#RandomMusings

...and many such "fan clubs" that manage and run social media accounts for their favorite celeb idols, a virtual temple of sort, a sacred place for online worship, where real humans come to sing gospels and bhajans   dedicated to celluloid gods and goddesses - who by the way - are self-admittedly troubled and deeply flawed. Uff - it takes an army guys. The effort is genuine, concrete and tangible - do they get paid? Or just some love extended from the screen to the cinema seats ... lets not go there. The amount of apotheosis that happens on these digital platforms imbued with such devotion, probably did not happen in  all of Ramayana or Gita combined. At least Lord Sri Ram's bhakts are open to soft enquiries on why he banished Sita ji for no fault of hers. But Deepika's fans will not even allow a decent rebuttal. Seriously, I dare you to confront Deepika's "south" fan club on Twitter about her addiction ( there is one club for each country/cardinal direc...

I have run out of superlatives for this absolute genius of a film so I will not attempt to rave about it. When I am speechless about a film to this extent, I tend to move my focus to discuss those responsible for its massive success. The entire team deserves to be applauded. BUT I want to focus on two very important people here:   Mahesh Narayanan the director: The first time I heard of Mahesh was a few years back when I watched this beautifully offbeat film called 'Mili' starring Amala Paul. Critics were surprisingly generous but they also noted what really made Mili so different - it was the dark and sinister undertones in the narrative that initially seemed to be a low budget slice-of-life saga, cleverly induced via competent editing by Mahesh Narayanan, which lifted the film to an unforgettable visceral experience from just another well-told story. Mahesh went on to then direct and edit some of the finest films Malayalam cinema had to offer including Traffic and Take Off. ...

If Indians are not outraged by this disgusting Washington Post article written by an equally vomit-inducing journalist in the name of journalism, I don’t know what else should outrage them. This is a gross misrepresentation of the position of Indian people and women in India to say the least. GROSS. Who gives Barkha Freaking Dutt the right to represent - misrepresent rather AN ENTIRE NATION - in this shockingly biased article, that’s nothing more than a prejudiced piece of junk? Why are you the rest of the great Indian diaspora - the bonafide kind that screams Jai Hind each year on August 15th - silent ? Isn’t this YOUR country? Do you give authority to Barkha Dutt to speak on your behalf? Or are you that thoroughly invested in the “Apna apna dekh lo” philosophy that you give a damn ? Please don’t give me the lame “we’re in the middle of a global pandemic” excuse. You surely can spare an hour away from Youtube and Netflix to ABHOR an agenda laden article that is solely there to misr...