HitOut

Of his dozen movies which include upcoming ones; the one i cherished watching was ' Maryada Ramanna ' of SS Rajamouli. Why a movie which hitches back on a old revenge subject literally made thousand times in different avatars- Samarasimha Reddy, Pedarayudu, Naidu's, Rao's, Choudry's..............all eulogizing the casteist feelings and regional flavor. Every top actor was part of band wagon; it’s an inescapable truth roll your moustache and hit your thigh to show your nemesis that you are game & Alas entire theater in Andhra erupts in rapturous applause. Being man is one, being a Hero man yielding a sickel and butchering your enemies is another. This was the plot in most of Telugu Seema movies and Hero was awash with blood just into the 4th or 5 reel of the movie. More so the camera pans into a house hold awash with women in white Cheeras and sob drenched faces and blood curling cries instead of a normal family setup................................

It was a dull afternoon many years back say 3 years ago not really sure of the exact date but may be late 2009, when afternoon programmes were swept aside by a breezy Game show with no nonsense, un-complicated and visually less garish sets accompanied by a congenial host with a fluent tongue in Telugu and equally adept in cinema and arts. The host was Mrs. Suma. What has prompted me to pen down a personality’s rise is her way of carrying the show forward. At times the games where outright childish and desi style innovation with most toys being bought straight out of Ethirajulu Naidu shop or Rathna stores Plastic wares. One wonders if we really could invent so many games out of simple plastic vessel, funnel, and kind of game out of nothing. What stood out in the show was Suma's sense of humour and handling of variety of participants on the show, her subtle way of chiding the participants with naughty predisposition and also ones with no-brainers. The attitude of

Things were a heady mix last few weeks; Naxals were busy scheming whom to Kidnap or shoot down or even play the prank ON. Naveen Patnaik and his sleep inducing press speeches was no where to rescue the Collector let alone trying his chaste Oriya warning Naxals. If there was ever a law barring non-native speakers from Political posts; half our Gaddas will be ruled by Naxals and Maoists. At last understanding the value of work done by Alex Paul Menon Naxals had relented. To add to this Tamasha was India's Rajya Sabha nominees; Rajya Sabha can be conveniently taken for a pocket money job or part time income for a full time cricketer. Even when the cricketing icon himself speaks out in Marathi that the game is foremost in mind than the Maroon benches where he would be playing twelfth man every time the session starts. Its all the more annoying when country needs responsible legislators to take the seat and debate on serious issues. Sachin can conveniently call day off as more seats