Chiru has helped set the standard by which I judge rain songs. Perhaps it is his energy, his gleeful style and cheeky expressions, his dedication to lycra and mesh attire, or maybe it all comes back to those eyes. Is there a Mega Rain Gene? Whatever. Watching him dance happily in the rain is quite life enhancing, I find.
Although this example from Gharana Mogudu is impossible to un-see
I barely noticed all the soggy and bedraggled wildlife in this song.
And here he is rocking a puffy shirt in this classic from Gang Leader
And the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.
I’m sure there are more Mega rain moments, but these are my favourites. What are yours?
August 22 is not far away, so it is time to start thinking about Megabirthday 2012!
I need no excuse to squee over Chiru, but a birthday is always fun to celebrate. Chiranjeevi has delighted me when I have needed cheering up, entertained me on dull grey rainy days and made me wonder when stocky men in lycra pants became my type.
I realised I may have a problem when I watched the following clip and wondered if they gave Butterfly Chiru green lettuce-ish wings because his character is a porter in a vegetable market and decided that would make sense. The question I should have been asking was – since when does Batman wear yellow kneepads and turn into a vampire? Perhaps I was distracted by the excellent Robin Hood attire. Or the ewoks. Probably just the megaboots.
I bought THREE copies of that DVD because two of them didn’t include that song in the movie (Muttamestri – I’ll be blogging about it in August).
We’ll be posting Megabirthday stuff here between 18-31 August. As always, the more the merrier so please join in if you feel inclined. I’ll collate the links and be tweeting them as they appear. The Twitter hashtag is #Megabirthday2012 or you can email cinemachaat at gmail dot com or post a link here. Go on! You know you want to.
Totally Filmi has already taken the plunge. See Katherine’s first Mega encounter here.
I will leave you some inspiration and the sheer joyful energy that is a hallmark of Chiru’s dancing.
Cinema Chaat 