NEMA Onam 2009

Onam, a celebration unique to Kerala where unity had always coexisted with diversity, especially during festivals, when people come together to celebrate life’s unlimited joys.

In this years NEMA’s Onam festivities,  we blend traditional celebrations with a showcase of our rich cultural programs.  Pookalam, Ona Sadhya etc are definite to evoke fond memories and nostalgia. A wide variety of programs are getting ready in the backgr0und. Singer Thahaseen would be performing for the Onam show. Looking forward to meeting everyone for Onam.

Date: September 5th

Venue: Oak Middle Schoo

Address: 45 Oak Street, Shrewsbury,   MA  01545

Time: 11.00 PM to 5.00 PM

Passenger in Belmont

Termed as one of the best movies of this year, Passenger will be screened in Belmont studio cinemas on August 8th at 4PM.  Sreenivasan and Dileep come together to give an edge of the seat thriller experience. Directed by debutante Ranjit Sankar, Passenger is one of the biggest hits of Kerala for  this year which provided a uplift for the stagnating industry.

Details here.

Malayalam cinema lost another actor

Actor Murali passed away today at Thiruvananthapuram.  He was 55 and died of cardiac arrest.

Murali was a versatile actor and has many strong characters to his credit. He was won many state and national awards.

This is 3rd death of  a film personality happening in a short span of time – after Rajan P Dev and Murali.

Volcano eruption: Astonishing view from space

This video was taken from International space station.

From NASA’s website:

A fortuitous orbit of the International Space Station allowed the astronauts this striking view of Sarychev volcano (Russia’s Kuril Islands, northeast of Japan) in an early stage of eruption on June 12, 2009. Sarychev Peak is one of the most active volcanoes in the Kuril Island chain and is located on the northwestern end of Matua Island.

Terrified – A Short story by Rhea Bala

Rhea is 7 year old 1st grade student of  Fales Elementary School in Westboro.  Rhea’s intersts are in dancing, reading, writing, playing soccer. She loves making friends and is quite popular in her school as all the other grade students too know her by her first name and come over and talk to her.She also loves to challenge herself.

I was getting ready for school. I was having my breakfast when my Dad said “I am going to shave and take bath. Okay?” So I agreed. He went to do both of those jobs. After about 4 minutes, I heard footsteps coming down the stairs.

I got terrified. My heart was beating so fast I couldn’t move at all. I took a deep breath, in and out. I still felt terrified. So I walked slowly to see if it was just my dad. I went upstairs. It was not my dad! He was already in the shower. I went  down stairs to eat the rest of my breakfast. I was thinking that there was a stranger hiding in the small room. My eyes were wide open and my teeth were crunched up. My whole body was so rigid.

When I was done, I went to my room. I prayed to God. I heard about 8 more steps, then I went upstairs to take a bath. When I was out, I saw my dad. My emotion turned from terrified to glad. I felt calm. I was thinking it was a bird chirping. I found out it was just a clock ticking.

Lexicon for Twitter

The new media/social networking phenomenon Twitter is changing the way media operates. We follow celebrities on Twitter, we get up to the minute updates on Twitter, we saw Mumbai terror attacks unfolding in Twitter and even follow a revolution on Twitter. Here’s a list common terms used by Twitter users:

1. Twitter (N): Online Micro blogging service to send and view second-by-second status updates, almost instantaneous updates from the entire Connected World.
2. Tweet [pronounced Tw-E-t] (N): A Twitter Message; (v) to send a Twitter message
3. Tweeter (N): A person who tweets, a Twitter user.
4. Tweeting (N): The act of sending a Tweet or Twitter message [Read complete article:   Presenting Twexicon]

Short Film competition – deadline extended

NEMA short film competition’s deadline for signing up has been extended to June 25th 2009. This is in response to overwhelming response and high level of interest shown from Malayalees from all over USA. Do send in your entries before June 25th.

Kerala State Film Awards – 2008

State awards were announced today – complete list here.  One interesting observation – none of  the award winning movies  graced Belmont theatre – for obvious reasons.

NEMA Short Movie Competetion

Aspiring film makers – NEMA Calling!

Many of us have dreamed about directing a movie, but various challenges or simply lack of opportunity stopped us from the task. NEMA is conducting a short film competetion – an opportunity which will bring the hidden talents to the fore. You can enter the competetion by submitting an entry before June 15th, more details here. Besides satisfying your creative talents, there are exciting prizes as well.

Pictures of Sreeniyaan Twenty-20

Much awaited pictures of Sreeniyaan Twenty-20 show.

Sreeniyaan Twenty-20 pictures

Thanks to Dr.Sadhujan for these images.