By SI Blog reader Racer44 (Parts 1 to 3) (For SI readers Boopalanj and Shadowfax_Arbit who first mentioned this tour de force) Note to SI Readers: I have used the word “Sozha” which I have verified with scholars as being the phonetically correct spelling, as opposed to “Chola”. Caveat: Before delving into the review of […]
(Bollywood film Singham is a remake of the Tamil Singam) Oh, no. Singam is not a bad movie. Most definitely not. Au contraire, it’s a hideously awful movie. Asingam (trashy), to use an apposite Tamil term. Sick. Crude. Trashy. Ugly. All of the above appellations fit this depressingly disgusting film to a T. If Singam […]
Via iPhone We’ve braved the heavy Memorial Day traffic in the U.S. to watch Sori Padam Surya’s Singam. There are only 12 people for the opening show of Singam at a theater on the East Coast. Poor opening. Not a good omen. Surya’s recent movies Adhavan, Ayan, Vaaranam Aayiram, Vel et al have all been […]
Kites Box Office 2 – Hrithik Roshan Peotomized (Via iPhone) Here we are in a theater on the East Coast for the first day, first show of Hrithik Roshan’s Kites. Poor opening, we must say. There are about 55 people in the theater. Capacity of hall at Anil Ambani’s Big Cinemas in North Bergen (New […]
Yippee, another attack at Dantewada. Great, just another 999,998 to go. Detest It, Hate It, Loath It * God, we hate the three-letter word Mao. * God, we hate the brute Mao who killed millions with his senseless policies that led to great famines and the upheavals of the Cultural Revolution. * God, we hate […]
The man who said “I’d rather be lucky than good” saw deeply into life. People are afraid to face how great a part of life is dependent on luck. It’s scary to think so much is out of one’s control. There are moments in a match when the ball hits the top of the net, […]