Tamil movie fans in the U.K. have rightly shown the middle finger to Bala’s Naan Kadavul.
In what can be described as the ultimate insult to Naan Kadavul, even that pathetic piece of shit Sathyam fared better at the U.K. box office. Can there be a bigger disgrace than that for Naan Kadavul. No sir, no.
A mediocre film that’s not worth your time or money, Naan Kadavul will appeal only to fanboys of Bala not to serious lovers of good cinema.
For the opening weekend (February 6-8, 2009), Naan Kadavul had a pathetic opening gross of a mere £11,234, much worse than a crappy movie like Sathyam.
Naan Kadavul came in at No-32 for the opening weekend and had an average gross of £2,808, lower than Sathyam, Billa, Kuruvi and Kuselan but higher than the average gross for that ultimate kuppa Aegan.
Look at the numbers below to see how Naan Kadavul has fared at the U.K. box office compared to a few other Tamil movies in the opening weekend:
Folks, if you haven’t seen Naan Kadavul, consider yourself blessed by Kadavul (God).
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First of all who gives s**t about UK ppl. And wat an horrible taste. Kuselan at no:2. Dasa at no:1 and good movies like SS way below. Bala shud consider this as an achievemnt then. Now we show middle finger to the UK ppl.
SearchIndia.com Responds:
You write above: First of all who gives s**t about UK ppl.
Who gives a s**t about shadowfax_arbit.
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This is an encouraging news to all the pathetic directors. If you come up with crappier movies than ever, you step higher in UK box office. If you target UK audience, make it the worst.
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By your logic, Dasavatharam must be the worst Tamil movie.
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I read your Dasa review. Looks like you have had much more disappointment in it than Naan kadavul. So if UK ppl have shown middle finger to Bala for NK, they have shown middle finger to you and your review as well by making Dasa an all-time hit. So why take pride in what the UK dolts are upto??
SearchIndia.com Responds:
You write above: So if UK ppl have shown middle finger to Bala for NK, they have shown middle finger to you and your review as well by making Dasa an all-time hit
If Dasavatharam is a hit, so be it.
BTW, why are you getting so agitated?
Yes, the folks in UK have shown Naan Kadavul the middle finger. There’s nothing you can do about it by getting agitated.
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I think the taste of most of the ppl around the globe has gone very bad. Not able to distinguish between a good and bad movie. the box office list clearly shows that.
SearchIndia.com Responds:
Naan Kadavul was not a good movie.
The best one could say about Naan Kadavul is that it’s not as bad as Aegan, Villu, Kuruvi, Sathyam et al.
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Why should I be agitated? Its you who should be ashamed of posting this. This puts all your reviews in garbage. After so much cribbing about Satyam in the other post, here you are feeling great that it has done better than NK in box office. My god!! First time I’m reading reviews written by a bunch of retards who keeps contradicting themselves. Is it the effect of economic turmoil? I think you need a break or atleast give us a break…
SearchIndia.com Responds:
1. You write above: After so much cribbing about Satyam in the other post, here you are feeling great that it has done better than NK in box office
Are you a complete imbecile. We are neither feeling great nor feeling bad.
We don’t have skin in this game.
All we are trying to do is make a simple point that one of the crappiest movies ever made i.e. Sathyam did better than Naan Kadavul.
2. There’s no contradiction here.
(We’d like to go off on a tangent for just a moment. All our lives, we’ve been hearing this nonsense about contradicting onself…as if it’s a cardinal, mortal sin. But we really think there is nothing wrong in contradicting onself if one has a valid/interesting explanation for the change in position.)
3. You write above: Its you who should be ashamed of posting this.
Why should we fel embarrassed about posting that UK Tamils have shown the midle finger to Naan Kadavul. That is what the UK Film Council says.
If you can’t deal with the depressing reality that Naan Kadavul had a shitty opening in the UK, maybe you should try inventing an alternate reality like how the Red Carpet was rolled out, Queen Elizabeth II was at the premiere of Naan Kadavul, the Queen was so impressed with Arya’s performance and his handsome face that she decided to dump Prince Phillip and proposed to Arya, Prince Harry was bowled over by Pooja…. Happy?
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@SI for “By your logic, Dasavatharam must be the worst Tamil movie.”
So wats your logic in posting this?
UK ppl are the brainiest bunch in the world to make Dasa, Satyam, Kuselan et all huge hits and Bala should be depressed for making a movie not in par with those rip roaring rockers??
SearchIndia.com Responds:
You write above: So wats your logic in posting this?
1. Interesting news, plain and simple.
Plus, some folks on this blog have been speaking of solid box office response to Naan Kadavul in India and the U.S. Maybe, maybe not. But the box office numbers from the U.K. seem to suggest that the movie has not really found favor with Tamils there.
2. You seem to be agitated because the box office numbers of Naan Kadavul were depressingly bad in the UK.
Get over it.
3. The big question now is – are the box office numbers for Naan Kadavul along similar lines in other geographies?
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“Yes, the folks in UK have shown Naan Kadavul the middle finger. There’s nothing you can do about it by getting agitated.”
Nothing I can do abt it?? Sh*t thats depressing. Please take this
“Shadowfax_arbit shows Middle Finger for the whole bunch of dolts @SI”
SearchIndia.com Responds:
Grow up.
We are not responsible for the poor box office response of Naan Kadavul in UK.
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You are only turning out to be outrageously imbecile. U say
“You seem to be agitated because the box office numbers of Naan Kadavul were depressingly bad in the UK.”
I’m rather happy that NK is not in the league of crappiest movies ever made or in other words, the biggest hits of UK box office.
SearchIndia.com Responds:
You write above: I’m rather happy that NK is not in the league of crappiest movies ever made or in other words, the biggest hits of UK box office.
The fox that desperately tried to reach the grapes but couldn’t said – Damn, those grapes are sour.
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who wud want to reach out to imbecile poikilothermic morons, barely articulate to even differentiate a good movie from a bad movie, rather interpreting it the other way round?
First of all, you must be retards to base your argument on UK dolts’ report. Yeah right, complement each other.
SearchIndia.com Responds:
So much agita because Naan Kadavul fared badly at the UK box office.
Take a Gelusil. Oh wait, Gelusil is known to help only humans.
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Fallacy of Selective Observation at its best.
I do not know whether this post was deliberately written so that it appears on top of of Google search results when one types “Naan Kadavul box office “. That will be cheap trick. But I guess you are not so cheap and unintelligent to do that.
SearchIndia.com Responds:
God must have been on vacation when you were created.
Some are born stupid, some achieve stupidity and some have stupidity thrust on them. Guess you fall in all three categories.
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I’m not saying that ‘Naan Kadavul ‘ is a great film. It has no story line as such but characters are it’s highlights.
I definitely have a problem when you selectively pick UK box office results (which you haven’t been doing for other Tamil movies ) to prove your point. Its just reveals the extent to which a man can go to make believe the world about his points. In those cases the man isn’t proving anything except his foolishness/stupidity (Ex: Ghajini collapses at box office! )
SearchIndia.com Responds:
1. We’d like to do UK Box Office for more Tamil movies but there are some issues occasionally as when a movie like Villu releases earlier than Friday.
2. Irrespective of how often we use UK Box office numbers, you cannot deny the essential fact that Naan Kadavul has fared badly there.
3. The only worthwhile question now – is Naan Kadavul’s box office fate elsewhere the same as in UK or has it fared better outside the UK?
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Few revelations to be mentioned here.
1. You dont have any other job. May be begging in UK streets
2. You are a thick liar. You always provide wrong box office numbers. Kuruvi / dasvatharam / kuselan / villu are best examples
3. You need mentoring and counselling before you are completely damned by society
4. Somebody needs to teach you how to use your language / express views in public
5. You insult the entire Tamil and Indian community siting in UK ( i asume you are begging in UK )
6. If so … please dont return back to India. You need to be a taliban and hence proceed to Afganistan
SearchIndia.com Responds:
You are a complete idiot.
Yes, Naan Kadavul fared badly in the U.K. But why are you getting so agitated?
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Bala’s movies have a history, they never open great but slowly pick up and become a great hit later. Sethu, the first movie had history of even revisiting after been thrown out for bad early collection. Even the much hyped pithamagan didnt do well in the opening weeks as Vikram fans didnt like it as surya occupies center stage majority of the movie, but later or it turned to be a big hit. Nandha to had the same pattern. There is one difference between all other movies and NK on the mixing of commercial and documentary aspects that NK is a bit less commercial than others. Lets see how it goes down the line.
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@SI LOL :-DDDDDDDDDDD
@others: Don’t waste your time. Just Laugh Out Loud at the retards
SearchIndia.com Responds:
You win the clown of the month contest hands down.
movie has done well in India ….maybe not so in all parts of the world ….which is ok ….this is the case with many other movies …..People’s tastes are different ….so one cannot say that the movie is bad because x , y country did not like it …..It has been recd favorably in its core market/ audience…
It has been recd favorably in its core market/ audience
SearchIndia.com Responds:
You write above: It has been recd favorably in its core market/ audience
What is your source for your above point on the favorable reception?
U have not posted my comment…y was that?..u would post only if u have a point to prove/insult them or what??
SearchIndia.com Responds:
Vandatangapa comedy pasanga (here come the clowns)
Stop wasting our time, you blithering idiot.
You posted your comment on a different story. We processed your comments promptly along with our response. You can see your original comment here.
Schmuck, we’ve said this a thousand times. We do not shy away from processing critical comments here.
Vikatan has given 44/100 for NK which rated all Bala Movies above 50 before, surely NK looks to be on the lesser quality side compared to his pervious projects.
SearchIndia.com Responds:
Naan Kadavul is definitely worth missing.
Does it still have any fizz in Tamil Nadu?
We think the buzz has shifted to SRK’s Billu Barber now.
Guys, you have just wrote a reply to the comment by Stitha. You haven actually addressed the point raised.
So far for all the comments with valid points, against you or your review, you haven countered the actually point by the user. Rather you have found something or other in the user to make her/him look bad.
You have asked many users to grow up. !!??
SearchIndia.com Responds:
Here comes another clown.
1. Let’s see – what did Stitha write in his/her/its first comment? It first wrote a nonsensical piece that our story on the U.K. box office performance of Naan Kadavul was written so as to appear on top of search engine results. If we could so easily influence search results (no, Sergey Brin and Larry Page are not our cousins and neither is Eric Schmidt our uncle), we would be sitting on a beach in Waikiki not shivering in the winter chill of the U.S. East Coast. Nor do we want to influence search results. The post on the poor U.K. box office performance of Naan Kadavul was just a post.
When you can’t counter the facts in a post, try attacking the poster seems to be Stitha’s modus operandi and yours too. Won’t work. Our response was essentially that God must have been on vacation when Stitha was created.
2. Let’s now look at Stitha’s second comment: more of the same drivel. This time, claiming that we selectively pick UK box office results to prove our point. Again, we responded appropriately that we’d like to do more UK box office reports but that there are some issues occasionally.
BTW, it’s not as if Naan Kadavul was our first box office post for a Tamil movie.
We’ve done Tamil box office numbers earlier for Aegan and Vaaranam Aayiram .
Our decision on doing Tamil box office posts is prompted by our perception of reader’s interest in the post, buzz around the movie, availability of the data and so forth.
3. Forget all the BS about selectively picking the UK box office numbers. Why not focus on the Naan Kadavul box office numbers? Too scared to do that because you have no defense there (infinitely easier to attack the blogger, right)?
So, cut the crap.
SearchIndia.com is as objective a blog as you are going to get.
@SI: Our response was essentially that God must have been on vacation when Stitha was created.
God must have been possessed by a retarded ghost when you were created.
@SI: “If we could so easily influence search results (no, Sergey Brin and Larry Page are not our cousins and neither is Eric Schmidt our uncle), we would be sitting on a beach in Waikiki”
Reading a few of your reviews, I thought you were a bit low on IQ. But no..Sorry, I was wrong. You are a mentally retarded imbecile jackass. How else can you describe a “blogger by profession” who doesn’t have a clue about something called “Search Engine Optimization”, or want others to believe that.
@SI: “A mediocre film that’s not worth your time or money, Naan Kadavul will appeal only to fanboys of Bala not to serious lovers of good cinema.”
Well, if you can come to conclusions like this, based on a “tamil” movie’s performance in UK, then by SI’s LUNATIC LAW 1, “American Gangster” is a piece of shit that appeals only to fanboys of Denzel Washington and not to serious lovers of good cinema, as that movie ran only for a week or so in India.
@SI: “In what can be described as the ultimate insult to Naan Kadavul, even that pathetic piece of shit Sathyam fared better at the U.K. box office. Can there be a bigger disgrace than that for Naan Kadavul. No sir, no.”
SI’s LUNATIC LAW 2:
In what can be described as the ultimate insult to “American Gangster”, even that pathetic piece of shit “Van Helsing” fared better at the “Indian box office”. Can there be a bigger disgrace than that for “American Gangster”. No sir, no.
Have you ever considered suing your brains for non-support? If not, please proceed ASAP..
SearchIndia.com Responds:
1. Folks, do we have one of those multiple Anniyan or Sybil personalities lurking here – Stitha and karthik15981
2. It’d be nice if you could counter the facts of the poor UK box office response to Naan Kadavul instead of engaging in ad hominem attacks that take you nowhere.
3. Why are you so agitated if one of our posts appears higher in the search results?
4. Show us the numbers for American Gangster in India. In any case, piracy is so rampant in India that most box office numbers get distorted and are meaningless.
5. Try writing an interesting comment instead of taking the easy way out of going off on a rant binge against us.
@SI: Show us the numbers for American Gangster in India
Collections of American Gangster in India: $631,724
Collections of Van Helsing in India : $1,448,204
http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=intl&id=vanhelsing.htm
http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=intl&id=americangangster.htm
So does that mean American Gangster is worth missing??? If you can compare collections of Naan Kadavul and Sathyam(in UK) to conclude that Naan Kadavul is sh**, then would you agree if I compare collections of American Gangster and Van Helsing(in India) and dismiss American Gangster as a pile of sh**.
@SI: Why are you so agitated if one of our posts appears higher in the search results
It is because your “heading” is completely misleading, based on a stupid reasoning, and I would consider it immoral even if there is one guy who trusts your moronic views and decides against watching this wonderful movie, for all the hard work the movie crew had underwent in making this excellent movie for over 3 years.
FYI, Naan Kadavul is a HIT here.
http://in.movies.yahoo.com/news-detail/44462/Naan-Kadavul-Doing-wonderful-business.html
It is a Tamil movie, meant to do well in Tamil Nadu, and it does. So,just stop your crap talk. Period.
@SI: It’d be nice if you could counter the facts of the poor UK box office response to Naan Kadavul instead of engaging in ad hominem attacks that take you nowhere.
Well, you must be the last person to say this.
There is a saying: “What you give, you get back”.
This space won’t be enough to quote even a few of your “ad hominem” attacks on others, including myself.
Also, we are grown up people..Aren’t we? ( and u liked Gran Torino 🙂 )
SearchIndia.com Responds:
1. You write above: your “heading†is completely misleading
You are a blithering idiot and a complete imbecile.
What dictionary do you use – the Mannangatti dickionary for dickheads.
This is the headline we used for the post – UK Tamils Show Middle Finger to Bala’s Naan Kadavul and for the title tag – Naan Kadavul Box Office – UK Tamil Movie Fans Show Middle Finger.
What part of the headline or title tag is completely misleading, wrong or immoral, schmuck?
Crackhead, if you can’t answer the question, get off the crack-train and peddle your phony goods elsewhere.
2. You write above: It is a Tamil movie, meant to do well in Tamil Nadu, and it does. So,just stop your crap talk. Period.
What an effete explanation for why Naan Kadavul failed to do well in some parts of the world.
You really have to try harder next time.
3. You write above: FYI, Naan Kadavul is a HIT here.
Let’s see some real numbers.
We are not interested in listening to your fantasy theories or wishful hopes.
Every crap movie is declared a hit in Tamil Nadu and ‘runs for 100 days’ in Arupukottai, Pattukottai or Palayamkottai.
And after reading such ‘100-day nonsense’, a Mundarikottai like you comes back here spinning a fancy yarn and exgurgitating your half-baked knowledge.
4. You write: then would you agree if I compare collections of American Gangster and Van Helsing(in India) and dismiss American Gangster as a pile of sh**.
One hypothesis (hope you know what a hypothesis is) – Between 2004 & 2008, online piracy has increased in India.
That broadband penetration (while still low) has expanded in India is a fact. So, it’s possible more youngsters are illegally downloading movies.
Van Helsing was released in 2004 and American Gangster in 2008.
4. You write: for all the hard work the movie crew had underwent in making this excellent movie for over 3 years
If it really took three years to make this movie, maybe the movie-makers thought they were working on an offshore oil rig. You know, work two-weeks, get two-weeks off.
But they were on terra firma.
In any case, if hard work was the basis for dispensing credit, a lot of criminals ought to win kudos.
@SI: What part of the headline or title tag is completely misleading, wrong or immoral, schmuck?
To me, your prophetic words “Show Middle Finger” is misleading, wrong and immoral. If it is not for you, I really wish to see things from your point of view, but I can’t seem to get my head that far up my ass. Please help me!
@SI: We are not interested in listening to your fantasy theories or wishful hopes.Every crap movie is declared a hit in Tamil Nadu and ‘runs for 100 days’ in Arupukottai, Pattukottai or Palayamkottai.
You ask for proof, and when I show you one, you come up with an argument like this. The fact that the movie is still making good business in TN is not a “wishful hope”. Any similarity between you and a human being with sixth sense must be purely coincidental!
@SI: That broadband penetration (while still low) has expanded in India is a fact. So, it’s possible more youngsters are illegally downloading movies.
A perfect example of a “fantasy theory”.
@SI: And after reading such ‘100-day nonsense’, a Mundarikottai like you comes back here spinning a fancy yarn and exgurgitating your half-baked knowledge.
ha ha..I maybe a “MundhiriKottai” (not mundari…first learn to speak tamil, before using tamil words in comments or watching tamil movies.), but I know the difference between a movie like Naan kadavul being a success and a movie like “Kuruvi” celebrating 100th day. If you don’t, man, I pity you.. you must be someone with that terrible empty feeling…in your skull!!!!.
@SI: You are a blithering idiot and a complete imbecile.
Thank You! Calling you the same way, would be an insult to me 😉
SearchIndia.com Responds:
1. Good to know that you have utterly failed to defend your asinine argument about our headline (UK Tamils Show Middle Finger to Bala’s Naan Kadavul) being wrong.
2. You write: To me, your prophetic words “Show Middle Finger” is misleading, wrong and immoral.
Will you please learn the basics of English. A prophecy is made before an event not after.
We reported after the event with facts and a table that UK Tamils had shown the middle finger to Naan Kadavul.
Since you cannot challenge our facts, your only resort is to conjure up some facts.
3. You have failed to back up your claims that the movie is a hit with any numbers so far.
4. You write: A perfect example of a “fantasy theory”.
We did ask you earlier whether you knew what the word hypothesis meant. Obviously, you don’t.
5. Do you even know what sixth sense means. And you dare write in English!
6. You write: first learn to speak tamil
We asked you to provide your phone number but you failed to pick up the gauntlet. Since you’ve failed to defend the indefensible, you’ve no choice but to keep driving the kuppai-lorry full of non sequiturs.
Important: Discussion on Naan Kadavul is now closed between us. We’ve provided plenty of opportunities for you to put forth your views. You’ve failed to convince us and likewise we’ve not made headway in getting across our point of view to you. So, any further discussion between us on this topic is an exercise in futility and merely a waste of bandwidth. Let’s move on to other subjects. 🙂
Those words of wisdom in ‘Important’ should be coming from Karthik or anyone else for that matter.. not from you dumbass…
Any similarity between you and a human being with common sense must be purely coincidental!
SearchIndia.com Responds:
Whoa, which hole did this eli-kunji (baby mouse) spring from.
i just cant stop laughing to hear that UK people didnt like the movie. I think they should stop eating the junk burgers to understand the emotions of good cinema. Cinema is not always jumping from a helicopter or hitting 100 men by 1 person.
Tamil cinema is today going through a stage where u dont need a intellect to see a movie. its just vulgar and larger than life. But how much can u see all that.
A work like naan kadavul is paaar excellence. I know its tough to digest some scenes in the movie, but its is thoroughly a movie made by a genius.to handle a subject like this truly requires passion for good cinema and grave understanding of the minute details. I felt the movie to be completely powerful and engrousing at the same time entertaining. All the characters have done an intense work. Just note that all of them or most of them are new commers and see the way they have acted. Thats the vision of bala. I think this movie has risen the standard of tamil cinema and taken it to an international level. All the burger eaters,try to use ur intellect sometimes to appreciate quality or filmmakers will be forced to make movies for the front benchers mainly with namita
SearchIndia.com Responds:
1. It’s true that Bala is better than some of the other clowns and Thirutu Nais.
2. On the whole, there is not much to complain about the acting in this movie, be it the beggars or the stars. It’s the story that’s the villain of the piece here.