.


Here is a message to all you friends who have been victims of my oversight.
The fact that I miss birthdays is testimony to my forgetfulness. And that alone.
p.s -
So much for missing birthdays of friends, I did not wish my mom on her birthday last year.

Life updates - in a few bullet points.

1. Attending 4 marriage ceremonies within 24 hrs is difficult. I also suck at socializing in marriages. Yet I like the feeling of being important enough to attend them.
2. Shankar Mahadevan in TZP is god reincarnate. The title song is my pick for song of the year.
3. Purchasing my first kurta and wearing them to marriages is like a coming of age ritual. Momentuous.
4. The Elliots beach is a fantastic place to discuss life, the universe and everything.
5. The producers, director, cast and crew of Billa should consider themselves lucky to get away with such a K max movie. Billa will make Karan Johar ashamed when it comes to marketing K max movies to make money out of them.
6. Life in Chennai rocks in patches.
7. Points 1-6 may not add any value to your life.