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Gemini – Mandae Veddikidhu, O Podu

 Reviews, Tamil Movies  30 Responses »
Oct 202009
 
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As we were idly rummaging through our DVD collection, what should we find?

An old Vikram film, Gemini.

Featuring Vikram and Kiran Rathod, Gemini has been hailed in some circles as a good movie for its time.

Folks, that’s a Goebbelsian lie. Gemini is not a movie that can be labelled ‘good’ in any era.

The 2002 movie starts with weird shouts of Gemanae, Gemanae, Gemanae and quickly moves on to the outside of a court building.

For some odd reason, we see an elephant outside the court building. Strange, even by Indian movie standards.

Kalabhavan Mani, who plays the villain Teja does an imitation of an elephant, the first of his many anima-tions.

Will update this review later tonight ET after completing the movie.

Update
Gavani, gavani, gavani (hear, hear, hear).

Indha Gemini, Gemini, Gemini padam oru mokka mokka mokka padam (Gemini is a lousy movie).

All we were left with at the end of the movie is a mind-numbing headache and curses for Saran, who is responsible for the inept story, screenplay, dialog and direction.

Silly Story
The movie centers around the bloody clashes between our eponymous hero Gemini (Vikram), who plays a rowdy turned good soul and Teja (Kalabhavan Mani), a bigger rowdy for whom there’s no redemption in anything but a life of crime. Continue reading »

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Quote of the Day – Preet Bharara

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Oct 202009
 
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Today, tomorrow, next week, the week after, privileged Wall Street insiders who are considering breaking the law will have to ask themselves one important question: Is law enforcement listening?

- Preet Bharara, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York on October 16, 2009 after filing insider trading complaints against several individuals including three desis.

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 Posted by SearchIndia.com at 9:03 am

Where there’s a Scandal, there’s a Desi. 5, Actually

 America, Business  13 Responses »
Oct 202009
 
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This is kinda amazing.

Sure, scandals and desis are never far from each other. Close acquaintances, really.

Desis in the U.S. are forever involved in some nasty case or the other.

But the Galleon Group hedge fund scandal currently rocking Wall Street is a new high water mark – Five desis count among the dramatis personae. No kidding, folks. Five desis.

* First, there’s the Galleon Group founder and billionaire Raj Rajaratnam, a Tamil from Sri Lanka, who is alleged to have benefited from insider trading. See details of the government’s charges against Rajaratnam here.

* Then, there’s Rajiv Goel, a director of strategic investments at Intel Capital. Goel is also charged with participating in insider trading schemes. The press release from the U.S. Attorney’s office alleges that Rajaratnam and Goel engaged in insider trading schemes involving the stock of Clearwire.

* McKinsey director Anil Kumar is also charged with participation in insider trading. The government complaint alleges that from around August 2008 until about October 2008, Rajaratnam, Anil Kumar and others engaged in insider trading based on inside information pertaining to AMD.

* Today’s Wall Street Journal alleges that Deep Shah, who served as a junior analyst with tainted rating agency Moody’s, passed on inside information to a third party about Blackstone Group’s pending $26 billion takeover of Hilton Hotels. The unidentified third party in turn is said to have passed on the tip to Rajaratnam, who the government complaint alleges made a profit of $4 million by buying hundreds of thousands of shares of Hilton stock. Deep Shah, who has not been charged in the case, is said to be back in India.

* Finally, we have the good guy Preet Bharara, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York and the prosecutor in this case. Continue reading »

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All the Worst for All the Best at Box Office

 Bollywood, Box Office  4 Responses »
Oct 192009
 
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Sad.

The Ajay Devgn-Sanjay-Dutt-Fardeen Khan comedy All the Best had to suffer the ignominy of not even hitting the six figure mark in the opening weekend at the U.S. box office.

For the October16-18, 2009 weekend, All the Best could manage to gross a mere $96,054.

That’s a shame because this movie is a billion times better than Akshay Kumar’s latest crap show Blue.

Here’s how All the Best fared compared to a few other Bollywood movies.

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Main Aurr Mrs.Khanna – Box Office Gods Piss on Salman Khan, Again & Again & Again

 Bollywood, Box Office  7 Responses »
Oct 192009
 
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Salman Khan Sinking, Sinking, Sinking

Salman Khan may not guarantee good movies.

But Salman ‘Flop‘ Khan certainly guarantees that his movies will perform pitifully at the U.S. box office.

If you thought Salman Khan’s last movie Wanted did badly at the U.S. box office, that ain’t nothing compared to the Main Aurr Mrs.Khanna debacle.

A carnage this time, folks.

There’s blood all over the floor. Scattered limbs and pieces of flesh all around.

Main Aurr Mrs.Khanna has achieved the impossible – it has done worse than Salman’s God Tussi Great Ho.

And that’s no mean feat, guys. Salman Khan must have worked really hard to sink so low. Give him a big hand, now.

In its opening October 16-18, 2009 weekend at the U.S. box office, Salman Khan’s Main Aurr Mrs.Khanna grossed a shamefully low figure of $121,134.

The movie debuted at No-37 and had an average of a piffling $2,053.

Are we surprised at the dismal performance?

Of course not. Hey, remember this is a Salman ‘Flop’ Khan movie. What else are you gonna get.

Here’s what one Indian movie critic had to say about Main Aurr Mrs.Khanna:

There are dumb scripts and dumber scripts, but Main Aurr Mrs Khanna has got to be the dumbest….Salman Khan in rust-brown hair and sleepy eyes looks like he really doesn’t want to be in this film at all…

Here’s how Main Aurr Mrs.Khanna fared compared to a few other prominent Bollywood movies:

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Pazhassi Raja Review – Falls Short but Worth a Watch

 Malayalam  34 Responses »
Oct 192009
 
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(Reviewed by SI reader you know who with editing by you know who while retaining the spirit of the original.)

Pazhassi Raja or Keralavarma Pazhassiraja turned out to be a let down, albeit one with redeeming elements.

And the letdown is not because the much hyped Malayalam historical film isn’t good in its own right but for squandering the opportunity of entering the pantheon of great films.

If you count yourself among the ranks of those who demand no more than a thumbs up or down from a reviewer and would rather make the rest of the judgment yourself, let me not put your patience to trial.

Its failings notwithstanding, Pazhassi Raja is still worth watching on the big screen.

Now for those who relish some background, here’s a roadmap of what to look out for so that you don’t miss the finer points.

The Facts
Those familiar with the history of Kerala or that of South India would recognize Pazhassiraja (Veera Pazhassiraja/Lion of Kerala) as the King of the Kottayam Royal family that reigned over Malabar region in the 18th century.

When the valiant Tiger of Mysore Tipu Sultan and his fearsome hordes came calling to the region, the Kings (including Pazhassiraja’s brother) and affluent families fled south.

To safeguard his land and his people, the brave Pazhassiraja now joined forces with the British traders to rout Tipu on the battle field.

Not long after Tipu’s defeat, the vily British showed their true colors to the erstwhile ally by taking over all of Pazhassiraja’s lands in the Malabar and began inquitously taxing out the citizens of everything they owned.

Allies had turned foes and Pazhassiraja was now forced to take up arms against the British. Continue reading »

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