நினைத்தாலே இனிக்கும் !!
#மாத்துவோம்_எல்லாத்தையும்_மாத்துவோம்
! #இப்போ_இல்லேன்னா_எப்பவும்_இல்ல
~ this tweet is being very
widely followed and has taken Twitter by storm.
Rajinikanth – ‘will He or not’ – has been the Q – most discussed, most
ridiculed, most memed and more .. and today Rajni has announced that he would
take a plunge in politics. .. .. eerie
..it has shaken almost all the parties in Tamil Nadu with everyone claiming
that their vote share is intact and would not be affected by Rajni’s
entry. General Secretary of once
National party that got only 3 lakh votes contesting 25 seats was heard
shouting in a TV that Rajni can stand alone but should not align with BJP – and
would lose credibility. So much so, that
he wants to decide on what a new entrant should do ! .. ..
From a minor
role in ‘Apporva Ragangal’ and negative roles, he grew very prominent. : “
Nagaraj and Sampath are garment salesmen and roommates in Tirunelveli. While
Sampath is a straightforward person who believes in honesty, Nagaraj is a
womaniser, in contrast to Sampath who believes in true love. Sampath's lover
Raji, while fleeing from a rogue bull, dies due to an accident. A depressed
Sampath attempts suicide, but Nagaraj stops him, and Sampath decides to stop
selling garments, instead confining himself to remaining Nagaraj's
assistant.” ~ that was the plot of Bhuvana oru kelvikuri as
read in wiki !!
This is no
political post .. .. Be that film or most of his films, his mannerisms, his
styles have cast a shadow on people – there perhaps can be a debate on whether
his influence has made more people take to smoking and drinking !!
K Balachander’s
Ninaithale Inikkum gave a new lease of success to MS Viswanathan – in that
musical hit, Kamal was the hero, while Rajni played a guitarist of a band (a la Beatles !) – those were the
days of Rajni throwing his cigarette, moving on his lips and releasing rounds
of smoke were spoken of .. .. in one particular scene that became a big hit –
the man with French beard would be challenged on cigarette – ‘toyota car’ and
Rajini backing out fearing severing of his finger .. ..
The writer -
Roald Dahl (1916 – 1990) was a British novelist, short-story writer, poet,
screenwriter, and wartime fighter pilot. His books have sold more than 250
million copies worldwide. Dahl was born in Wales to Norwegian
immigrant parents. He served in the Royal Air Force during the Second World
War. He became a fighter ace, scoring five confirmed victories, and,
subsequently, an intelligence officer, rising to the rank of acting wing
commander. He rose to prominence as a writer in the 1940s with works for
children and for adults, and he became one of the world's best-selling authors.
He has been referred to as "one of
the greatest storytellers for children of the 20th century. Dahl's short
stories are known for their unexpected endings, and his children's books for
their unsentimental, macabre, often darkly comic mood, featuring villainous
adult enemies of the child characters. His children's books champion the
kindhearted and feature an underlying warm sentiment. His works for children
include James and the Giant Peach, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Matilda,
The Witches, Fantastic Mr Fox, The BFG, The Twits, and George's Marvellous
Medicine.
The Kamal Rajni Jayapradha starrer ‘Ninaithale Inikkum’ was a big musical hit of our times with 14 songs ! – the movieline was an adoption of story written by Sujatha Rangarajan. The film was also simultaneously shot in Telugu as Andamaina Anubhavam ( Beautiful experience). A large part of the film was shot in Singapore and later dubbed in Hindi as Pyara Tarana. That Cigarette flip scene involving a wager (was it Poornam Viswanathan !) by a millionaire challenging Rajni to flick a cigarette into his lips 10 times in a row without dropping – the prize being a Toyota car and fine being little finger ! – the otherwise confident Rajni slowly develops fear on seeing the medicines, cotton and scissors for cutting !! .. .. that scene was inspired by story of Roald Dahl.
"Man from the
South" is a short story by Roald Dahl originally published in Collier's in
1948. It has been adapted several times for television and film, including a
1960 version that aired as an episode of Alfred Hitchcock Presents, and starred
Steve McQueen, Neile Adams, and Peter Lorre. Adams and McQueen were married
from 1956 to 1972.
While
vacationing at a resort in Jamaica, the narrator encounters an elderly South
American man named Carlos. They are soon joined by a young American naval
cadet, who boasts about the reliability of his cigarette lighter. Carlos offers
to bet his Cadillac against the American's left little finger that the American
cannot ignite the lighter ten times in a row. The American accepts, with the
narrator agreeing to act as referee and hold the car key, and they adjourn to
Carlos' room. After Carlos has a maid bring in the necessary
supplies, he ties the American's left wrist to the table and the challenge
begins. After the eighth successful strike, a woman bursts into the room and
forces Carlos to drop the knife he has held ready to sever the American's
finger. She explains that Carlos is mentally disturbed, having played this game
so often in their home country that they had to flee in order to keep the
authorities from committing him to a psychiatric hospital. He has taken 47
fingers and lost 11 cars, but no longer has anything of his own to bet with;
she won it all from him long ago, including the car he claimed to own. As the narrator offers the key to her, she reaches out to
take it with a hand that has only its thumb and one finger still attached.
Penthouse part of
Four rooms released decades later in 1995 – " - written and directed by Quentin Tarantino, too
was adapted from "Man from the South" by Roald Dahl. The penthouse is
occupied by famous director Chester Rush (Tarantino) and his friends, including
Angela. They request a block of wood, a doughnut, a ball of twine, three nails,
a club sandwich, a bucket of ice, and a hatchet "as sharp as the Devil
himself". Ted is invited to join their challenge: Chester's friend Norman
(Paul Calderón) has bet he can light his Zippo cigarette lighter ten times in a
row; if Norman succeeds, he will win Chester's car, but if he fails, his pinky
will be cut off. ..
I n t e r e s
t i n g !!!
With regards – S.
Sampathkumar
3.12.2020.
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