From: sundar@indigo1.hsis.uci.edu (M. Sundaramoorthy)
Subject: Re: valai malar 'a' - some comments
Newsgroups: soc.culture.tamil
Organization: University of California, Irvine
Date: 25 Dec 92 19:52:45 GMT

In article <24DEC199211592012@judy.uh.edu> venkat@judy.uh.edu (Affable) writes:
>In article <2B3910A1.18478@news.service.uci.edu>, sundar@indigo1.hsis.uci.edu (M. Sundaramoorthy) writes...
>>	I share these feelings. But the irony is we hear hue and cry 
>>	in the net about TN being plagued with the cinema culture,
>>	while doing the same here. We even pass judgement that TN will
>>	never change and forget that we are also part of that.
>>	When it comes to cinema addiction, there is no difference of
>>	educated and illiterates. 
>  Come on, folks. Don't make me feel guilty. :-)
>You don't have to be a cinema addict to listen to tamil movie songs.
>As a matter of fact, I listen to any song (Tamil movie or any
>Indian movie, carnatic, bhakti, western etc) which is pleasant
>to hear.
>  Well, for time pass, you're interested in reading literary
>works and I'm interested in watching movies whenever I feel
>bored. Does that mean I'm a cinema addict? I don't think so. 
>  I started the thread "nila" "malar" songs to show how our
>"kavignars" effectivley use those words. And about "Kushboo-temple",
>the poster must have posted just for your information.
>  I strongly disagree with this argument: If you're educated,you should
>discuss only tamil literary works. Everybody's taste is different. 
>

	I apologise if you are hurt by my comments and they are not directed
	at you personally. Nevertheless I stand by my comments in general.

	It is none of my business to dictate what one should or should
	not do for time pass and the comments are not intented at any
	individual. But I am entitled to criticize the society of which
	I am a part. I am not interested in changing one's personal taste,
	but I am concerned about the taste of a society, that clearly is
	cinema oriented.  

	I strongly feel that our society is plagued with cinema
	culture and gives utmost importance to commercial cinema
	compared to any other art and literary forms, and social 
	and political issues. The cinema knowledge of a common Tamil
	is much more than any of these issues, becaues they are fed more
	with that. I DO FEEL TAMIL COMMUNITY IS ADDICTED 
	TO CINEMA CULTURE no matter you like it or not. So it
	is not strange that we identify Tamil poets from lyrics
	writers, recognise music from film songs, choose our leaders
	leaders with movie background etc. I don't say they are not poets,
	musicians, or they can not become our leaders. But they get lot more
	importance than they actually deserve. Then what is the point in
	crying  about the possibility of Rajini or Kushboo becoming the 
	next Chief Minister?.

	I do watch two Tamil movies per month on average (it was more when
	I was in India), but I don't think that is very important to
	discuss, because, I believe there are better things that deserve
	serious discussions.

	BTW, I never argued "If you're educated,you should discuss only 
	tamil literary works", which you I strongly disagree. Please read
	my previous comments again.
	
>> 
>>	M. Sundaramoorthy
>>	sundar@indigo1.hsis.uci.edu 
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