You know it's Rajni (ala Mental Kanth) if....

Found this off the Orkut blogging community. Real Genius and so true.
Source: http://mentalfans.blogspot.com/
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You want to know who is mentalkanth. …here are the facts

kanth makes onions crykanth

Ghosts are actually caused by kanth killing people faster than Death can process them.

kanth can build a snowman….. out of rain.

kanth can strangle you with a cordless phone.

kanth can drown a fish.

When kanth enters a room, he doesn't turn the lights on,……… …. he turns the dark off.

When kanth looks in a mirror the mirror shatters, because not even glass is stupid enough to get in between kanth and kanth.

Brett Favre can throw a football over 50 yards. Kanth can throw Brett Favre even further.The last digit of pi is Kanth.

Kanth is the end of all things.

Kanth does not know where you live, but he knows where you will die.

Bullets dodge Kanth.

A Handicap parking sign does not signify that this spot is for handicapped people. It is actually in fact a warning, that the spot belongs to kanth and that you will be handicapped if you park there.

Kanth' calendar goes straight from March 31st to April 2nd, no one fools kanth.

If you spell Kanth wrong on Google it doesn't say, "Did you mean Kanth?" It simply replies, "Run while you still have the chance.

"Kanth can do a wheelie on a unicycle.Once a cobra bit Kanth' leg. After five days of excruciating pain, the cobra died.

When Kanth gives you the finger, he's telling you how many seconds you have left to live.
Kanth can kill two stones with one bird.

Kanth was once on Celebrity Wheel of Fortune and was the first to spin. The next 29 minutes of the show consisted of everyone standing around awkwardly, waiting for the wheel to stop.

Leading hand sanitizers claim they can kill 99.9 percent of germs. Kanth can kill 100 percent of whatever he wants.

There is no such thing as global warming. Kanth was cold, so he turned the sun up. Kanth can set ants on fire with a magnifying glass at night.

Kanth has a deep and abiding respect for human life… unless it gets in his way.It takes kanth 20 minutes to watch 60 Minutes.

Kanth once shot down a German fighter plane with his finger, by yelling, "Bang!"

In an average living room there are 1,242 objects kanth could use to kill you, including the room itself.

Behind every successful man, there is a woman. Behind every dead man, there is Kanth.

Kanth destroyed the periodic table, because Kanth only recognizes the element of surprise.

Kanth got his drivers license at the age of 16 Seconds.

With the rising cost of gasoline, Kanth is beginning to worry about his drinking habit.

The square root of Kanth is pain.

Do not try to square Kanth, the result is death.

When you say "no one's perfect", Kanth takes this as a personal insult.

Stars and their build-ups.

http://sify.com/movies/tamil/fullstory.php?id=14707557

Apparently, as I reported yesterday even Pasupati finds it very disturbing. Even Behindwoods.com reported that Kuppathara also didn't show up to the audio function. Either it's a shooting episode for both or media is making up crap as usual. But still, it hurts, even for a good talent like Pasupati.

Why Kuselan will lack everything Katha Parayumbol had accomplished.

Mr. Srinivasan, Mr Mohanan, Producer Mukesh, I must ask you all this very question. Why? Why in god's name did you sell rights to Mr. P.Vasu of Tamil Cinema? Why? You've all just committed one grave sin: Butchering.

Okay, so butchering isn't a sin. But then again what is? I'm talking about your latest cult blockbuster my friend. Yes, Katha Parayumbol, which is due for a DVD release by this summer as many Malayalam hits of last year have been popping up the shelves in my local indian store. As a recent avid watcher of your films Mr. Srinivasan, I happened to love your Udhayananu Thaaram, Arabikatha, and of course your comedic work with Sathyan's classic hit, the Nadodikattu series.

Coming to my point, the fact that Mr Rajnikanth had seen your latest work was fine. But my biggest problem is the alteration of his story to Tamil as Kuselan. As you know, Rajni is to what Chiranjeevi is to Andhra is to Bachchan is to Mumbai (you get the point). Director P.Vasu is a very known face to tamil cinema. You see, his hits with Rajni were basis from either Malayalam hits or other regional languages. Most of them contain Rajniisms that could ridicule those who are not incompetent. Take Sivaji the boss for example. What did we smart people learn from that movie? Bilkull Zero. Nada. Nothing. It was Director Shankar's work that was a big egg on the audience's faces. He was taking us for granted. I understand people watch movies for entertainment, but for god's sake give us something different. Don't give us Rajni recyclers that we all remember uttering to our family get togethers for years now. That done-to-death Padayappa greeting, that Baasha confrontation scene, you name them.

Back to P.Vasu's issue. You might all remember, Chandramukhi 3 years ago that stormed BO during our Tamil New Year. After seeing the film, I was utterly disappointed. Because as it's based off another Malayalam cult hit, Manchitranazhu, this Rajni film was NOWHERE near that greatness of telling a story. Chandramukhi was P.Vasu's way of saying, "the story is shit, but if we put Rajni, here, here and here. Take away the side character's importance that was made in the original, add in the bullet time matrix effects, pop in songs randomly and presto! Chandramukhi is born!" Then when Bhool Bhulaiyaa came, I was heavily relieved. At least Priyadarshan sticks to the script correctly. I can call him a filmmaker but P.Vasu? Nope, he's a cheater, a big cheater.

Now regarding Kuselan. Here's the changes. One, Rajni's guest spot is extended to 1 hour. 1 freaking hour! Two, some of the characters have been either eliminated or changed. In Vasu's case, it's repeat the cast of Chandramukhi minus Jothika (she couldn't act for nuts dude!) Three, why the hell have Nayanthara added to the cast? Because in Billa, she was partially naked for 1 filthy no point scene! (see review for details). She's looks ugly and has no talent, then again do all heroines have it? You decide. Four, the songs. Surely, I admired the songs work Katha Parayumbol had. 2 songs is good enough for me. But in P.Vasu and G.V Prakash's case, we need 5. 1 being an Om Shanti Om ripoff song, 1 being a Nayanthara intro and 2 being a Rajni tribute song and the last being 1/8th truthful to the original. I could go on and on about these changes but my point is....the motto or moral of the story is LOST! Completely lost.

Chandramukhi had Rajni throughout the whole film whereas in BB and Manichitranazhu, Akshay Kumar and Mohanlal come in interval as if Priyan and Fazil were telling us a great story. Vasu was basically saying, "Watch Rajni, who needs story when he's around. Oh yeah and raa raa crap". I swear, if it weren't for those trashy Rajni fans whining in the first place and Vasu's carelessness of spoiling of the better films in the film industry, I could appreciate it a bit more. Then again, Vellitherai (a remake of Srini's Udhayananu Thaaram earlier released this year) was average and a punchless satire. But at least you [Katha Parayumbol team] could have sold the rights to Mr. Prakash Raj of Duet Films. He at least treats Cinema like it should be. His past hits like Azhagiya Theeye and Mozhi are more proof of excellent movies. Pasupathi could've played barber while Prakash Raj played the Superstar. That's good casting.

So in closing, I have nothing more to say but I will avoid Kuselan at all costs. Vasu has failed me with his past films, including chandramukhi, I don't have a reason to watch your story get butchered in tamil. At least Priyadarshan is taking it in hindi without any hinderance to the original (including two item numbers, the last thing I need.) But at least he's got it right with Irfan Khan as Barber and Shah Rukh playing Superstar. I will watch that and the original. I think I'll go watch Dasavathaaram. At least I know there's a really good movie with a great message.

KUSELAN MUSIC REVIEW (2008)

KUSELAN MUSIC REVIEW (2008)

Cinema Cinema is too much a blantant copy of Rahman's Mudhalvane chorus backdrop but Mahadevan passes muster in this "Devuda Devuda copy" track.

Sollamma comes to a great relief as it mirrors Hariharan's lullaby vocals supported aptly by the kids. Brings a lot of comparison to Rahman's Indira tracks and Bombay's "Kuchi Kuchi Rakamma" back in the early-mid 90s.

Om Zazare seems to be a pale comparision to DASAVATHAARAM's "Ulaga Nayagane". Oh and this is that supposidly Om Shanti Om rip off track where a dozen of stars appear. But why the lame "Vaaji Vaaji" tune rip off. But Daler does okay for his first tamil song.

Nice to hear goshal sooth her way through Chaaral along with the junior singers.

Perinba has Kailash Kher (After debuting with Bheema's Rangu Rangamma) and the over-the-top lyrics. Toss in the tune from Nayak's "Rukhi Soni Roti" and
presto!

G.V Prakash has done well but really, Katha Parayumbol had 2 tracks, a satircal comic song, which Kuselan lacks, and a Mammooty track featuring is film song sequence, which Kuselan contains TOO MUCH of (Om Zazare, Cinema, Perinba)Besides Sollamma and Chaaral, Kuselan is only for the fans only. I fear worst for the remake as the original had a message-driven soundtrack, whereas here, it's sounds forced to be a commercial entertainer like SIVAJI.

Rating: **

DASAVATHAARAM (2008) MOVIE REVIEW [TAMIL]

Finally! After 2 years of patience and various hurdles across several controversies, this Kamal Hassan magnus opus finally arrived at theaters this past weekend here in Loehmann's Plaza. Any blemishes? While the Telugu version got a nice theater where English movies are screened, we get the trashy kachra like place that was dripping throughout the whole film. But never mind that, let's get onto the review.

Several questions must be boggling for those who haven't seen the film yet. 1) The film lives up to expectations. 2) The songs were placed well into the film. 3) All the avatars got equal scope. 4) Kamal the writer has done an excellent job of mixing the Chaos theory for the first time in Tamil Cinema.

Comparing DASAVATHAARAM to last year's surprise blockbuster SIVAJI - THE BOSS is like comparing a tsunami to a small boat. Once the film has concluded, you could only imagine that no one but the great Kamal Hassan could don 10 avatars in a 2.46 hours flick. That too directed by K.S Ravikumar, who's given 3 back-to-back hits with Hassan, AVVAI SHANMUGHI (1997, also remade in hindi as CHACHI 420 by Hassan himself), THENALI (2000), and PANCHATHANTHIRAM (2002). In fact, the screenplay deserves applause and appreciation as Kamal, the writer decided to go out of the box and weave the story around the events of the 2004 Indo - Tsunami event. Tamil Screenwriters and Directors, please take note from Hassan, you might even save the number the flops that you're experience right now (aside from ANJATHEY, SANTHOSH SUBRAMANIAN, YARADI NEE MOHINI, which are currently the only hits from the beginning of the year.) Even the great S.Shankar could learn how to place his obsession of graphics properly by viewing this filmand maybe give us a fresh kahani (kathai, ala a new story besides a cliched corruption episode?)

Here's the story: We are taken to the 12 century as mentioned in several news sites had mentioned prior to the film's release. Rangarajan Nambi (Hassan 1) is a devotee of Lord Vishnu who is sentenced to his death along the magnus Vishnu Idol under the reins of King Chola (Napolean) and a big sacrificeto his wife, Kothai (Asin 1). Fast-forward to present-era, Scientist Govind Ramaswamy (Hassan 2) discovers a chemical bio veil that could potentially help or destroy the world in his lab. But whenhis corrupt bosses and employees are behind the schemes of the ex-CIA Christian Fletcher (Hassan 3),events surrounding the veil lead to deaths of his co-worker's wife, Yuka, and his sneak-in into a flight to India. At Chennai Airport, he is arrested by Andhra CBI, Balram Naidu (Hassan 4, a comic relief character) in which misunderstandings occur and at the same place, famous Singer Avtaar Singh (Hassan 5, strangely enough can speak kocha tamil!) encounters blood cancer while his wife Ranjitha (Jayaprada) witnesses. Once Fletcher catches upto Govind in India along with his translator Jasmine (Malika Sherawat), a chaotic chase ends up in Chidabaram, where Andal (Asin 2) and an old lady, Krishnaveni Paati (Hassan 6), ends up witht the deadly vial and a chase involving a goddes idol, an encounter with Kalifullah Khan (Hassan 7), Vincent Poovaraghan (Hassan 8), Yuka's brother, Shinghen (Hassan 9), and in the end concludes with our president George W Bush (Hassan 10, phew!)

The story is excellent and contrary to laymen sites in the likes of Sify.com, Behindwoods.com,who are strongly biased towards Rajnikanth films (Just look at their verdicts for the heavily-cliched Sivaji - the Boss) there is nothing COMPLICATED in this film. The critics from those sites either can't take the intelligence woven around the screenplay or rather are dumbfounded. I think both. The Climax is the biggest highlight and I shall not say any more.

Music by Himesh Reshammiya is really good. In fact, post the Audio release, I've played the music several times during my workouts and in my sleep. So really all the songs are catchy. Devi Sri Prasad's Background score fits the bill well.

Again and again, Kamal Hassan deserves applause, merits, and max kudos for bringing something different to the Tamil and Telugu audience. Unlike SIVAJI - THE BOSS, I didn't have to sleep during the film because of the boring screenplay, I simply loved DASA's story. Asin also deserives praise for speaking in Iyengar tamil because frankly, that's no less of an achievement. Mallika Sherawat's role is limited but she also does her part well. M.S Bhasker makes a good comedian, unlike the likesof Vivek and Vadivelu. Nagesh, K.R Vijaya, Sunderajan, and P.Vasu do their parts well.

On the whole, DASAVATHAARAM will create new records while beating the other biggie, SIVAJI THE BOSS. The film ought to be watched multiple times and it's definetly worth a price of a ticket. Expect the Hindi version to be release later this year.

Rating: ****.5/5

DASHAVTAR [DASAVATHARAM ] (2008) MUSIC REVIEW

Wow, It's 2008, and I barely have Music reviews up. You can thank the lack of
music releases up until this magnus opus, DASHAVTAR [DASAVATHARAM in Tamil, review to
come later] is the latest Kamal Hassan film, a film that's been 2 years in the making. No, it's not directed by Shankar but "Avvai Shanmughi, Tenali and Panchathantiram favorite, K.S Ravikumar. Incidently, Both Kamal and Ravikumar come together after a gap of 6 years.

However, compared to Shankar's films, this one is penned by our Log Nayak (Roughly translated: Ulaga Nayakan, or Universal Hero.) The CD had come with a story regarding it's backdrop set in the 12th Century, Scientific Crisis, Terrorism, Religion, Politics all rolled into one.What's the real story? Well wait and watch for the film then. But this post ain't about the film, it's about the Audio review by Bollywood composer, Himesh Reshamiya. A composer with several hits to his credit, he enters the Kollywood with his style. Reviews were bouncing back and forth criticizing his style but to me, in lieu of the norm music that Tamil Cinema's been giving (Where's Ilayaraja when you need him!) Himesh does an excellent job at it. Media sites like Behindwoods and Rediff only praise Rahman because they are probabaly biased towards him no matter how crappy his "recent" Tamil music is.

Lyrics are by Sameer. Tamil was credited to Vaali and Vairumuthi

1. Duniya Ke Nayak Ho [Ulaga Nayakan in Tamil] (Come Dance with Me) -Vinit Singh (Credited as Vinith)
---Fantastic peppy number by Himesh. The singer is Vinit Singh (of SA RE GA MA PA CHALLENGE
2005 FAME) and he does an excellent job at it too. A great number describing the stuff on
Kamal!

2. Om Namo Narayan [Kallai Mattum Kandal in Tamil] - Hariharan
--- A 12th Century based number that's surely to be a winner among music lovers. Featuring Hari at his best, the song should be regarding Kamal's role as Nambi.

3. Oh Oh Sanam - Shaan/Mahalaksmi [Sung by Kamal Hassan in Tamil instead]
----Another pick of the album. This one should rank high as Kamal boogies as Avtar Singh, in this bhangra like number! A Remix version is also included too. The tamil
version had Himesh debuting in Tamil. Check that out too!

4. Mukunda - Kamal Hassan & Sadana Sargam [Same in Tamil]
----A devotional number towards Krishna, this one is where Kamal's the old lady. Watch out for his vocals!

5. Hey Black Ho ya White - Shalini Singh [Kaa Karpanakkum in Tamil]
---Pop Shalini makes her debut in Bollywood with this sensious peppy number setting up Mallika Sherawat in nightclubs at Malaysia. Recommend a couple of hearings to get it through your ears.

Overall, Himesh rocks with Dasa and all credit goes to Kamal Hassan for getting the best. Certainly the best album yet in the Tamil Market.

Rating: ****

Change...

As of this writing, I'm in the process of shifting over my blog under a new name. Yes you heard right. And this time, I will promote it via Orkut!

The new name will be placed under a new blog entitled, "The Desi Factor". No, I'm not going to be an ass like Bill O'Reilly's doing for Fox news, but anyways. Almost everyday, I'll be updating you with news regarding Kollywood and Bollywood and B.O status. Fans are free to comment, but this time, I'm moderating them. No biased remarks, no insults, no crap like that. Opinion as always is welcome. But just because I give my reviews doesn't mean that I'm a ____ fan. That's nothing but a cheap shot.

Anyways, just play nice. This blog will stay as an archive for past reviews. Of course, nothing's really good in theatres right now. My recent viewing of Kannammoochi Yenada will be up in the reviews in the new blog shortly. So really, enjoy this change.

Lates!