One of the most “entertaining” TV Viewings of the weekend was this Godman who threatened to shoot himself in front of TV cameras. Finally the police managed to wrestle the gun away from the retard but not before it went off and he suffered minor injuries. The cops failed in their jobs once again. They should have shown this guy the right way to shoot himself.
One thing that struck me was that he kept talking into his mobile phone. All I could think of was the poor mobile operator who had no way of getting his money if this guy took his life… anyhow don’t think the operator has any hopes now as well. What with the “revered” one in jail.
In an exclusive interview to a TV Channel he said that he did not have even a thousand rupees in his bank account and he was taking this extreme step because people were not heeding his pleas to donate money to the poor. Sure.. sure… what noble thoughts.
May 19, 2008 at 7:51 am |
haha. this guy is for publicity I believe. He would be like Santhosh Madavan ( another Godman in kerala arrested for rape,fraud etc) is getting all the attention… I want some air time too. here I go…. and quickly calls up the press, cops and then gets the gun from the attic, grabs a mobile and starts the show.
I guess if he wanted more money, he could beg.
he had just 1000Rs in his account, but had a gun. oh that’s interesting.
May 19, 2008 at 8:41 am |
Ha Ha… you wrote my views.
Echo Xylene’s views. Why couldn’t he work for money.. finding easy way out, eh ?
May 19, 2008 at 9:24 am |
“godmen” have gone crazy in Kerala because no one trust them anymore…. thanks to TV channels there!
I used to think media in kerala was just a gimmick till they came up with that video tape which trapped Santhosh Madavan (The guy Xylene mentioned)
But I fail to understand what this guys point was.. he got some publicity alright but what is he gonna gain out of this?
May 19, 2008 at 9:32 am |
@xylene: Thats what he said in his “interview” tried to find the video online but couldn’t. By the way good suggestion on alternative jobs.
@Cuckoo: Thanks. I think several screws came loose at the same time
@Balu: What did he gain? Free food and lodging for some time
May 19, 2008 at 9:49 am |
Oh Ye Unbelievers!
What is a little drama when it can result in tremendous “savings”?? We have such people on our tv all the time except that it works the other way around! Either-you-give-us-the-money or rot-in-hell attitude!!!!!! HEH HEH HEH!
ps:The font on your blog has become soooooo small that I can barely see what I am typing. So all typos are mine and I apoligize,
May 19, 2008 at 12:17 pm |
cops ge bandre taane sir, teach maadlikke.
They are equal to him in goofing up–as in the aarushi case.
he will find a better teacher now ……
May 19, 2008 at 3:07 pm |
By “poor” I guess he meant himself ?
May 19, 2008 at 4:23 pm |
Its his own version of Phone Booth!!! hahaha!!!
These people are so frikkin weird!! They should’ve shot him and solved his problems!
May 20, 2008 at 5:32 am |
Ha Ha.. This reminds me one episode which happened at mysore during late 80’s..
One goon hit one lawyer and climbed a coconut tree in that saraswathipuram park(2nd main)… He was there I think for 2 days and later Cine Star Ambarish came in to call him down.. That was a seriously funny episode which ‘Star Of Mysore’ followed religiously!
May 20, 2008 at 10:32 am |
@My3 (or should I say My#): Oh ya I still remember Tammy (Boo Hoo) Baker…
@Neela: Sad but true
@Lekhni: poor guy… yes and he would in turn “give” to charities
@Nilhil: lol… the guy probably has followers
@Veena: Funny story… wonder how they convinced Ambarish to come…did he ask for Ambarish?
May 20, 2008 at 11:13 am |
In Australia there are so many bleeding hearts that this guy would become a national symbol for the poor & downtrodden and there’d be a fund-raising exercise to get him some money, a job, a life and some help. I’m not sure which is the right reaction, that one or yours. Interesting.
May 20, 2008 at 11:57 am |
@Ray: plenty of these morons here. We’d gladly export some. .
May 20, 2008 at 3:46 pm |
[...] Does people go to any extent to get that 3 minutes of fame on TV?. Recently a ‘not so popular’ Godman was arrested for fraud and rape in Kerala. This made another guy in the same profession working on God domain sad as he was not getting his share of airtime. So he went on to get a gun from attic, called up the press, cops, paid a woman to scream and staged a drama to get some attention. And he got it. Big time. The video of this guy trying to suicide was all over the news. I am not sure why he did that, most of channels airing the video did not even know this guy’s name and they referred to him as ‘Godman’. But then it was entertaining. [...]
May 20, 2008 at 4:59 pm |
Vijay, I don’t remember if he asked. People(Police?) just tried that option. One thing I remember was .. we were disallowed to pass through that park which was near our school. And in those 1-2 days, he finished up all the tender cocunuts there.