Airtel Super Singer Junior 2

Airtel Super Singer Junior 2

I would say the best batch of junior team is this as all of the members are eligible to be a professional singer.Voice expert Ananth's training has brought out the real singing personalities out of these young talents...in terms of by-hearting whole songs and singing before the crowd without a single note is a very positive attitute i have seen in this kids...far more talented than i was at this age.


But what i observed is the best drama of all time has played its best show in form of partiality...Yes, in the team shrikanth is the worst person as i have seen with least ability to perform in the show are rounds getting more professional.We have clearly seen in the viewers poll that priyanka was leading choice with bright chance of getting into final rounds with her light voice best suited for soothing songs... if you take the handful of wild card round members (Srinisha,Nithyashree, Alka,Priyanka,Shravan,Roshan) each has exceptional individual qualities...

Alka's superb performance at the finals...




As Alka and Shravan has professional singing quality... Priyanka has light music singing and Nithyashree, Srinisha are the voice for heavy duty song with throw ... each gifted versatile singing proved they are capable...

Priyanka in Wildcard



See the mixing against the film video song, if priyanka would sing in the film this is what it would be... Hats off Priyanka !!!




Priyanka on many occasions got appreciation from judges as emerging best light music personnel... how come she got filtered in the finals i donno... even srinisha was blasting the show...I learnt from some sources that there are persons inside Vijay TV who are highly placed promote not so performing candidates like shrikanth to portray him as an icon....viewers are showed that he is having talent but in reality that goes for the dogs...Only purpose to promote Shrikanth is to hike the TRP among the users and i really feel that shrikanth would have not got leading votes as it is shown .... sometimes it feels very disgusting to see real talents being suppressed by mean minded persons not only in media but in real life too...


As far i see any contest it is not about first place or second place....as every person in unique and lets give chance to well performing... than promoting for one's need...As i can see Alka, Shravan getting the winner and runner is justified but potential candidates like Priyanka, nithyashree, Srinisha must also be given equal recognition as they all have unique voice capablity...

Look at the mind blowing performance by Srinisha , what a throat throw...



As i know so far Srinisha / Nithyashree / Priyanka are the best potential candidates for professional singing... who has been painfully filtered out.


I would say Priyanka, Nithyashree, Srinisha: Dont care about the prize as you have proved yourself to us as viewers...you all will be blessed forever!

Cheers.

I know! Raghuvaran

Raghuvaran the most talented villain actor ever for south indian movies...His slow voice, body language is the key to his success.There can be many villians but the one who got a permanent place into millions of heart is none other than Raghuvaran....

Who can forget his acting in BAASHA, MUDHALVAN... many more feather to his cap!




Shankar once told that he called Raghuvaran for the MUDHALVAN discussion and after hearing the whole story and his character, Raghuvaran instantly gave his trademark look, immediately shankar got the clue that Raghu already got into the character as no further discussion business anymore... went straight to shoot with him!



RIP Raghuvaran :(


Last but not least !!! Raghuvaran Comedy video...




Good night!

Tere bina zindagi se koi - Aandhi

Tere Bina Zindagi se koi




Kishore Kumar / Lata another best with RD Burman's magic.


Lyrics

--FEMALE--
Tere bina zindagi se koi shikwa to nahin
Shikwa nahin, shikwa nahin, shikwa nahin
Tere bina zindagi bhi lekin zindagi to nahin
Zindagi nahin, zindagi nahin, zindagi nahin
Tere bina zindagi se shikwa to nahin
(Ji mein aata hai tere daaman mein
Sar chhupaake hum rote rahe, rote rahe) - 2
Teri bhi aankhon mein aansuon ki nami to nahin

--MALE--
Tere bina zindagi se koi shikwa to nahin
Shikwa nahin, shikwa nahin, shikwa nahin
Tere bina zindagi bhi lekin zindagi to nahin
Zindagi nahin, zindagi nahin, zindagi nahin
(Tum jo keh do to aaj ki raat
Chaand doobega nahin, raat ko rok lo) - 2
Raat ki baat hai, aur zindagi baaqi to nahin

--FEMALE--
Tere bina zindagi se koi shikwa to nahin
Shikwa nahin, shikwa nahin, shikwa nahin

--MALE--
Tere bina zindagi bhi lekin zindagi to nahin
Zindagi nahin, zindagi nahin, zindagi nahin

--FEMALE--
Tere bina zindagi se shikwa

***************************************


What i like the most about the song is the feel it creates when i listen to it.See how decent the lyrics are as it shows the affection both has

Ji mein aata hai tere daaman mein sar chhupaake hum... rote rahe... rote rahe
Teri bi aankhon mein aansuon ki nami to nahin....

Tum jo keh d to aaj ki raat chaand doobega nahin... raat ko rok lo...

This songs reminds me of several personal feelings i have in store for... which me to listen to this song atleast once a day...

Fine... lets close this post with the same feeling!

Extreme Machines- Kicking horse shoe pass

This is about the Extreme machine-Wheels of steels
EXTREME MACHINES - "METAL MONSTERS" 4/5



In this you can see the Canadian Pacific railway covers steep Kicking Horseshoe pass(KHP) as the train circles around the tunnel coming from underneath, it appears as if they are 2 trains but it is the same train that comes...

WDP4 Locomotive

Today we're gonna see about Wide Diesel Passenger 4 locomotive shortly dubbed as WDP4 an indian version of 4000HP diesel locomotive!
Brought into Indian railways (IR) through Transfer of Technology (ToT) from Electro Motive Division (EMD) of General Motors USA model EMD GT46PAC.Passenger version is called WDP4 and Goods version WDG4.

India's first WDP4 20000 original EMD make hauling Hyderabad-Chennai express





This loco is highly capable diesel locomotive in IR loco roster capable of pulling 24 coach train upto 110-120 KMPH, Main reason behind my impression on this loco is the characterstic aircraft like sound from the massive V16 engine.

With Udayan Express listen to this beast notching up at 0:44 just like a jet aircraft!




First i happened to see this loco in action in Guntur-Hyderabad
section where it used to pull Hyderabad express, Sabari express etc.this loco surely is termed fondly as beast, monster, king of diesel, diesel god! from any railfan seeing this loco in action.WDP4 was brought into India in 2006 in SCR, KR (South Central Railway, Konkan Railway) and in the sections of Hubli and vas co to pull heavy mineral ore up the hill section,recently WDP4 entered into SR (Southern Railway) where it is doing honors of pulling Pandian Express, Nellai Express, Guruvayur Express etc.Youtube has many videos of first day first run of WDP4 with pandian blasting more than 100+ KMPH near Mambalam / Guindy stations. I once saw this loco pulling lalbagh express to banglore thundering with horns blarring so loud you can hear them a mile away!


Though the video is 50 secs long, the whole train just took 20 seconds to clear the view, i doubt the MPS for the section is only 90 KMPH, this monster surely would have done more than 100 KMPH.




Just listen to the cattle prod like horn loud enough to awake you up from good morning sleep. Pandian Express departing from mambalam station to reach Egmore.




It is said to be most fuel efficient locomotive with milage of 0.25 KMPL with less smoke from 2 stroke EMD engine. This loco can be MU'ed upto 5, all locos operating in tandem powered by EMD2000 computer,with automatic wheel slip detection
computer can increase adhesion by applying sanding,This youtube video is an example of computer controlled wheel slip, to increase tractive effort, the wheels are made to slip on purpose.There is no doubt that this loco is called beast!




With road number starting 20000 till 20009 are imported from USA, now these have gone upto as far as 20100, indigenious production was undertaken by Diesel Loco Works,Varanasi as traction motors supplied by Siemens, Alternator by Kirloskar,20012 was nicknamed "BAAZ" with very different livery and fiberglas frame,the blue colour livery with orange stripe is BAAZ,you can see it in screenshot below

See how devastating WDP4 can be...




If u want to drive this locomotive, MSTS (Microsoft Train Simulator) can be a good idea,as add-ons developed by many hard working railfans made this possible, Thanks to them here! :)

some screen shots here...












From my personal experience i can tell you, what other rail fans tell is true,Yes! it's a beast! you dont find much when you notch 1,2 but at notch 3 you feel the shear pick up, as it accelarates very quickly, you have that feeling things are happening very quick, that too while driving LHF (Long Hood First) with the driver cab at the back, there are 2 protrutions that would hinder your view; one being the Dynamic braking grid and the radiator grill at the end, many a times you could miss a signal due to poor visiblity.Recently there was a story in CNN-IBN highlighting this major issue.What i say is that it is not a design issue as this loco is designed as per US standards, We are using it in other way :(





What i could suggest is that railway can implement turn-table as it was used for steam engines to reverse or use Wye placement tracks so that we can reverse and change the direction.Indian Railways are always in denial mode of poor visiblity, Ofcourse it is not the design fault as this loco is designed by US standards and in US they always drive a loco SHF (Driver Cab in the front).But i have seen in WDG4's which always runs in MU mode, they couple a loco at last facing back direction just in case if any problem they can pull out in SHF mode.
Why not for WDP4 be used in SHF using turntable/Wye i really don't know what is going on :( If Indian railways are in pride that not even a single accident as been reported with WDP4, then its time they realise it might happen any time.

Though with such a locomotive dont think your train might arrive before time...as tracks are not in good condition all over India and some way or other there are speed restrictions which blocks continous running.

Have a safe journey!

Cheers!

The Great Indian railway (National Geographic documentry)

Well! I hope you must be doing well, relaxed about to read my post!!!

This time i thought of writing something bit old but gold! Something about a documentory which i got hooked onto the first time...It was about our Indian railways and its heritage and cultural and economical impact it governs us.National Geographic has done a exemplary job of making such a show showing the memories of many who directly or indirectly related to railways.





Though this documentry is about 53 mins the above one is the initial part of it.


This documentry opens with a early morning sun over rajasthan with camels and cuts to a winter morning view over railway tracks where a person walking in the middle of the track.Typical portray of Indian morning beside a railway track! On the right side you see a distant train coming... Opens the magical voice "India is the land of dreams...Images however floating are remembered long after journeys end..."

I was hunting for this video for 7 years and i have got my hands into to it recently...What i like the most is the segment showing the Palur station and the calmness in the village side stations... which are nearing (already has) to its end quickly as most of the stations are closed as there is no revenue.

Personal recommendation: Try to watch this video on a rainy day take leave to office, free your mind of all tension :) let the rain start (dark!...cloudy!!...down pouring!!!) have a sip of tea watching the rain (Heavenly isnt?!!!) create a mood for watching...start this video and enjoy... if possible ask your mom to prepare hot onion pakoda!!!

Relax as railways and pakoda make a great combination :) :) :)

Cheers!

Trichy trip by Cholan Express

Hi there!

My trip to trichy was planned just a week ahead and all preparation was going as per our family style.Usually i was the person who used to provide ticketing solution to these type of family journeys and I was quite thrilled about our journey to Trichy. My parents were busy in some purchases and as usual I was busy booking the ticket and what made me to jump out of the chair was this name Trichy Express(6854/6853) the BG version of old Cholan express.Which made me to go into a nostalgic feeling of my school days as we used to travel by the Meter guage Cholan and return by Sengottai fast passenger,which was golden days of my school life.

Okay back to present!! As i saw this Trichy Express has got reseanoble number of vacancy also the train was a day train starting at Egmore by 8:20 AM and reaching Trichy around 4:30 PM further my intention to do serious rail fanning also pushed our travel by this train;(Attention: This train though being a day runner still has got Sleeper coaches).We got Side upper and Side Lower and the adjacent cabin for the onward journey, Viola!!! what else, I was jumping even before printing my tickets having in mind the serious rail fanning duty awaiting me!!.


The D-day!!!

Well, Since our train was a morning train we started around early and reached Egmore early by the time Pandian Express has arrived and the incharge KJM WDP4 20039 was shunting switching lines, What else! a click on that, Loco pilots were busy with their walkie talkie to guide the loco around the switches.



As we entered into the station, Rameswaram express greeted us with WDM3D which did the honors for pulling this train,We saw this train from the bus enroute to Egmore and this was halting at Chetpet, It must have reached just minutes before we entered into the station.This loco has connection later in this. Our rake was already stationed on PF No:8 and there was no crowd on the platform.Only the railway personnel was pasting reservation Chart just in time we pulled from the Over head bridge he was pasting chart for our coach.Our coach was last but sixth from engine so I can get a good view of the train when negotiating curves!!! After checking our names in the reservation chart we settled onto our berths and had Coffee/Idly-vada from IRCTC vendor.

I was roaming around the platform hoping to catch that WDP4 20039, but still that loco was way up in the front.Cant get a clear shot at it, Dadar express was about to depart from adjacent plaform, as it was going towards park station and taking the Arakkonam route. After the Dadar Express departure came the Pondicherry chennai express behind WAP4.As only suburban trains were passing it was not a active rail fanning session :(



Our train moved on the dot 8:20 AM out of egmore and it was a slow and steady run,I had a premonition that our train will get an electric locomotive till Villipuram(VM) most probably WAP4 or WAM4 and then might be a WDM3 or WDM3A after that, thought that horn belonged to WAP4 when it honked from egmore and way around,But later after hearing the furious chugging, my BP went almost to the upper berth!!! as our train got a Diesel locomotive right from Egmore and now it is chugging its way!!!.As our coach was long way from the engine i would not clearly enjoy the view of the engine and its sound in full volume. As a matter of fact is that when you are long behind the engine, and you need to have a good look then approaching Trichy Jn will be a visual treat as the track laid is so curvy that you can view your train.It is not the case while running as you sense the train is negotiating a curve as you feel the slight pushing to your sides inside in your seat and when you look by the time engine would have gone straight,If you are near to engine more lucky ;)

This train has a stop at Melmaruvathur and there was little crowd boarding into our train all dressed up in red colour dress symbolising they are devotees of Adhiparasakthi goddess.Some local vendor with fried peanut/cashew was roaming in the platform apart from that there was not a big population around.Till Villupuram (VM) our run was smooth and steady, the train took the left side track that goes to cuddalore, chidambaram, by the time we finished our lunch and i was peeping in-between to take a look and it was the same WDM 3D Loco that powered Rameswaram Express!!! pulling our train.Loco pilot must have thought to gear up and we picked up good speed blasting through Panroti, Cuddalore etc. there were homes just near by tracks near cuddalore and people were waving at our trains( What more can a railfan need except a dose of encouragement like this!!), we were running close to right time and talks were going on that at this rate we might reach Trichy around 4:15 PM.

We reached Sirkhazhi 1:30 PM a crispy 1 minute halt; after that what came to Loco pilots mind I dont know he started to blast like rocket and we thundered through Vaitheeswaran koil at 1:40 PM surely the train must have done around 90+ KMPH, the whole station went around in 30 seconds, I looked back a second later to take a sneek peak at it, but the station was gone out of sight;another 5 minutes Anandathandavapuram next station after vaitheeswaran kovil, our train gave the same treatment to this station as we blasted through it.We slowed down after 5 minutes passing this station as we were approaching Mayiladuthurai Jn, By road Mayiladuthurai is 15 Kms from Vaitheeswaran Koil as the road is very narrow and many curves close to 90 degree are making bus journey very cumbersome. We were passing by a passenger halting at Tittai,I could not make out the name of the train as our train was doing a good speed.



We had a dose of Coffee at Mayiladuthurai Jn which made me brisk for the lap of journey left.We arrived bang at Kumbakonam Jn where ED 16671 WDM2 was waiting behind Mayiladuthurai Express, Loco pilots were standing near the Loco waiting for the starter,as they must be waiting for our train to pull into the station as it is a single line all the way.










we again started to blast out of Kumbakonam and really the train pissed off at the speed restrictions and we were doing easily 90+ KMPH for another 15-20 minutes and we were approaching Tanjavur Jn there was a long goods train with BOXN rake standing incharge was 2 Multiple unit of WDG3A ED 13493 and 13511.




From then on it was a good run touching 90+ KMPH and we reached Trichy Jn around 4:30PM.Wow! what a journey it was and i really enjoyed travelling on this train.Hope I would get a close view of our Loco atleast while return :) Cheers!!


Return Journey!!!


Our return journey was with the same train and same coach; this time 6th from engine!!! and I had a pep talk with Loco pilot and he told that we could reach Chennai by 5:45PM, further i asked which loco would haul us and he told it is WDM3A as the loco brought into platform was taking lot of time, he was sitting in the platform,I left to my coach as even past the scheduled departure of 9:20 AM loco was not coupled to our rake. By the time i was photographing some locos and found WDP3A 15524 GOC livery, driver was checking all the bogies and looked around for any debries in the wheels etc. after a while he pulled a wedge from the cabin and placed under the wheel to avoid runaway, The side doors of the loco was open through which he jumped outside to do this;loco was soon turned off and remained there till a shunter pulled this away.



Vaigai express arrived into PF NO:1 with WDP4 20039 from Madurai, It was surprising to see that WDP4 was uncoupled and drove to pit line, some WDMx was then coupled and started off, I donno whether WDP4 has some other plan for that day.I am not sure whether WDP4 20039 was regular link for Pandian Express from MS to TPJ or MS to MDU, as i told you i have taken photo of this loco at egmore the day before i came here. It was after 9:30 AM we felt the jolt of a loco getting coupled and we moved out of trichy around 9:40 AM, I was very happy to see that i am close to loco and can hear the chugging clearly







we pulled put of trichy soon blasted till budaloor, where we slowed down and stopped for about 15 minutes at the Budaloor station.



Then came a furious KJM WDM3A with Mysore-Trichy Express blasting past us.It was doing a good deal of about 100+ KMPH.



Afterward it was a good run till Tanjavur Jn where the smell of paddy fields were very pleasant in the morning sun.At Tanjavur we had Vada from IRCTC vendor and it was hot and worth for the money paid.Compared to Chennai IRCTC eatry, those from Tanjavur Jn was much better and worth for money.

Our Loco pilot Mr.Ramanathan/Xavier did a fantastic job, we were arriving all stations almost right time, There was a rake without any nameplate coupled to GOC WDM2 16858 welcoming us at Mayiladuthurai Jn.





We blasted again through Vaitheeswaran kovil at good deal of speed, The station is reopened after the MG to BG conversion and has a very different look with the over head bridge and additional platform.There used to be a big tree in that station and now it seemed to be uprooted due to the height of platform being raised for BG trains,Many times i have spent my summer vacation at this place and it is kind of real shift in the scenary for what was once a peaceful small station and i captured some video though my finger unknowingly covered the part of lens,as the train was travelling fast i had to hold the mobile so tight as the oil from the vada i ate was still present in my fingers!!! i thought my mobile could slip off.





We were running bright through Villupuram and then the worst part of the journey struck the train as we had to wait for more than 45 mins as there was repair going on the tracks near Olakur station.



As you can see the ongoing Vaigai express was running 1:30 mins late behind WAP4 22764 ,crossing us at Olakur station.
As you can see in the picture,the middle line where the maintainence is going on used to be the high speed line where trains pass through that station run along.
There were multiple sections of track being replaced, Vaigai Express went past us around 4 PM.That fellow must have gone past Villupuram by that time but he was running late.From then on it was kind of riding the yellow as we accelarated and decelerated through out till Egmore and reached 1 Hr 30 mins late.

By and large this trip was a good experience and i could take good snaps and look at it to keep the memory.

Cheers!