Another Richard Gere in the making?

Inviting all RSS and Bajrang Dal activists to start their campaign against Anil Kapoor and Sameera.

Vaali, Rahman and Athiradee

I listened to athiradee song first on music system but after hearing it even for 10 times, i was not able to get the lyrics properly and hence decided to hear it on iPod so that i can get the lyrics right. First of all, most of the words in the lyrics doesn't make any sense(i don't have vaali's genius to make a comment like this but at the same time "vaali yaga irundhalum kutram kutrame")and second Rahman should stop lending vocal support to Tamil songs. His diction is pretty bad. Now, for the lyrics:

Pallavi :

Chorus :
Athiradikaalam - Machan ! Machan ! Machandi !
Avanukkelaamey - Ucham ! Ucham ! Uchamdi !
(I thought the first line was Athiradikaaran)
Male :
Rathi
Thi ! Thi ! Jega Jothi ! Jothi ! Jothi !
Thala Pa Thi ! Vedi Jaathi ! Jaathi ! Jaathi !
Adi Billa Ranga Baasha Thaan..
Ivan Pistol Pesum Beshaa Thaan..

Rathi ! Thi ! Sutta...

Chorus :
Dakkaal Dakkaal
Dammaal Dummeel

Paanja..Saanja..
Kaanja..Menjaa..
Thonjaa..Maanjaa..
Ja Ja...Ja Ja...
( Rathi... )
(What is the rationale behind using Kaanja, Menjaa, Thonjaa and Maanjaa? Is it only for rhyming?)
Saranam 1 :

Male :
Dil Dhik Dil
Thendral Nenjil..
Thithikkindra
Anril Kunjil..
(What is anril kunjil?) Sorry to use obscene language here but when rahman sings it looks like "Aangal Kunjil"
Jil Jil Jil
Ginger Pennil..
Jil Endroru
Jin Thaan Kannil..

Chorus :
Dada ! Thottu Konja Thodha -
Sittu Sikkuthey ! Sokkuthey !!

Oru Shocku Yerum Padu Shokka !!

Thotta - Onnu Rendu Potta -
Ponnu Thulluthey ! Thalluthey !!

Vedi Vettu Poda Vilum Flatta !

Male :
Gun ! Gun ! En Step Gun !
Roger Moore Poley - Dishum !!
Munnaal Pennundu !
Enthan Pinnaal Kannundu ! Paar !!

Female :
Fun ! Fun ! Un Love Fun !
Eddy Murphy Pol - Naughty !!

Male :
Nee Enthan -
Maan Thaan..
Naan Thaan..
Don Thaan !
( Athiradikkaalam... )

Saranam 2 :

Male :
Man ! Man ! Man... Superman Thaan
Mid Nightula - Spiderman Thaan !

Female :
NRI Unthan Eye Thaan
(This should be MRI right..He is referring to the scan i guess but rahman says NRI)
James Bond Pol Seiyum Spy Thaan !!

Cuba - Pola Oru Theeva
Ponnu Nikkuthey ! Mukkuthey !!
(Why mukkuthey here?)

Chorus :
Enthan Tension Erum Romba Fasta !

Caestro - Pola Intha Maestro
Sontham Kollavaa ? Killavaa ??

Intha First Nightu Enna Waste-a ?

Male :
Bun ! Bun ! Nee Sweet Bun !
Butter Jam Poley - Naan Thaan !
Unthan Meley Thaan - Naan
Otti Kolla Thaan Vaa !!

Female :
One Two Three
Four Five -
Mutham Thanthaaley Then Thaan !!

Male :
En - Anbey
My Fair Lady - Nee Thaan !!
( Athiradikkaalam... )

What does it take to be successful?

As a kid, i grew up hearing proverbs like "Hardwork Pays", "Those who work the hardest are the last to surrender" and similar ones at both home and school. I strongly believe in this until today but somehow i have got this feeling that hardwork alone doesn't do all the wonders. There is something more to it. To confirm if my thoughts are true, i am trying to compare the two top people in Tamil film industry namely Rajnikanth and Kamalhassan.

Both of them started off as just actors and Rajni until today has not donned any other role except being an actor(Of course, he wrote the screenplay for the movie Valli alone) and has been doing almost similar kind of roles for the past 20 years. What i am trying to bring in here is that the amount of effort that Rajni puts on for a movie is bare minimum when compared to Kamal.

On the other hand, Kamal tries his hand in Tamil Litreature, pens screenplays and dialogue for his movies, started a production company, got into direction, acted in Tamil, Hindi, Kannada, Telugu and Malayalam movies and more than anything, gives 200 percent to anything that he does.

If Kamal can change his look, his acting, his accent or his role and keep the audience interested (and indeed the National Award committee) Rajni with his sheer presence and dialogue delivery keeps the audience spellbound. It takes someone special to have a continual and universal fan following considering he does pretty much the same role over and over again.

I haven't watched Sivaji yet but the kind of impact it has created on Tamil audiences world over is surprising. I know a Senior PM of my company who planned to watch Sivaji on the first of day its release but due to a sudden customer visit he had to cancel his plan and was cursing the customer the whole day in front of us for visiting our campus on the day of Sivaji release. But from the reviews i read, i am sure, if not for Rajni, the movie would have been shown the door the very next day of its release.

On the flip side, a movie like Anbe Sivam sank without a trace and Kamal had put in so much effort for the movie. For that matter, the movie was not so bad to be thrown out of theatres in 15 days. And with Dasavatharam coming up, i am even more worried about its fate as Kamal himself told in a SUN TV interview to Gauthami that a film like Dasa cannot be committed just for the sake of monetary benefits.

So, whats all about the hardwork that we have been hearing for ages now? The success of a person like Rajni highlights the fact that hardwork alone will not help you achieve fame or money. So, what else is required? Is it time/luck/belief in god ? What is it?