How to train your dragon 2 review

From the adventurous journeys to the toothless' cute mannerisms we hv seen them all in 1st part itself! Though the same was repeated for a while, its great to see them back with more dangers & giant dragons around them!

Liked the portions of Hiccup bonding with the mysterious dragon rider! Could hv avoided the sad moments in between which made a few kids in theatre literally cry! After a long climax war comes the peace!

The movie had the best animated visuals ever yet my fav is the 1st part for which the title stands for & this is the 2nd best in which Toothless needs no more training ;)  

Ponniyin Selvan on Stage !

It is still a miracle as to how almost all imp scenes from 5volumes of the book were covered within 3.5hrs(with live orchestra)! Actors were brilliant & when Actor Pasupathi gave an entry as Karikaalan, claps thundered! Dialogues with wit, sarcasm, romance were brought as such as in book! Forts, Thiruvizha, secret meets, clash between Shiva & Vishnu followers, ocean crossing to Lanka, elephant ride all brought on stage!

The fight between ships at the dead of night on Indian ocean which couldn't b brought on stage but imp to the plot was told from the eyes of a survivor to the village people with part miming & that was the director's brilliance!

Previous stage performance was set for 7.5hrs in 1999 & Kamal Haasan after watching it fully had asked the team to cut short so that it would reach to all audience! It took 15yrs to edit the plot, to resurrect the hope that it could be done again, to search for younger acting talents, to redesign the set so that it covers all imp scenes & now its back! It may take 15more yrs to view it on silverscreen may b in a better motion capture technology!