Watched 'Shivaji' over the weekend. At San Antonio, Texas, of all places :) I can safely say, I've never enjoyed a movie more. Public at San Antonio were clamouring outside the gates of the theatre several hours in advance for a 10 AM Sunday morning show. Suddenly there was an ear splitting whistle, thunderous applause and shouts of thalaivaaaa...and this was just because the gates had finally opened. Kala told me of one chap at the Houston premiere who had appeared in a blond wig causing the devotees to go into paroxysms of ecstasy.
The movie was a whirlwind of rajini style, rehman beats, shreya glamour and vivek one liners. Camera work was superb..it had to be. Making rajini appear 30 years younger, not to mention Caucasian and dancing is no mean feat. He is, after all, not really known for any of the above...but no criticisms please. As Abbas says in Padayappa..."What a man!!!!"
Forget about stopping bullets with a look. ..Rajini has conquered the final frontier in this flick...Death itself!! He exudes charisma with every costume, wig, skin color, facial hair arrangement, designer accessory and most of all, while chomping on a Bajji. For a man who is by no means classically handsome, he puts George Clooney to shame.
And then, when the movie ended, the Tamizhans of San Antonio performed a mini puja in the parking lot of the theatre with flowers, coconut, karpooram and 2% reduced fat milk. I almost had tears in my eyes :)
For people who don't get it- rajini is a 'one and only' type of cultural phenomenon- a Super Being if you will. As he himself puts so eloquently- "Panni thaan koottama varum..Singhaam, Single aa thaan Varum"!!
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And here I am without having watched the movie... Adi tried for tickets here.. eet ees a simple mettar of one thousand five hundred rupees I say... So we thought better later... :-)
mmm.. may be didn't have a kalakal company... :(
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