

Though not the greatest film made, it certainly is a special film simply because it was a first of its kind in Tamil cinema. That aside, there is no denying the films its place. For instance, I have had issues with killing one of the Reddys inside a car as was done in Godfather. I watched the film again after reading his piece. Nayagan released 25 years back yesterday and Kamal wrote a superb piece on it for The Hindu. My heart is in the memories, there with Sachin in the memories,Īnd I must pause till it come back to me. O judgment! thou art fled to brutish beasts,Īnd men have lost their reason. What cause withholds you then, to celebrate his career? You all did love him once, not without cause: I speak not to disprove what the nation spoke, Which he did not and came back for the team: was this ambition? He could have slunk away for his father, a no mean excuse. You all did see that on the balmy World Cup in England When that the public have cried, as in Chepauk in 1999 against Pakistan, Sachin hath wept:Īmbition should be made of sterner stuff: He hath brought many victories home to India He was my friend, faithful and just to me: Here, under leave of the nation and the rest–įor we as a nation are full of honourable men and women The good is oft interred with their bones I come to observe Sachin’s career, not to praise it. Friends, Indians, countrymen, lend me your ears
