tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3523224.post8438374515042781545..comments2023-10-26T17:15:40.259+05:30Comments on Clipboard Conversations: India's Got Tortured Genius?J Ramanandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03700969855424872769noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3523224.post-52052134849248322602010-05-08T08:27:47.401+05:302010-05-08T08:27:47.401+05:30Srihari: Savithri, perhaps. Yes, torment is usuall...Srihari: Savithri, perhaps. Yes, torment is usually silently suffered.<br /><br />Upasna: Dev.D is a separate discussion, but I found it interesting that the saviour of both Dev.D and his creator were the same person, so I can't help feeling AK projected his life on the story.<br /><br />Meghana: I think it's a lot less public - someone would prefer silent dysfunctionality rather than disturb the image of a talent. (A Tiger Woodsian fate, I wonder.)J Ramanandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03700969855424872769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3523224.post-77147087639744313022010-05-08T05:09:10.471+05:302010-05-08T05:09:10.471+05:30Lots of suggestions above that I agree with. But I...Lots of suggestions above that I agree with. But I do feel the torture levels are lower in India, or probably less sensationalized.Meghana Kshirsagarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15047128986670807386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3523224.post-812262030377368682010-05-07T13:59:46.550+05:302010-05-07T13:59:46.550+05:30Yes that one, and it felt very real. I have to als...Yes that one, and it felt very real. I have to also add, I didn't particularly mind how Dev D ended. But love has done strange things to Anurag K read his interview with Filmfare, it was slightly tacky...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02552591635144016691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3523224.post-39302844720351098252010-05-07T12:33:11.060+05:302010-05-07T12:33:11.060+05:30Actress Saavithri, perhaps?
I do not think Bharat...Actress Saavithri, perhaps?<br /><br />I do not think Bharathiyar fall under this category, but never know for sure.<br /><br />Also I feel, most of the time we do not know, most of the stuff are kept away from general public/cleaned under the carpet, the "god/clean/uncontroversial" image is maintained at any cost and so on. <br /><br />SrihariAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3523224.post-38709392729392713302010-05-07T00:32:05.967+05:302010-05-07T00:32:05.967+05:30I never put the unsatisfactory ending of Dev. D wi...I never put the unsatisfactory ending of Dev. D with his dating Kalki K until you blogged about it. It just came together then :).Ajayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04768897856311669412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3523224.post-37933349438087803552010-05-06T19:11:54.636+05:302010-05-06T19:11:54.636+05:30D: quite; degree of tolerance would be fairly low
...D: quite; degree of tolerance would be fairly low<br />Not so convinced about Ray - sure he was immensely gifted, a genius polymath, but falls short on the self-defeating behaviour :-) (just one affair and a pipe-smoking habit :-P)<br /><br />All: Guru Dutt - yes, very much - how could I have missed him? very sad. Wish someone could have intervened.<br /><br />Ajay: apropos Anurag K - very much so (I thought of the same later - love did screw up the ending of Dev.D - now waiting to see what effect it has on the rest of his career :) )<br /><br />Anon: quite a list of Tamil TGs there. But Bharatiyaar? Didn't know that.<br /><br />Salil: I quite agree - Ramanujan perhaps didn't quite come to terms with honing a talent overseas. His bio does suggest a persona uneasy with many things.<br /><br />Anand: RGV!! No, drugged promiscuity is a sufficient condition, not necessary :-) Wondering if Mithun qualifies as one - someone who seems to have deliberately taken his acting career downhill, caring not a whit.<br /><br />Upasna: Dr. Roy from Ek Doctor Ki Maut? quite a movie, that.J Ramanandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03700969855424872769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3523224.post-66799241256361201092010-05-06T12:09:43.938+05:302010-05-06T12:09:43.938+05:30But Dr Dipankar Roy was a TG! Don't movies ref...But Dr Dipankar Roy was a TG! Don't movies reflect the state of the world we are in :DAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02552591635144016691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3523224.post-38954207467077620582010-05-06T01:36:47.347+05:302010-05-06T01:36:47.347+05:30Can only think of Adrian Ezra, Rohit Rajpal, RGV, ...Can only think of Adrian Ezra, Rohit Rajpal, RGV, D Pillay, Rakesh Mohan !<br />Is drugged promiscuity the only sign of a genius / If not, then leave the tepid Brits out.<br />Do torturing geniuses count ? :)anandhttp://www.ssanand.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3523224.post-78318472760004946292010-05-06T01:28:43.150+05:302010-05-06T01:28:43.150+05:30Vague one: Srinivasa Ramanujan - genius beyond dou...Vague one: Srinivasa Ramanujan - genius beyond doubt. No self-destructive tendencies, but his self-imposed strict dietary habits and lack of suitable options pretty much screwed his stay in England and health thereafter.Salilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11766706291407000110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3523224.post-44558310167678657852010-05-06T01:22:43.757+05:302010-05-06T01:22:43.757+05:30surely, guru dutt counts as onesurely, guru dutt counts as oneAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3523224.post-17335277872816637322010-05-06T01:21:27.535+05:302010-05-06T01:21:27.535+05:30surely, guru dutt counts as onesurely, guru dutt counts as oneAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3523224.post-4174363119818228332010-05-06T00:37:52.349+05:302010-05-06T00:37:52.349+05:30Bharathiar, Guru Dutt, Pudhumai Pithan, Ramanujan,...Bharathiar, Guru Dutt, Pudhumai Pithan, Ramanujan, Raghuvaran, Chandrababu, Kannadasan.<br />Every Indian writer / poet / film personality who is roundly dismissed as an alcoholic has immense TG potential.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3523224.post-11718787516409382952010-05-05T22:05:09.923+05:302010-05-05T22:05:09.923+05:30Guru Dutt?
Anurag Kashyap was one for a while, b...Guru Dutt? <br /><br />Anurag Kashyap was one for a while, but then his films started getting released and he found love :)Ajayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04768897856311669412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3523224.post-56256399667717218302010-05-05T21:43:40.984+05:302010-05-05T21:43:40.984+05:30trouble is that as a culture we don't seem to ...trouble is that as a culture we don't seem to be open with being twisted or complex...<br /><br />Ray comes to mind. it is not uncommon knowledge that while he had the talent of about 6 gifted people atleast, he wasn't much as a family man and quite cranky to shoot with.<br /><br />Guru Dutt was definitely in the tortured zone and KGP is enough to qualify him in the genius category...<br /><br />Not sure Kishore Kumar was "tortured" much but he was one of a kind alright...<br /><br />More when I remember stuff...Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14836862747392341766noreply@blogger.com