discussions Apr to Dec 07 - Page 117

Originally posted by: Sue Nair

[Too much of chellam by shanti and nil usage of the cane. She is growing up into an arrogant spoilt brat. I blame all the adults for this child's crude behaviour. No wonder the elders say that this sort of attitude in children shd be nibbed in the bud stage....

Getting into the auto and going to school like as though she doesn't need anybody's asssitance....except her stupid periyamma. She shd be ignored and made to feel less important...hopefully the truth when it falls out of Abhirami's mouth is going to change this girl's attitude for the better.....

I cannot let this comment about parenting methods pass. Though I am not a parent, I participated in the raising of my nephew, an only child, for 8 years from the time he was born as his divorced mother was busy making a living.

True, taking an auto and going to school by herself is a bit too much but the underlying problem is not something that can be addressed simply by wielding the cane. Whether we like the plot or not, it is highly credible that children of a tender and impressionable age will occasionally be faced with traumatic situations -- such as being told that the man parading as your stepfather was the one who killed your father. Caning the child for its resultant rudeness to its mother or others will only worsen the situation and alienate it further from society. The psychological scar from caning in such circumstances will remain with the child for the rest of its life.

Btw, Shanthi did slap Indu in one instance, the one where Karthik tried to intervene.

On a separate issue, I thought there were some interesting issues raised in Friday's episode -- the one we saw in Singapore, viz, RK pontificating on the difference between faith in God and irrational beliefs. This was when Shanthi's aunt had suggested that mother and child undertake fire-walking. Cheyar had a useful social message to convey, I felt.

Parenting is all about trust - Good parenting
is to instill the kind of confidence where
children feel totally at ease about discussing everything that affects them with their parents.
And, most girls feel that their mother is ideal and tend to mimic - knowingly and unknowingly. So, Shanthi has failed to make Indhu understand that. Even if some one makes abusive remarks , the child first defends her/his parents and addresses the issue by asking the parents directly. That is what is missing here. Ofcourse we are not supposed to look for any thing normal and for the sake of dragging the serial the makers resort to any thing - child abuse inclusive!!! All the while we did not care much about all the trash that was fed to us because we all know to differentiate between good and bad and are conscious that it is all unreal. Only when it resorted to child abuse, we have flared up - call it motherly instinct or by any other name!! Child abuse can not be tolerated even in reel, period.

IFians, IFians, on the net, who's the fairest of them all?

Folks, there are several police characters in almost all the serials. Apart from ACD, there's a police character in Lakshmi, a female cop in Arasi and even Madan is a policeman in some serial. So, my question is, who's the smartest (in terms of appearance, poise and style) police character in all the serials? Perhaps we can leave out Radhika and just vote for the male cops. I'll have to vote for ACD since I haven't seen any of the other serials from start to end but I was wondering what others think? Just curious.

Nice post Bonheur,
If I never saw Lakshmi serial and saw Poobalan's work, my vote would have go for ACD. since we can't vote lady cops either hmm... ACD is cute, handsome, honest cop 😳 but he hasn't solved any case or at least catch the main villains yet 😭 ... and he do have lots of pending cases, even that JC always remind him of that. 😆
Its not his fall, its all that CR's fault 😡 for not developing his character more and give the screening time he had on like earlier. He suits that role very well, but on the other side Poobalan is not that handsome or cute, but he knows what to do 😉 He also suits that cop role and he knows his job very well and very smart too. 😉

Only ACD, Poobalan and Arase rules the cop role, rest is good for nothing or just going romancing around their co worker like that Poonpandi in Anjali. 🤢

Madan aka SB in Malargal was sharp but his voice and misai didn't suit him and he didn't have enough screen time.

Thanks for the updates Dasa & Madhu. 👏

Bon, I will go for ACD in Anandham. Poobalan for Lakshmi is my second choice. There won't be third choice, as they all come poor in comparison.

As for Radhika the cop, her walking talk is over too much and with the camera zooming over her walks (and her bums) 😉 I am getting mighty irritated. Although Vasanthy would have made it better, if not her chewing of beetlenuts.

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Originally posted by: thivs

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btw Bonheur, i'll choose Lakshmi's Poobalan. he is the best police officer on tv now & he has his head firmly screwed on his shoulders. he may not be the best looking cop but he sure is the most practical & intelligent cop.😊

i'd have voted for ACD if poobalan wasn't there.😆😆

Originally posted by: jigglypuff726

btw Bonheur, i'll choose Lakshmi's Poobalan. he is the best police officer on tv now & he has his head firmly screwed on his shoulders. he may not be the best looking cop but he sure is the most practical & intelligent cop.😊

i'd have voted for ACD if poobalan wasn't there.😆😆

Gee, by smartest I meant in terms of appearance and acting style, poise, confidence, etc. Not the ability to solve cases, which lies in the hands of the director ;-)

Originally posted by: madumithas

Useless RK and ACD at RK's house. ACD sitting with his head bent down...Rk explaining the whole Abhi/Indu stuff to him. I didn't exactly like w hat he was wearing...but for ACD its ok....anything is fine. ACD says that doctor is

We just saw this episode in Singapore today. I agree with you, Madhu. I didn't like the colour, pattern or style of the top that ACD wore but he looked good in it all the same. 😉

Member, Wardrobe Panel, Anandham Critics Association 😃

😭 No Anadham update today 😭

Actually, the way the serial is going I don't really care what happens except whether ACD appeared (in a meaty role rather than a walkon one) and whether there were any interactions with Priya.

It's OK, Dasa, and standby updaters. Take your time.