Ideas Ideas Everywhere - Part 2

What started as a simple and straight-forward post on FB snowballed into a monstrous discussion on an unfantasized scale with subjects ranging from Ethics to Politics to Marketing to Hypothetical Scenarios that it was a genuine verbal outburst of connected ideas which surely drenched my FB wall between one of my school friend and myself.

The entire domino effect was triggered by the following post:

"Yoga is as important as salt in food".

This is an excellent analogy from Modi Ji...:)

When we see it from the perspective of a health-conscious person, he/she could possibly view and interpret it wrongly as more salt is equated to high BP and they may correlate and consider doing more Yoga as bad.

A better, logically indissoluble, emotionally overwhelming, positively impactful and motivating Call-To-Action comparison could have been:

"Yoga is as important as a mother to a child".

"We are all children living with enough pressure and tension in our daily lives. Yoga is the loving mother who cares, cures and gives us relief and happiness".

PS:

An extremely high intelligent person with enormous IQ numbers might pose a question as:

"There are mothers who abandon their children at birth".

To them, you please tell me whether such a person who commits an atrocious act be called a mother in the first place for any number of "n+1" reasons.

If you say Yes for argument's sake, it's time you know the meaning and value of a mother.

If you say No, then my emotional logic is robust and firmly intact as the stabilization force of the Universe.   

It unleashed an unending chain of sharing, exchanging and transferring of a rich mix of apriori and a posteriori knowledge that was full of substance and matter.

V stands for me and K for my friend.

K: I am not going into the analogy.....but IMHO yoga is not necessary for everyone.....

V: All necessary is important. But, every important is not necessary. It is necessary and important to know this nuance. It's like...its like...I got an example. Food is necessary for life. But, the qty of food taken in is important. Modi Ji has said Yoga is IMPORTANT and not NECESSARY. IMHO, I wld have made Yoga mandatory in all schools throughout the year as ppl can reduce their dependence on medications and lead a peaceful life as one of aspect -Meditation calms and quietens your mind. You will definitely be at variance with me on this. No issues. You are entitled to Ur opinion as my small one. Though, if u choose to say, I wld like to understand Ur intelligent rationale as to why Yoga is not necessary for everyone.

K: For that, I would like to know why is it important/necessary?  Is it considered as a physical training?  

If so then people have various other methods for physical training as well to keep the mind calm......

What good is it gonna do to people who are already indulged in hard labor? A good night's sleep and proper amenities that the govt is supposed to provide is sufficient to keep their minds calm......

V: You are smart enough to find out the complete repertoire of benefits that is gleaned from Yoga. I don't have to enunciate them bullet by bullet. I perceive you to be a person who doesn't like to be spoon fed. But, as far as "proper amenities" are considered. Yes. That's the duty of the Govt. That's y they are voted to power. Since you are also a MBA grad, I am very certain that u r aware of Maslow's hierarchy. It's not just any framework. It is the representation of our society as a whole that is applicable to each and every individual at one level or the other - Be it self-actualization or needs. That said, Material happiness can be up to a certain level only. Beyond that, ppl cannot find happiness or calmness outside. But, within inside. This might sound crazy or I might seem to have gone bonkers. 

The actual reality is that less is better and simplifying our lives will make life easier once when the "proper amenities" are provided. Why do you think many of the western worlds is turning towards our culture? In fact, in certain US schools, meditation is used for misbehaving and unruly students and the results have been extremely productive. The major problem with the general Indian population is that we are enamored and obsessed by the glittery glittery signs of the West. I am in no way against the modern amenities and technologies that they are providing us to make our lives easier. But, many forget our roots and abuse our own extremely, deeply and intensely scientific culture that our ancient forefathers, sages, and rishis have gvn us by falsely thinking that yoga, meditation etc. are hokum and foolish.

K: Unfortunately all Indians do not share the same roots and same culture.....so it would be better if the gov't stops imposing things on Indians......

V: Few Indians, that might run into millions!, are ashamed to be an Indian when it is our own country that is providing these individuals with food, water, security, and life. This is where ppl like Arnab Goswami are trying to ensure that our obligations to our Mother Land do not evaporate into thin air. Whether he does it for biz or truly, I don't know. But, at least he's taking the right stance. And yes...you are absolutely right and I whole 💓 tedly agree with the cultural aspect. What is right in one culture will seem wrong in another. Our diversity is our greatest strength and weakness.

K: Oh ne certified bhaktal ah....... ini un kitta paguthariva pathi pesi priyojanam illa...

V: U can call me whatever u feel like calling me pa. It's ur right. Even if you convince others by telling them that I am a certified bhakthal and making them to call me that also. Go ahead. But, that need not be the TRUTH. I am against the forceful thrusting of bad things on ppl. Likewise, I am completely for for compulsorily doing something which will en masse help all sections of the ppl irrespective of culture or religious orientation or caste. The only difficulty is to define what is 'good' and 'bad' as it varies from culture and culture.

K: Today yoga.....tomo ? Cows urine? Fasting during Ramzan and lent days is also good....why not impose that on everyone? Then why impose one culture over the others?

V: I am not a spokesperson of BJP pa. I shouldn't be asked these question at all. But, I said I WILL mandatorily impose Yoga on every individual in our great country by 🎁 ing it as Science explaining how it will reward the ppl, their families and childrenin the short run and long run. Science cuts across all religions and cultures like a knife through butter. That's the power of science which normally ppl don't understand. 

So, now u can ask me what if the current govt. Uses science to bat for 🐄 urine or what not? Again. I am not BJP spokesperson.

K: You may not be a BJP spokesperson....but you sure do act like one...... like I mentioned..... Fasting during ramzan and lent days is also scientifically good....sunnat is clinically proven good for men's health.....but your hypocrisy lies in wanting to impose only yoga......

V: Have u ever heard of Ekadashi? Shivarathri??Fasting is done on that day. It is very much a part of Hinduism. So, fasting is done in Hinduism as well and not just Ramzan alone. Your hypocrisy is seen here. I have no idea what a sunnat is. I will do my own research on it whenever I find the time. 

As far as my hypocrisy is concerned, if Yoga & Meditation can provide the peacefulness, healthy mind and body to be personally and societally constructive, I have no regrets, in fact glad in being called a hypocrite rather than just defending one's position to the hilt to project the self image of being Ostensibly right.

This is where I leave Part 2 hanging in the balance as the rest of the colorful, heated and stimulating fusion of thought processes will be covered in Part 3.

                                                                          X--To be Concluded--X

Ideas Ideas Everywhere - Part 1

Ideas have ruled the Earth ever since language was created to communicate with each other. When we act with alacrity and have a logical extension, it is inherently inferred and deduced that even language was also an idea to some XYZ person in the long distant past for it to have been manifested either as an art, sound or symbol. 

For instance, the English alphabets "a to z" could have been in different order or 'a' could have been spelled or written differently or occupied the 26th position. If this had been the case when the alphabets were arranged in a sequence, all of us would have unanimously said that 'a' is the last letter of the alphabet now or 'a' may have been symbolically and vocally represented as totally something else or both. 

It is applicable to each and every letter of not only English language but also to other languages as well. Our penchant for finding meaning towards everything around us - including the vast space and deep oceans - has resulted in an utter distortion of the sense of reality that it's not okay to be meaningless when the actual reality whispers and tells us point-blank and right in the face that it's okay to be meaningless. Just enough.

Now, "Just enough" is a very tricky proposition as mandated by Nature as we must know and understand the completely delicate and subtle balance between when/where/why to be meaningful and meaningless. It's like our Earth itself. 

Had our planet been +/- some kilometers from where we are actually orbiting the sun, life wouldn't have existed in our world and you wouldn't have been able to read this blog or the sentence. Scientists' call our habitable state of affairs as "The Goldilocks Zone" and they are on the quest on finding other Exo-planets which is in a similar region to us but elsewhere in the Universe.  

It goes without saying that I wouldn't have been able to piece together the isolated and separated parts into an integrated whole and write this up either. 

Every day-to-day object that we see and come in contact with our senses was an idea - Money, Status, Prestige, Power, Governments, Economies, Brands etc etc. - in their simplest, unsophisticated, incomplete and undeveloped form that was later curated and systematized over time by giving a proper shape and framework through deliberations, contemplations, curiosities, observations, trials & errors and elaborate discussions.

Why should it matter to each and every one of us to retrace the steps of the pages of history and move forward?

It will exactly let us know how much we know what we know and what else is/are unknown that spawns the areas of improvements in the known sectors without foregoing on exploring the missing components of the big picture. At the end of the day, it is essentially linked to our survival and offsprings no matter whether you want to stand upside down like a bat or stand on one leg like a meditating yogi.

Once again, when we speak of "survival", there is right survival and wrong survival. 

To clarifying and simplifying it further, if you kill a person or steal/ rob someone to live your life, that's wrong survival. Even if you had the wherewithals to escape from the clutches of the law, Karma unequivocally ensures that it is a bitch to bite you back at the unexpected time. At a metaphysical, spiritual and quantum level, punishments and grievances are destined to happen at a later point in time even if you don't want to believe in 'Karma'. 

Whether you want short-term gain & long-term pain or short-term pain & long-term gain is a matter of choice though IMHO, I prefer the latter as everyone is confined within the realms of practical limitations and bounded rationalities. But, ideally speaking, short-term gain and long-term gain is the wisest choice to pick when you cover all your bases though it's a herculean task that requires truckloads of time and effort. 

As the greatest general Sun Tzu propounded "The battle is won before it is fought".

                                               

                                                           X--To be concluded--X

Unlocking the Grandeur Door of Openness

REALITY - Ah! The 7-letter mayhem that literally causes people to smack their hands onto their foreheads whenever they find something that's diametrically opposite to what they strongly, fiercely, intensely and deeply hold to be sacred and true.

Is that the REAL nature of reality?

First up, the reality (at least as we know it) is only a social construct that is chiseled and sculptured by the particular cultures, geographies, and religions for eons together. What is right in one place is wrong in another though there is yet another right which is the objective right as prescribed by the scriptures and science although the Vedic Scriptures are actual science in its pure and distilled form. 

That being the empirical case, the normal reality is an agreed upon measure by the majority who expects that the Mavericks, Eccentrics, Iconoclasts, and Heretics must necessarily conform to their defined standards in order to have an artificial sense of safety and security for their own survival and descendants. This close-mindedness and reluctance to accept the hard-core reality that no one is the same have resulted in astonishing disparities and intolerances towards those who reject the authority and mandate as set by the greater number of the masses. 

The same insular and parochial thinking is equally applicable to those who defy the larger part of the population as they have the fantastic idea that the better section of the society lives a dull and drab life due to their conventional and traditional mindset when a more dynamic and vibrant is in the offing as you break down the walls of customary narrative and probe into the uncharted and unmapped areas where the secrets are patiently waiting to be discovered. 

I am not making this up. You will understand why I said this by the end of the blog.

When we look through the dazzling prism of science, history has categorically, definitively and decisively shown us that our civilization has logically and gradually moved on to the next step in the evolution by those who dared to look beyond the generally prevalent norms. 

Take for example. Copernicus who rejected the might of The Church when he proposed the Helio-Centric Theory. Likewise, Bruno and Galileo were also at the receiving end of The Inquisition when they failed to comply with the demands of The Church to recant the truth which The Church perceived to be a destabilizing agent of the society.

But, what was the actual truth? Everyone, at least the educated and non pro-Flat Earth Society, knows now that our Earth revolves around the sun.

IMHO, Truth is like the layers of a sedimentary formation. It should be given appropriately to the suitable person at the proper time to have a fitting impact which culminates into the right course of action.

For instance, no one knew that Infra-Red was all around us in the real world until William Herschel discovered their existence which catapulted its occurrence to applications in numerous fields ranging from communication to art to medicine to astronomy. It's not only restricted to IR but also to the person(s) who found that the wheel was a convenient form of transportation millenniums ago which resulted in a radical transformation of the way we lived through the advent of such a superior technology at that point in time.

Discussions and debates are also ready eye-openers when it comes to an agreement with our own conflicting views as long as they are stated and presented in coherent, cogent and compelling manner backed with solid arguments. This doesn't mean that what we previously held was false or untrue or wrong. It just means that there are tonnes of invisible perspectives and secrets which our Mother Earth and Universe has quarantined so that the right person comes along, decodes and threads together the entire cake of life rather than just viewing a slice or a piece of it and falsely thinking that's the actual truth when it is not in the absolute sense.

How does it matter to see the whole tree instead of the branches?

Simple. Let's take Communism, Capitalism, Democracy, and Dictatorship. Everything has got its own pros and cons whether you like/want to acknowledge the elephant in the room or not. 

The advocates of Communism will proclaim that it is superior to all forms of social organization. Similarly, the proponents of other ways will definitely pronounce that theirs is the supreme and the rest is inferior. This can cause a gigantic and unimaginable friction between the warring parties eventually leading to verbal rallies, shouting matches and even deaths in the most extreme fanatic case when the right way is that every practice is as equally great and important as the other and whatever floats one's boats, they can be a part of it instead of resorting to barbaric activities or sledging outbreaks of violence.

This doesn't necessarily mean that an individual ought to be a representative or member of one or the other. Some people can also be unbiased, neutral and objective enough to equally respect every structure with all its flaws knowing very well that no one is perfect yet having the phronesis that achieving perfection is extremely difficult but not impossible as it requires a day-in and day-out perseverance, persistence, determination, and grit to come out with flying colors.

Openness requires a great deal of patience, tolerance, endurance, receptivity, and sensitivity to others which is not only restricted to sharing and transferring ideas but also encompasses all life forms as well to truly appreciate the wonders and marvels of our Cosmos As-Is rather than looking at the reality through tinted glasses and assuming it to be the exact truth.

The rewards of Openness is what propelled the Big Bang out of the single point and transformed us into who we are and what we are now after billions of years of drip-by-drip evolution. Even a child has to be opened from a mother's womb in order to be cared in her tender arms and breathe the fresh air in the world. 

However, the openness should be just enough else the mother will bleed to death, figuratively and literally.

Ultimately, the fruits of engaging with every element of the reality are that it gives you an enriching and fulfilling life that is immensely satisfying to lead a complete life sated with peacefulness and without stress or tension.

Are Thought Experiments Only for Scientists? - Part 3

If you haven't read Part 1 and Part 2, then you will definitely wrap your brains around for the remainder of the post.

Please do read Part 1 here & Part 2 here before you find and feel everything is topsy-turvy.

If you say C and the Principal should be given stringent punitive measures for disgracing, disrespecting, dishonouring and inflicting deep ignominy on B&B's family, then you are absolutely wrong.

IMHO, C and the Principal were doing their rightful duty in finding out the truth from B. Thus, no steps should be taken against any of them.

The real culprit in my Thought Experiment is D.

It's because of her stupidity and idiocy in her bias thereby lacking the practical wisdom that every person is different in their own respect. If B is of forgiving nature, B may say water under the bridge for D's utter ignorance. 

Again, in my IMHO, no concrete reason can forgive D for persuading and convincing the rest of the class that B is the thief as she used her class topper and influencer tag with the support of her friends. That's absolutely deliberate misuse of her position and standing in the class.

Hence, D&her friends must be given the strictest, highest and maximum punishment not only for causing extreme humiliation and embarrassment to B&B's family but also for wasting the precious time, energy and effort of C and Principal when they could have utilized it for better productive purposes. Also, since these students were capable of doing such a thing now, it's highly likely that they would repeat the same thing in the future unless draconian treatments weren't given to them.

Some might argue that punishments don't necessarily translate into positive actions on the part of the offender. IMHO, whether the person-in-question self-corrects them or not because of the punishment, it is their voluntary will. But, to uphold the integrity of the law of the land that is equally applicable to everyone, punishments must be enforced upon these students.

Once again, the cynics might argue that what I have said above is an ideal situation and that money will buy everyone. All I can say is that it is wrong to paint everyone with the same brush just because some people have indulged in devious and underhand dealings.

Likewise, the rest of the class, who went along with D&her friends, when they gave the complaint to C should be given moderate punishments so that they properly inquire into the exact nature of the truth in the future instead of being manipulated into giving false voices against innocents.  

I think I have just demonstrated that it's highly possible for any layman like us as well to perform a Thought Experiment that is in line with the established principles of science to inquire into the heart of the matter without bringing in our subjectivity to the fore.

The beauty of such Thought Experiments is that you can reach provable results by being within the confines of your wall though it's physically demanding and mentally exacting as the process requires a gruelling lot of cognitive effort and strain to visualize the implausible, improbable and impossible events with real limitations.

Though my Thought Experiment has every chance of occurring in the real world as there are too much distrust and intolerance that has percolated and pervaded the fabric of society, this is still a Thought Experiment as it's not possible for any actual person to voluntary undergo the said scenario in live conditions. 

In the end, Thought Experiments not only helps the society to understand and apply the principles in a better way but also expands our thinking process into more crystallized form to be one with the reality instead of being dissociated from it.

                                                              X---Concluded---X

Are Thought Experiments Only for Scientists? - Part 2

Imagine there is a school (XYZ) which is reopening after the Summer Holidays. A new student (B) has joined the class 'VII', section 'F' of strength '40'. 

Different is of two types - Positive and Negative. The latter causes menace to the society due to a variety of factors as social acceptance, validation, recognition, outright evil etc. But, B is different from the others in a positive manner. 

Others are a bit wary of B as the new student isn't like how they are. Days pass on without any incidents though the class topper and class influencer (D) and her friends have the apprehension that B is a threat to them since the new student is unusually deviant from how they see themselves. Other than those students, none of them has any iota of doubt on B as the newcomer is friendly, cooperative and helpful.

Then, on one fine day,  D's purse is stolen. Without any objective thinking but solely based upon her bias and stereotypical attitude that different people from the normal are bad, D comes to the definitive conclusion that IT IS B who had robbed of her cherished purse. She wields her undue influence to her advantage and convinces the rest of the students that B is the thief and should be strongly punished. 

D lodges an official complaint with their class teacher (C) by showing evidence to her that the whole class is out there to give proof that B is a shady character as the new student is not like them and thus categorically proclaims that B is the culprit. 

Had D given the complaint by herself, C wouldn't have taken any action but dismissed her claim as a mere allegation. But, when the whole class gives testimony that B is the true suspect, C has no other option but to take action against B. 

Here, what the teacher doesn't know is that it was D and her friends who was chiefly responsible and instrumental in persuading the entire class that B is the one who committed the crime just because the new student is different and that besides D and her cronies, none of the class had even thought that B could commit such a crime in the first place despite the new student's starking dissimilarity. The teacher (C) is in the dark about these essential facts.

But, with a serious complaint coming up to her table with 39 other voices, C calls up B&B's parents and commences a detailed investigation in the Principal Office (PO) using threats, intimidations, the usual Good Cop/Bad Cop routine and every other tactic under the sun to force out the truth from B &B's parents. Unfortunately, B was nowhere near the crime scene when D's purse was robbed and had no clue what was being asked in the first place. With the drill of an expert investigator, C and the Principal squeeze B&B's parents for the truth to be retched out in the open. The interrogation lasts hours together.

By a quirk of fate, one of B's classmate stumbles upon D's purse in D's bag itself and presents it to the PO.

The Thought Experiment is over.

Who should be punished and who should not be punished in this highly stimulating situation?

The delightful answer to this mind-numbing question is in Part 3.

                                                      X---To Be Continued & Concluded---X

Are Thought Experiments Only for Scientists? - Part 1

Imagine a white Bullet Train (BT) resting peacefully at its source. You are sweetly dressed up in a light blue Polo T-shirt and dark blue Denim and sharply walking towards the soon-to-be-rapid fast monster. You have a sudden light bulb moment that you can accelerate and speed ahead of the BT. So, you patiently sit down in the plush passenger lounge and relax until the train begins to move forward. 

The D-Time arrives. You know it's time for you to have a go at the BT as soon it hurls itself forward like a harpoon targetting a whale in the oceans. The BT pulls herself out of the station and starts to hit the top speed. By a miracle, you have the power to outrun and outspeed the BT alongside the track itself. It's a neck and neck race and you come out with flying colours with plenty of time to spare upon reaching the destined destination.

STOP.

Did we just perform a thought experiment now?

Yes and No.

It's a yes as the above situation is totally next-to-impossible by any common man or even the fastest man on Earth - Usain Bolt to outdo a BT in real life but with the faculty and tremendous power of your infinite imagination, you have been able to successfully and audaciously eclipse the BT on the track. IN YOUR HEAD. 

It's a No because Thought Experiments are supposed to solve a problem through imagined series of steps that could help the humanity as a whole like how Einstein imagined himself travelling along with a beam of light or Schrodinger's Cat.

In our case, what we have done is to just have a fanciful and wishful thinking that we are apparently superior to BTs. To ELIFY it further, it's nothing more than a fantasy.

So, does that mean as normal human beings we cannot partake in the nuanced art of Thought Experiments?

Don't give up hope so soon until the last line of the blog is read in Part 2.

                                            

                                                          X---To Be Concluded---X

SPYder - The Web is Messy!

From the brains which had enthralled us through the sizzling and action-packed 'Ghajini', 'Ramana', 'Kathi', 'Thuppaki', SPYder is yet another rip-roaring flick which fails to roar but literally rips us apart like Lord Narasimha tearing apart the viscerals of the Demon King!

If you ask me a forthright and outright question as to whether was it so bad, my equally direct and unequivocal answer is a straight-forward 'Yes'.

What went wrong? Before answering this question, we will see what was right in he first place as there were far too less when compared to the former.

SJ SURYAH (SJS). The one coruscating factor who really ensured that SPYder was at least going on the rails if not on the right track. Man! And Woman! He showed us all that 'Iraivi' wasn't a one-time wonder but he had the resources in him to pull off yet another mind-blasting role with finesse, flair and aplomb. Right from the first scene where he's introduced in a Scare-crow-ish mask till the climax, he was truly sadomasochistic in every spirit of the letter of the word especially prior to the interval block where he gives an astounding performance with his lips murmuring. The only sad part was that instead of focusing on his devious and diabolical exploits to the ultimate max like Heath Ledger in 'The Dark Knight', SJS is reduced to a caricature in the final action sequence just to ensure that the hero comes out on top. With a terrific character played by SJS, it's high time that the Kollywood script writers actually give us an ambiguous ending like 'The Birdman' or 'Inception' for anti-heroes like SJS who poured out his soul to give soul to the sinister and Satanic villain rather than making him a buffoon so as to give a halo over the hero's head!

Okay. Right things are over. Let's divert and concentrate our attention to the negatives. In Detail.

1) Songs - Just like 'Acham Yenbadu Madamayada', all the songs are tightly packed into the first half itself like the soldiers in Dunkirk! I don't know about Tollywood but none of the songs were even listen-worthy in Tamil. It was more of a head sore than a pleasant outing for the music director. In Tamil. The movie's pace would have been speedier had it not for the pot-holed numbers to showcase the actor's dancing talents. Confused to bits as to who gave such an appalling ear ache, I was horrified to know it was Harris Jayaraj who had given mesmerizing hits as '12B', 'Minnale', 'Lesa Lesa', 'Anniyan', 'Varanam Ayiram' etc. I'm not sure about the Telugu audience. But, SPYder's songs certainly didn't gel with the Tamil cinema goers (Read: Me).

2) Run Time - The first half was better than the second half in terms of the screen swiftness. Post interval, it was like we needed Superman to push the time forward so as not to get stuck with the visual stupidity in the name of stunts. It was never-ending like the expansion of the Universe!

3) Story & Screenplay - To merely having a social message embedded into the script before the end credits rolled up and giving crappy 150 minute of testing the patience is like dressing a cherry on top of a cake that tasted sweet but the whole cake was pathetic!  However, there were really good and intelligent moments in SPYder like the Pizza man, ambulance etc. rushing to Mahesh Babu's house when SJS was on the prowl in his house or the software analyzing the sentiment of the voice during the calls or co-coordinating with the local house wives to save the family from the clutches of SJS. Nevertheless, a few chunky moments cannot be a reasonable justification to make everyone to moan and groan in agony as to when would the film get over!

4) Mahesh Babu - Yes. Yes. He has the magnetic appeal. Fit physique. Going beyond his handsome nature, he delivers every dialogue with such a monotony and a dead pan expression that he would have given the History teachers in schools a run for their money! Whether all his movies are of this cadre or it was due to AR Murugadoss's insistence for this film, I don't know.

5) Action Sequences - The lesser said the best! Exclusive mentions to the Sonic The Hedge Hog style run by Mahesh Babu to contact his lady love for a crucial information. Einstein and Newton would have been tearing each other's heads apart to come up with special equations to explain the gigantic boulder being stopped by a puny Road Construction machine. Also, it was a really a good thing that Mahesh Babu didn't transform into a Baahubali-esque stature to throw off the massive rolling rock from the road to save the people.

So, that's it.  

Eventually, SPYder creates and casts a web that could have been slick and engaging. Unfortunately, the only engagement which the movie received in the theatres was witty comments and smashing one-liners from the viewers which were more fun than the comedy in the film. I got my money's value by constantly chirping in with my own set of wisecracks that left me with the feeling that I didn't lose my sleep and my time's worth. As the movie was coming to a close, all that was left to do was to run out of the theater like how Mahesh Babu did! 

PS:

RJ Balaji did a fantastic job in his extremely limited screen time. He was as much underused as SJS.