Tuesday, September 28, 2004   ITFA 2004 Red Carpet
The International Tamil Film Award was held in Kuala Lumpur Malaysia for the second time. I didn’t go to the award ceremony but I went for the pre show. What do they have in the pre show? Cultural shows, games and the red carpet where the celebrity stroll the walkway to the stadium. After weeks of contemplating whether to go or not I finally dragged by lazy ass to Stadium Putra. After carefully studied the tiny map of the location of the stadium in LDP and KESAS highway I decided to drive there instead of taking the KTM commuter and the LRT. Wise choice as the place was not far from my daily commute route to work. Arrived at the stadium at about 4pm. The venue was not packed with people, which is good. I can’t stand crowds! Made my way to the tent where they have the cultural show. The show was entertaining thanks to the host. I can’t remember his name but he was the host of Padam ,Padal Puthir game show, second season over Astro. When I arrived there was this couple dancing for the song ‘Apadi podu’- very energetic and acrobatic. · 16:36 Then there’s the ‘pavakai’ eating competition which looked brutal. Pavakai · 16:40 One of the last year finalist for the Astro Tamil singing competion come to dish out a song with members of audience dancing. Cool audience i should say. Addu Macha · 16:52 Chick RaybanGirl · 16:54 Tango dance competition. It was hilarious. The host joked to a kid ‘Hey man your dancing partner is like your elder sister ok don’t try anything funny’. Then he asked the kid to his mother in the audience where we thought this kid’s mother is. The kid pointed to a woman on the stage. The mother was with another guy in the same dancing competition. Haha! Another guy, short, dark and greasy looks like a truck driver gets to tango with a beautiful girl. He can’t believe his luck. Tango · 17:09 Up next was Lock up with 2 songs. I lost my hearing temporarily because standing close to the loud speakers. LockUp · 17:34 Past Astro finalist for the Astro Tamil singing competion singing Sirichi sirichi from Vasool Raja. She rocks! Sirichi Sirichi Vasool Raja · 17:43 Dance competition for the kids. Some of the kids looked really shy but when the music starts they start dancing automatically. Ingga switch potta, angga light eriathu! Dancing Kids · 18:08 Sasi the Don talked in English and start singing but before his first song finish half the crowd were missing. The stars started to arrive. Sasi the Don · 18:22 Popular supporting actor in Tamil serial Tamil Serial · 18:22 Sridarth Sridarth · 18:22 Sonia Agarwal Sonia Agarwal · 18:23 Boomerangs. All the celebrities like to walk fast which makes it difficult to shoot. Half a dozen security personal around them doesn’t help either. Image Hosted by ImageShack.us · 18:24 Huge cheers for Madhavan Madhavan · 18:30 Yugi Sethu with his black bag Image Hosted by ImageShack.us · 18:34 Swarnamalia almost went unnoticed Swarnamalia · 18:36 Mr Nagesh. The crowd loves him. By this time the sun almost went south. I was shooting at rapid mode and can’t use the flash because it will slow down the frame rate. I was shooting without actually seeing the stars as I can’t get close enough to the barrier. Nagesh · 18:38 Radhika aka Chitti Radhika · 18:52 Manorama, crowd favourite Manorama · 18:55 It started to drizzle and this kid starts to pull my backpack. I shot her. Kid · 18:58 SJ Surya another fast walker. SJ Surya · 19:05 Simran and husband. Everybody was looking at the husband trying to figure out who is he. Then Simran came from back. The security was super tight. By this time the available light was not enough to produce good pictures. Simran why must you come so late? Image Hosted by ImageShack.us · 19:06 Prabu doing the proper greeting. Prabu · 19:13 Frustrated I decided to experiment with flash and I caught Karunas with a DV cam. Elbow room courtesy of people leaving the area heading to the stadium. Karunas 19:30 Remembered I didn’t switch on the lights in my house when I left. My dog will be in the dark alone! Rushed home.
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