Michelle Yeoh doesn't mind doing Bollywood films

Growing up in Malaysia, watching Bollywood films are not uncommon and names like Shah Rukh Khan, Amitabh Bachan and Aishwarya Rai are familiar even to those who rarely watch Bollywood films. However, imagine hearing the name Michelle Yeoh. What?  Michelle Yeoh in a Bollywood movie! Yes the same Malaysian actress who became more famous after being a Bond girl in  Tomorrow Never Dies.

Yeoh who was in Goa, India last week, to host the closing ceremony of the International Film Festival of India, said that she had grown up in Malaysia watching Indian films and was impressed by the dance, colour and drama that were characteristic of a Bollywood film.

She was in Malaysia for a special screening of her latest movie The Lady which is about the struggles of Burmese freedom fighter Aung San Syu Ki. “Playing Aung San Suu Kyi was a journey in itself. She represents many things for many people and for many reasons. For the role I tried to step into her life," she said.

"Although I have played many important roles in my life, I can say that this role has been a journey of self-realisation for me. Suu Kyi is a strong lady and her journey through the travails has been an inspiration to me, on which my portrayal of the great lady is based,” she said.

 

Honestly, although I rarely watch Bollywood films myself and rarely see Chinese actors or actresses in the film, I wouldn't mind seeing Yeoh because she's a good actress and her presence may be what Bollywood needs to attract the Chinese to watch the film. Imagine people in China or Taiwan watching Bollywood movies. Why not? They do have subtitles for those who cannot understand Hindi or Tamil. 

 

Watch this space because we might just see Michelle Yeoh star in a Bollywood movie.

 

 

 

 

Clarkson from BBC Top Gear in trouble again

Oops he did it again.

Only this time Clarkson's angered the public by referring to people who throw themselves under trains as "selfish". His latest controversy comes after he got into trouble with the union for saying that workers who go on strike should be "shot".

Paul Farmer, chief executive of mental health group Mind, described the comments as "extraordinarily tasteless", especially in the wake of the death of footballer Gary Speed. He told BBC Radio 5 Live it was "extraordinarily tasteless in its tone". I think there will be many people who have lost loved ones to suicide and people who have contemplated suicide that will think it is in extremely bad taste.

Here are some videos that show just how controversial Clarkson is.

Honestly, I don't know whether he should be fired or whether he should resign but the videos you're about to see might help you decide whether you think he's gone too far or people are just overly sensitive.

Clarkson's suicide comment

Clarkson's public sector strike comment

To be fair to Clarkson, he did apologise for his comment about the strike.

Clarkson's public sector strike apology

And there are some who think people are just overreacting to what he said. What do you think?

If you're still undecided, know that he's also not very well liked by other celebrities either. One notable one is Piers Morgan.

Clarkson and Ian Hislop rubbishes Piers.

Clarkson locked in the toilet to Morgan's delight

Clarkson explains himself on Parkinson

Clarkson is so unpopular that there are videos by various individuals ridiculing him on youtube.

I also know that he's also not very well liked in Malaysia because of some comments he made about Malaysian cars previously. 

Clarkson destroys Malaysian car

Clarkson rubbishes Malaysian car

Personally, I think he didn't mean what he said about the strike and as for the suicide comment, I think if he had said it another time, it won't be as controversial as it is now. As you know, his comment coincides with  Gary Speed's suicide and Clarkson had only just got into trouble for the strike comment.

As for bashing Malaysian cars, Clarkson forgets that the Malaysian car industry is relatively young compared to established names like BMW, Honda, Ferrari and Volvo. Most of the cars that get good reviews from him are cars most people cannot afford.

He just needs to be more careful next time.  When you're a public figure, no matter how good you are at your job, people will scrutinise everything you say in public so if you're not careful, it can cost you your job as Richard Keys and Andy Gray found out not so long ago.

Miss Universe Malaysia 2012

I posted something on another popular website and as expected my comment got lukewarm responses. I'm just grateful I was able to say what I thought about the whole competition. Who says freedom of speech is dead in Malaysia?

Read on..........

IF it were up to me, none of the contestants would’ve been picked because none could answer questions eloquently and intelligently.It is no secret that the judges at the actual Miss Universe competition ask tough questions which catches even the most intelligent contestants off guard. In fact, some of the answers given by the girls who made the last four didn’t even make sense! Unfortunately we had to pick someone and in the end Kimberly (Penangite I think) won.

Curiously, when was the last time a non mixed parentage contestant or one who wasn’t from a private school won?

Last year, Deb Henry (half Irish, half Indian) won and this year’s winner is also half Malaysian half ang moh.

I don’t know whether it’s nerves or a sad reflection of our Malaysian education system but the quality of some of the contestants throughout the show, as seen from their answers to some of the more easy questions as well as their conduct off stage makes me wonder whether we should bother sending someone to represent the country if it would do more harm than good for our country’s reputation.

Just my 2 cents worth.

On the whole, great job again by the organisers in trying to find someone who can best represent the country though personally I think standards have dropped dramatically in the last ten years or so.

The contestants either don’t understand the question because of their poor command of English OR their command of English is good and they understand the question but their answer lacks substance because they don’t read enough (poor general knowledge).

Again, just my two cents worth.

Yep. I posted that on another website like I mentioned earlier.

Whether you agree or disagree, standards have dropped. Btw, I can't believe someone actually kept footage of old competitions like the one below.

I think people like Josephine Wong (Andrea Fonseka's mother) or even Lina Teoh can give the new generation a good run for their money. Also,  things might have been very different if Muslim women could still join beauty pageants because as you've just seen, in the past, we did have some good Muslim contestants (Yasmin Yusof and Erra Fazira to name a few).