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***BJP, hardliners warn Rajinikanth against accepting film offer on Tipu Sultan


To be directed by Pa. Ranjith, the film chronicles the story of a don, played by Rajinikanth.

Days after a leading Kannada producer said he planned to make a movie on Tipu Sultan and rope in Tamil actor Rajinikanth to star in, the BJP and hardline outfits in Tamil Nadu warned the actor against accepting the offer.

Calling Tipu Sultan, the 18th century ruler of the Kingdom of Mysore, anti-Tamil, some hardline groups said Tamil actors should avoid accepting any role in the movie.

Senior BJP leader L Ganesan told The Sunday Express that Rajinikanth should not act in the movie. “He (Rajinikanth) is my very good friend. I am sure he will not take up the role portraying Tipu Sultan as a hero. Tipu was an aggressor, who committed maximum atrocities against Hindus. Rajinikanth will never take up a role to portray such a character,” said Ganesan. “Knowing the history, how can I be silent when there are attempts to glorify foreigners who invaded us and our culture,” he added.

Ramagopalan, leader of Hindu Munnani — an outfit with a history of protesting against movies — was the first to demand that Rajinikanth reject the project. Ramagopalan claimed that Tipu Sultan had attacked Tamils during his rule and a film about him would be an insult to Tamils. He also quoted certain portions from the autobiography of former chief minister M G Ramachandran, where he talks about how Tipu Sultan’s attacks had forced his ancestors to shift from Coimbatore to Palakkad.

Hindu Makkal Katchi, another outfit with a sizeable cadre base across the state, also joined the protest Saturday and said it would not allow screening of the movie. “Tipu Sultan was the leader who robbed this country. Rajinikanth is a person who portrays himself as a spiritual leader… Such a person should not be acting in a Tipu Sultan movie,” said Senthil Kumar, state secretary of the Hindu Makkal Katchi.

Sources close to Rajinikanth said he has not taken a decision on the project.

Kannada producer Ashok Kheny, who is planning to make the movie, said people were objecting just for publicity.

“We have not even started the project. During a function last week, I was asked about this plan, which I had in my mind earlier, and my reply to that question has now created a controversy. It is my dream project. A few years ago, I discussed this idea with Rajinikanth and he asked me to go ahead with the story and the script. He never agreed but he was interested in the story. He said it was a good idea. It was Tipu who fought British along with Hindu rulers. It was Tipu who opened trade routes to Persia and several other countries. He had even approached the American rulers to defeat British. What is in my mind is a large-scale movie that would show history, like the movie on the life of Gandhi,” he said.

On threats from Hindu outfits, he said, “Elephants walk and dogs bark.” “There was a Vishnu temple at Tipu’s fort and history says he used to go and pray there. If he was anti-Hindu, why would he keep a temple inside his fort and pray there?” he added.***

As it has already got enough free publicity, Rajini should consider doing this movie!

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Very good speech

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Justice Kailasam is also the father in law of former finance minister Chidambaram...

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Justice Kailasam is also the father in law of former finance minister Chidambaram...

முக்கியமான தகவல்தான். நல்லவேளை சேர்த்து விட்டீங்க! நான் சிதம்பரத்தைப் பற்றி நினைக்கவே இல்லை!

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தயாரிப்பாளரை அழவைத்த ரஜினி!

ரஜினிகாந்திடம் உதவியாளராக இருந்த ஜெயராமன், 'கிருமி' படத்தின் மூலமாக தயாரிப்பாளராகி இருக்கிறார். அனுசரண் இயக்குநராக அறிமுகம் ஆகிறார். இவர் ஆஸ்திரேலியாவில் திரைப்படம் சார்ந்த படிப்பை முடித்ததுடன் பல குறும்படங்கள், மியூசிக் வீடியோக்கள் இயக்கியுள்ளார்.

'கிருமி' வரும் 24ஆம் தேதி திரைக்கு வருகிறது. தயாரிப்பாளரான அனுபவம் பற்றி 'ரஜினி' ஜெயராமன் கூறும் போது. "இது எங்கள் முதல் முயற்சி. கதை பிடித்திருந்தது. இந்தக் காலத்துக்கும் ஏற்றமாதிரி இருந்தது. படம் தயாரிப்பது பற்றி ரஜினி சாரிடம் கூறினேன். மிகவும் மகிழ்ச்சி அடைந்தார்.

அவர் இல்லாமல் எனக்கு எதுவும் இல்லை. இந்தப் பெயர், முகவரி அவர் கொடுத்ததுதான். நல்லா பண்ணு இந்தக்காலத்துக்கு ஏற்றமாதிரி படம் இருக்கட்டும் செலவு செய்வதில் கவனமாக எச்சரிக்கையாக இருக்க வேண்டும் என்று கூறி. வாழ்த்தினார்.

"நான் அவருடன் 24 ஆண்டுகள் கூடவே இருந்திருக்கிறேன். அது மறக்க முடியாத காலங்கள். அவர் சிங்கப்பூரிலிருந்து உடல் நிலைசரியாகி வந்த போது இடையில் எனக்கும் உடல் நிலை சரியில்லாமல் இருந்ததைக் கேள்விப்பட்டு அங்கிருந்து வந்ததும் முதலில் கூப்பிட்டது என்னைத்தான்.

அவர் வந்தவுடன் என்னைக் கூப்பிட்டதும் எனக்கும் அழுகை வந்து விட்டது. எதுவும் பேசத் தோன்ற வில்லை. என்னைப் பார்த்ததும் அவரும் கண் கலங்கி விட்டார்.அவர் ஆசியும் அன்பும் எனக்கு என்றும் உண்டு." என்கிறார் நெகிழ்ச்சியுடன்.

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தயாரிப்பாளரை அழவைத்த ரஜினி!

ரஜினிகாந்திடம் உதவியாளராக இருந்த ஜெயராமன், 'கிருமி' படத்தின் மூலமாக தயாரிப்பாளராகி இருக்கிறார். அனுசரண் இயக்குநராக அறிமுகம் ஆகிறார். இவர் ஆஸ்திரேலியாவில் திரைப்படம் சார்ந்த படிப்பை முடித்ததுடன் பல குறும்படங்கள், மியூசிக் வீடியோக்கள் இயக்கியுள்ளார்.

'கிருமி' வரும் 24ஆம் தேதி திரைக்கு வருகிறது. தயாரிப்பாளரான அனுபவம் பற்றி 'ரஜினி' ஜெயராமன் கூறும் போது. "இது எங்கள் முதல் முயற்சி. கதை பிடித்திருந்தது. இந்தக் காலத்துக்கும் ஏற்றமாதிரி இருந்தது. படம் தயாரிப்பது பற்றி ரஜினி சாரிடம் கூறினேன். மிகவும் மகிழ்ச்சி அடைந்தார்.

அவர் இல்லாமல் எனக்கு எதுவும் இல்லை. இந்தப் பெயர், முகவரி அவர் கொடுத்ததுதான். நல்லா பண்ணு இந்தக்காலத்துக்கு ஏற்றமாதிரி படம் இருக்கட்டும் செலவு செய்வதில் கவனமாக எச்சரிக்கையாக இருக்க வேண்டும் என்று கூறி. வாழ்த்தினார்.

"நான் அவருடன் 24 ஆண்டுகள் கூடவே இருந்திருக்கிறேன். அது மறக்க முடியாத காலங்கள். அவர் சிங்கப்பூரிலிருந்து உடல் நிலைசரியாகி வந்த போது இடையில் எனக்கும் உடல் நிலை சரியில்லாமல் இருந்ததைக் கேள்விப்பட்டு அங்கிருந்து வந்ததும் முதலில் கூப்பிட்டது என்னைத்தான்.

அவர் வந்தவுடன் என்னைக் கூப்பிட்டதும் எனக்கும் அழுகை வந்து விட்டது. எதுவும் பேசத் தோன்ற வில்லை. என்னைப் பார்த்ததும் அவரும் கண் கலங்கி விட்டார்.அவர் ஆசியும் அன்பும் எனக்கு என்றும் உண்டு." என்கிறார் நெகிழ்ச்சியுடன்.

தலைப்பு கொஞ்சம் மிஸ்லீடிங்கா இருக்கு!

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Controversy erupts over superstar Rajinikanth's proposed film on Tipu Sultan

Chennai: The BJP and political outfits in Tamil Nadu have warned the actor against accepting the offer from leading Kannada producer Ashok Kheny to play the lead role.

The BJP calls the 18th century ruler anti-Tamil. Rajinikanth is yet to decide on the project, but the director has strongly defended the move.

During an exclusive interaction with CNN IBN, producer Ashok Kheny was asked if he had approached superstar Rajnikanth for a film on Tipu Sultan.

“I talked to Rajinikanth before he fell sick. So we discussed various issues including which films to do. And one of the subjects that we looked at was Shivaji, and various other films. And then realized that all the films that we talked about were historical and had a conflict between Hindus and Muslims. It was either Muslim king fighting against Hindu king or Hindu king fighting against Muslim king. Then we came across Tipu and we realized that he was the only king with whom Hindus and Muslim supported to fight a foreign king. Then we thought what an idea to make a film on Tipu and no better to star other than Rajinikanth,” he said.

BJP national secretary H Raja too raised concerns about Rajinikanth’s Tipu Sultan film. “Tipu Sultan was a tyrant, a murderer... So if someone is making a film showing Tipu as a hero then it is distortion of history,” he said.

When CNN-IBN spoke to Rajiniknth’s publicist he said the star is completely immersed in shooting his upcoming film 'Kabali' and he has had no chance to look at the script because the filmmaker is yet to write the script.

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Documentary channel
Man, god or beyond? The Rajinikanth cult as seen through the worshipful eyes of his fans
Rinku Kalsy’s documentary ‘For The Love of a Man’ shifts the attention from the movies starring the Tamil superstar to his numerous fans.
Nandini Ramnath · Sep 14, 2015 · 01:30 pm

Rajinikanth is among the few movie icons who has been able to take his fans along with him on his singular journey from playing villains in the 1970s to becoming a supernova whose characters are the very epitome of virtue, honour and resourcefulness. As the documentary For the Love of a Man proves, the Tamil cinema icon is now at the phase of superstardom where his admirers make as much news as he does. The release of every new Rajinikanth movie is a semi-religious occasion: posters and cut-outs are propitiated with milk and prayers, the cinemas resemble prayer halls, and the ticket buyers behave as though they are witnessing a miracle.

Rajinikanth’s perceived grip over the hearts and minds of viewers is thought to be so complete that Tamil Nadu’s Bharatiya Janata Party unit and other Hindutva organisations have issued him a stern warning against signing up for a proposed biopic on Tipu Sultan. Hindutva votaries regard the former ruler of Mysore as anti-Hindu.

For The Love of a Man was premiered at the recently concluded Venice Film Festival. Produced by Joyojeet Pal and directed by Rinku Kalsy, the film examines the cult that has come up around Rajinikanth through the worshipful gaze of his mostly male devotees. It discovers the intimate love that the actor generates in his admirers and their tendency to relate their own lives to his own. The film also attempts to place Rajinikanth within the context of Dravidian politics in Tamil Nadu, whose early tenets included a critique of organised religion. As one commentator points out to the filmmakers, nowhere has it been said by Dravidian leaders that a human being cannot be worshipped. Excerpts from an interview with Kalsy.

The fanaticism of Rajinikanth’s followers is a well-documented phenomenon in India. Why did you feel that the subject lent itself to a documentary?
The idea for the project came from Joyojeet.

Joyojeet was working with Microsoft Research in Coimbatore district on a project to increase children’s access to computers. He discovered that Rajinikanth’s role as a software engineer in Sivaji had an unintended benefit – many more rural kids in Tamil Nadu were now keen on a career in computer science. This made us think about the strength of Rajinikanth’s influence throughout the state and the various ways in which he appealed to people across ages.
Perhaps elements of the phenomenon are well documented, such as the connection between Dravidian politics and fanclubs, but that rests either in academic circles, or at the very least primarily in the South. There are elements of it – such as the connection with devotional ritual, with social aspiration, that are not understood.

We felt that the film has to be understood within a larger context of the diversity of fans in age groups, and how for instance technology is changing fandom – we see for instance lifelong fans who feel they are being made irrelevant by Facebook since that is now a means of marketing, rather than the frenzy outside a theatre.

Were the Rajinikanth fan clubs enthusiastic about appearing in a film about their icon?
Yes, the starting point was N Ravi, the sweet shop owner and guy who arranged a climb up 1,300 steps of Sholingur temple to pray for Enthiran. The fans were generally enthusiastic, in part there is a certain performativity to being a fan, so being in front of a camera was not unusual to them, it’s a continuation of what many of them already do for the releases. Perhaps the most complicated part was asking people to reflect on what they do. In a sense it is like religion, it’s hard to ask someone to be reflective of why they love God, who that figure is to them in their lives, or why they do what they do.

On what basis were the Rajinikanth fans shortlisted?
The first two characters, the brothers in Sholingur, were the ones we selected first because of the climb and because they’ve been doing similar stuff for years, including the massive birthday celebrations. The other characters selected were picked based on either elements in their story that were interesting – such as the impact of fandom on their families (the peanut seller), a range in generation (the older auto-drivers and the younger Facebook group kids), visual elements of fandom (the mimics).

The film doesn’t delve into Rajinikanth’s history as an actor, nor are there interviews with the directors, especially the dialogue writers who have significantly contributed to his screen image.
We realised early that Rajnikanth as a phenomenon is an entirely separate movie unto itself, and if we went into that, the fans themselves would be reduced to an afterthought rather than be at the centre of the film.

Like with other mass heroes such as Chiranjeevi and Salman Khan, there are unsavoury aspects to Rajinikanth’s image, such as a regressive attitude towards female characters. His followers appear to be mostly men. How you dealt with this issue?
This definitely came up – because we were three women in the crew, and the fans, often in mob situations, were mostly men. So initially we had real concerns about safety and the gendered elements of our being there. But we never faced any uncomfortable situation during the shoot.

The taming of women arguably goes beyond Rajni films – if you think about it, Indian films have a warning when someone smokes a cigarette, but nothing when someone disrespects or abuses a woman, and it’s an inability to go beyond a patriarchal way of pitching to an audience which at the theatre level has largely been male.
But even that is changing from an economic perspective, since the theatre audience is turning into a co-ed space more and more as we have a urban multiplex culture becoming more economically valuable than the single theatre (and largely male) being the main driver of a film’s economics.

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