There is a huge furore happening in rediff. All started by some joker posting his opinion about how Sivaji is. Well, as they say, opinions are like a**holes. Everyone has one. Point is how you keep that closed and don’t stink to make everyone know about it.
The whole debate has taken a direction of how mad Southies are when it comes to movies and how whole of North India is made of scientists and literary figures and no one cares about movies there anymore. And no one has actually talked about whether the movie is good or not. And if it is either, what makes them think so? It is purely now a divided house with all possible moderator allowed expletives, with some ingenious ways like using stars instead of alphabets.
When I go through the whole sequence, I can be certain about two things. The Northies are highly prejudiced. And Southies are stupidly emotional. And Northies while writing forget they have also produced movies with the Govinda’s of the world, and the censor board chief once had a suggestion to call Randhir Kapoor to watch how his daughter has danced with Govinda. All the David Dhawan’s No 1 movies were as crass as possible. Some comment on how a grandfather & granddaughter are romancing in Sivaji, conveniently forgetting the fact that the best hindi movie as of now ( incidentally directed by a Southie ) is all about a similar romance. So, what can be accepted as a story can’t be accepted in a fantasy film and people go around checking birth certificates. There can be many such examples of how bad movies are also made in Hindi as much as the good movies that are made. And the so-called criticized Southies are the ones who are sought after in Bollywood just for their work ethics. No wonder, the driver in my holiday tour refused to listen to Tamil songs and picked up a fight with us. He is atleast an illiterate; here we are talking about IT literates showcasing their prejudice.
And on the other hand, these guys, the Southies are reacting as if someone has raped their sister. It is a movie and people are talking some shit, these guys are so determined that they will dip their legs in that crap and later smell it and get hyper about it. They go at the length talking about culture, and the magnanimity of Southies to accept Rajni, who is actually a Maharashtrian. Everyone is brushing up their vocabulary and am not amused at all. There are great movies made in Tamizh as much as in any Indian language. This is an entertainer. If someone can’t stomach this hype and think we are all jokers, let him think. How does it matter to us?
But once again, there is something deep-rooted here. It is not just about Rajni, AB, good movies, bad movies, crass taste etc. It is all about where one comes from. There the Northies think that everyone who lives down should be looked down upon, despite the fact there are many of their ilk who actually live here and looked up on so very dutifully.
One day, something nasty is going to happen in this country. That I am sure of! :((
The whole debate has taken a direction of how mad Southies are when it comes to movies and how whole of North India is made of scientists and literary figures and no one cares about movies there anymore. And no one has actually talked about whether the movie is good or not. And if it is either, what makes them think so? It is purely now a divided house with all possible moderator allowed expletives, with some ingenious ways like using stars instead of alphabets.
When I go through the whole sequence, I can be certain about two things. The Northies are highly prejudiced. And Southies are stupidly emotional. And Northies while writing forget they have also produced movies with the Govinda’s of the world, and the censor board chief once had a suggestion to call Randhir Kapoor to watch how his daughter has danced with Govinda. All the David Dhawan’s No 1 movies were as crass as possible. Some comment on how a grandfather & granddaughter are romancing in Sivaji, conveniently forgetting the fact that the best hindi movie as of now ( incidentally directed by a Southie ) is all about a similar romance. So, what can be accepted as a story can’t be accepted in a fantasy film and people go around checking birth certificates. There can be many such examples of how bad movies are also made in Hindi as much as the good movies that are made. And the so-called criticized Southies are the ones who are sought after in Bollywood just for their work ethics. No wonder, the driver in my holiday tour refused to listen to Tamil songs and picked up a fight with us. He is atleast an illiterate; here we are talking about IT literates showcasing their prejudice.
And on the other hand, these guys, the Southies are reacting as if someone has raped their sister. It is a movie and people are talking some shit, these guys are so determined that they will dip their legs in that crap and later smell it and get hyper about it. They go at the length talking about culture, and the magnanimity of Southies to accept Rajni, who is actually a Maharashtrian. Everyone is brushing up their vocabulary and am not amused at all. There are great movies made in Tamizh as much as in any Indian language. This is an entertainer. If someone can’t stomach this hype and think we are all jokers, let him think. How does it matter to us?
But once again, there is something deep-rooted here. It is not just about Rajni, AB, good movies, bad movies, crass taste etc. It is all about where one comes from. There the Northies think that everyone who lives down should be looked down upon, despite the fact there are many of their ilk who actually live here and looked up on so very dutifully.
One day, something nasty is going to happen in this country. That I am sure of! :((
9 comments:
I have been reading your blogs for a little time now. Its not just about this subject, but on the whole you write what you think whithout any sugar coating. this attitude is real bravery and i belive this would keep you high all the time.
I have been reading your blogs for a little time now. Its not just about this subject, but on the whole you write what you think whithout any sugar coating. this attitude is real bravery and i belive this would keep you high all the time.
I think over all , the movies & stars -- irrespective of North-South divide-- are much overhyped. We talk and get emotional about them more than the cinematic abominations actually deserve. Having said that , irrespective of what we people pretending to be the "classes " sermonise, Stars like Rajni and AB must deserve kudos for their connect with the masses. Atleast they provide something for the downtrodden populace to cheer about !
Why cant we just stay away from movies & actors we dont like.. and why do we always have to react to people voicing their personal opinions and asserting their own choice???
While our Northern and Southern cousins fight it out and volleys are fired from either side.. we poor East Indians can only look on and rue the day our Masters silently passed on and left us with nincompoops who have the audacity of calling themselves Cinema artistes
There you are , again with another interesting topic…
I've always come across the north-south conflicts ,more in professional life. Probably it started with my first ever job in Kerala where the Branch managers would be necessarily be a north indian who could speak either polished english with a vocabulory beyond the imagination of the poor 'Malyalees' like me or in crass hindi. Mind it, in kerala hindi being our second language in many colleges, we were too good in written hindi and hence could rate his language as crass . Can never forget those interesting conflicts !!
The mindset of these guys work in some pattern like this- the southie always has serious doubts on the IQ/ Intelligence levels of the northie ( its all the more construed when the northie happens to be his boss -:) and considers him as an aggressive idiot !The northie quite often feels sorry for the fanatic southie who worships rajnikanth and builds temple for kushboo while acknowledging his brilliance. This has been following since ages and movies and stars were found to be a convenient scale of measurement of the culture and heritage- There we go , the true INDIANS !!
In this context , remembering one of your ex reportee's comments on a cribbing session with me, in a much intoxicated state -:)
"wohh serekanth hai naa serekanth…….? Usko mein pasand nahi hoon kyonki mujhe SAAMBAR pasand nahi hai !!!!!!!!!"
The curious thing is that I dont like Sambar myself :)) If I get that ex-reportee guessed correctly, the reason for dislike would be his socks , which gets washed as frequently as Haley's comet
Hi anonymous, time to come clean. Who are you ?
another hot topic to be discussed with... will there be any change in this kind of culture?????
I think mass has give the answer for north vs. south, Rajni's sivaji is released in delhi with 8 print and that too with no sub title in hindi,1st week collection was 80%.
In Delhi many guys(north Indian) went to see sivaji, don’t understand what were the actor saying Still the went to see SUPERSTART RAJNIKANT.
If some thing look stupid, have the right to say so. .maybe the way of saying thing are different.
Few who have this idea of that this side of the country is better and other is not .. can take a hike.
MrX
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