Shiva your daughter has been kidnapped. If you report this to cops your daughter will be cut into pieces and found dead. If you inform this to anyone you will find your daughter (sic) body parts thrown into your apartments….We want $50,000.00 by end of the day. Your wife Lata have (sic) to bring money […]
[T]he age of mercy is over and …the day of Judgement has arrived. But as the Messiah is running late, we have to do his job for him. – The Son by Jo Nesbo, p.299 I hate it when Western writers don’t know the basics about India or its majority Hindu inhabitants. A short while […]
Bangari – Neeku rape ante ento thelusa? Chitra – Repu? Repu shanivaram Bangari – Ha ha ha, adhi kadhu…. Bangari – Nenu ninnu rape chesesanu annuko, pelli chesesthadu….Rape mana pelli chesesthadu…Nuuvu naa onka chooste untavu, Nenu neemedha padipothanu anthe (English translation: The alcoholic asks his girlfriend if she knows what Rape is. Thinking he’s speaking […]
To refresh my memory, I borrowed Knight and Day from our local library and (re)watched it yesterday. Unimpressive as Knight and Day is, the Hollywood film is a quadrillion times superior to its ugly Indian spawn Bang Bang that released in U.S. and Indian theatres today. Tom Cruise has a beguiling charm that Hrithik Roshan […]
After wearily trudging through the endless Sahara of trashy Tamil movies, I serendipitously discovered a welcome oasis in Madras (Karthi, Kalaiarasan Harikrishnan, Catherine Tresa, Rama, Ritwika et al). Pa Ranjith directed the film based on his script (a claim that so far has not been disproved). Like so many good films, Madras defies easy categorization […]
In a nation known for countless bizarre creatures, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J.Jayalalitha stands out. Obnoxiously arrogant, shamelessly corrupt and a living goddess for millions of idiots, Jayalalitha got her comeuppance today when the Puratchi Thalaivi (Revolutionary Leader) was convicted in a 18-year-old Rs 66.65 crore disproportionate assets (corruption) case and sentenced to four years […]