Hey, we meant the planet in the headline not the messy canal your warped mind is conjuring up.
Kadavul Satyam (God-promise).
Ayyo, What Modesty, What Modesty
Never have our old eyes witnessed such self-effacing souls like Kanthaswamy producer Kalaipuli S.Thanu, the movie’s hero Vikram or heroine Shriya Saran in the face of such gargantuan achievement.
You see, the trio only celebrated the movie’s ‘smash hit‘ status on terra firma a.k.a. Planet Earth at a party hosted in a 5-star hotel in Chennai on Sunday.
They ignored the movie’s mega-response in other parts of our vast universe.
Not one word about Kanthaswamy’s record-shattering performance in Uranus, Venus (schmucko, we mean the planet not mons veneris) and all the other nooks in our galaxy Milky Way and the others too.
Surely, extraterrestrial creatures in all corners of the gigantic universe are besides themselves with joy at the grand spectacle of Kanthaswamy. Not just the denizens of Planet Earth.
Thanu (the name rhymes with Rajiv Gandhi’s assassin Dhanu) declared, ahem, modestly:
Kanthaswamy may have got a little mixed response from a certain section of the press, but nothing really to worry as the film is a super smash hit that has grossed a record Rs 37 crore worldwide.
Super Smash hit, folks.
Super Smash hit. No less.
Be mindful that this is Kanthaswamy we’re speaking of here not an ordinary hit like Slumdog Millionaire.
Vikram, an even bigger avatar of modesty, ejaculated:
I know that there has been a lot of negative talk about the film, but who cares? The figures at the box-office say a different story. What more can an actor ask for?….Success of Kanthaswamy as far as I’m concerned is the best form of revenge against my detractors.
Who cares, folks?
Yes, who gives a f**k about all the negative talk on Kanthaswamy.
You do? Well, you can shove it up you know where.
The living legend Anniyan has spoken.
He, who leaves the likes of Marlon Brando, Jack Nicholson and Christoph Walz in the shade, has declared that he doesn’t care about all the negative talk. Then why are lesser mortals like y’all getting your komanams (loin-cloths) in a twist.
Success of Kanthaswamy as far as I’m concerned is the best form of revenge against my detractors.
All ye critics and movie-goers, be warned now. Revenge is mine, saith the Lord Vikram (sounds kinda like Romans 12:19, eh).
And our Delhi belle Shriya Saran, what pearls of wisdom did this hip-shaking angel drop:
I’m proud about Kanthaswamy, as Subulakshmi the character I played in the film is the best I have done so far.
You ought to be proud, guys.
Casting all her modesty to the winds, Shriya has dropped much of her clothes in Kanthaswamy to offer more than a glimpse of her bestest whitest flesh for your ogling pleasure. All for your sake.
Aren’t you happy?
Our cup of joy overfloweth.
As we type this post, tears cloud our vision at the mere thought of Thanu, Vikram and Shriya for delivering a movie like Kanthaswamy, the pièce de résistance of their œuvre.
Where do such fine artistes emerge from in this Kali Yuga?
Sick Whackos
Tu. Tu. Tu.
Not only do these Kanthaswamy nincompoops deliver a crapulent movie, now, these shameless shaitans want to celebrate its success.
Talk of chutzpah. That is Chutzpah, folks not the same as chuuth pa. 😉
Kinda like Hitler gassing the Jews and then making soap from the fat in their bodies or using the victims’ skin to make lampshades (no kidding, these things really happened in the Nazi era. At least, on a modest scale. Read William Shirer’s magnum op The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich for the soap citation).
Only in India, folks.
Only in Incredible India do movie producers like Thanu and his cohorts brutally gang-rape movie fans by shovelling garbage at them and when the paying fans howl in pain the producers, directors, stars and starlets celebrate the fans’ agony with a grand party!
Chumma super, machi.
And that joker Vikram cares not one whit about the quality of the movie or the paying fans’ pleasure.
All that gluttonous buffoon is mindful of is the box office figures.
What about fans, you say? Those schmucks can go f**k themselves.
As for that Delhi belle Shriya Saran, the sight of her semi-nude contortions on the screen is enough to give anyone a Delhi belly.
Tis’ not the time to celebrate success but an occasion to sing a dirge for subjecting Tamil movie fans to such indignities as Kanthaswamy.
Not the time for a celebration but the occasion for an Indian funeral.
We don’t know for sure if Kanthaswamy is a ‘super smash hit’ as Thanu claims but we know for sure that the movie is no small super shit.
In other words, Super Smash Shit.
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SI,
I watched this movie yesterday. I should say, the idea of walking around like a rooster (“cock”) and imitating it was really gay.
The dress-up as a lady and being an ape was another yuck to them.
In the meantime, they had buses tour Tamilnadu, where people could get in and watch the movie clips – to make people relive the holocaust of wasting their money on this one (i think).
SearchIndia.com Responds:
Enna kodume saar, idhu (what agony).
Vikram is now crowing like a cock over this trashy movie’s ‘success.’
the movie has had a good advance booking … for few weeks …is what I read in the media ….so it was a hit even before it got released … 37 crores is a decent amount ….should it cross the 50 crores mark in the coming weeks ….then it is a Hit ….irrespective of what u or I think …
in which case they would celebrate 50 days / 100 days ….
By the way the guy who played Ganesh in the movie ….the Indian Agent who follows Vikram in Mexico ….is Susi Ganesh … director of the movie …
SearchIndia.com Responds:
1. Yes, fair chance of the movie really being a hit because of the hype (contributing to advance bookings), Vikram factor and the 900 screens or so on which it debuted.
You might be amused to know that Kanthaswamy released in our state before Tamil Nadu.
2. You write: By the way the guy who played Ganesh in the movie ….the Indian Agent who follows Vikram in Mexico ….is Susi Ganesh … director of the movie …
We didn’t know that until one of the viewers loudly mentioned it in the hall.
BTW, isn’t it way past your bed-time? 😉 Does your mamma know your are still up and about.
sumeshy said to make people relive the holocaust..
if you want to relive the exact opposite of holocaust.. watch “The Gift”.. not really a recommendation.. but I know you like Cate Blanchett.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbDUk-jUlnU
and did you hear of
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/city/mumbai/More-the-marrier-1-man-14-wives/articleshow/4938656.cms
SearchIndia.com Responds:
1. OK, OK, we get your not-so-subtle pitches for Harold and Kumar go to White Castle.
We’re heading to Blockbuster now. Just checked with them…they have three copies of the 2004 movie…means it’s still quite popular.
BTW, a Caucasian took us to one of the White Castle burger joints on Queens Blvd in New York sometime in the last century. Can’t remember the taste now except that they were small ones not your regular-size burgers.
There’s a White Castle outpost in Jersey City too, close to the Indian strip on Newark Ave. Will go there next time we’re in the area.
The movie must have something to do with them White Castle burgers.
2. Regarding the Indian married to 14-women, the man deserves an award and our sympathy. The nut case most certainly does not deserve to be arrested.
One marriage is one too many. 🙁
Having successfully wrested 37 crores from unsuspecting movie lovers, the producer milked the (unholy!) hype cow of its last drip of publicity and announced 2 more follow-ups
Sequel – Periyaswamy – The Big One
Prequel – Chinnaswamy – Size never mattered
Sick of all the swirling Swamys, but not to be outdone, the critics decided to counter with blogs like “Ayyo Swamy!” (Gasp, Lord) and “Vendaam Swamy !” (let go, Lord !) 🙂
SearchIndia.com Responds:
You write: Having successfully wrested 37 crores from unsuspecting movie lovers,
Until we see proof, we will NOT believe and neither should others swallow these Rs 37cr or wateva claims.
Podhum-samy, podhum (enough) 😉
SI brother u cannot stop the BO hit all over the world, do u remember kambhakth ishq ,sing is kingh got bad reviews but who cares abt the reviews ? they were smash hits.
BTW, control ur temper/tension (kovam udambukku avuthu). we need u.
SearchIndia.com Responds:
You write: SI brother u cannot stop the BO hit all over the world, do u remember kambhakth ishq ,sing is kingh got bad reviews but who cares abt the reviews ? they were smash hits.
As we’ve said often, we have no skin in the game.
So we don’t give a shit whether this movie (or any other film for that matter) turns out to be a hit, smash hit or super smash shit oops super smash hit.
I think the 37 crore were paid by horny males who wanted to catch Shreya wet in a towel, crawling on the floor going ‘meow…meow’
SearchIndia.com Responds:
That was a yuck scene.
They made money (thanks for your contribution as well) and they are celebrating it. Their aim is not to make good cinema, but to make money. I don’t see anything wrong with their celebrations. They have to pay taxes on that anyway. I have a feeling that you never realized making money was this easy 😉 Time for a career switch???
SearchIndia.com Responds:
You write: I have a feeling that you never realized making money was this easy 😉 Time for a career switch???
If quick money ranked high in our priorities, we’d have taken to peddling that white powder eons back.
watched kanthasamy last weekend..
why do Indian movie need to spend a lot on songs???
SearchIndia.com Responds:
1. You write: watched kanthasamy last weekend..
Our condolences.
2. You write: why do Indian movie need to spend a lot on songs???
Most Indian movie-goers are culturally addicted/accustomed to having songs in movies and it’s impossible to wean them off the songs now. This is true of Hindi, Tamil, Telugu or Kannada films.
Our American friends find it hard to digest the fact that every Indian movie must have five or six songs.
The second reason, evident particularly lately, is to provide a skin show of some well endowed starlet like Nayantara or Shriya to pander to the lascivious impulses of the audience.
These days, a lot of Hindi and even Tamil songs are filmed abroad as in Kanthaswamy, Villu et al obviously at great cost.
These guys are so delusional….was watching Vikram’s interview on TV and he said that this movie caters to kids even the songs are for the kids hence the simple words and catchy tunes.
Reality check!!!!! Kids should NOT be watching kissing scenes, they should not be learning words like poda podi and exposing kids to a girl in an itsy bitsy teeny weeny outfit lounging seductively on a bed while a man is watching her????
WTF!!!!!!!!
SearchIndia.com Responds:
You Write Above: was watching Vikram’s interview on TV and he said that this movie caters to kids even the songs are for the kids hence the simple words and catchy tunes
These shameless bozos will say anything to keep the $$ flowing into their coffers.
We had Sun TV for a year or so but since we were hardly watching it, we pulled the plug on it. Maybe, we should reinstate the service to catch these interviews (assuming Vikram’s interview was featured on Sun).
singakutty: why do Indian movie need to spend a lot on songs???
Restricting the response to Tamil movies; It has a lot to do with its evolution. Prior to movies/talkies, plays/dramas were the popular form of entertainment and these were heavily laced with songs and dances. The players who were involved with these drama troupes / plays were the early movers into the film arena and so their influence carried over.
Koothu/Theru-k-koothu (folk theater) is a mix of dance, songs and drama and is integral to tamil culture just as classical songs are and these have had significant influence on movies both old and new. If you have ever seen old (really old) movies, you’d be astonished at the number of songs. So, we have fewer songs these days 🙂
Srinivasakalyanam, a movie filmed in the 30s (no i have not seen it), apparently had 50 songs. Now, if Vikram and Shreya ever prance around as many times as in that movie, it will have to be officially classified as a form of medieval torture 🙂 BTW, Andha Naal was the first song-less Tamil movie and it was a huge hit (not a super smash hit though)
SearchIndia.com Responds:
Song/dances in movies is a pan-Indian phenomenon, cutting across languages.
So, one would have to presume they all took a similar path – stage to films. Or the early films were mythological with songs taking the form of slokas in praise of the lord and then over time evolved into the current grotesque form of a half-naked Shriya Saran crawling on the floor making Meow Meow noises .
deepa: this movie caters to kids even the songs are for the kids
Perhaps, he meant “kids” as in “Kanthaswamy Induced Derangement Syndrome” 🙂
SearchIndia.com Responds:
Wouldn’t that be KAIDS? 😉
kantha in UK has crossed 1.09 crores in 10 days , this is now the third highest grosser for a tamil film in uK next to dasavatharam and shivaji ….
source: bollywood hungama
vikram mass mass mass
SearchIndia.com Responds:
Third highest grosser in UK?
Words fail even wordsmiths like us,
deepa wrote:
Reality check!!!!! Kids should NOT be watching kissing scenes, they should not be learning words like poda podi and exposing kids to a girl in an itsy bitsy teeny weeny outfit lounging seductively on a bed while a man is watching her????//////////
deepa madam, do u think this is the first tamil film to show these scenes ?? that towel scene has come in many movies, singlying out kantha is bad for tamil cinema ….. so get a life dear ….
SearchIndia.com Responds:
It was not the semi-nudity per se, which as you rightly say is fairly common these days.
Her point was that Vikram said in an interview that the movie caters to kids even the songs are for the kids hence the simple words and catchy tunes
Kanthaswamy is certainly not kid stuff except maybe in the figurative sense.
It was on our local channel cuz he came over to Malaysia. He seems really charming and intelligent during the interview but i’m amazed at how he was not able to phantom how ridiculous the movie was. If he continues to make bad movies, people are not going to remember him for his acting skills in Pithamagan, Sethu, Kasi, Anniyan.
SearchIndia.com Responds:
You write: If he continues to make bad movies, people are not going to remember him for his acting skills in Pithamagan, Sethu, Kasi, Anniyan
We don’t think any of the stars care about anything other than the tinkle of the box office cash register.
In Malaysia also records are broken, the film has collected 4 crores in 10 days ……
vikram marana mass. bad reviews can’t stop our king ..
To all other actors fans better MIND IT ! I SAY.
SearchIndia.com Responds:
You write: bad reviews can’t stop our king ..
True, since when has howls and jeers stopped the clowns.
Regarding Malaysia record, you must provide a credible source.
here is the link for chennai box office http://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movies-slide-shows/movie-4/top-ten-movies/tamil-cinema-topten-movie-kanthaswamy.html for the first ten days . the collections is next only to shivaji …..
The New King Of Box Office in Chennai is Chiyaan Vikram
SearchIndia.com Responds:
In your previous comment, you mentioned Malaysia and here you are citing Chennai numbers. This is what they call a non sequitur.
sorry ya i will give the malaysia link tomorrow , my orkut friend living in kualalumpur has said that he had read this news in the local malaysia news paper , box office mojo will update it tomorrow.
SearchIndia.com Responds:
Thanks.
BTW , ANDHRA PRADESH CM is missing and chopper missing .
SearchIndia.com Responds:
A few months ago, one of our leaders was missing…South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford….we found him vacationing with his lover in Argentina.
Uranus (I meant the topic) seems to be very popular… already 19 comments registered.
SearchIndia.com Responds:
If some of the commenters are accurate, Vikram is projecting Kanthaswamy as kid-friendly.
But given Shriya’s skimpy attire in the movie, Kanthaswamy should more aptly be labeled tit-friendly. If her dress had gone up a wee-bit higher, then the movie would have been clit-friendly too. 😉
hmm.. now you are tempting me.. I liked Shriya in Sivaji.
I hope she wasn’t subjected to clitoridectomy.. did some reading on FGC.. because of your Jesus post.. it is terribly gory.
SearchIndia.com Responds:
Mark your calendar.
February 6 is International Day of Zero Tolerance to clitoridectomy.
A stupid, gory practice.
“Vikram is projecting Kanthaswamy as kid-friendly” — Vikram is projecting himself as a [Deleted].
SearchIndia.com Responds:
No. We do not agree with you.
There is absolutely no basis for your claim and hence we deleted it.
Sorry SI. I was just joking but guess I went overboard.
SearchIndia.com Responds:
All of us (a group that certainly includes us too) have to be circumspect in what we write. 🙂
Actually, the director Susi Ganesan has given ok movies – Five Star and Thiruttu Payale. He also launched (actually tried to launch) Sneha in “Virumbugiren” which took years to come out. The songs though in his movies are good. Not like this current kuppai that has come out.
As for Vikram, I think he will still do movies where he can do several make ups, be fully gay by watching roosters and imitate them while Shriya will still prance around in lesser clothes and cash in till she can. The media in chennai for movies is really bad and those are second culprits who made this movie a success. Keep harping about how the movie is in a 10 second ad in every channel and you get 50 more to go to the theater. I am not sure if people are aware, they would pay movie goers 25 rupees (52 cents) to say something good about the movie and that would get converted as the ad. Some even do it for the heck of 2 second glory. That’s how this publicity wheel in kollywood works.
In the mean time, endured a Silambarasan (T Rajendar’s son) movie – Silambattam. Another stupid movie which has the same theme for over 50 years now. Father gets killed, son gets revenge in front of everyone in village in the ayanar temple. The worst part, Simbu (as he is called) did all the rhyming dialogues in English (his dad did them in tamil for all the movies that he directed and acted).
Kollywood = Koovam nadhi crap on screen
SearchIndia.com Responds:
1. Going by Kanthaswamy, we’d consider Susi Ganesan a rank amateur. The fella should not be allowed anywhere near a movie set.
2. Offtopic: Wonder if any of you has seen the new Tamil film Ninaithale Innikkum (Prithviraj, Priyamani).
It’s released here too today. Just didn’t feel like the drive.
SI – will check ninathale innikkum and get back to you before monday. in the meantime, did you plan a double meaning with respect to the title of this post? 😉
SearchIndia.com Responds:
You Write Above: in the meantime, did you plan a double meaning with respect to the title of this post
OMG, is there a double meaning to the title? 😉
SI – look carefully at uranus 😉 – coz u thought thats the only place this movie can be a super hit. :))
SearchIndia.com Responds:
Uranus – that’s just a planet in our solar system. Isn’t it?
Do you think it could have another sinister or naughty meaning, kinda like a double entendre?
Vikram or Susi Ganesan probably know best since they unleashed this piece of s**t.
SI, how can u allow words like “gay” posted by semeshy idoit , did he went and see vikram is gay ??
BTW, RAAVANAN trailer is alomost ready and it will be released in a week http://entertainment.oneindia.in/tamil/exclusive/2009/vikram-mani-ratnam-trailer-040909.html
SearchIndia.com Responds:
1. We looked again at what Sumeshy has written in the recent past. He made two references to gay in the context of discussing the Kanthaswamy movie/review.
* Sumeshy’s first reference was on Aug 31: I watched this movie yesterday. I should say, the idea of walking around like a rooster (â€cockâ€) and imitating it was really gay.
Sumeshy appears to be simply making a point that the idea of walking around like a rooster and imitating it sounded gayish to him. So be it. It’s his perspective in the context of the movie he watched. You might consider that the star comes across in the movie as a a stud or a macho figure. That’s your perspective. Perspectives and not facts are the issue here.
Whether Sumeshy’s comment was a subliminal attack on gays, we have no way of knowing. Indians, of course, do tend to look down on ‘gays’ as a group and the idea/concept of homosexuality is itself just coming out of the closet in the hidebound Hindu society.
* On Sept 4, Sumeshy wrote: As for Vikram, I think he will still do movies where he can do several make ups, be fully gay by watching roosters and imitate them while Shriya will still prance around in lesser clothes and cash in till she can.
This one too has to be seen in context, of what Sumeshy expects in future movies featuring Vikram and Shriya based on his Kanthaswamy experience.
Again, as we said earlier Indian society has a tendency to view the word ‘gay’ in dark hues. We guess the word ‘gay’ has become a slur in India, an insult to one’s manhood and calling someone ‘gay’ in that country is like calling an African-American a ‘nigger’ here. Both socially unacceptable.
We don’t think Vikram, or for that matter SRK, is gay and even if they were, it wouldn’t make a whit of a difference to us.
The art world (which includes writers, movie stars, theatre actors et al) is replete with gays who have distinguished themselves.
2. You write: semeshy idoit , did he went and see vikram is gay ??
Sumeshy will surely respond to this point. 😉
3. As for Raavan, it’s going to be hard, if not impossible, for Abhishek Bachchan to match up to Vikram’s performance.
SI thanks for the clarifications , but i got tensed when he mentioned gay in this post , but now i understand for what for he said like that .
BTW, i don’t like gays.
SearchIndia.com Responds:
You write: BTW, i don’t like gays.
And Hitler didn’t like Jews.
Ninaithale Innikkum is a remake of the malayalam movie Classmates ….painfully slow movie ….all the cliche that you can except out of a movie ….which revolves around college going kids …
Strictly Avoid ….watch Kandasamy again if you want …
SearchIndia.com Responds:
Skipping Ninaithale Innikkum.
Wondering if Priyamani has a future in films?
Y’all gonna watch Achamundu Achamundu? Good story, great acting (especially the villain.
SearchIndia.com Responds:
No.
The movie is not running anywhere nearby.
still in UK kantha is running well
KANTHASWAMY [Tamil film; last weekend: No. 34, this weekend: No. 39]: In its third weekend, the film has collected £ 6,153 on 11 screens, with the per screen average working out to £ 559. Total: £ 1,64,710 [approx. Rs. 1.32 crores].
great .
http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/trade/overseas_boxoffice/index.html
SearchIndia.com Responds:
Wonder what’s in the Thames these days.
hi folks…..
KANTHASWAMY is superb movie…
great acting vikhram…. & great direction 2…
i dont know y people here talking about earning amount of the movie….. v cant jurdge a movie by its earning part….,& specially this guy arshadsod… who u r & y r u convincing people out here saying KANTHASWAMY is bad movie…. v reserched ur lecture & thanx 4 ur each word & need no more bhai…. bhai tujhe koi aur kaam nai hai kya…. kaayke liye bheja karaab kar raha hai dusro ka….,
bollywood movie om shanti om is shit example of huge money grossed around 170crs this was the f*****g waste movie of all time.. srk acting suck !??!
SearchIndia.com Responds:
1. You write: specially this guy arshadsod… who u r & y r u convincing people out here saying KANTHASWAMY is bad movie.
Are you a nut?
Arshadsod is actually saying the opposite, albeit in measured tones. Several, if not most, of Arshadsod’s comments on Kanthaswamy are positive.
2. You write: need no more bhai…. bhai tujhe koi aur kaam nai hai kya…. kaayke liye bheja karaab kar raha hai dusro ka….
Going by his/her blog name, you think Arshadsod is a Muslim and so you launch a diatribe against him/her in Hindi/Urdu.
What a weirdo you are. Mera Bharat Mahaan.
Proof for kantshaswamy collections in malaysia (crossed 5 cr INR)
http://boxofficemojo.com/intl/malaysia/?yr=2009&wk=37&p=.htm
Kandaswamy collected this amount till September 10–13, after that there is no other update from box office mojo for malaysia box office.
SearchIndia.com Responds:
Thanks for the Kanthaswamy Malaysia box office link.
So this proves beyond doubt that even crap sells in Malaysia. 😉