Originally Posted by
Poornima
if anything, the figures only vouch for rajini's stature as a star who towers over his combined competition. with this kind of word of mouth -- you yourself say that it's very bleak in terms of acceptance -- do you think any other actor, apart from maybe Salman Khan, can pull off such an opening? remember, the reference points used here to pull down Lingaa are films that were blockbusters. the issue here is about moronic distributors and a skewed pricing model, not about rajini's sway on the box office.
and while we are on social media 'reviews', a #Lingaa search on Twitter will tell you that the positive takes overwhelmingly outnumber the negative ones. does that prove anything? interestingly, after the producers threatened police action against the meme-spinning tweeters, the online hate has, suddenly, become quieter. shadow warriors on a break.