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.
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Sunday, September 11, 2011
Monday, October 25, 2010
ENTHIRAN-MASTERPIECE!!
Let me at the outset clarify that i am not a great fan of Rajnikant.In fact i am an ordent admirer of KamalHasan and possibly this blog will not have sufficient space to record my appreciation of kamal's great avatars.
But that should not stand in the way of my sincere appreciation of the movie 'enthiran" and hence this post. Again i would like to make a disclaimer to the effect that whatever has been conveyed thru this post is not another advertising gimmick on behalf of "Sun pictures" who in my opinion had slightly over done their part in so far as advertisement and publicity goes, with the result some of the natural chrams of the movie, which would have been otherwise relished by a movie goer when he sees it first time,had already been A CASUALTY.
NOW COMING TO THE FINER POINTS OF THE MOVIE , let me say it as short and sweet as possible>
> The three roles played by Rajni, as "Scientist,as Robo with Constructive features and as Robo with Destructive features" are brilliantly portrayed with very deft and subtle chAnges in hair style, walking style, intonation and delivery of dialogues and semblances of Rajni of 16 vayathinele & 3 mudicchu come back with a vengence after decades.Cudos to dance masters WHO HAD PERCEIVED THE LIMITATIONS OF RAJNI IN DANCING AND STILL CHOREOGRAPHED apt movements for him in his song sequences as a scientist and as a Robo.While the dance steps itself may not be very challenging, what is to be applauded is the body movements exibited by Rajni when he is singing and dancing as a human lover and as a robo lover. The transition of feelings to Robo and its after math, the kissing by Ishwarya Roy voluntarily first and by force later are shots which are beautifully scripted and consummated.HATS OFF.
> Ishwarya Roy-Awesome is the word which comes to my mind.There is none to equal her beauty and grace in the present day cinema, in my opinion. And her dances are full of elegance and some of the dresses that she wear are so attractive to her and to her alone ( for any other actress it might have appeared to be a mis fit or even bordering on vulgarity). From the days of Jeans (ANOTHER MOVIE BY shankar) she has come a long way. But years have added to her beauty .The expressive blue eyed girl, with her natural charm as "Ulaga Azhagi" justifies her role 100%. IN FACT IT IS ONE OF THE VERY FEW MOVIES WHEREIN HEROINE is present in every frame of the movie as hero himself and not with out valid reason.Her body movements, her mannerisms and eye movements especially when she meets with Robo FIRST AND TAKES HIM AS TOY FRIEND, first, later as BOY FRIEND and still later as a Wicked Monster are something to be chrished upon by every Rasigan of cinemas.
> The story line , simple and straight.What happens when A ROBO created by man kind tries to imitate the man kind itself? MAY BE FOR "C" class audience the movie might have appeared to be a show of technology , hard to digest unless they had access to Electronic yuga.That should not however take away the credit the stoty line demands, and the credit in full measure should go to my favourite author SUJTHA (out of admiration for whom my daghter has been christened by me as Sujatha).And even his nick name RANGUSKI,(in the movie the character or name pertains to a mosquito which bites Ishwarya roy leading to hilarious movements thereafter)shines thru the screen as his writings richly deserve.Three cheers to Sujatha, Shankar& Shankar in that order.
>the movie, if it is to be voted for first half and second half respectively, in my opinion the first half steals miles over the second half. And perhaps this impact of the first half gives enough momentum for the second half.Three scenes are note worthy.The first one when the Robo is tutored by Villain to attack Rajni himself, the second one when Robo saves people from a major fire disaster and the third one when the Robo supervises safely a complicated delivery to a woman.The dialogues show the class of SUJATHA.Eg:When the Robo goes to save the naked woman taking bath from fire, the woman protests saying that she is not wearing any dress. Quips the ROBO"I ALSO DO NOT WEAR ANY DRESS'.Similarly when Rajni admonishes RObo indicating that the woman is not having any dress quips the robo"she is having life".The fact that the media glare drives the woman to commit suicide is another event which distubs the hearts of the viewer.
>SONG SEQUENCES ARE APT AND BRILLIANT.AR RAHMAN has done his home work admirably well.Technological excellence is the best part of the movie.The fight sequences are grand and new to TAMIL CINEMA. Especially the second half steals the thunder when the Destructive Robo takes over complete charge.
Some of you might rise an eye brow as to whether there are no weak links at all.Yes there are few, like the wastage of two comedians, talent of a great villain of Hindi cinema NOT BEING PROPERLY TAPPED and slightly over extended fight scenes in the second half.BUT VIEWED IN THE TOTAL BACKDROP OF STORY, SONGS,PICTURISATION AND SPLENDID DIRECTORIAL TOUCHES BY SHANKAR BESIDES THE ACTING PROWESS OF RAJNI AND ISHWARYA, THE MOVIE CAN BE CONSIDERED AS WORTH WAITING FOR ITS RELEASE BY MORE THAN 2 YEARS.After quite a length of time , interms of production value and action sequences, Tamil Cinema is really giving a tough competition to Holly wood cinemas and that is what matters most..
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But that should not stand in the way of my sincere appreciation of the movie 'enthiran" and hence this post. Again i would like to make a disclaimer to the effect that whatever has been conveyed thru this post is not another advertising gimmick on behalf of "Sun pictures" who in my opinion had slightly over done their part in so far as advertisement and publicity goes, with the result some of the natural chrams of the movie, which would have been otherwise relished by a movie goer when he sees it first time,had already been A CASUALTY.
NOW COMING TO THE FINER POINTS OF THE MOVIE , let me say it as short and sweet as possible>
> The three roles played by Rajni, as "Scientist,as Robo with Constructive features and as Robo with Destructive features" are brilliantly portrayed with very deft and subtle chAnges in hair style, walking style, intonation and delivery of dialogues and semblances of Rajni of 16 vayathinele & 3 mudicchu come back with a vengence after decades.Cudos to dance masters WHO HAD PERCEIVED THE LIMITATIONS OF RAJNI IN DANCING AND STILL CHOREOGRAPHED apt movements for him in his song sequences as a scientist and as a Robo.While the dance steps itself may not be very challenging, what is to be applauded is the body movements exibited by Rajni when he is singing and dancing as a human lover and as a robo lover. The transition of feelings to Robo and its after math, the kissing by Ishwarya Roy voluntarily first and by force later are shots which are beautifully scripted and consummated.HATS OFF.
> Ishwarya Roy-Awesome is the word which comes to my mind.There is none to equal her beauty and grace in the present day cinema, in my opinion. And her dances are full of elegance and some of the dresses that she wear are so attractive to her and to her alone ( for any other actress it might have appeared to be a mis fit or even bordering on vulgarity). From the days of Jeans (ANOTHER MOVIE BY shankar) she has come a long way. But years have added to her beauty .The expressive blue eyed girl, with her natural charm as "Ulaga Azhagi" justifies her role 100%. IN FACT IT IS ONE OF THE VERY FEW MOVIES WHEREIN HEROINE is present in every frame of the movie as hero himself and not with out valid reason.Her body movements, her mannerisms and eye movements especially when she meets with Robo FIRST AND TAKES HIM AS TOY FRIEND, first, later as BOY FRIEND and still later as a Wicked Monster are something to be chrished upon by every Rasigan of cinemas.
> The story line , simple and straight.What happens when A ROBO created by man kind tries to imitate the man kind itself? MAY BE FOR "C" class audience the movie might have appeared to be a show of technology , hard to digest unless they had access to Electronic yuga.That should not however take away the credit the stoty line demands, and the credit in full measure should go to my favourite author SUJTHA (out of admiration for whom my daghter has been christened by me as Sujatha).And even his nick name RANGUSKI,(in the movie the character or name pertains to a mosquito which bites Ishwarya roy leading to hilarious movements thereafter)shines thru the screen as his writings richly deserve.Three cheers to Sujatha, Shankar& Shankar in that order.
>the movie, if it is to be voted for first half and second half respectively, in my opinion the first half steals miles over the second half. And perhaps this impact of the first half gives enough momentum for the second half.Three scenes are note worthy.The first one when the Robo is tutored by Villain to attack Rajni himself, the second one when Robo saves people from a major fire disaster and the third one when the Robo supervises safely a complicated delivery to a woman.The dialogues show the class of SUJATHA.Eg:When the Robo goes to save the naked woman taking bath from fire, the woman protests saying that she is not wearing any dress. Quips the ROBO"I ALSO DO NOT WEAR ANY DRESS'.Similarly when Rajni admonishes RObo indicating that the woman is not having any dress quips the robo"she is having life".The fact that the media glare drives the woman to commit suicide is another event which distubs the hearts of the viewer.
>SONG SEQUENCES ARE APT AND BRILLIANT.AR RAHMAN has done his home work admirably well.Technological excellence is the best part of the movie.The fight sequences are grand and new to TAMIL CINEMA. Especially the second half steals the thunder when the Destructive Robo takes over complete charge.
Some of you might rise an eye brow as to whether there are no weak links at all.Yes there are few, like the wastage of two comedians, talent of a great villain of Hindi cinema NOT BEING PROPERLY TAPPED and slightly over extended fight scenes in the second half.BUT VIEWED IN THE TOTAL BACKDROP OF STORY, SONGS,PICTURISATION AND SPLENDID DIRECTORIAL TOUCHES BY SHANKAR BESIDES THE ACTING PROWESS OF RAJNI AND ISHWARYA, THE MOVIE CAN BE CONSIDERED AS WORTH WAITING FOR ITS RELEASE BY MORE THAN 2 YEARS.After quite a length of time , interms of production value and action sequences, Tamil Cinema is really giving a tough competition to Holly wood cinemas and that is what matters most..
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