SOLITUDE SCRIBBLES

CELLULOID CRAP Ever wondered why Karan Johar remains where he used to be some 3-4 years back? Simple. He manages to make stupid films like Kabhie Alvida Na Kehna. He still thinks designer movies are the in thing. Dumb, right? The greatest folly you can commit in Bollywood, in fact. Who is to blame? The media, who else? Blame the so-called cinema experts who went rave, calling Johar's trash a bold movie. Bold, huh! Im no connoisseur of cinema, but I know cinema is'nt what Johar means. Having Shah Rukh and a good looking actress alongside him, jumping on to a plane headed for some exotic locale overseas, making the lady do her house cleaning and laundry while wearing designer outfits, making her weep or wail at the drop of a hat, making SRK mouth I LOVE YOU whenever possible, making the entire cast dance and sing, preferably in discos, trains and railway stations and then resting assured that the cinema buff gets fooled after around four hours of torture. Karan Johar's defin

Entharo Mahanubhavulu... Had the great fortune of listening to MD Ramanathan rendering Entharo Mahanubhavulu on Kairali channel's Ragotsavam last night. A day after, Ramanathan is still making sriragam flow in me, making my humble soul swim in the waves of the masterpiece. Man, this is what you call bliss.