![]() In Indian he sought John Westmoore and his assistant Michael Jones turn him into an old man. One would vote anytime to the earthy Rajnikanth as far as acting is concerned, for Kamal's talent is being wasted in gimmicks. Now that the Tamil is not confined to tis boundaries, Shankar tested success in its Telugu ( Bharatheeyudu) and Hindustani avtars. If corruption is the theme of Indian, Shankar himself is no less guilty of the charge, for his format to attract audience to theatre is only a bait, which the Tamilians have swallowed very easily. Like in his earlier films Gentleman (1993) and Kadhalan (1994), Shankar's themes have lost under the format he chooses, even as he continues to make the producer spend money to no end. Take for instance, this year's blockbuster Indian and its director Shankar. Pure cinema has for sometime been an anathema down here, where talent has gone haywire. Perhaps, as never before, the most striking feature today of films produced south of Vindhyas, the exception being Malayalam, is the sacrifice of cinema, effortlessly and almost imperceptibly at the alter of mammon, even as the form overshadows the content, and leaves characterless images.
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