Rajini Fans should Thank Kamal - Confused?

Friends,

I'm sure my subject line will be perplexing to most of you. But,
don't be surprised because we, Rajini fans, are indebted to actor
Kamal, who is taking revenge on behalf of all of us against a
person, who insulted a Thalaivar's movie.

None of us would have forgotten how Mr. P.S.Saminathan, MD of
Pyramid Saimeera Group, in a function to commemorate another Tamil
movie Mozhi, has spoken in a very demeaning fashion about the way
other commercial movies are running successfully. Instead of
heaping praises and laurels on a well-made movie like Mozhi, this
gentleman spoke very badly about the successful running of Sivaji
even forgetting that his own company has been distributing the very
same movie in some of the territories of TN & reaping crores of
rupees as profits too.

At that time, our forum also sent protest letters to this person &
subsequently his office sent a clarificatory/ apology statement. If
this person & his company had any courage of their convictions, they
would have refrained from doing business in, according to them, run-
of-the-mill masala movies. But, on the contrary, these shameless
people have gone all out to bid fiercely & bagged the wholesale
distribution rights of Thalaivar's Kuselan/Kathanayuku du recently.

this act of theirs proves director Ameer's rhetoric "Pizhakkavum
Rajini - Pazhikkavum Rajiniya?". Whenever they want money in their
kitty, they need Thalaivar & his movies. But, it is also the same
Thalaivar & his movies, who are their favourite bunny to beat around
with, whenever they want to pose to the world as saviours of Tamil
cinema. What kind of hypocrytes are they?

But, Friends, everything has to come to an end one day & even if
legal courses are not available or not resorted to, like in this
case, there is something called Nartural Justice, which comes into
play to even out matters & put people in their rightful places.

Through sheer coincidence comes the latest news that Thalaivar's
contemporary & his professional competitor, Kamal, will be doing his
next project called Marma Yogi (MY) a.k.a. Marudanayagam, if latest
reports are to be believed, on a first copy basis and it is Pyramid
Saimeera who will be producing the same by investing anywhere
between Rs. 100 to Rs. 120 crores.

It is reported that Kamal himself will do the story, screenplay,
dialogues & direction of MY, which will have ARR as the music
director. It is also announced that the story happens in the 6th
century A.D.

I, as a Rajini fan, thank Kamal for coming to the aid of Rajini fans
by taking revenge on Pyramid Saimeera like this.

As the career track record of Kamal proves, in almost all the
projects in which he handled all the above departments, particularly
direction, the producers had to eat the humble pie & if some of
them are financially surviving even today, it is due to some
miracle. Moreover, as the project cost increases, the chances of
recovering it also dimishes, making it that much more difficult for
the film to become a hit or superhit or blockbuster. If the movie
happens to be an experimental one or a difficult to understand kind
without any commercial elements added to it, the majority of the
audience may not like it. All these are normal traits one can
attach to Kamal, the director/story- teller/screen play writer and
hence the chances of MY financially surviving are extremely dim.
Added to this is the choice of ARR as its MD. Except Lagaan, none
of the historicals in which ARR was associated with as the MD, has
clicked at the BO.

So, all this does not augur well for Pyramid, who have jumped into
the MY project at the eleventh hour, replacing the Hollywood Studio
Walt Disney, who were originally supposed to be producing this
movie. Thus, in all likelihood, Kamal is going to drain out Pyramid
Saimeera group to the tune of Rs. 120 crores in the next couple of
years and the recovery of that sum is a BIG question mark due to the
above-stated reasons.

So, is it not fair to thank Kamal for this act, which is akin to
taking indirect revenge on Pyramid Saimeera, by draining them of Rs.
120 crores & making its recovery a Billion Dollar (or is it Rupee)
Question?

With Luv,

Arun