Quote of the Day – Rishad Tobaccowala

People tell me that content is king, but that is not true at all…. Most people make money pointing to content, not creating, curating or collecting content. – Rishad Tobaccowala, Chief Strategy and Innovation Officer at Vivaki (digital-media unit of Publicis Groupe) Source: Wall Street Journal, September 8, 2011

Mankatha Box Office – UK Tamils Embrace Junk

What is it that attracts some Tamils to filth? Bet even the great Greek philosophers Socrates and Plato would have been flummoxed by the above question. Be it the stinking Cooum in Chennai or Ajith’s latest crapshow Mankatha, like bees drawn to a flower a lot of Tamils find their nirvana in filth. Must be […]

Coward of the Day – Manmohan Singh

This is cowardly act of terrorist nature. We will deal with it. We will never succumb to the pressure of terrorism, – Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh after the latest Terrorist Attack in India Just as night follows day, terrorists continue to strike in India with impunity. In the latest incident, terrorists struck at the […]

Bodyguard Box Office – Tasteless Desis Lap Up Trash

U.S. desis have just proved their immense love for gobbling up stinking trash. Bollywood criminal Salman Khan’s latest crap-show Bodyguard, which released in the U.S. last Wednesday, has grossed $1.36 million from August 31-September 5. That’s not an impressive figure compared to My Name is Khan (Shahrukh Khan) or 3 Idiots (Aamir Khan) but for […]

In a Better World – Captivating Danglish Film

We wouldn’t be surprised in the least if our readers, schmucks as many of them undoubtedly are, do not recognize the movie title In a Better World. Since improving your entertainment quotient is our self-inflicted punishment, know it now that In a Better World is a Danish-English-Swedish (or Danglish in our neologism of the day) […]

Mankatha Review – Ajith’s 50th Atrocity

By Naveen You shall be turned out of my house and I will never have your name pronounced in my presence again. It is disgusting-degrading-disgraceful. – Adolphus Longestaffe to his daughter Georgina in Anthony Trollope’s fine satire The Way we Live Now over her plans to marry a Jew It never ceases to surprise me […]