ok people…the first of my broken promises…decided not to start where i left last time around. i have my reasons: i dont feel so pissed off today, i dont think george bush is going out of power and not all because the authorities are on my trail (they first thought it might indicate australia’s predicted score against india in the final, then very intelligently deduced that it was probably my cell phone number(india not being in the final) before unanimously agreeing that it is my ssn-probably fake too). so today im gonna write about something as far removed from america as can be. the american army may come to mind; their being in basra, lebanon, north korea and tanzania where a farmer spotted black, viscous liquid seeping through in his fields. but no, its not the american army either. ladies and gentlemen, presenting to you the second most paid actor in the whole of asia: rajnikanth; and his bevy of pre-puberty heroines<amidst claps and cheers>
as a matter of fact, rajnikanth is shortly to announce his next project. he says it’s a short wait. 6 month old jugwinder kaul from jalandhar, who plays the female lead, is soon learning to say words other than ‘khaana’ and ‘sona’ and will soon b ready to mouth tamil dialogues. apparently she can learn tamil much faster and better than established tamil singers like udit narayan, sukhwinder singh. when asked about the potential linguistic diffiluties, rajnikanth retorted in kannada, ”she has already learnt to say ‘kaadhal’ and ‘parents’(pronounced paarants in tamil) which are the only two ‘tamil’ words heroines utter anyway. so its not much of a concern. manisha managed pretty well in baba when she only knew how to say ‘baba’ in ‘tamil’. ur talking as tho it’s as impossible as linking all the rivers in the country.” irrefutable logic. in the aptly, though tentatively, titled ‘valiban’, rajnikanth plays an eighth standard student whose small family comprises three sisters in classes 1,2 and 3 respectively, a brother who is already a police officer at 7, ‘a’ widowed mother (father killed by jugwinder’s dad’s henchmen which is why the brother is in the police force). rajnikanth( valiban in the movie) provides for the abovementioned small family by driving his employer (janakaraj) around in a yet-undecided mode of transport. when he’s not at school(which is always) he hunts down the villain(john abraham?)’s henchmen with a pistol which has 6 degrees of freedom, shoots fire-water-wind-n-4-bullets-at-once, and can also be used as something to fondle the ‘young’ heroine (adds to his undying charisma n style). he also mouths punch dialogues like, ‘andavan manithan na valiban kezhavan’ which have gone with the masses as being nothing short of brilliant. rajnikanth says this 53 year trend of his movies being chartbusters will continue and valiban will create a new record. srividya, who played the female lead in one of his movies and has been leading a peaceful retired life for the past 27 years had this to say, “with rajni’s lips(?) looking less diseased and more glossier since my days, his lisp growing sweeter and his heroines getting younger, do u think valiban will run fewer days than baasha?? no way…”rajnikanth, who as a matter of fact, has starred in 783 movies and acted in 2, had high hopes too. he said, “valiban will be nominated for the oscars just as ‘paheli’ and other movies in the same mould were nominated before”. bombay dyeing (shot to fame as costume designers for sarath kumar and nayanthara in that famous school song) is in charge of rajni’s wardrobe while tiruppur baniyan center is in charge of jugwinder’s (their claim to fame is translucent handkerchiefs-can-be-used-as-tops).
overall, this news has caused significant chaos all over tamil nadu. the fans r printing posters of rajni in the prospective project (shelved so far owing to heroine’s slower-than-expected growth rate), bursting crackers in toilets and drinking heavier than usual. one incident of note is a fan naming his new born ‘thalai’ as an acronym for thalaivar rajnikanth.
rajnikanth’s career, ageing, and indian cinema, all seem to be on a new high!!!
). the division bell is a concept, a symbol. the division bell is a bell that’s rung in the British house of commons to signal sessions to the members of parliament and is concerned with eternally opposing sides in a debate.. it is thus representative of communication and the lack thereof (remember what i said about writing infrequently). so with this at-least-i-would-call-it-aptly-christened blog space and the first of the infinitely many random rants, i’m all set to get started.
