Controversy Sells But for Kadal it's just too Late

The latest on Mani Ratnam's disastrous 'Kadal' is that the Madras High Court has issued a notice to Mani Ratnam and the censor board officials who censored the movie.Earlier a petitioner had filed a case against the movie saying that it hurts Christian sentiments and that they wanted the censor certificate to be canceled.

It would have done a world of good for Kadal's publicity if this had come before the movie hit the screens,we wonder if the call for this ban comes in a bit too late since the movie reel has been packed up and shelved in most of the theatres.'Kadal' as we all know hit the screens on February 1st amidst the hurricane controversy which was surrounding 'Vishwaroopam'.It opened to a very poor response and ended up as the worst ever opening for a Mani film in over a decade.

As rumours went around that 'Kadal' could be pushed to a later date to support 'Vishwaroopam' but it wasn't the case and the team decided to release it on February 1st and it ended up being a debacle of sorts.Critics had thrashed the movie for it's wafer thin screenplay and some even went on to term it as Mani's worst movie in his career, but noted national award winning film critic Baradwaj Rangan who recently released a book called 'Conversations with Mani Ratnam' was all praises for the movie.In his review he termed the movie as "interesting", this certainly didn't go well with the readers and his review wasn't well received.Note that Rangan has admitted that he is a fan of the man and ever since debates on the topic should fan boys be allowed to review their idols work went around.