Bangkok, Thailand

Experience 1

Koooool....
 
 Thatz what we can simply say after seeing the crowd in the SFX Cine Complex - Theater 15 in these 2 days. Not only Tamilians, but also a lot of north Indians, Thai, Japanese, and surprisingly some Europeans.
 
Sivaji...Super Star Rajini's latest mega super hit movie got released here on 30th June and 1st July. The 700 seater SFX 15 cinema never got these much audience before, the theater people say.
 
On the first day the show was HOUSE FULL. Even about 30 to 40 tickets were over booked and they've got seats on the walk way in the middle which brings us the good olden our mother country theater memories.
 
 The crowd, the sound, the music, whistling, screaming, etc..etc.. are all new to the Thais. They're already familiar with 007, Jackie, even the Tom Yum Goong hero... But they never seen these kind of experience in Bangkok same like Sivaji. So Rajinikanth has not only broken south and north india divide. But also the world boundaries.
 
This is the 3rd Tamil Movie ever screened in Thailand. The first one was Jeans (Directed by Mr. Shankar - the same director of 'Sivaji'). The second one was 'Kandukondaen Kandukondaen'. And this 'Sivaji' is the 3rd one. But those 2 movies were screend in small theatres and only one show. But 'Sivaji' screened in big seating capacity theater and 2 shows and almost both the shows were heavily crowded.
 
On the 2nd day I've seen a lot of repeated fans (including me ;) 

K. Rameshkumar

Experience 2

Well There are only few instances in your life when you would experience the nerve breaking excitement & joy - like the childhood Diwali days with the fire crackers - like the first time your heart opened for a girl - like you first month pay cheque - like the first kiss. There were millions on people with that same feeling , eyes at the calendar for 15th June. Its not Diwali or Christmas or New year . Its the Opening day of "Sivaji " . Well most of them wont understand why the Tamilians (Well Now There are lots of rajni fans who are not Tamilians) are so crazy for Rajnikanth , There are so many actors who look better , who acts better but why then Rajnikanth ? ? ? Its not a million dollar question the answer is very simple , Rajnikanth is not just an actor he is way of life for most of the Tamils. He is the only person on the screen who can make you forget your worries and relax in your fantasy world. He has this magnetic field in eyes which pulls many of us in to him . Well for the people who don't feel that magnetic field, I am sorry pity you guys.........


So Sivaji rocked the world from 15th June and we in Bangkok were counting stars and the utter disappointment when your family and the friends all over the world watched it and calls you and bhla...bhla ...about the movie. You feel so bad you wanna fly to Singapore or Malaysia to watch the movie.But how many of them can do that . At last the big news came in "Sivaji " would be screen in Bangkok on the 30th June and 1st July . I don't know who is in charge of getting the movie to Bangkok , but I would like to say my sincere thanks to him for fulfilling the dreams of hundreds.

Got a ticket went couple of hours early (too excited) to the Mall where the movie would be shown, had something to bite and back to the entry to the movie hall ...........whow.......whats that!!!! is there any pop star coming in or anyone chipping in some freebies. huge massive no of people. I have never seen that kind of crowd anywhere in any mall in Thailand. Well then I realised one thing !!!!!!!! that I am not alone..........


The movie was delayed for a while but who cares ...the excitement to Rajni is growing higher and higher by the seconds . then came in the surprising trailer of "Sultan " The crowd went crazy , they were whistling , cheering , that's something new for movie goers in Thailand , Then the actually movie started the decibel levels was so high that any device to calculate the cheering and applause would have been broken . Well I don't have to tell so much about the movie as you would have seen or heard but I just have one thing to say about the movie...

Sivaji ? Chumma Adhirudhulla...

best wishes
Charles Somasekar
Bangkok - Thailand.