Thanks Again!

Friday, March 7, was this blog's 3-year anniversary, with my first post being recorded on the rather unremarkable date of March 7, 2005. I definitely didn't think I'd be blogging for 3 years when I started blogging. After all, I started this blog simply because everybody else seemed to be doing it and not because I possessed some extraordinary, useful knowledge that I just had to share with the rest of the world! So I admit with no hesitation whatsoever that hitting this 3-year mark is solely because of you readers. Even with my love of movies(Tamil, in particular) and love of writing, its doubtful if I'd have continued blogging for 3 years without the enthusiastic comments, interesting discussions, entertaining arguments and fun trivia. And its been a lot of fun. So once again, a big 'Thank You' for visiting inspite of the site's staunch policy to focus on the trivial and the frivolous.

Now, a confession. I'm a lot less confident about this blog seeing its next anniversary than I was on the same date last year. And that's because I've noticed less enthusiasm on my part when it comes to this blog. Nothing much has changed on the personal front. My wife is still as opposed to this blog(though, in her defense, her opposition is to me spending too much time on the computer and not to the blog per se), my daughter is still as attention-demanding and my son is still as mischievous as last year. I do have a new job but since I do most of my blogging at night, that doesn't have much of an effect. So I think the only thing that's leading to this dwindling enthusiasm is a general lack of excitement about Tamil cinema, which clearly is the primary subject of this blog. And based on the recent dip in hits and fall in comments, I'm pretty sure that I'm not alone in feeling this way.

2007 wasn't exactly a stellar year for Tamil cinema but by this time last year, we'd already had a commercial superhit in Pokkiri, an excellent, feel-good charmer in Mozhi and a rural, near-classic in Paruthi Veeran. Compared to that, it has been real slim pickings so far this year with Anjaathey, Pirivom Sandhippom and Pudichirukku, the three best movies so far this year, definitely not in the same league as those movies, either in quality or in box-office impact. A year ago, there was a lot of excitement in the air about upcoming releases too, with Sivaji leading the pack and Billa, Dasaavathaaram and Bheema(we thought those would be releasing last year too, right?) right behind. But barring Dasaavathaaram and Kuselan, I'm not excited as much about the roster this year and even with those two films, Dasaavathaaram hype hasn't picked up yet while the excitement about Kuselan is tempered by the fact that it is being helmed by P.Vasu. I usually write a 'Coming Soon' post about movies I'm excited about but my last such post was more than a month ago for Indralogathil Na. Azhagappan(we all know how that film turned out!) and that's a pretty good indication of my excitement level so far this year.

I love Tamil movies and I love writing about them. So I'm pretty sure that all it's gonna take to get my excitement level back up again is a couple of really good movies. I just hope it happens sooner rather than later. And I'm sure you do too...