The curious case of Fan following

The topic is straight forward. Its a dossier inside my heart for quite a while now. It started from the time the film 7 AM Arivu released when actor Surya's body posture was compared to a undressed chicken. What followed was intense war of words between fans of all popular stars glorifying their own. Gone are the days when it happened only at the time of new movie releases when Kamal and Rajni fans fought to tie their star's banners or do Milk Abhishegam. Its the age of photoshop and  facebook. It doesn't require great skills to replace the boy's face in complan carton with Surya signifying that he is a dwarf.

What these people forget is that the director has a wonderful script for him with a producer to back up. And he gives his heart out performing. So what if he is dwarf? I feel its a strong marketing strategy to throw dung on the other stars in social media to promote the films of their own. Negativity publicity about each other is the order of the day. The more you damage the other film the better for your own to do well at the box office.

Ah ok, if I publish this blog just with case of Surya being insulted, there will be other fans who might feel offended that their star was the one who got more offended and I am sympathetic to Surya, so I must be a Surya fan. I dont associate myself with any of them. I appreciate good movies and stop with that. And I was not impressed when Ajith's belly was compared with Vijay's good structure either. Stars are not God. Cinema takes the next dimension when actors appear like boy next door. Why is it that we always want our hero to look good and the girl that he bangs into while moving in train must be a gorgeous one like a Hansika, Anushka or Sameera? 

People are pointing fingers at each other  like a child, "telling the other group started it and we wont give in without a fight." As a regular user of social media one cant help but getting exposed to all these war of words which at time is so undiplomatic. After all movies are meant to entertain us and relieve our stress and negative emotions. Is that what really happening these days? We pay 90 bucks to watch the movie. Producers are trustees of our money. They collect our money and distribute to the parties involved in the movie who entertain us in return. It ends there. Where is the place for emotions beyond the screens?

Why is it that we expect our stars to jump into politics, do social service, fight injustice, etc? The fact that someone voices for a social cause or does something  good must by no means make us feel proud to associate with him.We can rather sponsor the education of a child than studying about a cine star distributing free notebooks and feeling good about him.Why are we giving them a larger than life image? Why is the fanfare blinding and tieing our senses? Its time we appreciate all good movies, enjoy our self and see stars as mortals and just another human being.Most importantly be responsible users of social media and not being a part or victim of this negative publicity.


There are 1001 things to worry about. Our stars are going to make money no matter what. Time is so precious. Why waste it in unnecessary gratification that leads us no where. What if Mr.A or Mr.B is numero uno in the industry. What mileage does that give us?

P.S: The views expressed are my personal and not meant to hurt anybody. I'm sorry if it does so.