I HATE MICHAEL
After watching MICHAEL film , my memory went back to that horrible day June 25 th , 2009 when I slept late with the television still murmuring like a ghost in the darkness of my room , and as I groggily woke up in the morning and my eyes went to the screen to see those terrible white letters against black: “Michael Jackson is Dead.”
For several long seconds,this must be a nightmare, I thought. Why the hell would I even dream something so horrible? But the banner on the tv stayed and the news ticker kept crawling.
I reached out to the remote and started switching channels and all anchors were speaking with the same solemn gravity , and I finally realised the impossible had happened.
Back in my engineering college days in Vijayawada, on January 2nd 1984 , a friend dragged me into a dingy video parlour, insisting I had to see something. The lights got switched off, and then THRILLER hit me like a punch in the gut
It was not just a song or a dance. It was an invasion.
My eyes, conditioned by a lifetime of mediocrity were violently pried open. The production, the choreography, the seamless ecstasy blended into one single divine entity .. it was spectacle on a level I had never imagined possible and at the centre of that storm was him.
MICHAEL JACKSON
He didn’t move like a human being. He glided, he exploded , he floated, he commanded the screen like a supernatural entity who just entered a human body for a few minutes of absolute dominance. I walked out of that parlour in a complete daze, my heart racing, my mind reeling. This cannot be a real person. He has to be GOD or the least a fantasy sculpted by the gods to bless us mortals on Earth.
Every subsequent music video of his only raised the bar higher. Beat It. Billie Jean. Smooth Criminal. Black or White. Remember the Time. Bad to name a few
Each one was a brand New Testament and
In every song picturisation discussion I’ve had in my career whether with my team or other directors we always circled back to his videos
His work became an unreachable benchmark, a constant source of both inspiration and humility.
And yes like I said , It was never just the dance. never just the voice. It was always the aura.
That man was like a gravitational force not subject to control
The scandals? The controversies? They never bothered me. They were background noise. What he gave my senses and my soul far outweighed anything a human court or a tabloid magazine could ever throw at him.
To me, he was either God or God’s special creation and that is exactly why I hate him.
I hate Michael Jackson for dying.
I hate him for proving that even he was human
I hate that he too needed oxygen and blood like the rest of us.
I hate that his heart could stop beating too.
I hate that I lived long enough to see those words on CNN: “Michael Jackson’s body sent to Mortuary.”
He back stabbed me.
He betrayed my fantasy.
He left heaven and became mortal.
I hate you, Michael, for turning my dream into a nightmare
And i love you.
I love you more than I can express in words
Wherever you are now, in whatever dimension, I am sure you are moonwalking across galaxies, creating space storms, with a brilliance which even the stars cannot contain.
And I will carry that daze you gave me in that Vijayawada video parlour till i die 🙏🙏🙏
Writers & actors built careers on propaganda, and the industry stayed quiet like cats. Now the same clan mock Dhurandhar. You don’t get to call yourself liberal if your first instinct is to Mock.
Don’t know when truth started getting labeled as propaganda...... strange times.
COMING TO THE POINT.....
I want to tell @AdityaDharFilms & @RanveerOfficial yeh kaala drishti aise nahi jaayega... Muthi bhar ke laal mirch se kaam nahi chalega.... poora khet jalana padega 🔥
Watched #Dhurandhar2TheRevenge last night.... Outstanding film 🙏
I have a WONDERFUL IDEA for all those in PAKISTAN who claim #Dhurandhar2 is a PROPAGANDA film full of lies , they can get their own Pakistani @AdityaDharFilms , and make #DhurandharTheTruth 💃🏼💃🏼💃🏼😎😎😎
The @Dhurandhar2 is a HORROR.
It is a horror for all filmmakers who built their careers and their fortunes on dumbed down, over the top cinema.
The cinema that demanded the brain to be left at home .
The cinema that was rammed down our throats full of LOUDNESS and MASALA which will be now soon on a ventilator struggling for breath
#Dhurandar2 will scare the living hell out of every filmmaker who still worships the godly hero
In #Dhurandhar2 , @RanveerOfficial killed all those heroes who never bleed ,and never feel pain , and then over the dead bodies of those kind of outdated heroes ,he gave birth to a true real hero , flawed, yet dangerous and unpredictable and also his heroism comes from his actions instead of being thrusted upon the heads with ear drum shattering music
Compared to this new kind of hero , the godly heroes will suddenly look ridiculous, almost like clowns in a circus. And then their blind worshippers will feel naked, exposed and scared hearing of the collections
#Dhurandhar2 will terrify those who built their careers on action set pieces where physics is a joke and gravity is non existent . The scenes, where men are thrown fifty feet in the air, bounce off the ground like rubber balls, survive explosions that would vaporise cities, and still deliver punch dialogues while dusting their shoulders will be hunted and killed by the new audience
After the audience saw action that actually hurts, that actually bleeds, the flying goon brigade will suddenly feel cheap, fake, and embarrassingly ridiculous . The filmmakers who still swear by wires and cranes to fake uplift the heroes will now wake up shivering in cold sweat.
It will make the pan india directors tremble in their chairs , the ones who still believe characters are created by hairdos, costumes, photo shopped six packs, and designer clothes instead of intrinsic psychological depth
When the audience of #Dhurandhar2 saw a hero whose power comes from his mind and not his biceps, the hair and costume school of cinema will look like kindergarten dress up.
Dhurandhar 2 is not just a film.
It is a verdict.
With Dhurandhar 2 @AdityaDharFilms cut off the head of that kind of cinema , the one that insulted the intelligence of the audience , the one that replaced stories with bloated gaudy visuals , the one that turned heroes into gods and audiences into sheep
The collections of #Dhurandhar2 are now in the process of burying all those earlier makers beliefs in a grave so deep that even their ghosts can’t come out
And the screams you are hearing now of #Dhurandhar2 box office collections is the collective sound which is announcing their deaths.
If the makers of those kind of films which are already under production , or about to start shooting , don’t go back to their drawing boards and exorcise themselves by watching #Dhurandhar2 multiple times even GOD can’t save their SPIRITS
But the problem is , even if they intend to do that , they might have tonnes of money, but where will they get the brain of @AdityaDharFilms ? 😳😳😳
In the context of all the venom being spewed by the so called believers on @ssrajamouli they should know that being an atheist in India is not a crime . Article 25 of the Constitution protects the right to not believe
So he has every right to say he doesn’t believe as much as the venom spewers right to say they believe
Now coming to the dumb argument that “if he doesn’t believe in God why does he show God in his movies?”
By that logic, should a filmmaker become a gangster to make a gangster film, become a ghost to make a horror film?
And the gob smacking truth? 😂😂😂
Despite him not believing in god , God gave @ssrajamouli 100 times more success, more wealth and more fan worship than most believers will ever see even in one hundred lifetimes.🤣🤣🤣
So either,
1.God loves atheists more than believers
2.God doesn’t care
3.Or maybe… … God isn’t there sitting with a notepad taking notes on who believes and who doesn’t?
So if God has no issue with him, then why are the self appointed god mongers getting blood pressure and ulcers ?
So the real problem isn’t his atheism.
The real problem is
He succeeded without believing in God… and that scares the ones who miserably failed even after praying like MAD
So the believers should stop defending God because it’s like insulting him , as if he is a weakling needing their protection
The truth is that Rajamouli being an atheist does not reduce God.
It only increases the insecurity of those who think faith will collapse the moment someone stops believing.
So relax.
God is fine.
Rajamouli is fine.
The only ones suffering are the people who can’t understand either of them
So through #varanasi while GOD will add another huge fortune to @SSRajamouli ‘s already overflowing bank balance , the losers can cry their hearts out with jealousy
BOTTOM LINE is it’s plain JEALOUSY masquerading as BELIEF IN GOD ..Jai Hanuman🙏
This #TheRajaSaab showcases the most unexpected side of #prabhas since being repeatedly subjected to the intense side of him for so many years … Not just intense or charm , but this is a MULTI MASALA MIX of the BEST OF PRABHAS ..Many thanks to the team especially to @vishwaprasadtg for going far beyond the VFX of #Mirayi and Hey @DirectorMaruthi , here’s a BIG THANK YOU for making this DARLING https://t.co/GHubNPmpjy
To all those DUMB DOG LOVERS out there, who think I am a DOG HATER , I say this..
Are you so blind, deaf and brain-dead that you can’t see children being bitten , mauled and killed on CCTV videos all over the place ?
Can’t you f…ing read the official reports on exploding rabies cases?
It is common sense that in any emergency—fire, flood, riots etc you first deal with the immediate dangers , before holding debates on the root causes and long term solutions
But here, when the stray dogs teeth are on the throats of children, you dog lovers want to hold TED talks on kindness and compassion.
The Supreme Court order is not some abstract policy note , but it is a blunt acknowledgment that the stray dog menace has gone extremely too far and human lives have to be saved on a priority level @PMOIndia@SupremeCourtIND
Rich women carry their precious dogs on their shoulders, while their own babies are burdened on their maid’s shoulders ..That’s dog lovers for you ..Maybe they were stray dogs in their previous birth
With regard to the great poem we have all been taught at school
“All things bright and beautiful,
All creatures great and small,
All things wise and wonderful,
The Lord God made them all.”
dint take into accounts of cockroaches who contaminate ,rats who spread plague , snakes which inject poison , mosquitoes which create diseases and stray dogs who kill children 😳
Here are my 10 points addressing the DOG LOVERS who are UPSET about the SUPREME COURT’S decision on STRAY DOGS
1. People are being bitten and killed all over by stray dogs. And dog lovers are busy tweeting about dog rights.😳
https://t.co/oafaQUrjcd can love your pets in your luxury homes . But it’s insensitive to preach compassion to the stray dogs victims and their loved ones 😔
https://t.co/FWuKCyW1pd people pet Hi breeds. Poor people get mauled and killed by strays. That’s the class divide dog lovers don’t talk about.😡
4. If a man kills, he’s a murderer. If a dog kills, you call it an “accident.” So does that mean people killing like animals can also be called accident ?😏
5. You weep for dogs , but not for dead humans ..I never knew Sympathy can be so selective.🙏🏻
6.Instead of Dog lovers saying “ don’t kill strays.” Why don’t you take them off the streets and adopt them all. Is it because , they are low bred, dirty , disease oriented or you don’t want to endanger your loved ones ?💪
7. Compassion without justice is not compassion. It’s cruelty wrapped in self-righteousness.😒
8.Stray dogs don’t attack inside gated communities. They attack where no gates exist.😔
9.A mother watches her child being bitten to death . Why don’t you create a hashtag for her too ?😢
Not only dogs , maybe all animals have a right to live , but can that be at the expense of human lives ?😳
HEY DOG LOVERS
All you Dog lovers are shouting hoarse about injustice to dogs regarding the Supreme Court’s order. But where were they when a four-year-old child was brutally killed in broad daylight on the streets ..Likewise thousands get attacked every year
Where was your compassion then? Or is compassion reserved only for those with wagging tails while dead children don’t count?
And yes, there is nothing wrong with loving dogs. I love them too. But love your dogs in your own homes, in your luxury bungalows , in your manicured lawns. Love your imported Labradors, your pedigreed Huskies, your high-breed pets bought from breeders and hire staff to look after them
But the truth is this: the dog menace does not exist in your lavish villas. It prowls in the streets and slums. It stalks the alleys where the poor live, where children play barefoot, where no gates or fences protect them. While the privileged stroke their glossy pets, the powerless are left to tend to the wounded and bury their loved ones .
You talk about dog rights. Fine. But what about the child’s rights? The right to live. The right of his parents to see him grow. Do those rights vanish because you love dogs ? Do those rights matter less than your Instagram photos of you cuddling your own pedigreed pets?
Here is the truth you don’t want to hear: compassion without balance is injustice . If you truly love dogs, then adopt them, feed them, and protect them in your secure homes. Or force the government to come up with solutions . But don’t burden the streets with your love , where it turns into the death of someone else’s child.
The poor should not pay with their blood for the sentimental indulgence of the rich.
And realise this truth that a society that values the life of a stray dog over the life of a child has already lost its humanity.
HERE are some FANTASIC SOLUTIONS for DOG LOVERS regarding their Mmmmuuuaahhh for STREET DOGS
1.Why don’t you adopt all the poor people and bring them into your homes and leave the streets for the dogs?
2.If dogs are like your family, then why not marry your Labradors, Huskies etc and street dogs?
3.Replace the administrators with a Rottweilers — because at least its bark might be more useful than their silence.
4.Instead of sterilising dogs, why don’t we sterilise the emotions of dog lovers? That way their compassion won’t keep multiplying.
5.Why don’t you send your kids to play with a stray dog pack and bond with nature”?
https://t.co/9kQjvWv9Vm want dogs free on the streets? Fine. Put your pedigreed pets out there too and let’s see if they survive without air conditioning.
7.If you think dogs have as much rights ad children, then build schools for stray dogs and kennels for kids.
https://t.co/Ku89hfD2XX time you fall sick, skip the hospital. Go to a vet and wag your butt for treatment.
9.Why don’t you vacate your AC bedrooms and let stray dogs sleep there — you can happily move to the pavement.
10.Since you worship dogs more than humans, replace gods in temples with strays and pray to them for salvation.
https://t.co/1pyY4UxSOC should start a foundation: “Adopt a Dog, Kill a Child.” At least it’ll be honest branding.
12.If stray dogs only attack the poor, then relocate all slum dwellers into your gated villas and send your Labradors out to guard the streets.
13.Every time a child is killed , organise a condolence meet for the dogs who were “forced to kill.”