Too much of a good thing


By T S Sudhir Like everyday, Chennai got up early on 01.10.10. But instead of heading to the Mylapore Kabaleeswara temple, it went to Kasi `temple’ much before 5 am. Where Lord Shivaji Rao Gaekwad, also known as Rajinikanth, has been consecrated as the presiding deity. This is the `speed 1 tera Hz memory 1 zetta byte’ modern-day avatar of the Super God, providing darshan to millions of those who love him, on 2000 screens worldwide. Carpet bombing now has three new names. `Enthiran‘ in Tamil, `Robo‘ in Telugu and `Robot‘ in Hindi. Like all of director Shankar’s films, the … Continue reading Too much of a good thing