Suksy's Pensieve

The title of this post seems to suggest that regional cinema and quality are two different things... so, lemme first clarify the same. NOTE: I am talking only about Kannada Cinema. There are quite a few films in recent times in Kannada that can be termed as "Quality Entertainment". Most of the other films can be termed as pathetic. Is it because we do not have good storywriters? Or is it because we do not bother about the social message that the film should portray? I'd rather think it is more because of the latter. If we lacked good storywriters, we would not have had even a single quality movie in Kannada. We do have many quality films. We did have wonderful movies in the past and I hope we will continue to have movies that provide wholesome family entertainment. "OM" was one of the first Kannada films to portray violence in a mass scale, but it did have a wonderful social message that violence would not lead you anywhere and also that taking revenge...

A close friend of mine mailed me to ask the difference between love and friendship. The argument was something like this: What is the difference between love and friendship? Aren’t they the same?? I often get confused between the two. Isn't love there in friendship or isn't friendship there in love??? I love my friends and the person who I love is my friend. Then what is it that makes them different… Many believe that love is the basis of all relations. Shouldn’t that be friendship? Take any relation and it begins with friendship. The understanding between the siblings is developed because they are friends with each other. The teacher student relation is built because the teacher understands the student as a friend would. The mother understands the child because she gets down to the level of the child and tries to make the child feel comfortable and be friends with him. Even the great love stories like “ Laila Majnu “, began with friendship that blossomed in their...