TAMIL CINEMA-RECENT MOVIES

Tamil film world

I have always seen that things take place in life as if there is a pattern in the manner in which they take place.

There have been months with out our going out , especially to view a cinema in a thetre.And suddenly as if to compensate we will be going movie after movie in no time.Not now, every once in 3-5 years i have seen this happening.

This month is no exception or rather past 30 days in which about 4 movies in theatres. And do not take me wrong when i say theaters..It is not SAtyam, or express cinemas or maya jal which are places which we always look forward to go when my son and daughter, both are around. Reasoning is simple.They have a class and taste which we wanted to honour and there will be lesser arguments on the plus and minus of theatres and more value addition on the contents of the cinema that we witnessed.

And the movies that we visited, before i forget the names (as i have a habit of forgetting them quite often)are as under:
Theivath thirumagal-with Vikram on the lead
Vengai-With thanush and Thamanna in the leads,
Muni-part ii-kanchana-With Ragava lawrence and Sarat Kumar in the leads
MANGATHTHA-With Ajith and Arjun in the leads

As it always used to be except for some time in between (when directors like BALACHANDER played the lead)all these movies are backed and centrd only around heros.But the beauty is that story lines are different and that is where tamil cinema still survives according to me.

If THEIVA THIRUMAGAl is remembered for the most pwerful portrayal of Viram , as a mentally retarded father,whose love for his daughter is however supreme and sublime, Vengai willbe remembered for one of the fast moving pace with which it takes the audience thru.While the actor and director together score in theiva thirumagal, it is the director's script in vengai which is well executed by the actor.
Muni part-ii, though it is a movie based on ghosts and their vengence , subtly touches about the sufferings of the sect of "Thiru nangaigal" as they are referred to in TAMIL.The presentation which has a tone of comedy right thru is the stength of this movie and Sarat Kumar playing (for short duration) the role of a thirunangai has excelled in that role and in fact has shadowed an other wise equally ggod performance by Lawrence. The movie is still running to packed audience (sans the death of a school student who is reported to have been mentally depressed on seeing the movie to the point of committing suicide)should however give satisfaction to the movie team.
And MANGATHTHA, by THALA, Ajith SCORES IN MORE WAYS THAN ONE. It is the 5o th film of ajith and comes after quite an interval,It is a vENKAT PRABHU FILM (and all his usual team memebers appear herein too) and each of those characters are well chiselled. The music is in keeping with the under tone of the movie and the plots and conterplots are equally engrossing. It may perhaps be slightly difficult for an average IQ audience to understand the fast phase and the quick double crossings that happens , but if the thetre sense is the pulse to judge the movie, this is going to be block buster.And Arjun appearing as action king!(THOUGH AJITH MAKES A REFERENCE TO THIS ATLEAST 3/4 TIMES , at teh end of it Ajith proves himself to be abetter action king.For the sake of success of movie, i will not divulge the suspence and it is to the credit of the director that the suspence is maintained till the end though few like me and my wif could suspect the ending in no uncertain terms.And the title song Mangatha is already a great hit and makes the audience to go on full scale dancing.

Thus one movie is on sentiments, other is on Ghost and events after death, one is regular masala, while another is a good crime thriller.Yes,Tamil cinema has got variety and actors to sustain and lead that variety.

Before i conclude, one tail peace, The first two movies we witnessed on the same day, morning and matinee show.And i am remebered of the day and year when i last visited two such movies, while i was doing my college. When i visited my native palce Asokapuri, when on the eve of KARTHIGAI DEEPAM, me , my elder cousin brother and his wife went to two of Sivaji's movies, Sumathi en sundari(10 pm show) and Praptham (1am show)and returned home bY the first bus 'Natana Rani" AT 4.30 am before elders woke to the routine chores after having a strong coffee at VASAVI VIHAR.And the two movies of those yester years, i can quote every dialoge and sind each song even now,while i can not claim the same abt present movies. GENERATION GAP OR POOR MEMORY?

some habits never die and these habits make life beautiful at times especially when you go thru the memory lane.