alwarpet_andavan - I wont say I am not Madhan, but since I want to maintain confidentiality, I don't want to admit I am Madhan!
how about you ? I mean, your 'original' name ?!
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alwarpet_andavan - I wont say I am not Madhan, but since I want to maintain confidentiality, I don't want to admit I am Madhan!
how about you ? I mean, your 'original' name ?!
ME and CM are continued in PVR for second week.
ME is released in Innovative Multiplex from Today which means additional shows in bangalore from this week.
Appo neenga thaan Madhan-a :?Quote:
Originally Posted by tmrrmt
Cinefan - that was a VIKRAMADITYAN-VEDHALAM style puzzle/riddle question !! you find out the answer urself
Rooky and the others - there is a certain growing trend with respect to movies running for 'n' no. of days - of late (say for around 5 years or so), the average actual no. of days a movie runs in any city has come down drastically, thanks to pirated VCDs etc - therefore, it is extremely difficult to judge the commercial success/failure of a movie - just imagine, people in my neighborhood have already watched ME and CM on VCD !! how they managed to do so, is something that baffles me - so now, why wud they go to a cinema hall and spend Rs.30/ per head, when the entire family can watch the movie at Rs.15 for a VCD in the more cozy relaxed confines of a home ?
:)Quote:
Originally Posted by tmrrmt
My original name ? - Paramakudi Express!
In the kamal fan club yahoo group, i post as "Bala (Karthik)"
I think you and RajaRam are in that club :)
And Cinefan????
alwarpet_andavan a.k.a Paramakudi Express
To all the Doubting Thomases,Quote:
Originally Posted by tmrrmt
Scene 1 (First-hand info reported by Paramakudi Express):
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I had been to PVR-Bangalore to watch MX-Hindi (22:15 show) last night. By 9:40, both MX-Tamil and MX-Hindi were sold out. Remember, it was a weekday and a night show at that!
I wouldn't say the CM counter was empty but it was not sold out - (i assume CM night show was on).
Audience Reaction: The Hindi version had a few differences w.r.t the dialogues, camera angles etc. I was pleasantly surprised to see the crowd reaction. They were laughing their dinner out right through the first half. Just a little bit subdued in the second, i must admit. In fact, had Kamal not goofed up with the "love" bit, it would have made a SIGNIFICANT difference. In fact, people might remember the "drag" more than the laughs. Overall, in my experience, the Hindi version is well received.
The digital print was worse than the film prints i had seen at Kasi and SSR Pankajam. And the audio was surprisingly not top class at PVR.
Scene 2(second-hand info):
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Abirami theatre, Chennai - last Sunday evening.
My friend had gone to watch MX-Tamil well before the evening show.
MX was sold - tickets not available even in black!
CM - Tickets available in counter and sold out eventually.
Conclusion:
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All despairing Kamal fans and "overjoyed" Rajni fans, the result is not in black and white as some would like to believe. MX-Tamil is certainly even with CM (if not better in some pockets) in Chennai/Bangalore. In Hindi, MX is doing well in metros.
Nothing more, nothing less.
alwarpet_andavan
I've always stood by "The Hindu" when it comes to objectivity, accuracy and ethical journalism. I see papers like "the Times of India" as nothing more than toilet tissues.
However, the Bangalore MetroPlus (of The Hindu) is more on the lines of TOI, i should say. The indicators? - language (usage of words like Fuck, which is unthinkable in the chennai edition, TOI style "polls" etc.)
I got one more evidence last week. the MetroPlus had an article titled "Mumbai Express chugging along". It was supposed to be an interview. I don't know what personal grouse the author Anand Sankar had against Kamal. Agreed, he might have a point of view which is different from mine but his writing and attitude smacked of amateuirsm, factual inaccuracy and sheer prejudice.
Has the MetroPlus Bangalore been "outsourced" ?? :)
Adds to the long list of things i dislike about Bangalore, with TOI's near monopoly heading the list.
Chennai, singara Chennai, wait a little longer, Paramakudi Express is coming!!!
alwarpet_andavan
>>The Hindu" when it comes to objectivity, accuracy and ethical journalism.<<
you must be joking AA...Hindu and ethical journalism ?!?! Try finding references to China (and their great economics, std of living) and the pro communist leaning (subtle...really..really subtle..TOI is harmless that way, we know its junk and we don't give it a damn...but these smooth killers sell their ideas so subtly that we don't realize its impact)...you'll know what kind of news paper is The Hindu. Run by a sworn communist (whose kids are well settled in the US :-) ).
"I see papers like "the Times of India" as nothing more than toilet tissues" - I strongly disagree with you - TOI does not deserve to even be used as toilet tissues - toilet tissues ought to be clean and hygeinic - after all their use is very crucial to our 'bottomline' hygiene --))
Just look at the TOI's supplement section - it reeks of rot and pungent stuff - it is all because of the misconception that the entire gamut of IT and callcentre workforce in Bangalore like such stuff - perhaps, in a way they do like such stuff, indeed - if you casually look at the bunch of weirdos who regularly inhabit Brigade Road and MG Road (especially near Plaza theatre), with their punkish hairdos, pierced ears, tattoed forearms, sporting the dumbest looks one can ever conjure up under the sun,and even more wacko-weirdo lingo they use while conversing - yuk, perhaps, TOI keeps in mind such good-for-nothing useless lot and comes out with appropriately banal stuff to edge out competition - and I can tell you,they have done it with ease
Shankar - actually, 'Hindu' became a pro-communist/leftist leaning tabloid after the management changed hands within the family - which probably happened around five years ago - the same guy who was running the FRONTLINE, a banner for Karl Marx and his likes, took over and since then Hindu has indeed denigrated - but the overall quality of the language is still being maintained - nevertheless, that doesn't take away the fact that they are slow poison killers