Tuesday, August 24, 2004

Movies in Bangalore

2 years back when I came to Bangalore, the capital of Karnataka state, there were dozens of theatres showing Telugu movies. I could watch a new movie every weekend, a brand new movie every Saturday. Sometimes I used to watch 2-3 movies in the weekend, such is my appetite for Telugu movies.
The Krishna govt tried to restrict the number of non-kannada movies and to promote Kannada industry. So, the number of Telugu movies I could watch got reduced.Seriously, I dont like watching movies in a TV or Computer.

Now, due to the protest by the Kannada industry there are no new non-kannada movies in Bangalore. They want to promote Kannada films by putting restrictions on non-kannada ( errr...good movies) movies. They think that if not left with any option people will watch Kannada movies. How silly???

There is not even a single good looking heroine in Kannada industry..let alone heros...( shall I say " orangutans"?)..some pretty bangalore lasses like Namitha,Rakshitha etc head to Telugu and Tamil industry for better opportunities. When their own gals think that their industry sucks, how can they expect Andhraites and Tamilians living in Bangalore ( who constitute more than 50% of Bangalore population by some statistics...) to watch Kannada movies? err...how many Kannadigas watch Kannada movies???? ;-) and in Bangalore.....most of the people watch only "Angrezi" movies...hey...Bangalore is a cosmo...even kids talk to their mothers only in English...how can u expect these new age kids and moms to watch Kannada movies...???

This reminds me of a scene I witnessed in a Temple.

I go , almost every weekend, to the Sri Venkateswara temple in J.P.Nagar with my cousins. Though I am a forced goer there, I like that temple somehow. Oneday I was sitting outside the Sanctum with my cousin and I saw a tiny tot beside supposedly his father. The father was explaining him how to pray to the Lord. In his words

" son, pray, pray ...

oh Lord , please bless me etc..."

I burst out laugning...........

they looked like a kannada family....they are in a temple...and he is talking to his kid in English...
hmmmm...that is how Bangalore is..................

there are many people in Bangalore who prefer to watch "The Rock walking Tall" or Van Helsing( two of the bullshit english movies ..as far as I am concerned ...) rather than watching a Mani Ratnams' " Alay Payuthe" or Upendras' " H2O"( i liked this movie..it has some real stuff..though the presentation is a bit awkward)....

Let God help these Kannada film makers and make them realise that Bangalore is not a part of Karnataka as far as Movies are concerned...

I pray God for the release of many new Telugu movies in Bangalore...............................

5 comments:

Sriram said...

Namitha and Rakshitha....
pretty lasses?????
c'mon, u dont hv such bad taste....

Sriram said...

Namitha and Rakshitha.....
pretty lasses....
C'mon, i know u don hv such bad taste...

Sriram said...

Namitha and Rakshitha.....
pretty lasses....
C'mon, i know u don hv such bad taste...

Sriram said...

Namitha and Rakshitha.....
pretty lasses....
C'mon, i know u don hv such bad taste...

Sriram said...

Namitha and Rakshitha...
pretty lasses..???
C'mon, i know u don hv such bad taste.