Thoughts of a Rambler

Celebrities never cease to amaze us ordinary folks. It’s not only them but their entire family tree which fascinates us. The world went crazy over the wedding pictures of Surya and Jyotika. It was but obvious that the craze continued with their offspring too. So, now we have the photos of surya’s and jyothika’s daughter taking the online world by storm. Maybe, these were released in competition to the photos of ajith and shalini’s daugher , Anoushka ??

Diya celebrated her first birthday with mom and dad and it looked to be a Surya/Jyotika/Sivakumar family affair.

Look at the people around them. Look at where they are “all” staring. Why are we so obsessed with celebrities ?

Wow, what is happening to the Indian Judiciary? Is it finally waking up after 60 years of Independence?

First, it was Sanjay Dutt who was sent to jail and now it is the “superstar” Salman Khan who is going to jail. A Jodhpur court rejected Salman Khan’s appeal against the jail term given to him by a lower court. This was for “allegedly” poaching a Chinkara, an endangered species in 1998. He is also “allegedly” involved in another poaching case. He is also “allegedly” involved in the hit-and-run case killing one person in September 2002.

Govinda was on NDTV defending his “partner” Salman khan and he used the usual quotes used by bollywood under such circumstances – “He is a good human being”, “he is being targeted”. He also went to extent of making a quote “Nothing fails like success” and said that Salman’s conviction was not good for India. When the reporter mentioned all the incidents where Salman broke the law, Govinda was quick to reply that all were “alleged” circumstances and that he was convinced that Salman had nothing wrong. Shame on you Govinda!

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and i hope that he stays in for his entire term. We have had enough of the movie industry behaving like a cartel and making a mockery out of the Indian judicial system. Sanjay Dutt may be a Munna Bhai helping the poor in the movies, but he is a criminal in real-life and criminals ought to be where they ought to be, in the jail.

Even the media is portraying these people as heroes in real life with NDTV conducting a “Sanjay Dutt speaks his heart out” interview with the sole aim of pulling the public in his favour. Bollywood comes up in arms whenever a member of their fraternity is pulled up by the law. I am sure that each of them does this in the hope that the rest would support them similarly if they were to break the law in future.

A classic example is that of Salman Khan. How on earth can this guy be roaming around free acting in movies and fooling around ? He is a murderer, he kills endangered animals, threatens people and still he goes scot free.I hope that he goes to jail too!

Update: NDTV has been showing Bollywood’s reactions to Sanjay Dutt’s arrest over the weekend. It is unfortunate that Amitabh Bachchan, supposedly the icon of the Indian movie industry speaks against Sanjay’s arrest saying that Sanjay is a nice person, a role model, has kids etc and he should be pardoned. It is not good if a person representing India on such a global scale makes comment hinting that Bollywood is above the law.

Hats off to Rakhi Savant on the same issue. She said.

“I am happy that that law of the land has taken its course. I am not celebrating Sanjay’s imprisonment. But, it doesn’t matter if it is Sanjay Dutt or any other common man, the law should take its course”

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This video uncovers it all…

I originally had the flash playing in this post, but few complained that it was too obnoxious a sound to be playing continuously whenever this page is opened.

So, I am linking to the swf file. Right-Click and then Save-as on your PC and then view it in a browser window.

Click here to download the swf file.

There has been much talk about Rajini’s intro in the movie Sivaji. Unlike his usual dramatic entrances in his movies, his intro in Sivaji seems to be very ordinary, which I am sure will give rajini fans something to discuss about.

If you are searching for youtube videos of Sivaji or online versions of Sivaji, i guess that you shouldn’t be able to find many. I heard that people who upload camera prints of movies onto the internet have had an informal agreement with the producers of Sivaji that no Sivaji torrents (if that is a correct phrase, for i have never downloaded a movie off the net) would be uploaded within the first week of the release.

I got the link to the video of the intro scene by email. It seems that this was taken with a mobile camera in one of the theatres in US. The quality is surprisingly excellent. Enjoy the intro and hope this prompts you to go to the theatre and watch the rest of the movie even if that means you have to wait until July. I am going to India in October and I am sure that the movie would be running in theatres until then. I want to watch the original Sivaji in the theatres and not one of a crappy quality on a computer.

Watch the intro of Rajini in the movie Sivaji here. (a 27 MB download for a 75 sec video)

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So says the media, even before the movie has been released. The ticket sales for Sivaji opened on June 10th and within half a day, all the seats for the first week had been sold out. No, we are not talking about seats in one theatre, but in 18 theatres, more than 10,000 for a single show. Rumours say that the earliest date for which you can get a ticket now is sometime around mid-July! With such numbers, no wonder that Sivaji has been declared a hit. By the way, if you want to book tickets for Sivaji online, go here.

Every day, new photos of Rajini from Sivaji are being released adding to the excitement of his loyal fans. I am surprised that Chennai Central, a die-hard fan of Chennai and everything associated with it has nothing to say about Sivaji on his blog. Thennavan, where are you ? I am sure that you would have more inside-information on Sivaji…

Read shankar’s complete interview here. See more photos of Rajini in Sivaji here.

Take the poll below to let the world know your opinion whether Rajini’s Sivaji will be a superhit!

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Director Shankar’s interview to SUN TV is probably (IMHO) the most detailed interview he has ever given. He talks about Sivaji, Rajini, his career and whatever his fan might want to know about him (ok, depended on what was asked of him!). Check out the complete transcript of Shankar’s interview here.

Also, i have uploaded some more stills and photos from the movie Sivaji showing Rajini in various outfits. Enjoy!

Do you feel that Sivaji will be a superhit? Take the poll to let the world know!

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Everyone is talking about Rajini’s new movie, Sivaji – The Boss (or is it Shivaji?). I was just getting too many emails about this new movie that i couldn’t resist creating a post on the movie. So, i went forth a created an exclusive page on the the movie Sivaji. This page would have all the latest pictures from the movie, news about the movie and (according the the email i got), the story of the movie!

I am sure that you would be looking forward to see the movie, but until then, enjoy the stills from Sivaji, the trailer of Sivaji and lots more on the Rajini in Sivaji page. A small sample below!

First of all, why would someone come to Cyprus and shoot a movie? Unless they wanted to commit financial suicide, of course. So, i was surprised when i heard that 90 people had come over from India for a month-long for the movie Boomerang, based on the famous movie Charlie’s Angels. A similar movie, Three Roses, made in Tamil based on Charlie’s Angels was a miserable flop. It seems that this movie is a 50-50 venture between a Cypriot Producer and an Indian one. Lets hope that this movie turns out to be good, as it would serve as an easy reference for me to show someone about Cyprus. This move doesn’t have a hero and stars Amrita Arora, Kim Sharma (ex-girlfriend of Yuvraj) and leher (a relatively new face). Btw, it didn’t surprise any of us that Yuvraj had dumped Kim Sharma, judging by the way she was throwing her weight around on the sets(as informed by friends!).

Amrita Arora had given an interview to Mid-day on her return from Cyprus. I have taken some sections from her interview. Have a good laugh!!!

UPDATE : Yesterday (June 6th), i received polite comments/emails from the producer of this movie threatening me with legal action if i didn’t remove the photos, as the dress the heroines wore were made from his money and they were copyrighted with him. So, i have removed all the original photos. I have erased from my memory that i ever went to watch the shooting. and what i have written below are just accounts of the shooting which i heard from friends. None of the images in this post are photos taken during the shooting. But, to replace the original images, i went back to alassa park few days later, took some snaps and then used some images of bikes and dune buggys from the Internet and then merged them using photoshop to convey the message. I had also taken a photo of Kim Sharma from the Internet, cut out the face and then superimposed it on one such photo. I hope that she was wearing her own lipstick. I don’t want another producer threatening me for owning that lipstick!

I am preparing a replacement post so that i don’t infringe on any copyrights. Visit this page again in a few days to see the updated post!

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