Tamil Sardar - Superhero the world needs!!

(Originally designed for a superhero marketing competition by me and Virapandy)

The war (in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Africa etc) will soon be over. But unlike the ends that we have always known, this will be a fairy-tale, where none will die, none will kill and none will fight anymore. Soon the conflicts (even your inner ones) of the world will be resolved. If there is heaven, then it would be here, on earth. There won’t be crimes but only love and brotherhood. Armies will be disbanded and nuclear arsenals destroyed, falsifying the predictions of Armageddon. And there is only one way to a roseate future for you and me, and for mankind – Tamil Sardar!!


BACKGROUND STORY

Like all the superheroes, our Tamil Sardar also has a dark secret past. In his past life he was the dreaded, violent Sunny Deol from Gadar (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0284137/). On killing few thousand Pakistanis, a Sufi saint Baba Bakar from Karachi gave Sunny a curse (which would turn into a boon, as we would see later) that he would have to be reborn as a peace loving Tamil in small town of Thirunelvelli.

So, on the banks of Thamrabarni river on the auspicious day of Chitra Pornima a baby was born to Iyengar family. Nellai Simhasanadhipathi Krishnamachar Sundararaja Iyengar the baby is christened.

A Sanskara ceremony is performed on N S K Sundararaja at the age of 4 years in the Thiru pati temple. And since then he proudly wears his sacred thread Poonal.

At the age of 10, on his school trip to Amritsar, N S K Sundararaja finds himself in the premises of Golden Temple (again?). He ignores all the warnings of his teacher, mischievous boy that he is, and gets lost in the surrounding jungle; where he meets Baba Bakar. On this chance encounter, both Baba Bakar and N S K Sundararaja immediately recognise each other. The memories of his past life come back to him and he instantly becomes a disciple of Baba Bakar. On the advice of the holy Baba N S K Sundararaja becomes a devout Sikh again to rewrite his past. And thu s our superhero The Tamil Sardar in born!!

After becoming Sikh and roaming the Veerappan Jungle for few years; Tamil Sardar at the age 12, sits for the Kathor Tapashcharya in the penance of Saint Thomas, near the heart shape lake of Chembra peak. After 7 years of hardcore meditation, Saint Thomas is delighted and blesses Tamil Sardar with “Bhaichara” Laser, Lasso Poonal and replica of Vamana’s “Paduka” (slippers). That day Tamil Sardar takes upon himself the oath to bring about world peace “Vishva Shantata”. Armed with his Bhaicharaa Laser, Sufi Ideologies and Gandhian principles, Ta mil Sardar becomes the greatest superhero and proponent of peace and brotherhood ever to roam this earth!!


SUPERPOWERS

“Bhaicharaa” Laser:
The gun emits a strong dichromatic laser beam, which when hits the target, results in a complete transformation of a hothead aggressor into an understanding peace-lover. Given this divine power of the “Bhaicharaa Laser” our hero Tamil Sardar has the potential of solving conflicts, both small and big of today’s world. The Bhaicharaa laser would feature in many of the Ta mil Sardar’s adventures like ‘Tamil Sardar and the fall of Berlin wall’, ‘Tamil Sardar in Afghanistan’ ‘Tamil Sardar goes to Burma’ etc.

Poonal – (Sacred thread):
The Poonal, that Tamil Sardar wears across his torso has a meaning for him, for he had promised his great-grandfather that the Poonal would not be sacrificed for anything. So with him even the Poonal aquired extraordinary powers – and soubles up as a powerful lasso that he uses to capture thieves, murders and gangsters.

“Padukaa” - the divine slippers:
Padukaa is aerodynamically designed with properties of a boomerang and is used to hit communal leaders in public gatherings & press meets. With its special powers the Padukaa never misses its target and flies back to Tamil Sardar after every hit.

The miracle of Padukaa was demonstrated when our hero threw it towards Bush in a press meet. Fortunately (?), Bush ducked and it hit Obama who was standing behind and the results -Nobel peace prize et al.



Just being himself:
This is perhaps the most effective of Tamils Sardar’s superpowers. Visual below shows how Tamil Sardar finishes off Evil American Objectivist, just by being himself.

UNIQUE SELLING POINT (USP)

Just like every other Indian, Tamil Sardar is a result of years of diversity, multi-ethnicity and then the partition. Given his extraordinary life story, Tamil Sardar gets the fan following that no other superhero had gained in India. His Unique identity m akes him popular both in North and South India; he becomes the icon for national integration. Tamil Sardar truly lives by the Budhha’s words that “The way is not in the sky (As his western counterparts like superman, Batman, Spiderman etc would like to believe) but the way is in the heart!” Today’s world tormented with communal violence, strife and war needs som eone like Tamil Sardar to show them the way of harmony and peace. Tamil Sardar achieves all his unique feats (Kaarnaame) without shedding a single drop of blood, without loud threatening blasts and without any ‘collateral damage’. Apart from that he also doesn’t leave a trail of destruction, jeopardise infrastructure and rotten cobwebs wherever he goes. Tamils Sardar’s Unique Selling Points are unparalleled and best thing is – he isn’t selling anything!


CITY OF RESIDENCE

Just like any other Indian citizen, Tamil Sardar chooses his residence to earn his livelihood. When it comes to the question of an occupation, the choice is very obvious for Tamil Sardar. He is so inspired by the ‘Naan Autokaran’ (I’m Autowala) song from the Rajinikanth film “Badsha’ (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0139876/) that he decides to become taxiwala in the metropolis of Bombay, err... Mumbai (only until when Raj Thackrey confronts our Tamil Sardar). He calls his taxi, a 1977 Ambassador bought for Rs.999.99/- only, by the name ‘Ducati’. Mumbai the potpourri of cultures becomes a natural home for Tamil Sardar. And communal forces are close at hand!


ATTIRE