Based on the number of filthy comments we received for our unbiased Billa Review, we feel there is a big pack of Sori Nayis among Tamil actor wannabe Ajith’s fans. While this is admittedly an unscientific study and the sample size perhaps not large enough, the vulgarity, fury and malevolence in the harsh reaction among […]
Bollywood – international shorthand for Indian movies – exerts a bigger hold on the Indian psyche than even cricket. India probably makes more movies – mostly pathetic, occasionally unwatchable and rarely interesting – than any other country. And that is when Indian movie-makers are not brazenly stealing successful Hollywood plots. India has a vibrant movie […]
Billa II Review – Frustratingly Bad The big question on most Tamil movie lovers’ minds must surely be whether Ajith’s Billa is a Flop, Ultimate Flop or a Super Hit at the box office. There has been a lot of comparison between the new Billa and Rajnikant’s mega hit Sivaji with some over-enthusiastic folks erroneously claiming that Billa […]
After being traumatized recently by the hideously awful Tamil film Billa, we were desperately in need of some relief. Fortunately, we stumbled upon a fine Argentine film Cautiva (2003) from our long neglected Netflix trove. Set in Argentina of the early 1990s after the dirty deeds of the last military dictatorship were exposed, this Spanish film is the […]
Billa II Review – Frustratingly Bad As far as we can tell, Tamil movie superstar Rajnikanth has led a stellar and dignified life except for two big follies. Rajnikanth’s first folly happened sometime in 1979 or 1980, when he disgraced himself with his bad behavior at an airport in South India around the time of […]
Two male Indian Ph.D students were killed at the Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, USA. The students Chandrasekhar Reddy Komma and Kiran Kumar Allam were both shot once in the head. The double homicide took place on LSU’s campus late in the evening on Thursday, Dec. 13. The homicides are said to have occurred […]