“Makkal Tolaikachi” channel on ASTRO
The only channel in ASTRO which I found to be quite interesting, irritating and informative at the same time – Makkal Tolaikachi. Interesting because of their FULL USAGE of Tamil throughout all their programmes. Now, that is amazing! Irritating due to some silly faces that would appear in some of their programmes and finally, informative because most of their news and documentaries are straightforward, as they would not even bother to censor some of those OGRISH scenes! Woohooo!
Allright, I admit it. MOST SOME of the time I won’t be understanding what the hell they are talking as their Tamil language is totally different from what I speak at home. Or should I say PURE Tamil. At least those Sun TV and our local hosts are understandable, but not these Makkal TV Tolaikachi dudes. It is like they are emphasizing a 100%-pure-Tamil-usage policy and not a single English word would be coming out from their mouth. At times, whenever I have some free time, I would be concentrating fully on the host and would be eagerly waiting for him/her to accidentally say an English word but to no avail. How sad!
I just thought to myself, how If our ‘local kaigels‘ happened to get a job at Makkal Tolaikachi and how would they perform, let’s say, being a host for a telephone Q&A session?
1. Hello….. Bang, sowkiyama bang….?
2. Hello….. Ungge perru enna LA?
3. Hai…. Yo…Yo…Yo… Yepidi irukingge LA?
For your HELLO and HAI, be prepared to get a smack on your head by those big heads at Makkal Tolaikachi. For your LA, BANG, and YO YO YO, be prepared to get your ass kicked from that place and go and find another job will ya?
How if our “local hot Bangsar chicks” got a job there and how would they talk?
1. ACTUALLY ningge…. SO ningge…. WELL….
2. Yeppidi irukkingGE? (pronounced “GER”)
3. THANK YOU VERY MUCH call panuthekku….
The above are some of the examples on how one can get their ass kicked instantly if they happened to be working as a host at Makkal Tolaikachi. So, how would the correct saying goes?
Makkal Vanakam. Aiya/Amma nalla irukinggila?
Wow, that sounds nice! But, would that kind of language suit the younger audiences, especially our Malaysian Indian adolescent viewers? And, what’s up with some of the male hosts wearing the vesthi when reading the news, which is, something very very rare? Hmmmmm.
And, did you guys noticed that their channel name is not even Makkal TV, but Makkal Tolaikachi? LOL! I do respect them for being very strict as they are doing their level best to instill our Tamil culture in every possible angles, but sometimes, I found that channel to be FUNNY! No offence to all those Makkal TV Tolaikachi fans but this is what I would feel!
As a conclusion, this channel is a mixture of “pure and unbiased information, irritation*, annoyances*, interesting as well as funny”!
*Irritating and annoying. For instance, there would be a programme where as two person would be arguing trivially by singing and dancing and I really feel like smacking those two fellas.
*Not even a single snap or a news about the Tamil film industry and/or its actors and actresses? WTF? LOL!
Scenery 1:Makkez : Hey KamCi (Real name Kamachi – Clubbing chick – Tamil ponnu), do you watch that Makkal Tolaikachi channel? It is nice you know.
KamCi : Makkez, PUHLEASSEEEEE LAR!
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17 Responses for "“Makkal Tolaikachi” channel on ASTRO"
makkez u forgot smthng..
KamCi : Makkez y u talking like to me yar. makkal tollaikaachi is not for me yar. puhleesss yar.
Oh yeah, forgot to add the YAR!
Thanks for reminding! Haha.
enna laa makkez
Makkal(ez) Vanakam,
Dr. S. Ramdoss is the man behind Makkal TV *Tolaikatchi* and all the policies that was enforced in Makkal TV. I am not sure if you ever heard about him. He is a famous politician at Tamil Nadu who starts the campaign where all the tamil films titles must be named in tamil and he also starts war against biggies like Rajni kanth for smoking on the big screen. He also used 2 have good argument and professional debates for a few weeks long in TV news with a “NEW” director if ah ha BF stands for “ah ah best friend” or “ah ah blue film”. I remember his press statement that makkal tv will never telecast any cinema related contents and they will concentrates on TV shows that benefit the people of Tamil Nadu.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pattali_Makkal_Katchi
Makkal Payanura Vendum!
jojo
Makkez,
Makkal Vanakam.
Ninggel elithiyethe en kannei thirenthe vithethe.
Ayya/Amma Ellam vithelei nallama?
Mindum Santhipom.
Makkal Vanakam.
haha..damn ur article is good..I like the ending..haha..The next time, any ‘westernized’ indian gal see u , habislah u punyer cerita..kakakakaka
hahahah….KAMCI—>Nethi Adi makke……
have to agree about those two fella dancing for 1 hour,damn irritating..
to all KAMCI’s and SAM’s (muthusamy or samy values)out there..be proud of your roots…
haha. This guy is funny la!
Makkez,vanakam….tanggel sonethe ellam unmei thaan…ungel elethegel durai kannei ipethaan tirenthe…nalethe seithe viterigel…ore puli ungeleke..
Nandri,
Vanakam.
Hats off to you for writing an interesting article about Makkal Tolaikachi. Probably the channels importance arent much emphasized here in Malaysia, but certainly i think, it brings a lot of meaning for the people in India. Malaysian Indians cant stand a chance against them for the usage of Tamil language…hehe
but if they want, they can i believe and hoping so…
In Sri Lanka Tamilan sacrified their life for tamil & country for tamil (Tamil Eelam), here we discuss and joke on people who speak in proper Tamil? Shame on you Malaysian Tamils.
@jojo
Wow, thanks for the valuable information!
@Durai
Makkal Vanakam!
Mikka magalchi! Vitulle ellam nallam. Anggeyum nallama irukenomnu nan vendikiren.
@Vivek
That’s for sure! Haha.
@NUTCASE
@rubenee
Makkal Vanakam!
Mikka magalchi!
@beezkud
Thanks bro! And, gotta agree with ya!
@Shanmuga
Please don’t start a country war here. Cheers.
i spend most of my time watchin this channel.. very usefull for me to improve my tamil..
Raaja
http://tamilwriters.net
hahaha! u make m laugh!
Greetings from all india human rights scoiety general secretary. Chennai.
please send all district news reporter names and Personal conduct Numbers to send my e amil id.
Thankyou
for all india human rights protectionsociety
general Secretary
i like ur programmes !!!!!!!!!!!! tat is eelam thmilaragal
I LIKE TO WACH MAKKAL SEITHI. NICE
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