Rajini
Who is the suparstaar?
Who can kick Chuck Norris’ ass?
Who’s so great that even physics changes itself for him and Newton’s skeleton automatically turns in its grave?
None other than (trumpets) our belove Rajinikanth!
All his antics in his movies aside, it is incredible how the man manages to move the masses like no one has ever done before. And like nobody can ever do again (watch it, n00bs - Vijay, Ajith, ‘loose finger’ Simbu!). On top of all this, his movies always have an undercurrent philosophy running which he brings out with his timely punches and with his characteristic panache. Watching Basha and Padayappa yesterday night, I just was in awe of the life he brings to the character of Manickam and Padayappa. In each he’s got an undercurrent running - Basha, one of doing good to people, and in Padayappa - how vengeance leads only to misery. In the words of Padayappa - ” Alavukku meeri aasa padara aambalayum alavukku adhigama kovappadara pombalayum nalla vazhndhadha sarithramae illa” - “There is no account in history which says a greedy man and a shrew woman have ever lived happily(not necessarily together)”. How very true.
So do all of his songs carry a deep meaning. Consider ‘Oh Oh Kicku Yaeruthae’ from Padayappa:
Thaayai thaerndhedukkum
thandhayai thaerndhedukkum
Urimai nammidathil illaimugaththai therndhekkum
niraththai therndhekkum
urimai unnidhathil illaiPirappai thaerndhedukkum
Irappai thaerndhedukkum
Urimai unnidathil illaieNNi paarkkum vELaiyil
un vaazhkai mattum
undhan kaiyil undu
adhai vendridu!
Here’s a translation for those who don’t understand Tamil:
To choose your mother
To choose your father
You don’t have the rightTo choose your face
To choose your race(actually color, but i’ve put race for sake of the rhyme)
You don’t have the rightTo choose your birth
To choose your death
You don’t have the rightWhen I think about it
Only your life
Is in your hands
Carpe Diem!
Carpe Diem in a Tamil Movie! Only Thalaivar can do that.
I only have a few things to ask of the superstar: Don’t go down to the level of these chintu n00bs by having inane comedy in your movies. You are waaay above that. Just show a bit of your charisma and the whole of TN will move to your tune.
