Thoovanathumbikal !

I buy the magazine vanitha whenever i can.. although i feel that 90 % of the content is mundane.. and repetetions, im kinda interested to know some of the internal affairs of celebrities.. not all .. but some of the people whom i really adore .. may be.. madhavikutty or shobhana or Arundhathi Roy.. Vanitha makes it a point to interview some influential personalities..!

Sometimes they have nothing at all! Then i just turn the glossy pages over like a maniac looking at some brilliant colours on display! Sometimes i try to decide which colour saree i should choose for my wedding day.. and finally i go to my mom and gives the book with a pleasent smile coz i didnt find anything in it other than colours.. and mom doesnt mind! She's not lookin out for some knowledge in celebrity life!

So.. this months edition of vanitha has an interview of one Mr. Unni menon , close friend of Padmarajan.. I was really interested in reading it coz its been not so long since i've watched Thoovanathumbikal.. and i found the movie really nice! So, I start reading.. and i come to know that the protagonist jayakrishnan played by mohanlal is actually based on
Unni menon...and the poor thing Ashokan was padmarajan himself...
Mr.Menon said, that when padmarajan first came to thrissur he didnt even know how to smoke.. he would drink a little and would vomit the whole stuff a minute later.. Ashokan played it quite well i suppose...

Padmarajan wrote beautiful words to Radha his lover then ...
" Appol ende omane.. ithaanende veedu..Ne varunno?
namukkavide padinjaare vazhiyude iruvashangalilumaayi oraal pokathil vetti nirthiya aralichedikalude naduvil nilaavu veezhumbol chennirikaam..." Sounds nice... i wonder why no one wrote letters to me like this.. i would fall for him then and there ! Such eloquentness... and in malayalam... it would seem so serious and sweet !

Clara never existed, says Unni menon.. he says that neither did he nor anyone in their group knew such a character ..
"Evideyo ninnu vannu engotto poya clara? Epozhum mazhayodopam maatram vannaval.. braanthande changalayile vrinanamaavaan mohichaval... "

And im thinking... "Braanthande changalayile vrinamavan maatramulla vattenikundo daivame..? hmmm.. illa... !! Enthaayalum vrinamavan enikk patilla...! " As Rejeesh says and the rest of the gang approves... njan oru neat vijayan alle....! "Venemenkil braanthande changala aavaam... not vrinam...!" lol...... Anyways i enjoyed reading the article.. there were two photographs of padmarajan... Beautiful eyes he had! Or was that a beautiful gaze...i dont know! They looked quite insightful... but sad that they're resting with a lot of impending ideas.....
Thoovanathumbikal ... umm.... what does it mean?!