The boss of crap?
Anuradha SenGupta, Features Editor at CNN-IBN, shares her opinion about enduring the ordeal that is Sivaji.
Well, everyone is entitled to voice an opinion. But Ms. SenGupta goes rather overboard in trying to prove that the movie isn’t great. Her post reads as if it were a natural reaction to someone who suggested that the Rajnikanth must be awarded an Oscar, or the movie must be conferred with the Palme d’Or. It is a populist movie, and it must please a lot of constituencies (which, going by all reports, it has). Surely then, such a movie cannot please elitists like Ms. SenGupta.
But what really throws one into a fit of anger is this statement:
I remember Rajnikanth from some very forgettable Hindi films of the 80s. Well the news is that he is still there. Stuck in the 80s that is.
What ignorance! How does watching an odd movie or two make anyone an authority on Rajni’s movies? This movie could be bad, even crappy. But Ms. SenGupta, in a fit of idiocy, diverts her criticism (or disappointments) of the movie to a needless assessment of Rajnikanth as an actor. Agreed, thalaivar’s histrionics might be a few levels lower than Kamal Hassan, but he has nevertheless churned out some excellent performances over the years. One needs to look no further than Mullum Malarum or Aarilirundhu Arupadhu Varai to convince oneself of this fact. (Here is a partial list of other interesting movies starring thalaivar.)
Sivaji’s success can be attributed almost entirely to Rajnikanth; but the nationwide hype that has been generated this time around is partially because Ms. SenGupta’s bosses at CNN-IBN chose to brand the movie a phenomenon. One anchor even went to the extent of saying that Rajnikanth had successfully bridged the North-South divide in India. If Ms. SenGupta feels bad about Rajni making her feel like a pig, then she would do better to train her guns on her news-hungry bosses. And not the BOSS!
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Clearly she’s living in the past. If only she had watched movies like “Dalapathi” and “Baashaa”! Who knows,she might find some fault in these movies too,to euphemistically express her dislike for Rajinikanth.
If Sivaji made her feel like a pig, its probably coz she is one. And she din even know the language and watched it without subtitles ! It was the worst movie review i ever read, and for a very memorable film at that…
Anyone should read this before rubbishing sivaji and rajini
http://sudhishkamath.blogspot.com/2007/06/sivaji-review-of-reviews.html
Guruji,
I read that list… You have forgotten this movie “Raghavendra”… it was one of the best movies where he acted so well, never expected him to play the role of a saint despite all action before that…
If someone is paid to write, this is what will happen!
There is no harm in being a critique, but her self-assumed overweening authority on movies is disgusting.
Ms. Sengupta’s blog on Rajni shows her IQ ratio on the topic, which is 90% ignorance and 10% literacy, to read and write that is.
She stepped on the gun too fast, when she just learnt to spell RAJNI. Sheer ignorance.
Agree with you completely. Sivaji is not and was never meant to be a movie to make people feel or think. It is supposed to entertain, and rake in money, both of which it is doing very well. Anuradha Sengupta has only revealed her ignorance by talking about an actor she doesn’t know, an industry she hasn’t studied and a movie she hasn’t understood. No wonder people think ‘her post’ is crap.
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