all idiotic rajni fans, he is a curse in TN. fortunately layathalapathy vijay is there to save the tamil industry, or else the industry is bankrupt with flop heroes like kamal,ajith,vikram,and rajni himself.it is only vijay who delivers blockbusters consistently and the revenues his movies generate are more than the whole kannada industry put together.
Kannadigas are affraid of tamil movies that is the reason why thy are not allowing tamil movies to release in Karnataka on same time when it is releasing in Tamil Nadu. If they allow that day is end of kannada film industry. In tamil nadu, no such rules to kannada movies becoz ppl won't see those dust movies. Anyway tamilians will purchase CD's of Kannada movies for when feeding food to children to show kannada heros as ghost. One good thing in kannada movies is that children are having food on time in india..
RE:Affraid..
by Lakshmi Rai on Mar 07, 2008 11:24 AM
Oh trust, in fact Tamilians are afraid of the rest of the world that's why they don't allow anyone else in their state. They are so insecure about their state, language and of course theur culture that they're afraid of incursion from outsiders.
Kannadigas don't stop movies from your language to be screened in Karnataka. Even today your films run in theatres which are watched by thousands of Tamilians who have migrated to Karnataka seeking out a better place to live and escape the dread of living in Tamil Nadu.
I wonder why many cities in Tamil Nadu are such pathetic slums? Is it because of a lack of civic sense or is it just your culture?
RE:Affraid..
by TruthTeller on Mar 07, 2008 11:34 AM
Aishwarya Rai sorry Lakshmi Rai, Karnataka is garbage of india. All garbages are dumped in Karnataka.. In garbage place what u will find? U will find monkeys and dogs those finding food. That is what kannadigas in Karnataka..
Regarding tamil movies, u r not allowing to release on the same day when it is releasing in tamil nadu and some restrictions in no of prints also. Why?
RE:Affraid..
by veera kannadiga on Mar 07, 2008 04:36 PM
Then why Tamilians like Bangalore and not chennai.When they are given option for a Job in Bangalore and Chennai,They prefer Bangalore and not Chennai.Because the people and the city looks like a big slum.Any way you tamilians are coming and making bangalore into a slum
RE:Affraid..
by Vasant on Mar 07, 2008 11:54 AM
Lakshmi Rai, my friend. I live in Bangalore. Bangalore doesn't deserve to be discussed in such forums. It is a total chaos. It has lost its orginality long ago. Kannadiagas would become minority sooner or later. Infrastructure is completely missing.
You should thank people from all over india to have created the IT boom and made money flow into the state. Karnataka will be the biggest losers if people from rest of the country turn their back on Bangalore.
RE:Affraid..
by Konga on Mar 07, 2008 11:29 AM
Abuser is back again...dude...those rules are no more valid now...please check the facts...all Tamil movies get screened in Bangalore...please post things sensibly...i gave you peace of mind yesterday...still you don't improve...
do you know why there is a demand for tamil movies in bangalore/mysore? because there are many people how have come here and settled here from Tamil Nadu... do you know why people from TN come here and stay? basically because of good education and jobs.. that is the reason there is a demand for TN movies here...also we kannadigas know how to appreciate good things...i myself watch some selected Tamil movies [not masala movies]...
i gave you best example in terms of National awards...you might have checked that on google as well...
and finally a note on reservation - TN has maximum reservation in the country...go get a life now dude...
RE:RE:Affraid..
by TruthTeller on Mar 07, 2008 11:43 AM
Dude,
No of kannadigas are settled in tamil nadu for food. Dress exporting ppl who are all in TN are kannadigas. Why they are not asking for kannada movies in tamil nadu? Themself don't like kannadigas and kannada movies.
In india, any state movies are allowed to release anywhere in india. This is not applicable for karnataka becoz they are affraid of others..
RE:Affraid..
by Lakshmi Rai on Mar 07, 2008 11:49 AM
That's a small percentage.
Films, especially stupid commercial films don't tell anything about a language or culture.
The bext representation of the richness of a language is the literature and you can't bost of a rich literature like Kannada which has 7 Gnanapeetha awards and of course many more to come.
What happened to Tamil, a language which has given Tirukkural has faded in the recent centuries.
RE:Affraid..
by Krish nan on Mar 08, 2008 12:26 AM
heLLo dude...Accept the fact tat u people cant generate commercial hiTts and also if u r arguing on Art films,ve u ever seen any kannada art film-be frank...In tamil also many nice movies are thr,better refer them..And wen u comIng to culture,hello boSs u being a dravidian,TAMIL s d Mother land of daraavidians..Wat karnataka nw s once a part of MAdras State...ANd one more thing KAnnada s a lang combined by 75%sanskrit and 25%Tamil...GO n refer and then tell abt culture...
U told abt civic sense na,go and c karnataka other than banglore..If u comparing banglore means get in to Chennai dude....
RE:Affraid..
by Murugavel Anniyamman on Mar 07, 2008 11:50 AM
I agree that our literature is probably not as rich as yours. But so what we'll bounce back. It will take some time.
RE:Affraid..
by Lakshmi Rai on Mar 07, 2008 11:52 AM
Look, this is in no way a dispespect to any language, I have as much respect for Tamil as I have for Kannada. But the point is, a real representation of the culture of a language is the literature.
I hope you'll bounce back soon. Because we are on the top and it's getting way too boring up there without someone nearby.
RE:Affraid..
by Konga on Mar 07, 2008 11:48 AM
dude...good thing about kannadigas are they know how to adjust. it is simple - be a roman when you are in Rome. you should learn something from them :)...anyways....dress exporting people??? what do you mean by that...do you know the number of kannadigas who migrate to TN?? very less compared to other way.....
please go to PVR cinemas website and check bangalore...you see all language movies there...dude...please check your facts before you come here and abuse...
RE:RE:Affraid..
by Vasant on Mar 07, 2008 12:00 PM
Konga,
A lot of Tamil speaking people were in Bangalore even before Independence. That has got to do with its proximity to TamiNadu. Having said more people from north Tamil nadu migrated to Karnataka in sixties because of drought and other reasons. Many of them who migrated are doing very menial jobs in Bangalore and very few have established their own businesses and of course a small fraction made into to the so called govt. jobs. So Karnataka (to be precise Govt.) is not providing job opportunities to these migrants.
Actually bengali films,malaylam films,present tamil films, offbeat hindi films made by deepa mehta,mira nair,shekar kapur and now a telugu film(vanaja) have been winning awards at various international film festivals.
Based on this observation,bengali&all south indian films have either been maintaining their winning streak in making excellent movies tht has international standard, or have either been improving their cinema in now attemptin to make these kinds of films.
But bollywood has not startd makin these kind of movies good enough and continue not to attempt making these kind of movies.
So far bollywood is been seen as havin the "golden boy" image of its showcasing indian culture in terms of dress,jeweleries,cuisines,dances etc.. Also havin films tht has the family overdramatic stories, and action films tht only showcases muscles and good looks, and slapstick and childish comedies.
Thers the other "dark" image of bollywood and those films ar bein made by deepa mehta, mira nair,shekar kapur. Also the other "matured" image of bollywood w.films made by nagesh kukunoor,anurag kashyap and few maturd filmmakers.
Unfortunatly bollywood is very weak in teamwork and cannot combine the "golden boy", "dark/controversial", and "matured" image into one.
As always, on the golden boys will be shining the brightest and being more successful thn the others.
RE:RE:Cinema
by ravekanth P Sharma on Mar 07, 2008 11:12 AM
Hi who said sekhar Kapoor is a good director? He cipied Masoom. Second what is great in Bandit Queen, bold film, simply because of some nude scenes or becasue bandit queen was exposed, In that sense kindly see waheeda Rehman and Sunil Dutt films made on dakus for which Waheeda bagged the award for Reshma Aur Shera. There was another film Mujhe Jeene Do where Jayadev scored music for Waheeda-Sunil Dutt starrer. I don't think Shekhar is brillinat. To me he is capable of copying. Sekhar is not Satyajit Ray, Mrinal Sen, Rithwik Ghatak,Aprana Sen or Mira Nair. Shekhar no way can be compared with this directors.
RE:RE:RE:Cinema
by Mitchell on Mar 07, 2008 10:54 PM
Whos talking abt comparisons of shekar to ray, mirinal sen, ghatak, aparna sen, or mira nair?
All i am saying is these directors ar different in their own way of approaching their films, but all of them make movies tht ar way different from bollywood hum drum routine films.
The only thing tht sets the directors u mentioned at the end of ur comment apart is, thy are all making new films and exploring different themes and ideas in their own respective films.
They ar not tied to the "golden boy" image tht bollywood reprsents. Thts it!!!
RE:Cinema
by christie John on Mar 07, 2008 11:37 AM
Hello, Sekhar Kapoor, who made Masoom, Mr India, Elizabeth of Bandit queen etc. He is an expert in copying. Is he Satyajit Ray? Sekhar wants to gain attention that is why he has shifted to US. Being Indian, can't he script Indian films. Mira Nair is NRI, yet she made Salaam Bombay, how could she? You want to borrow ideas from west and get acclaimed, Strange. Even Hema Malini as Basanti of Sholay is hundred times better than Elizabeth star. Hema represents an Indian village girl. Shekhar can't fool Indian filmmakers so easily, he has no roots to Indian cinema, first of all. I can't tell Mr India or Masoom a very very good film. Shekhar is just an average director like Aamir Khan who made his debut as taare Zamin paar. Aaamir, can he be considered equivalent to Mira Nair then?
RE:Cinema
by Mitchell on Mar 07, 2008 10:50 PM
Thanx for the info, but if shekar does not makes films for indians doesn't mean he is not stayin to his indian roots. Any director is free to do films of other cultures and i did like his elizabeth movies, since it shows tht culture of the british monarchy.
Its ok for shekar to borrow ideas from the west, he is not obligated to only making indian films. Right now deepa mehta is making a film on the environment and its cast is rachel wiez, dustin hoffman, indian actor john abraham. John abraham's charactr is not deeply indian but first he is an environmentalist.
Shekar's bandit queen ws really good and i don't think the film is bold if and only if it has nude and exposin scenes. I think he got the essence of the bandit queen right. Evn though indian activist and author arundhati roy disagreed the way bandit queen was shown in shekar's movie, the movie ws still good.
Don't compare hema malini and cate blanchett. Both movies ar way diffrnet and not evn a shred of their culture cannot be compared.
Indian directors don't need to be "obligated" to indian roots whn making a movie, thy are artists and ar free to make movies of any culture and have an open mind.
