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Enthiran ( The Robot )-- The Rajini Show Finally , after four weeks post release of the movie , I got to see the movie and I am sorry to all Rajini fans, that the movie was disappointing to me . May be my expectation was sky high based on all the hype created and all the great feedback that I got . My disappointment was not with Rajini but with the director Shankar who had done better movies than this in terms of storyline- I looked back and thought about his earlier movies Gentleman , Anniyan , Mudalvan etc., -- May be it was the Rajini effect that killed everything that was to be prominent around the movie. There was not a scene where Rajini was missing . And that probably give a overdose of "Rajini" to me not to the Rajini fans . Somehow , I was not excited through the viewing of the movie and it was just good to me for one viewing and will go down as a average movie that I did not enjoy much.. I know I will be proved otherwise , by the box office collections , the theatr

The CWG and the Test Series

Quotable Quotes of the week I may not have a place in the media space but I am certainly ensconced in the hearts of the people - Narendra Modi Gujarat Chief Minister ( well said as a Politician would ) I wear Hawai chappals because I like wearing them and not because someone says so -- Mamta Banerji Railway Minister This is not fair. We travel all over and I can assure you we don't get to brush our teeth with mineral water - Mahesh Bhupathi on some international players pulling out of the Commonwealth games due to lack of facilities When an elephant walks , a lot of animals bark, but the elephant keeps walking without giving much importance to the lesser animals - Virender Sehwag on his critics Commonwealth Games is a symbol of Britain's slavery -- Baba Ramdev Spiritual leader ( read Kalmadi's ) The CWG success and the Post Mortem begins As a event and as a participant country , India did extremely well -- more than 100 medals , finishing second among the medals tally , the

School report card --

Quotable Quotes of the week Indians are very interested in sex, but pretend not to be. Once you lie to yourself, you can lie to others, you can be even corrupt -- Richard Crasta American author I welcome Abdul Kalam Azad -- Suresh Kalmadi Chairman Commonwealth Games 2010, welcoming former President A.P.J Abdul Kalam at the opening ceremony. ( one of his many mishaps as we hosted the CWG ) Bal Thackeray is like God to me -- Rajinikanth, Actor on the Shiva Sena Chief ( where is this sudden devotion -- beats me ) For me life is not all about cricket ,cricket and cricket.I was finding it difficult to enjoy in that environment, which was leading me to drink and then not make sensible decisions - Andrew Symonds - Former Australian Cricketer. ( Great excuse ) Progress card for a Third Standard -- Topic : Personality Development Under the above title the following were evaluated Courteous Confidence Care for belongings of self and others Initiative Neatness Respect for others Self Control Regu