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DMK leader M.Karunanidhi suffered another defeat with his daughter Kanimozhi’s request for bail being denied and an order for her arrest issued.

Kanimozhi, also a DMK Member of Parliament, will be transported to Tihar jail where her buddy former Telecom Minister A.Raja has been cooling his heels for several weeks.

Kanimozhi has been charged under the Prevention of Corruption Act.

In what are the sweetest words we’ve heard in a long time, CBI Special Judge O.P.Saini ruled today:

The bail applications are dismissed. Both the accused be taken into custody forthwith.

Kanimozhi has been caught up in the massive 2G scandal swirling around DMK politicians.

The DMK-owned Kaliagnar TV, in which Kanimozhi owns 20% of the equity, received Rs 200 crore from Dynamix Realty after telecom spectrum allotment by A.Raja. India’s investigating agency CBI has alleged the money was a bribe for the spectrum allotment, which by the way caused tremendous loss to the nation.

Kalaignar TV MD Sharad Kumar is the second person whose bail application was rejected today.

Judge Saini also said:

Considering the magnitude of the crime, nature and enormity of the allegations, character of evidence on record and the apprehension that the witnesses may be influenced in case the accused are released on bail, I have no hesitation in holding that both applicants/accused have failed to make out a prima facie case for bail. Bail applications are without merit and the same are dismissed

Azhagiri Tomorrow?

Unfortunately, Karunanidhi’s son M.K.Azhagiri still remains free.

Azhagiri’s thugs attacked the offices of Dinakaran newspaper in Madurai (on May 9, 2007) causing the death of a bunch of innocent workers after an unflattering opinion poll on Azhagiri was published.

Azhagiri deserves to rot in jail.

Here’s what a report in Indian newspaper DNA said regarding the violent attack on Dinakaran’s office:

The Sun Network, which runs the Dinakaran daily, on Wednesday accused M K Azhagiri, elder son of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi, as being the main culprit behind the attack on the offices of its paper here.

The Chief Operating Officer of the network R M Ramesh told reporters here that ‘Azhagiri has been named the main accused in the complaint given by the company to police.’

Public revulsion over the scandals involving DMK leaders was the main reason the party lost badly in the recent elections to the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly.

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If I don’t kill a man every now and then, they forget who I am.

- the dreaded pirate Blackbeard in Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides

We had no complaints with the many antics of Captain Jack Sparrow, the cruelty of Blackbeard or even the weird sight of one-legged Barbossa and Jack using Barbossa’s artificial leg as a drinking cup.

Our gripe is with Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, the movie per se.

At 2 hours and 12 minutes, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (directed by Rob Marshall) is a tediously long movie that has none of the magic, thrills or gee whiz special effects one is attuned to expect from a popular franchise like Disney’s Pirates.

Let’s blame the screenplay writers Terry Rossio and Ted Elliott for starters, shall we.

For theirs is a clumsy, unattractive script that borrows from history and melds it with fiction into a hodgepodge that provides little joy to viewers.

Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides Review

Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides – A Lengthy Chase

This time, the much sought-after object of the pirate(s) is the fountain of youth.

But before we can get to that wonderful Eden, we have to endure the long trial of an inept screenplay that involves three groups meandering around both on high seas and on terra firma in pursuit of the holy grail of eternal youth.

Besides Jack (Johnny Depp), Blackbeard (Ian McShane) and Angelica (Penelope Cruz) aboard the Queen Anne’s Revenge, there’s the determined Spaniard and his crew in a fleet and finally the peerless Barbossa (Geoffrey Rush), a pirate-turned privateer in the King’s employ sailing on the HMS Providence, all in a furious chase after the Fountain of Youth, all for different purposes.

Even the strange sight of mermaids, the beauties of the sea, portrayed here as hideous shark-like creatures of the deep waters cruelly luring sailors to their death failed to lift our drooping spirits.

Johnny Depp, Geofrey Rush and Ian McShane offer no cause for complaint.

With his effeminate gait wrapped in a pirate’s costume,and an astonishing array of expressions, Johnny Depp is perhaps the only Hollywood actor of note who can carry off this role with aplomb. A characteristic elan he demonstrates yet again in the fourth installment of the Pirates series.

Alas, if only we could say the same of the Spanish beauty Penelope Cruz. The woman looks lost in a poorly sketched role. Not unlike Bollywood star Priyanka Chopra in all her movies.

Compounding our disappointment with Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, Hans Zimmer’s soundtrack left us completely unmoved.

All in all, $12 down the drain.

SearchIndia.com recommends that you skip Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides but if you do go, make sure you wait till after all the credits end for a surprise.

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