Madness (Ft. Anti Gravity Dude)

As I woke up today morning, I received a call from my editor asking me to check out the reception to the latest offering from that God of anti-gravity Rajinikant. Even though I'm not a big fan of anti-gravity scenes where the hero throws around the villain's goons like ragdolls (tell me, why did they get hired as goons in the first place, if they were that bad?), I was relishing the opportunity to do some field reporting as I had been at the editing desk for the last few days. Don't take me wrong, editing is as fun as it gets, but occasionally you do need to get out and get some fresh air.

So I find out that the movie is playing in three theatres in Thrissur. Three? You have a national award nominated Mallu film, trying to find a place to get released and the anti gravity dude gets three theatres? And to make things worse, it also has 197 more screens in Kerala. I mean, I know we're the land of madmen, but do we need to advertise it like this?

With all due repect to the film, I'vent seen it and I don't think I will (which is what I said when the anti-gravity dude released his last film, but I ended up seeing it twice which is what happens when you go to a college who, apart from worshipping anti-gravity, also feel the need to try and induce more intellectually abled people to join the cult), and I know it is wrong of me to judge a film, but the people I interviewed told me a lot of things that I found ridiculous.

So while Kutty Srank languishes viewerless, this one packs 200 theaters in Kerala. Another milestone in the development of the 'intelectual' mallu society. Way to go!