Yesterday in The Hindu dt. May 9, 2025, I read a very interesting article about how the well known Tamil novelist Asokamitran had in a couple of his popular novels described both the dark and bright sides of the Tamil Cinema world by using the now defunct Gemini Studios S.S.Vasan’s career as his template. TheContinue reading “The cinema world is neither boon nor bane … “it’s about jobs, stupid!””
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Why love actor Rajnikanth but hate Prime Minister Modi for brand-building mannerisms?
The above video-clip has gone viral in India and is drawing mixed and vociferous reactions from Modi-haters, baiters and admirers. The Modi-baiters in Kerala Congress Party put out a spiteful social media post that read: “The Pope finally gets to meet God Almighty!”. It’s funny but ill-conceived since the Modi-admirers turned it easily into aContinue reading “Why love actor Rajnikanth but hate Prime Minister Modi for brand-building mannerisms?”