Most Lovable / Favourite Characters on screen

[rangan_08]

[tscii:0b9ca95974][/tscii:0b9ca95974]Right from the silent era, black & white, colour, 70mm, cinemascope etc., tamil films has come a loooong way. How many greats we have here…great stories, great dialogues, great films, directors, actors, actresses, comedians….you name it and we have it here. We should really be proud of this medium which has been a part of our lives.

Now, in this thread let’s discuss about the Most Lovable and Favourite characters on screen that has made a great impact on us. Was there a similar thread here, before ?? Sorry, I don’t remember.

It could be anybody – a new comer, the protagonist, antagonist, comedian and even a person who did a cameo. Adhukkaga Rama Narayanan sir padathula varra yana, Poona, naai, paambu pondra uyirinagala ellam sollapadadhu. Also, in some of the films they used to say that a phone is a character, a letter is a character, a building is a character, train is a character etc., andha madhiri motifs or “ akrinai “ ellam chelladhu chelladhu !!

And my suggestion would be that let’s not discuss too much about the legends or popular stars in this thread as we have separate threads for them – it’s only a suggestion but the real intnetion is to have fun & to share our thoughts & experience.

Let me start with Manohar, the carefree, nonchalant and charming young man who stole Divya’s heart and met an untimely & early end. It’s only for about 20-25 minutes that he comes on screen but, My God !! what an impact he had made. And, obviously this film made Karthik an over-night star. Almost every young girl, particularly College girls went berserk whenever they saw him on screen. Apart from having unanimous support from the girls, this character has earned lots & lots of accolades from people of various walks of life as well. I’ve myself seen many times that a group of audience come only to watch this particular “ Karthik portion “ in the film and they just walk out of the theatre after Manohar dies.

Yes, Manohar is one of my favourite on-screen character.

Other’s please continue & I’ll return after a while with another character.

[HonestRaj]

appadi pOttu thaakunga Rangan...

andhandha fans vandhu.. andhandha nadigargal nadicha padathoda character'ai list pannittu povanga .. lets start

[HonestRaj]

Pannikutty Ramasamy

[Raikkonen]

hindi pundit from indru poi naalai vaa .. :lol:

[sivank]

vaithy from thillana mohanaambaal

[Shakthiprabha]

wrong post.

[Plum]

andhandha fans vandhu.. andhandha nadigargal nadicha padathoda character'ai list pannittu povanga .. lets start


pannikutty ramasami


sonnadhai seivaar aanestraaasu!

[Shakthiprabha]

( Since I understand that ...STARS or HEROES OR HEROINES or LEADROLES are 'nono' here )




Radhika: Genes
Prakash raj in Santhosh subramanyam
Godhavari / kamala kamesh in Samsaram adhu minsaaram
Rajnikanth's mom character= avargaL :bow: :bow:

[Thirumaran]

Most Lovable.. The first one which comes to my mind is Asin in Gajini. :cool2:

Appadi oru character a real life la paarkavae mudiyaathaa :sigh2: I did not come across any such :|

Hmmm.. :perumoochchi:

[Aalavanthan]

Most Lovable.. The first one which comes to my mind is Asin in Gajini. :cool2:

Appadi oru character a real life la paarkavae mudiyaathaa :sigh2: I did not come across any such :|

Hmmm.. :perumoochchi:

:rotfl3: Sorry for the dig :)

[Roshan]

Most Lovable.. The first one which comes to my mind is Asin in Gajini. :cool2:

Appadi oru character a real life la paarkavae mudiyaathaa :sigh2: I did not come across any such :|

Hmmm.. :perumoochchi:

irukkAnga but avanga ellAm Sanjay Ramaswamy maathiri personality'oda irukkavang kaNNulla mattumthAn thattu paduvaanga :lol2:

[Thirumaran]

Most Lovable.. The first one which comes to my mind is Asin in Gajini. :cool2:

Appadi oru character a real life la paarkavae mudiyaathaa :sigh2: I did not come across any such :|

Hmmm.. :perumoochchi:

irukkAnga but avanga ellAm Sanjay Ramaswamy maathiri personality'oda irukkavang kaNNulla mattumthAn thattu paduvaanga :lol2:

:rotfl2:

Rose and Aalavanthaan :twisted:

serious aa paesittu irukaen.. enna comedy :twisted: :lol2:

[sivank]

tharumi from TV

[Aalavanthan]

Most Lovable.. The first one which comes to my mind is Asin in Gajini. :cool2:

Appadi oru character a real life la paarkavae mudiyaathaa :sigh2: I did not come across any such :|

Hmmm.. :perumoochchi:

irukkAnga but avanga ellAm Sanjay Ramaswamy maathiri personality'oda irukkavang kaNNulla mattumthAn thattu paduvaanga :lol2:

:rotfl2:

Rose and Aalavanthaan :twisted:

serious aa paesittu irukaen.. enna comedy :twisted: :lol2:

Naan sirichadhu unga karuthuku illai Thiru.. Unga :perumoochchi: -ku thaan :)

[Thirumaran]

I know AV :mrgreen:

[Aalavanthan]

my fav. of late is the "kuruvi" character from Anjadhey.. Thats his first film and he won the best supporting actor in Vijay TV awards.. You should listen to the speech of him and Mysskin during the awards program in Vijay TV.

Oh, I managed to find the link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wwBY-ujEkI&feature=related (bad quality though)

[P_R]

Saththivel Gounder from SathileelAvathi
Easily one of the most endearing characters of all time

To Chokkalinga bAgavathar:

பலக்காரமெல்லாம் பளநியம்மா செஞ்சது....பாத்து....பல்லு பட்டாசா போயிரு(ம்) :rotfl:

Annan B(K) thodarndhu uRai aaRRuvaar

Thambi Equa PKS-ai paRRi valuvaana saanRaadhaarangaLai munvaippAr
Raju-Kameswaram...ivargaLai paRRiyum Equa-vE pEsuvaar

The sociological reasons behind our preference for dunces - a speculative hypothesis---- idhai paththiyum equa dhaan pEsaNum.

[Vivasaayi]

hindi pundit from indru poi naalai vaa .. :lol:

thenmErku thisaila irundhu oru kal..summa sarru sarrunnuuuu...

"Ek kissaannn..rahathaatha ..sollu..rahathaathaaa" :hammer:

[Vivasaayi]

Most enjoyable charectersna...

MMKR Raju.

"kadna pathi theriyumaya unaku"

"semthiyaa irukulla....."

"thirumalnayakkar mahal maadhiri irukudhu"

"flower likinga"

(after kushboo gets up from water)..starts off with a delightful tone ..aahaaa......and changed it to aayaaaa..

"poyi safe-a vayyi"

"safela vekkanuma boos"

"adhanya sonnen" :lol:

"bhai bhai dhosthu"

[Vivasaayi]

avvai shanmugi "delhi ganesh"

"deeeiiiiii..or night...kitta vangelanda"

"inga enna paarva .....anga paru"

"avaru vandhu ready 1 2 3 solluvaru..apuram thaan adikanum"

"nee ooma thanda..yar illainu sonna"

[P_R]

"avaru vandhu ready 1 2 3 solluvaru..apuram thaan adikanum"
பேச்சு வார்த்தை நடக்கும்போது வன்முறை கூடாது :lol:

[Srimannarayanan]

All in All Azhaghu Raja

Idea Mani

[Srimannarayanan]

Devar Magan - Maayan Thevar

[Srimannarayanan]

Thillu Mullu - AAK Indiran and Thengai Srini

[rangan_08]

The sociological reasons behind our preference for dunces - a speculative hypothesis--

confederacy of dunces, probably :)

Good going, guys - keep it up :thumbsup:

hindhi pundit, kuruvi..hmmmm good choices !!

[HonestRaj]

A villain:

Annachi Arumainayagam :smokesmirk:

[Raikkonen]

Nambhinna of Arangetra Velai.. :rotfl2:

[Bala (Karthik)]

Sappani, Raajapaarvai (childhood), Sathyamoorthi, In-shirt Velu Naikkar, Subramania Raju, Kameswaran, Mikkolu, Madhanagopal, Pushpak, Gunaseelan, Saket Ram, Sakthivel Thevan, Sakthivel Kavundan, Professor Dr.Selvam, Pandian, DCP Aadhi, Nallasivam, Mumbai Xpress Avinashi, PKS, Nandu, Virumaandi Thevan

Dharumi, Prestige Padmanabhan, Barrister Rajinikanth, Periya Thevar, Professor Rao, Magalir Mattum dead body, Dharmaraj, MMKR Avinasi

Parattai, Aval Appadithaan (forgot the character name), Surya, Kodi Parakkudhu second Rajini, Guru (of Gurusishyan)

[Bala (Karthik)]

Of course Soonapaana, Kaippillai, 6 o clock auto-driver (ultimate) and "daily pesikkalama" auto driver, Mark/Steve, Pannikutti Ramasamy, Anjasingam Marudhupaandi, Chinna Thambi kavundar

Nambi-annen and Sivaramakrishnan :lol:

Delhi Ganesh - Most movies

Manivannan - Many movies

Anjathey Kuruvi

[Plum]

Oru name list-ai kooda interesting-A padikka vaikka unnAla dhaanya mudiyum :hats_off:

[Plum]

Oru name list-ai kooda interesting-A padikka vaikka unnAla dhaanya mudiyum :hats_off:

[P_R]

Prestige Padmanabhan :transformer burst:

[joe]

Prestige Padmanabhan :transformer burst:

Puriyumpadiya sollungayya :roll:

[VinodKumar's]

appadi pOttu thaakunga Rangan...

andhandha fans vandhu.. andhandha nadigargal nadicha padathoda character'ai list pannittu povanga .. lets start

honest u r rite

intha thread la oruthar ah post pannanumnu nenatcha udanae enakku thonunathu

Love Today "RAGHUVARAN" thaan .... he was very gud in that movie and he did a great job of friendly father :notworthy: :notworthy: :notworthy:

[Bala (Karthik)]

Prestige Padmanabhan :transformer burst:
"Yen-Nen!?" (read like Vaidvel in the scene with Singamuthu in Winner when he extinguishes the match lit by Vadivel)

[Plum]

Sagid kappoor madhiri subtle-A illaiyAm bala :-)

[P_R]

Prestige Padmanabhan :transformer burst:
"Yen-Nen!?"
இதுக்கு aptஆ பதில் சொல்லணும்னா... :lol2:

[Bala (Karthik)]

:lol:
Let me add more...

Performance nu eduthaalum i love it. People who fuss about "natural", "effortless" (if there's any such thing and whatever it means) acting, "look i'm trying to act" etc should be confronted with this performance (or many other performances by Nadigar Thilagam). Call it whatever you want, but i just loved it. This and Barrister. I mean if PR feels its over the top one can be fine with it but people who are naturalists should have problems with it. Otherwise, much is at stake! :razz:

Character nu eduthaalum, i love that tenacity, that arrogance. PP character-udaya sila gunadhisayangal ennudaya oru periyappavukku undu. So, its also a case of (i hate to use these phrases but still.. ) "relating to it", "identifying with..." etc...
I mean its a character whose traits which will annoy in good measure as well, but it is very powerful nevertheless.

[VENKIRAJA]

:lol:
Let me add more...

Performance nu eduthaalum i love it. People who fuss about "natural", "effortless" (if there's any such thing and whatever it means) acting, "look i'm trying to act" etc should be confronted with this performance (or many other performances by Nadigar Thilagam). Call it whatever you want, but i just loved it. This and Barrister. I mean if PR feels its over the top one can be fine with it but people who are naturalists should have problems with it. Otherwise, much is at stake! :razz:

Character nu eduthaalum, i love that tenacity, that arrogance. PP character-udaya sila gunadhisayangal ennudaya oru periyappavukku undu. So, its also a case of (i hate to use these phrases but still.. ) "relating to it", "identifying with..." etc...
I mean its a character whose traits which will annoy in good measure as well, but it is very powerful nevertheless.

Very well put. It exactly is a parallel portrayal of my grandfathers, who were such stereotypes. Since I was quite young when they retired, I vaguely remember their unintenionally funny yet helpless state they were in and the noises they were making. Very well written/played character, I would say.

[Plum]

Bala, :anandha-kanneer: ninga pesunga, naan vedikkai parkaren...

[P_R]

I am neither here nor there actually.
I just saw a movie by Robert Bresson I found the acting extremely impressive overall and very ordinary in some parts. Then what I found left me confused.

Apparently Bresson uses non-actors, insists of having absolutely no trace of 'acting' whatsover and retains that in the final take. So the artifice of creating is actually non-existence and the 'value of what I appreciated' plummeted instantly for me (whether it should or not is another question, but as of now I should confess I did). And the 'bad' parts were the amteurish acting came to the fore, expressions jumping the gun, end of scene timing misses in transition etc.

So at the moment I wouldn't argue too much about the subtelety being everything. :-) But even as far as dramatic performances go I would still not rate this high in terms of 'believability'. There are so many expressions which Sivaji shows that exist not because they are 'real' but because they are meant to be impressive.

'Apt' is one such. You cannot fault the sentence he speaks etc. But the way he says that -and him teasing his D-i-L are 'unreal' even within the granted melodrama of this movie. What the deuce where they going for first night song ? Cuteness !

And yeah, I found the character and the movie itself very annoying, so that did contribute to me not liking the performance.

[Bala (Karthik)]

PR sonna madhiri Sakthivel Kavundar is one of the most endearing characters ever. Thanks in good measure to that place called Coimbatore. Yeah, generalizations etc etc but everyone who's lived there must have seen person(s) like that or at least some of those qualities. The vegulithanam, respect and helpfulness might even throw one off guard. "Dumb"-nu avasiyam illa...
The film rests on Kavunder's shoulders, with due respect to the other great performances in the film (Raaja intentionally gives a very light unobtrusive BGM - less is more for this film). And IMO, the reason why i'm able to :lol: at every single joke (where Thalaivar is present) every time i see the movie is because of the characterization, accent and Thalaivar's performance. It doesn't rely on "smart", Crazy-type wit-liners or situational jeopardy alone.

The humor would not be what it is if you take away any of thee - Kamal, accent, characterization.
Prabhu quote panna line,
"...apparam thoppula suthi oosi podonum,...... naikku", veedu ippadi irulonnu irukkudhu?", etc etc.... the beauty is in the accent.

Kamal "naughtily" giving a nudge in reply to Kovai Sarala's nudge - idhellam 'peer' Kamal

Heera-ku restaurant la eduthu solra scene. Being in character, being humorous and yet giving lump-in-throat :notworthy: for the acting and characterization

The defining moment for this character is when he exclaims in the climax "Enakku kovam vandhuchunna enna pannuven theriyuma? Aludhu poduven!" :rotfl3:

Chaplin, Kamal essentials (hugging Heera in the climax :lol: ), and the CBE traits - kalandhu seidha kalavai :)

[mexicomeat]

dai madava eppadi da unnala mattum idellam.... ennamo poda..

anna nagar mudal theru

[Vivasaayi]

Amaidhipadai amavasai and mani

"naaya konnupotenunga"

"adapaavi"

:lol:

[Vivasaayi]

Mayor in Indran chandran

"Odi vilayadu paapaa ...aanaa ennoda thotathula vilayadaatha"

"NO naa EN OO NOOO" - chandran :lol:

[Raikkonen]

sinni jayanth in idhayam 8-).. very good friend.

[Vivasaayi]

vetri vizha prabhu

[VENKIRAJA]

Vasool Raja, definitely

first patient-E bEdhi baby! :rotfl3:
DR thaan pEsuREn.. DR.MBBS
manamirundhAl mArgabhandhu
embi embi B.S
pheelings :lol:
co-operation-nu kELvippattadhilayA?
ganga tharREn kAviri tharREnnu kudutha kadanaiyE thiruppi tharAma
phenAyilu enga oothuRa matter-u.. atha pOi enga oothiyirukkuRE :lol2:
donAldu.. donAldu dakku
lolly poppu!! :rotfl2:
nAn elakaivan
anbe vengadAjalam
93.5 FM :)
raja calling raju andha mEri maamanaarai calling maamu!
rudraatcha kottai illaadha karanathukkaga ennai ututeengaLE.. nAnum senior thAnyA ennaiyum rag pannunga.. kamaan kamaan kamm aan! :smokesmirk:

Just too much of them everywhere! Absolute fun! :yes:

[Raikkonen]

delhi ganesh in thenali..

takkali, sundeli, kabali.. :rotfl3:
kaitha, kasmalam, peedai.. :rotfl2:
kailash... nee en kaila ash.. :lol:

[hamid]

"Latha" in Vasantha Maaligai :)

[hamid]

"Anand" in Vasantha Maalikai :cool:

Rajinikant in Gowravam :yes:

"Rajinikant" in Bhuvana oru ? :D

Kamal in Sathya, Varumaiyin niram sikappu

Genelia character in SS Telugu version..

and ....

[joe]

RagaRao in Padikkatha methai

[P_R]

Sivaji as Rangan in padikkAdha mEdhai

In one scene, Sivaji will be having hig night meal and will be having milk, because next day he is going to lift a roller (unnai maadhiri oru roller - to Sundaribai :lol:).

Sundaribai says something sharp that all undeserving people are feasting rightaway and are waiting to get the wealth when Rangarao dies

Both Sivaji and Sowcar are shocked to hear that. But Sivaji is angered and has tears in his eyes not because he has been insulted but because she had mentioned the possibility of Rangarao's death.

[AudazJay]

Poonam Vishwanathan in Tillu Mullu. In fact, I always feel that he's apt for most father's role- Mahanadhi, Aasai, etc...there's something about his pleasant face and nonchalant acting which never fail to bring a smile on your face...RIP :cry:

[Aalavanthan]

Lawyer Charuhassan from Thillu Mullu :)

Kamalji in one scene, during the break in dialogues would actually take out the spectacles and cleans it with his hanging coat. Couple of shots later once Thengai comes to know about the thillu mullu, Kamalji adhae kannadikulla kaiya vittu kannai nonduvaar and then delivers this dialogue to Rajini "sir, indha junior artistes sambalam ellam neengalavae illa Nagesh paathupaara " :lol: Even though he is appearing for a short stint, he has made every possible way to make his presence a remarkable one. :thumbsup:

[hamid]

Lawyer Charuhassan from Thillu Mullu :)

Kamalji in one scene, during the break in dialogues would actually take out the spectacles and cleans it with his hanging coat. Couple of shots later once Thengai comes to know about the thillu mullu, Kamalji adhae kannadikulla kaiya vittu kannai nonduvaar and then delivers this dialogue to Rajini "sir, indha junior artistes sambalam ellam neengalavae illa Nagesh paathupaara " :lol: Even though he is appearing for a short stint, he has made every possible way to make his presence a remarkable one. :thumbsup:

Note this point... note this point.... note this point :lol: too good.. esp thenkai's expression :rotfl2:

[Aalavanthan]

PR sonna madhiri Sakthivel Kavundar is one of the most endearing characters ever. Thanks in good measure to that place called Coimbatore. Yeah, generalizations etc etc but everyone who's lived there must have seen person(s) like that or at least some of those qualities. The vegulithanam, respect and helpfulness might even throw one off guard. "Dumb"-nu avasiyam illa...
This one is arguable here.. But for the hero, he was kinda irritating character "poojai samaiyathula karadi pugundhaa pola". Right from the beginning of his introduction until he finds that they both have come together, he is such an hilarious factor in the movie. I still remember the bathroom scenes, flight scenes, hotel reception scenes. The vazhiyal jokes that he shares with Heera (the flight seat number) to make some sort of converstation shows his jollufying character.




The film rests on Kavunder's shoulders, with due respect to the other great performances in the film (Raaja intentionally gives a very light unobtrusive BGM - less is more for this film). And IMO, the reason why i'm able to :lol: at every single joke (where Thalaivar is present) every time i see the movie is because of the characterization, accent and Thalaivar's performance. It doesn't rely on "smart", Crazy-type wit-liners or situational jeopardy alone.

The humor would not be what it is if you take away any of thee - Kamal, accent, characterization.
Prabhu quote panna line,
"...apparam thoppula suthi oosi podonum,...... naikku", veedu ippadi irulonnu irukkudhu?", etc etc.... the beauty is in the accent.

Kamal "naughtily" giving a nudge in reply to Kovai Sarala's nudge - idhellam 'peer' Kamal

Heera-ku restaurant la eduthu solra scene. Being in character, being humorous and yet giving lump-in-throat :notworthy: for the acting and characterization


The first half was well set up for Kounder to gain his entry in a best possible manner. The first half, IMO is a typical Balu Mahendra's touch but once Kounder enters, he takes the torch from Balu and goes along with others until the kounder family goes into the court through the wall and ends with
Kounder " enga di vandhirukom",
Koundaramma "courtunga" ,
Kounder "court elam appavae venaamnu sonnaen kettiyae", Koundaramma " mamaaaa",
"chinna" koundar after a brief pause " appaaa " :lol:



The defining moment for this character is when he exclaims in the climax "Enakku kovam vandhuchunna enna pannuven theriyuma? Aludhu poduven!" :rotfl3:

Chaplin, Kamal essentials (hugging Heera in the climax :lol: ), and the CBE traits - kalandhu seidha kalavai :)

Very true.. I often use this dialogue to my wifey ... its just like those one liners like "vara kovathuku.. ennanu poi keettutu vandhudaraen" :lol:

Thanks for refreshing my mind Bala.. I think its time for me to recap this movie once again :)

[19thmay]

Babloo, Pulikutty, Naadhas :D

[rangan_08]

chinna pandi - Aan paavam :D

witty, funny - ooma kusumban...that character almost carried the movie on his shoulder (motha padathayum avarthan somandharu - that's different) in the second half.

[Aalavanthan]

chinna pandi - Aan paavam :D

witty, funny - ooma kusumban...that character almost carried the movie on his shoulder (motha padathayum avarthan somandharu - that's different) in the second half.

"aah muttidichi sir" :lol:

"appa idhu enna nyaayam, nee matum engamma-va kalyaanam pannikalaam. naan ungammava kalyaanam pannika koodadha" :lol: :lol:

[rangan_08]

Adultery & " padi thandiya pathini " characters are not new to tamil cinema ( in fact, for any cinema :D ) But the one that stays in my mind evergreen is the one played by Silk Smitha in Moondram Pirai.

A helpless young girl, married to a hopeless old man. Naturally, she develops an affinity towards this young, charming & handsome hero. Smitha did a brilliant job :clap:

People used to argue with me saying that character was thrusted deliberately for commercial reasons. Well, I would say that except for " ponmeni urugudhey " which is definitely for commercial reason, the character has got its own significance. The logic is very simple. When she openly reveals her desire to the hero himself, he rejects her very decently. This helps make the audience to understand what a virtuous guy he is and at the same time his deep love to Viji.

[rangan_08]

[tscii:adb0a94038]CAPTAIN PRABHAKARAN – ONE MAN ARMY !!!

Another of my favourite character. A fantastic role for Vijaykanth who couldn’t have asked more for his 100th film. Right from the beginning, it was action, action, action all the way.

I could never forget the dramatic opening scene. It’s almost middle of the night. A girl comes running in the broad & lonely road, screaming for help. She is being chased by a police man (Ponnambalam). She runs blindly and collides on a jeep which belongs to none other than Captain’s. IR’s trademark BGM makes it more interesting.

With all the headlights of the jeep shining brightly, Captain stands there like a lion. Ippo angey irundhu arambipparu saravediya….adi pinnikitte police station varaikkum povar. Of course, everyone knows about his skills in action sequences, but here’s my take. He swiftly perches on any stationary object (at times, even movable too !!), makes a turn in the air, kicks the enemy and makes a perfect landing – something like a ballet !! The subsequent fight in the police station is also a treat. Now, when all the cops are exhausted, ivar thenavatta, dhairiyama angey irukkira black board-la thannudaya peru, address ellam ezhuduvaru – sema scene. Upon watching that character doing those fantastic stunts on screen, you feel like rolling up your sleeves and get ready for a fist fight with someone !!!!
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[HonestRaj]

rangan.. :clap: :clap:

Infact, I logged in specifically to post / list VK's characters in this thread... neenga lead kuduthutteenga :ty:

[HonestRaj]

I have seen CP when it was released.. but don't remember much about the crowd response..

until first 25 mins, they show Sarath's episode.. after that its VK all the way .. action + dialogues sara maariya irukkum :clap: :clap:

[HonestRaj]

May or may not be Lovable / Fav.. I'll list VK's govt officer characters:

Designation.. from my memory.. may / maynot be exact & not in any particular order

Character --- Film
CAPTAIN PRABHAKARAN ---- &&
Assistant Commissionar Panneer Selvam ---- Sathriyan
Honest Raj ---- Pulan Visaranai
Raaj (aka) HonestRaj --- Honest Raj
District Collector Thamizhchelvan ---- &&
Sethupathy IPS ---- &&
Captain Soundhrapandian ---- Senthoora Poove
DSP Dheenadhayalan ---- Oomai Vizhigal
Captain Narasimma ---- &&
Captain Vasanth Periyasamy ---- ULavuthurai
Commissioner Vallarasu ---- &&
Commissioner Vanchinathan ---- &&
Rajadhurai ---- &&
CBI Alexander ---- &&
CBI Kasi Viswanathan ---- Perarasu
Criminologist Arivarasu ---- ARASANGAM
Military man ---- Santhana Kaatru
??? ---- Thaimozhi
RathnavElu ---- Devan
??? ---- Dharmam Vellum
Subash ---- Manakara Kaaval

A handful of Mid 1980's not much popular films of SAC & others


&& -->character name = Film name

Type panni tired aagitten :P

Edhavadhu miss panni irundha .. innoru naal update panren

Last but not the least:

Innum duty'il seradha... designation finalise aagadha ... vayasanalum Singathin gunangal maruvadhillai'nu nirubuikka thudithu kondirukkum.. engal annan

VIRUDHAGIRI

[groucho070]

HR, captain in Pattukku Oru Talaivan can be considered fun and lovable.

NT

Ranggan - Padikaatha Methai
Muthu - Muradan Muthu.
The innocent village dude - Navarathiri
Madhan - Galatta Kalyanam
Raman - Raman Ethanai Raamanadi (see NT thread for Saradha mdm's review for more detail).
Marudhu - Bale Pandiya (Onnume pannaama suttupuduvangga padupaavi passangga, see my signature for details).


Prabhu
Chinnathambi
Uzhavan
Vetri Vizha (good balance to serious Kamal)
Gusu Sishyan - (Good balance to hilarious Rajini)

Sathyaraj (Only one who can be evil and lovable).
Kakkichattai/Vikram
Amaithi Padai (Nagaraaja Sozhan :P )


Madhavan
BAttil Mani - Ethiri (lovable bloke you wanna have beer with)
Ars - Anbe Sivam (lovable bloke you want to have Bong with). :P
Thambi - Thambi...err..no...am kidding. Stay away from him he is nuts.

[Srimannarayanan]

Balraam Naidu and Rangarajan Nambi in 10A :D

[AudazJay]

Prabhu
Chinnathambi
Uzhavan
Vetri Vizha (good balance to serious Kamal)
Gusu Sishyan - (Good balance to hilarious Rajini)

.

:exactly: Talking about Guru Sishyan, who can ever forget the hilarious Manorama? :D

Rajini: Ivar yaaru theriyuma? Periya ABC officer!
Manorama: ABC officera? (The expression on her face in this scene was priceless)
Prabhu: Yo! CBI officer ya!

Rajini pointing at Mona Lisa's picture : Ithu yaaru photonge?
Manorama: Athuva..athu enga mamiyar :lol:

[Raikkonen]

Prabhu
Chinnathambi
Uzhavan
Vetri Vizha (good balance to serious Kamal)
Gusu Sishyan - (Good balance to hilarious Rajini)

.

:exactly: Talking about Guru Sishyan, who can ever forget the hilarious Manorama? :D

Rajini: Ivar yaaru theriyuma? Periya ABC officer!
Manorama: ABC officera? (The expression on her face in this scene was priceless)
Prabhu: Yo! CBI officer ya!

Rajini pointing at Mona Lisa's picture : Ithu yaaru photonge?
Manorama: Athuva..athu enga mamiyar :lol:

it's actually "ivar yaaru, sirichikitte toonguraru?".. :rotfl2: manorama's answer is even more hilarious..

[AudazJay]

Prabhu
Chinnathambi
Uzhavan
Vetri Vizha (good balance to serious Kamal)
Gusu Sishyan - (Good balance to hilarious Rajini)

.

:exactly: Talking about Guru Sishyan, who can ever forget the hilarious Manorama? :D

Rajini: Ivar yaaru theriyuma? Periya ABC officer!
Manorama: ABC officera? (The expression on her face in this scene was priceless)
Prabhu: Yo! CBI officer ya!

Rajini pointing at Mona Lisa's picture : Ithu yaaru photonge?
Manorama: Athuva..athu enga mamiyar :lol:

it's actually "ivar yaaru, sirichikitte toonguraru?".. :rotfl2: manorama's answer is even more hilarious..

Hehehe, my bad...sorry, but yeah your dialogues sounds more like it :lol:

[OnMyWay]

Muraimaman Goundamani,Bhagyaraj Rasukutty -ideal lifestyle eggsamples in tamil cinema

[P_R]

Muraimaman Goundamani,Bhagyaraj Rasukutty -ideal lifestyle eggsamples in tamil cinema

Riverside foldable chair azhagai rasichings:

Oh ippollAm purushanunga kOvichikkittu ammA veetukku pOyidraanungaLA ....bachelor life-la irukkuradhaala idhellAm theriyuradhillai :lol:

[Aalavanthan]

Mr. Uthaman from Anbae Sivam

Bavyamaa oru character trainla okkandhirukardha paathutu Vedhandha Iyer vandhutaaronu nenaichaen.

But he just proved himself that he is as good as any other character artiste to make his presence sound and valuable in the train scene in Anbae Sivam.

He starts off with speaking in English, Tamil & Sanskrit that any man can be excited to continue the conversation with him which continues like..

"deva baashaiyila sonnaen, kadavulaiyum marandhaachu, samaskirudhathaiyum marandhaachu"

ARS - "oh samaskridham ellam theriyuma ungaluku "

UTH: "ofcourse, paeru uthaman nu vechitu poi solla koodadhu" (he knows that ARS doesnt know Sanskrit and he maintains his std on sanskrit here ), then comes the real Uthaman..

ARS - "Ad film makera sir neenga"

UTH: "Ofcourse" (just like the way he said yes to sanskrit)
ARS - "naanum thaan"
UTH - with a toned voice he continues from his initial dialogue "ofcourse, enaku andha alavuku paritchayam illai andha fieldla" :lol: :lol: - Amazing characterisation and execution.

Once he is caught in the crowd, then his dialogues turns into a well groomed mugger and went on to insult ARS

"manishanaaya nee, un potti padukaiyellam thozhaavittu oru pathu paisa kooda illaiyae, appuram epadi thaanya thirudan pozhapu nadathuradhu " :rotfl: (This might be a common dialogue but after the tragic accident scenes, seeing "real" uthaman was a stress reliever for ARS, Sivam and us. )

and he continues

"Pandhalu Kaaru" , camera turns to a saamiyar with naamam doing aasirvaadham and Uthaman

"aayinaalu bag-ae ichaesae padhirooba theesko" :rotfl3: - One of the talents unused in tamil cinema

[Jyothsna]

"manishanaaya nee, un potti padukaiyellam thozhaavittu oru pathu paisa kooda illaiyae, appuram epadi thaanya thirudan pozhapu nadathuradhu "

:rotfl: :rotfl: My favourite dialouge in that scene..

[Bala (Karthik)]

Mr. Uthaman from Anbae Sivam

:thumbsup:



"aayinaalu bag-ae ichaesae padhirooba theesko" :rotfl3: - One of the talents unused in tamil cinema
:rotfl3: My favorite line... he says it with complete authority :lol:

And he keeps daring them.. "take me to the police station.. take me to the police staion!" nextu nejamave police vandhurum :rotfl2:

[rangan_08]

pusthagathayum pondattiyayum mathavangakitta kudukkakoodadhu. kudutha cover-a pirichi menjiduvanga. :lol:

[Jyothsna]

V.K. Ramasamy- Nammbina in Arangetra Velai. Wonderful Character :clap:

[Achilles]

V.K. Ramasamy- Nammbina in Arangetra Velai. Wonderful Character :clap:

:yes: :exactly:

Also "Sriramachandra Moorthy" character played by Thengai Sreenivasan in Thillu Mullu... My all-time favourite... :yes: :rotfl3:

[Achilles]

Prabhu
Chinnathambi
Uzhavan
Vetri Vizha (good balance to serious Kamal)
Gusu Sishyan - (Good balance to hilarious Rajini)

.

:exactly: Talking about Guru Sishyan, who can ever forget the hilarious Manorama? :D

Rajini: Ivar yaaru theriyuma? Periya ABC officer!
Manorama: ABC officera? (The expression on her face in this scene was priceless)
Prabhu: Yo! CBI officer ya!

Rajini pointing at Mona Lisa's picture : Ithu yaaru photonge?
Manorama: Athuva..athu enga mamiyar :lol:

it's actually "ivar yaaru, sirichikitte toonguraru?".. :rotfl2: manorama's answer is even more hilarious..

Indha neram paarththu indha manushan jalaja kooda jalsa pannikittu irukkaarae... :rotfl3:

And also I like this dialogue:

Rajini: Thank you mummy
Manorama: "Mummy illai aunty" :rotfl:

[Achilles]

May or may not be Lovable / Fav.. I'll list VK's govt officer characters:

Designation.. from my memory.. may / maynot be exact & not in any particular order

Character --- Film
CAPTAIN PRABHAKARAN ---- &&
Assistant Commissionar Panneer Selvam ---- Sathriyan
Honest Raj ---- Pulan Visaranai
Raaj (aka) HonestRaj --- Honest Raj
District Collector Thamizhchelvan ---- &&
Sethupathy IPS ---- &&
Captain Soundhrapandian ---- Senthoora Poove
DSP Dheenadhayalan ---- Oomai Vizhigal
Captain Narasimma ---- &&
Captain Vasanth Periyasamy ---- ULavuthurai
Commissioner Vallarasu ---- &&
Commissioner Vanchinathan ---- &&
Rajadhurai ---- &&
CBI Alexander ---- &&
CBI Kasi Viswanathan ---- Perarasu
Criminologist Arivarasu ---- ARASANGAM
Military man ---- Santhana Kaatru
??? ---- Thaimozhi
RathnavElu ---- Devan
??? ---- Dharmam Vellum
Subash ---- Manakara Kaaval

A handful of Mid 1980's not much popular films of SAC & others


&& -->character name = Film name

Type panni tired aagitten :P

Edhavadhu miss panni irundha .. innoru naal update panren

Last but not the least:

Innum duty'il seradha... designation finalise aagadha ... vayasanalum Singathin gunangal maruvadhillai'nu nirubuikka thudithu kondirukkum.. engal annan

VIRUDHAGIRI

I like the characters displayed in bold...

[Raikkonen]

telugu speaking manorama in simla special was very good also..

some dude: akka..
manorama: hey.. akka sollathe
sd: seri.. amma..
manorama: paravalla.. akkave sollu

:rotfl2:

[Raikkonen]

telugu speaking manorama in simla special was very good also..

some dude: akka..
manorama: hey.. akka sollathe
sd: seri.. amma..
manorama: paravalla.. akkave sollu

:rotfl2:

[HonestRaj]

Posting few of the lead characters that wud make me to watch it more than once (excluding Iru vallavargal & Captain Puratchi kalaignar)

<only those comes in my mind at present>

Karthik
Agni Natchathram
Mouna Ragam

Prabhu
Agni Natchathram
Raja Kayyavecha

Sathyaraj
Jallikattu

<lot more from him.. mostly with GM>

Murali
Idhayam ------ may be used for mocking long lasting 1 side love.. but I like this film & IR's spl BGM :notworthy:

Mohan
Mouna Ragam

[Aalavanthan]

--edited--

[app_engine]

Johny Sridevi.

A character no one can dislike :-)

singer, sweet, beautiful, mature, emotional and even funny at times ("நான் அப்படித்தான் பேசுவேன்")...

[HonestRaj]

Honestu. did you deliberately ignore the performance of Vijaykanth in Amman Koil kizhakkaale, en Asai machAn ?

its not ignoring.. I posted only the "Govt officer" roles he did... (police & other related to administration).. adhula siladhu Fav kidayadhu.. just a compilation.. ippadi oru list pOtta ennanu thOnichu.. :)

I will definitely put Chinna Gounder'e in Top 5 ..

AKK was good... AM --> soft role.. aana andha costume & make up was :thumbsup:

Must add:

Enkitta Modhadhe ---- thuru thuru VK with Shobana
Pon Manachelvan --- With Gemini

<indha list viraivial>

[Aalavanthan]

Yeah. I just noticed the "government" thingy in your initial post.. adhaan edit pannitaen ...

[MADDY]

sivaji GANesan in mudhal mariyadhai, Kamal in Nayagan - flesh and blood characters and not caricatures of hypocritic creators' minds......though they had counterpoints to the character, i still like them- beautiful :D

[Jyothsna]

Sathayaraj and Sujitha in "Poovizhi vaasalile".

[Rocky89]

Ajith in Mugavari :thumbsup: you cant dislike him in this film!

[P_R]

Kamal - kaLathoor kaNNammA

to Savitri: neenga kavalaippadaadheenga teacher, nallA nadichu unga pErai naan kaappaathurEn

Kamal - Ananda Jothi

to Devika : pEchchu uttA...pEchchu vaangikka vENdiya dhaan

[groucho070]

Jai Shankar in Veetukku Veedu.

Meethi explanation thambi PR koduppaar. :D

[Rocky89]

Tamannah in Kalloori..

Barath in Kaadhal

:(

[groucho070]

Rocky birather..lovable character kodukka sonna, tragic character kodukkurengga. Kallori, that scene broke my heart :cry:

[Raikkonen]

manivannan in amaithi padai..

"ooty-ku taniya than ponum pola" :rotfl2:

[P_R]

Jai Shankar in Veetukku Veedu.

Meethi explanation thambi PR koduppaar. :D

koduthAchu koduthAchu (http://mayyam.com/hub/viewtopic.php?p=1938466#1938466) :-)

[Rocky89]

Rocky birather..lovable character kodukka sonna, tragic character kodukkurengga. Kallori, that scene broke my heart :cry:

Grouch,

They were lovable throughout the movie :D climax thaan tragic :(

[P_R]

manivannan in amaithi padai..

"ooty-ku taniya than ponum pola" :rotfl2:

yOv ricemill-la vElai paakkuravangaLai ellAm ukkAra vachukittu ennayyA podhukkuzhu :lol:

AmavAsai's campaign: ithanaal Britis Ekaadhipathiyathukku naan solli koLgirEn.... :rotfl:

After fight for the undie, complainig about the mottai

katchi soththukku aasaippaduraanga :rotfl2:

[groucho070]

Raiks, spot on.

PR :rotfl:

Avutthu potta underwear-la arasiyal thatthuvatthaiye sollitteenganna!!! :rotfl:

[Raikkonen]

manivannan in amaithi padai..

"ooty-ku taniya than ponum pola" :rotfl2:

yOv ricemill-la vElai paakkuravangaLai ellAm ukkAra vachukittu ennayyA podhukkuzhu :lol:

AmavAsai's campaign: ithanaal Britis Ekaadhipathiyathukku naan solli koLgirEn.... :rotfl:

After fight for the undie, complainig about the mottai

katchi soththukku aasaippaduraanga :rotfl2:

:rotfl3:

[AudazJay]

Preity Zinta in Uyire :cool2:

[rangan_08]

[tscii:9b852e75a3]
HR, captain in Pattukku Oru Talaivan can be considered fun and lovable.

Ninaithadhu yaro needhane…..lovely song.
POT was advertised as a film in which you can see VK doing “ serious “ comedy. The magazines also appreciated his efforts positively. But it was not his first take on comedy. You can note his worthy attempts in his earlier films like “ Madurai Sooran “, Nane raja nane mandhiri “ and even “ Amman Koil Kizhakkale “.

However, I’m not sure about those films having his signature mark of winking his eye, folding his tongue and exclaiming an “ Ahhnn !! “ and giving a blessing pose at the same time. :D




NT

Marudhu - Bale Pandiya (Onnume pannaama suttupuduvangga padupaavi passangga, see my signature for details).

:D
Well, you must be aware that Baley Pandia was made in a very short span. A trip to the US was ahead of him so he worked day & night and finished his portion, including dubbing, within 30 days & left to the States. He could have very well dragged the shoot and finished it after his trip. But, he was NT, who doesn’t want to waste the producer’s money and other people’s time & energy. And, may be because of this hurry burry, the director was not able to squeeze his brains and concentrate more on Marudhu’s character.

Moreover, sticking on to the title, only Pandian’s characterization was done more conspicuously when compared to the other two. Had the title been, “ Baley Sankara Marudhu Pandia “, then each of them would have got equal shares.

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[HonestRaj]

Character --- Film
CAPTAIN PRABHAKARAN ---- &&
Assistant Commissionar Panneer Selvam ---- Sathriyan
Honest Raj ---- Pulan Visaranai
Raaj (aka) HonestRaj --- Honest Raj
District Collector Thamizhchelvan ---- &&
Sethupathy IPS ---- &&
Captain Soundhrapandian ---- Senthoora Poove
DSP Dheenadhayalan ---- Oomai Vizhigal
Captain Narasimma ---- &&
Captain Vasanth Periyasamy ---- ULavuthurai
Commissioner Vallarasu ---- &&
Commissioner Vanchinathan ---- &&
Rajadhurai ---- &&
CBI Alexander ---- &&
CBI Kasi Viswanathan ---- Perarasu
Criminologist Arivarasu ---- ARASANGAM
Military man ---- Santhana Kaatru
??? ---- Thaimozhi
RathnavElu ---- Devan
??? ---- Dharmam Vellum
Subash ---- Manakara Kaaval


In this big list'la barring a couple of films (old getups) all have similar get-up / make-up.. only the difference is in body weight & face over the years.. :clap: :clap:


A handful of Mid 1980's not much popular films of SAC & others


Have seen him as a Constable (silk is the heroine) in one film & as a Inspector / Sub Inspector atleast in 4 - 5 films

[Roshan]

Jyothika in PoovellAm kEttupaar

Jyothika in Vaali

Jyothika in Kushi

Jyothika in Dum Dum Dum

Jyothika in Mugavari

Jyothika in Kaakka Kaakka

Jyothika in Vettaiyaadu Vilaiyaadu

Jyothika in Mozhi

[Thirumaran]

Jyothika in PoovellAm kEttupaar

Jyothika in Vaali

Jyothika in Kushi

Jyothika in Dum Dum Dum

Jyothika in Mugavari

Jyothika in Kaakka Kaakka

Jyothika in Vettaiyaadu Vilaiyaadu

Jyothika in Mozhi

most importantly Jyothikaa in Maayaavi.. :lol2: Koduththa kaasukku athikakamaavae nadikirathu :rotfl2:

[Thirumaran]

Jyothika in PoovellAm kEttupaar

Jyothika in Vaali

Jyothika in Kushi

Jyothika in Dum Dum Dum

Jyothika in Mugavari

Jyothika in Kaakka Kaakka

Jyothika in Vettaiyaadu Vilaiyaadu

Jyothika in Mozhi

aduththu Mahen vanthu Tamanna character ellaam list pannuvaapla including aanantha thandavam :cry3:

[P_R]

Feddy, engirindhaalum hammerudan mEdaikku varavum

[groucho070]

:weilding arua: Eyyy :evil: Yarungge Jyothika-va konduvanthathu :x

[MADDY]

ok, hold on to your seat belts :lol2:

another lovable character on screen - surya in Mayavi :D .........alaipauthey's madhavan and all - favorite characer in real life too yaa :lol: ......infact most of mani's protaganists are very close to real life (for me) - Anil kapoor in pallavi-anupallavi, karthik in mouna ragam, amala/karthik in agni natchithram, arvindsamy in roja/bombay, aishwarya rai(second one) in iruvar, sharukh in uyire, simran in kannathil muthamittal, siddarth/surya in ayutha ezhuthu

[groucho070]

......infact most of mani's protaganists are very close to real life (for me) Oookay....don't call me for a drink with your pals. I don't want to be arrested by a Goutham (AN), beaten up by a Velu (Nayagan), slashed by a Surya (Talabathi), or listen to lecture by that hot tempered writer who went to Sri Lanka. :twisted:

[joe]

......infact most of mani's protaganists are very close to real life (for me) Oookay....don't call me for a drink with your pals. I don't want to be arrested by a Goutham (AN), beaten up by a Velu (Nayagan), slashed by a Surya (Talabathi), or listen to lecture by that hot tempered writer who went to Sri Lanka. :twisted:
:lol:

[hamid]

Rajini's character in Padikkathavan

Lovable character.. Comedy, sentiment, action :clap:

[Jyothsna]

Rajini and shoba's character in Mullum Malarum :notworthy:

[AudazJay]

......infact most of mani's protaganists are very close to real life (for me) Oookay....don't call me for a drink with your pals. I don't want to be arrested by a Goutham (AN), beaten up by a Velu (Nayagan), slashed by a Surya (Talabathi), or listen to lecture by that hot tempered writer who went to Sri Lanka. :twisted:
:lol:

:rotfl2:

[Shakthiprabha]

Herez my say on a very rare character which may not be PONDERED leave alone liked by any. Infact despised by many.

Its VADIVUKARASI character in muthal mariyathai.
Imagine a woman,

* who loved or could love NONE other than the first man in her life

* try she could she was not happy

* she married for the sake of her child, lived for the sake of the society

*she scorned and yelled at all anyone who possibly disrupted her dream world, where without her knowledge she just lived with ONE MAN, the first man, her first love

* she had pent up frustration, and she strewn it amply around. Because thats all she had!! to give!!!

*When her man comes back again and is found dead, she actually becomes a widow (very beautiful direction) !

She lived a dream life, lived for a man who never cared a penny for her! She loved nobody and nobody loved her. Wasted life! pathetic character! WONDERFULLY portrayed by vadivukarasi!.
My heart goes out for her char !

:clap: :clap: :clap:

[hamid]

Prabha :thumbsup:

But I belive we are discussing on the lovable characters here.. :yessir:

[joe]

lived for a man who never cared a penny for her! She loved nobody and nobody loved her.

who is this man ? SathiyaRaj? :roll:

[Shakthiprabha]

I think I feel kinda pathetic for her char :?

also, rangan didn't just ask for lovable char or fav char I thought thread also is for holding characters which made u ... turn and look back? created impact? whatever!! :huh:



lived for a man who never cared a penny for her! She loved nobody and nobody loved her.

who is this man ? SathiyaRaj? :roll:

enna question joe idhu :cry: but ofcourse! who else!!!

Actually her character, if dealt and presented as an art movie, with taste, is enough to make a block buster !

[joe]

SP,
Agree with you ..very unusual character.

[Shakthiprabha]

Not unusual joe, IMO, I feel such characters exist in almost every gully. We have seen some aunts, or neighbours or some old ladies, uncles, just anybody who FROWN feel out of place and dis-associate themselves from the regular fun and goodwill. I am kind of very sure every such individual is piled up with frustration of different order, which is personal, and which cannot be shared.

எது இருக்கோ அது தான் share panna mudiyum. All they have is frustration about themselves, so all they share with others are frowns and sharp words.

VRMBBS la vara mathiri, everybody needs a hug :) katti pudi vaithiyam :D

[P_R]

Actually her character, if dealt and presented as an art movie, with taste, is enough to make a block buster ! eppidi orE sentence-la contradict paNNikkureeenga :lol2:

J/k Nice post :thumbsup:
Whether she was unloved because of her character or the otherway round is a chicken-egg question. Nice persepctive

[Shakthiprabha]

J/k Nice post :thumbsup:
Whether she was unloved because of her character or the otherway round is a chicken-egg question. Nice persepctive

exactly :) :thumbsup:

[joe]

Not unusual joe, IMO, I feel such characters exist in almost every gully.

I meant unusual in Tamil cinema.

[app_engine]

SP,
Nice perspective!

Looking back, I'm sure a lot of thought went into shaping each of the characters in any great movie, not just the hero / heroine.

MM is one movie where all the characters easily come to life in front of you (done by capable artists as well) in a nice canvass superbly supported by music / lyrics!

[Plum]

While that may be so, the director portrays Vadivukkarasi's character very unsympathetically. It is to SP's credit that she saw beyond that veneer, not the director's credit.

[rangan_08]

Good choice, SP - keep going :thumbsup:

[rangan_08]

[tscii:cb6392bba2]PRABHAKAR, M.A. : A morbid character who is forlorn by the disparity that exists in this society. He is bound by inferiority complex and a very disturbing and pathetic childhood memory. But at the same time he also longs for a decent life which he thinks he really deserves. And when this “ decent “ life and his child hood girl interest, whom he loves the most in this world, is denied to him, his demeanour transforms into dangerous levels of eccentricity and turns him into a psychopathic cold blooded murderer.

One can easily get depressed after watching the traumatic experiences this character undergoes. But still, it leaves an indelible mark on the viewer just for the plain fact that he is not a guy from the Mars but could possibly be one among us. There’s just a thin line that separates us from being rational & becoming insane. And unfortunately, Prabhakar happens to be on the wrong side. Being such a natural & “ it may happen to anybody “ kind of a character, Prabhakar becomes yet another of my favourite characters on screen.
[/tscii:cb6392bba2]

[Bala (Karthik)]

:clap:

[rangan_08]

1. Maadippadi Maadhu

2. Server Sundaram

3. Major Chandrakanth

[Vivasaayi]

varusham 16 - vk ramasamy

aan paavam - vk ramasamy

mouna raagam - vk ramasamy

[MADDY]

* she married for the sake of her child, lived for the sake of the society

does she? she is equally non-chalant abt her kid too, i guess........i think she is flat out "unkind" ......


She lived a dream life, lived for a man who never cared a penny for her

yes, thats where i dislike this character, she didnt have any rights to destroy Sivaji's life (in film) ........i felt, Radha's character was better sculpted in the movie.....

[MADDY]

PRABHAKAR, M.A. : A morbid character who is forlorn by the disparity that exists in this society. He is bound by inferiority complex and a very disturbing and pathetic childhood memory

what disparity? professors in govt colleges get 60k salary nowadays.......recession and subsequent suffering* of IT people really watered down this movies' arguements....

at best, we can equate this character to the age old "honest, straight forward" person's story - the pozhakka theriyadhavan characters like ambi(anniyan), rajini in 6to60 etc with a pyscological imbalance angle........

*enna perusa suffer pannitteengannu yaarachhu ketkaradhu munnadi, please try to find out horror stories of Indian IT professionals in USA during recession........

[Vivasaayi]

PRABHAKAR, M.A. : A morbid character who is forlorn by the disparity that exists in this society. He is bound by inferiority complex and a very disturbing and pathetic childhood memory

what disparity? professors in govt colleges get 60k salary nowadays.......recession and subsequent suffering* of IT people really watered down this movies' arguements....

at best, we can equate this character to the age old "honest, straight forward" person's story - the pozhakka theriyadhavan characters like ambi(anniyan), rajini in 6to60 etc with a pyscological imbalance angle........

*enna perusa suffer pannitteengannu yaarachhu ketkaradhu munnadi, please try to find out horror stories of Indian IT professionals in USA during recession........

M.A padicha ethana peru professor aagi 60 aayiram sambalam vanguranga?

[Shakthiprabha]

* she married for the sake of her child, lived for the sake of the society

does she? she is equally non-chalant abt her kid too, i guess........i think she is flat out "unkind" ......

yes, thats where i dislike this character, she didnt have any rights to destroy Sivaji's life (in film) ........i felt, Radha's character was better sculpted in the movie.....

I always find it interesting to analyse "WHYS" and "WHY NOTS" of weird characters maddy. I think that makes us understand deeper human emotions not just what is shown superficially outward.

"Liking" a char ofcourse, most of us like the heroic "goody goody" nicey characters.

I suppose I ANALYSED vadivukarasi char and hence could UNDERSTAND and sympthise with the char. This is beyond liking or not liking :)

[Jyothsna]

Prabu Deva's character in Kadhala Kadhala..

[dinesh2002]

My most favorite characters on screen.

Karthik in Mouna Raagam.

Rukmini Vijayakumar in Aanandha Thandavam (im in love with her).

Ramya Krishnan in Padaiyappa.

Radhika in Jeans.

Delhi Ganesh in Avvai Shanmugi.

Surya in Pithamagan.

Vadivelu in Vetri Koddi Katte.

Vadivelu in Paatali (in female get up).

Goundamani in Baba.

Shalini's father in Alaipayuthey.

[groucho070]

Goundamani in Baba. :notworthy: Finally, a recognition. Though he seemed like a jalra to Baba (Naangga saamiya kindal pannuvom, mudinja maamiyayum kindal pannuvom) he is a commentator of especially of the ridiculous thing the friend indulges in (Mootta tookurathukkellam cheers-adaa?).

[19thmay]

Goundamani in Baba. :notworthy: Finally, a recognition. Though he seemed like a jalra to Baba (Naangga saamiya kindal pannuvom, mudinja maamiyayum kindal pannuvom) he is a commentator of especially of the ridiculous thing the friend indulges in (Mootta tookurathukkellam cheers-adaa?).

Ennadhu annan andha padathula jalraa-va?!!! :shock:

SS-a mudinja alavukku nakkal adichirupar.

When Sangavi ignores annan, he says,

"paarumma, neengellam paapengannu thaan Baba podura indha karumaandhrathellam poda vendiyadhaayiruku!" :rotfl2:

[groucho070]

Well, more of a Jalra who can cross the board :lol: That's why I said he's also commentator of the ridiculous. Remember Baba agrees to whatever he says, shakes hand to the point where he has to say, "Poothumbaa!". Or, maybe Baba was his jalra in the early atheist scenes....don't touch that!!! :P

[Punnaimaran]

My favourite characters ranked

1. Alex PAndian
2. PAlakkAttu mAdhavan
3. nAdhas
4. 23 pulikEsi
5. nAgarAja chOzhan

[MADDY]

Kalpana (Asin) character in Ghajini.......one of the most heart wrenching characters brought out so well by A.R.M.......to be fair, after watching Hindi version only, i realised the astronomical tragedy around this character :) ......esp the "kaise mujhe" song exemplifies this.....

Asin-a paathhe paridhaabam vandhudhe, idhe genelia-vo, tamanna-vo pannirundha, rendu naalu geofferys-laye kedandhu iruppen :D

[rangan_08]

varusham 16 - vk ramasamy

aan paavam - vk ramasamy

mouna raagam - vk ramasamy

:lol: adhula parunga....moodhevi, moodhevi... :D

[rangan_08]

PRABHAKAR, M.A. : A morbid character who is forlorn by the disparity that exists in this society. He is bound by inferiority complex and a very disturbing and pathetic childhood memory

what disparity? professors in govt colleges get 60k salary nowadays.......recession and subsequent suffering* of IT people really watered down this movies' arguements....

at best, we can equate this character to the age old "honest, straight forward" person's story - the pozhakka theriyadhavan characters like ambi(anniyan), rajini in 6to60 etc with a pyscological imbalance angle........

*enna perusa suffer pannitteengannu yaarachhu ketkaradhu munnadi, please try to find out horror stories of Indian IT professionals in USA during recession........

:banghead: Maddy avargaley, yen indha kola veri ???

I was just trying to explain why that character became insane. Obviously disparity was a main reason. Vayitherichal pudichavangaley indha ulagathula illaya ??? In this case, Prabhakar vayiru romba erinjadhala, avar mandayum erinjupochu , and that was brought out well in that film and naturally, the character also made an impact in the minds of a few audience, like me :D

Mathapadi, there's nothing against teckies here. Unnoda uzhaippukku unnoda verva, ennoda uzhaippukku ennoda verva..... :D

[rangan_08]

Another unforgettable character...

Shaamee, enakku oru unma therinjaganum.

[HonestRaj]

MANIVANNAN ~ Amaidhipadai

what a casually cool hilarious performance :clap: :clap:

Personally I want to ask MV: anna.. indha dialogue allam eppadingna screen'la kondu varreenga.. ethanai room pOttu yosichalum indha madhiri kidaikkadhu :clap: :clap:

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For this specific reason I like MV & K Baghyaraj.. pora pOkkula dialogues konduvaruvanga

[MADDY]

Rangan, i had big problems with the film- the way director shows disparity - he is earning 2k and his friend earns 2L per month..........did that director ever step into a IT firm and did some basic fact finding.........seri vidunga, IT pasangala criticise panradhu dhaan fesan :)

[P_R]

MADDY, that scenes was hilarious.
Scene setting-ku "Dude get me a burger"-nu oru kural kEkkum :lol2:

Most memorable line being one of the cubicle fellows passing a plastic folder saying: indha file-ai avunga kitta kuduthurunga :lol:

But the film was very narrowly understood. It had a wider context. 'Rage against alienization and fiery egotism' is something quite difficult to bring out on screen. And they had done a terrific job of that in that movie.

[MADDY]

But the film was very narrowly understood. It had a wider context. 'Rage against alienization and fiery egotism' is something quite difficult to bring out on screen. And they had done a terrific job of that in that movie.

ennamo ponga, padam enakku suthhama pudikkala.......except for u1's score and BGM - brilliant yaa 8-)

[Benny Lava]

Pammal Uvve Sambandam

[equanimus]

Rangan, i had big problems with the film- the way director shows disparity - he is earning 2k and his friend earns 2L per month..........did that director ever step into a IT firm and did some basic fact finding.........seri vidunga, IT pasangala criticise panradhu dhaan fesan :)
MADDY,
The thing is he might have got the average numbers wrong in the respective fields, but in reality, we all know that the sort of disparity shown in the film is not unusual at all. Unfortunately though, the film muddles up things and ends up not raising the right questions. In fact, I think the film betrays a sort of middle-classness in the kind of questions it raises.

[MADDY]

nowadays after recession, we get to see ADs in Matrimonials saying "software people, please excuse" (it was so reminiscent of "brokers, please excuse" ads in mumbai and bangalore real estate ads :rotfl3:) ........ippa naa padam edukkatuma - katradhu Java-nnu - ada pongappa

[AravindMano]

Oorvasi - MagaLir mattum. Absolutely lovable.

[rangan_08]

Maddy, as PR said, andha character alienize avaradhukku, they need a reason, and this time, computer guys maatnanga, that's it ! :D

Vayila irundhu poga varra alavukku vayitherichal pudicha Dharumi-ellam naama paakaliya - adhu comedy, idhu serious, avlodhan. :D

And to be honest, Jeeva's stunning performance was another reason for me to consider it as a fav. char. on screen.

[P_R]

The tv intree bit of public where on guy says he has had to shift out of the city:

பூந்தமல்லி வரைக்கும் போயிட்டேன் சார்....அங்கயும் வரானுங்க சார்
Had me and my friend (who was searching for a house then), in splits. Even now he is hunting for affordable, good accomodation and is faced with outrageously distant choices. We keep referring to this line in the discussions.

Equa's line about the rage being essentially 'middle class' in its roots is true. But why is that a failing ?

[MADDY]

Vayila irundhu poga varra alavukku vayitherichal pudicha Dharumi-ellam naama paakaliya - adhu comedy, idhu serious, avlodhan. :D

and when people call such "illogical jealousy" on IT guys as "lovable/enjoyable" , then i feel director has been successful in alienating IT guys infact :) .....

i wanted to respond to P_R abt alienating stuff - director just alienates us.......it was a self-righteous, rhetoric at current day's economic imbalance, to please the gallery........at best, it can be called a "Dark" shankar movie......did the director research on real reason for economic imbalance in this country?? do u think price rise in real estate is just bcos of IT guys?? adhula evalavu factors irukku.....DKMB

[P_R]

and when people call such "illogical jealousy" on IT guys as "lovable/enjoyable" , then i feel director has been successful in alienating IT guys infact :) .....

MADDY, what is "logical jealousy" ? What is நியாயமான ஆத்திரம் ?
Does someone's pain become unreal because it is not justifiable ? That was all the movie was about, in my reading. In fact I had even ventured to say it was about an artist's arrogance. The artist believes he is a superior being. But he is treated with scorn by the society, which doesn't have the 'ability' to understand him and will only abuse him work - by making a pimp out of him to impress a girl to get laid.


i wanted to respond to P_R abt alienating stuff - director just alienates us.......it was a self-righteous, rhetoric at current day's economic imbalance, to please the gallery........at best, it can be called a "Dark" shankar movie......did the director research on real reason for economic imbalance in this country?? do u think price rise in real estate is just bcos of IT guys?? adhula evalavu factors irukku.....DKMB
That the gallery chose to be pleased and missed the point can't be held against the film. Thank God, it didn't bother doing the research on the economic conditions etc.

[equanimus]

[tscii:97eadd9c3e]
Equa's line about the rage being essentially 'middle class' in its roots is true. But why is that a failing ?
Well, because the population that the film intends to “represent” is hardly middle-class! (Prabhakar is, but that's exactly my criticism.) On the contrary, the new middle class is what Prabhakar sees all over the IT companies. (Ram even crosscuts the scene in the IT company his friend is working at, with a lunch-time scene in a yesteryear government office.) And the questions/concerns regarding the various courses available for students to take (again very middle-class), etc. is to completely miss the point. Prabhakar happens to choose the Tamil course for some reasons (and the film builds its questions on top of this), but is that actually how people get thrown into completely different worlds? Throughout the film, Prabhakar remains this exception who talks for “those people.”[/tscii:97eadd9c3e]

[19thmay]

KT is just a chennai-centric story!
Middle class kiddle class ellam othukka mudiyaadhu, 1000-2000-thukellam plot vaangi pottavan ellam ippo 50L, 70L sambadhichitrukaan. Just watch the queue at jewel and textile shops, I find this only in the past 7 years. Its a sequential of growth. IT mattum valaralaye...?

Btw Chennai has become such a confused city! :roll:

[Plum]

and when people call such "illogical jealousy" on IT guys as "lovable/enjoyable" , then i feel director has been successful in alienating IT guys infact :) .....

MADDY, what is "logical jealousy" ? What is நியாயமான ஆத்திரம் ?
Does someone's pain become unreal because it is not justifiable ? That was all the movie was about, in my reading. In fact I had even ventured to say it was about an artist's arrogance. The artist believes he is a superior being. But he is treated with scorn by the society, which doesn't have the 'ability' to understand him and will only abuse him work - by making a pimp out of him to impress a girl to get laid.


i wanted to respond to P_R abt alienating stuff - director just alienates us.......it was a self-righteous, rhetoric at current day's economic imbalance, to please the gallery........at best, it can be called a "Dark" shankar movie......did the director research on real reason for economic imbalance in this country?? do u think price rise in real estate is just bcos of IT guys?? adhula evalavu factors irukku.....DKMB
That the gallery chose to be pleased and missed the point can't be held against the film. Thank God, it didn't bother doing the research on the economic conditions etc.
Intentional Fallacy-ya innum gettiyA pudichikitturkkInga :-)

[MADDY]

and when people call such "illogical jealousy" on IT guys as "lovable/enjoyable" , then i feel director has been successful in alienating IT guys infact :) .....

MADDY, what is "logical jealousy" ? What is நியாயமான ஆத்திரம் ?
Does someone's pain become unreal because it is not justifiable ? That was all the movie was about, in my reading. In fact I had even ventured to say it was about an artist's arrogance. The artist believes he is a superior being. But he is treated with scorn by the society, which doesn't have the 'ability' to understand him and will only abuse him work - by making a pimp out of him to impress a girl to get laid.

jealousy-e illogical dhaan-nnu sonnen......there are some sections of people who are really deprived and if they feel sore, it makes a point.......to show his pain, if he tells "unfair/unreal" things abt us - i dont take it lightly and my "shane warne salute" to his arrogance.......


Middle class kiddle class ellam othukka mudiyaadhu, 1000-2000-thukellam plot vaangi pottavan ellam ippo 50L, 70L sambadhichitrukaan. Just watch the queue at jewel and textile shops, I find this only in the past 7 years. Its a sequential of growth. IT mattum valaralaye...?

nee sollu pa, how many of you and your colleagues own a house in chennai (not daddy/mummy's)?? this film builds a surreal environment and twisted situations/ comic book IT employee characters to make the point.......and equa solra madhiri adhuvum panradhilla.....

//i really pity doctors, policemen, politicians who are being ripped apart in movies, i dunno how they feel :lol: .....//

[P_R]

Equa, excepting himself, was part of the ego-preservation, which was important in the film I thought.

MADDY, understand, but that precisely is the point. We are talking in circles, iththOda niruthikkuvOm.

There is no defending some parts of the movie, much as a like. The film may not stand up, but it raised some astounding tangential lines of thinking for me, like no other film in recent times.

[equanimus]

Equa, excepting himself, was part of the ego-preservation, which was important in the film I thought.
puriyudhu, idhellAm munnAdiyE pEsittomE. My criticism is not on how Prabhakar preserves his ago by saying that he's not the average Munusami, but that the film doesn't offer anything else on this matter. By taking the exception route, the film fails to bring up the questions that are sociologically relevant.

நிறைய படங்களில் ஹீரோ ஒரு திருடன் (அதாவது பிக்பாக்கெட் ரேஞ்சில் திருட்டுத் தொழில் செய்பவன்) என்றிருந்தால், திருவிழாவில் காணாமல் போன "பெரிய வீட்டுப்" பையனாக இருப்பான். இது பெரிய வீட்டுப் பசங்க "ஒரு திருடனா இருந்து பார்த்துப்" புரிந்துகொள்ள வசதியாக இருக்க, கதையில் வைக்கப்படும் ஒரு செயற்கைச் சித்திரம்.

[rangan_08]

Vadivamba in thillana mohanambal.

perfect role for c k saraswathy

she is not a courtesan, though, but as a very practical woman, she enjoys the patronage of rich zamindar's and land lords.

wonderfully portrayed by cks :clap:

[rangan_08]

Modhalali & Latchimbadhy... :lol:

(local Jeeves & Wooster' nu sollalama ??? :shock: :hammer:

[Vivasaayi]

vijayakanth in nane raja nane mandhiri

:lol:

[Raikkonen]

raghuvaran (& karthik to a lesser extent) in thottachinungi.. :thumbsup:

raghuvaran trying to sing pep pepsi cola :rotfl2:

[rangan_08]

" Keech " (Manohar) in Nenjathai Killadhey.

[HonestRaj]

Raghuvaran

- aaha
- mugavari
- love today
- ullasam

[rangan_08]

Raghuvaran

- aaha
- mugavari
- love today
- ullasam

Puriyadha Pudhir :fishgrin:

[HonestRaj]

Raghuvaran

- aaha
- mugavari
- love today
- ullasam

Puriyadha Pudhir :fishgrin:

the list is long for Raghuvaran :clap:

Samsaram Adhu Minsaram

[rangan_08]

Yester year darling star kid of Indian Cinema, Baby Shalini, for her splendid performances in films like Bandham (with NT), Oasai, Shankar Guru, Nilave Malare etc, etc., She will have the audience spellbound with those big round expressive eyes, cute little mouth, dolly hair cut & the way in which she talks with brilliance laced with innocence (I disagree with people who say that she goes over-board & behaves like an adult). Especially, in all those superb scenes with the legendary NT, in Bandham, you will never be able to take your eyes off the screen.

I simply love this brilliant, mischievous, naughty little girl.

[P_R]

Attention: seeking the urgent attention of Seargant Plum.

Please arrive to the scene of crime immediately.

Please come adequately armed as the suspect seems to have potential for belligerence.

Please arrange for reinforcements too just in case as borderliners and closet admirers are expected to join in.

Justice is at stake. All hail !

[Bala (Karthik)]

:rotfl3:

[Thirumaran]

Ajith fans ithellaam kandukavae maataangalaa :roll:

[rangan_08]

" suspect " is a peace loverungo !! avara poyi belligerent nature-nu solliteengale.. (btw, yaru " suspect " ?? :roll: )

achamundu achamundu villain range-ukku nenachittaingalo ?? :?

[Thirumaran]

I simply love this brilliant, mischievous, naughty little girl.

ithaan best line :2thumbsup:

[rangan_08]

Ajith fans ithellaam kandukavae maataangalaa :roll:

Adhan theliva " Baby " Shalini-nu solliteney, appuram enna ? :P

Venumna " Master " Ajith fans-nu sollunga :)

[Thirumaran]

Ajith fans ithellaam kandukavae maataangalaa :roll:

Adhan theliva " Baby " Shalini-nu solliteney, appuram enna ? :P


Shalini ya babe nnu solra alavukku poiduchchaa :roll:

[P_R]

" suspect " is a peace loverungo !!
கருத்தியல் வன்முறை'ன்னு ஒண்ணு இருக்குல்ல.


suspect " ?? :roll: )
நீங்க பரவாயில்லை. பிடிக்கிறதைப் பிடிக்கும் சொல்றீங்க (அந்த ஒரே நேர்மையை பாராட்டி firing squad-la ஒரு குண்டு கம்மியா சுட சொல்றோம்). ஆனா இங்க ஒரு சிலர் Adult Shalini (a misnomer actually) பிடிக்கும்னு ஆரம்பிச்சு backdoor entry for supporting 'torture princess' கிடைக்குமான்னு பாக்குறாங்க.

நாங்க எவ்வளோ கஷ்டப்பட்டு எலக்ஷன் எல்லாம் வச்சு (http://hubmagazine.mayyam.com/hub/viewtopic.php?t=12910&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=540) establish பண்ணியிருக்கோம்.

Fourth Leg-la கண்ணகி வெக்கப்பட்டு ஜெயிச்சுட்டாங்க.

[rangan_08]

கருத்தியல் வன்முறை'ன்னு ஒண்ணு இருக்குல்ல.

oru kolandhaya pudikkumnu sonnadhu kuthamayya... :(






firing squad-la ஒரு குண்டு கம்மியா சுட சொல்றோம்).

pagalla suda sollunga. illaina neenga sudradhu ellarukkum kaetuda pogudhu.. :D



நாங்க எவ்வளோ கஷ்டப்பட்டு எலக்ஷன் எல்லாம் வச்சு (http://hubmagazine.mayyam.com/hub/viewtopic.php?t=12910&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=540) establish பண்ணியிருக்கோம்.

Fourth Leg-la கண்ணகி வெக்கப்பட்டு ஜெயிச்சுட்டாங்க.

Oh! so, idhan matter-a ???? idhu theriyama naanathan vandhu sikkikitena ???? :roll:

[Thirumaran]

rangan,
baby shamili padam ethuvum paarkalayaa :roll:

[rangan_08]

Shalini ya babe nnu solra alavukku poiduchchaa :roll:

arasiyalvadhiya poyirukka vendiyavaru....hmmmm... :D

[rangan_08]

rangan,
baby shamili padam ethuvum paarkalayaa :roll:

remba oatreengaley....enna panradhu... :think:

[Raghu]

Karnan from Karnan

Basha from basha

Billa from billa

Kamal's character from salangai oli

Kamal's chracter from sirpikizh muthu

Rajni's 6-il 60

now here the interesting bit

Simran from Parthale Paravasa, :P , :lol2:

Madhavi from ' Thillu mullu' :P, :P, :P

Madhavi from ' Thambiku entha ooru' :P, whah what a beauty :P

Gounds from all the movie. :)

[Raghu]

Shalini ya babe nnu solra alavukku poiduchchaa :roll:

Gounds style: ada Cinemala ithelam sahajampa :lol2:

[Raghu]

Paratai - From 16 vayathinle

Rajni's character - From 'naan adimai illai'

Kamal character from Nayagan

Thalapathy

[rangan_08]

now here the interesting bit

Madhavi from ' Thillu mullu' :P, :P, :P

Madhavi from ' Thambiku entha ooru' :P, whah what a beauty :P



Madhavi in Raja paarvai ( azhagey, azhagu, devadhai...)

[rangan_08]

Appuram....Madhabi Mukherjee-nu oru lady Charulatha-la nadichiruppanga....innikellam pathukitte irukkalam (nalaikkumdhan)

[rangan_08]

" Kadhal " mechanic kid - karattandi