top 10 ever

[VENKIRAJA]

countdown ur favorite 10 tamil movies,songs,actors ever seperately ,on account of the 75 YEARS OF TAMIL FILMDOM

[crazy]

venki idhu romba kastham aache

try pannuren

fav song:
vannam konda vennilave
ilam kaadru veesudhe
nee paathi naan paathi
ovaru pookkalume
ponnai virumbum poomiyile
(will cont......)

fav film:
theriyalaye..........................

fav actor:
nobody

[rami]

Most favourite Tamil movies: (movies i can watch any no. of times wo getting bored.. I might have msd some gud movies.. )
(Not in any particular order)
Dum Dum Dum
Punnagai mannan
Nayagan
Alaipayuthe
Sindhu Bhairavi
MMKR
Galaatta Kalyanam
Kathalikka neramillai
Bathala Bairavi
Poo vizhi vaasalile
Mayabazaar (old one with NTR)

[rami]

Fav 10 songs (10 thaan alloweda? Here also the recent listening will dominate others still I will list them...)
(no particular order)
Andhi mazhai
Ragasiyamai
Un perai sonnale
Enna satham intha neram
Kadavul amaithu vaitha medai
Manram vantha thenralukku
Nee paartha paarvaikkoru
Unna vida intha ..
Unnai paartha pinbu naan
Kadal rojave enge nee ene
Maalai pozhuthin mayakkathile..
Meenamma athi kaalaiyilum...

[VENKIRAJA]

i'll do my top 10 film list 1st:

1:naayagan
2:puthiyaparavai
3:johny
4:vaali
5:madurai veeran
6:kaadhalikka neramillai
7:kaaka kaaka/moonru mudichu
8:iruvar
9:sethu
10:indian

i even like kathal konden,priyamudan

[dsath]

Top 10 Tamil Movies
1.Mouna Ragam
2.Vedham Pudhithu
3.Khaka Khaka
4.Mudhal Mariyadhai
5.Thavamai Thavamirunthu
6...
7...
8...
9...
10....

[mirattalji]

the most appropriate list will be
1.nayagan
2.thalapathy
3.agni natchathram
4.mooonrampirai
5.iruvar
6..vaali
7..Raam
8..pithamagan
9.michael madana kama rajan
10.godfather

[bingleguy]

:clap: all the above mentioned are really Excellent movies ... expect for those which are yet to come, they can be judged only after their release !

[VENKIRAJA]

selva anna,i already saw in one of the replies-u saying another hubber to keep silent on gf being 10 times better than vaali.plz make me clear on ur statements on gf,when is it likely to release?

plz post ur song&artiste c'downs also....

bingle-ur t10 list?

[Raghu]

BEST MOVIES

1)KARNAN ... :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
:thumbsup: :clap: :clap: :clap:

2) Mouna Raagam :thumbsup: :clap:

3) Nayagan :thumbsup: :clap:

4) Thalapathy :thumbsup: :clap:

5) Mullum Malarum :thumbsup: :clap:

6) Baasha .. :thumbsup: :clap:

7) Salanghai Oli.. :thumbsup: :clap:

8) Punahai Mannan :thumbsup: :clap:

9) Naan Adimai Illai :thumbsup: :clap:

10) Unaal Mudiyum Thambi


FAV ACTORS

1) Dr. Shivaji GAneshan and SUPERB * Rajnikanth
2) Dr. Kamalhasan
3) Raghuvaran
4) Karthik
5) Muthuraman
6) Vikram
7) Surya
8) ........
9) ......
10) .......


BEST Singer

1) Dr.S.P.Balasubramaniam :thumbsup: :clap::thumbsup: :clap::thumbsup: :clap::thumbsup: :clap::thumbsup: :clap::thumbsup: :clap::thumbsup: :clap::thumbsup: :clap::thumbsup: :clap::thumbsup: :clap::thumbsup: :clap::thumbsup: :clap::thumbsup: :clap:

2) Mohammed Rafi :thumbsup: :clap:

3) Dr. KJYthumbsup: :clap thumbsup: :clap:
4) TMS
5) Dr. BMK
6) Dr.PBS :thumbsup: :clap:
7) AMR thumbsup: :clap
8) P.Jeychandran :thumbsup: :clap:
9) M.Vasudevan
10) Hariharan

BEST SINGERS (Female)

1)S.Janaki :thumbsup: :clap::thumbsup: :clap::thumbsup: :clap:
2) P.Susheela :thumbsup: :clap:
3) Lata Mankeshkar :thumbsup: :clap:
4) K.S.Chitra :thumbsup: :clap:
5) Asha Bhonsle :thumbsup: :clap:
6) Jikki :thumbsup: :clap:
7) Jency :thumbsup: :clap: :thumbsup: :clap:
8) L.R.Eshwari
9) ....
10) ....

BEST MD

1) Dr.IR :thumbsup: :clap::thumbsup: :clap::thumbsup: :clap:
2) MSV :thumbsup: :clap::thumbsup: :clap::thumbsup: :clap:
3) K.V.MahaDevan :thumbsup: :clap::thumbsup: :clap::thumbsup: :clap:
4) ARR :thumbsup: :clap::thumbsup: :clap::thumbsup: :clap:
5) Marahatha Mani
6) Vidya Saagar
7) Deva
8) ......
9) ....
10)....

[romio]

Here is my favourate tamil movies movies that i have seen several times :D


1.Nayakan
2.Iruvar
3.Mahanadi
4.Michael Madana Kamarajan
5.Thalapathi
6.Dheena
7.Vaali
8.Badsha
9.Gitanjali
10.Kaaka Kaaka
11.Padaiyappa

[VENKIRAJA]

that was a very good listing romio&raghu.
i'll enlist myne:

songs:
1:அது ஒரு பொன்மாலைப்பொழுது.....(ilayaraaja)
for creamy spb&pictursque photography.

2:உன்னைப்பார்த்த பின்பு நான்...(bharadwaj)
for ajith's excellent sync.&the mesmerisation by spb-இன்பமாக அந்த வல்லீ....

3:உங்கள் பொன்னான கைகள்.....(viswanathan/ramamurthy)
lyric,action&music coordination+the maestro of PBS

4:ஒன்றா ரெண்டா ஆசைகள்....(harris jayaraj)
jo's wondrful show thro her romantic eye+unvulgar screening

5:ஊரை தெரிஞ்சுக்கிட்டேன்...(ilayaraaja)
superstar's exquisite power,vairamuthu's exuberant உவமைகள்.

6:மூங்கில் காடுகளே...(harris jayaraj)
superb locations and hariharan's honeybun

7:paartha nyaabagam illayo...(ms.viswanathan/ramamurthy)
சிவாஜியின் அற்புத வெளிப்பாடு,செட் என புலப்படாத திறன், msv-யின் ஜித்தம்.

8:பச்சை நிறமே....(ar.rahman)
pc's talent,arr's feasting delicacy


9:ஒரு நாளில்.....(yuvan shankar raja)
na.muthu's brevity+lucidity,ysr's genic inherit.

10:ஆசை ஆசை இப்பொழுது.....(வித்யாசாகர்)
matching of voice/face+breeze of melody

[rachel]

8-)

[VENKIRAJA]

சில பாடல்கள் விட்டுப்போய் விட்டன:

ஆயிரத்தில் நான் ஒருவன்...,
உடல் மண்ணுக்கு உயிர் தமிழுக்கு...-.மு.க வின் உயர்ச்சி
(iruvar:irr)

செந்தாழம் பூவின்....(mullum malarum-irr)

எங்கேயும் எப்போதும்...(ninaiththaale inikkum-msv)

சத்தம் இல்லாத தனிமை....(amarkalam)

காட்டிலொரு சிங்கக்குட்டியாம்....(anbukku naan adimai-irr)

[Sanguine Sridhar]

The movie which i liked

1. Karnan
2. Veera Paandiya Katta Bomman
3. Mudhal Mariyaadhai
4. Navaraathri
5. Aaril Irundhu Arubadhu Varai
6. Mullum Malarum
7. Baadsha
8. Anbey Sivam
9. Michael Madhana Kaama Raajan
10. Kaakha Kaakha

Many to add!

[Sanguine Sridhar]

The movie which i liked

1. Karnan
2. Veera Paandiya Katta Bomman
3. Mudhal Mariyaadhai
4. Navaraathri
5. Aaril Irundhu Arubadhu Varai
6. Mullum Malarum
7. Baadsha
8. Anbey Sivam
9. Michael Madhana Kaama Raajan
10. Kaakha Kaakha

Many to add!

[Sanguine Sridhar]

The movie which i liked

1. Karnan
2. Veera Paandiya Katta Bomman
3. Mudhal Mariyaadhai
4. Navaraathri
5. Aaril Irundhu Arubadhu Varai
6. Mullum Malarum
7. Baadsha
8. Anbey Sivam
9. Michael Madhana Kaama Raajan
10. Kaakha Kaakha

Many to add!

[Sanguine Sridhar]

The movie which i liked

1. Karnan
2. Veera Paandiya Katta Bomman
3. Mudhal Mariyaadhai
4. Navaraathri
5. Aaril Irundhu Arubadhu Varai
6. Mullum Malarum
7. Baadsha
8. Anbey Sivam
9. Michael Madhana Kaama Raajan
10. Kaakha Kaakha

Many to add!

[Alien]

Lingusamy"s top 10 favourite films ever
1) 16 vayathinilE (Kamal Haasan & Bharathi raja)
2) Bycycle thieves/bycycle thief
3) Thevar Magan(Kamal Haasan)
4) Poove poochooda vaa
5) Nayagan(Kamal Haasan & MR)
6) Sangarabaranam
7) Mullum Malarum
8) Children of heaven (Iran film)
9) Psycho(Alfred hitchcock)
10) Duel
KAMAL HAASAN Rules all the way !!!!! :clap: :clap: :clap: :P :D

[rocketboy]

top 2 actors:

1. Sivaji Ganesan
2.Maveeran 'Cheeyan' Vikram

[Sanguine Sridhar]

Top 5 Actors-Ever

1.Shivaji Ganesan
2. Naagesh
3. M.R.Raadha
4. Kamalhassan
5. Rajinikaanth

[manmadan]

Top 5 Actors-Ever

1.Shivaji Ganesan
2. Naagesh
3. M.R.Raadha
4. Kamalhassan
5. Rajinikaanth

naagesh ah :roll: nalla joke, kamalhassan is definitley next after shivaji, everyone knows that.

[Sanguine Sridhar]

Manmadhan,
Thats not in sequential!

[VENKIRAJA]

A.R.Murugadoss' list:
1 life is beaytiful
2 child's play
3 poove poochudavaa
4 swaash(marati)
5 black(hindi)
6 j.park
7 lagaan
8 cinema paradiso
9 rang de basanti
10 devar magan

[romio]

Top 5 best actors(My favourate actors) in Tamil Cinema

:thumbsup: :clap:
1. Mohanlal [No-1 eppodhum lalettan than Tamizh AnAlum Malayalam analum Hollywood analum bollywood analum]
2. Kamal hassan
3. Ajith
4. Rajini
5. Surya


Top 5 worst actors :oops:

1.Sathyaraj
2.Vijayakanth
3.Prabhu
4.Sharathkumar
5.Dhanush [ i liked kathalkondain but in other films overact romba over]

[romio]

Top Tamil Music Directors :thumbsup:

1.Illayaraja
2.Yuvan Shankar Raja
3.AR. Rehman
4.Harris Jayaraj
5.Vidyasagar

[VENKIRAJA]

my close friend manoj takes oer his list:

1:nayagan
2:moondram pirai
3:nammavar
4:16 v
5:ninaithaale inikkum
6:devar magan
7:anbae sivam
8:punnagai mannan
9:vv
10:dasavataram

east or west kamal is the best,

he is a hardestcore kh fan

[Villan]

10 Films

1)Amarkalam
2)Citizen
3)Thirupathi
4)Vaali
5)Attahasam
6)Autograph
7)Porkalam
8)Thavamai Thavamirunthu
9)Anbay Shivam
10)Thulatha manamum Thullum

10 Songs

1)Theeku Chemmai - Attahasam
2)Vamabai Vilaki Vangum - Ji
3)Dhavani potta Diwali - Sandakoli
4)Nerupu Vayil - Puthpetai
5)Solmal thottu - Dheena
6)Nama Kattula - Pattiyal
7)Hello Hello - Villan
8)Adicha Nethi adi - Villan
9)Coca cola - Bhagawathi
10)Aathadi Aathadi - Thirupathi

10 Actors

1)Ajith
2)Ajith
3)Ajith
4)Ajith
5)Ajith
6)Ajith
7)Ajith
8)Ajith
9)Ajith
10)Ajith

[VENKIRAJA]

10 Actors

1)Ajith
2)Ajith
3)Ajith
4)Ajith
5)Ajith
6)Ajith
7)Ajith
8)Ajith
9)Ajith
10)Ajith

தல புகழ் பரப்புபவர்கள் வாழ்க!

favourites,i didnt mean best!
myne:
1:thala
2:sivaji/kamal
3:naagesh
4:rajni
5:vikram
6:raguvaran/prakashraj
7:surya
8:m.r.radha
9:goundamani
10:surya

[great]

///1:thala
2:sivaji/kamal

:roll:

[shalitha]

top 10 actors:
1. Shivaji
2. Rajani
3. Kamal
4. Arjun
5. Vijay
6. Ajith
7. Surya
8. ARya
9. jeeva
10. Bharath


top 10 songs:

1. Yaar intha nilavu
2. Annakkili unnaith theduthe
3. Sothanai mel..
4. Nallathoru kudumpam
5. singa nadai pottu
6. Inchi idupalaga
7. Inisai paadi varum
8. aanadham aanandham paadum
9. ennavale adi ennavale
10. ovvoru padalilum..


these are my favorite top 10z.

[rachel]

these are my top 10 songs which i can think of at the moment

1. eno kangal-kalvanin kathali
2. dailomo-didhum
3. unaich sarannadainthei- thavamani thava
4.kathal suthu the ennai- saravana
5. kathal vanthum -saravana
6.soo poo three - saravanna
7.mazhai mazhai- chithiram pesuthadi
8.pani thuli-kanda naal muthal
9.koo koo vena- kaana naal muthal
10.illamai-gf

[anto]

My Favourite Movies

1. Sivaji :shock:
2. Vettaiyadu Vilaiyadu :shock:
3. Beema :shock:
4. Chennaiyil Oru Mazhaikkalam :shock:
5. Naan Kadavul :shock:
6. Pokkiri :shock:
7. ECR :shock:
8. Imsai Arasan 2nd Pulikesi :shock:
9. Vallavan :shock:
:shock: :shock:
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:poke:



Thalapathi - the one and only film in tamil :clap:

[great]

anto :shock: :shock: :shock:

[Raikkonen]

top 10 Actoru (at the moment)

1. MGR
2. Vijay
3. Rajnikanth
4. Kamalhassan
5. Ajith
6. Arjun
7. Prabhu
8. Gemini Ganesh
9. Vikram
10. Siddharth

[ajithfederer]

kamal hasan
rajinikanth
ajith
surya
.......
.......
.......
.......
......

[Thirumaran]

Top 10 movies of Actor Arya...

1. Sethu
2. Thalapathy
3. Apoorva Sagotharargal
4. Nayakan
5. Kathal Kondaen
6. Brave heart
7. Gladiator
8. Titanic
9. Blood Sport
10. Indian

:thumbsup:

[svaisn]

Top 10 Movies

1. Roja
2. Salangai Oli
3. vaname ellai
4. Kaathalukku Mariyathai
5. Michael Madhana Kama rajan
6. Thillu Mullu
7. Vaali
8. Sethu
9. Nayagan
10. Kaaka kaaka

Top 10 Actors
1. Rajni
2. Vijay
3. Maddy
4. Surya
5. Kamal
6. Ajith
7. Baghyaraj ;-)
8. Arya
9. Ravi chandran
10. Suresh
.......................

[Thirumaran]

My favourite 10 actors among heroes...

1. MGR
2. Kamal
3. Shivaji
4. Rajini
5. Bhakyaraj
6. Gemini
7. Surya
8. Vikram
9. Madhavan
10 . Ajith and Vijay

:P

[Thirumaran]

The top 10 wonderful actors in my opinion.

1. Kamal
2. Shivaji
3. Nagesh
4. MR Radha
5. Rajini
6. Raghuvaran
7. Sivakumar
8. :roll:
9. :roll:
10. :roll:

8, 9 and 10 reserved for current generation actors.. Need more time to keep them in my list :(

[great]

8. Rani mukherjee :P :P :roll:
9. Namitha :P :poke:
10 Pishin :P

[Thirumaran]

8. Rani mukherjee :P :P :roll:
9. Namitha :P :poke:
10 Pishin :P

:tongueout: :mrgreen:
Where is your list for first 7 :roll: :huh: :huh: :poke:

[great]

:tongueout: :mrgreen:
Where is your list for first 7 :roll: :huh: :huh: :poke:

Thats ur list :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: I cant restrict to 10 so many talented (:huh:) actress around :P

[ajithfederer]

thombi........ithu tamil films thread paa.......... :lol: :lol: :lol:

8. Rani mukherjee :P :P :roll:
9. Namitha :P :poke:
10 Pishin :P

[great]

thombi........ithu tamil films thread paa.......... :lol: :lol: :lol:


Danna :tongueout: she acted in Hey Ram , which is a tamil film i guess :huh: any doubt in this regard :roll:

[ajithfederer]

ennathu antha padathula nadichaaangalaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa?
:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
great oda rouse thanga mudiala paa!!!!!!!!!11


thombi........ithu tamil films thread paa.......... :lol: :lol: :lol:


Danna :tongueout: she acted in Hey Ram , which is a tamil film i guess :huh: any doubt in this regard :roll:

[Thirumaran]

:tongueout: :mrgreen:
Where is your list for first 7 :roll: :huh: :huh: :poke:

Thats ur list :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: I cant restrict to 10 so many talented (:huh:) actress around :P

:poke: nee enakku thaan poataennu theriyumae :poke:


I also cant restrict to just 10 :mrgreen:

[Shakthiprabha.]

Shivaji
Kamalhassan / Rajnikant
Madhavan

next 7 seats are empty.
Nowadays I dont like anybody. :roll:

[joe]

My alltime top 10 actors in Tamil...

1.Nadigar Thilagam
2.Kamal Hassan
3.RajiniKanth
4.M.R.Radha
5.Nagesh
6.MGR
7.Siva Kumar
8.Naser
9.Vikram
10.Ranga Rao

[genius]

Shivaji
Kamalhassan / Rajnikant
Madhavan

next 7 seats are empty.
Nowadays I dont like anybody. :roll: u dont like vijay :lol: :lol: thats great.... good signs of improvement :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

[Shakthiprabha.]

whoz genius?

:roll:

[Unicorn]

My favourite hubber :D

whoz genius?

:roll:

[Shakthiprabha.]

Justice? :D

[VENKIRAJA]

from the makere of kaaka kaaka:

1:dead poet's society
2:the untouchables
3:goodfellas
4:carlito's way
5:sri 420(hindi)
6:NAYAGAN
7:kreedam(malayaalam)
8:swathy(telugu)
9:sholay(hindi)
10:goodwill hunting.

i wonder how these people pick just 1 tamil movie as their best,however to see nayagan as that movie makes a compromise.

[joe]

from the makere of kaaka kaaka:

i wonder how these people pick just 1 tamil movie as their best,however to see nayagan as that movie makes a compromise.

I think ,most of these people want to make a impression that they have a wide knowledge in nationa,world cinema. (I agree there sould be some non-tamil favourite movies,but 9/10 is a hype)

[VENKIRAJA]

yeah,i did feel the same,hypers-shouldn't they be gud enough that others&even themselves call out their movie in that list?

never mind here's cheeyan vikram to countdown:

1:உதிரிப்பூக்கள்
2:16 வயதினிலே
3:மௌனராகம்
4:நிழல் நிஜமாகிறது
5:அவள் அப்படித்தான்
6:முதல் மரியாதை
7:காதல்
8:ஷோலே
9:டைட்டானிக்
10:சித்திரம் பேசுதடி

[manmadan]

My favourite heroes
Dono any old actors coz i hardly watched their films em.

1)Rajinikanth
2)Vijay
3)Surya
4)Kamal
5)Vikram
6)Ajith
7)Aarya
8)Simbhu
9)Jeeva
10)Madhavan

[VENKIRAJA]

as i've given earlier my verdict,here's tharani(கில்லி):
1:godfather
2:battleship potemkin
3:life is beautiful
4:பதேர் பாஞ்சாலி
5:தனியாவர்த்தனம்
6:சாகர சங்கமம்
7:16 வயதினிலே
8:ஒன்ந்தா நந்த காலதல்லி
9:அர்த் சத்யா
10:நாயகன்

these people topsy-turvy this list in kumudam,there are more than 5 tamil films there,however vikatan hosts their's in this mulling manner!

[VENKIRAJA]

actor surya's(JEOK):
1:crash
2:godfather
3:i am sam
4:டெர்மினல்
5:நாயகன்
6:முள்ளும் மலரும்
7:ரோசப்பூ ரவிக்கைக்காரி
8:சேது
9:முதல் மரியாதை
10:ஆண்பாவம்

[RATHEESHAJITH]

TOP 10 TAMIL FILM ACTORS

1. ULTIMATE STAR THALA AJITH JI :D :clap: :thumbsup:
2. SUPER STAR RAJINI :thumbsup:
3. ULAGHA NAYAGAN KAMALHAASAN :thumbsup:
4. VIJAY :shaking:
5. VIKRAM :wink:
6. SURYA 8-)
7. LITTLE SUPER STAR SIMBHU :D :clap:
8. DHANUSH :?
9. JEYAM RAVI :|
10. ARYA :|

[Hulkster]

I think we can take that as top ten fave film actors...cos if anyone saw kamalhassan after any of these heroes something is seriously wrong :exactly:

Mine

[1] Shivaji - A colossus of acting, One can write a novel on his acting repertoire
[2] Kamalhassan - The successor of shivaji but when compared to the great, pales slightly in dialogue delivery.
[3] Rajinikanth - The best of all tamil mass actors who has the style and charisma and one of the very few skilled exponents of body language expressions alongside kamal.
[4] Madhavan - One who is able to play a variety of roles with ease although it would take time before he can convince anybody of reaching the heights of kamal.
[5] Vikram - Another actor supposedly in the mould of Kamal but lacks in the body language(able toe xpress through eyes) department.
[6] Surya - Same as vikram with abit more romantic poise around him.
[7] Ajith - Has the ability to express himself through body language but slightly lacking in the dialogue delivery department.
[8] Vijay - Is very good in the body language department but his dialogue delivery is abit too loud.
[9] Dhanush - Good in the dialogue delivery department but needs to improve alot in the body language part.
[10] Simbu - Is yet to do movies that showcase his full potential..till then judgement is reserved.


[Note there are actually alot of actors that also need to be included in the list but i thought of doing it from the established ones....Jeeva is doing great and Bharath is quite reminiscent of a young kamal]

[nilavupriyan]

as i've given earlier my verdict,here's tharani(கில்லி):
1:godfather
2:battleship potemkin
3:life is beautiful
4:பதேர் பாஞ்சாலி
5:தனியாவர்த்தனம்
6:சாகர சங்கமம்
7:16 வயதினிலே
8:ஒன்ந்தா நந்த காலதல்லி
9:அர்த் சத்யா
10:நாயகன்

these people topsy-turvy this list in kumudam,there are more than 5 tamil films there,however vikatan hosts their's in this mulling manner!

venkyraja...do me a favour..

i need to download pather panchali and arth sathya...with subtitles!

do u know any link

[groucho070]

as i've given earlier my verdict,here's tharani(கில்லி):
1:godfather
2:battleship potemkin
3:life is beautiful
4:பதேர் பாஞ்சாலி
5:தனியாவர்த்தனம்
6:சாகர சங்கமம்
7:16 வயதினிலே
8:ஒன்ந்தா நந்த காலதல்லி
9:அர்த் சத்யா
10:நாயகன்

these people topsy-turvy this list in kumudam,there are more than 5 tamil films there,however vikatan hosts their's in this mulling manner!

venkyraja...do me a favour..

i need to download pather panchali and arth sathya...with subtitles!

do u know any link

How in hell in Life Is Beautiful ended up there? Next to Godfather and Battleship Potemkin? Are they out of their mind? Whoa!

[nilavupriyan]

ohh.. i thought that venkyraja's list!

[nilavupriyan]

My films list...not in the order!

* one flew over the cuckoo's nest

*Devar Mahan

*Carlito's way

*johny

*sethu

*mahanadhi

*Godfather

*michael madhana kamarajan

*nizhal nijamaagiradhu

*kireedam(malayalam)

*the bicycle thief(stunned by the climax)

*Iruvar

*heyy Ram

*navaraathiri

[joe]

I don't understand why Iruvar is termed as a great movie..For who know MGR-Kalainjar real story ,it is a pathetic misinterpretation ..Movie can't be great just because it has wonderful songs and technically brilliant ..This movie was a huge flop ,I am really happy it got what it deserves.

[nilavupriyan]

the answer is MOHAN LAL!

[joe]

the answer is MOHAN LAL!

Sorry! I didn't find anything great in mohanlal's acting in this movie ,other than it is his debut tamil movie.

As usual Manirathnam 'Nunipul meithal in a issue' kind of movie .As usual he tried to hide behind unattached songs with stories and pathetic one word dialogues ..but miserably failed.

[nilavupriyan]

TOP TEN ACTORS:

not in any order

*kamal haasan

*shivaji ganesan

*mohan lal

*rajni kanth

*mammooty

*ranga rao

*gemini

*thilakan

*vikram

*surya

*madhavan

[nilavupriyan]

joe....u hadent watched the scene where mohan lal's film is dropped nd given a simple role in next movie!..his reactions!

his mannerism as the leader.....

as an actor

i feel its an awesome awesome performance of mohanlal...

[joe]

joe....u hadent watched the scene where mohan lal's film is dropped nd given a simple role in next movie!..his reactions!

his mannerism as the leader.....

as an actor

i feel its an awesome awesome performance of mohanlal...

I had watched..It was not that great acting to praise this much .I watched nearly 75 out of 135 MGR movies and I have a considerable knowledge in MGR's political carrier ..For me Mohanlal failed to display MGR in any sort.Sorry to say ,even sathyaraj could have done it better.

I am not degrading Mohanlal .I know he is one of the best actors .But that is only in malayalam .I watched 'Popcorn' (for nasser) and found mohanlal's acting is really really pathetic .I don't know it is because of his dialogue delivery in tamil .Otherwise I can understand malayalam 80% and watched many of his movies and admired him .But so far in tamil ,he couldn't give any impact.

[nilavupriyan]

joe.....thats where mohan lal stands....

his duty is not to resemble mgr there.....it would had been a mess!...nearly mgr is what required..

when he begs for the director to commence the movie again and not accepting to do the role of a police constable :clap:

when he goes for the village without knowing abt the marriage and the first night scene.. :clap:

his reaction when he knows its prakash raj who doesnt want him to contest...he would laugh with a surprise.. :clap:

asking to arrest prakash raj :clap:

his reaction for the death of aish :clap:

come on man.....such a realistc performance on tamil screen!

[joe]

joe.....thats where mohan lal stands....

his duty is not to resemble mgr there.....it would had been a mess!...nearly mgr is what required..

when he begs for the director to commence the movie again and not accepting to do the role of a police constable :clap:

when he goes for the village without knowing abt the marriage and the first night scene.. :clap:

his reaction when he knows its prakash raj who doesnt want him to contest...he would laugh with a surprise.. :clap:

asking to arrest prakash raj :clap:

his reaction for the death of aish :clap:

come on man.....such a realistc performance on tamil screen!

Sorry Nilavu ,
Mohanlal may displayed a great acting in some scenes .Thst is not surprise ,since he is such a great actor ..but that alone doesn't make Iruvar one of the all time Top 10 tamil movies ,that is my humble opinion .Same time I respect your opnion ,though I don't buy it.

[nilavupriyan]

come on...arr music...excellent photography...intelligent protrayal..superb acting...

every aspect is great... :D just like a real life history along with fantasy!

[joe]

intelligent protrayal


ha ha ha..Ayyo Ayyo...I can't agree Nilavu..Let us agree to disagree!

[joe]

just like a real life history along with fantasy!

Oh!Ithu veraya! Thamasu thaan ponga!

[nilavupriyan]

it dint cause any problem even in kalaignars period !

it portrayed prakash raj with negative shades u must be knowing

[joe]

it dint cause any problem even in kalaignars period !

it portrayed prakash raj with negative shades u must be knowing

so what? does that make this movie great! People didn't even bother this movie since it is just a jimmik in the name of technical brilliance .

You may have a opnion that whatever mani does is great .But for me his 'Nunipul meithal' in a issue ,make a contraversy as if dealing with a history or problem ,but totally misleading the plot ,irritating with one word 'aama' ,'nadakkum' ,'eppadi' etc ,so called modern dialogues like "Odi poyidalaama?" didn't really impressed me .

His real gems are mouna ragam ,nayagan ,kannathil muththamittal..that is all.IMO

[nilavupriyan]

it dint cause any problem even in kalaignars period !

it portrayed prakash raj with negative shades u must be knowing

so what? does that make this movie great! People didn't even bother this movie since it is just a jimmik in the name of technical brilliance .

You may have a opnion that whatever mani does is great .But for me his 'Nunipul meithal' in a issue ,make a contraversy as if dealing with a history or problem ,but totally misleading the plot ,irritating with one word 'aama' ,'nadakkum' ,'eppadi' etc ,so called modern dialogues like "Odi poyidalaama?" didn't really impressed me .

His real gems are mouna ragam ,nayagan ,kannathil muththamittal..that is all.IMO

kannathil....is a great movie???...i dont believe in the charecterization of that small girl...too artificial!

where did u see mohan lal or prakash raj speaking with a single word ?...they spoke right dialogues...infact prakash raj a bit too much!

its not a real history...just a fiction on two great guys

[nilavupriyan]

i dont beleiev mani's works are always great!...thats why only one work ive listed!

[joe]

i dont beleiev mani's works are always great!...thats why only one work ive listed!

If you think Iruvar is better than Nayagan ,I have no arguements ,Pls carry on!

[nilavupriyan]

just thought the former is original!

i just loved kamal in the latter...after seeing gf...i thought ..direction and making are really not original!

[villan007]

If you think Iruvar is better than Nayagan ,I have no arguements ,Pls carry on!

athane.. How cud Iruvar be better than Godfather , sorry nayagan :oops:

[groucho070]

Ah, a little squabble I see.

Why not start a thread Iruvar vs Nayagan. I will vote for the former, hehe.

I enjoyed both tremendously. Of course, when I saw the sources for Nayagan's 'inspiration' I was heartbroken. Cheated. But I forgive Mani. He was starting out, and nowadays even Hollywood borrows shamelessly from other films.

I enjoyed Iruvar, knowing very well where the story is based on, and also knowing very well that Mani is not going to adhere very strongly to the actual facts.

He was concentrating on the tales of two buddies. This is almost Talabathi's sequel. Its about friendship, at the end of the day.

The best thing about this movie is of course the two leads. Mohanlal did not attempt to copy MGR at all. He did his own intepretation. I like the scenes Nilavupriyan pointed out. Very good acting, clean and pure.

As Joe requested, we can agree to disagree. If not, this forum will be boring.

[joe]

Grouch,
You felt cheated when you found 'Nayagan' was not original ..The same way I felt for 'Iruvar' ..when this movie in production ,as usual mani was making all sorts of publicity stund as if he is making a movie out of MGR-kalainjar relationship ..That cause the huge flop of this movie .I went to watch this movie on the day of release itself and terribily disappointed with the movie ..The reason is not just it didn't reflect that MGR-kalainjar friendship ..If it is totally different ,I didn't bother .But he made a impression as if it is MGR-kalainjar story ,but nothing conveyed constructively ,but mostly are twists from the facts ,which I felt he tried to impose his wrong ideas and understanding to the public .Fortunately ,people also rejected this movie. That proves technical brilliance,good acting ,good songa can't save a movie if it gives a twisted wrong message.I was happy about it.

[groucho070]

Mamamia! Looking at the number of comma's in your post. Now, I am convinced that you feel very strongly against the film.

As I said, as you requested, we shall agree to disagree.

I think Mani toned down many of the historic elements. Also, there have been visible and audible censorship involved. The damnedest thing that Mani has to face was that many of those characters are still alive and they are watching. My brother always says that this film would have been better if the principle characters are no longer around. Mani could have had more freedom.

Doing a honest-to-god biographical pix is a no-no in Tamil film industry - unless everyone is dead. Judging from your reaction, I think the audience would have appreciated it if they had NOT known that it will be based on MGR/Kalaignar.

Number one reason I like the film was the performance by Mohanlal and Prakashraj. And I loved the music, brilliant. First time I got to hear unadulterated classic jazz in Tamil film. Background score is astounding...one of ARRs best.

Cinematography? Well, you know Mani. He tends to be showy. Some were good, some were pretentious.

Script? Lines were by his wife, Suhasini, and the kavithai part was Vairamuthu. He managed to capture Kalaignar's spirit, but still does come off sounding like Vairamuthu. The dialogues were solid. Its just that sometimes actors in Manirathnam's film sometimes made to sound as if they are rushing to the lavatory. Director's branding. KB has his (repeating certain phrases).

Mani is not THE best director, he is one of the good ones out there. And Iruvar, in my book, ranks high in his stable.

[Nakeeran]

Grouch,
You felt cheated when you found 'Nayagan' was not original ..The same way I felt for 'Iruvar' ..when this movie in production ,as usual mani was making all sorts of publicity stund as if he is making a movie out of MGR-kalainjar relationship ..That cause the huge flop of this movie .I went to watch this movie on the day of release itself and terribily disappointed with the movie ..The reason is not just it didn't reflect that MGR-kalainjar friendship ..If it is totally different ,I didn't bother .But he made a impression as if it is MGR-kalainjar story ,but nothing conveyed constructively ,but mostly are twists from the facts ,which I felt he tried to impose his wrong ideas and understanding to the public .Fortunately ,people also rejected this movie. That proves technical brilliance,good acting ,good songa can't save a movie if it gives a twisted wrong message.I was happy about it.

Can u substantiate ur views above & justify ur contention ?

[nilavupriyan]

i havent heard mani saying its abt mk or mgr!he said its abt two friends..thats it!

[manuel]

"Nayagan" though seems to be well copied movie of GF..... it is very well adapted to the local Indian context which is important and some exemplary acting by every one ... which is not the normal case in most of the indian movies which are copied from west.

[P_R]

I guess attempting a " top 10 of all time" list is always going to be tricky but hey, that's the fun.

Here's my top 10, in attempted chronological order

1) Andha Naal (Sivaji wr: Javer Seetharaman dir: S.Balachander)
2) Thillana Mohanambal (Sivaji,Padmini, wr: Kothamangalam Subbu and AP Nagarajan dir:AP Nagarajan)
3) Avargal (Sujatha,Rajini,Kamal wr & dir: K.Balachander)
4) Pathinaru VayathinilE (Sridevi,Kamal,Rajini,wr &dir: Barathiraja)
5) Veedu (Archana, wr & dir: Balu Mahendra)
6) Nayagan (Kamal, wr: MR and Balakumaran dir: Mani Ratnam)
7) Michaelmadanakamarajan (wr: Kamal and Crazy Mohan dir: Singeetham Srinivasa Rao :-) )
8) ThEvar Magan (wr: Kamal dir: Bharathan :-))
9) Mahanadhi (wr: Kamal and Ra.Ki.Rangarajan dir: Santhanabarathi :-) :-) )
10) Hey ! Ram (wr & dir: Kamal !)

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[tfmlover]

I don't understand why Iruvar is termed as a great movie..For who know MGR-Kalainjar real story ,it is a pathetic misinterpretation ..Movie can't be great just because it has wonderful songs and technically brilliant ..This movie was a huge flop ,I am really happy it got what it deserves.

pls don say songs good..even choreography copied..if you hapnd to see..? GENE KELLY..'broadway rhythm..'the hoofer meets the vixen '
athaan ..helo mister edir katchii..
enna reeeellpaa !.. :hammer: :hammer:

[kannannn]

I guess attempting a " top 10 of all time" list is always going to be tricky but hey, that's the fun.

Here's my top 10, in attempted chronological order

1) Andha Naal (Sivaji wr: Javer Seetharaman dir: S.Balachander)
2) Thillana Mohanambal (Sivaji,Padmini, wr: Kothamangalam Subbu and AP Nagarajan dir:AP Nagarajan)
3) Avargal (Sujatha,Rajini,Kamal wr & dir: K.Balachander)
4) Pathinaru VayathinilE (Sridevi,Kamal,Rajini,wr &dir: Barathiraja)
5) Veedu (Archana, wr & dir: Balu Mahendra)
6) Nayagan (Kamal, wr: MR and Balakumaran dir: Mani Ratnam)
7) Michaelmadanakamarajan (wr: Kamal and Crazy Mohan dir: Singeetham Srinivasa Rao :-) )
8) ThEvar Magan (wr: Kamal dir: Bharathan :-))
9) Mahanadhi (wr: Kamal and Ra.Ki.Rangarajan dir: Santhanabarathi :-) :-) )
10) Hey ! Ram (wr & dir: Kamal !)

That's quite a list. Infact, I made one when Rediff ran a series on Top 10 films. And many in your list overlap with mine :) .

[cittu]

1.Rajini
2.Vijay
3.Kamal
4.Vikram
5.Surya

[P_R]

That's quite a list. Infact, I made one when Rediff ran a series on Top 10 films. And many in your list overlap with mine . Great :-) Out with your list.

[Thirumaran]

Top 10 movies will be a diificult thing to decide.

Keeping My top 10 which comes to mind as of now. Trying to keep a list which could accomadate different period and stars.

1. Mahanadi
2. Muthal Mariyathai
3. Aayirathil Oruvan
4. Johny
5. MMKR
6. Mouna Raagam
7. Kaathalikka Neramillai
8. Thevar Magan
9. Anbe Sivam
10. Antha 7 naatkal
:)

[Surya]

Top Ten is tough...here's mine...not in any order...

1. Hey! Ram
2. Kuruthi Punal
3. Aalavanthaan
4. Kaaka Kaaka
5. Anbe Sivam
6. Virumaandi
7. Jhonny
8. Pithamagan
9. Nayagan
10. Thalapathy

[kannannn]

Here goes mine:
Andha Naal: When dramas with song and dance routines were the norm, S. Balachandar made a daringly different movie. The movie made all the more special by a stylish Shivaji. Watch out for the scene, where a smoking Shivaji and his lover are silhoutted against the park background. THAT is style for you.

Uththama Puthiran: Sridhar's version of 'Man in the Iron Mask' is a treat to watch even today. Technically brilliant, I rate this as Nambiar's best performance.

Unnaipol Oruvan: The north had Shantaram, Ghatak, Ray, Sen and many others during the 50's and 60's. In contrast, we had to be content with the loud, commercial cinema, that was our staple diet. Jayakandhan's Unnaipol Oruvan was a worthy effort, capable of comparison to works of the masters above. We know him as a great writer. Unnaipol Oruvan, showed what a great director he was too. I think that was the only film he made. Pity.

Veedu: Forward to the 80's. This era saw the New Wave Cinema take center stage in Kannada and Malayalam in South India that started in the 70's. It still continues in Malayalam today. Sadly, Tamil film makers missed out on this great oppurtunity. Well, not all. There was Balumahendra. Veedu was a tribute to the 'never say die' attitude of the Great Indian Middleclass. Illayaraja's background score greatly enhaced the artistic value of this film

Sandhya Ragam: This time Balumahendra tackles old age. And Chockalinga Bagavatar gave one terrific performance.

MMKR: This will be the benchmark for all comedies and multiple roles. Kamal and 'Crazy' Mohan combine to give the best comedy in Tamil Cinema. Kamal's penchant for perfection shows in every scene, every body movement. Let's see if anyone can better this comedy.

Hey Ram: An absolute classic. That a film was not appreciated in it's own time is a phrase used for many films, but it truly applies to this. I think it was Kamal's best performance to date. As a director, he showed that, given the freedom, he can push the boundaries of film making in tamil. His passion shows in every frame.

Thaneer Thaneer: Balachandar's treatment of governement apathy and struggle for survival of India's villagers is as relevant today as ever.

Nayagan: Much has been said about Nayagan. I don't have anything to add.

Sigappu Rojakkal: Bharathiraja's finest. Bharatiraja moves so effortlessly to a city theme, after giving '16 Vayadhinile' and proves that he is a master of both. Crime thrillers don't get any better.

It was tough to leave out these, but the list has place for only 10 - Agraharathil Kazhudai, Kadhalikka Neramillai and Vedham Pudhidhu.

[RATHEESHAJITH]

KADHAL KOTTAI :bluejump: :clap:

VAALI :bluejump: :clap:

THALAPATHY :D

NAYAGAN :D

RAMANA 8-)

SETHU :)

MANMADHAN :D

KADHAL KONDEN :roll:

KADHAL :cry:

AUTOGRAPH :)

[joe]

KADHAL KOTTAI :bluejump: :clap:

VAALI :bluejump: :clap:

THALAPATHY :D

NAYAGAN :D

RAMANA 8-)

SETHU :)

MANMADHAN :D

KADHAL KONDEN :roll:

KADHAL :cry:

AUTOGRAPH :)

I think you never seen a movie released before 80's

[imsai]

KADHAL KOTTAI :bluejump: :clap:

VAALI :bluejump: :clap:

THALAPATHY :D

NAYAGAN :D

RAMANA 8-)

SETHU :)

MANMADHAN :D

KADHAL KONDEN :roll:

KADHAL :cry:

AUTOGRAPH :)

I think you never seen a movie released before 80's

You mean the 80s stage dramas?

[joe]

KADHAL KOTTAI :bluejump: :clap:

VAALI :bluejump: :clap:

THALAPATHY :D

NAYAGAN :D

RAMANA 8-)

SETHU :)

MANMADHAN :D

KADHAL KONDEN :roll:

KADHAL :cry:

AUTOGRAPH :)

I think you never seen a movie released before 80's

You mean the 80s stage dramas?

Imsai!

[RATHEESHAJITH]

JOE,

NAYAGAN AND THALAPATHY RELEASED
BEFORE 1980 :huh:

ANYWAY HERE IS 80'S BEST HITS

PADIKKATHAVAN

IDHAYA KOVIL

APOORVA SAGOTHARARGAL

MOUNA RAAGAM

MOONDRAM PIRAI

KARAGAATTAKARAN

SIGAPPU ROJAAKKAL

ANTHA 7 NAATKAL

NINAITHAALE INIKKUM

CHINNA KOUNDER

[great]

JOE,

NAYAGAN AND THALAPATHY RELEASED
BEFORE 1980 :huh:



:cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry2:

[Thirumaran]

JOE,

NAYAGAN AND THALAPATHY RELEASED
BEFORE 1980 :huh:



:cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry2:

:lol: :cry: :cry:

[P_R]

Nice list kannannn. Five matches between us.

You mentioned the exact scene that made me sit up in Andha Naal :-) Let me chew on the differences in our lists.

I haven't seen UnnaippOl oruvan and Agraharathil Kazuthai (though I've heard a lot about them).

I was reluctant about putting Veedu and Sandhya Raagam both on my list. Perhaps one should be allowed to list them both in one slot :-) But having to choose I think Veedu was ahead.

I watched Uthamaputhiran just once, and that too long back. But I see Thillana Mohanambal every now and then.

Sigappu Rojakkal ahead of 16 vayathinile is something I have to try a bit to come to terms with.

'Thanneer Thanneer' was a tad Balachandarish for me. He is not among my favourite directors. I know he did a lot of things in his career and all but I have never been able to thoroughly enjoy a KB movie (except Thillu Mullu). And IMO AvargaL was one of the less KBish movie. It was much less melodramatic than the unduly popular 'avaL oru thodarkathai'.

[TamilMoon]

enakku pidicha Top Ten Movies...

1. Anniyan
2. Indian
3. Citizen
4. Baatcha
5. Red
6. Kaadhal Kondaen
7. Kaadhal Desam
8. Friends
9. Annamalai
10 . Gillli

Top Ten Songs

1. Snekithanae - Alai Paayuthae
2. Thalattum Kattrae Vaa - Poovellam Un Vaasam
3. Munn Paniyaa - Nandha
4. Kaadhal Rojavae - Roja
5. MGR All Songs
6. Rajini All Songs
7. Evano Oruvan Vaasikkiraan - Alai Paayuthae
8. Inji Iduppazhagi
9. Vandhae Maatharam - Paramasivan
10. Vijay All Songs

Actors...

1. MGR
2. Vijay
3. Ajith
4. Rajini
5. Kamal
6. Arun Paandiyan
7. Maadhavan
8. Dhanush
9. Simbu
10. VijayaKanth

[alwarpet_andavan]

(Not in any particular order)

Thiruvilayadal
Johny
16 Vayadhinile
Moondram Pirai
Mudhal Mariyadhai/Vedam Pudhidhu
MMKR
Thevar Magan
Mahanadhi
Hey Ram
Kadhal

Almost there: Vietnam Veedu, Andha Naal, Veedu, Pesum Padam, Aboorva Sagodharargal, Kannathil Muthamittaal

[kannannn]

I was reluctant about putting Veedu and Sandhya Raagam both on my list. Perhaps one should be allowed to list them both in one slot :-) But having to choose I think Veedu was ahead.
I too was hesistant in putting them both, but Sandhya Ragam was very effective in conveying what it wanted to, just like Veedu. I also wanted to acknowledge Chockalinga Bhagavatar's fine acting and the fact that he carried the whole film on his shoulders. Guess it's not for nothing that people like Balumahendra and Kamal value actors from theater.


I watched Uthamaputhiran just once, and that too long back. But I see Thillana Mohanambal every now and then.
I too like Thillana Mohanambal for reasons you mentioned in the NT thread. But, much as Nambiar's character was a major asset in Uthama Puthiran, his character proved to be the sore point in Thillana Mohanambal. It just didn't fit into the movie and affected the final product.
And there are other reasons for Uthama Puthiran's presence. I am a big fan of Sridhar and feel that he deserves much more appreciation for what he has done to tamil cinema than he gets. His screenplays and dialogues were very sophisticated for his time, Uthama Puthiran being a fine example.


Sigappu Rojakkal ahead of 16 vayathinile is something I have to try a bit to come to terms with.
The reason I chose Sigappu Rojakkal ahead of 16 Vayathinile is 'cos of Bharatiraja's treatment. I think 16 Vayathinile was a little too sentimental. In contrast, Sigappu Rojakkal was a very bold and dispassionate treatment of it's subject. Everything just falls in place in the movie.


'Thanneer Thanneer' was a tad Balachandarish for me. He is not among my favourite directors. I know he did a lot of things in his career and all but I have never been able to thoroughly enjoy a KB movie (except Thillu Mullu). And IMO AvargaL was one of the less KBish movie. It was much less melodramatic than the unduly popular 'avaL oru thodarkathai'.
I share your sentiments on Balachandar. He wouldn't find a place in my list of favourite directors. I thought Thaneer Thaneer was different from his other movies though (probably 'cos it was adapted). Except for the 'Megam Karukkudhu' song, the movie was impeccable, with hard-hitting dry humor running throughout the movie.

[RATHEESHAJITH]

1. ULTIMATE STAR AJITH [ THE KING OF TAMIL CINE FIELD]

SUPER STAR MOHANLAL [ THE KING OF MALAYALAM CINE FIELD]

2. SUPER STAR RAJINI [ KING OF OPENING]

3. PADMASREE KAMALHAASAN [ INDIAN JAMESBOND]

4. SIMBHU [ THE YOUNG ALLROUNDER]

5. DILEEP [ THE YOUNG GUN]

[NOV]

Groucho, I share your enthusiasm for Iruvar. Brilliant movies failing at the BO are not rare; Karnan and Hey Ram come to mind immediately.

Iruvar was an excellent attempt at film making, but lacked in cohesion and of course in attracting the masses. It will remain as a moving testimony of Tamil cinema. Kudos to Maniratnam for even attempting the movie.

p/s: I remember reading that the movie's making was under tight secrecy and very little hype was created for it.

[NOV]

Best Actors

I'd rather go according to the period as it is impossible to compare different generations:

60s era

1. Sivaji Ganesan
2. Gemini Ganesh, Muthuraman, SV Subbiah, Ranga Rao, -------- will add more later

(I will have to omit MGR as he wil be remembered as a great personality rather than as a great actor.)

70s & 80s era

1. Kamalahasan
2. Sivakumar (later years), -------- will add more later

(Again I omit Rajini for similar reasons as MGR - it is true that Rajini acted well in some of his earier movies, but not enough to be in this league.)

Present era

1. Vikram, Madhavan, Surya

(Ajith showed promise in his earlier movies, but didnt keep up the momentum. Vijay is a mass artiste. Funny thing is one can't laugh while one can't cry - two prerequistes for good acting skills.)

[groucho070]

Kinda quiet in the hub ain't it, Nov?

Anyway, interesting observation on Iruvar. Highly underrated, just because it was compared to MGR/KK relationship

Note to Joe: we discussed it earlier, Joe, and agreed to disagree. I like the way you put it

And I recall that there were not much hype as well. Originally titled Anandham, Mani tested Sarath and Sathyaraj for the roles (which, I can't recall, but I think must be for Tamilselvan role, because Mani may already have Mohanlal for Anandhan).

Performance-wise we saw a great contrast, Mohanlal subdued and restrained, and Prakashraj generous on his strong dialogue delivery and very naked on a more agressive emotions like anger and jealousy. Two sides of the same coin. It's a cliche expression, but it fits here.

I like the fact that you broke down into periods when listing best actors. What's your top ten (as per the title of this thread)? I have mine in my site. Don't intend to change it. Yours?



Present era

1. Vikram, Madhavan, Surya

(Ajith showed promise in his earlier movies, but didnt keep up the momentum. Vijay is a mass artiste. Funny thing is one can't laugh while one can't cry - two prerequistes for good acting skills.)

Phew! That's a dangerous ground you are threading. If the hubbers are much more broadminded and are able to take criticism generously, I'd have more to say about, ahem, those two stars, but I shall refrain from doing so. But your remarks are done tactfully, congratulations.

[villan007]

1. Vikram, Madhavan, Surya


:shock: ..... :confused2:

[NOV]

Kinda quiet in the hub ain't it, Nov? It is? I didnt notice. :)


Note to Joe: we discussed it earlier, Joe, and agreed to disagree. I like the way you put itYeah I noticed. Joe is mature enoug to accept difference of opinons. :D


Two sides of the same coin. It's a cliche expression, but it fits here.... and so aptly titled Iruvar.
If you like the vennilaa vennilaa song, do give Sillendru Oru Kaathu song a try. Need to get used to the voice, but the orchestration is superb! :thumbsup:


I like the fact that you broke down into periods when listing best actors. What's your top ten (as per the title of this thread)? I have mine in my site. Don't intend to change it. Yours? I dont think I will attempt it - too much of work. :D
Sivaji's movies will top most for sure. I also like Raththa Kanneer, KB movies, KS Gopalakrishnan social movies, Sridhar's earlier works, Mahendran's movies, Balu Mahendra, Bakiyaraj, etc etc. Endless list.
Current favourites would be Maniratnam and Shankar. A lot of newbies look promising but need more samples for accessing.


Phew! That's a dangerous ground you are threading. But your remarks are done tactfully, congratulations.:ty:
I have posted my opinion, and therefore dont see why anyone should get riled up over what I feel. :huh:

Villain, Madhavan has shown variety; his crowning performance was in Anbe Sivam where he held his own against Kamal. No small feat that one.

[groucho070]

1. Vikram, Madhavan, Surya


:shock: ..... :confused2:

In my book, Madhavan gets better mark. But lets not go into that now.

[NOV]

groucho, see my response above your post. :)

[groucho070]

If you like the vennilaa vennilaa song, do give Sillendru Oru Kaathu song a try. Need to get used to the voice, but the orchestration is superb! :thumbsup:


I did. The title song is amazing. Its Big Band Jazz, puts your right in the middle of Las Vegas. Wonder if contemporary audience will accept it...

[joe]

If I list out with period classification (as done by Nov)

60's & Mid 70
----
1.Nadigar Thilagam
2.M.R.Radha
3.Nagesh
4.Ranga Rao
5.Bhalaih

Mid70s &80
-----
1.kamal Hassan
2.Sivakumar

Current
-------
1.Vikram
2.Naser

[Nerd]

Have been closely watching this thread offlate :lol:

The very mention of sivakumar :shock: ed me !!

I have seen quite a few movies of him to judge him myself. He was pretty good in sindhu bhairavi. He wasnt that impressive in annakkiLi. Anything else am missing?? rOsaappuu ravikkaikkaari I think, he wasnt that impressive.. Actually I liked his performance in some 90s movies (kaathalukku mariyaathai, sEthu).. Anyway thats my perception!

If I have to make a top 10

Actors:

nadigar thilagam
kamal
M R Radha
Rajinikanth
Nasser
................


Movies (not in any order)
antha naaL
paraasakthi
thillaana mOhanaambaaL
kaiy koduththa dheivam
mahAnadhi
thEvar magan
uthirip puukkaL
muLLum malarum
16 vayathinilE
muthal mariyaathai
Cannot exclude this: mouna raagam

[nilavupriyan]

Actors:


Movies (not in any order)
antha naaL
paraasakthi
thillaana mOhanaambaaL
kaiy koduththa dheivam
mahAnadhi
thEvar magan
uthirip puukkaL
muLLum malarum
16 vayathinilE
muthal mariyaathai

who has acted in it?

[nilavupriyan]

Top 10 masala

1.Aboorva sagodharargal
2.Enga veetu pillai
3.Johny
4.Gentleman
5.Indian
6.Thalapathy
7.Annamalai
8.Baatshah
9.Vetri vizha
10.gillie/dhool/dhil/gemini

[Nerd]

:oops:

[Nerd]

Sivaji, SSR, Savithri, K.R. vijaya acted in KKD.. I think it won a national award if am not mistaken !!

How can you include Jhonny in masala movies list, nilavu :shock:

[nilavupriyan]

Im tempted to add it in all list :oops:

anyway..its a complete entertainer!

[nilavupriyan]

do u mean the movie where ssr acts as shivaji's machan....(padmini's brother)

padmini is the heroine?...thats a nice movie...shivaji is so stylish in that movie!

[Nerd]

Nilavu u r talking about kungumam.. thats a pretty good movie as well..

kai koduththa dheivam has these songs:

sindhu nadhiyin misai
aayiraththil oruththiyammaa nii

[nilavupriyan]

ok ok!

in sindhu nadhiyin misai song..is that malayali ..a famous hero?

photography is so good to capture the beauty of kerala

[Thirumaran]

ok ok!

in sindhu nadhiyin misai song..is that malayali ..a famous hero?

photography is so good to capture the beauty of kerala

yeah. Prem nazir appears in that song.. :)

I doubt on the movie getting any national award :?

[Nerd]

I saw this movie some 4 years back in sun tv I think. When the credits start rolling at the start, they say something like:

*janaathipathi viruthu petRa*
kaiy koduththa dheivam

I aint very sure though :oops:

[Thirumaran]

I saw this movie some 4 years back in sun tv I think. When the credits start rolling at the start, they say something like:

*janaathipathi viruthu petRa*
kaiy koduththa dheivam

I aint very sure though :oops:

After google searching i found a link saying the movie got national award.

http://www.mayyam.com/hub/viewtopic.php?p=400059&highlight=

which is your old post only :lol:

[Nerd]

:rotfl:

So everything WE say is being stored.. Even if WE delete those messages, it takes some time to get that out of google cache.. Hats off google :thumbsup:

[tfmlover]

neenga yaarume ' yaarukaaga azhuthaan ' paarkala pOliruku :?
kelvipatirupeengalaa :D

[joe]

neenga yaarume ' yaarukaaga azhuthaan ' paarkala pOliruku :?
kelvipatirupeengalaa :D

Yes,I have seen it .Nagesh in a different role .I think it is 'Jayakanthan' story.I have seen it long back.

[tfmlover]

yes joe glad .
top 10? not easy
tamila unwanted paatu dance koothu ilaama vantha movies rare
s.balachandar movie antha naal all mention here- no songs i think
thirudaathe
kappalottiya thamizhan
1000 rupai
maraka mudiyuma
ratha kanneer
avanthaan manidhan
edhiroli
koondukili
chakkaram
meenda sorgam
sumaithaangi
thulaabaram
pasi - shoba acted durai direction
thikatra paarvathi
thaagam
kalyaana oorvalam
edhirneechal
server sundaram
mullum mallarum
udhiri pookal
agrahaarathil oru kazhudai anyone saw?
lots of A.bhimsingh movies good too

these are some good movies i know not in order

[joe]

tfmlover,
Do you know the movie directed by Jayakanthan himself ,I am confused with the name "ennai pol oruvan"

[tfmlover]

tfmlover,
Do you know the movie directed by Jayakanthan himself ,I am confused with the name "ennai pol oruvan"
no joe
unnaippol oruvan

[tfmlover]

enoda list paarthu edaachum pudichiruka joe? :cry:

[joe]

enoda list paarthu edaachum pudichiruka joe? :cry:

antha naal- no songs i think -Great movie
thirudaathe -Nice movie ,slightly different from usual MGR style -great songs
kappalottiya thamizhan - No words to describe
maraka mudiyuma -Marakka mudiyatha kalainjar paatu "Kaakitha oodam kadalalai meethu"
ratha kanneer -My all time favourite movie from one and only Nadiga vel
avanthaan manidhan -NT's great movie .excellent songs
edhiroli -NT -balachander combo ..Nice movie ,unfortunately failed
koondukili _yet to see this Both Thilagam's movie
sumaithaangi _ Genimi's one of the bests
thulaabaram -Movie brought national award for saratha .."Poonjittu kannagal" song..GOLD
pasi - shoba acted durai direction - great movie
edhirneechal -Genius nagesh
server sundaram -One more Nagesh classic
mullum mallarum -Best Rajini movie from great Mahendran
udhiri pookal -Mahendran's all time best movie
agrahaarathil oru kazhudai anyone saw? _I am seraching for this movie
lots of A.bhimsingh movies good too -Ofcourse especially for NT

[tfmlover]

haha joe..
thers more you know
did you see unnaipol oruvan ?

[joe]

haha joe..
thers more you know
did you see unnaipol oruvan ?

Illappa .I am searching for this too ..Recently I read Ador gopalakrishnan's interview in AV or Kumudam .He mentioned that 'unnaipol oruvan' is a great tamil movie got his attention .It was directed by Jayakanthan himself..Another jayakanthan's famous novel 'Sila nerangalil sila manithargal' taken as amovie with same name directed by Beemsing ,starred by Lakshmi and Sreekanth ..I havn't seen that movie too ,but I read the novel.

[tfmlover]

ada..tamizh you can read well lucky you..
chthira poo selai sevantha mugam muzhu..muthu sudar meni spb song by jayakandan right?..
gone with the wind ' pola oru movie varanum tamila..
epa varum ?

[tfmlover]

ellorum nalavare' muthuraman movie good one i heard

[joe]

ellorum nalavare' muthuraman movie good one i heard

I never heard this movie ..have you seen 'Chiththi' starring M.R.Radha ,Padmini and nagesh ..It is a nice movie.

[groucho070]

I've seen Chitti. It's a beautiful movie. It kinda supports my belief that Padhmini is a great actress (I argued elsewhere that she can compete with Savithri). Such heavy role for such young age.

Of course, in latter days the serial came and obscured everything.

[tfmlover]

trust me padmini very good her pronounciation xlent too
saw chitti and thanneer suduvadena song facial expression awesome
if you saw..maanika thottil ?
penn deivam
meenda sorgam
sivagiku ammavaa i think one movie ?
'neela vanna kannaa vaada ..good song
padmini aadinaa aadatha manamum aadum

[tfmlover]

i know vera title kedaikala ..ipdithaan neraya old movie names they use and bobble
looking@your movie grouses..now

[Sanguine Sridhar]

My All time Fav 10 Movies

1. Gouvravam
2. Thiruvilayadal
3. Navarathri
4. Thillana Moganambal
5. Missiyamma
6. 'Baley' Pandiya!
7. Ratha Kaneer
8. Anbey Sivam
9. Aaaril Irundhu Aryvadhu Varai
10. 'Vietnam' Veedu

60's Best actors

1. Nadigar Thilagam
2. M.R.Radha
3. Muthuraman
4. Naagesh
5. Balayya
6. Chandrababu
7. Manorama
8. Gemini Ganesan
9. Saavithri
10. Baanumathy

80's till 2006 Best performers

1. Kamalhassan
2. Rajnikanth
3. Karthick
4. Prabhu
5. Goundamani & Sendhil
6. Vikram
7. Surya
8. Vadivelu
9. Vivek
10. Vijay!

...... Coming up Best Songs... :)

[NOV]

ellorum nalavare' muthuraman movie good one i heardhow could you?

padaiththaanE bramma dEvan 16 vayadhu kOlam! :thumbsup:
also my ultimate fav song - pagai konda ullam thuyaraththin illam
also TMS song sivappu kallu mookuththi.

Muthuraman, Manjula, Jayanthi and Major Sundararajan acted in this movie.

[tfmlover]

ellorum nalavare' muthuraman movie good one i heardhow could you?

padaiththaanE bramma dEvan 16 vayadhu kOlam! :thumbsup:

Muthuraman, Manjula, Jayanthi and Major Sundararajan acted in this movie.
haha nov good day
yaa gramathule elaarume sandai sandai ..ore sandai
kjy ..sings 'pagai konda ullam thuyarathin illam theeraatha kobam yaaruku laabam
folk song..tms ps..sevapoo kallu mookuthi sirika vantha maankutty

aanaa :lol: manjulavuku 16 vayasilla apo nov :lol:

[nilavupriyan]

Best action movies!

kurudhipunal
sathya
thalapathy
aayirathil oruvan
thee
nayakan
sathriyan
sooriyan
pudhupetai
Indian

left out historical movies.

[RATHEESHAJITH]

TOP 5 ACTORS .......

1. THALA AJITH
2. RAJINI
3.KAMALHAASAN
4.VIKRAM
5. SIMBHU

TOP 5 ACTRESS

1. NAYANTARA
2. TRISHA
3. ASIN
4. JOTHIKA
5.SNEHA

TOP 5 FILMS

1. VAALI
2.CHANDRAMUKHI
3. DHOOL
4. MANMADHAN
5. GAJINI

[groucho070]

Best action movies!

kurudhipunal
sathya
thalapathy
aayirathil oruvan
thee
nayakan
sathriyan
sooriyan
pudhupetai
Indian

left out historical movies.

Categorisation must be different in Tamil films.

Kurithipunal, to me is a crime drama.
Sathya, drama
Talapathy, drama
Ayirattil Oruvan, epic
Nayagan, drama
Sathriyan (huh?)
Sooriyan (I rest my case)
Pudhupettai (haven't seen it, could be a violent drama)
Indian (drama, bordering on action).

In my book. These are the action films that comes immediately to mind:

Vetri Vizha.
Kali
Kazhugu
Thiruda Thiruda
Parakkum Pavai
Vikram
Sivantha Man
Vaira Nenjam
Jeeva (Sathyaraj)
Billa
Raja (Sivaji)
Kakkichattai

oh boy, the list goes on...

[nilavupriyan]

In my book. These are the action films that comes immediately to mind:

Vetri Vizha.(ok)
Kali(ok)
Kazhugu(mysery/romance)not action
Thiruda Thiruda(romance/drama)not action
Parakkum Pavai
Vikram(ok)
Sivantha Man(ok)
Vaira Nenjam
Jeeva (Sathyaraj)(ok)
Billa(ok)
Raja (Sivaji)
Kakkichattai (ok)

oh boy, the list goes on...

but in tamil there are no perfect action movies..there are only action/romance/drama movies!

they mix everything!

[groucho070]

Yeah. I agree. Masala is a must. In fact, films like Jeeva relies heavily on the so-called 'sentiment' that gives rise to action.

The list is not my top ten, I just wrote what came to my mind.

Don't forget some of early Jai Shankar movies. And of course, the king of action himself, Arjun. Gentlemen was a good action flick.

Kamal and Rajini actually dominates this section. Their late seventies and early eighties is full of these types of action films.

[joe]

Grouch,
Do you mean Kuruthipunal doesn't come under Action movie category?
Btw,Kuruthipunal is one of my most favourite movies ..It is a good example of dealing with the problem thourougly without much deviation or 'nunipul meithal' unlike manirathnam movies :)

[groucho070]

Grouch,
Do you mean Kuruthipunal doesn't come under Action movie category?
Btw,Kuruthipunal is one of my most favourite movies ..It is a good example of dealing with the problem thourougly without much deviation or 'nunipul meithal' unlike manirathnam movies :)

Joe, there is no authority on categorisation.

But based on the list I gave, I hope you can see the difference.

Kuruthipunal is a crime drama. It deals with issues, about personal integrity, about faith, belief, sacrifices. Action films touch on this, but they are mostly concerned about the movement of the movies. I include classics like Parakkum Pavai and Sivantha Mann which had good story background, but these two film rocks because of the pace and the action scenes.

Sathya is also like Kuruthipunal, though I would rank Sathya's fight sequence as one of the best ever in Tamil film history. But the one thing that sticks to our mind is the (Spoiler alert for those who has not seen Sathya [and if you haven't where are you from]) betrayal by the politician he serves. The very man who is supposed to be the healer of the society becomes the poison - to Sathya's eyes. I haven't seen both of these movies Hindi original, but I keep hearing that the Tamil version is better.

As for 'numpul meithal', ahem, no comments. All I can say is Kamal, as a director, is of equal calibre as Mani. I have issues with Kamal the serious-movie scriptwriter (Hey Ram characterisation, I got problem), but nobody can equal (contemporary) him on comedy screenplay. Mani, when he is not writing the dialogue, is ok.

As for touching issues...its subjective. Many like Oliver Stone, many loath him. I didn't like it when Spielberg did serious stuff (Schindler was okay, but Saving Private Ryan, while technically brilliant, is pretentious), but many will disagree.

We can have a looooooooong (peaceful) debate on Mani on separate thread. Want?

[joe]

Grouch0,
Thanks for the post! we can have a seperate discussion on Manirathnam later .

As a script writer Kamal excelled in Devar Magan and Kuruthipunal..Kuruthipunal has excellent peice of dialogues like "Veeramna Enna theriyuma !Payam Illatha maathiri Nadikkurathu " and many more dialogues between kamal and nasser.

kamal has very good writing skills .Interesting thing is he has two levels of writing .

1.Uncomplicated and easily understandble eg : Devar magan dilogues ,'Unnai vida' song from Virumandi

2.Complicated and hard to understand - dialogues in Heyram ,His 'Puthu kavithai' stuff he used to write in Vikatan kind of magazines ,which is very hard to understand for all.

I always want kamal to focus more on first category

[nilavupriyan]

we dint have an action director like govind nilhani anytime in our cine industry i guess!

no special action directors ..only masala directors!

[Cinefan]

Nice list ........................................avaL oru thodarkathai'.

Hey when did you shift to Toronto???

[Cinefan]

kamal has very good writing skills .Interesting thing is he has two levels of writing .

1.Uncomplicated and easily understandble eg : Devar magan dilogues ,'Unnai vida' song from Virumandi

2.Complicated and hard to understand - dialogues in Heyram ,His 'Puthu kavithai' stuff he used to write in Vikatan kind of magazines ,which is very hard to understand for all.

I always want kamal to focus more on first category

Completely agree.I always wonder why he writes such complicated stuff.

Infact even his speeches fall into two categories:

1)The normal type,effective&humorous&very impressive.
2)Ones with lots of Senthamizh which makes ppl bored.

Ayya,we want more of Thevar magan&Virumaandi&less of Hey Ram.

[groucho070]

kamal has very good writing skills .Interesting thing is he has two levels of writing .

1.Uncomplicated and easily understandble eg : Devar magan dilogues ,'Unnai vida' song from Virumandi

2.Complicated and hard to understand - dialogues in Heyram ,His 'Puthu kavithai' stuff he used to write in Vikatan kind of magazines ,which is very hard to understand for all.

I always want kamal to focus more on first category

More approachable. While at it, I'd make a quick top ten of Kamal. Off my hat, lets see:

1.Guna - Untouchable, unique, lovable but disturbed, understandable but unapproachable. He blongs to Abirami alone.
2.MMKR - Screwball comedy unparalleled since Bale Pandiya. One of the best screenplay ever, and one of the best use of masking technique for multiple Kamal.

3.Apoorva Sahotharargal - Forget the technique. Its easy, but his performance made you forget to look for the platforms, the dugouts, etc. This is the best tribute to all the rattai-vesham/revenge films of the past.

4.Anbe Sivam - I've trying to tell my faith to others for so long and its tough. This film made it easy. That National Award ignored it confirms how ignorant they are.

5.Mundram Pirai - Selfless. Sincere. Makes you laugh, cry, watch in awe and later squirm in your seat. Very performance based, and beautifully shot.

6.Sigappu Rojakkal - makes you wonder why he is not doing anti-hero anymore. One of the early serious examination of a man's pshyche. Very deep. Very disturbing. As a child, it was a horror movie. As an adult, its a psychological thriller.

7. Salangai Oli - Dance, romance that never happened, and the ending with a bitter old man. No Star Trek-like makeup here, but Kamal pulled it off with performance alone.

8.Nayagan. I am conflicted about this movie. Godfather and Brando/De Niro performance still haunts me. But it should be in Kamal's top ten.

9.Avvai Shanmugi. I don't exaggerate on my praising. But can anyone else do this...ever?

10.Pathinaru Vayathinile. Tamil film lovers get their first flash of brilliance from this very, very young ex-child actor named Kamalahassan. Of course, years later he changed the spelling.

[groucho070]

kamal has very good writing skills .Interesting thing is he has two levels of writing .

1.Uncomplicated and easily understandble eg : Devar magan dilogues ,'Unnai vida' song from Virumandi

2.Complicated and hard to understand - dialogues in Heyram ,His 'Puthu kavithai' stuff he used to write in Vikatan kind of magazines ,which is very hard to understand for all.

I always want kamal to focus more on first category

More approachable. While at it, I'd make a quick top ten of Kamal. Off my hat, lets see:

1.Guna - Untouchable, unique, lovable but disturbed, understandable but unapproachable. He blongs to Abirami alone.
2.MMKR - Screwball comedy unparalleled since Bale Pandiya. One of the best screenplay ever, and one of the best use of masking technique for multiple Kamal.

3.Apoorva Sahotharargal - Forget the technique. Its easy, but his performance made you forget to look for the platforms, the dugouts, etc. This is the best tribute to all the rattai-vesham/revenge films of the past.

4.Anbe Sivam - I've trying to tell my faith to others for so long and its tough. This film made it easy. That National Award ignored it confirms how ignorant they are.

5.Mundram Pirai - Selfless. Sincere. Makes you laugh, cry, watch in awe and later squirm in your seat. Very performance based, and beautifully shot.

6.Sigappu Rojakkal - makes you wonder why he is not doing anti-hero anymore. One of the early serious examination of a man's pshyche. Very deep. Very disturbing. As a child, it was a horror movie. As an adult, its a psychological thriller.

7. Salangai Oli - Dance, romance that never happened, and the ending with a bitter old man. No Star Trek-like makeup here, but Kamal pulled it off with performance alone.

8.Nayagan. I am conflicted about this movie. Godfather and Brando/De Niro performance still haunts me. But it should be in Kamal's top ten.

9.Avvai Shanmugi. I don't exaggerate on my praising. But can anyone else do this...ever?

10.Pathinaru Vayathinile. Tamil film lovers get their first flash of brilliance from this very, very young ex-child actor named Kamalahassan. Of course, years later he changed the spelling.

[joe]

kamal has very good writing skills .Interesting thing is he has two levels of writing .

1.Uncomplicated and easily understandble eg : Devar magan dilogues ,'Unnai vida' song from Virumandi

2.Complicated and hard to understand - dialogues in Heyram ,His 'Puthu kavithai' stuff he used to write in Vikatan kind of magazines ,which is very hard to understand for all.

I always want kamal to focus more on first category

More approachable. While at it, I'd make a quick top ten of Kamal. Off my hat, lets see:

1.Guna - Untouchable, unique, lovable but disturbed, understandable but unapproachable. He blongs to Abirami alone.
2.MMKR - Screwball comedy unparalleled since Bale Pandiya. One of the best screenplay ever, and one of the best use of masking technique for multiple Kamal.

3.Apoorva Sahotharargal - Forget the technique. Its easy, but his performance made you forget to look for the platforms, the dugouts, etc. This is the best tribute to all the rattai-vesham/revenge films of the past.

4.Anbe Sivam - I've trying to tell my faith to others for so long and its tough. This film made it easy. That National Award ignored it confirms how ignorant they are.

5.Mundram Pirai - Selfless. Sincere. Makes you laugh, cry, watch in awe and later squirm in your seat. Very performance based, and beautifully shot.

6.Sigappu Rojakkal - makes you wonder why he is not doing anti-hero anymore. One of the early serious examination of a man's pshyche. Very deep. Very disturbing. As a child, it was a horror movie. As an adult, its a psychological thriller.

7. Salangai Oli - Dance, romance that never happened, and the ending with a bitter old man. No Star Trek-like makeup here, but Kamal pulled it off with performance alone.

8.Nayagan. I am conflicted about this movie. Godfather and Brando/De Niro performance still haunts me. But it should be in Kamal's top ten.

9.Avvai Shanmugi. I don't exaggerate on my praising. But can anyone else do this...ever?

10.Pathinaru Vayathinile. Tamil film lovers get their first flash of brilliance from this very, very young ex-child actor named Kamalahassan. Of course, years later he changed the spelling.

Convincing list.

My Top 10 kamal movies
1.Salangai oli
2.Mahanathi
3.Kuruthi punal
4.Anbe sivam
5.nayagan
6.MMKR
7.Avvai shanmugi
8.Moontram pirai
9.Indiran Chandiran
10.Aboorva sagothargal

[nilavupriyan]

best dialogue writers!

Kalaingar
Balakumaran(nayakan,gentleman)
Kamalhaasan

[joe]

best dialogue writers!

Kalaingar
Balakumaran(nayakan,gentleman)
Kamalhaasan

Agreed!
Few like below mentioned also great.

1.Sakthi krishnasamy V.P.Kattabomman
2.Aaroor Doss -many NT movies
3.Vietnam veedu sundaram -Vietnam veedu ,Gowrawam

[groucho070]

best dialogue writers!

Kalaingar
Balakumaran(nayakan,gentleman)
Kamalhaasan


There is a big list between Kalaignar and Balakumaran. I am not a fan of films before 50s, but I hear that Ilangovan was great.

As for the in-between, you can include Vietnam Veedu Sundaram. Mahendran wrote for Tangga pathakkam.

AP. Nagarajan, Sridhar and K.S. Gopalakrishnan are directors who were excellent dialogue writers as well.

Then, you have hacks, wonderful hacks, like Aroordass and A.L. Narayanan (Latter was later).

Can anyone give me the name of those wonderful writers who wrote for Banthulu?

In the eighties, Visu did a good job in Netrikann and Mr. Barath. Not to mention, some of his better films.

Bagyaraj? He wrote for Kamal/Barathiraja's Oru Kaithiyin Dairy (and Sigappu Rojakkal? I need confirmation).

The list goes on.

Of course, in comedy, there is the indisputable Crazy Mohan.

[groucho070]

Note for Kamal fans:
Vietnam Veedu Sundaram wrote dialogues for Soorasamharam. K.S. Gopalakrishna wrote the story for Per Sollum Pillai (when Kamal required Padikkatha Methai-type film, he thought of the original writer of that movie).

[joe]

Groucho,
V.P.Kattabomman dialogues written by Sakthi Krishnasamy.
In the same period Kannadasan wrote 'sivakangai seemai' and few more like Madurai veeran.

[nilavupriyan]

Kalaingar
Mahendran(if he writes for his own movies)
Balakumaran
Kamal
crazy mohan
sujatha
manivannan
visu
balachander(if he writes dialogues for his movies)
barathiraja

The writers of movies like kattabomman are not known nowadays

[groucho070]

Groucho,
V.P.Kattabomman dialogues written by Sakthi Krishnasamy.
In the same period Kannadasan wrote 'sivakangai seemai' and few more like Madurai veeran.

Crikey, how in hell did I forget Kannadhasan. Of course, Kannadhasan is great as well.

Yes, Nilavupriyan, even I forgot Shakti Krishnaswamy who not only wrote VPK, but also many other devotional/historical films. Joe, did he write for Karnan as well?

[NOV]

My Top Ten Kamal movies (listed almost 10 years ago)

http://www.indolink.com/tamil/cinema/Picks/97/kamal.htm

Will those still remain today? :shock:

[joe]

Nov,
After seeing your list,I realised I missed Devar magan in my top10 ,which should be even in my top 5.

[joe]

//Joe, did he write for Karnan as well?//
I am not sure..But I will confirm later after I check with my VCD

[groucho070]

Crikey pt2!!! I missed Devar Magan. Oh well...those are the ones that poppled immediately on my mind. I haven't seen Devar Magan for far too long...maybe I have the tendency to stop viewing when Sivaji passes on. I had the same problem with Padaiyappa. I stopped watching halfway.

I must see Devar magan again.

[tfmlover]

C.N.Annadurai, P.Neelakandan, B.S.Ramiah, M.Karunanidhi, Kannadasan, C.V.Sridhar, K.S.Gopalakrishnan, Aroordhaas , AL Narayanan , Elangovan, A.S.A.Sami,
Panchu arunachalam , Krishnan panju
scripted too right..?

[imsai]

Actors:
Sivaji
Kamal
Rajini-highly under-rated actor (watch sri ragavendra)
MGR
Ajith-higly under-rated actor-much better than some present day over-rated actors but hardly gets deserved credit--ppl tend to overlook his acting because he has turned into a mass hero.
Madavan
Surya
Vikram-Vijay
Dhanush

Co:
MR Radha
Naasar
Raguvaran
Prakash Raj

Movies:
Vaali
Nayakan
Kaathal KOttai
Maha Nathi
Bombai
Ramana
Thalabathi

[selvakumar]

Actors:
Sivaji
Kamal
Rajini-highly under-rated actor (watch sri ragavendra)
MGR
Ajith-higly under-rated actor-much better than some present day over-rated actors but hardly gets deserved credit--ppl tend to overlook his acting because he has turned into a mass hero.

:notworthy: :clap: :thumbsup: :D
Infact, Thala had already proved his acting skills without acting under popular directors like Mani etc :D
1.He won an award for VAALI -- SJS new comer
2. Then for VILLAN -- Even in a commercial entertainer, he managed to get that award just for his acting ! :clap: - KSR :clap: (who is a neat commercial director )

[Thirumaran]

Kalaingar
Mahendran(if he writes for his own movies)
Balakumaran
Kamal
crazy mohan
sujatha
manivannan
visu
balachander(if he writes dialogues for his movies)
barathiraja

The writers of movies like kattabomman are not known nowadays

Not sure whether u forgot or really not in ur list..

I would rate K.Bakyaraj to be the top among the directors who writes dialogue.

Almost all of his movies had dialogues by him.

His dialogues to the situations are completely enjoyable.

It will have every flavour we need :)

[VENKIRAJA]

as my title therad was locked can i discuss her abt top titles of tamizh cinema mods.?ONCE AGAIN FROM BEHINDWOODS,THOUGH I HAD THIS IDEA BEFORE A FORTNIGHT.

THEY TOLD
MOUNA RAGAM
AGNI NATCHATRAM
MOONRAAM PIRAI
KAAKA KAAKA
MULLUM MALARUM
VIETNAM VEEDU

I'M TELLING:
PUTHIYA PARAVAI
GHILLI
MUGAVARI
VAALI
MAGALIR MATTUM
DEVAR MAGAN
GHAJNI
IRUVAR
PEPSI(NOT ULLAM KETKUME)
KADHAL KONDEN
VEYIL
......

[Prasanna]

What're you trying to say venky? From which thread are you continuing

[RPB]

top ten movies

marutha malai ragasiyam
dalapathy
ulagam sutrum vaaliban
nayakan
mouna ragam
gille
thalathamanum thullu
pithamagan
gajini
aniyan

[RPB]

top ten actor in tamil nadu

sivaji,mgr are legend


1. kamal
2.rajini
3.vikram
4.vijay
5.soorya
6.ajith
7.jeeva
8.karthik(paruthiveeran)
9.narian
10.arya

[joe]

marutha malai ragasiyam


You mean Thanga malai ragasiyam?



thalathamanum thullu

:lol: ..Dasmark-la irunthu type pannureengala ? Thallatha illa ..Thullatha. :)

[villan007]

:rotfl:

[groucho070]

top ten movies

marutha malai ragasiyam
dalapathy
ulagam sutrum vaaliban
nayakan
mouna ragam
gille
thalathamanum thullu
pithamagan
gajini
aniyan

Interesting mix of movies, RPB. You must have a very open mind and are very accepting. Though, i assume, like Joe said, that the Marutha is Tangga and Talatha is Tullatha.

[RPB]

top ten kamal movies

nayakan
salagai oli
pathinaruvayathinila
sakalakala vallavan
indian
devar magan
avai shanmugi
guna
vetayadu vilayadu
vasool raja

[RPB]

top ten rajini movies

pathinaru vayathinila
thillu mullu
murattukalai
mundru mugam
dalapathi
baasha
padayyapa
6 to 60
billa
chandramuki

[RPB]

top 8 vikram movies

anniyan
dhool
dil
sathu
pithamagan
sami
gemini
kasi

[RPB]

top ten vijay movies

thulathamanamum thullum
khadhaluku mariyathai
kushi
friends
thirumala
ghille
sachin
sivakasi
pokkiri
love today

[RPB]

TOP TEN TAMIL SONGS HITS IN KERALA

1.NAAN AANAYITAAL(MGR SONG)
2.SUNDARI NEEYUM
3.MANMATHA RAZA
4.YEN PARU PADAYYAPA
5.ONNA VIDA INTHA ULAKATHIL
6.APPIDI POODU
7.AALTHOTA BOOPATHI
9.YENAKORU GIRL FRIEND
8.KAATHAL YAANAI VARUKUTHU
10.UYIRIN UYIRA

[RPB]

top ten fav tamil hero in kerala

1.kamala hassan :thumbsup: :clap:
2.rajinikanth :thumbsup: :clap:
3.vijay :thumbsup: :clap:
4.vikram :thumbsup: :clap:
5.suriya :D :clap:
6.ajith :(
7.vijaykanth :(
9.shimbu :)
10.vishal8-)

[raaja_rasigan]

top ten actor in tamil nadu

sivaji,mgr are legend


1. kamal
2.rajini
3.vikram
4.vijay
5.soorya
6.ajith
7.jeeva
8.karthik(paruthiveeran)
9.narian
10.arya

list bayangarama irukku....... :roll:

one film wonders-kku ellam idam koduthurukkeenga....

only heroes mattumdhaan allowed'a....

indha M R Radha maadhiriana allungalayellam serthukka maateengala.....

[Prasanna]

Top ten kamal films,
1. Nayagan
2. Moondram pirai
3. Mahanathi
4. Salangai oli
5. Anbe sivam
6. Avvai shanmugi
7. Devar magan
8. Kuruthi punal
9. Paesum padam
10. Sathileelavathi

[Prasanna]

Top ten rajini films,
1. Thillu mullu
2. Netri kkann
3. Padikkathavan
4. Annamalai
5. 6irunthu 60 varai
6. Mannan
7. Thalapathi
8. Rajathi raja
9. Billa
10. Ranga

[Prasanna]

Top five mani ratnam films
1. Anjali
2. Nayagan
3. Mouna raagam
4. Kannathil muthamittal
5. Roja

[Prasanna]

Top five vijay films,
1. Kaadhaluku mariyadhai
2. Friends
3. Priyamudan
4. Nerukku ner
5. Ghilli

[Prasanna]

Top five ajith films,
1. Vaali
2. Aasai
3. Amarkalam
4. Attagasam
5. Mugavari

[Prasanna]

[tscii:4fa82cea9c]Top five surya films,
1. Kaakha kaakha
2. Nanda
3. Pærazhagan
4. Ghajini
5. Mounam paesiyathey[/tscii:4fa82cea9c]

[Prasanna]

Top five vikram films,
1. Sethu
2. Dhool
3. Dil
4. Anniyan
5. Kaasi

[Kollywoodfan]

Ah...no particular order for the current lists unless indicated and these are all tamil

Top 10 Movies:
- Roja
- Kadhalukku Mariayathey
- Alai Payuthey
- Vaali
- Thillu Mullu
- Baasha
- Sethu
- Unnadathil Ennai Koduthen
- Kaadhal Kottai
- Ghajini

Actors
- Shivaji (in order, leader of his contemporaries, who imo were all great)
- Kamal (in order)
- Rajini
- Vikram
- Surya
- Ajith
- Vijay
- Madhavan
- Karthik
- Bharath (other upcoming heroes)

Actresses
- Oorvasi
- Revathi
- Simran
- Sneha
- Meena
- Jyothika
- Asin
- Bhavana
- "Kaadhal" Sandhya
- Priya Mani (upcoming)[/b]

[Prasanna]

Top five madhavan films,
1. Alaipayudhey
2. Kannathil muthamittal
3. Anbe sivam
4. Minnale
5. Run

[Prasanna]

Top five nasser films
1. Kuruthi punal
2. Devar magan
3. Magalir mattum
4. Avvai shanmugi
5. Bombay

[Prasanna]

Top five prakashraj films
1. Vasool raja mbbs
2. Aasai
3. Kannathil muthamittal
4. Ghilli
5. Iruvar

[raaja_rasigan]

Top ten kamal films,
1. Nayagan
2. Moondram pirai
3. Mahanathi
4. Salangai oli
5. Anbe sivam
6. Avvai shanmugi
7. Devar magan
8. Kuruthi punal
9. Paesum padam
10. Sathileelavathi

may be top 25 could do good for an actor like kamal...

For me I like to add the following somewhere in between ur list,

16 vayathinile
sigappu rojakkal
sathya
singaravelan

[raaja_rasigan]

Top ten rajini films,
1. Thillu mullu
2. Netri kkann
3. Padikkathavan
4. Annamalai
5. 6irunthu 60 varai
6. Mannan
7. Thalapathi
8. Rajathi raja
9. Billa
10. Ranga

Mullum malarum
Thee
Jhonny
Naan sigappu manithan
Aval appadithaan

[raaja_rasigan]

Top five mani ratnam films
1. Anjali
2. Nayagan
3. Mouna raagam
4. Kannathil muthamittal
5. Roja

thalapathi
agni natchathiram
pagal nilavu

[nerdy]

My Top Ten actors

Vijay
Vikram
Shivaji/Kamal
Surya
Ajith
Vijayakanth
Nassar
Pasupathy
Bharath
Kathik

[nerdy]

My Top ten acress
==================

Sridevi
Vaijayanthimala
Kushboo
Jothika
Gowthami
PriyaMani
Asin
Abirami
Sneha
Shobana

[nerdy]

My Top 10 Directors
====================
Kamalhassan
Bharathiraja
Mahendiran
Sridhar
Selvaragavan/Gowtham
Amir
Cheran
Dharani
Thangar Pachan
Murugadoss

[nerdy]

My Favorite Vjay Movies
======================
Poove Unakaga
Kushi
Ghillie
Pokiri
Kadhalakku Mariayadhai
Love Today
Friends
Sachin
Thulladha Manamum Thullum
Priyamanavale

[nerdy]

Favorite Vikram Movies

Sethu
Dhill
Dhool
Kasi
Pithamagan
Samy

[nerdy]

Favorite Kamal Movies

Hey Ram
Virumandi
Devar magan
AnbeSivam
Mahanadhu
Kuruthi Punal
Sathi Leelavathi
Avvai Shanmugi
MMKR
Aboorva Sago
Nayagan
Sathya
Indiran Chandiran
Guna
Sagara Sangamam
Swathy Muthyam
Moondram Pirai
16 Vayadhinile
Sigappu roajakkal
Avargal
Indian
Vettaiyadu Vilaiyadu
Marocharithra
Pesum Padam
Chankya
Rajaparvai
Thoongathey thambi thoongathey

[VENKIRAJA]

What're you trying to say venky? From which thread are you continuing

best tamil movie titles mapla,u continue plz.

[lavanya22rit]

Actors:

1 Kamal
2 Ajith and Rajini
4 Karthik (Muthuraman's son....not Sivakumar's son)
5 Maddy
6 Prabhu
7 Mohan
8 Surya
9 Vikram
10 Jeeva

[lavanya22rit]

Movies:

1 Nayakan
2 Thillu mullu
3 MMKR
4 Vaali
5 Aboorva Sagotharargal
6 Devar Magan
7 Pesum padam
8 Velaikaran
9 Indian
10 Thalapathy

[VENKIRAJA]

good movie titles or theme music anyone?

[smith]

Top 10 movies ever :

1. Naan kudiththu konde iruppen.
2. Rikshaw thambi
3. Appodhe sonnene kettiya?
4. Jambu
5. Porter Ponnusamy
6. Yerikarai Poonkatre
7. Indu
8. Dum
9. Paris Paris
10. Unnai vidamattein

[raaja_rasigan]

Top 10 Captain Vijaykanth Movies:

Ramana
Sathriyan
Pulanvisaranai
Captain Prabakaran
Chinna Gounder
Nooravadhu naal
Nane raaja naane mandhiri
vaidhegi kaathirundhaal
amman koil kilakkale
vallarasu

[VENKIRAJA]

Top 10 movies ever :

1. Naan kudiththu konde iruppen.
2. Rikshaw thambi
3. Appodhe sonnene kettiya?
4. Jambu
5. Porter Ponnusamy
6. Yerikarai Poonkatre
7. Indu
8. Dum
9. Paris Paris
10. Unnai vidamattein

i dont know a single film of this.is this in any order or what?plz tell me the cast and release yr.

[nerdy]

Top 10 Captain Vijaykanth Movies:

Ramana
Sathriyan
Pulanvisaranai
Captain Prabakaran
Chinna Gounder
Nooravadhu naal
Nane raaja naane mandhiri
vaidhegi kaathirundhaal
amman koil kilakkale
vallarasu

MY favorite Captain's movies are same as yours.

[nerdy]

MY Favorite Shivaji movies

Gowravam

Andha Naal

Aalayamani

Mudhal Mariyadhai

Karnan

Shanthi

Ooty varai uravu

Bale Pandiya

Utthamaputhiran

Palum Pazhamum

Vasantha Maligai

Veera Pandiya Kattapomman

Galatta Kalyanam

[RPB]

top ten actor in india

KAMALA HASSAN
VIKRAM
MAMOOTY
MOHAN LAL
AMIR KHAN
RAJINIKANTH
VIJAY
CHIRANJEEVI
SURYA
AMITHAB BACHAN

[RPB]

TOP TEN FAMOUS ACTORS

RAJINIKANTH
KAMALA HASSAN
MAMOOTY
CHIRANJEEVI
MOHANLAL
AMITHAB BACHAN
SHAH RUK KAHN
VIJAY
VIKRAM
SURYA

[A.ANAND]

TOP 10 MOVIES EVER
1.THILANA MOGANAMBAL
2.AYIRATHIL ORUVAN
3.16 VAYATHINILE
4.VARUMAYIN NIRAM SIVAPPU
5.MULLUM MALARUM
6.UTHIRI POKKAL
7.VEEDU
8.NAYAGAN
9.THALABATHY
10.ROJA

[villan007]

top ten actor in india

KAMALA HASSAN
VIKRAM
MAMOOTY
MOHAN LAL
AMIR KHAN
RAJINIKANTH
VIJAY
CHIRANJEEVI
SURYA
AMITHAB BACHAN

:lol2:

[Prasanna]

My favourite directors are
1. Mani ratnam
2. Balachander
3. Gowtham
4. Priyadarshan
5. Santhana bharathy
6. Ravikumar
7. Balu mahendra
8. Visu
9. Selva raghavan
10. Singeetham srinivasa rao

[Prasanna]

My favourite directors are
1. Mani ratnam
2. Balachander
3. Gowtham
4. Priyadarshan
5. Santhana bharathy
6. Ravikumar
7. Balu mahendra
8. Visu
9. Selva raghavan
10. Singeetham srinivasa rao

[Prasanna]

Top singers
1. SPB
2. K j Yesudas
3. Hariharan
4. Shankar mahadevan
5. Karthik
6. Unnikrishnan
7. Unni menon
8. Tippu
9. K K
10. Kamal hasan

[Prasanna]

Favourite cinematographers
1. P c Sreeram
2. Jeeva
3. R d Rajashekar
4. K v Anand
5. Rajiv menon

[nemesis786]

Top 10 actors in india :

1. Kamal Hassan
2. Mohan Lal
3. Ajith Kumar
4. Amitabh Bachan
5. Vikram
6. Rajinikanth
7. Mahesh babu
8. Dileep
9. Mamooty
10. Madhavan

[joe]

Top 10 actors in india :

1. Kamal Hassan
2. Mohan Lal
3. Ajith Kumar
4. Amitabh Bachan
5. Vikram
6. Rajinikanth
7. Mahesh babu
8. Dileep
9. Mamooty
10. Madhavan

Ajith 3rd place ,rajini in 6th place :lol: Poor Amithab behind Ajith :shock:

[nemesis786]

Top 10 actors in india :

1. Kamal Hassan
2. Mohan Lal
3. Ajith Kumar
4. Amitabh Bachan
5. Vikram
6. Rajinikanth
7. Mahesh babu
8. Dileep
9. Mamooty
10. Madhavan

Ajith 3rd place ,rajini in 6th place :lol: Poor Amithab behind Ajith :shock:


It is my strong opinion that Ajith is a far better actor than the ones below him , because a big star can be made with hype and hoopla without the real actor in him. Because of this influence, Ajith did some bad films but of course that doesnt change the fact or my opinion as you may call it that he is a very good actor who doesnt immitate anyone and call himself a clone of superstar or univeral hero! :D

You have Sivaji's photo so i think you must be a fan of Sivaji. If Sivaji is a superb actor in your opinion, AJith is behind only Kamal and Mohanlal and just like u, i have my own opinion and it's not too scientific to prove through laboratory tests and neither do box office status of films judge the acting capability! :huh:

Lastly, AJITH is not afraid of defeat while some people are and take all underground efforts to project even flops as hits, whereas i saw the quality of accepting defeat as a defeat only in Kamal Hassan and Ajith :clap:


As mohanlal said acting is not mimicry but is breathing, based on it my list [ or opinion ] is as above 8-)

[joe]

:)

[selvakumar]

nemesis :notworthy: :thumbsup: :clap:

[RPB]

top ten actor in india

KAMALA HASSAN
VIKRAM
MAMOOTY
MOHAN LAL
AMIR KHAN
RAJINIKANTH
VIJAY
CHIRANJEEVI
SURYA
AMITHAB BACHAN

[smith]

top 10 actors in india

1. thavakalai
2. sarath babu
3. brahmanandam
4. pakoda kader
5. venniradai murthy
6. delhi ganesh
7. thalaivasal vijay
8. mu.ka.muthu
9. Prem
10. anandan

[thimuru]

top 10 actors in india

1. thavakalai
2. sarath babu
3. brahmanandam
4. pakoda kader
5. venniradai murthy
6. delhi ganesh
7. thalaivasal vijay
8. mu.ka.muthu
9. Prem
10. anandan

they are really good in comedy

[raaja_rasigan]

top 10 actors in india

1. thavakalai
2. sarath babu
3. brahmanandam
4. pakoda kader
5. venniradai murthy
6. delhi ganesh
7. thalaivasal vijay
8. mu.ka.muthu
9. Prem
10. anandan

they are really good in comedy

sarath babu - is he actually a telugu?
"all time friend" for rajini kamal

thalaivasal vijay - in reality he is a well knowledgeable person. I think he knows more than 10 languages to read, write, speak

his character in gokulathil seethai is good

mu.ka.muthu - MGR #2

delhi ganesh - Most of the time he is a big bore
is delhi ganesh has given voice to chiranjeevi in his first film "47 natkal" - anyone seen that movie (KB's)

[raaja_rasigan]

My favourite directors are
1. Mani ratnam
2. Balachander
3. Gowtham
4. Priyadarshan
5. Santhana bharathy
6. Ravikumar
7. Balu mahendra
8. Visu
9. Selva raghavan
10. Singeetham srinivasa rao

Barathiraja
Bagyaraj
Manivannan

[VENKIRAJA]

My favourite directors are
1. Mani ratnam
2. Balachander
3. Gowtham
4. Priyadarshan
5. Santhana bharathy
6. Ravikumar
7. Balu mahendra
8. Visu
9. Selva raghavan
10. Singeetham srinivasa rao

Barathiraja
Bagyaraj
Manivannan

i know that he hates the first two of ur electives to the core.no idea about the last.he placed GM third :lol:

[Flavia]

Favourite Tamil Films Directors(in that order)

Maniratnam
Mahendran
Bala
Ameer
Kamalhassan
Selvaragavan
Gowtham Menon
Shankar
Vishnuvardhan
Jeeva

[ajaybaskar]

Maniratnam
Barathiraja
Balachander
Sreedhar
Bala
Ameer
Selvaraghavan
Shankar
Gautham
Radhamohan...

[Shakthiprabha.]

Kamalhassan
Balachandar
Shridhar
A P Nagarajan
Bheem singh
Faazil
Bharathiraja
Singeetham srinivasa Rao
Mani Ratnam
Cheran
Shankar
Prataap pothan

[groucho070]

This whole top ten actor top ten director thing is getting boring. So I thought why not combine? Here's my top ten actor/director (can be the other way around too). I list only Tamil because I am not so familiar with films of other language in India. Believe me, this is tough:

1. Kamal Haasan
He excels at both acting and directing. We all know about him.

2. Bandhulu
For the film Muthal Thethi, he donned NT's role in Telugu version. I loved his performance in Muradan Muthu as NT's brother.

3. K. Bagyaraj
Our very own Woody Allen. He created this Bagyaraj persona. His earlier work as director and actor are part of cinema history.

4. Manivannan
Wonderful director who popularised thriller genre . A good comedian if given a good script, and certainly a good character actor.

5. Nassar
I believe he directed about four films. His first, Avatharam, is the best, both as a director and as actor. We all know how good he is as an actor.

6. Visu
Visu can be terrific or annoying. His films can be thoughtful or plain irritating. Some of the good stuff he did, as an actor and director, are part of the best of the eighties.

7. K.S. Ravikumar
A hack director and a good character actor. Always underused as a comedian, something which he is damned good at.

8. A.P. Nagarajan
We all know him as a director, but he contributes strongly in many character roles. Guess who played Nakkeeran in the classic Thiruvilayadal.

9. R. Parthiban
Parthiban shares same criticism with Visu. Like him or loathe him. When he's good, he's damned good, when he is not, avoid him.

10.Arjun.
Arjun is the most prolific actor working today, and is very consistent with the quality of his work. The film he directed are the type of film that he can work in. A limited actor/director who knows his limitation.

I know I may have missed a few name, but these names came to my mind immediately.

[Roshan]

That was a good analysis Groucho :clap:

But how come you missed out T. Rajendar :P

[thimuru]

directors

1.Mahendran
2.Maniratnam
3.Barathiraja
4.Kamalhaasan
5.Bala
6.Singeetham srinivasa rao
7.Selvaraghavan
8.Ameer
9.k.vishwanath
10.balachander(only social dramas like thanneer thanneer,varumai niram sigappu,unnaal mudiyum thambi,vaname ellai)

[Roshan]

1. K Balachander
2. Kamal Hassen
3. Barathiraja
4. Balu Mahendra
5 Cheran
6 Fazil
7. Mahendran
8. Maniratnam
9. K Bagyaraj
10. R Parthiban

[groucho070]

That was a good analysis Groucho :clap:

But how come you missed out T. Rajendar :P

That's an oversight on my part. Terribly sorry.

People talk about Seran too. But I am one in the minority group who is not too crazy about his movies. They are decent stuff. Preachy...but well done. If I want message I send or receive SMS. Or watch old movies.

And his performance has nothing new in it. I'd say that at least T.R had some originality in him...a personality that probably was useful in a movie or two, but sucked later.

Of course there's Pandiyarajan. No new contribution from him. Or Sathyaraj who did one film; it resembled his friend Manivannan's effort. I recall even Karthik directed one film. Did he?

Or Major Sunderajan for that matter. Some of his films he did with NT is good. But he is an average character actor who sometimes seemed to be copying NT. But whatever reputation he had as a good director, "Andha Oru Nimidham" destroyed it.

Then you have a list of directors who became comedians, like Anumohan, Manobala, R. Sunderajan who have done decent movies and gave decent performances. No major impact.

There are also directors who comes out in front of the camera and you just want to chase them back to behind the camera. Those names I mentioned popped up in my mind immediately when I intended the list.

[selvakumar]

1. K Balachander
2. Kamal Hassen
3. Barathiraja
4. Balu Mahendra
5 Cheran
6 Fazil
7. Mahendran
8. Maniratnam
9. K Bagyaraj
10. R Parthiban

Roshan,
: How do you rate CHERAN above someone like Mahendran :| :?:

I agree that IT IS YOUR LIST ! :)

But IF you could elaborate more on this, I might get a different perception on cheran ! :)