tamizh pennpaadu

[Srinivasan Balakrishnan]

I saw recently Tamizh Thirai Iyakkunar Thilakam Bharathiraja's
Kizhakku Cheemayile. Although he very rarely faltered in his
portrayel of Tamizh Penn Radhika, I felt let down towards the
end when he let her stand up to her husband, who was only
trying to subdue an errant wife. How could he, after all those
wonderful naattuppura scenes where the village leaders and even
her brother understood so well why Radhika's husband was
dragging and beating his wife for all to see... ada,
kanavanukku illatha urimaiaa pendattiyai adippadharku? Haven't
we heard - Adikkira Kai Thaan Anaikkum.

All through the seventies, eighties, and now nineties, Tamizh
films have been exemplary in maintaining our Panbaadu. Visu,
Bhagyaraj, Balachander... the greatest directors of Thai Tamil
Nadu without exception have upheld the position of women so
well during these difficult times. Movie after movie, Tamizh
women never failed to fall in love with the men after a sound
beating. Visu, aha, the unwavering critic of women's
liberation! What a resounding slap that Madhubaala got when
she expressed her love for Mammootti in Balachander's
Azhaghan. And of course, she deservedly got one again from
Arjun in Gentleman for writing his name on the appalam. Did
these Mangayar Thilakam' love for their heros wane a bit for
these sweet slaps that they received. No, on the contrary.

Vaazhga Tamizh Pa(e)nnb(p)aadu! Thanks to all these guardians of
our tradition and culture, Bharathiyaar's bad influence on the
women of Thamizh Naadu has been kept from doing much damage.
Has any other regional filmdom so steadfatly upheld the
heritage of Indian women?

[rpon...@oavax.csuchico.edu]

In article <balak001.774629894@maroon>, bala...@maroon.tc.umn.edu (Srinivasan Balakrishnan) writes:
>
>beating. Visu, aha, the unwavering critic of women's
>liberati

Of course another way to make a woman fall in love with you is
to physically fall on her. Constant harassment eventaully
makes LOVE blossom.

Words like makku and mandu are terms of endearment. But caution!
One Way traffic.

>Vaazhga Tamizh Pa(e)nnb(p)aadu! Thanks to all these guardians of
>our tradition and culture, Bharathiyaar's bad influence on the
>women of Thamizh Naadu has been kept from doing much damage.

ChElai vEliyile pattAlum, vEli ChElaiyile pattAlum,
kizhiyirathu ennamO chElai thAndi
(an old BalachandaR MOVIE)

Richard

[Srinivasan Balakrishnan]

In <30h07h$2...@charnel.ecst.CSUChico.EDU> rpon...@oavax.csuchico.edu writes:

:)ithu endha padam?:)

huh! words of wisom from balachandar! thanga thamizh thaimaargale,
sakhodarihale, don't expect the veli's to be punished for their behavior.
and don't dare to take law into u'r hands and cut the veli down (a la
lorena bobbit style, grrhhh) either. and losing u'r karpu, it is an
irrepairable, unforgivable, unforgettable, big time sin. forget that u were
raped. die... die... of shame, just as scores of tamizh heroines have done:(

:(et tu richard?:(

>Richard

[Gowri Sankar Sivaprasad]

rpon...@oavax.csuchico.edu writes:

>>Vaazhga Tamizh Pa(e)nnb(p)aadu! Thanks to all these guardians of
>>our tradition and culture, Bharathiyaar's bad influence on the
>>women of Thamizh Naadu has been kept from doing much damage.

>ChElai vEliyile pattAlum, vEli ChElaiyile pattAlum,
>kizhiyirathu ennamO chElai thAndi
> (an old BalachandaR MOVIE)

>Richard

Another similar dialogue by T.Rajendhar...

"Ambalainga thapu senja, athu irama thuni mathiri - kaya vecha
poiidum...
ponbalainga thapu senja athu kizhinju pona thuni mathiri - ottu
pottalum theriyum athu kizhinjathuinnu..."

Gowri Sivaprasad

[swaminathan,kashi r]

In article <sivapras....@shazam.cs.iastate.edu>,

Gowri Sankar Sivaprasad <siva...@cs.iastate.edu> wrote:
>>
>> "Ambalainga thapu senja, athu irama thuni mathiri - kaya vecha
>> poiidum...
>> ponbalainga thapu senja athu kizhinju pona thuni mathiri - ottu
>> pottalum theriyum athu kizhinjathuinnu..."
>>
>>
>> Gowri Sivaprasad

OOPS!

Entered into this thread

thinking it has
something to do with
Tamil singing by
females!