Tamil Movies | Trailers | Comedy | Slideshows | Top Ten | Interviews
Movie News | Previews | Reviews | Music Review | Packages | Rising Stars
Articles | Classic Movies | Movie Personalities | Tech&Tech | Contact Us
Behindwoods Logo
   
 
Maddy dumbfounded!
By Behindwoods News Bureau.
November 28, 2007
News papers and few billboards across the city today carried pictures of Madhavan’s mouth stuck with the words “A cocktail of 100,000 chemicals surround you.” This has caught the attention of everyone and even left people guessing if it was some kind of promotion for a sci-fi film.
Madhavan

But all this is a part of a campaign, by this socially conscious star, against pollution and the effects of global warming. Addressing the press and guests last night, who had gathered at Rain Tree, an eco-friendly hotel in Chennai, Maddy asked “When was the last time you actually saw a sparrow in your home?” Looking meaningfully at the audience, he added, “Or heard a frog croak in the monsoon? Or a bird chirp – not cough – in the morning?” He continued, “I grew up to the sound of sparrows. As a boy, in summer, my job was to ensure that they didn’t make nests above the fan. My kid doesn’t know what a sparrow looks like. And he’s three years old.” He attributed this to lack of worms in the soil, which have succumbed to pollution from petroleum exhausts.

He then went on to give an elaborate lecture on the causes and reasons behind global warming, complete with charts, graphs, statistics and maps. It was an enlightening lecture from the star and the audiences were thrown into a tizzy seeing all this happen to the world around them. He even sent a chill down their spines when he said “There’s no more winter in Chennai, the rain is unpredictable, there’s no water… soon we will be able to make dosas on the road. Omelets also. The only question is: Will we be around to eat those things? And all this is because of us.”

He came out with some easy tips on energy conservation like turning off air conditioners during the rainy season, using trains instead of cars for transportation and also to try out car pools. Another noteworthy suggestion, he made, was to take a walk to places nearby rather than use a car. According to him, this would prevent us from ending up in hospitals in the future as a result of Asthma and wheezing as cases of this disease is already on the rise due to pollution.

All this was a part of a global campaign by popular ayurvedic brand Pankajakasthuri, which is used as an anti-asthmatic.

behindwoods.com India Search
News Link
Rajini getting ready to celebrate
More News
News Arrow Is it Ajith-Vijay or Surya-Vikram combo?   News Arrow Play Soccer with John
    News Arrow Arjun joins hands with Simbu’s ex
  News Arrow Billa Skyrocketing!
  News Arrow Vijay says No Smoking in a Hari
  News Arrow Jeevan running out of heroines
  News Arrow Soft romance back to Kollywood
  News Arrow FEFSI to announce wages revision
  News Arrow Ajith halts Chennai city’s normalcy briefly
  News Arrow Vijay suggests cuts in Kuruvi
  News Arrow Namitha’s transformation with ATM
  News Arrow Ajith’s exclusive interview
  News Arrow Bharath and Ravi in double trouble
  News Arrow Now a Tamil - Telugu barter
  News Arrow Prakash Raj tries an OSO
News Arrow Maddy dumbfounded!   News Arrow 'Rajini did it, so should Vijay...'
News Arrow Rajini getting ready to celebrate   News Arrow Vattaram - Santosh Subramaniam link
News Arrow Now they are after Simbu, Ajith and Dhanush   News Arrow First a lighthouse now a 500 year old tree
News Arrow Jeeva’s honeymoon   News Arrow Polladhavan in legal wrangle!
 
 
Everything about Tamil movies, Tamil Actors, Tamil Actresses, Tamil Cinema & Kollywood
Behindwoods.com 2004-2007 ; Privacy Policy ; Terms of Service ; For advertising contact behindw@behindwoods.com