Happy Ugadi

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Ugadi (yug - era, adi - beginning) is the festival marking the beginning of the year(according to the Hindu Lunar calendar) . This is mainly celebrated by states of Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh. The festival is also celebrated as Gudi Padwa in Maharashtra.

The Festival also marks the beginning of spring. It is the time of unripe mangoes. While the Telugu people make "Ugadi Pachhadi" and "Avakkai"(mango pickles), the Kannadigas make "Bevu-Bella".

Here are a few links with more information on this festival
Ugadi on Wiki
Ugadi link 1
Ugadi link 2

So here is once again wishing everyone a happy Ugadi and prosperous new year. Feel free to post the picture as greeting card to your friends and loved ones.

Saawariya Mobile Wall paper

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This is a wallpaper for smart mobiles. The dimensions are 240x320.

Saawariya

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Saawariya was a 2007 realease Hindi film directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali. The film was debut flick for two star kids (Ranbir Kapoor, Son of Rishi Kapoor, and Sonam Kapoor, the daughter of Anil Kapoor). The film was over hyped and was a flop. It earned so much bad reviews. But because of the hype it created, few of the scenes from it became a hit. One such scene is the towel scene where the hero dances in a bath towel. Here pappu is doing the same.

Happy birthday card

This is more general version of the birthday card. I had posted one with the words "Yuppie buthday Pattu" on March 5th.

Feel free to send it to your friends on their birthday.

Massakali Mobile wallpaper

This is a mobile wallpaper version of the Massakali song from Delhi6. This is of 240x320 size which is the general dimension for most smart phones. It looks good on my Motorola Motorokr E6.If you would like to have this in some other size please let me know.

Happy Holi

Holi is the festival of colors.

Delhi 6 - Massakali

The lines are from the hit song from the movie Delhi 6 starring Abhishek Bachchan and Sonam Kapoor. Music was composed by double Oscar winner A.R.Rahman.

The scene where the heroine dances on the terrace with a dove on her head was so cute. There is a also a scene in which the hero sees a dream, which has been picturised very well. He sees Qutub Minar on one side and then Eiffel tower on one side. He walks through Delhi streets filled with New York style cabs. He turns to find high rises like in western countries and Streets are filled with Indian crowds.

Hindi Song: Massakali Massakali
Movie or Album: Delhi 6
Singer(s): Mohit Chauhan
Music Director(s): A R Rahman
Lyricist(s): Prasoon Joshi

Massakali Lyrics
aye massakali massakali, udd mattakali mattakali - (2)
aye massakali masa masa massakali, udd mattakali mattakali
massakali massakali, udd mattakali mattakali
jara phank jhatak gayi dhul atak aur lachak machak ke dur bhatak
udd dagar dagar kasbe kuche nukkad basti mein yeah e yeah e
itdi se mud ada se udd, kar le puri dil ki tamanna
hawa se jud ada se udd purr bhuur bhurrr phuurrr tu hai hera panna re
massakali massakali, udd mattakali mattakali - (2)

ghar tera saloni, baadal ki colony
dekhlaade thenga inn sabko jo udana na jaane
(udiyo na dariyo kar manmaani manmaani manmanni
badhiyo naa mudiyo kar naadaani) - (2)
bas thaan le muskaan le, kahe sana nana nana hawa
baas thaan le tu jaan le, kahe sana nana na na na hawa
aye massakali massakali, udd mataakali mataakali
aye massakali masa masa massakali
massakali massakali, udd matak matak matak matak

re re re re re re ra ra ra ra..... he he he o ho ho ho

tujhe kya ghum tera ristha, gagan ki baansuri se hai
pawan ki guftagu se hai, suraj ki roshani se hai
(udiyo na dariyo, kar manmani manmaani manmanni
badhiyo naa mudiyo kar naadaani) - (2)
bas thaan le muskaan le, kahe sana nana nana hawa
baas thaan le tu jaan le, kahe sana nana na na na hawa
massakali massakali, udd matak matak mataakkali
massakali masa masa massakali yeh matak matak

re re re re re re ra ra ra ra, hey hey hey hey ho ho hoo hoo...

Happy Birthday

March 5th is the birthday of the person who inspired me most to do the Pappu and Pinky cartoons. So this is dedicated to her. 'Pattu' in Telegu means a sweet little kid.

Smile Pinki

'Smile Pinki' is a tale of a poor Indian village girl who has been left out from the social circle because of her cleft. How her life changes for the good after undergoing a lip surgery forms the crux of the film.

The Film was directed by American Film maker Megan Mylan. It won the Best Short Documentary Award at the Oscars. It is said to have won the hearts of all jury members.

I have not seen this film but can really visualise the theme. Little children with disabilities or imperfections often get left out from their friends circle. Hats off to the team for selecting such a topic.

Here Pinky is holding the Oscar and in her own cute style "shmiling" and "poshing" for photographers.