Moments of Koffee with Anu - Parthiban

Although I have been watching all of the episodes of Koffee with Anu ( Thanks to my DVR ), some personalities inspire me so much, I have to come and write about them here.

This week it was Parthiban and another actress whose name I don't know ( she has acted in among other movies, "Thavamai Thavamirundhu") and who was a Miss Andra Pradesh.
Back to Parthiban, whom this post is going to be about. Some moments:

Anu: These days its becoming very easy for new comers to break into the movie industry than when you guys came in. Don't you think its true?
Parthiban: The industry folks back then, when we came in would have said the samething that it was easy for us to come in as compared to them. It might be an on going phenomenon.

Anu: You had mentioned in your book "Kirukkalgal" that a poem inspired you to live when you where struggling.
Parthiban: Everyone who struggles sometimes thinks of death and it needs courage to come out at that moment. I had mentioned in "Kirukalgal" that this poem inspired me :

"Vaazndhu enna seyya pogirom, sethu thulaippome"
"Sethu enna pogirom, vaandhu dhaan thulaippome"

A bit later in the show:
Anu: A poem which inspired you recently.
Parthiban ( with a rose in his hand ): Mulkal irundhum, sirikka marakka villayee malargal!!

Something I didn't know: Parthiban runs an orphanage and spends a great deal of time with those kids. He is supposed to be a great dad for his 3 kids.

Movie trivia: The Parthiban-Vadivelu jokes which started with Barathi-Kannama were all penned for a parthiban movie when Vadivelu wasn't that big a star but the movie didn't get started after scripting. Parthiban had asked cheran to include it in B-K citing the movie to be too serious which cheran resisted but included at the insistance of the producer who loved the idea. Later, cheran include the same in his next movie by himself.

There are some episodes which Anu really has to manage it through because of the guests. But not this one, Patrhiban was quick and witty and there was no moment when the show got slow. He also showed that he was a great thinker and a quick thinker. Adding "Kirukkalgal" to my wish list to read.

Overall, Anu has been doing a great job with the show ( sorry suchi ), has handled any kind of guest from the moody and depressed ( "Raghuvaran" ), the oldies ( "Saroja Devi"), the thoughtful ( "Vivek"), to the quick and witty ("Parthiban"). She deserves a great kudos for a job fabulously done.