tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16761020.post4080832023671913515..comments2023-10-20T21:52:36.752+05:30Comments on Cross Connections: Aiyyo, India Tussi Bharat Ratna Ho!Farzana Verseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06891229615361937135noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16761020.post-82546069658519024992011-11-02T08:06:13.121+05:302011-11-02T08:06:13.121+05:30F&F:
How many kids, the main target audience,...F&F:<br /><br />How many kids, the main target audience, would know about V. Shantaram? Not many young adults would be able to specifically place him. It is a howler like any other. I did mention in my post the fact that Rajinikant, the biggest superstar in the South, is Maharashtrian, in this context. <br /><br />How many allude to it in the mainstream Tamil films?<br /><br />Btw, I think Shantaram made some interesting films and I have seen quite a few. It did not matter where he was from. <br /><br />Anon:<br /><br />You are not nitpicking and it is a valid query. But it is difficult to pronounce verdicts on a religious issue without reference to the context. Eye-witnesses and those under trial even in civil and criminal disputes swear on a holy book.<br /><br />As regards whether a judge should tell people what god wants and where they should pray, it was a response to a specific case. We have charlatans doing it all the time, and they have a larger audience and devious agenda.FVnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16761020.post-44712670258126682572011-11-01T09:45:33.405+05:302011-11-01T09:45:33.405+05:30Wait...Why is it ok for a judge to take on this re...Wait...Why is it ok for a judge to take on this religious tone? Should a judge be telling people what God is interested in, how to pray, or for what? <br /><br />Perhaps this is nit-picking. But he could have gotten his point across without using religious vocabulary.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16761020.post-15736139168573018372011-10-31T22:53:10.877+05:302011-10-31T22:53:10.877+05:30FV,
Stereotypes are enjoyable for the most part, ...FV,<br /><br />Stereotypes are enjoyable for the most part, but not when they are based on a lack of knowledge and/or prejudice. The V Shantaram reference was definitely a howler - of the unintentional kind of course. SRK and his - no doubt equally gifted - director were entirely unaware that V Shantaram was Marathi and not Tamil. In a different context, this itself would have made for a delectable joke. In Ra.One, it looks pathetic, given the monumental ignorance on display.Free and Footloosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16911514463551198170noreply@blogger.com