*From & To Sathish* - Thread 4 - Page 18

Gurukulam-3


"I've been making a list of the things they don't teach you at school. They don't teach you how to love somebody. They don't teach you how to be famous. They don't teach you how to be rich or how to be poor. They don't teach you how to walk away from someone you don't love any longer. They don't teach you how to know what's going on in someone else's mind. They don't teach you what to say to someone who's dying. They don't teach you anything worth knowing. Neil Gaiman, The Kindly Ones

Okay,appo,why this title " gurukulam " you might wonder and you are right and i am also right.For these series of articles are about the few people from the world of entertainment that made a difference in me and some who have remained as close friends.

I think my future was predestined from the beginning and even before i was born.My Aunt who later became my guardian had been a very famous kannada actress and had also produced a few films and was on her way out and married when i came into her family.Honestly,i had no clue as to her acting prowess,fame until i was well into my teens and maybe i got my acting genes from her.

My aunt Vijayalakshmi was my dad's youngest sister and i have been told that she liked me so much as a baby that she carried me along to the sets when she went to work.Now,maybe,just maybe the loud yells of " Lights,actions" honed itself into my baby psyche and i must have liked it or at least felt comfortable with the lights,actions and sets that today i am here now before you as an actor.


Coming back to the first months of 1999 and after two shedules of " Minsaara poove" in coonoor for vijay tv i was now neck deep in the work of " saarthakam " and although a bit of a strange language,i found myself more relaxed and comfortable with the malayalam unit and with sushmaji,a gujju director.

I will tell you why and though the reasons are very simply put,you should read and i request you to read all that is left unsaid and between the lines.

The set of minsaara poove was just about okay and passable but then i felt the subtle politics,pushed aside and not being given the same treatment as the other hero.

Okay,i will explain first,briefly the synopsis of Minsaara poove and then you will be better able to understand it and what i really mean.

The story is about two doctors in coonoor hospital and i play one doctor who is in love with the other doctor,played by swarnamalya who in turn is in love with the a widower,who also has a 6 year old daughter and obviously does not believe in love but in the end they join together and that is the story

The widow character was played by Mr.Ravi raghavendar( aniruddhs dad) husband of director lakshmi or ammu as she was called popularly and need i say more.

Scenes where i wanted to do more,emote more,give more were pushed aside and in the end my role,even though it was the second lead just faded and held no meaning for me or the audience.

That was a very important lesson i learnt and i have leant similar lessons all through my career and i confess that it does not hurt anymore and i laugh and think ' Fools,you just lost the chance to make use of a good actor.'

( I think my looks,screen presence has always been a bit intimidating for many who want to work,cast me in good roles for they in their own words tell me " Sir,romba vellaiyavum,romba Azhagavum irukeenga.)


Okay,if this was the case in a tamil serial,then it was totally opposite in a malayalam serial where i truly played the lead and had dozens of fantastic scenes to act out and the lessons that i learnt from my Guru Sushmaji have not been forgotten and will remain until my last performance and that is i hope,well and truly into my 70's and 80's.( Hopefully)

Like minsaara poove,Saarthakam the mallu serial was a triangular story and a beautiful one.

The hero (satish) and the heroine ( beena george) and their best friend,the other hero ( Hari nair) are close friends.Satish and beena are deeply in love but hari is also in love with beena but does not show it and never reveals it.But satish knows that hari is in love with the woman who he is going to get married but never shows it and graciously,respects his best friend hari's love and keeps calm about it.

Satish and beena's wedding is fixed and hari nair heartbroken flies off to america to do his medicine and he gives a wedding gift to satish and wishes him the best.

Just as all this side of the story is going on,There is a darkness hanging over satish's family which is called Multiple sclerosis and he has already lost his mother to it and yet has no knowledge about his family's deadly but secretive disease and now his younger sister who he is very fond of has fallen ill and is doing badly.

His elder sister who took up work after their father retired as an accountant is doing her best and now the wedding of satish and beena takes place and off they go to a beach resort for their honeymoon.

The first two days are good although the hero satish often complains of a strange numbness in his limbs but his newly wedded wife beena jokes that it is all because of the hard work in their bedroom.

The next day,they are walking on the beach,playing with the waves when suddenly satish falls down into the water unconscious and beena drags him to safety.

So,the real story starts and now the hero satish too has Multiple sclerosis and the fight begins.medical bills begin to mount and even though he is not able to walk or talk properly,the hero gets a job in a small company where they constantly make fun of him and how he limps and sometimes mumbles his words.

I have to pause the story here and tell you the effect most of these scenes had on my director,camera man and others in the unit as i put in one great shot after another and came out with flying colors.

There is one scene where,the hero's wife leaves him near the office entrance and leaves and then the hero realises that his legs are not working properly and he has to climb down twenty to twenty five steps and after that sushmaji gave me kiss on my cheek and that was the beginning of many kisses.

Please remember that it was not only me but everybody else who put in great performances from beena,megha my sister and a few others including a kutty boy who plays the tea boy in the office where i work and often comes and cheers me up when people make fun of my health problems.


Unlike minsaara poove,the vijay tv weekly serial,Saarthakam was planned to be shot and finished in two schedules.The main schedule was to be in chennai and the rest in trivandrum.

The shedule proceeded smoothly and went into the beginning of April and then we broke off for a break and prepare for the trip to trivandrum.

Ten days passed and the day before i leave to Trivandrum,a phone call came and i sort of recognised the voice but did not know exactly who it was.

See,this was 1999 and although mobiles had already made an appearance in india and more importantly in chennai,the call rates were like through the roof.

Outgoing calls were like 20 or 24 rupees and incoming calls were like 18 rupees and so,just dwell as to how expensive that was.

I had a BSNL lan line and also a mobi-link pager for being contacted and so that evening,that fateful evening in the first week of April 1999,the day before i was leaving to Trivandrum,the call came and it was Mani ratnam's associate director Shiva kumar and i said ' hello Shivakumar ' and he replied ' sir,shooting from tomorrow for Alaipayuthe.Location,hindu office and we need your dates for the next fifteen days.'

My hands gripped the phone and my head spun and i heard whispers from the darkness and i recognised the voices of fate,karma and destiny ' Bro,enna you thought you can come into this world and live happily with your parents and little brothers.Let me show you what i can do and with a wave of a wand,fate and life made my family and my life of five years disappear.'

And now the same voice,the same fate and life stood with their hands on their hips ' Dei,idiot.what did you think,we will just let you act in a mani ratnam film just like that and become famous? stupid,no pain no gain bro.life is not easy so now show us what you are made of.'

Enna koduma saravana.

GURUKULAM-4

I am but a normal and a very average human being.When i was kutty,i have stolen 25 paisa and sometimes 50 paisa from home to buy groundnut barfi,bubblegum and other norukku theeni.I have lied that the progress report was yet to be handed out since i always manage to fail or get low marks in maths and Physics.But the lies stopped after my elder cousin sister Aruna learnt to forge my aunt's signature.( Damn,did i just put that down.)

But,there has always been a line i will never cross,a line that divides the good and bad and sorry,there is no gray area,unchartered or otherwise that one can tread carefully or carelessly.I have never fished in gray areas and for me it is " Vettu onnu,thundu rendu." If it is not right,if it even feels remotely unfair,i will not do it,regardless of pain,praise or other gains that come via those channels.

All of us have this built in meter,it is called the conscience of which we have to be conscious of once we grow up and are answerable to others for our actions and words.Murruku,seedai,kadalai mittai is all okay for the tinies but once adult and once we are dealing with adult topics and deals,we have to behave like an adult.Even if it means,no work,no money and borderline poverty.


It doesn't matter, 'cause at the end of the day,
It isn't what you say, it's what you do
What you say will be forgotten some day
(What you do will be remembered)
Empty promises always fade away
(What you keep will last forever)

Don't Tell Me-Hoobastank





My head cleared in seconds and i whispered to Mani ratnam's Associate director shivakumar ' I am sorry shivakumar for i will not be able to work in this film for i don't have the dates to give it.'

Asso Dir shivakumar ' excuse me satish,what is the problem? Have you committed for another film or something.Tell me for i will see if i can work it out with the director.'

' Yes,i have not only committed but have already begun to work on this project and i am flying out tomorrow to trivandrum for the final week of schedule.'

Asso dir shivakumar ' Is it a tamil or telugu film?'

' No,nothing like a film but a weekly serial for Asianet and it is in Malayalam.'

Asso dir shivakumar ' W*F is wrong with you.A weekly serial and for that you are willing to let go of a mani's film.He personally auditioned you and okayed you in a matter of few minutes and here you are willing to let go of a lifetime opportunity for the sake of a weekly malayalam serial.Artistes from all over india are dying to act in just one scene in mani's film and you are willing to throw all that away for a serial.'

' Shiva,listen.I auditioned for mani's film back in dec 24 1998 and here you are in April 1999,calling me without any prior notice and asking me to give dates and that too from tomorrow morning.It is nearly 7.00 pm in the evening.Tell me what do you want me to do.If only you had told me at least a week earlier,i could have begged and pleaded with my director and gotten the schedule changed.But,the whole unit has already left by train and i am flying out with the producer tomorrow morning.'

A lot of words and after a few more conversations the matter came to a dead halt and that was it and my tryst with mani ratnam was that.

But,since i have come so far with these memories,let me flash forward to 2014 july when an asst dir for mani's " Ok Kanmani " called me in for an audition and when i went there told me it was nothing of a major part and that i would be playing the role of the heroines office colleague and will share a few scenes with her and maybe there will be a a line or two to speak.

2014 july and i had finished a few days of work in " Thani oruvan " as a police officer and Arima nambi was about to release and the next week Ramanujan was going to release,a film from may 2013 and so i said okay to the asst dir and completed the audition.

I did the audition in good faith for i wanted to make peace with myself and mani ratnam ( obviously he did not know i existed or who i was) for it is better to settle certain issues and cast away the guilt and sadness.

Well,fate intervened again in a good and bad way and a week later i got a call from Dir.Saravanan of Engeyum eppothum fame and i went to meet him and he said that he was doing a film with Jai and Andrea called " Valiyavan and wanted me to play a small role of a boxing coach for the villian.

He told me that he wanted a different look and not my usual clean shaven boyish looks.So,i began to grow a beard and let me confess that i had never before grown a beard and only after a week or so,did i realise how much white i had on my chin and cheeks.Middle age i guess.

Along with the beard,i began to pump weights and tried a bit to change my body to look more like a boxer and also practiced boxing.( Nobody told me to practice boxing or change my physique)


Well,september first week and armed with as much as beard i could muster i was waiting for Valiyavan to start and the call came from mani ratnam's office and that shooting would start in a few days.

I froze,i cursed under my breath and i spat at fate and her evil ways and then calmly told the asst dir that i was not clean shaven and that i was with a beard for another film.

So,from these chapters you can glean that when it comes to mani ratnam,i have no luck at all and it remains for the future to change that luck.we will see.


Next chapter- Back to 1999 and Saarthakam and the googly that was thrown by the actor who played the second lead in that serial.




I share with you some of the pages and pics of VALIYAVAN AND Ramanujan


http://www.india-forums.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=3448726&TPN=133


http://www.india-forums.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=3448726&TPN=132

http://www.india-forums.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=3448726&TPN=20


http://www.india-forums.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=3448726&TPN=21

GURUKULAM-5

"Life does appear to be unfair at times. We are overwhelmed by our problems and get into sadness mode. Take a hard look at what you are confronted with, try to analyze it and see what life wants you to see. Maybe you need to make changes and you will surely see a way out. Life has thrown a challenge at you; it hasn't knocked you out, so why should you declare that you're down and out? While there's life there's hope and where there is hope there is always a way out. So don't give up. Latika Teotia

All of us at one point or at several points in our lives scream at God and how unfair life is for us and how we always bare the brunt of its dealings.All of us cope in our own mysterious ways that although might be similar in a general sort of purpose is vastly and intricately different in our own psyches.Most of us wear our unfair treatment deeply hidden for we have been taught from a very young age that one should never cry,moan or exhibit any signs of weakness for it means accepting defeat.

But sometimes life has a way of twisting the dagger and leaves one speechless and astonished and all you can do is shrug and wlk away dumbfounded.

April 1999,after the telephone call with associate director shivakumar of Mr.Mani ratnam,i flew off to Trivandrum with Mr.Sudhir Ahuja,husband of the director Sushmaaji and who was the one producing the project with the funding of Asianet.

We landed in trivandrum at about 10.00 am or so and we went of to the location directly for some road scene had to be shot.

Exactly,10 years later in 2009 i started flying off to trivandrum once or twice a month to shoot for Vijay tv's Maharani tv serial.

Two days of work went by although a bit slowly and then the third day of shooting was at a location in a hospital, sort of govt hospital where me the hero is lying,seriously sick and also with no money for private treatment.

These scenes i confess were some of the most emotional moments i have ever had the privilege to work in and sushmaaji milked the scenes for all it was worth all the while maintaining subtleties and class.

I need to share one particular scene in that rather depressing hospital set where an old lady in her 80's has her grandson in the next ward and often comes to see me for i remind her of her own son who died in his 20's.

Each time,she sat by my bedside and gently wiped my brow of sweat,i felt the loving touch of my grandma and i used to flashback to another time and another place.

Strangely,from the third day,work began to slow down and each scene was being shot with great lethargy and then on the fourth day,i was told i would not be required until evening or so and when i landed on the set i saw everyones faces marked with worry and a barely concealed hint of anger.

So,here comes that googly,unplayable ball that life throws in to us and it came in the form of hari nair who was playing the second lead and the character of the heroes friend who is in love with his wife and has flown off to america to do his medicine.

Now Hari nair, a good looking chap,well spoken,always well dressed was a model from Bangalore with origins from kerala.Obviously,Nair means mallu,illiya.


I have already told you about the triangular love story that though one sided from Hari nairs side exists and the hero,played by me,satish is aware of it.

Hari's work in chennai was not much for the bulk of his work was in the final schedule in the hospital.

Hari nair is now a world famous doctor in neuro science and has come back to india to help the poor and needy.During his voluntary work,he happens to visit this rather poor govt hospital and stumbles upon his dear friend who is at death's door for want of treatment and lack of money.

Heartbroken,he vows to treat his childhood friend and make him better and in the process once again falls in love with his old flame,Beena george who just happens to be married and married to his best friend.

The hero,patient slowly begins to recover and also realises that he will never be well and complete again and that he is going to be a lifelong burden to his wife and decides that the best thing to do is commit suicide,so that then his best friend can marry his widow of a wife and look after her in a much better way that he can.

God,these scenes where me,the hero sits near the window crying to himself,trying to gather courage to kill himself are some of the most painful scenes to have been shoot for television and i doubt if anybody has done so.

But,leaving the story aside,the real story of the shooting schedule began to emerge.Hari nair,who was supposed to join us for the schedule was delayed and was going to delay the schedule for a few more days.

And hold on to your seats.After,i had passed on the role in Mani ratnam's Alaipayuthe and travelled to trivandrum to complete my work in Saarthakam,Hari nair who was supposed to join us was selected and quietly joined the film that i had turned out because of saarthakam's work.

I looked at sushmaaji and smiling sadly ' Did i tell you that i was the one who was supposed to do the role that Hari is doign right now in chennai and i did not do it and the reason is you and your project.And more importantly,my word and my commitment to work,ethics and discipline.But,Hari is there shooting while we are here sitting twiddling our thumbs.'

Enna koduma saravana.

Anyway,Hari finally landed in trivandrum and the work for saarthakam was done and we came back to chennai.

I went back to coonoor for Minsaara poove and Swarnamalya blew her top ' Yenga,ungalukku arivu irukka.Yenga,mani siroda padam vendannu soleetenga.'

I looked at her face and a song of my guru nadigar thilagam shivaji flashed in my mind.



Unnai Solli Kutramillai
Ennai Solli Kutramillai

Kaalam Seidha Kolamadi
Kadavul Seidha Kutramadi

Ninaikka Veitha Kadavulukku
Mudithu Veika Neramillai
Ninaikka Veitha Kadavulukku
Mudithu Veika Neramillai

Unnai Solli Kutramillai
Ennai Solli Kutramillai
Kaalam Seidha Kolamadi
Kadavul Seidha Kutramadi
Kadavul Seidha Kutramadi

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMHD71WSkqg

unnai solli kutramillai-kulamagal raadhai

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvTIQIi7e9I

Ninaippathellam nadanthuvittal NENJIL ORU ALAYAM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWYh8CKoDp0&feature=youtu.be

Muhurtham 2006 with Mrs.Vandhana Thangadurai and the late Bhanumati amma

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTe-LIsw2a0


Part one of The First night scene from Maharani and the moment that my role get better scenes to perform in.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z51Fn1zJ49o


Part two of The First night scene from Maharani

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UBJXBbpO7w

This is part 1 of Ninaivellam a telefilm that acted in for a sri lankan tv channel.It was directed by my close friend Director elavarasan.

I think i did some of my best work in this project.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bj1DTMrPxB0

Ninaivellam part 4 The climax

Jannal oram -165


"It's strange how the worst day of your life often starts just like any other. You might even complain very quietly to yourself about its ordinariness. You might with for something more interesting to happen, something to back of your routine, and just when you think you can't bear the monotony any longer, something comes along that shatters your life to such degree. you with with every cell in your body that your day hadn't become so unordinary. ? Joanna Cannon

His eyes searched for her familiar and beautiful sight just like they had searched and yearned for as he had passed their streets and onto the main road bus stop.Not finding her there,Raman drove on and parked further away from the bus stand for he did not want to hinder the buses in anyway.

Picking up his mobile he dailed Jeeva's number and it rang and rang and after many rings,he ended the call and then after waiting for a few minutes,he called her again and this time thankfully after a few rings the call was answered but not by jeeva but by her mother kamakshi.

' Raman,jeeva is kind of held up with her sister suja,who got back from her medical camp trip early in the morning.'

' Great news.So suj is back.Amma,please convey my wishes and regards and tell her that i will drop in the evening with my parents to say hi to her.'

Not getting any reply from kamakshi,Raman's intution alerted him to the situation and he hurriedly enquired ' Kamakshi amma,enna.what is the problem? Is suja okay? Shall i come over ?'

But he heard jeeva's noise telling her mother that she would handle it and came on the line ' ram,sorry.suja got back a few hours ago but is in some kind of weird state and i think that she and mohan must have had a fight or something like that.She looks really upset and is lying in the bed with a pillow over her face and just keeps saying ' leave me alone.Please leave me alone.

The last time i saw her like this was when she thought that she would not get a seat in a medical college and went bonkers for a few days and then recovered when the post came informing her that she had gotten a seat and that her dream of becoming a doctor was going to be realised.'

' so,i guess you are not going to work today?'

Jeeva replied ' It looks like that but if she gets better i might go in the afternoon.I already informed my staff and also called K.K Sir personally and he said take all the leave you want and to look after suja well.'

Raman worriedly ' okay jeeva.Just keep me posted and call me if you need me to be there with you.By the way,have you tried calling Mohan and asking him what happened between them both.'

Jeeva's voice broke with tension and sadness ' my stupid sister has deleted his number and refuses to answer any of my questions about mohan and has also warned me that she will leave home if we try contacting him via the college.'

Raman was lost for an answer and then slowly ' Jeeva,i guess the best thing to do now is to just let her be and maybe sleep it off and once she is in better spirits maybe she will answer all your question.So,don't panic and just give her breathing space and privacy and let her be on her own for now.'

After a few seconds ' jeeva,sweetie.Please don't worry about anything for it will be all right.Fights and petty squabbles are common and dime a dozen when you are in love.So,maybe they had a messy fight and need time to cool off and then wise heads will prevail and both of them will act as if nothing has happened.'

Planting a soft kiss on his mobile ' i love you and i miss you.I will see you in the evening baby.Bye for now.'


Raman had two cases in the High court and much to his frustration,found that one was at 11.00 am and the other at 3.00 pm and this meant that his whole day would be spent in the court premises.

And adding to that was the chance that he would not be having lunch with jeeva in his chambers and Raman stood staring out of the window in frustration and only muthu's arrival with a flask of coffee lifted his spirits a bit.

Muthu who knew raman very well,realised that something was off and diplomatically mumbled ' ellam okay sir? Jeeva akka,how doing sir?'

Not getting a reply from raman who stood with his back to him,Muthu went closer ' love problema boss.Cool,all well soon for romba common sir intha fights and dishooom,dishoom.'

Raman turned and muthu realised that he had bombed badly with his assumptions and immediately his face wrinkled in a scared and embarrassed expression and Raman seeing him react so,patted his shoulder ' Judge muthu,i am happy that you got me and situation wrong.No,me and jeeva did not have any fight and my worries are about her little sister.'

Muthu straightening himself and standing tall at his average height of 5 feet and four inches ' aha,so my mind judging rightly only saar.love fight not between you and jeeva akka but her sister and her...'

Raman pouring himself a cup of coffee looked at Muthu ' Thambi,come what may,come what people say or talk about you.Please promise me that you will remain thus with this same spirit and positive outlook.'

Taking a 100 rupee note,he handed it to muthu ' just one lunch judge saar and i am going to be here the whole day.'

Muthu looked at the note ' oh,sorry sir.akka not coming today.no problem saar.Me and ilayaraja saar will keep you occupied and entertained.okay sir.'

Raman nodded ' thank you.But i have some work to do on the case that is at 3.00 pm and in court no.5'

Muthu groaned horribly ' aiyo,What bad luck sir,you are appearing before the new judge, sunil thakur.All the best sir.'

Raman smiled and went back to watching the crows and the world outside his chambers window and thought about Judge sunil thakur who had been newly appointed after being selected from the magistrate courts of Bihar.In just a few months Judge sunil thakur had become famous for his sarcasm,temper and more importantly,thorough knowledge of the laws that governed economic offences and tax evasions.

Suddenly loud noises from the crows brought him back to the window and to the present and raman leaned out of the window to see what the crows were making such a noise about.

He immediately recognised the crow on the ground for it had a bald patch on its head and a kind of white stain around its neck and it was the female crow that he had been feeding daily at the window he was standing.

Raman froze and before he could react,a car ran over the crow which had been lying injured after probably smashing against some vehicle and now it was too late to do anything.

Just as he was contemplating going down and picking up the crow,one of the cleaning staff of the court swept the dead crow into the basket she was carrying and walked away towards the dumpster.

The door to the chambers opened and his client Mr.Anand entered with his slimy smile and slimy manners and pulling a chair sat down and then greeted Raman ' Morning lawyer sir.'

Raman nodded and sat down and opening his files pertaining to his client,looked at him ' Mr.Anand,this case is now appearing in the high court after your failed attempts to handle it in the Saidapet magistrate court.
You have wilfully defaulted by not paying taxes on many of your properties and are now trying to gain time and also trying to wriggle out from your duty as a tax Assessee.'

The client Anand rudely interrupted him ' lawyer sir,that is why i have hired your firm and that is why you are here after taking a hefty fee from me.so,it is your duty to see that i am protected from the law.'

Raman felt a headache coming on and he felt like reaching across the table and slapping the slimy smile of his clients face and controlled his anger and at the same time asking himself why he was behaving in such an abnormal manner.He always prided himself on his patience,tolerance and perfect manners regardless of the problems before him and yet today he seemed to be very disturbed and just not himself.

Raman kept his eyes locked firmly on the files before him,all the while composing himself and once his mind was under control,he looked up at Anand ' sir,me and my firm are not some magicians who can conjure some fantastic and neat trick to wave away your financial irregularities.You have come to us for time and in the thought that we can help you drag this case for as long as possible.Once you lose here,then your next course will be to go to Delhi and the supreme court.'

The client Anand looked at him arrogantly ' lawyer sir,if people like me don't make mistakes,commit crimes,then how will people like you survive and exist.So,you see,we are more or less partners in crime sir.'

The honest,bitter truth hit home hard and a day that had started on a bad note was now taking on a more painful twist and Raman grudgingly smiled ' nalla point mr.Anand.But,if you know all these rules and laws,why then are you trying to cheat by not paying taxes on time.'

Anand slammed his right palm on the table ' sir,why should i give away half my earnings to the govt who don't do anything for me and rather spend it on schemes and other stuff which have no bearing on me.Tax hardworking people like me and that too nearly 70 percent of my income and then put it in agriculture,education and other things that target only the lower and lower middle class who don't figure in the tax bracket at all.'

Raman leaned back and was about to mention the fact that Anand the client who sat in front of him had disclosed nearly 150 crores as turnover and yet had paid only a paltry sum as tax and that is why the income tax officials were after him.

The time was 10 minutes to 11.00 am and Raman looked at his client ' Mr.Anand,the judge in this case is a bit of a hard nut and is supposed to be very short tempered and so please remain quiet and let me do the talking.'

Slimy anand smiled his slimy smile ' you are my lawyer and i am paying you to do all the talking.so,you talk and i will stay quiet and listen.'

Raman got up and then went near the window and saw the lone male crow sitting quietly and feeling very sad,he gently extended his palm towards the crow and the male gently pecked at his fingers as if trying to convey its sadness.

Then suddenly it looked right into the eyes of Raman and he felt a rush of a melancholy blowing right through his soul and he shivered and remembered the popular saying ' somebody just walked over my grave.'