Will they ever learn?

The fascination for the Malaysian Indian politicians held by the Tamil artistes from Tamil Nadu, and vice versa, has never failed to amaze me.

Just about any artistes have gone on record to say that they have never failed to personally meet any of our Indian leaders whenever they are down in Malaysia.

Some even have gone on record to say that they have our community’s great leader’s personal handphone number in their possession and that they could call him at any time.

Likewise, our great leader and his urchins too have never failed to play perfect hosts for these movie people. The great leader himself likes to portray himself as the guardian of Tamil culture, arts and cinema in Malaysia.

So, in the midst of all these comes a big complaint from a senior Tamil actor SV Shekher, who himself in the past has been more than vocal in showing his appreciations and gratitude to our local Indian politicians.

This is what he was reported as saying in the Hindu today:

"Taken in by the words of a minister from Malaysia who threw open an invitation to our film units to come over and shoot there, I took my crew. Leave alone helping us out, I couldn’t even get an appointment to meet him," says a vexed Shekher.

Well he should have known better that to just hop into the first available flight to come shooting here.

Which Indian minister in the Malaysian cabinet can guarantee him the total freedom to shoot in Malaysia without any hassle? Shouldn’t Shekher has done some homework on his own too?

Well, serves him right. At least now they (these Tamil Nadu cinema folks) will learn the truth about our local politicians, who in the first place are helpless to even assist the local Indian community, let alone fighting red tape to help Indians from India.

But I am sure their common fascination will continue to grow unabated.