Dear All,
This is in defence of Koundamani the greatest of 'em all. Whenever an argument turns up , people get all dicey and morally upright( uptight!) and dismiss him as phlistine.Worse they dismiss him on the grounds that he has no "message".
My God , as if comedy were a sin that might be pardoned if were made 'useful' by conveying messages.Comedy is serious business and creating laughs is itself a great social responsibility that is thrust on the artist, and if success were measured in this yardstick Gounder beats evrybody clean.
Let me put this straight : I've thorouhly enjoyed vivek.His form in Kannedhire Thondrinaal','Vaali','Aasayil Or Kaditham' etc. was great , but look what social mesaging has done to him : he is unbearable in 'Saami'and 'Kaadhal Sadugudu' etc.It is sad how pretentiousness has ruined a good comedian by limiting his scope.
Let me counter the argument that Gounder is inconsistent too (i.e 'Ulathai Alliththaa' is one extrme but his Sharmili-series was the other extreme), but atleast he is not pretentious enuf to go about dispening messages)
And for those who insist on 'good-clean-fun' ,well, they themselves provide me enough laughs.
With all due respect to NSK , Nagesh was better.Inconsistent, yes ,but better.
I pity all those who dismiss Gounds writing in a style that befits 'letters-to-the -editor'.I wish they'd come out of all that some day and enjoy Goundamani's remark at Crazy Mohan in Indian : "Vaadi Paarthsaardhi!, Edho Indhule Ezhudharen, Sandhula Ezhudharennu Sonne ?"
Otherwise in the higher echelons of Tamil Cinema fora there shall always be a "delget poshshun"( Gounds' trademark mispronunciation of delicate position in Soriyan).Throwing at each other a cynical "Good Marning Aabisar" .Or perhaps we may coexist saying "Cinemavula idhellam sagajamappa".
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