Saturday, November 18, 2006

Talent (Vs) Truth ?

I’ve always thought of Ram Jethmalani as a decent, intelligent sort. Therefore, it seems entirely out of character for him, to have introduced this ingenious twist in the Jessica Lall murder case.

Understandably, as per Ram Jethmalani, Jessica Lall wasn’t shot because she refused someone a drink, she was shot because she “insulted someone’s manhood”. Now “manhood” doesn’t really have a mind of its own to feel insulted. Thats a side issue, anyway. What’s fascinating is we have the actual killer, an extremely powerful tall Sikh 'gentle'man who must not be named. Incredible stuff. Straight out of the movies. But then can’t sometimes life be like cinema?


Insulting manhood is not a provoking act, If she insults your manhood,you insult her womanhood.Not more than that! .The revenge ends there , no need to fire the pistol.!

What’s more, the Jethmalani is trying to sound very confident about this business. He claims that he will soon shed more light on hitherto unnamed Sikh dude with a tall frame, and prove his guilt. Boy, does he have some nerve!.One can ony ask him if the same had happened to his grand-daughter(Kamna Jethmelani-a cine actor),would his reaction be the same!.


And he shouts to media to not to intervene his personal & proffessional life.(felt sorry for Sagarika das gupta(CNN-IBN)).

Certainly in this game of Talent Vs Truth , its the talent that has won the toss!
We will have to wait for the result.!


If Ram Jethmalani actually pulls this one off,never mind of his talent,It would only prove and I would only say

INDIAN JUDICIAL SYSTEM HAS LOOPHOLES LARGER AND NASTIER THAN (you know what)!

Friday, November 10, 2006

Happy B'day Kamal Hassan !

I know this wish is belated , but nevertheless its a wish. On occasion of his birthday ,I decided to rank his top 20 films( a very tough job).! He has done 185 films so far and the films that I have mentioned the films that came to my mind instantly and there is every chance that I may have overlooked some films.

Lets start this amazing count down....!


20)Sigappu Rojakkal

Truly a trendsetter.
An urban film from the rural director.Theme of the film very new.


19)Pesum padam

A film in which no one speaks. Superb Effort to try something new.


18)Ek Duje Ke Liye

A film which is talked about even today.Kamal's fame rose up in Bollywood.

17)Salangai Oli
A film which shows the life of a Dancer.Superb performance by Kamal.

16)SingaraVelan.
A laughriot.Sense of timing in this film is awesome.

15)MichaelMadanaKamaRajan
A film in which Kamal acts in four charachters with ease.Another laugh riot.


14)Vetaiadu vilayadu

Technically the best film Kamal has worked so far.The 2nd best cop role for Kamal.

13)Aburva Sagodharargal
A film in which he plays one characher as a dwarf.Simply superb.

12)Virumaandi
The screenplay of this film attracts me.The same story from differnt viewpoints!.

11)Punnagai Mannan
A failed suicide attempt and a Chaplin copycat.Wonderful film.

10)Avvai Shanmugi
An inspiration from Mrs.Doubtfire.Best comedy of Kamal.

9)Moondram Pirai.
The railway station climax that still brings tears when viewed.

8)Aalavandhan
I still cannot believe that this thriller flopped.

7)Kuridhipoonal
This is not an Indian film.A Great film that is sadly less talked about.Best cop role for Kamal.

6)16 vayadhinile
Amazing performance from kamal.A super vilage classic.

5)Nayagan
A hot favorite for many people.Mani Ratnam's best film.

4)Anbe Sivam
A film which I first thought would be full of atheism,but was spellbound and proven wrong after watching it.

3)DevarMagan
A classic !. No words to describe.flawless.

2)Indian
A Freedom fighter's fight against corruption.Truly shankar's best film.

1)HeyRam
My favorite.
Truly a masterpiece.!




As you saw its not that hard to prove that kamal is the greatest cineactor of India.
Once again a very happy B'day to Padmasree.Dr.KamalHassan.

P.s. As i said before i might have overlooked certain films(special thanks to sharvan for helping me out!).Please post your personal rankings and also the films you think deseve a place in this rankings and also which do not.

Monday, November 06, 2006

Are you guys Gentlemen ?. NO



The wait is over: Australia win the Champions Trophy for the first time.
They are easily the best cricket team in the world simply because they perform when it matters the most!


I however found the on field behaviour of this team irritating. It reached its maximum during the presentation ceremony.Mr Ramiz raja, the person incharge of announcing the presentations 'forgot' to announce that the TROPHY would be presented to Ricky Ponting by the President of BCCI,Mr Sharad Pawar and concluded the presentation ceremony abtruptly.

What happened next was actrocious. Ricky ponting pointed his finger at the trophy and and pulled it from Sharad Pawar with such arrogance that he was standing perplexed there and then obivously took time to move of the stage due to his age factor.Then couple of Aussie players pushed him outside the stage !.I cant understand why the players could not ask him move politely.

I just imagined that if something like this happened to the president of 'Cricket Australia', it would have become an big issue. I want the ICC to look into this matter very seriously , but i know this would never happen.

The Aussies are true champions but I doubt whether they are Gentlemen !