Captain Vijayakanth Prevails

It doesn't make any difference praising someone after their death. What good it is going to do?

If you choose to express your loyalty, do when someone is alive.

These people who have gathered today, had they voted for him, he would have become a chief minister and possibly provided a good governance.

The real difference will happen if your praise translates into electoral votes.

Otherwise, it's just gas.

Captain Prabakaran was released in Madurai Sellur Saraswathi theatre in 1991and ran for straight 365 days. Since we were a resident of Sellur, we managed to get tickets for the first day noon show and subsequently watched it multiple times at Saraswathi theatre. 

Do you know that no one can swing legs like Vijayakanth did in the action sequences? 

If you ask the stunt masters of the 80s and 90s, they would say so. And, they were always afraid of going near his legs because he instinctively used them to kick. He attributed this ability to the legacy MGR films he had watched in Madurai Central and Meenatchi theaters. 

Yes, he did learn fighting from MGR. 

This sequence from Captain Prabakaran (1991) is a manifestation of his such fighting caliber. 

தர்மம் தலை காக்கும்

தக்க சமயத்தில் உயிர் காக்கும்

However, "#Dharma" did choose to betray him and did not come for his rescue when he needed the most. Despite his Telugu origins, he remained true to the intrinsic traits of #Madurai, which I need not make explicit, everyone knows. Furthermore, he would have possibly become a political descendant of the legendary icon "MGR", but why did dharma fail him I wonder? 

கூட இருந்தே குழி பறித்தாலும்

கூட இருந்தே குழி பறித்தாலும்

கொடுத்தது காத்து நிக்கும்...

செய்த தர்மம் தலை காக்கும்

தக்க சமயத்தில் உயிர் காக்கும்

Authored by Balaji Thangapandian aka #BT - a spacefarer, who is also curious about film-making, connectivity technologies and military history.

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