This is roving reporter Munna Mobile bringing you the news bites of the week. There have been a lot of issues grabbing the headlines this past week, but we at Dappan Koothu only bring you the news that matters. It began with the Chief Minister of Karnataka falling of his chair, and thus giving rise to wisecracks like ‘CM kursi se phisle‘ and ‘Kissa phisli kursi ka‘. Our investigation later revealed that it was a [...]

(continued from the previous post) My rants don’t end with the screenplay but with the reason behind why it was stretched to the limit, and that being the all hyped ten roles. Firstly, I failed to see the need for the ten rolesI failed to see the need for the ten roles. Some of them were outright outrageous and the rest could have been essayed by any character artist. Lets face it, you wanted to [...]

Dear Kamalji, I write this in pain and angst after watching your magnum opus ‘Dasavataram‘ on an eventful Friday the 13th. I had to fight with the distributor for a ticket to watch you erupt on screen and this is something I had done before only for Chiru and Thalaivar. Before I bore you with the insignificant observations that I made, I would like to tell you an incident from school. I was in the [...]

They are at it again, Chennai’s moral police will leave no stone unturned as they’ve drawn their swords and this time round its Ms.Share-a-watt. At the star studded audio release function for ‘Dasavatharam‘ held recently it wasn’t Jackie Chan, Big B, Hema Malini, the Kalaignar or even the man of the moment Padmashri Kamal Haasan who received the maximum eyeballs. Shocked? Well it was the screen goddess who will star opposite to him in his [...]

How often have you heard this term? I for sure have heard it a zillion times, and to be frank am quite fed up of hearing the same. Those forwarded emails carrying youtube clips of gabtun or balayya and a wisecrack comment that relegates all of southern India’s films to the depths of neverland. A more researched post is still in the draft phase but in the meanwhile here is a small comparison. Here is [...]