bruce lee mani in what was a spontaneous outburst when the common wealth games was making all the wrong noises in everyday news wrote the song kickbackistan i was a little disappointed it did not win for best film as i sincerely felt it deserved the it professional the rag picker the government official the college student the social activist the shop owner were all there the winning video was unveiled at iimbangalore where i lectured on being a relevant career musician in india a matter of time while shooting for the film redemptionin liberia i saw a woman whose brother had been murdered ostensibly forgives a man who had killed him and so photographed the moment today i get calls from people in chennai gurgaon punjab kolkata the entire country is growing for a greener world says dr viswanath kenneth turan the la times film critic has called it one of the ten best films of 2011 and it has received incredible reviews by leading critics his coproduced film the redemption of general butt naked won an award for best cinematography it seemed right to have that manic punkinfluenced energy angst in the song with help from friends we managed to put together wwwkickoutcorruptioncom to launch an online video competition for kickbackistan we were among the first voices raised in the anticorruption movement that swept this country last year a movement fuelled by genuine anger shame and a desire for change i prodded on and after 2005 my efforts started bearing fruit from the 70yearold to the 5yearold this increasing tribe of ugly indians is amidst us and yet chooses to remain faceless as the ugly indian a movement towards a cleaner bangalore celebrated its first birthday on november 12 this year several bangaloreans turned up to see just who was busy keeping their city clean it seemed strange to me that people who have suffered terribly find it easier to forgive says ryan oota from your thota was born in answer to this growing movement towards a greener bangalore and so for the first time in august we invited people connected to kitchen gardening to participate in our mela dr bn viswanath created a green wave in the city with oota from your thota enquires came pouring in and we planned another event in north bangalore kaam chaalu mooh bandh the result clean pavements painted walls neat dustbins makeshift toilets all in the upmarket heart of bangalore as they say kaam chaalu mooh bandh toi catches up with ryan lobo bruce lee mani dr b n viswanath and the ugly indians whove set the pace for a greener cleaner corruptionfree and forgiving world in 2011 with cash prizes of rs 200000 we generated a fair bit of interest however i was very happy for peter hutchens ryan hill and eric strauss our three magnificent cinematographers who won the award there are many like us around now and its only a matter of time before these