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The Spook Who Sat by the Door (1969), by Sam Greenlee, is the fictional story of Dan Freeman, the first black CIA officer, and of the CIA's history of training persons and political groups who later used their specialised training in gathering intelligence, political subversion, and guerrilla warfare against the CIA. The novel has been described as "part thriller, part satire and part social commentary". As described by The New Yorker, the title "alludes to the conspicuous deployment of the agency's one black officer to display its phony integration".

The author, Sam Greenlee, was told by Aubrey Lewis (1935–2001), one of the first black FBI agents recruited to the Bureau in 1962, that The Spook Who Sat by the Door was required reading at the FBI Academy in Quantico, Virginia. Having been much rejected by mainstream publishers, Greenlee's spy novel first was published by Allison & Busby in the UK in March 1969, after the author met Ghanaian-born editor Margaret Busby in London the previous year, and by the Richard W. Baron Publishing Company, in the US. It was subsequently translated into several languages, including French, Italian, Dutch, Japanese, Finnish, Swedish, and German.

Summary
The Spook Who Sat by the Door is set in the late 1960s and early 1970s, in the Chicago of Mayor Richard J. Daley. The story begins with Senator Hennington, a white, liberal senator who is facing a tight re-election vote, and so is looking for ways to win the Negro vote. His wife suggests that he accuse the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) of racial discrimination, because the Agency has no black officers. Consequent to Senator Hennington's investigation, which assured a comfortable re-election, the CIA is required, for political reasons, to recruit Black Americans for training as case officers. Only Dan Freeman, secretly a black nationalist, successfully completes the training; of his recruitment class, he earned the highest grades and best marks for athleticism. Stationed in South Korea during the Korean War (1950–53), Freeman is an expert in hand-to-hand combat, especially judo; and played football at Michigan State University.

Having become the first black man in the Central Intelligence Agency, Freeman is given a desk job – Section Chief of the Top Secret Reproduction Center. Freeman understands that he is the token black man in the CIA, and that the CIA defines his presence as proof of the Agency's commitment to racial integration and social progress. When used as a "model Negro", and tasked to appear and speak at social and official events, he tells the story the audience wishes to hear. He has a distaste for the "snob-ridden", political world of Washington D.C., and especially the city's black middle class. Therefore, after completing his training in guerrilla warfare, weaponry, communications, and subversion, Freeman continues working at the CIA long enough to avoid raising suspicion about his motives for resigning from the CIA; and then returns to Chicago to work providing social services to black people.

On returning to the city, Freeman communicates with the Cobras, a street gang previously immune to appeals from social-service agencies. Immediately, he begins recruiting young black men from the ghettoes of Chicago, the "inner-city", to become Freedom fighters, by teaching them the guerrilla warfare skills and tactics he learned with the CIA. The Cobras' training includes a fight with the Comanches, a rival street gang; the study and appreciation of black poetry, music, and revolutionary leaders; a bank robbery on 115th and Halstead streets; and the robbery of a National Guard Armory on Cottage Grove Avenue. The Cobras have become a guerrilla group, with Dan Freeman as the secret leader, and, by means of violent and non-violent actions, set out to ensure that black people truly live freely in Chicago and the US. The "Freedom Fighters" of Chicago begin propaganda operations to tell the public about their guerrilla warfare throughout the US. To his guerrillas, Freeman says, "What we got now is a colony, what we want is a new nation." As armed revolt and war of liberation occur throughout the poor neighbourhoods of Chicago, the Illinois National Guard and the Chicago police desperately try to stop the black Freedom Fighters.

Learning the operational and tactical flaws of the National Guard's "sloppily trained and ill-disciplined" units, Freeman and the Freedom Fighters escalate their urban warfare in Chicago. First, they blow up the office of the mayor in the new City Hall building. Secondly, they paint a Negro alderman's car yellow and white. Thirdly, they take over radio stations and broadcast propaganda from "the Freedom Fighters, the Urban Underground of Black Chicago." Fourthly, they kidnap Colonel "Bull" Evans, the commander of the Illinois National Guard unit, drug him with LSD, and then release him.

After the Freedom Fighters start sniper attacks, killing National Guardsmen, Dan Freeman is visited by three old friends, two women and a man. After speaking with his female friends, Freeman's final guest is Dawson, a friend and also a Chicago police sergeant. Suspicious of Freeman, Sergeant Dawson had secretly entered Freeman's apartment; his suspicion was verified when he found Freedom Fighter propaganda. After an argument, Freeman attacks Dawson and kills him. He then calls the ranking Freedom Fighters to dispose of Dawson's body. The story closes with Freeman ordering "Condition Red", which order activates guerrilla attack-teams in 12 cities throughout the USA.

Title and background
While using wordplay, the title of the novel, The Spook Who Sat by the Door, refers to a public-relations practice, in the early days of racial affirmative action in US society, whereby the first Black person hired by a company would be placed in an office that was close to and visible from the entrance of the business, so that everyone who entered could see that the company had a racially mixed staff of employees. The word spook has a dual meaning: (i) as a racial slur for a Black person, and (ii) as an intelligence-agency jargon word for a spy. The author also claimed a third layer of meaning for the novel's title: "that an armed revolution by Black people haunts White America, and has for centuries."

"My experiences were identical to those of Freeman in the CIA," Greenlee, a former US Army officer and United States Information Agency officer told The Washington Post in 1973. "Everything in that book is an actual quote. If it wasn't said to me, I overheard it."

The Spook Who Sat by the Door is a critical reflection upon the racism, violence, and oppression lived by African Americans in the United States. As such, the novel is a manual on how to be a successful revolutionary, by beating The System at their own game. The character of "Dan Freeman" demonstrates the importance of co-operation among oppressed peoples in fighting for equality and freedom. About the publication of the novel and the release of the film The Spook Who Sat by the Door (1973), directed by Ivan Dixon, Greenlee said:

Close collaboration between film director Ivan Dixon and screenplay writer Sam Greenlee realised a cinematic representation that did not lose or lessen the strong social analyses and encouragement to revolution in the novel.

In 2022, the novel's title and plot were referenced in "The Goof Who Sat By the Door", episode 8 of the comedy-drama television series Atlanta.

Historical context
The political atmosphere of the United States was especially restless in 1969, the year of publication of The Spook Who Sat by the Door, because the contentious politics for civil rights, for women's rights, and for gay rights movements had become visible in the public sphere. Sociologically, it is suggested that the Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA) – whose symbol was a seven-headed cobra – were influenced in their choice of name by Greenlee's use, in the novel, of the word symbiology, a term derived from the biological term symbiosis, which describes disparate organisms living together in a mutually beneficial relationship.

The original UK book-jacket for The Spook Who Sat by the Door carried endorsements by the political activist Dick Gregory, who called the novel "an important, original, nitty-gritty book"; by the novelist Len Deighton, who said that the book would "cause many readers great annoyance – and, what more can a writer ask, than that?"; and by the writer Stephen Vizinczey, who said the story is "in the manner of the best thrillers, the hero's life is always in danger, and there are women about who undress with passion, but might give him away. Still, there is more at stake than the hero's life or the reader's entertainment – this first-class thriller is also a genuine novel, which is not only exciting, but moving, as it unfolds the black man's dream, the white man's nightmare."

In Britain the novel's publication by Allison and Busby received much critical attention, including extracts being printed in The Observer magazine; however, Sam Greenlee later noted: "In contrast to more than one hundred reviews in Britain, most of them favourable, my novel was all but ignored by the American literary establishment."

Described as "the first black nationalist novel", The Spook Who Sat by the Door is also regarded as having inspired the "Blaxploitation" genre of films in the 1970s.

Adaptations
The book was adapted into the 1973 film of the same name, which was directed by Ivan Dixon from a screenplay co-written by Greenlee.

It was announced in August 2018 that Lee Daniels Entertainment had secured an option on The Spook Who Sat by the Door to develop it as the basis of a series with Fox 21 Television Studios. Leigh Dana Jackson was named in 2019 as the writer adapting the work for television. A pilot was ordered by FX in February 2021.

On April 14, 2021, actress Christina Jackson was reported to be cast in a leading role for the FX pilot of The Spook Who Sat by the Door. She will play Joy Freeman, wife of Dan Freeman (portrayed by series lead Y'lan Noel), described as an up-and-coming attorney committed to making a difference in her community.

In February 2022, it was reported that the pilot would not be moving forward but FX would redevelop the project.

Controversy
J. M. Berger of the International Centre for Counter-Terrorism writes that although the novel contains racist language against whites, "the book tends to get a pass on racism," and that "[w]hites in The Spook Who Sat by the Door are either overt racists or barely covert racists, without exception. No exchange between Freeman and a white character takes place without an expression of hostility and a critical racial commentary, sometimes nuanced, sometimes less so." The book also may be considered extremist in nature as Greenlee stated that "[i]t's a training manual for guerrilla warfare[....]"

Bibliography
 Greenlee, Sam. The Spook Who Sat by the Door (first edition London: Allison & Busby, March 1969; first US edition Richard W. Baron Publishing Co., 1969). Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1989; new edition with Introduction by  Natiki Hope Pressley, June 2022, .

Further reading
 Adams, Sam, "The Spook Who Sat by the Door". Philadelphia City Paper, 1 July 2004.
 Beale, Lewis. "'Spook' unearths a radical time capsule of a movie; Pulled from theaters but now on DVD, the 1973 film imagines a black political revolution in the blaxploitation era", Los Angeles Times, 28 February 2004.
 Canby, Vincent. "Using the CIA: Ex-Agent Is Spook Who Sat By The Door". The New York Times, 22 September 1973.
 Joiner, Lottie L. "After 30 years, a Controversial Film Re-Emerges", The Crisis, November/December 2003: 41.
 Peavy, Charles D. "Four Black Revolutionary Novels, 1899–1970", Journal of Black Studies 1 (December 1970): 219–223.
 Chadwick, Alex, "Profile: Importance of the movie The Spook Who Sat by the Door on the release of a 30th anniversary DVD", NPR All Things Considered, Washington D.C. 2 March 2004.

See also
 The Spook Who Sat by the Door (film)

References

External links
The Spook Who Sat By The Door, Wayne State University Press
The Spook Who Sat By the Door, The Pinocchio Theory.
 "BLACK DISPATCHES: The Original 'Spooks Who Sat by the Door' in the Age of Steam!" Chronicles of Harriet, 19 August 2012.
Tambay A. Obenson, "Watch 45-Minute A-to-Z Sam Greenlee Interview on 'The Spook Who Sat By the Door, Shadow and Act, 20 April 2015.
 Melvin T. Peters, "Sam Greenlee and the Revolutionary Tradition in African American Literature in the 19th–21st Centuries". Delivered at the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History Liberation Film Series, 14 March 2015.
 Adam Langer, "These Radical Black Thrillers Fantasized About Dismantling the Police", The New York Times, 6 July 2020.

1969 American novels
1969 debut novels
African-American novels
Allison and Busby books
American novels adapted into films
American satirical novels
American spy novels
British novels adapted into films
Fiction books about the Central Intelligence Agency
Novels set in Chicago


Toyota's hydrogen-powered Mirai can go 312 miles without needing a fuel refill, nabbing the previous title away from Tesla Model S's 270-mile range.
At the 2015 Aspen Ideas Festival last week, Toyota announced its hydrogen-powered Mirai can achieve a range of 312 miles, marking the the most a zero-emissions car can reach to date.
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Last week, I heard a fluttering come from the wood stove in our home as Russell, Casey, and I were playing gin rummy. We went over to investigate and saw a little starling beating its wings in the ashes, wondering what hell she had found herself in after the long travel down a nearly 50' stove pipe. I knew that this was a good opportunity to capture and release her, at least she wasn't flapping above us near our ceiling.
I have to explain something about this farm house. It is the original barn of the property from 1850s. In 1971, it was converted into a home by a successful architect Stanley Tigerman. By his book, Designing Bridges to Burn, it is obvious that he was his biggest fan. As a far unique barn conversion into an architectural oddity, it is top notch. Though as a family home, it lacks a few things. Namely: walls, doors, windows that open, and ceilings. Now we have a few of those things, but none really that function well during a flying invader scenario. As you walk into the front door of our house, one can see the open pit of the basement, the whole first floor, the knee-walled second floor, and even the ceilings of the barn above the third floor master suite. The only doors are on the bathrooms and basement auxiliary spaces. All walls are knee walls, unless on the perimeter of the barn. Most windows are triangles, and none open, though there are few permanently screened vents. All of this means that if a bird gets in our house, it flies to the tippy top and does not want to come down to the first floor door, its only escape.
So, the boys and I prepared with our IKEA laundry bag were ready to pounce, though I'm not sure they understood the gravity of the situation. As we slowly opened the stove door with bag covering every gap possible, the starling quickly avoided the bag and flew straight up to the ceiling.
Now if you search on the interweb for how to remove birds, all of them start talking about isolating the bird, closing doors, and opening windows. There are no hand guides for this rogue barn structure. Still, I opened the front door and hoped for the best. We tried making a combination of short guttural yelps and bird whistling as close as we could to it, to scare it downstairs. It had plenty of space to flutter around along the ceiling and watched as we ran up and down the spiral staircase, along the knee-walled hallways. We tried a nerf gun, shooting near it, hoping the whizzing bullets would encourage a downstairs movement. Nothing. No broom could come close to where this bird could go on the tracked lighting at the peak. Farmers, shepherds, and parents of obese children use food to get animals places they want them to go. So I tried plates of bird seed near the front door to entice her down. I went up to Beckett's 3rd floor room where the ceiling is a bit closer and his knee-walls, though more like neck-walls, are a favorite perch for invading birds. I thought I could lure it close enough, and while drunk on the plate of seed, grab it with my lightning fast reflexes. Obviously that didn't happen, though I did get within six feet of it before it flew again. I also left a trail of bird seed in my son's room and the rooms below trying to pitch little bits of it closer to the starling.
The most miraculous part of the story I did not witness. My oldest son, Beckett, had two friends over for a Friday night sleepover and were loudly gaming as the bird continued to hide and fly around (front door still open two hours later). I guess the bird decided it was done and landed right next to Beckett as he played and he just reached out and grabbed it. After taking a good look at the starling up close, we released it and washed our hands. Not the first time I've dealt with a bird on the inside, but probably the longest duration, well until now.
Technically, now it's a bat. I think it all started this past weekend when Sue and Ted visited to put up some bat houses on the garage and two barns. Do you know that some bats can eat up to 1,000 mosquitoes in an hour? Actually, many people know this and still do not put up bat houses because of some serious bat prejudice. Though some of it may be deserved (who likes rabies?) we put up three houses, enough for 900 bats at full capacity. Unfortunately, it can take up to two years for bats to find the houses, but a timeline like that is pretty common in farm projects. So we put up the bat houses, and then on Tuesday night, after a long tiring day, we all lay down and notice another fluttering. We all look straight up the ceiling of the barn as we lay and can't believe it's happening again. We thought bird, until I went up the hallway to investigate and saw it coming straight at me. Instincts threw me to the ground and cover my face. It quietly flapped the other direction, and I tried to regain composure. How do you put kids to bed at night as a bat flutters around above their heads?
Similar technique tried for the bird, though it's colder, darker, and windier outside. Open the doors and try to use strategic lighting to scare its way down. Bats don't enjoy light, right? Again, the internet fails us as it speaks of gloves as you grab it (no way) and professionals coming (at 10:00 PM in rural Michigan?). With the door open, and some family coaxing, we guide it downstairs. It flutters from the basement to the first floor with ease, which is my domain as the appointed bat lead person (non-binary living and copyright infringement make me want to avoid the obvious). Armed with a broom and croquet mallet I do my best to scare it toward the door, perhaps with the smell of my own fear rather than the broom or mallet. It works! No bat. Double check with flashlight in all the dark corners, and I declare the house bat free. Now, I didn't see it leave, but I really felt it was gone. Close up the doors and get ready for much awaited sleep. We all lay down in separate bedrooms, leave a couple more lights on than usual and start to drift away.
Casey says he sees it first. "Little child, you have such an active imagination, Dad got rid of the-" nope, it's right there again. Door opens, more light action, more swatting and cajoling this blind beast, and an even more resounding possibility that it is gone. I saw it fly by the door, but not out. A technicality that apparently matters. Again, all back in bed, thinking the bat is gone for good. Ten minutes roll by and the boys are asleep. We lay there and listen to the wind. Murmur about the bat. It flutters again over our head. I decide I'm done and ready to sleep. I knew the hours put into the bird, and wasn't ready to invest that. Molly went downstairs and opened up the front door and its double door. A far superior method, I was made to understand later. She came back to bed "Mission accomplished." She is the professional bat removal expert we had been waiting for. I noticed the next morning we still have a Halloween decoration on our front door that's a bat. I laughed at it, my wife can take care of you!
The next night. Bats are nocturnal. Somebody was pretty quiet during the day, but chooses bedtime to come out and play. The bat flutters around, starts to bother the younger boys. I find them in my bed with Molly after I go through the whole open doors, lights on rigamarole. "Come on guys, back to bed, I know I got the bat this time." Nothing, no signs of bat. Maybe a few less stink bugs and flies in this farm house than I remember.
Night three. The bat now lives here. He's a quiet roommate. Has late hours, but cleans up his area of the house. The days have been so windy, that we couldn't leave the doors open during the day. Will bats even escape during the day? Nights have been rainy and cold. How many hours can you leave the front door open, or both (if you are using the superior method). At the minimum, the barn cats will definitely find their way in.
I wish there was a neat little ending to this tale of winged guests, but there is none. I wanted to write about how wind affects the farm and how that weather makes for the most unpredictable issues on the farm. You always think about rain, heat, and cold as the things to prepare for, but really wind can be the hardest to work in. It knocks limbs onto fences, tears a sheet of metal off a lean-to as you are pulling out of the driveway to bring the kids to school, etc. Instead, this one bat and the events that lead up to it, are on my mind. Embracing the capricious nature of life, allowing the wind to blow me in the direction where I should put my attention, seem appropriate lessons. Does this mean I have to live with a bat?


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This article is about the Tamil film. For the song, see Oru Kal Oru Kannadi (song).
Theatrical release poster
M. Rajesh
Udhayanidhi Stalin
Saranya Ponvannan
Santhanam
Jangiri Madhumitha
Balasubramaniem
Vivek Harshan
Red Giant Movies
13 April 2012 (2012-04-13)
₹130 million (equivalent to ₹180 million or US$2.6 million in 2018)[1]
Oru Kal Oru Kannadi (lit. One Stone, One Mirror) abbreviated as OKOK is a 2012 Tamil romantic comedy film written and directed by M. Rajesh.[2] It stars producer Udhayanidhi Stalin, in his acting debut, Hansika Motwani and Santhanam, whilst featuring Harris Jayaraj's music and Balasubramaniem's cinematography.[3] The film was named after a song from the film Siva Manasula Sakthi (2009). Releasing on 13 April 2012, it opened to highly positive reviews and became a blockbuster.[4][5][6] It was eventually released in Telugu as OK OK on 31 August 2012.
1 Plot
3.1 Development
3.2 Filming
5 Soundtrack
6.1 Critical reception
6.2 Box Office
Plot[edit]
One morning in his house, Saravanan receives his ex-girlfriend Meera's wedding invitation. He and his friend Paarthasarathy aka Paartha leave for Pondicherry to attend the wedding via car. En route, Saravanan recollects his past: He was a ruthless youth working in a film theatre with Paartha. He lives with his parents; his father, Varadharajan, who is educated and works as a college professor and his mother, Shenbagam, who is uneducated and is trying to pass an exam, just to get her college degree. One day in traffic, he sees Meera, a girl training to be an air hostess and falls for her on site. He follows her to a cloth shop and also to her Air Hostess class. He saw her house and he and Partha go to her house, as Meera calls them. There, Meera threatens Saravanan by showing her father's photo, who is a Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Mahendra Kumar. But still, Saravanan follows her and asks her to love him. Meera takes him to Mahendra Kumar's office and he asks Saravanan to stop following Meera. Meera tells Saravanan that she has some qualifications required by her lover like shaving regularly, dressing well, breaking his friendship with Paartha, coming on time, etc. Saravanan tells this to Partha and Partha asks him if he or Meera is best for him. Saravanan tells him Meera is more important to him than Paartha, causing a break between Saravanan's and Paartha's friendship.
Later, Saravanan joins Paartha's broken love and asks him to rejoin his love. Partha agrees and then they go to Mumbai, following Meera in a flight. There, Meera alas tells him that she loves Saravanan. After some months, Meera calls Saravanan once, but he does not pick up the phone and tells Paartha that Meera is not his real love and it is all nothing, but a drama. But, he really said that for fun. But, Paartha had accidentally switched on the phone while Saravanan told him all this. Meera, mistaking him for intentionally misusing her, comes there and breaks their love. Now, at Pondicherry, during Meera's marriage, both Saravanan and Partha end up drunk and tell a small story, in a comical way describing the broken love of Saravanan and Meera. Just as the marriage is going to happen, Rajini Murugan, a local don, comes there with a pregnant girl and his girlfriend and reveals that Meera's groom has a girlfriend, who is pregnant by him and that the girl Rajini Murugan is with, is that girl. The groom admits to his mistake and reunites with his old girlfriend. Saravanan and Paartha walk off the marriage hall, just then Meera comes and hugs Saravanan, hence reuniting with him.
Cast[edit]
Udhayanidhi Stalin as Saravanan
Hansika Motwani as Meera
Santhanam as Paartha
Narayan Lucky as Sanjay, Meera's Fiancé
Saranya Ponvannan as Shenbagam
Azhagam Perumal as Varadharajan
Sayaji Shinde as DC Mahendrakumar
Uma Padmanabhan as Gayathri
Jangiri Madhumitha as Jangiri
Swaminathan as Ulundurpettai Ulaganantha
Mahanadi Shankar as Traffic Police
Arya as Rajini Murugan (special appearance)
Andrea Jeremiah as Rajini Murugan's girlfriend [special appearce]
Sneha as Jennifer (special appearance)
Dinesh Kumar (special appearance in the song "Kadhal Oru")[7]
Production[edit]
Development[edit]
Udhayanidhi Stalin had bought the distribution rights of Rajesh's previous film Boss Engira Bhaskaran.[8] As the film emerged successful, Udhayanidhi decided to continue the collaboration, going on to play the lead role in the new project.[9]
During the pre-production stage, several actresses including Asin Thottumkal and Nayantara were approached to play the female lead but Hansika Motwani was eventually signed. The protagonist was revealed to be an unemployed youngster, as unofficial reports of a ticket collector and a band master were brushed aside.[10] Arya, Sneha and Andrea Jeremiah were roped in to perform cameo roles.[11] Hansika was forced to learn Tamil, for the director wanted her to speak fluently in the film.[12] Rajesh planned to retain the same crew members from his first two ventures but since Udhayanidhi wanted Harris Jayaraj to score the music for his debut film, he was signed over Rajesh's usual associate Yuvan Shankar Raja, while the makers decided to proceed with Balasubramaniam as the cinematographer as Sakthi Saravanan was unavailable.[13]
Filming[edit]
A photo shoot for the film was held in February 2011 with the lead.[14] The shooting of the film began in March 2011.[15] Filming was held in Tidel Park and Rajiv Gandhi Road in Chennai on 26 April. The car in which they drive to pondicherry was modified with power steering and other interesting elements. A pondicherry bar was setup in woodlands hotel campus. In the song Azhage, which was totally shot in dubai, in between bgms were recreated in VGP beach and matched by art director Jacki.[16] Overseas shooting locations included Jordan and Abu Dhabi, where the film's team flew over to shoot a song in December 2011.[17][18] Some shots were canned at the PVR theater in Ampa Mall, Aminjikarai. Hansika Motwani and Saranya were spotted doing a scene together in the theater.[19] In the second schedule, director Rajesh shot a scene on Udayanidhi Stalin, Azhagam Perumal and Saranya Ponvannan at KK Nagar.[20] During a schedule, Santhanam was hospitalized due to illness, delaying the shoot.[21]
Release[edit]
The satellite rights of the film were sold to Sun TV. Oru Kal Oru Kannadi was released on 13 April 2012 in Tamil as a Tamil New Year release and on 31 August 2012 in Telugu.[22]
Soundtrack[edit]
Soundtrack album by
4 March 2012 (4 March 2012)
Feature film soundtrack
Harris Jayaraj chronology
(2011) Oru Kal Oru Kannadi
(2012) Maattrraan
The album features five songs,[23] composed by Harris Jayaraj.[24] The composing sessions took place in Singapore and Ooty.[25][26] The audio launch was held at the Sathyam Cinemas on 4 March 2012. Actors Karthi, Surya, Jeeva and Arya were present at the event.[27] A three-minute trailer and song sequences was screened for the guests and media people as well.[28]
The soundtrack received generally positive reviews. Behindwoods.com claimed that it "definitely has a few like-able singalongs to keep the audio outlets happy", providing a rating of 3/5.[29] The Song Venam Machan Venam became an Instant hit and topped the chart for several weeks.[30] Indiaglitz.com mentioned that the composer had "fulfilled the director's expectations, as the songs strike a chord during the first-listen itself. 'Oru Kal Oru Kannadi' music album celebrates love and reflects youngsters, like the previous films of Rajesh."[31]
All lyrics are written by Na. Muthukumar.
Track-List[32]
Singer(s)
1. "Kaadhal Oru" Aalap Raju, Vedala Hemachandra, Sunitha Sarathy 6:04
2. "Azhage Azhage" Mukesh, Srimathumitha 5:54
3. "Akila Akila" Aalap Raju, Chinmayi, Sharmila 4:43
4. "Adada Oru" Karthik 3:43
5. "Venaam Machaan" Naresh Iyer, Velmurugan 5:11
Total length: 25:35
All lyrics are written by Bhuvanachandra.
Telugu Track-List[33]
1. "Just Like" Aalap Raju, Vedala Hemachandra, Sunitha Sarathy 6:06
2. "Areree Areree" Mukesh, Srimathumitha 5:59
4. "Kalala Oka Devathe" Karthik 3:48
5. "Vaddura Maavaa" Naresh Iyer, Velmurugan 5:09
Reception[edit]
Critical reception[edit]
Oru Kal Oru Kannadi received positive reviews and became a blockbuster at the box office. Sify called it a "rollicking comedy", stating: "If all you're looking for is a relaxed time at the movies, then, this is Good Fun. Go with your buddies, you'll laugh till you have tears in your eyes".[34] The Times of India rated it 3.5 out of 5 and said: "M Rajesh is a rarity in Tamil cinema. How else does one explain sitting through almost a three-hour-long movie without realising the passage of time?"[35] IndiaGlitz said "Oru Kal Oru Kannadi – Humour At Its Best!" and wrote that it was a "clean and convincing film that makes you laugh every minute".[36] Behindwoods.com rated the film 3 out of 5, stating: "OKOK double OK".[37] Oneindia stated that the film "may not have a great storyline, but watching the film is worth every penny".[38] Rohit Ramachandran of Nowrunning.com stated that it was "by no means a meaningful film experience, but it is a portal for popcorn escapism".[39] Pavithra Srinivasan from Rediff.com rated it 2 out of 5 and said: "OKOK is a slightly torturous friendship story of two guys and that's pretty much it".[40]
Box Office[edit]
Oru Kal Oru Kannadi opened in more than 300 screens, with an average of 95 per cent theatre occupancy in urban regions.[6] The film began to collect even larger sums of revenue in the next four continuous weeks, acquiring a total of ₹15.09 crore in a matter of 25 days in Chennai.[6][41] The film claimed top spot for more than a month at the Chennai box office. Trade pundits declared the film's collections as impressive.[6][41][42] Taken with a budget of ₹13 crore it grossed around ₹42 crore worldwide.[1]
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Filmography of M. Rajesh
Siva Manasula Sakthi (2009)
Boss Engira Bhaskaran (2010)
Oru Kal Oru Kannadi (2012)
All in All Azhagu Raja (2013)
Vasuvum Saravananum Onna Padichavanga (2015)
Kadavul Irukaan Kumaru (2016)
Mr. Local (2019)
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Photographing Catholic weddings in Cartagena, Colombia, provides any photographer with a wealth of photographic opportunities. The old part of the city features numerous old Catholic churches, and one of the most beautiful is Santa Domingo Church, also known as Iglesia de Santo Dominigo. This church was near the end of the 16th century, and it is stunning by any standard. I have been privileged to shoot two weddings at this beautiful church. Its size and scope are truly a sight to behold, as is the stunning color of the front altar. I created this image using a super-wide-angle lens while shooting from a low angle. In this way, I was able to capture the color of the ceiling, which would not otherwise be visible. I love shooting day-after sessions in Cartagena, as the walled city provides color and texture galore. The Knot Weddings picked up this wedding, and it is still featured on their web site. Destination wedding photographed in Cartagena, Colombia, South America.


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Q: Difference between uboot-uart.bin and uboot.bin? I am trying to flash the very first u-boot binary file (uboot.bin) into blank NOR flash of a brand new blank board which has marvel 370 soc(ARM) using Teraterm(xmodem/ymodem/zmodem)
When I compile the uboot, I get two binaries like uboot-uart.bin and uboot.bin.
What is the difference between two binaries?
I have been instructed to make some dip switch changes and then load uboot-uart.bin first into the prototype board.
From manual I understand that the dip switch setting is to set "Boot from Uart" to Boot source list.
I am new to embedded and want to learn more about this from u-boot perspective. Where can I learn about this?
Would also like to know what these xmodem,ymodem,zmodem things are?
And would also like to learn how to customize u-boot for a custom board using marvel 370 soc(ARM)?
I would be happy if someone can point to good resources.

A: XModem itself is a quite simple protocol which is meant to send files over a serial link it is explained in detail here.
Most Marvell ARM-Chips in the last couple of years have the possibility to upload a binary via UART using the XModem protocol. There are two ways to do that.

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*By sending a special sequence to the chip during bootup (which can be done without any changes to the bootstrap options).

*By setting up the bootstrap options accordingly (via DIP-Switches in your case)

In both cases the chip will then initiate an Xmodem-download. TeraTerm should have an option to upload files via the xmodem protocol. IIRC it is available under File/Transfer/XModem/Send.
If you know just send your "uboot-uart.bin" file to the Armada 370 (which will take some time). The SoC will now boot the file just like if it was loaded from NAND or any other source.
The only difference between your uboot-uart.bin and uboot.bin is most probably the special header which has to be put in front of the actual uboot-binary, it contains the bootdevice type the image was meant for, the address in memory where the image should be loaded to and a lot of board specific settings. The exact structure and content is usually explained in the very excellent datasheets from Marvell.
For customizing uboot I can only suggest to dig into the code provided by Marvell and change it according to your own board. You'll find the board specific files under boards/Marvell.

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