Comments on: Innoru pazham

By: vivek

vivek — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 23:22:25 +0000

@Reader #43:

How come there's no coverage about the deluge in Pakistan?

Absolutely right. Apologies. Busy at work. Forthcoming.

@dingchak #45: HA!

By: ronnieboy

ronnieboy — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 18:19:08 +0000

always heard Tamil pronounced as Tamil, not Tamizh

Good to know I’m not the only one. Even the YouTube title says valapalam, not vazhapazham.

“zh” versus a “Z”

In “zh”, the tongue is placed higher, towards the roof of the mouth – a feat that tamilians are incapable of

Damn hindi plagiarizers

Movies like Garam Masala and Khatta Meeta are remakes of Malayalam movies but the director (Priyadarshan) is from Kerala and directed the Malayalam versions too, so the north-south divide becomes fuzzy.

By: Pravin

Pravin — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 17:34:49 +0000

So what is this “zh” about? I have been to Madras many times in the past. I always heard Tamil pronounced as Tamil, not Tamizh. And how do you pronounce a “zh” versus a “Z” ?

By: dingchak

dingchak — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 15:42:08 +0000

I was then to recently learn that this bit was actually ripped off from a similar routine in a 70s DD comedy show called Haas Parihaas

Thats what they want you to believe. The first recorded instance of this interaction actually occurs in a lost chapter in Ponniyin Selvan, titled pazhamudircholai, where Sambuvaraiyar -the kounder archetype orders Mazhavarayar. -a falstaffian senthil to get 2 nos. fruit from the local pazhamudir nilayam. Damn hindi plagiarizers, nothing is sacred. First bakiaraj and now this?

By: Rahul

Rahul — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 21:13:51 +0000

For my money, “Innoru Pazham” is THE greatest comedy bit in Tamil cinema, ever. Period. I always thought that the concept of an absurdist Abbott-and-Costello routine by Senthil and Goundamani, in a B-center movie starring, of all people, Ramarajan, was truly inspired. Imagine how heartbroken I was then to recently learn that this bit was actually ripped off from a similar routine in a 70s DD comedy show called Haas Parihaas (if somebody has the video, I’d be very grateful). It doesn’t make this sequence itself any less enjoyable, but it doesn’t feel like genius any more.

By: Reader

Reader — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 05:38:18 +0000

How come there’s no coverage about the deluge in Pakistan? Phyllygal? Vivek?

By: my_dog_jagat

my_dog_jagat — Sat, 14 Aug 2010 20:12:26 +0000

Tamizh movies offer a range of comedic characters that is unmatched in other cinematographies. The genteel class types

Do the genteel classes also shout?

By: ronnieboy

ronnieboy — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 21:39:09 +0000

Don’t they say “pallam” (as in lollipop)? Oh and I forgot “bites” – some pun in cheek talent, Vivek.

By: jyotsana

jyotsana — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 21:30:20 +0000

Ronnie,

can tamilians pronounce 'zh' - I thought only malayalees could!

à®•à¯‹à®´à¯ˆ à®•à®³à¯à®µà®©à¯ à®ªà¯à®•à®´à¯ˆ à®‡à®´à®¨à¯à®¤à¯ à®‡à®•à®´à¯ˆ à®…à®Ÿà¯ˆà®¨à¯à®¤à®¾à®©à¯ Kozhai kalvan pugazhai izhandhu igazhai ataindhan

The cowardly thief lost fame and earned opprobrium

There we have a lot of zh in Tamizh

By: ronnieboy

ronnieboy — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 20:58:49 +0000

@31, Vivek Handle on the phallus? Premature conclusion? Suggestive verbal imagery aside, can tamilians pronounce ‘zh’ – I thought only malayalees could!