WILL RAJNI FANS BE SATISFIED ?

Well its a known fact that Endhiran now is highest ever grossing Indian movie.Very few wholesome entertainers like this one are critically acclaimed.Its a proud moment for Tamil Cinema; for it has now sent a message, in fact a hard hitting message that Indian cinema is not just Bollywood. Amidst all this I have a gut feeling that Rajni's fans may go unsatisfied.

First of all Superstar is a scientist which is not a down to earth kind of role(like autodriver,milkman,etc) which relates him to the middle or lower class ppl.Next,Rajini does not challenge or gets challenged from villain in the interval.Then,Rajni does not help or salvage the downtrodden from destruction.There is no song or a situation which praises his popularity or fame.And the most important Rajni does not flip his cigarette ,there isnt his trademark style,punchlines,etc. Ithulam illame eppadi pa thalaivar padam pakarathu???.This may be the spontaneous thought for thousands of hardcore Rajni fans.Well, they have to understand that Rajni is no ordinary actor and Endhiran is no ordinary film.

With robotic concepts being the theme of the story,you cannot expect Rajni(scientist) to break the glass and jump from a roof and then start his role with a punchline.If not for scientist,expecting such a stuff from another Rajni(robot) is even more foolish.People have to understand with such a theme being handled and with more general audience(which includes non Rajni fans and the whole of national and international people) gonna watch this film ,it was only sensible that Superstar and shankar decided to cast away the 'superstar' tag to tune Rajni into the role.Shankar then fills the gap by showcasing us a different sorts of entertainment from Rajni.Thanks to shankar for showing Rajni - a rajni with fire,aggression,force,fiery dialogues... in short 'vintage' Rajni.You will be reminded his days of moondru mugam,netrikan,etc.(That villainous laugh of villain chitti, OMG!!! who else can give us such a laugh :) ). In fact Rajni's entire body languauge and style changes when he is the villain.Isnt this a quality entertainment????

One word what can define Rajni is 'MASS'.No other actor can claim himself to be a 'mass' actor.This is something Rajni did not learn but is born with.For decades Rajni has shed away the 'actor' him just to satisfy and enthrall his fans.And it will be only fitting for Rajni fans to pay it back by appreciating his performance in endhiran which has seen the more of 'actor' in him.Infact in a fans' meet held in 2008,Rajni has said that his interest was only in art and performance oriented roles and it was purely coz of the fans' request that he has wore the Entertainer 'mask'.After watching Endhiran I said this to myself :" Amidst all this super-stardom have we missed Rajni-The actor,especially the Villain all these years???

Nevertheless Rajni has entertained one and all.I don think there is any other actor whose popularity has increased with his age as most of them tend to retire from core 'hero' roles at their early 50s.At 61, he still remain the undisputed king of Box Office.Go on thalaiva, your MASS is unleashed and will remian forever

AN EPIC OF A CREATION

PHEW!!!! FINALLY I HAVE COMPLETED "THE LORD OF THE RINGS".... I AM STILL SPELLBOUND BY THIS LEGEND OF A BOOK FROM J.R.R TOLKIEN. I HAPPENED TO SEE THE MOVIE OF IT BEFORE BEING MESMERIZED TO READ THE BOOK ,,,, EVEN THOUGH I COULD NOT FOLLOW THE FILM, I FELT THERE WAS SOMETHING SPECIAL IN IT WHICH MADE ME TO HAVE A LOOK AT THE BOOK, SO IT ALL STARTED SIX MONTHS BACK WEN I BEGAN TO READ THE BOOK. IT WAS AN EXCELLENT JOURNEY!!!!! TOLKY(JRR TOLKIEN) WILL TAKE U TO AN ANOTHER WORLD.... TO A MEDIEVAL WORLD... SUCH WAS HIS SCRIPT...

WITH A PLETHORA OF IMAGINATION AND CREATIVITY , YOU WILL SURELY SEE YOURSELF AMONG THE CHARACTERS.TAKE A LOOK AT THE NAMES ARAGOHRN,GANDALF, SAMWISE GAGEE, FRODO BAGGINS, ANDUIN,EDORAS,LEGOLAS GREENLEAF,,,,, etc ADDS TO ITS AUTHENTICITY.THE TWISTS AND TURNS THAT U ENCOUNTER MAKES IT MORE GRIPPING. TOLKY HAS TAKEN A SOLID 2 DECADES TO COMPLETE THE ENTIRE SERIES( HIS FIRST WORK WAS "THE HOBBIT"), THE FIRST PART OF THIS BOOK WAS PUBLISHED IN 1950.IT GOT RAVE REVIEWS BOTH FROM THE CRITICS AND THE PEOPLE,, UNLIKE OTHER FAMOUS WORKS, LOTR WAS DEVOID OF FANFARE BUT IT STILL HAS A MASSIVE FAN FOLLOWING.

WELL , THE STORY REVOLVES AROUND THE "ONE RING", AND THE MISSION OF THE PROTAGONISTS IS TO DESTROY THE RING WHICH HAS EVIL POWERS. I LEAVE IT YOU TO KNOW ABOUT WHETHER THEY PULLED IT OF OR NOT.ONCE I WAS NEARING THE COMPLETION OF THE BOOK, I WAS BIT SAD,,, WHY DID TOLKY STOP WITH 3 BOOKS???!!!!! I WUD HAVE LOVED TO READ 3 MORE.... BUT 'TOO MANY COOKS SPOIL THE BROTH', SO I HAD TO CONTEND WITH 3.

THE ONLY FLAW : PERHAPS FROM THE POINT OF VIEW OF AN AVERAGE READER, I WUD SAY THE PACE OF THE SCREENPLAY IS THE ONLY FLAW... TOLKY GOES LITTLE OVERBOARD IN DESCRIBING THE SCENES OR OBJECTS ( eg,,, TO SAY

" THE LEAVES ARE GREEN", TOLKY'S WAY OF IT IS " THE LUSH GREEN LEAVES SHINES LIKE A BRIGHT EMERALD IN THE PRESENCE OF A GLEAMING SUN THAT WAS AT ITS BRIGHTEST IN THE SUMMER..... :)),,, THIS IS JUST FOR A LINE, IMAGINE HOW MANY PAGES WUD IT RUN TO DESCRIBE A SCENE!!!! SO U JUS NEED A GOOD DEAL OF PATIENCE TO FINISH OFF THIS BOOK. BUT ARDENT N ENTHUSIASTIC READERS WUD NOT MIND THIS BCOZ U WILL BE BOWLED OVER BY THE CREATIVITY OF TOLKIEN .EVERY BIT OF THE BOOK IS BUBBLED WITH CREATIVITY.

JRR TOLKIEN - A GENIUS : THE BOOK DOESN'T END LIKE A CONVENTIONAL ONE. I SIMPLY COULD NOT THINK OF THE AMOUNT OF CONCENTRATION AND IMAGINATION THAT TOLKY HAS PUT TO BRING BACK THE DAYS OF THE MIDDLE EARTH,,, HE HAS GONE ALL THE WAY TO DESCRIBE THE CALENDAR, CHRONOLOGY OF EVENTS, MAPS , MEDIEVAL WRITINGS, ETC,. I AM COMPLTELY STUNNED. I HAVE NEVER SEEN AN AUTHOR GOING TO SUCH AN EXTENT!!!!!!

BOTTOMLINE : PLZ DON JUST READ IT, FEEL IT!!!!! ... I DON THINK MORTALS HAVE THE POWER TO DRAW AWAY FROM THE BOOK , ONCE THEY START READING IT

STARS : 4.5/5( THE BEST I HAVE READ IN MY LIFE)........

am not a bibliophile, i stick myself only to TINTIN, hardy boys stuff,(when i was a kid).... LOTR has made me to write my first review for a book....