ஐ - Shankar + Vikram + Amy Jackson + ARR

[Pras]

Nowadays in all the movies they are adding the tag thriller..if there is a revenge/fight then they mark it as thriller which is misleading..

i was too wondering when was the last time i "was thrilled" by a tamil thriller ...

and that use of "science-fiction thriller" just because some doctor and hospital scene is involved in the movie ? mersal :thumbsup:

[k_vanan]

Watched.. Definitely not bad movie and same time not shankar's standard :)

+vikram's hardwork
+ARR songs & visual by PC Sriram
+comedy
+makeup

-weak screenplay .. easily preditable
-vikram's acting :(
-BGM

[Pras]

innum oru sOru eduthu patham paathuduvOm :

Sreedhar Pillai ‏@sri50 2m2 minutes ago

#I creates box-office History in Kerala. Grosses Rs 3.05Cr from 225 screens. Highest opening day gross 4 any film 1/2

[balaajee]

innum oru sOru eduthu patham paathuduvOm :

Sreedhar Pillai ‏@sri50 2m2 minutes ago

#I creates box-office History in Kerala. Grosses Rs 3.05Cr from 225 screens. Highest opening day gross 4 any film 1/2
:clap:

[Pras]

:clap:

unga sarcasm puriyala balaajee ji

[leosimha]

watched ;)
going again with family on saturday ... as of now i have only watched vikram, now need to watch the movie :lol:
pure entertainment, do not believe any reviews, just watch and enjoy ;)

guess you will beat "ippadikku rose" convincingly :) j/k

serious the performance of "rose" has beaten other roles/characters excluding Vikram's characterization :)

Amy Jackson :thumbsup: :)

[Pras]

serious the performance of "rose" has beaten other roles/characters excluding Vikram's characterization :)

twitter-la haters intha character-a vachu thaan, "vulgar" / "disgusting" athu ithu-nu post panraanga :lol: ...
i didn't find anything special on that characterization though, what do you mean by "performance of rose" ?

[ajaybaskar]

I didn't find anything wrong with the transgender antagonist role. My only complaint is the 'Oororam Puliyamaram' kinda pun. That was needless. Otherwise she falling in love with Vikram, envying Amy and all was ok.

[Russellpvs]

Sometimes i feel Shankar's imaginations are so kiddish. Watch it for Vikram's hardwork, Amy's curves and Weta's makeup.
Overall, I - Artificial love.

[balaajee]

unga sarcasm puriyala balaajee ji

I am happy for the Box office performance (even though i am not satisfied by the movie)

Tirunelveli ram theatre today 6:30 show also had Standing ovation...

[ajaybaskar]

Same here in Tanjore GV. Most of the ppl stood up and applauded.

[Arragesh]

Watched movie today
Honestly speaking I couldn't come to conclusions whether I like the movie or not

But I can say one thing Shankar missed his mojo completely in this movie.
Also I wanted to tell to shankar please spend only where it deserves just for the sake of showing bramaandam if you spend it will not help the movie always and more importantly please don't join the league of Bala in torturing actors most of the time I felt Vikram is tortured just for few scenes where you can do the same in other ways.

Other than that some nice performances from Vikram (in some parts not so good) , Amy Jackson, Santhanam & rose.

Not sure movie will be game changer of tamil cinema as it was projected nevertheless it will collect well :thanks to wide release:

[ajaybaskar]

It was Vikram's decision to torture himself. Shankar was very much ok in using the other methods. :)

[Russellpvs]

Watched movie today
Honestly speaking I couldn't come to conclusions whether I like the movie or not

But I can say one thing Shankar missed his mojo completely in this movie.
Also I wanted to tell to shankar please spend only where it deserves just for the sake of showing bramaandam if you spend it will not help the movie always and more importantly please don't join the league of Bala in torturing actors most of the time I felt Vikram is tortured just for few scenes where you can do the same in other ways.

Other than that some nice performances from Vikram (in some parts not so good) , Amy Jackson, Santhanam & rose.

Exactly! not sure wats the reason for china episode and spend huge which can even be shot in India. I guess even producers force him to spend more.

[arulraj]

We cant expect this type of movie from tamil ; definitely watchable and i enjoyed.Kudos to shankar and vikram....Every scene is showing the hardwork of the team.Typical shankar movie, here the subject is not a social issue just personal issue.

[leosimha]

twitter-la haters intha character-a vachu thaan, "vulgar" / "disgusting" athu ithu-nu post panraanga :lol: ...
i didn't find anything special on that characterization though, what do you mean by "performance of rose" ?

what do we mean by saying Vikram's performance? :)

[Arragesh]

So then would request Vikram not to do like this. Please take care of your health first.
Performance doesn't mean putting on or shedding weight.
Vikram is very capable actor to bring out emotions of audience just by body language/dialogue delivery/expressions. Hope he/anybody doesn't do it.

[Avadi to America]

watched yesterday in DC with decent crowd....I felt the movie is lengthy and tiring to watch. Screenplay is pretty flat... this movie should directly get "A" certificate, no second thought of it.... Shankar definitely needs someone like sujatha which i even seen in Enthiran second half....It does not mean that i completely hate the movie... it's just that the movie need better treatment....

[balaajee]

https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/547132074759434240/7QSw7gVz_normal.jpeg Kiaara Sandhu @KiaaraSandhu (https://twitter.com/KiaaraSandhu) · 39m 39 minutes ago (https://twitter.com/KiaaraSandhu/status/555777096216113152)


Superstar #Vikram (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Vikram?src=hash) #I (https://twitter.com/hashtag/I?src=hash) is Blockbuster. It collected Fantastic " 40 cr " Worldwide in Just 2 Days..!! Indian Fans GO Gaga over @iamAmyJackson (https://twitter.com/iamAmyJackson).

(Editor in Indian Cinema Magazine UK..Indian Movies Survey & Boxoffice Expert..Member of British Censor Board..I m also Film Distributor in UK)

[thamiz]

https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/547132074759434240/7QSw7gVz_normal.jpeg Kiaara Sandhu @KiaaraSandhu (https://twitter.com/KiaaraSandhu) · 39m 39 minutes ago (https://twitter.com/KiaaraSandhu/status/555777096216113152)


Superstar #Vikram (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Vikram?src=hash) #I (https://twitter.com/hashtag/I?src=hash) is Blockbuster. It collected Fantastic " 40 cr " Worldwide in Just 2 Days..!! Indian Fans GO Gaga over @iamAmyJackson (https://twitter.com/iamAmyJackson).

(Editor in Indian Cinema Magazine UK..Indian Movies Survey & Boxoffice Expert..Member of British Censor Board..I m also Film Distributor in UK)



"She" is fake! She gave a "first lingaa review" too! :lol:

[balaajee]

Amy jackson
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[thamiz]

It may have collected more than 40 cr too. But all I am saying is, she is fake!

[Freedom]

https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/547132074759434240/7QSw7gVz_normal.jpeg Kiaara Sandhu @KiaaraSandhu (https://twitter.com/KiaaraSandhu) · 39m 39 minutes ago (https://twitter.com/KiaaraSandhu/status/555777096216113152)


Superstar #Vikram (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Vikram?src=hash) #I (https://twitter.com/hashtag/I?src=hash) is Blockbuster. It collected Fantastic " 40 cr " Worldwide in Just 2 Days..!! Indian Fans GO Gaga over @iamAmyJackson (https://twitter.com/iamAmyJackson).

(Editor in Indian Cinema Magazine UK..Indian Movies Survey & Boxoffice Expert..Member of British Censor Board..I m also Film Distributor in UK)




LOL same person posted that Jilla collected 77 crs in 2 days. But We all know what the end result was.

Vara vara twitter la evan post pannalum adhu officcial numbers aagiduthu! Latest was 12 days 100C ... director was the only source :lol2:

[Chikatiloan]

LOL same person posted that Jilla collected 77 crs in 2 days. But We all know what the end result was.

Vara vara twitter la evan post pannalum adhu officcial numbers aagiduthu! Latest was 12 days 100C ... director was the only source :lol2:

True!! nowadays anyone can post any figures and fans are carrying it all over..even the popular box office tracker like sreedhar pillai cant justfiy the figure..he cant show the BO report and just like that they will post..Only the producer/distributor knows the actual collection..

[Russellpvs]

LOL same person posted that Jilla collected 77 crs in 2 days. But We all know what the end result was.

Vara vara twitter la evan post pannalum adhu officcial numbers aagiduthu! Latest was 12 days 100C ... director was the only source :lol2:

Who else you want the source to be?:huh: if u feel even the director is not trustworthy

[Freedom]

Who else you want the source to be?:huh: if u feel even the director is not trustworthy

I don't know the answer. I have maintained this for long. TN Box office is mostly a black box. No-one reveals actual figures because Ticket rates and # of shows are never fixed (unlike overseas where numbers are revealed)

TN is the only state where producers don't divulge the actual figures. They simply use the numbers to their advantage because the public are not aware of this. To be honest anyone call their movie a BB, but the actual public knows what it is!

Big name producers take a big ticket movie and if it flops they write it as loss to convert Black to White. If it turns a hit, you never hear from them.

Coming back to the original question of yours, The director was the only one to claim. His previous movie Hero (AKA Aamir has told that all this 100C thingy is a BS). But I'll leave it at this point!

[rsubras]

So then would request Vikram not to do like this. Please take care of your health first.
Performance doesn't mean putting on or shedding weight.
Vikram is very capable actor to bring out emotions of audience just by body language/dialogue delivery/expressions. Hope he/anybody doesn't do it.

+1

Torturing self to fit in a role is not perfection in acting.... NT had acted in 100s of varying characters with probably one or two days observation of the character being played and then bring it live on the screen...... Vikram himself has natural acting talents...... for all his hardwork and efforts in Anniyan in playing the 3 characters to perfection...... the best and ultimate scene was in the climax where he was his own self and bringing the three characters only thru acting and not through any other physical changes

[selvakumar]

I am 50-50 on that. If someone acts as a college guy, he should reduce weight. One of the problems that I have with certain films of NT is the same. Not just body language you should also look convincing. It all depends on how you can deliver it with least amount of effort. More of hard work vs smart work. As long as it is convincing it should be fine


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[k_vanan]

Watched movie today
Honestly speaking I couldn't come to conclusions whether I like the movie or not

But I can say one thing Shankar missed his mojo completely in this movie.
Also I wanted to tell to shankar please spend only where it deserves just for the sake of showing bramaandam if you spend it will not help the movie always and more importantly please don't join the league of Bala in torturing actors most of the time I felt Vikram is tortured just for few scenes where you can do the same in other ways.

Other than that some nice performances from Vikram (in some parts not so good) , Amy Jackson, Santhanam & rose.

Not sure movie will be game changer of tamil cinema as it was projected nevertheless it will collect well :thanks to wide release:


same thought... :) & viram acting very artificial

[Rohen06]

Watched.. Definitely not bad movie and same time not shankar's standard :)

+vikram's hardwork
+ARR songs & visual by PC Sriram
+comedy
+makeup

-weak screenplay .. easily preditable
-vikram's acting :(
-BGM

+1 (except comedy, number of double meaning dialogues).

[Chikatiloan]

same thought... :) & viram acting very artificial

I haven't watched the movie so I don't have rights to comment..
But saying "vikram acting artificial" is too harsh and unbelievable..may be you are talking about effort in reducing the weight,putting weight for the role that is created artificially by Shankar..

[Rohen06]

My friend watched premier show and sms his one line review as "wasted effort". I didn't accept his review initially but completely agree with him after i watched the movie. Vikram has given 200% commitment for a movie which doesn't requires such an effort. I expected it to be at least on par with Anniyan (let alone his best movies - Indian, Enthiran and Muthalvan) but it failed to satisfy me. Really disappointed with picturization of ennodu nee irunthal song. Its a soulful song but picturization/acting failed in portraying the same on big screen. Other songs are well captured. For me, the worst is ending. Whats the purpose of Santhanam interviewing villains? It is distasteful and the make up (villains) made the movie too plastic towards the end. Expected "Athukum Mela" but the result is otherwise (imo).

+
PC
Vikram (effort)
ARR (songs)
Amy Jackson

[Dilbert]

Amy jackson
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wow lucky brownies !! so sweet , so full of life !!

[k_vanan]

I haven't watched the movie so I don't have rights to comment..
But saying "vikram acting artificial" is too harsh and unbelievable..may be you are talking about effort in reducing the weight,putting weight for the role that is created artificially by Shankar..

Its just my opinion..I really don't know about "madras bashai" but that doesn't look realistic in vikram :) may be some well known people can clarify on this ?

IMO dhanush is more realistic in madras bashai :thumbsup:

[Pras]

I am happy for the Box office performance (even though i am not satisfied by the movie)

Tirunelveli ram theatre today 6:30 show also had Standing ovation...


Same here in Tanjore GV. Most of the ppl stood up and applauded.


ithukku mela yaar enna sonnaalum i don't care .... I won :thumbsup:

[Dilbert]

ithukku mela yaar enna sonnaalum i don't care .... I won :thumbsup:

see see even I am :clap: for Vikram and his only loyal fan in hub (awesome yourself sir !) well done..

[Dilbert]

However I have to say Sankar's weird torture methods makes me wounder what goes on in his devil's workshop. :lol:

[Anban]

vikram did really well in madras baasai .. he has worked super hard for this movie ..

Shankar cant really deliver anything more than visually rich songs .. he is a spent force ..

overall, the movie was ok .. there is literally nothing in the climax .. just nothing ... watch it for vikram ..

[Anban]

btw, ramkumar was great :lol:

[joe]

btw, ramkumar was great :lol:

what he did ? comic character ?

[joe]

Btw , Arguement on Vikram's acting ability ?
Leave legends like Kamal and Rajini .. Among rest , Vikram has no competitor

[balaajee]

Non-Indian Audiences flocking to theaters to watch Shankar's "I" (Ai)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYhPng3Ch4A

[balaajee]

Superb Minimal Poster of ‪#‎I‬ (https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/i?source=feed_text&story_id=904573089582249)

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[balaajee]

I Movie Review - Ai Movie RedPix Review - I Review
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKoOohhBKJw

[balaajee]

Chiyaan at his very best _/\_

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[ajaybaskar]

what he did ? comic character ?
He is one of the antagonists. A role modeled on Vijay Mallya.

[ajaybaskar]

LOL same person posted that Jilla collected 77 crs in 2 days. But We all know what the end result was.

Vara vara twitter la evan post pannalum adhu officcial numbers aagiduthu! Latest was 12 days 100C ... director was the only source :lol2:
True that we dont have a transparent BO tracking system in TN. A director could have shared his happiness over the film collecting 100C in twitter or just shared a fake number to boost up the collection. In Kaththi's case, it looked trustworthy as many trackers including behindwoods stood by his claim except the international tracker Premji. :)

Also if a film is a real success it will reflect on the actor's subsequent film's business. The business of the upcoming biggies can be quoted as examples.

[Anban]

what he did ? comic character ?
joe sir, he is one of the villains in the movie .. his getup is ditto that of Vijay Mallya .. he looks exactly like him !! if Vijay Mallya sees this movie, sema gaandu aayiduvaan ..

[RR]

Its just my opinion..I really don't know about "madras bashai" but that doesn't look realistic in vikram :) may be some well known people can clarify on this ?

Exactly. He has tried his best but didn't look so natural like Ambi or Remo. To quote his own dialougues: 'yaar kitteyo vaangi adikkara maathiri irundhuthu'. Couldn't resist imagining Kamal in all those scenes.

[RR]

joe sir, he is one of the villains in the movie .. his getup is ditto that of Vijay Mallya .. he looks exactly like him !! if Vijay Mallya sees this movie, sema gaandu aayiduvaan ..
Ramkumar himself will go gaandu once he realises that he has been reduced to the third villain.

[k_vanan]

Btw , Arguement on Vikram's acting ability ?
Leave legends like Kamal and Rajini .. Among rest , Vikram has no competitor

no doubt he is best actor :) it's just my opinion base on "I" movie only. For me dhool ulla vikram performance easily can beat "I" 8-)

[faithiu11]

Kaththi Officially collected 50 crores(overseas+ker+kar)in 12 days....for tn v dont have authentic reports....50c in tn.is a easy task in 12 days...really amusing still how people claiming it was fake...people even claiming rentrak as fake...our own aamir khan collaborated with rentrack to track the pk collections...BTW I is smashing all the records...well deserved success for vikram and shankar

[faithiu11]

Shankar's #I AP/N 2nd Day Collections are Bigger than even Highest 1st Day collections of any other Dubbing film. Good going.-andhra box office....undoubtedly Shankar is a biggest brand in south India wen comes to boxoffice..remember its not a solo release another pawan kalyan starter biggie also released for sakranthi

[ajaybaskar]

Kerala collections are even more significant. It has grossed an all time high opening day collections. Staggering!!! Surpasses Jilla which had two most saleable stars of Kerala. :clap:

[cm123]

I liked the film. The film runs for more than 3 hrs but not many dull moments. The team made it clear that its a romantic thriller and theyve given a more than decent product with few faults.

Vikram has given one of his best performances till date. He looks masculine as Lingesan, charming as Lee and frightening as the hunchback. His body language, voice modulation, accent, everything comes handy. :clap:

Amy has given a commendable performance and I am happy that Samantha was replaced. Cant think of her as a model.

Santhanam has a good role in this film. For the first time in his life, he doesnt play the role of a drink partner to the hero but helps the hero with his goal.

Normally ARR will head the brigade in the technical dept of Shankar movies but this time it is PCS who takes the cake. Genius!! Every frame of the portions in China looks like a wallpaper.

ARR's tunes are lifted to another level by PC Sriram and Shankar. Bgm is apt for the movie. Nothing extraordinary like Sivaji or Endhiran but served the purpose.

On the downside, too many villains and a predictable story line was a letdown. Ennodu Nee irunthal's placement also put a brake on the narration. Also the lengthy fights are quite tiresome to watch.

Shankar is not known for love and comedy portions in his films and that is exactly why I was skeptical about this film and the reviews of twitteratis and few hubbers only doubled my fear. But I was satisfied with the love and comedy portions of the film. On the whole, its a neat entertainer.

BGM opt? IMO it was too noisy, just like singam movies.

Love and comedy, hope you are referring to the rose character and related scenes.

[ajaybaskar]

Bgm was definitely apt for the movie. Like i said, I wont download the bgms of this movie like I did for Sivaji or Endhiran but nothing to complain. :)

I know that last line was a sarcastic one but I did like the way Shankar handled love scenes and Santhanam here. No worm eating, choco wrapper collecting or running nude in Mount road kinda scenes but the love was quite realistic and believable.

[Russellzhy]

I don't know the answer. I have maintained this for long. TN Box office is mostly a black box. No-one reveals actual figures because Ticket rates and # of shows are never fixed (unlike overseas where numbers are revealed)

TN is the only state where producers don't divulge the actual figures. They simply use the numbers to their advantage because the public are not aware of this. To be honest anyone call their movie a BB, but the actual public knows what it is!

Big name producers take a big ticket movie and if it flops they write it as loss to convert Black to White. If it turns a hit, you never hear from them.

Coming back to the original question of yours, The director was the only one to claim. His previous movie Hero (AKA Aamir has told that all this 100C thingy is a BS). But I'll leave it at this point!

Still jealous of VJ. If both ARM film was with AJ perhaps u will be happy :). Shame on u man

[balaajee]

'ஐ' திரைப்படம்! ஹிந்தியில் இன்று ரிலீஸ்

[ajaybaskar]

Really surprising to know that I has released in very few screens in the NSC regions. Surprised because its an Aascar movie and he is the king of those regions.

[dell_gt]

was quite surprised not to see I on the gold and premier class screens :( Endhiran was the first followed by Lingaa..

I @ GSC Signature [PREMIERE CLASS 4] small screen but yea no GOLD

[A.ANAND]

nalaikku midnit show paakalaam innu iruken savagasama..review patha,ethukkum konjam adikiye vaasipom..

padam hit-ta?,average-ja? illa athukkum mela-ya?

[Pras]

nalaikku midnit show paakalaam innu iruken savagasama..review patha,ethukkum konjam adikiye vaasipom..

padam hit-ta?,average-ja? illa athukkum mela-ya?

I is not a movie one can review ...
watch, enjoy and give a standing ovation at the end :thumbsup:

[A.ANAND]

ithu veraiyya!!standing pannale ovation-thane...panniduvom...yaarukkum illana kuda en thalavarukavathu..

[Pras]

BTW, I have never been to India, so i don't really know the "effect" of watching a movie there ...
but here (swiss), the only time i saw a standing ovation in theatre was for Endhiran ... Shanker effect ?

I am going for the saturday evening show ... paakkalaam antha Shanker effect marupadiyum work aaguthaa-nu

[balaajee]

ithu veraiyya!!standing pannale ovation-thane...panniduvom...yaarukkum illana kuda en thalavarukavathu..

This movie have a lengthy end credit scroll with the movie continues to run in 3/4th screen...No one moved off the screen unless end credit ended....

[balaajee]

Brawls, Biceps and Morphing Cellphones- http://www.nytimes.com‘I,’ a Tamil Film by Shankar, Starring Vikram
I
Opened on Wednesday
Directed by Shankar
In Tamil, with English subtitles
3 hours 8 minutes; not rated
An exercise in maximalism in everything except its title, “I,” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzTHmcXfeug) a Tamil film directed by Shankar, concerns the boom-and-bust fortunes of a bodybuilder turned model. An early sequence in which our hero, Lingesan (Vikram), in a little bikini bottom, wins the title of Mr. Tamil Nadu gives a sense of the movie’s style: fast, noisy, visually crowded, unafraid of vulgarity or repetition. In a you-ain’t-seen-nothing-yet moment — one of many — a brawl breaks out among this sea of oiled, muscled men and goes on so long that you forget the context.

Shankar tells his story in the broadest strokes and likes to plunge audiences into scenes that won’t be fully explained until hours later. (The movie is a whopping, sometimes numbing 3 hours 8 minutes.) But rest assured, very full explanations are coming — why connect the dots once when you can connect them five times?

Lingesan becomes Lee, the No. 1 male model, and gets to work with the woman he has long dreamed of, Diya (Amy Jackson). (He’s so besotted that he buys every product she advertises, including sanitary napkins.) Could she fall for a bumpkin like Lee? Reader, she does, amid fields of psychedelic flowers.

Shankar has fun with the look of glossy ads and includes some eye-popping effects (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=alPIiIevAI8) (a Nokia phone and then a fish metamorphose into dancing women!). But that’s just one mode in this film, which bounces from romance to knockabout adventure to fairy-tale grotesque. A vengeance-wreaking hunchback (Vikram again), with horrible facial deformations, holds a woman hostage at his castle (complete with MacBook). Further deformations are violently visited upon a passel of villains — by fire, by bee sting, by injection. Death, we’re told, is not enough. Love, we’re told, is.

Dialogue is so beside the point here that with the addition of a few title cards, “I” could easily be a silent movie — though a noisy one, with a boom-boom score by A.R. Rahman that signals at each turn how the audience should feel, and with flurries of drums, speeds the film along. “I” is exuberant and unselfconscious but too cartoonish to engage your emotions. The onslaught of images and music will engage your senses, though, even as you’re left giggling at the too-muchness of it all. RACHEL SALTZ

[ajaybaskar]

@bharath1: Thirunangaigal hve alleged that they are portrayed in a bad light in Shankar's #I. They hve announced protests against the film.

[balaajee]

I had shown Thirunangai as a person who earn Rs.50,000 per day as a beautician...rest as story required..

[ajaybaskar]

I had shown Thirunangai as a person who earn Rs.50,000 per day as a beautician

And it is actually true.. http://www.ojasrajani.com

Ojas, who acted in the role of Ozma, is the makeup artist and hair stylist of many Bollywood actresses including Sridevi,Aishwarya Rai :)

[balaajee]

then...We need to appreciate her for accepting this role...

[ajaybaskar]

May be Shankar met Ojas during the shoot of Endhiran and was inspired to write a role for her in I.

[ajaybaskar]

I had shown Thirunangai as a person who earn Rs.50,000 per day as a beautician...rest as story required..
Agreed. But what didn't go well with me was Vikram and Santhanam singing 'Oororam Puliyamaram' when they are introduced to Ozma and she getting admitted to room no.9. It was not in good taste. Shankar keeps doing things like this. Angavai/Sangavai was the previous instance.

[balaajee]

Agreed. But what didn't go well with me was Vikram and Santhanam singing 'Oororam Puliyamaram' when they are introduced to Ozma and she getting admitted to room no.9. It was not in good taste. Shankar keeps doing things like this. Angavai/Sangavai was the previous instance.
Angavai/Sangavai i accept but 'Oororam Puliyamaram' is from characterization (from where they are) of Vikram & Santhanam. I didn't noticed room no:9...

[PARAMASHIVAN]

standing ovation at the end :thumbsup:
Ipadiyum panuvaangala padam paathu mudincha apurum :shock: :shock:

[dell_gt]

Sreedhar Pillai ‏@sri50 2m2 minutes ago
#I continues 2 hold strong in Kerala on Day 2 -Jan 15= Rs 2.52 Cr gross. Total gross in 2 days - Rs 5.57. Excellent

[Pras]

Ipadiyum panuvaangala padam pattahu mudinch apurum :shock: :shock:
Athaan paramu nadanthittu irukku for I ;)

[Pras]

1 C views for I teaser on youtube !

[NOV]

Btw , Arguement on Vikram's acting ability ?
Leave legends like Kamal and Rajini .. Among rest , Vikram has no competitorI think Vikram over-acted in many portions. In beginning scenes, the age showed, but after transformation was excellent!

the beast role for him could have easily been done by a dupe... really serves no purpose for Vikram to go through all these.

Ramkumar yen nadikka oththukkitaarnu innum puriyala :sigh2:

[NOV]

was quite surprised not to see I on the gold and premier class screens :( Endhiran was the first followed by Lingaa..
But I is having regular shows in Imax theatre - imagine watching Amy on a screen 4-storey high!!!!! :slurp:

[Mahen]

kathi was screened there too..i dont think its 4 storey..its not imax btw..they call it maxx..the largest hall in malaysia..

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-IEgBeBJMemQ/T5T696I378I/AAAAAAAAOiQ/qO4QYb0pXw8/s640/gscmaxx.jpg

[k_vanan]

IMAX only at TGV right Mahen... So far no tamil movie play malaysian IMAX theater :(

Yeppo-than viduvukaalam varumo :)

[Pras]

France update : all shows house full ... They have decided to add more shows

[NOV]

Before it was taken over by GSC, it was called IMAX and was the only Imax theatre in the country. I've watched a couple of movies when it was an independent cinema.
Perhaps the Maxx name change is branding.

[mappi]

IMAX

I doubt any of our films are shot in IMAX, which really needs an IMAX screening. Bigger the hall, bigger is experience is wrong, unless the footage was a product of the amazing IMAX filming process. Else it looks just bigger hardly without any resoultion. For a variety of reasons, IMAX film production is much more complex than normal film production, add in the cost incurred, we cannot be aiming at it atleast for the next decade. Also, we don't have IMAX theatres, so making our regional movie with IMAX does not hold any benefit. Large budget (say Hollywood movies Mission Impossible or Matrix or Batman) films added footages shot in IMAX to the main play, and some are even processed to be projected using double projectors (like in GrandRex Paris - not IMAX though).

An IMAX image carries immense detailing and its projection is multiple times more than the 35mm or normal 70mm. Its basically incorporating 70mm film which are run through the projector horizontally, so that the width of the film is the height of the frame. This increases the resoution many folds higher. While the aspect ratio of traditional movies is a widescreen is usually 1.85:1 or 2.35:1, IMAX is closer to that of a rectangle at 1.43:1.

The camera are heavy and the projectors are noisy. Given the cost of production - filming, processing & projecting - the ticket price shoots up. But the experience you get is huge. Add in all the techniques of Sourround Sound System, you are taking the experience to your home. So it all depends how much you wish to spend, the necessity and finally the audience acceptance rate.

So, expecting our movies on IMAX, for the moment is still a dream. If one of our movies is projected in IMAX, I pity the audience.

[Russellxom]

pawan kalyan fans degrading Shankar & tamil films in social networking sites because I going touph competition to pawan movie
gopala gopala

[mappi]

France update : all shows house full ... They have decided to add more shows

I update you during the weekend. 3 films lined up - Darling, Ambala & I. The 2 former are limited release only, thats why I wish to see them during the weekend, and I during the next week-day. I read that the premiere shows priced 20,20 euros were House Fulll too, and the film held good past couple of days. Week-end is a boon.

[mappi]

Perhaps the Maxx name change is branding.

I just went through the spec of GSC Maxx [thanks google], its not IMAX. Its just like GrandRex, where the projection is magnified with the latest digital technology.

[thamiz]

See how the Hindi media (Boxofficeindia) underplays tamil release like "I" But our people PK யை தலையில் தூ க்கி வச்சு ஆடுகிறார்கள்.




***Alone Has Poor Start At Multiplexes
Friday 16 January 2015 14.00 IST
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Alone opened to poor capacities at multiplexes of around 10% and has little chance at multiplexes and will be depending on business in single screens of mass circuits where the opening was better. The film has a good release at multiplexes with some plexes giving it two screens.



The other two Hindi releases Crazy Kukkad Family and Sharafat Gayi Tel Tene have no chance as the initials are too low and even if they were to pick up they will be hardly going anywhere.


There was also the dubbed film I which will also find it hard to find an audience in Hindi though Mumbai circuit can do better. The film is a Tamil film released on Wednesday down South and set records in many stations of Kerala though in Tamil Nadu was well short of the initial business recorded by Rajnikant starrer Lingaa a few weeks back.***


They label "I" as a dubbed movie and bring down before its release!!!

[thamiz]

BO update: New releases start on a slow note

It certainly seems like the weeks post the release of PK have been running low with the newer releases not being able to pick up pace at the box office. While last week's Arjun Kapoor - Sonakshi Sinha film TEVAR, proved to be a letdown, this week we see the release of four films ALONE, I, CRAZY CUKKAD FAMILY (CCF) and SHARAFAT GAYI TEL LENE (SGTL). While ALONE caters to the growing horrex (horror-sex) genre, I rests firmly in the action romance zone. The other two, CCF and SGTL cater to the comedy- satire genres. With each film being equally different from the other the audiences have multiple choices depending on their preference.

Though expectations for all four of the new releases have been rather low, reports suggest that ALONE featuring Bipasha Basu and Karan Singh Grover, has opened on a good note as compared to the others. On the other hand I, that is inspired by 'Beauty and the Beast' has opened slightly lower than ALONE, while CCF and SGTL do not feature morning shows.

On the whole, thanks to the growing genre of horrex and a better screen count, ALONE stands a better chance at enticing the audience, while I, despite the action and visuals faces a drawback due to its length which might just deter the audience. CCF and SGTL that will open only later in the day have an uphill task of standing out from the clutter. However all four films will have to rely heavily on good word of mouth to post decent collections.

[ajaybaskar]

Hindi version was not expected to collect like Tamil or Telugu versions. I am sure if both these versions do well, Aascar will be happy.

[thamiz]

They have been doing this for every movie including Robot, Viswaroopam ! Let us see how "I" do this time! I am not sure THEY WILL EVEN reveal the REAL FIGURES! Their intention is "bringing down" any SI movie!

[thamiz]

"I" is safe because ASSCAR did not distribute thru Singaravelan! :lol:

[Chikatiloan]

See how the Hindi media (Boxofficeindia) underplays tamil release like "I" But our people PK யை தலையில் தூ க்கி வச்சு ஆடுகிறார்கள்.




***Alone Has Poor Start At Multiplexes
Friday 16 January 2015 14.00 IST
Box Office India Trade Network
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Alone opened to poor capacities at multiplexes of around 10% and has little chance at multiplexes and will be depending on business in single screens of mass circuits where the opening was better. The film has a good release at multiplexes with some plexes giving it two screens.



The other two Hindi releases Crazy Kukkad Family and Sharafat Gayi Tel Tene have no chance as the initials are too low and even if they were to pick up they will be hardly going anywhere.


There was also the dubbed film I which will also find it hard to find an audience in Hindi though Mumbai circuit can do better. The film is a Tamil film released on Wednesday down South and set records in many stations of Kerala though in Tamil Nadu was well short of the initial business recorded by Rajnikant starrer Lingaa a few weeks back.***


They label "I" as a dubbed movie and bring down before its release!!!

Please note enthiran, Vishwaroopam ran very well in hindi..The name shankar and vikram is not popular like Aishwarya,rajnikant,kamalhaasan..
Aamir khan/Sk were popular all over and in tamilnadu their movies run well in chennai city only if the movie is good and no other good tamil movies..Sameway rajnikant/kamalhaasan movie will run well in hindi only if the movie is good and and no other good hindi movie at that time..
Did taalash,dhoom3 run well in chennai city..no bcoz movie is bad..same way lingaa is not good so it didnt go well,if VR2 is not good it will also flop as simple as that..

[ajaybaskar]

USV,

Talaash is not a bad movie. It was for a niche audience. Thats all.

[Chikatiloan]

USV,

Talaash is not a bad movie. It was for a niche audience. Thats all.

For me and many its a bad movie boss..dhoom3 also like by some rt,overall both movies not liked by majority of the audience like PK..thats the whole point we are discussing here,rt

[ajaybaskar]

Thats what I am saying too. Talaash was aimed at a specific set of audience and they liked it. Dhoom 3, PK are mass entertainers.

[thamiz]

Please note enthiran, Vishwaroopam ran very well in hindi..


I believe "I" will do as good as Robot and Vis! They are just speculating. Please understand what they say!

[Chikatiloan]

Thats what I am saying too. Talaash was aimed at a specific set of audience and they liked it. Dhoom 3, PK are mass entertainers.

Ok fine..but the point if the movie is liked by majority of audience with some liking of the star apart from their regional favourite star it will do well if no good big star regional movies are released..
PK released at perfect time by dec19 and lingaa WOM is not good..if lingaa WOM is good/running well then it would have dominated during christmas holidays as well leaving no theaters for PK except few screens in SPI/PVR/INOX..

Regarding "I" Aascar need not worry about hindi collections..even the hit movie like VR2 collected only 20C in hindi belt with logistics,priniting theater share the producer would have got only 10C profit..
Aascar will earn more than that 10C with extended pongal holiday in AP/TN..5 days collection in TN/AP will be huge for him and he directly distributing in many areas so not a big problem..

[Adox]

I enjoyed Talaash more than a lot of their other mass entertainers. Havent watched PK though ... Not sure Endiran and VR did well in Hindi although a lot of NI folks I spoke to seemed to have had a very good opinion of them.

[Chikatiloan]

I believe "I" will do as good as Robot and Vis! They are just speculating. Please understand what they say!

OK,let me wait for some more days to understand the clear picture..yeah i know like we support hindi movies they dont respect SI movies but it has to do mainly with north india like delhi,etc..in maharashtra,gujarat they support good SI movies and KH,RK were popular SI heroes for them

[thamiz]

Alone And I In Hindi Fare Better In Single Screens
Friday 16 January 2015 23.30 IST
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Alone and the dubbed version of the Tamil film I have grossed better in single screens than the multiplexes. The collections of Alone are weak at multiplexes while I is a bit better at certain properties and has the better trend as far as multiplexes go.



The business of Alone should be around the 3 crore nett mark for day one which is slightly better than what Creature 3D grossed a few months back but that was a slightly different genre without the sex element. The collections of I in Hindi should be around 1.75 crore nett.


Both films should have done better considering the screen space they got especially Alone but now it is about growth over the weekend which both films may struggle to get the 20-30% jumps they need for respectable numbers.

[k_vanan]

I doubt any of our films are shot in IMAX, which really needs an IMAX screening. Bigger the hall, bigger is experience is wrong, unless the footage was a product of the amazing IMAX filming process. Else it looks just bigger hardly without any resoultion. For a variety of reasons, IMAX film production is much more complex than normal film production, add in the cost incurred, we cannot be aiming at it atleast for the next decade. Also, we don't have IMAX theatres, so making our regional movie with IMAX does not hold any benefit. Large budget (say Hollywood movies Mission Impossible or Matrix or Batman) films added footages shot in IMAX to the main play, and some are even processed to be projected using double projectors (like in GrandRex Paris - not IMAX though).

An IMAX image carries immense detailing and its projection is multiple times more than the 35mm or normal 70mm. Its basically incorporating 70mm film which are run through the projector horizontally, so that the width of the film is the height of the frame. This increases the resoution many folds higher. While the aspect ratio of traditional movies is a widescreen is usually 1.85:1 or 2.35:1, IMAX is closer to that of a rectangle at 1.43:1.

The camera are heavy and the projectors are noisy. Given the cost of production - filming, processing & projecting - the ticket price shoots up. But the experience you get is huge. Add in all the techniques of Sourround Sound System, you are taking the experience to your home. So it all depends how much you wish to spend, the necessity and finally the audience acceptance rate.

So, expecting our movies on IMAX, for the moment is still a dream. If one of our movies is projected in IMAX, I pity the audience.

Thanks mappi :) but enaku therincha varaikum some Hollywood movie without imax material also screening there ? or maybe the quality not same as with imax projected

[mappi]

K_Vanan,

Unless we get to see the technical details, its very difficult to see whether the film is shot in IMAX (ofcoarse the few in the line can make out, but for a general audience its not quite obvious). Due to heavy cost incurred for filming and processing, most of the productions houses don't go for it, eventhouhg IMAX propose the best and enhanced technology. Some films, like Batman, if I am not wrong, about 40 minutes footage was shot in IMAX. Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice short promo clip for ComicCon was shot in IMAX, I have not yet seen it, but heard that the detailing was superb.

Comming to Hollywood movie been screened in IMAX theatres, there is one possibility - DMR - Digitally Mastered Release. Its the new technology in processing the film which is adaptable with IMAX theatres. It comes in limited release/prints. You get more or less the 70mm or digital IMAX experience, if the film maker has thought about it while filming. Just like how they do for 3D films - preplanned work and detailing, rest it sits in the labs for a while before the final product sees the day light.

[balaajee]

I movie review: Shankar delivers a winner yet again riding high on Vikram’s brilliant performance- http://www.bollywoodlife.com
The lack of novelty in plot is compensated by engaging story telling filled with twists and turns to keep you engaged Post Rajinikanth’s Robot, director Shankar has been away from big budget films for four years. With Vikram’s I (http://www.bollywoodlife.com/south-gossip/vikrams-i-vishals-aambala-gv-prakashs-darling-three-much-anticipated-tamil-releases-this-pongal/), the director revisits his love for grandeur and visual spectacle, without sacrificing the elements of commercial cinema. With huge anticipation among the fans all over, I is sure to rule the box office for next few days. Backed by a great team of actors and technicians including names like Vikram, AR Rahman and PC Sreeram, Shankar has tried to sell the old wine in new package. Does it work? Read on to find out.
What’s it about:
I recounts the age old saga of love and revenge, keeping in mind the taste of mass audiences. The story revolves around body builder Lingesan, whose goal in life is to become Mr Tamil Nadu. Apart from training restlessly in gym, Lingesan’s only other job is to fantasise about hs favourite super model Diya, night and day. Meanwhile Diya, played by Amy Jackson (http://www.bollywoodlife.com/news-gossip/tum-todo-na-song-i-vikram-rocks-the-beast-look-in-ar-rahmans-heart-stirring-ballad/), appalled by the behaviour of fellow ad model John, played by Upen Patel, has a chance meeting her fan Lingesan. In order to resurrect her drowning carrer in ad world, Diya seeks Lingesan’s help, asking him to star in a high profile perfume commercial with her. Love blossoms between the two leads, which irks transgender stylist Osma, who loves Lingesan. Lingesan turns into Lee, an ad world sensation with in just few months time. Jealous of his rising career and blossoming love life, John, Osma join hands with Diya’s family doctor, who has a thing for Diya, to bring Lee down. The detractors evil plan works as Lee soon becomes hunchbacked cripple due to influenza virus injected in his body. How does severely deformed Lee aka Lingesan, takes revenge from his enemies forms the rest of the story. Will Diya accept him in the crippled form?
What’s good:
I is technically a very sound film, backed with sprawling sets, breathtaking make up, amazing camera work, nicely choreographed stunt sequences and some great background score from AR Rahman. Though the story has nothing new to tell, an interesting twist and turns keep you engaged. Vikram has given a stand out performance pulling of three different roles – body builder, model and hunchbacked cripple with great conviction. Be it comedy, romance or action, Vikram is game for it. The amount effort he has put to get into the shoes of body builder’s character is commendable. Amy Jackson looks hot and sexy at the intial stages of the film and has shown a lot of improvement from her previous performances. Upen Patel has good screen time in the film and the Bigg Boss star has utilised it well by giving a decent enough performance. Suresh Gopi is the surprise element of the film. The songs, composed by Rahman, are brilliant, especially Tum Todo Na( Ennodu Nee Irunthaal) song will leave you mesmerised. The portions shot in China are extremely beautiful.
What’s bad:
Contrary to it’s amazing trailer, I does not have an exhilarating story to tell, as Shankar rehashes the old clichés and packs them in a new way. The film’s three-hour run-time your tests you patience, as I found myself checking my watch more than once. While watching I, at times I thought, if so much of grandeur was required for the film to work. The scenes with transgender’s feelings and heart break, have not been dealt subtly as I found everyone in the audience laugh at her dismay, leaving me cringing in my seat. When the credits roll, we get to see Vikram slowly getting cured from his crippled ailment, which I felt was unnecessary as I felt the makers are trying to force a happy ending down my throat.
What to do:
I is not a great film and you are bound to be disappointed if you go in with huge expectations. But Vikram’s I is far from bad film. Watch it as a regular entertainer and the chances are there that you would end up liking it. I is a visual spectacle which should not be missed on big screen. Watch it for Vikram’s efforts, Shankar’s grandeur and some amazing make up work by WETA.
Rating: 3.5 out of 5

[balaajee]

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My review of @shankarshanmugh (https://twitter.com/shankarshanmugh)'s #I (https://twitter.com/hashtag/I?src=hash) http://tinyurl.com/l5s3cyx (http://t.co/lcPRzH98vm) Eye for an eye!


'I' review: The pace is brisk, the set pieces thrilling making it entertaining
The highly anticipated romantic thriller I from visionary Tamil director Shankar is a work of staggering ambition, somewhat weighed down by the filmmaker's own indulgence. Clocking in at a butt-numbing three hours and six minutes, the film works off a busy story that's centered on Lingesan (Vikram), a local bodybuilder from Chennai's KK Nagar, who goes from winning the Mr Tamil Nadu title to winning the attention of his longtime crush, a supermodel named Diya (Amy Jackson).

Before reaching the long-winded yet predictable love story that inevitably ensues, the first hour of I is unabashed fun. At one point during a brawl between our hero and an army of oiled musclemen, Lingesan proudly lifts two vanquished rivals on both ends of an iron rod like a barbell. In an imaginatively filmed song sequence, nifty special effects are employed to convey our protagonist's all-consuming obsession with the heroine. What's not to like? The pace is brisk, the set pieces thrilling, and no apologies are made for the many double meaning jokes provided by our hero's best friend (Santhanam).


But all this is just window dressing for what resides at the core of this film- a revenge plot. His relationship with Diya and his new career as a successful model sees Lingesan make a string of enemies who subsequently gang up and ruthlessly disfigure him to teach him a lesson. Now hunchbacked and covered in plum-sized warts, Lingesan will pick them off one by one, dispensing his own brand of fitting justice to his offenders.


Shankar revisits his favorite theme of customized justice, and indulges his continuing fascination with the idea of 'one-hero-multiple-avatars'...at one point even giving us a Beauty and the Beast-style dream sequence to drive home the message about beauty being only skin deep. But the last hour of the film is tediously repetitive. The characterization of a transgender stylist is distinctly homophobic, and a key twist can be guessed from a mile away. The film keeps on going even when there's no surprise or revelation left, until you're truly and completely exhausted.


That's a shame because there's so much to admire in I, particularly Vikram's riveting central performance. He brings nuance through accent and body language, and succeeds in making you care for Lingesan even when he's buried under layers of prosthetics. Veteran cinematographer PC Sreeram puts up quite the show too, filming terrific action scenes like that gravity-defying bike chase on the rooftops of a housing colony in China, and those wondrous eye-popping musical numbers set to AR Rahman's winning tunes.
There's a lesson in I for makers of masala movies everywhere: Big-budget commercial films don't have to be lazy, mindless enterprises; you can bring big ideas and apply craft. I may be far from perfect, but for the most part it's pretty entertaining stuff. I'm going with three out of five.


Rating: 3 / 5

[balaajee]

Komal Nahta (https://komalsreviews.wordpress.com/)
Aascar Film (P.) Ltd.’s I (UA; dubbed from the Tamil film of the same name) is a unique love story. Lingesan (‘Chiyaan’ Vikram) is a champion bodybuilder. He adores top model Diya (Amy Jackson) but feels, he can never make contact with her. Then one day, fate brings them together.


Diya has acted and continues to act in many ad films with John (Upen Patel) who is also a top model like her. John wants to get physical with Diya but she is not interested. John seeks revenge for the rebuff by ensuring that she doesn’t work in any ad film with him. There is one important ad film for which John and Diya have been signed. Before John can replace Diya, she has him replaced. She seeks the client’s permission to let Lingesan work in the ad film opposite her. The unit leaves for China to shoot the ad film. As Lingesan is too intimidated by Diya, he is just not able to perform in front of the camera. Exasperated, ad filmmaker Sushil (Mohan Kapur) asks Diya to feign romance with Lingesan to make him feel at ease. As the ad film is a matter of life and death for her, Diya obliges and tells Lingesan that she has fallen in love with him. This puts Lingesan so much at ease that he puts all his inhibitions behind him and acts superbly. The ad film becomes a rage and Lingesan and Diya consequently become the hottest pair in the ad world.
Diya and her mother closely know Dr. Vasudevan (Suresh Gopi) who doubles up as their family friend. Lingesan also, in a way, owes his body*building championship to Dr. Vasudevan’s guidance.


Meanwhile, gay stylist Ojas Jasmine (Ojas M. Rajani) has developed a strong attraction for Lingesan but is put in his place by Lingesan. He, therefore, hates Lingesan. Soon, Lingesan gets to know that Diya doesn’t love him and had lied to him. Anyway, after confronting Diya, Lingesan moves on. But now, Diya slowly but surely realises that she is in love with him. Their romance blossoms. The two even decide to get married.


One day, Lingesan realises that large chunks of his hair are falling. Soon, a tooth of his comes out. Dr. Vasudevan investigates. Even as the investigation is on, Lingesan develops large blisters all over his face and body and also gets a hunchback. In short, the very handsome Lingesan soon turns into a supremely ugly man. On being told that he is suffering from an irreversible disorder, Lingesan is left with no option but to walk out of Diya’s life. Lingesan ensures that Diya gets the news that he (Lingesan) is dead. He wants her to get married to someone else and settle down in life.
Diya’s marriage is now fixed with another man. But on the day of the wedding, Lingesan kidnaps Diya so that she cannot marry that man. Of course, Diya does not recognise Lingesan as he looks old, ugly and scary.


Why does Lingesan have a change of heart? Why does he not want Diya to settle down in life, which is what he had wanted after he had become disfigured? Does Diya get to know why she has been kidnapped? Does she get to know the truth about Lingesan? Whom does Diya marry? What is Lingesan’s agenda? What is the real story behind his disfigurement?


Shankar’s story is quite different from the umpteen love stories made. The intrigue value of the love story is novel and fresh. Although the romantic portions could’ve been more heartwarming, the novelty of the drama, which unfolds after the romance is over, makes up for the lack of warmth. Shankar’s screenplay is fantastic and keeps the audience interest alive from the start till the very end. The scenes, at times, do look a bit stretched but they don’t bore. The second half, in which the suspense keeps unfolding, is superb. The revelation of the last bit of suspense is shocking and truly gives the audience a jolt. The visual in the final scene of the film is so exhilarating that the viewer’s heart dances with joy. Dialogues, written by Swanand Kirkire, are very effective. If the dialogues in the light scenes evoke laughter, those in the dramatic ones enhance the impact.


‘Chiyaan’ Vikram does a marvellous job as Lingesan. His acting is par excellence. He has worked hard on his physique, looks and get-ups and deserves kudos for the results. His make*up and prosthetics are outstanding. Amy Jackson looks glamorous and pretty and also acts ably. She endears herself to the audience. Upen Patel looks smart and performs well. Santhanam is lovely as Lingesan’s comic friend. Suresh Gopi excels as Dr. Vasudevan. Ojas M. Rajani leaves a mark as stylist Ojas Jasmine. G. Ramkumar makes his presence felt as the businessman for whose companies Lingesan, John and Diya model. Mohan Kapur lends able support. Kamaraj is effective as a bodybuilder. Others lend good support.


Shankar’s direction is first-rate. His vision is unique and the translation of his vision on to the celluloid is brilliant. He has kept the narration so interesting that the viewer’s eyes remain glued to the screen. He has given the film a huge canvas and has made it an audio-visual treat. A.R. Rahman’s music is very nice but the Hindi songs have not become popular – and that is a drawback. ‘Tum todo na’ song is very melodious. ‘Aaila aaila’ and ‘Tu chale’ songs are also appealing. The other songs – ‘Issak taari’ and ‘Ladyo’ – are entertaining. Irshad Kamil’s lyrics are noteworthy. Song picturisations, by Bosco-Caesar and Shobi, are out of the world. The visual effects in the songs, in which inanimate objects are converted into human forms, are breathtaking. A.R. Rahman’s background music is superlative. P.C. Sreeram’s cinematography is of a very high class. Locations are simply too beautiful. ‘Anl’ Arasu and Peter Ming’s action scenes and stunts are unbelie*vably brilliant. In fact, action of this kind has rarely, if ever, been seen earlier in Indian films. T. Muthuraj’s sets are grand and ostentatious. Weta Workshop’s (New Zealand) prosthetics and makeup deserve special mention. Llewellyn Anthony Gonsalves’ editing is sharp. Dubbing is excellent.


On the whole, I has the merits to entertain. It may have started slow but it will pick up due to positive word of mouth and end up doing fair business in the final tally.

[balaajee]

Movie review: Watch I for Shankar's vision & Vikram's acting - Suhani Singh(indiatoday)
Shankar's much awaited dream project I has finally hit the theatres. The filmmaker had a vision and clearly he left no stone unturned while executing it. From casting Vikram and Amy Jackson in the lead to roping in AR Rahman for the music and PC Sreeram to add the magic touch with his cinematography he has lined up the best team possible. It's not everyday you will get to watch a visually rich movie like this.
Lingesh (Vikram) is a bodybuilder who aims to win the Mr. India title. You see him in action right at the start. He lifts two men on a bench press bar, rotates them and throws them on ten other men who are waiting to attack him. Lingesh is a fan of Diya (Amy Jackson) a model who is having problems with her co-actor John (Upen Patel) because John only wants to sleep with her. Diya approaches Lingesh for an ad opposite him, he is hesitant but she prepares him to face the camera.
Since he is madly in love with Diya he skips the Mr. India contest because the dates clash with their ad shoot in China. The two fall in love and that's where the problem begins. Her family doctor (Suresh Gopi) who has seen Diya since she was a child betrays the family and joins hands with the enemies of the couple and injects a deadly virus called I into him putting an end to his promising career. Now it's Lingesh's turn to take revenge and what he will do is worse than what they did to him.

Vikram essays three different characters in I- the bodybuilder, the model and then the hunchback. The actor has obviously given his best for this project and the transformation from one character to the other is quite evident since he had put on weight and then lost all of it.
Even the hunchback scenes with tons of makeup must have been extremely tough but Vikram impresses and how! If anyone needs a crash course in acting they only have to observe Vikram from the first frame to the last one. Amy Jackson looks gorgeous, acts well and is another good reason to watch this film. Suresh Gopi too does justice to his role. Worst actor from the cast is Upen Patel who doesn't add anything in fact every time he is on screen your focus shifts from the film to his terrible expressions.

Music by AR Rahman is top class! He has obviously given his best to match up to Shankar's vision. The songs are shot extremely well and some are absolutely wild like Issak Tari in which you see a girl turn into a mobile phone to a television and even a motorbike. Tu Chale and Tum Todo Na are visually extraordinary.PC Sreeram has shot the film beautifully and captured the best of every location making it an amazing visual treat.

The humor in some parts is a bit crass. When Lingesh sees Diya in a swimsuit he faints and his friend says, "Madam aapki headlights dekh ke iska fuse ud gaya!" The other problem is that the film starts with a lot of promise but gradually drags towards the end of it. In this three hour long film the second half is stretched quite a bit. A lot of parts of the story seem juvenile which can't be ignored because the scale is so large and so are the expectations.

Full marks to Shankar's vision and Vikram's acting and that's reason enough to watch I.

[balaajee]

Vikram's I is definitely a Pongal treat- rediff.com
Director Shankar’s I is an extravagant revenge saga that revolves around a beautiful tale of love sullied by jealousy, greed and anger, says S Saraswathi Director Shankar’s phenomenal success record is legendary. He is one of those rare directors, who turns everything he touches into gold.

It has been three years since his last film, and expectations have hit the roof for his latest venture -- the mega-budget romantic thriller, titled I.

The film does live up to the monumental benchmark set by his previous films in terms of glitz and glamour, but at the heart of this spectacular extravaganza is a predictable revenge saga.

Lingesan (Vikram) is an enthusiastic body builder totally in awe of the hot and happening supermodel Dia (Amy Jackson).

Though he understands his status and holds no hope of ever winning her affections, fate brings them together.

Dia is harassed by her colleague and popular model John (Upen Patel). When she refuses to succumb to his demands, he gets her blacklisted.

She loses many of her contracts and is furious. In retaliation, she decides to create her very own model.

She brings in her stylist, a new haircut, trendy clothes and some stylish sunglasses transforms the lowly Lingesan into a suave and stunning personality.

But mesmerized by her beauty, Lingesan is still uptight and awkward around her. Their chemistry just does not work.

A frustrated Dia pretends to fall in love with him to loosen him up a bit. This works wonders and together they take the modeling world by storm.

But in the process they make many enemies. Besides John, there is Ramkumar Ganesan, a business tycoon, Dia's stylist, who is also in love with Lingesan and a bitter body builder from Lingesan's previous life.

There is also the well wisher and doctor of Dia's family, Suresh Gopi, who has an axe to grind.

The narrative lacks the pace; we usually associate with a Shankar's film. But he does tell a beautiful tale of love sullied by jealousies, greed and anger.

The intriguing screenplay as the director alternates between the light-hearted past and the thrilling present keeps you engrossed.

Vikram, as he painstakingly transforms himself from a body builder, to supermodel to ugly hunchback, is truly impressive and deserves much applause.

Amy Jackson too is perfectly cast.

Thankfully Shankar has not sidelined her in favour of Santhanam.

Celebrity makeup artist Ojas M Rajani is simply hilarious as the gay stylist in the film.

The cast may be perfect, and performances excellent, but Rahman and PC Sreeram are undoubtedly the real winners of the film.

Sreeram's visuals, especially those shot in China, simply stun you, giving new life and meaning to the already memorable songs.

Shankar efforts at making them spectacular are evident, but the same cannot be said about the plot, which seems rather tame in comparison.

Towards the end, the narrative takes on a humorous turn, which does not quite gel with the gravity of the situation.

Nonetheless, Shankar's I is not to be missed, it should be watched in all its glory on the silver screen. Definitely, a treat for Pongal.

[Dilbert]

Brilliant master stroke by Sangar and team :lol:

[Mahen]

IMAX only at TGV right Mahen... So far no tamil movie play malaysian IMAX theater :(

Yeppo-than viduvukaalam varumo :)

Yup..and for movies to be screened in Imax, it needs to be shot in Imax format AFAIK..its expensive..

Nov,you maybe right but it doesnt look like a 4 storey


GSC introduced the IMAX theatre on the 10th floor of Berjaya Times Square, KL, but then in 2010 re-branded it as GSC Maxx, a 555-seater hall with a 25-metre screen that plays 2D and 3D movies.

[Mahen]

They have been doing this for every movie including Robot, Viswaroopam ! Let us see how "I" do this time! I am not sure THEY WILL EVEN reveal the REAL FIGURES! Their intention is "bringing down" any SI movie!

Come on..dont paint them so bad...they do praise quality films..Mani's bombay and Shankar's Indian was well received and a huge hit...

[Mahen]

Komal Nahta (https://komalsreviews.wordpress.com/)
Aascar Film (P.) Ltd.’s I (UA; dubbed from the Tamil film of the same name) is a unique love story. Lingesan (‘Chiyaan’ Vikram) is a champion bodybuilder. He adores top model Diya (Amy Jackson) but feels, he can never make contact with her. Then one day, fate brings them together.


Diya has acted and continues to act in many ad films with John (Upen Patel) who is also a top model like her. John wants to get physical with Diya but she is not interested. John seeks revenge for the rebuff by ensuring that she doesn’t work in any ad film with him. There is one important ad film for which John and Diya have been signed. Before John can replace Diya, she has him replaced. She seeks the client’s permission to let Lingesan work in the ad film opposite her. The unit leaves for China to shoot the ad film. As Lingesan is too intimidated by Diya, he is just not able to perform in front of the camera. Exasperated, ad filmmaker Sushil (Mohan Kapur) asks Diya to feign romance with Lingesan to make him feel at ease. As the ad film is a matter of life and death for her, Diya obliges and tells Lingesan that she has fallen in love with him. This puts Lingesan so much at ease that he puts all his inhibitions behind him and acts superbly. The ad film becomes a rage and Lingesan and Diya consequently become the hottest pair in the ad world.
Diya and her mother closely know Dr. Vasudevan (Suresh Gopi) who doubles up as their family friend. Lingesan also, in a way, owes his body*building championship to Dr. Vasudevan’s guidance.


Meanwhile, gay stylist Ojas Jasmine (Ojas M. Rajani) has developed a strong attraction for Lingesan but is put in his place by Lingesan. He, therefore, hates Lingesan. Soon, Lingesan gets to know that Diya doesn’t love him and had lied to him. Anyway, after confronting Diya, Lingesan moves on. But now, Diya slowly but surely realises that she is in love with him. Their romance blossoms. The two even decide to get married.


One day, Lingesan realises that large chunks of his hair are falling. Soon, a tooth of his comes out. Dr. Vasudevan investigates. Even as the investigation is on, Lingesan develops large blisters all over his face and body and also gets a hunchback. In short, the very handsome Lingesan soon turns into a supremely ugly man. On being told that he is suffering from an irreversible disorder, Lingesan is left with no option but to walk out of Diya’s life. Lingesan ensures that Diya gets the news that he (Lingesan) is dead. He wants her to get married to someone else and settle down in life.
Diya’s marriage is now fixed with another man. But on the day of the wedding, Lingesan kidnaps Diya so that she cannot marry that man. Of course, Diya does not recognise Lingesan as he looks old, ugly and scary.


Why does Lingesan have a change of heart? Why does he not want Diya to settle down in life, which is what he had wanted after he had become disfigured? Does Diya get to know why she has been kidnapped? Does she get to know the truth about Lingesan? Whom does Diya marry? What is Lingesan’s agenda? What is the real story behind his disfigurement?


Shankar’s story is quite different from the umpteen love stories made. The intrigue value of the love story is novel and fresh. Although the romantic portions could’ve been more heartwarming, the novelty of the drama, which unfolds after the romance is over, makes up for the lack of warmth. Shankar’s screenplay is fantastic and keeps the audience interest alive from the start till the very end. The scenes, at times, do look a bit stretched but they don’t bore. The second half, in which the suspense keeps unfolding, is superb. The revelation of the last bit of suspense is shocking and truly gives the audience a jolt. The visual in the final scene of the film is so exhilarating that the viewer’s heart dances with joy. Dialogues, written by Swanand Kirkire, are very effective. If the dialogues in the light scenes evoke laughter, those in the dramatic ones enhance the impact.


‘Chiyaan’ Vikram does a marvellous job as Lingesan. His acting is par excellence. He has worked hard on his physique, looks and get-ups and deserves kudos for the results. His make*up and prosthetics are outstanding. Amy Jackson looks glamorous and pretty and also acts ably. She endears herself to the audience. Upen Patel looks smart and performs well. Santhanam is lovely as Lingesan’s comic friend. Suresh Gopi excels as Dr. Vasudevan. Ojas M. Rajani leaves a mark as stylist Ojas Jasmine. G. Ramkumar makes his presence felt as the businessman for whose companies Lingesan, John and Diya model. Mohan Kapur lends able support. Kamaraj is effective as a bodybuilder. Others lend good support.


Shankar’s direction is first-rate. His vision is unique and the translation of his vision on to the celluloid is brilliant. He has kept the narration so interesting that the viewer’s eyes remain glued to the screen. He has given the film a huge canvas and has made it an audio-visual treat. A.R. Rahman’s music is very nice but the Hindi songs have not become popular – and that is a drawback. ‘Tum todo na’ song is very melodious. ‘Aaila aaila’ and ‘Tu chale’ songs are also appealing. The other songs – ‘Issak taari’ and ‘Ladyo’ – are entertaining. Irshad Kamil’s lyrics are noteworthy. Song picturisations, by Bosco-Caesar and Shobi, are out of the world. The visual effects in the songs, in which inanimate objects are converted into human forms, are breathtaking. A.R. Rahman’s background music is superlative. P.C. Sreeram’s cinematography is of a very high class. Locations are simply too beautiful. ‘Anl’ Arasu and Peter Ming’s action scenes and stunts are unbelie*vably brilliant. In fact, action of this kind has rarely, if ever, been seen earlier in Indian films. T. Muthuraj’s sets are grand and ostentatious. Weta Workshop’s (New Zealand) prosthetics and makeup deserve special mention. Llewellyn Anthony Gonsalves’ editing is sharp. Dubbing is excellent.


On the whole, I has the merits to entertain. It may have started slow but it will pick up due to positive word of mouth and end up doing fair business in the final tally.

Gay stylist? :banghead:

[thamiz]

Andhraboxoffice started the same "typical story" again for "I" as well. He has been consistent though! :lol:

***Shankar`s `I` after a Good 2 days has started showing Drops now in AP/Nizam. The 3rd Day Numbers are still good and it is slightly tracking above Gopala.. (Day7), but the downward trend is wide and clear. It seems, All sections of audience are thronging to Gopala screens but only Youth & Mass are for `I`. Trade expects Gopala now to do well over the weekend and take a lead over `I` from Monday. As for `I`, numbers are good but not good enough for the High asking rate and prices it was sold at.***

Can we believe these guys??? :lol:

[thamiz]

Come on..dont paint them so bad...they do praise quality films..Mani's bombay and Shankar's Indian was well received and a huge hit...

I dont know what they did then. These days they are "careful" not promoting any "tamil movie"!

[easygoer]

I enjoyed the movie. I never felt bored for any part though there were clichés and déjà vu moments here and there largely because the same story has been told hundreds or even thousands of times in the same tamil film industry. I think Shankar is clearly aware of it and he cleverly manages to offer a different treatment by following non linear narration where audience gets a feel that both the present portion and flashback portion happens at the same time which helps to avoid a larger familiarity feel.

As someone who admires Shankar for his innate qualities of dream, courage and ambition, I get to see all his signature stamps, the movie has highly imaginative and colorful song sequences, larger than life stunt sequences, great make up’s and good special effects. The movie also appeals to the emotions whenever it is required. The sympathy feel for vikram, the anger towards villans orwhen Amy feels the guilt, everything is communicated well.

There is also a subtle social message conveyed through the story. It shows the ugly side of the powerful, wealthy and influential persons of the society who can go up to any level in damaging the normal persons when they do not fit into their world and we have a shankar’s version of super hero waging a war against them.

If we want to show an example for dedication in order to explain it, then it has to be vikram. I just got amazed by the extent vikram has gone in order to justify the character he plays on the screen. Amy seems to be a good fit for the model character and she emotes well.

Powerstar has been used very well and santhanam was good too. Wish ramkumar had a better debut than this. Watching the son of great sivaji ganesan in such a role is totally unacceptable.

Every scene in china was totally out of the world. PC Sriram’s camera is the epitome of beauty. Who other than A R Rahman can provide such a great feel? He definitely scores big after his average work in Lingaa.

The movie has its own flaws. Many scenes are easily predictable. There is no stand out scenes or moments. No great dialogues (Shankar is really missing sujatha. Hope he finds a replacement soon though it is very difficult). Recall value too is very less I guess. The movie runs for more than 3 hours and one cannot hid the fact that it is tiring. The movie has lot of double entrees thrown everywhere, high in glamour quotient both with respect to actor and actress. The looks of certain characters are disgusting. It’s appeal value to families and kids have to be seen.

Overall, the movie is definitely worth watching, We do not get to see such movies being made in tamil so often. When the title cards started rolling, people immediately stood up from the seats, but once again, ennondu nee irundhal song got played, no one left the movie hall till the song got ended up and this clearly shows the movie has succeeded in gaining the attention though it is 3 hrs long and no one felt tortured or suffered.

[ajaybaskar]

Shankar has one particular stamp which he leaves in all his films. A sentiment scene to hit the women audience.

1.Manorama self immolation in Gentleman
2.Kasthuri fire accident in Indian
3.Geetha death in Jeans
4.Arjun losing his parents in Mudhalvan
5.Boys' suffering in jail
6.Sivaji losing his house, his death
7.Amy giving alms to hunchback

[interz]

I or Ai

Finally watched the movie in theatre. I am satisfied with the movie, it had plusses and negatives like most movies does. Vikram tried something different like in Sethu, Pithamagan, Dheiva Thirumagal. His effort and sacrifices are applaudable. Havent really noticed Amy Jackson in her previous movies be it Thandavam or Yevadu. Shankar made her work her .... off for the movie and I think she is a very talented actress. Her modelling career plus her look like Belle from beauty and the beast worked in benefit for the movie. I found Power Star more funny in the movie than Santhanam. And to use Santhanam to make fun of uglyness, is like when bad guys make fun of Hunchback. Those scenes didnt work out for me. It wasnt a big surprise who the really villain was in the movie, it was very obvious from his introduction scene. Seen so many movies with similar twist.

Other than Vikram and Amy Jackson, A R Rahman made fantastic job on songs and BGM. Mersalaayitten, Pookkale, were eartreat and visual treat. I was dissapointed with picturization of ennodu nee irunthaal (also fav song), they could have shot that song in china too.

Director Shankar was the director who many think will take tamil cinema to next level. He slipped a bit in this movie.

This movie ought to be seen in theatre, or on the biggest TV when the DVD/Bluray disc releases.

[Raajjaa]

Come on..dont paint them so bad...they do praise quality films..Mani's bombay and Shankar's Indian was well received and a huge hit...

ஷங்கரின் இந்தியன் இல்லை. கமலின் இந்தியன். இப்பவும்
கமலை தவிர வேறு யாருக்கும் ஹிந்தியிலே மார்க்கெட் கிடையாது.

[Adox]

I ahead of Hollywood films

The Aascar Production venture I that hit the screens yesterday (14th January) is said to be doing good business and creating a few new records at the box office. Besides Tamil, the film is released in Telugu and Hindi too.

There are a couple of firsts to this Shankar directorial. We had earlier reported that for the first time, the Hindi version of a Tamil film is being released in Lahore, Pakistan. To add some more feathers to this already decorated cap of I, here are a few highlights as reported by producer Aascar Film in their twitter page.

The Telugu version of the film has created a record on the opening day by crossing seven crores nett which is said to be new for a dubbed film. Aascar Film tweets, “[#TELUGU Record] #I Telugu creates record for 1st day opening day crosses 7 Crs Nett . A Huge record for a dubbed...”

And in the movie ticket pre-sales chart, the film is trending at the third position which is updated by Aascar Film as, “#I (#Ai) is still trending at the #3 position in the @MovieTickets Pre-Sales Chart, way ahead of #Hollywood movies releasing this week!”

http://behindwoods.com/tamil-movies-cinema-news-15/is-latest-release-accomplishments.html

[NOV]

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[balaajee]

I' - Movie review- http://www.mid-day.com/ - By Shubha Shetty-Saha

Director Shankar's formula is simple. He keeps you so spellbound with visuals and joy and craziness that you meekly accept the lack of logic in several places and yes, a bit of tackiness too.

Lingesan aka Lee (Vikram in a super form) is a bodybuilder, who is working hard to achieve the Mr. Tamil Nadu title. Lingesan eats sprouts and boiled chicken, works out till he faints and some day hopes to win the Mr. India title. Things begin to change when he meets his crush, a successful model Diya (Amy Jackson, pleasant and sincere). Vikram's and Diya's growing closeness brings in a horde of enemies, which include a male model John (Upen Patel), an industrialist (Ramkumar) and a few others. The jealousy of his adversaries leads to the handsome dude Lee tragically and yes, dramatically turn into a hunchback monster.

The story (written by Shankar) actually doesn't matter in the larger scheme of things, it is the execution that keeps you spellbound in this three-hour plus film. Shankar doesn't lose the thread of humour and joy even in the song sequences, (you have to see the fantasy song where Lee imagines inanimate objects turn into the woman he desires, to know what I mean) or the thrilling action scenes (stunts directed by martial arts choreographer Yuen Woo-ping).

The most riveting thing of course, is the thought and expertise that's gone behind the prosthetic make-up done on Vikram and the other characters. (Sean Foot and Davina Lamont for Vikram and Christian Tensley and Dominie Til for others)

Made with a humongous budget of Rs 180 crores (worth every penny), 'I' is certainly a big screen experience. Watch it to believe it. And yes, watch it for Vikram, not just for the fabulous actor that he's but also for the fact that he's literally gone out on a limb for this role.

I' - Movie review

[balaajee]

I: Vikram Takes Beauty & The Beast To Another Level- http://skjbollywoodnews.com/-by Subhash K Jha

Let me tell you about an actor called Vikram. In I, which is actually the most exceptional film of the high-maintenance director Shankar’s extravagant oeuvre, this exceptional actor, known to transform into whatever he plays, stands in a room filled with multi-reflective mirrors ,looking at his horribly deformed body and disfigured face.

It is heart-shattering, glass-shattering moment.

It is a moment that would be quoted as an example of what magic a capable actor can create out of melodrama.

Melodrama, is certainly Shankar’s forte. His films are not only many sizes larger than life, they are also suffused in excessive exuberance and free-flowing rhetorics that do not render themselves to a proper Hindi translation.

In I one doesn’t mind the blizzard of bombast and drama. This is Shankar’s most dramatic film to date. Drama has never been a rationed component in his cinema. Here the director, known for his visual flair and vital connect with the masses, pulls out all stops , as he takes us on a colloquial and spectacular visual discourse on the subject of physical beauty and its impact on love.

Do we stop loving a person if he or she becomes physically undesirable? Films like Rajnish Behl’s Soorat Aur Seerat and Raj Kapoor’s Satyam Shivum Sunderam dealt with the theme of love and physical beauty with varying degrees of effectuality.

In I ,Shankar with his extraordinary command over the grammar of the narrative’s rapid run, goes for the jugular.The film clocks at 3 hours and a few minutes. Some of it is cheap cheesy window dressing…The kind that a spectacular film must indulge in to ensureboxoffice returns.

There are cringe-worthy jokes about women’s lingerie and vital statistics.At one point the hero’s breast….sorry, best friend makes a dig at the heroine’s ‘headlights’ , and she isn’t driving a car….not in a bikini !. There is nothing subtle about the way the film’s hero, a state-level wrestler filled with a boorish pride about his looks and physique, loses it all and becomes hunchbacked and grotesque .

There is a lot of embarrassing humbug in the lengthy narration. With that penchant for over-elaborate plotting whereby every component in the characterizations must be hammered in repeatedly, the film’s moral map gets tediously fine-printed in the narrative. The caucus of villains , which oddly includes an expressionless Upen Patel and a cross-dresser who lusts after the hero and then wants him destroyed,gets its comeuppance with infuriating mathematical precision.

But here is the thing. I is nonetheless an exceptional film. The main love story between the disfigured hero and the stunning model(Amy ,ably cast) gets its core of compulsion from The Beauty & The Beast fable. The manner in which the relationship between the coarse wrestler and the classy model grows and then takes a twisted turn, is skillfully manoeuvred by the director.

There is no doubt that Shankar is a remarkable raconteur. His cinema is almost always blessed with a leading man who takes the director’s vision beyond the script . Here Shankar has an arresting ally in Vikram whose interpretation of the protagonist’s horrific physical change is so palpable as to make every other recent attempt at prosthetic-induced realism look strained.

The film’s most majestic chunks are those where Vikram, playing the deformed avenger stalks dark dingy corridors andmohallahs in search of his tormentors. Here is where P C Sreeram’s magic from behind the camera opens its arms and hugs excellence.

What we see on screen are visually interpreted themes on the destruction of human faith.

The film neatly balances the beauty of Nature against the cruelty of mankind. The scenes shot in China against the backdrop of thousands of crimson flowers are enchanting in their summoned splendour.Watching the beauty of Nature in all its glory we know what the mean when they say time stands still.

Vikram’s courtship of the beautiful Ms Jackson is taken through various stages of awkward self-assertion, each stage brilliantly covered and crossed by Vikram. As is the wont in Shankar’s cinema the songs(A R Rahman) and choreography are breathtaking in their grandeur and eloquence.

Specially outstanding is the fantasy opera beautifully composed and choreographed where the Beauty is faced with the agonized helplessness of the Beast.

There are many sequences in I which linger in the mind long after the show. I only wish the narrative had avoided banal characters and long-drawn episodes of crass mass wooing where the film’s innate excellence is mocked.

Shankar irons out the rough edges with his mesmerizing power to hold the character’s bizarre fate in place. Indeed the film takes us beyond the imaginable and the conceivable, fusing with fabulous flamboyance the fantasy element with a level of heightened reality that’s commercial cinema’s forte.

More brilliant than the film is Vikram’s multi-personality performance which holds the film together, loopholes and all.Vikramembraces the grotesque as possessively as the glorious.It doesn’t matter which language you speak or think in. Just go for I.It speaks the language of cinema.

[balaajee]

I: Film Review – Vikram’s fantastic performance carries this film, quite literally! -http://in.bookmyshow.com- Raisa Nasreen

VERDICT: A gripping tale of love and revenge!

The film’s promotional poster piqued our curiosity by giving us few details about the title. I – is love, I - is beast and I – is revenge. But what actually is ‘I‘? I – is a stupendously engrossing, visually fantastic film with Vikram’s exuberant performance serving as the film’s backbone! The film took about 3 years to make and all through it, Vikram has lived the character and his performance is a reflection of his undying effort. Having said how amazing this movie is, one has to note that watching a Shankar film is a visual experience. This reason is the grandeur of the film. It is showcased by some innovative concepts which are unseen by the general audience.

Unlike his earlier films which have delivered a social message, this one showcases a medical condition. The filmmaker has focused on the age-old concept of jealousy! An aspiring model falls prey to the vicious traps of his enemies. Thus begins his tale of vengeance. The lead begins to plot innovative methods to get back at those that wronged him. Revealing these methods would be spoilers.

Although slow, the first half of the film starts off with Vikram’s glamorous past, interspersed with scenes of the present day. We understand that the film explores the advertising world. But, the many product placements will make you wonder what the filmis really about! You also begin to wonder if the tag line ‘I – is’ is about product placement. It looks like the director had decided to convince the audience that Amy Jackson is Indian. Regarding her culture or her principles in life; she plays the righteous Indian woman. Shankar has decided to make the bikini-clad model so Indian, that she wears salwars even when she’s not shooting an advertisement. The director teases and uses humor in certain scenes, especially when the lovelorn stylist Ojas, eats a hotdog to gain the attention of Lee (Vikram).

Shankar has a knack of focusing only on the artists’ positives, and he’s done the same for Amy Jackson. But the second half of the film is the highlight. The attention to detail is noteworthy. From Vikram’s fingernails, when he is the hunchback, to the scene in which the senior doctor travels in a Fiat and much more. (Depicting the role of the famous doctor Natrajan, maybe?) And so, ‘I’ goes on, with some uncompromising and engrossing moments along with some intriguing and suspense-filled sequences.

The stunt sequences are far too many, but one has to give credit to the fantastic action-sequence on the train. On the downside, the lip-sync-ing of a few actors isn’t done well. But the biggest twist, is from Dr.Pervert aka Suresh Gopi. Upen Patel appears in this movie as a jealous model. This is probably the most acting that he has done throughout his whole film career. Other strikingly new and notable performances include Ojas as the envious stylist andRamkumar as the haughty industrialist. The scene in which the hunchback sees himself for the first time is fantastically shot. It directly reflects the actor’s appalling and gut wrenching transformation! These portions of his life will truly stir your soul!

P.C.Sriram’s beautifully breathtaking visuals transport you to exotic locations of China. A.R.Rahman’s soul-stirring music especially the ‘Enodu Nee’ number elevates the mood. Overall, the film isn’t complex or over-done, it simply questions the concept of goodness and how hard it is for a good person to survive in this big bad world.

Why you should watch the film?

Watch this film for Vikram’s exuberant performance as – a model, a beast, a body builder and a hunchback. You don’t want to miss this film!

[Dilbert]

Come on..dont paint them so bad...they do praise quality films..Mani's bombay and Shankar's Indian was well received and a huge hit...

:lol: oh is it :) good to know

[Chikatiloan]

Going to I movie..good expectations are low compare to before after all reviews,definitley I will enjoi the movie
enna kodumai in Calgary,canada they have 2 shows at prime time 4 and 9PM in hindi but only 1 show in tamil by 12.25..but the distributors are right considering the audience,,very very few tamil audience here but average telugu audience,more Punjabi..telugu/Punjabi like to watch in hindi only..

[Bipolar]

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I like Vikram as an actor, so I definitely wish him well... however I don't like Shankar as a director - he's a truly talentless guy who basically built his own "career" on other people's talents...

Still, I understand Vikram had to work really hard during the production of the film, as it was a very physically demanding role... so I wish him well... Hope his efforts get the appreciation he deserves...


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[Pras]

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Oruthan vikramm-nu eluthi irukkaan .. Innoruthan vikkram-nu eluthi irukkaan .. Rendu perum enn kayila kedachaanga :twisted:

[interz]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZf6DeT_9FE
credit: vendhar tv

revealing interview with Vikram, esp the voice part stunned me.

[venkkiram]

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I like Vikram as an actor, so I definitely wish him well... however I don't like Shankar as a director - he's a truly talentless guy who basically built his own "career" on other people's talents...

Still, I understand Vikram had to work really hard during the production of the film, as it was a very physically demanding role... so I wish him well... Hope his efforts get the appreciation he deserves...

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Never read this different angle anywhere. Though I also don't consider Shankar as good director, I don't brand him as a talentless guy who basically built his own "career" on [i]other people's talents... I still consider the flashback scenes of movies Gentleman and Jeans the best from Shankar so far. Few scenes from Indian (including Manarama's emotional burst) and Anniyan (Ambi scenes) also came out very nice. And the climax of Enthiran. Rest.. everything looks plastic to me. The problem with Shankar is he don't understand what a good direction is. When it comes to versatility, he is nowhere.

[Dilbert]

Never read this different angle anywhere. Though I also don't consider Shankar as good director, I don't brand him as a talentless guy who basically built his own "career" on [i]other people's talents... I still consider the flashback scenes of movies Gentleman and Jeans the best from Shankar so far. Few scenes from Indian (including Manarama's emotional burst) and Anniyan (Ambi scenes) also came out very nice. And the climax of Enthiran. Rest.. everything looks plastic to me. The problem with Shankar is he don't understand what a good direction is. When it comes to versatility, he is nowhere.

:lol: now you will teach him saabash !!:clap:

[Chikatiloan]

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I like Vikram as an actor, so I definitely wish him well... however I don't like Shankar as a director - he's a truly talentless guy who basically built his own "career" on other people's talents...

Still, I understand Vikram had to work really hard during the production of the film, as it was a very physically demanding role... so I wish him well... Hope his efforts get the appreciation he deserves...


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Bringing out talent of others is the big talent and Shankar has that..he knows majority audience taste and makes movie accordingly..
In between gentleman and mudhalvan what are the hit movies for Arjun? Even the very talented artist like Vikram rely on Shankar for hits..between Anniyan and "I" what are the hits for vikram..all utter flops like bheema,majaa,rajapattai..even for big star like rajni vasu and KSR failed in Kuselan and Lingaa but see Shankar how he worked out in sivaji and enthiran...

[thamiz]

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I like Vikram as an actor, so I definitely wish him well... however I don't like Shankar as a director - he's a truly talentless guy who basically built his own "career" on other people's talents...

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His first movie was "gentleman". So, the greatest talent he used was "ARJUN"! :rotfl:

You are hilarious!

[paranitharan]

Bringing out talent of others is the big talent and Shankar has that..he knows majority audience taste and makes movie accordingly..
In between gentleman and mudhalvan what are the hit movies for Arjun? Even the very talented artist like Vikram rely on Shankar for hits..between Anniyan and "I" what are the hits for vikram..all utter flops like bheema,majaa,rajapattai..even for big star like rajni vasu and KSR failed in Kuselan and Lingaa but see Shankar how he worked out in sivaji and enthiran...
sivaji laam Rajiniku thaan oodichu.

[nickraman]

Movie is good in parts but letdown from Shankar stable. At best 40 min should be trimmed. Some songs are worth the trimming (particularly the unwanted beast song.) Only worry is that Vikram should not go Post-Anniyan route again like last time and actually choose his films properly. Don't want a repeat of the post Anniyan success and downfall.

[Chikatiloan]

sivaji laam Rajiniku thaan oodichu.

Its 50-50..mottai boss is shankars creativity and songs/fights were typical Shankars move..he has done what vasu/KSR cant do as they are outdated..

[Chikatiloan]

Watched "I"..Its typical shankar movie and enjoyed a lot..i dont know why people are talking about weak story,screenplay,logic,etc and posting negative reviews..
The movie is simply entertaining,thats all..only scene i hate is osma romancing vikram in china.. the best scene for me is also is between vikram-osma when both deformed characters meet..
Hats of to Vikram..what a stellar performance..i hope he continue his form by selecting good scripts and not like majaa,rajapattai,bheema..

Shankar sir -eppa neenga cheap sexy dialogues illaama padam edupeenga..otherwise your films are always entertaining

[thamiz]

Sridhar pillai is promoting I by talking about its first day collection. It is obvious he has been paid off by aascar for this "promotion"!

[Bipolar]

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Watched the film... almost total rubbish...

From start to finish, full of nonsense...

Many scenes in the film were highly insensitive, tasteless, crass, and offensive... I was literally cringing with embarrasment almost all the way through...

However, there were a few good points - the songs were beautiful... but this film does not deserve such beautiful songs!!

As an actor, Vikram performs well... clearly this was a difficult role to perform - for some of the scenes he had to have a muscular physique, whereas for other scenes he had to lose weight, and he had to wear some uncomfortable prosthetic make-up for many of the scenes - as I said, Vikram has done a good job as an actor...

Amy Jackson is a beautiful woman... however, in many scenes, she is just tastelessly objectified, which I found very disappointing...

What is really annoying is - Shankar spends "crores" of rupees on casting, music, cinematography, location filming, visual effects, stunts, art design, set decoration, choreography, etc., but he makes no effort to present a decent/meaningful story...


.

[Bipolar]

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...Bringing out talent of others is the big talent and Shankar has that..he knows majority audience taste and makes movie accordingly...

Okay, partly agree here - it's a kind of talent - so basically Shankar has "marketing" talent, but not "film-making" talent...


...In between gentleman and mudhalvan what are the hit movies for Arjun?

Well, he made films like "Karna", "Sengottai", "Ayudha Poojai", "Sadhu", etc., which did reasonably well at the box office...


...Even the very talented artist like Vikram rely on Shankar for hits..between Anniyan and "I" what are the hits for vikram..all utter flops like bheema,majaa,rajapattai...

Vikram was making hits before Anniyan - "Sethu", "Dhool", "Gemini", "Pithamagan", etc. "Bheema" and "Majaa" were not flops...




His first movie was "gentleman". So, the greatest talent he used was "ARJUN"! :rotfl:

You are hilarious!


"Gentleman" - 1993 - was a superhit mainly because of the music/songs - especially "Chikku Bukku Railu" - and the phenomenal dancing by Prabhu Deva in the song video. So credit should go to ARR and PD

"Kaadhalan" - 1994 - again, a hit because of the music/songs, but silly story - so again, film was successful because of the talents of ARR and PD

"Indhiyan" - 1996 - songs, and acting by KH, especially the "Senapathi" character - with the make-up effects, etc.

"Jeans" - 1998 - songs, Aishwarya Rai, locations ("Seven wonders of the world" song concept) - but silly story.

"Mudhalvan" - 1999 - okay, this one was a slightly different story from the usual stuff seen in Kollywood (but still a silly story, really), but maybe this is one film where Shankar can take credit for a "new idea"...

"Boys" - 2003 - Again, a hit film because of the songs...

"Shivaji", "Enthiran" - hit because of RK's "star value"...

So basically almost all of his successful films were successful because of other people's efforts, not because of any film-making talent on Shankar's part...


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[Chikatiloan]

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Okay, partly agree here - it's a kind of talent - so basically Shankar has "marketing" talent, but not "film-making" talent...



Well, he made films like "Karna", "Sengottai", "Ayudha Poojai", "Sadhu", etc., which did reasonably well at the box office...



Vikram was making hits before Anniyan - "Sethu", "Dhool", "Gemini", "Pithamagan", etc. "Bheema" and "Majaa" were not flops...






"Gentleman" - 1993 - was a superhit mainly because of the music/songs - especially "Chikku Bukku Railu" - and the phenomenal dancing by Prabhu Deva in the song video. So credit should go to ARR and PD

"Kaadhalan" - 1994 - again, a hit because of the music/songs, but silly story - so again, film was successful because of the talents of ARR and PD

"Indhiyan" - 1996 - songs, and acting by KH, especially the "Senapathi" character - with the make-up effects, etc.

"Jeans" - 1998 - songs, Aishwarya Rai, locations ("Seven wonders of the world" song concept) - but silly story.

"Mudhalvan" - 1999 - okay, this one was a slightly different story from the usual stuff seen in Kollywood (but still a silly story, really), but maybe this is one film where Shankar can take credit for a "new idea"...

"Boys" - 2003 - Again, a hit film because of the songs...

"Shivaji", "Enthiran" - hit because of RK's "star value"...

So basically almost all of his successful films were successful because of other people's efforts, not because of any film-making talent on Shankar's part...


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This is the meaning of director from Wiki

"A film director is a person who directs the making of a film. Generally, a film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects, and visualizes the script while guiding the technical crew and actors in the fulfillment of that vision.[1] The director has a key role in choosing the cast members, production design, and the creative aspects of filmmaking"

for all the movie ur giving reasons like "hit becoz of music director,actor,PD,make-up,etc" and compare ur statements with the highlighted part above

[balaajee]

koffee with dd shankar

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWEaB40_0A4

[NOV]

Me : "I" Padathuku ticket evalo na?
Theatre Kaar : 120 rs ba..
Me : Aamabalaiku?
Theatre Kaar : Aambala pombala ellarukum athaan ba

[Mr.GreyShirt]

What a movie! After seeing some mediocre movies in terms of direction, this movie comes as a breath of fresh air. This is how you make a movie. Easily Shankar's best in recent years. Each scene flows together so beautifully. Always keeping you engaged even if the story is predictable. There are so many reasons to go watch this movie in theater and everything has already been said by others. From Vikram's acting to Shankar's visuals. For me, one of the many reasons is the fight choreography. So amazing. This movie definitely needs to be seen in the big screen!

[Mr.GreyShirt]

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Okay, partly agree here - it's a kind of talent - so basically Shankar has "marketing" talent, but not "film-making" talent...



Well, he made films like "Karna", "Sengottai", "Ayudha Poojai", "Sadhu", etc., which did reasonably well at the box office...



Vikram was making hits before Anniyan - "Sethu", "Dhool", "Gemini", "Pithamagan", etc. "Bheema" and "Majaa" were not flops...






"Gentleman" - 1993 - was a superhit mainly because of the music/songs - especially "Chikku Bukku Railu" - and the phenomenal dancing by Prabhu Deva in the song video. So credit should go to ARR and PD

"Kaadhalan" - 1994 - again, a hit because of the music/songs, but silly story - so again, film was successful because of the talents of ARR and PD

"Indhiyan" - 1996 - songs, and acting by KH, especially the "Senapathi" character - with the make-up effects, etc.

"Jeans" - 1998 - songs, Aishwarya Rai, locations ("Seven wonders of the world" song concept) - but silly story.

"Mudhalvan" - 1999 - okay, this one was a slightly different story from the usual stuff seen in Kollywood (but still a silly story, really), but maybe this is one film where Shankar can take credit for a "new idea"...

"Boys" - 2003 - Again, a hit film because of the songs...

"Shivaji", "Enthiran" - hit because of RK's "star value"...

So basically almost all of his successful films were successful because of other people's efforts, not because of any film-making talent on Shankar's part...


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Then I wonder why so many movies flop even with star value and amazing songs.

[ajaybaskar]

Shankar's modus operandi is simple. Take a simple story line. Even if it is predictable, no probs. Ensure that the screenplay is as racy as possible. Put the picture in a grand canvas with the best available talents in the industry. It ensures that there is something for someone who watch the film. Even if the story is an old or uninteresting one, people can sit through the movie for the visual grandeur, foot tapping music, etc. He is indeed the SHOWMAN of indian cinema now.

[maniram_1234]

bringing out talent of others is the big talent and shankar has that..he knows majority audience taste and makes movie accordingly..
In between gentleman and mudhalvan what are the hit movies for arjun? Even the very talented artist like vikram rely on shankar for hits..between anniyan and "i" what are the hits for vikram..all utter flops like bheema,majaa,rajapattai..even for big star like rajni vasu and ksr failed in kuselan and lingaa but see shankar how he worked out in sivaji and enthiran...
u guys telling vikram is everything he is the same man who act in david rajapattai thandavam
shankar is the man who knos what can get from whom

[balaajee]

I' Exclusive Tamil movie Premiere Screening in Malaysia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCbsd4caO9o

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=To40FdFQwek

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Y6vYe1qcbk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_425vsV04g

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=quEx7GmR_SE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5VLyL0hIxQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5cTv8-77ks

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFQPPrnzOr0

[mappi]

Pras,

The shows are running full here this weekend, in couple of cinema halls. Due to the corrupt file received for Ambala, its shows are replaced with 'I'. And the tickets are sold out in replaced screens too. Got mine for today afternoon. If I am not wrong, 'I' had a wonderfull 4 days run here, eventhough its not a holiday or a long weekend.

Saw Darling yesterday and will be watching 'I' this afternoon.

[ilayapuyalvinodh_kumar]

I - A Romantic Musical Journey ! First credit to ARR & Vikram...... :bow: :bow: :bow: Shankarji - :omg: :bow: Epdi ungalaala mattum ipdiyellam mudiyudhu SERIOUSLY MAN.... I couldn't find single character in the film that was irritating... Even Power was gud ! The movie is long... It has to be long... Forget the bullshit paper reviews ! Seriously why so much criticism for splendid filmmaking... I withheld my plans of seeing this film after reading them... But couldn't resist and made it to the theatre today.... Instead of eagerly waiting to see what Shankar delivers next why not relax at the back and enjoy the ride... Only point of the film where i got little irritated was the flashback portions which where repeatedly done in 1st half.... Caused me some headaches....
I - Go for It !

[Mr.GreyShirt]

Pras,

The shows are running full here this weekend, in couple of cinema halls. Due to the corrupt file received for Ambala, its shows are replaced with 'I'. And the tickets are sold out in replaced screens too. Got mine for today afternoon. If I am not wrong, 'I' had a wonderfull 4 days run here, eventhough its not a holiday or a long weekend.

Saw Darling yesterday and will be watching 'I' this afternoon.

Yea even in Canada it was almost houseful.

[thamiz]

Boxofficemojo has reported I BO collection in US..

It is 1.39 M

Rentrak did not care to report collection as it is not a hindi movie!

[thamiz]

- N I (2015) AaF $781,000 - 222 - $3,518 $1,395,000 - 1

[thamiz]

BOI claims that I Hindi version has collected about 2 crore till friday. It will collect 4-6 crores end of this weekend I think. It is not going to break enthiran or VR collection in Hindi

[thamiz]

If aingaran is not releasing in UK, it will take a hit of 20%. aingaran does a better job in uK!

[Chikatiloan]

After watching the movie I felt budget wouldn't been more than 100C and with Aascar directly releasing in most of the places he must be happy by now..

[Dilbert]

If aingaran is not releasing in UK, it will take a hit of 20%. aingaran does a better job in uK!

at this rate looks like, even you will be having an official twitter handle soon and start reporting Damil Box office report? :lol:

[ajaybaskar]

Thamiz,

The hindi version released on Friday only. :)

[ajaybaskar]

Kumudham gives a 'Super' rating which is quite rare.

[Nasc]

Kumudham gives a 'Super' rating which is quite rare.
panam pathum seium

[ajaybaskar]

Bro,

Then Thirumanam ennum Nikkah should've atleast got a 'Good' rating.

[Chikatiloan]

Bro,

Then Thirumanam ennum Nikkah should've atleast got a 'Good' rating.

Correct..People should understand if they don't like the movie and post negative review then it doesn't mean everyone should dislike the movie and write negative review..yes money plays but there is a limit and they cant write good review for very bad movie..In case of "I" considering all '+',"-" reviews from public it comes under above average/good & entertaining movie..

[ajaybaskar]

Except a few, many have given a thumbs up for the film. A long time hubber, after watching the film, said its the best Shankar film till date.. :) The reactions have been extreme.

[Cinemarasigan]

Except a few, many have given a thumbs up for the film. A long time hubber, after watching the film, said its the best Shankar film till date.. :) The reactions have been extreme.

avvaLavu nallaa irukkaa? Heard it is above average type..

[ajaybaskar]

I found it above average too. But many are raving about the film which comes as a surprise.

[A.ANAND]

I pathachu...big salute to shankar,vikram,ARR n PC

Low expectation,paathu fullfilled-oda vanthen... dont no y too much -ve review for this movie..[thangal sontha suyanalathukaga intha hub-la silar thuppavathu nallave theriyuthu..]the best entertainer movie of the year innu sollaven..this movie far better than jeans IMO..simple story athuvum valakkama palivangum kathal kathai...itha vida vithiyasama masala kalanthu vera yaaralayum ippadi solla vaippe illla..entha scenelayum enakku boring varala..

+ vikram acting n dedication - merisalayiten
+ ARR songs n bgm [intha moviekku thevaiyo athaithan sariyana alaivarisayil koduthirukaru-thalaivaa salute..
+ PC camera world class
+ shankar -real hero

-too lenthy
-fithting scene [atharathila sanda podaratha paathu salichi pochi]

overall 'I aithalakka I' superb entertainer package...

[A.ANAND]

Allmost ellatarappu makkalaiyum thiruptipaditirukku I movie..so hubbers review mela nambikaiyum illai..serios-sa eduthukkave thevai illai..padatha paathu naama than mudivu pannanum..

[Pras]

Allmost ellatarappu makkalaiyum thiruptipaditirukku I movie..so hubbers review mela nambikaiyum illai..serios-sa eduthukkave thevai illai..padatha paathu naama than mudivu pannanum..

standing ovation kodutheenga-la ? ;)

[Pras]

Pras,

The shows are running full here this weekend, in couple of cinema halls. Due to the corrupt file received for Ambala, its shows are replaced with 'I'. And the tickets are sold out in replaced screens too. Got mine for today afternoon. If I am not wrong, 'I' had a wonderfull 4 days run here, eventhough its not a holiday or a long weekend.

Saw Darling yesterday and will be watching 'I' this afternoon.

Mappi,
You saw the movie ? ... eagerly waiting for your review ...

[A.ANAND]

standing ovation kodutheenga-la ? ;)

padam mudinjum ellarum ais katti mathiri orajithangga sir!standing pannatha nyabagame illa..onething shankar badly missing sujatha...dialogue big letdown...

[Pras]

padam mudinjum ellarum ais katti mathiri orajithangga sir!standing pannatha nyabagame illa..onething shankar badly missing sujatha...dialogue big letdown...

dialogues were definitely different ... we were used to shankar + sujatha ... but enakku "letdown" ellam illa ...
marupadiyum padatha paathuttu (5th time), nalla dialogues list panren ;)

[A.ANAND]

2nd time nichayam pakkanum..

[Pras]

2nd time nichayam pakkanum..
one week-a naan office-la oru work-um pannala-naa paarungalEn :lol:
me last week : reading forums / tweets / bo reports and watching I

[Cinemarasigan]

I pathachu...big salute to shankar,vikram,ARR n PC


overall 'I aithalakka I' superb entertainer package...

Good one... :D

[Cinemarasigan]

Sreedhar Pillai ‏@sri50 2h2 hours ago

#I due 2 some issues the film released in only 5 out of normal 35 screens for biggies in #NorthArcot area of TN.
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Rajasekar ‏@sekartweets 2h2 hours ago

@sri50 Strange... not released in some important towns like Thiruvanamalai :/
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Sreedhar Pillai ‏@sri50 2h2 hours ago

@sekartweets Yes it is not released in Thiruvanamalai one of collection kings of North Arcot area.
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Rajasekar ‏@sekartweets 2h2 hours ago

@sri50 Hopefully all the issues should be sorted out before the next big release of Aascars, Vishwaroopam -2 :-)

[PARAMASHIVAN]

dialogues were definitely different ... we were used to shankar + sujatha ... but enakku "letdown" ellam illa ...
marupadiyum padatha paathuttu (5th time), nalla dialogues list panren ;)

:shock: :shock: Unga loyalty ku alavE illa !

Saw the film,

+Ve

1) Vikram 's acting , all the hard work for transformation at his age, must be appreciated
2) Amy , a real eye candy :p , but she has not given much footage in the film , should have made her look more Glamourous :x !
3) ARR BGM and songs, ARR ji why such Good BGM for I and below average BGM and songs for linga ( except Oh nanba ) ??
4) PC. Sriram's camera work

-ve

1) too lengthy
2) Irriating transgender scenes, why Shankar come with such mokkai thoughts? should have used some girls instead :banghead:
3) too lengthy fights
4) the climax make ups for the villains looked too tacky !

Overall worth a watch (just once)

[Mr.GreyShirt]

2) Irriating transgender scenes, why Shankar come with such mokkai thoughts? should have used some girls instead :banghead:

See, I don't get that. Why can't it be a transgender?

[interz]

http://behindwoods.com/tamil-movies-cinema-news-15/shankars-house-given-police-protection.html

Why are many people trying to be holy cows, instead of regular cows?

The transgender scenes represent one person out of numerous transgenders, not every one can be good and visa versa.

Add protesting and demonstrations against entertainment industry as olympic sport, India will surely win gold.

[radiochandra1977]

The movie cannot be a super hiy. At the most it can be a good hit. Films like Indian Anniyan and Robot had very good runs in Andhra pradesh which is a big market for ezpensive films. I is declared flop here.

[faithiu11]

Watched it second time today ...theatre is jam packed..a
All set to become a all time blockbuster.... At the end people gave standing ovation..and while going out a guy who is sitting next to me probably a auto driver says ticket price of 150 is just worth watching for a visuals,shankar and vikram hardwork

[Adox]

Anyone knows the break-even for 'I' ? Looks like it needs more run to do that ..

'I' - Tamil Nadu opening weekend box-office collections

Shankar's latest magnum opus 'I' opened on January 14th, a day ahead of Pongal, and witnessed jam-packed halls all over the state till Sunday, January 18th. The film had all the best screens in the state and was given record number of shows in all the leading multiplexes. In Chennai city, the 5-day opening weekend gross was estimated at around 3.84 crores by us at Behindwoods.

From across Tamil Nadu, from trusted trade sources, we hear that 'I' has grossed close to 40 crores after its first 5 days. This is among the best ever first weekend performances by a Tamil film in the state. The official press release is still awaited.

With rave reviews for Vikram's performance and a big curiosity surrounding the film, 'I' is expected to continue the momentum in the coming days and weeks too.

[Adox]

Can 'I' match Vishwaroop and Robot?

http://behindwoods.com/tamil-movies-cinema-news-15/can-i-match-vishwaroop-and-robot.html

[Pras]

The movie cannot be a super hiy. At the most it can be a good hit. Films like Indian Anniyan and Robot had very good runs in Andhra pradesh which is a big market for ezpensive films. I is declared flop here.

are you a pwan kaliyan fan ? :roll:
don't mistake me, nothing against pawan kaliyan or you :lol: ... but all those "flop" talk are made by them only ..

at first, it was funny to see a direct telugu "super star" 's movie (gopala gopala) being compared to a tamil dubbed movie ... but then, seeying BO reports ... I is giving gopala gopala a run for its money .. athaan all that made up flop talk ...

just an example :

AP/N SHARE Jan (16-18)
#I 8.36Cr (Day3 -5)
#GopalaGopala 7.47Cr (Day 7 -9)

[Adox]

Vikram should thank Shankar to have bailed him out .. Despite his hard work and talent display in previous movies eg. Thandavam or action movies (bheema/Kandasamy) or movies of other genere eg. Ravanan, he was under water. Timely by Shankar .. to have seen light of day after anniyan which was what 2005 ? Some dont realize this .. He may have been out of TFI if not for Shankar.

[Pras]

Vikram should thank Shankar to have bailed him out .. Despite his hard work and talent display in previous movies eg. Thandavam or action movies (bheema/Kandasamy) or movies of other genere eg. Ravanan, he was under water. Timely by Shankar .. to have seen light of day after anniyan which was what 2005 ? Some dont realize this .. He may have been out of TFI if not for Shankar.

vikram was already one of the main stars of TFI when shankar and him teamed up for anniyan .... "out of TFI"-kellaam time irukku-ne ...
but i agree with you on I .... thank you shankar-ji for giving vikram a movie like I :notworthy:

[Avadi to America]

Gopala gopala is pawan movie? I thought he played only extended cameo, about 45 min.

[Pras]

Gopala gopala is pawan movie? I thought he played only extended cameo, about 45 min.

It is considered "as his" ... here is another example on the fight going on on twitter :

(some PK fan)
Mahesh Fans Automatically Turned Into Shankar And Vikram Fans From Two Days. #I #GopalaGopala

[radiochandra1977]

No. Im not a Pawan.Kalyan fan . If anything .... Im a Kamal.fanatic. having said that, being in hyderabad for 11 yeats now, I can easily differentiate the flops from the hits here. I feel quite happy when a.tamil dubbed movie succeeds .
Chandramukhi, Anniyan, robot, dasavatharam, Indian , etc. Were hits here. Lingaa, VR, I are flops. Anyway ..... if you want to believe otherwise .... u r free to do.so.
.

[Mahen]

http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/box-office/overseas/id/561

Malaysia - RM2.2mil

[joe]

மேக்கப்புக்குள் மறைந்திருக்கும் கூனன் நடிப்பை விட ஆணழகனாகவும் மாடலாகவும் வரும் விக்ரமின் நடிப்பு அபாரம் .. அதிலும் மாடலாக வரும் விக்ரம் .. வாவ் .. stunning.

[venkkiram]

ஐ பார்த்தாச்சி.. தொழில்நுட்ப பிரமாண்டத்தில் ஷங்கர் அசத்துகிறார். குறைவே வைக்கல. ஒவ்வொரு காட்சியும் இழைத்திருக்கிறார். அந்த ஒரு விஷயத்தை கவனத்தில் கொண்டே அவரது கதை, திரைக்கதை, இயக்கத்தில் வெளிச்சமாக தெரிகிற பல பிழைகளை மன்னித்துவிடலாம் போல இருக்கு. ஒருவரிடம் இருக்கும் பிழைகளை பெரிதுபடுத்தி விமர்சனம் செய்யாமல் மற்ற இயக்குனர்களை ஒப்பிடுகையில் ஷங்கரிடம் இருக்கும் தனித்துவ தொழில்நுட்பம் சார்ந்த பிரமாண்டத்தை மெச்சனும்னு நினைக்கிறென். எதிர்மறையான விமர்சனங்களை வாசித்து வாசித்து, எதிர்பார்ப்பு இல்லாத நிலையில் ஐ படம் பார்த்தது ஒருவகையில் படத்தை ரசிக்க உதவியது.

விக்ரம் - வழக்கமா ஷங்கர் படத்தில் இருக்கும் நாயகத் தன்மையை விட, இதில் பல மடங்கு அதிகமான வாய்ப்பு. இந்த அளவுக்கு நீள அகலங்களோடு நாயகப் பாத்திரம் ஷங்கர் படத்தில் அமைத்ததில்லை. விக்ரமும் தன்னை முழுதாகவே அர்ப்பணித்திருக்கிறார். கதையோட்டத்தில் இருக்கும் பிழைகளை மீறியும் லிங்கேசன் பாத்திரம் தனியாக தெரிகிறது. நாயகியின் பாத்திரம் இதுவரை வந்த ஷங்கர் படங்களில் இல்லாதவண்ணம் செதுக்கப்பட்டிருப்பதும் ஆரோக்யமான விஷயம். ஆமி ஜாக்சன் அதை சரியாக பயன்படுத்தி இருக்கிறார். காதல் காட்சிகளில் ஷங்கர் தனது எல்.கே.ஜி நிலையிலிருந்து முன்னேறி வந்திருக்கிறார் என்பதும் பாராட்டப்படவேண்டியது. காதலன்-காதலி உருக்கமான காட்சிகள் சிலபல நன்றாக வந்திருக்கிறது. காதல் படம் என்றாலே நாயகன்-நாயகி பாத்திரங்களின் மீது படம் பார்ப்போர்களுக்கு ஒரு இனம் புரியாத அன்புவரனும்.. இவ்வளவு மசாலாக் காட்சி பிராமாண்டங்களுக்கு இடையில் அந்த ரசவாதம் கொஞ்சமாவது இப்படத்தில் நிகழ்ந்தேறி இருக்கிறது என்பதே கொஞ்சம் ஆறுதலான விஷயம். எனக்கு இதுபோல ஒன்னு ஆகியிருந்தால் நீ இப்படிதான் அம்போன்னு விட்டுட்டு போயிருப்பியா என தியா லிங்கேசனைப் பார்த்து கேட்பது ரசிக்கும்படியாக இருந்தது. காதல் காட்சிகள் தவிர்த்துப் பார்த்தால் கூட தியா பாத்திரத்தை ரொம்பவே சிறப்பாக செய்திருக்கிறார் ஆமி. ஆரம்பக் காட்சிகளில் சக விளம்படப் பட மாடல் ஜானிடம் காட்டும் வெறுப்புணர்ச்சிகள், விளம்பரத் துறை மேனஜர் பெண்மணியிடம் புலம்பும் காட்சிகள், லிங்கேசனோடு சென்னைத் தமிழில் கலாய்க்கும் காட்சிகள் என ஆமி ஸ்கோர் செய்யும் இடங்கள் பல.

சண்டைக் காட்சிகளின் காதலர் ஷங்கர் என்பது ஐ படத்திலும் பறைசாற்றப் படுகிறது. ரொம்பவே மெனக்கெட்டு ஒவ்வொரு சண்டைக் காட்சியும் உருவாக்கப் பட்டிருக்கிறது. ரயில்வண்டி சண்டை அற்புதம். ஆனால் அதை ரசிக்கக் கூடிய மனநிலையில் தியேட்டரில் மக்கள் ஒருவரும் இருக்க மாட்டார்கள் என நினைக்கிறென். ஏனெனில் படம் ரொம்பவே நீளம் என்பதை அதுபோன்ற தருணங்களில் மட்டுமே உணர்கிறார்கள். பெரிய மரக் கட்டைகள் சரிந்து விழும் பிரமாண்டத்தை எல்லாம் என்னால் பொறுமையாக அமர்ந்து ரசிக்கவே முடியல.

லிங்கேசன்-தியா பாத்திரங்களோடு சரிக்கு சமமாக சில நேரங்களில் அதையும் தாண்டி நம்முடன் பேசுவது பிசிஸ்ரீயின் ஒளி ஓவியம். பாடல்கள் - இசை மிககப்பெரிய பக்கபலம். பின்னணி இசையின் ஒலி பல இடங்களில் அளவுக்கு அதிகமாக இருப்பதாக தோன்றியது. அந்தக் காரணத்திற்காகவே பின்னணி இசையை அந்த அளவுக்கு ரசிக்கக் முடியல. ஒரு இடத்தில் ஒரு பாடலை அப்படியே சோகமான ரசத்தில் வாத்தியக் கருவியில் வாசிக்க விட்டிக்கிறார் ரஹ்மான். அது எந்த இடம் என சொல்லத் தெரியல. மறந்துவிட்டேன். ஆனால் அதுபோன்ற சில இடங்களில் மட்டும் ரஹ்மானின் பின்னணி இசையை அனுபவித்து கேட்க முடிந்தது.

ஷங்கரையும் பிசிஸ்ரீ-யையும் பாராட்டும் விஷயங்கள்..
1) ஆணழகன் போட்டி மற்றும் விளம்பர உலகம். பிரமாண்டங்களின் நடுவிலும் இந்த இருவிஷயங்களையும் இதுவரை பார்க்காத அளவிற்கு காட்சிகளில் கொண்டுவந்தது.
2) ரொம்ப அழகான இடங்களை மட்டுமே கேமராவில் க்ளிக் செய்யாமல் அழுக்கான சென்னைக் காட்சிகளையும் போறபோக்கில் பதிவு செய்ய நினைத்தது. உதாரணத்திற்கு ஒரு சென்னை ஹவுசிங் போர்டு இரு தொடர் கட்டிடங்களுக்கு இடைப்பட்ட இடத்தை ஒரே ஒரு காட்சியில் காட்டிச் சென்றிருக்கிறார். அவ்விடத்தின் தூய்மையின்மை நம் நிதர்சன வாழ்க்கையின் ஒழுங்கின்மையை கன்னத்தில் அறைந்து உணர்த்துகிறது.
3) சீனா நாட்டுக் காட்சிகள். எதோ கனவுலகத்திற்கு சென்றது போல இருக்கு.
4) பாடல்காட்சிகள் ஒவ்வொன்றிலுமே யுத்தி-இயக்கம் - கேமரா இரண்டின் கூட்டணி பல சிக்சர்களை தொடர்ந்து அடித்திருக்கிறது.

ஷங்கரிடம் காணப்படுகிற பிழைகள்:
1) திருநங்கை பாத்திர சித்தரிப்புகள். ஊரோரம் புளியமரம் என ஆடுவது, உடலை மட்டுமே நினைத்துக்கொண்டிருக்கும் பாத்திரமாக திருநங்கை செதுக்கப்பட்டது மலிவான எண்ணங்களுக்கு ஷங்கர் தீனி அளித்திருக்கிறார். திருநங்கை தான் இந்தியாவின் மிகத் திறமையான அலங்கார நிபுணர் என தியா அறிமுகப் படுத்தும் போது நான் கூட திருநங்கையின் திறமையான குணங்களை குவியப் படுத்தும் படமாகத் தெரிகிறதே என ஆவலுடன் எதிர்கொண்டேன். ஆனால் போகப் போக, ஷங்கர் மிகவும் மலிவாக அப்பாத்திரத்தை கடைசி வரையில் எடுத்துச் சென்றிருக்கிறார்.
2) நாலு வில்லன்கள் - அப்படியே அபூர்வசகோதர்கள் படத்தை பார்ப்பதுபோலவே தெரிந்தது. அதுவும் அந்த நான்குபேரும் ஒரே இடத்தில் லிங்கேசனுடன் உரையாடுவது நாடகத் தன்மையின் உச்சக் கட்டம். பிரமாண்டத்தில் எங்கேயோ பலமடங்கு முன்னேறிச் செல்லும் ஷங்கர் இதுபோன்ற 80களின் காட்சிப்படுத்தலில் அக்கறை செலுத்துகிறார்.
3) காம உணர்ச்சிகளை மையப்படுத்தியே டாக்டர் பாத்திரம் தியாவிடம் பற்று கொண்டது என சித்தரிப்பது.
4) சென்னைத் தமிழ் நாகரிமான தமிழ் அல்ல என்பதுபோல படத்தை அமைத்தது. சீனப் பயணத்திற்கு அப்புறம் சென்னைத் தமிழில் லிங்கேசன் பேசுவதில்லை. கொஞ்ச காலம் தொழில் சம்பதமாக ஒருவர் தனது வட்டாரமொழியை தவிர்த்திருந்தாலும், அதற்கு பிறகான காட்சிகளிலும் சென்னைத் தமிழில் லிங்கேசன் பேசாதது ஆக்கத்தில் அமைந்த தொடர்பு-பிழை. உடல்மாற்றம் அடைந்தபிறகும் சென்னைத் தமிழில் பேசியிருந்தால் லிங்கேசன் பாத்திரத்தில் இன்னும் ஈர்ப்பு கூடியிருக்கும்.

ஷங்கரின் காதல் படங்கள் - காதலன், ஜீன்ஸைக் காட்டிலும் ஐ முந்துகிறது. மற்றபடி பழிவாங்கல் படங்களில் மற்ற எல்லாப் படங்களைக் காட்டிலும் ஐ - பின்னைடைவே. தொழில்நுட்பம் சார்ந்த இயக்கம் , அரங்க அமைப்புகள், ஒளி ஓவியம் இவற்றில் ஷங்கரின் இதுவரையிலான படங்களை விட பல மடங்கு முன்னேற்றம். என்னோடு நீ இருந்தால் காட்சி அமைப்புகள் ஒரு சோறு பதம்.

ஐ = லிங்கேசன் - தியா - பிசிஸ்ரீ - ரஹ்மான் - உடைகள் / அரங்க வடிவமைப்பு / காட்சி அமைப்புகளில் காணப்படும் பிரமாண்டம்

:clap: ஷங்கர்!

[PARAMASHIVAN]

மேக்கப்புக்குள் மறைந்திருக்கும் கூனன் நடிப்பை விட ஆணழகனாகவும் . yes I felt the make up was overly done for this character, hence you can not seen Vikram's expression in these scenes

[faithiu11]

ஐ பார்த்தாச்சி.. தொழில்நுட்ப பிரமாண்டத்தில் ஷங்கர் அசத்துகிறார். குறைவே வைக்கல. ஒவ்வொரு காட்சியும் இழைத்திருக்கிறார். அந்த ஒரு விஷயத்தை கவனத்தில் கொண்டே அவரது கதை, திரைக்கதை, இயக்கத்தில் வெளிச்சமாக தெரிகிற பல பிழைகளை மன்னித்துவிடலாம் போல இருக்கு. ஒருவரிடம் இருக்கும் பிழைகளை பெரிதுபடுத்தி விமர்சனம் செய்யாமல் மற்ற இயக்குனர்களை ஒப்பிடுகையில் ஷங்கரிடம் இருக்கும் தனித்துவ தொழில்நுட்பம் சார்ந்த பிரமாண்டத்தை மெச்சனும்னு நினைக்கிறென். எதிர்மறையான விமர்சனங்களை வாசித்து வாசித்து, எதிர்பார்ப்பு இல்லாத நிலையில் ஐ படம் பார்த்தது ஒருவகையில் படத்தை ரசிக்க உதவியது.

விக்ரம் - வழக்கமா ஷங்கர் படத்தில் இருக்கும் நாயகத் தன்மையை விட, இதில் பல மடங்கு அதிகமான வாய்ப்பு. இந்த அளவுக்கு நீள அகலங்களோடு நாயகப் பாத்திரம் ஷங்கர் படத்தில் அமைத்ததில்லை. விக்ரமும் தன்னை முழுதாகவே அர்ப்பணித்திருக்கிறார். கதையோட்டத்தில் இருக்கும் பிழைகளை மீறியும் லிங்கேசன் பாத்திரம் தனியாக தெரிகிறது. நாயகியின் பாத்திரம் இதுவரை வந்த ஷங்கர் படங்களில் இல்லாதவண்ணம் செதுக்கப்பட்டிருப்பதும் ஆரோக்யமான விஷயம். ஆமி ஜாக்சன் அதை சரியாக பயன்படுத்தி இருக்கிறார். காதல் காட்சிகளில் ஷங்கர் தனது எல்.கே.ஜி நிலையிலிருந்து முன்னேறி வந்திருக்கிறார் என்பதும் பாராட்டப்படவேண்டியது. காதலன்-காதலி உருக்கமான காட்சிகள் சிலபல நன்றாக வந்திருக்கிறது. காதல் படம் என்றாலே நாயகன்-நாயகி பாத்திரங்களின் மீது படம் பார்ப்போர்களுக்கு ஒரு இனம் புரியாத அன்புவரனும்.. இவ்வளவு மசாலாக் காட்சி பிராமாண்டங்களுக்கு இடையில் அந்த ரசவாதம் கொஞ்சமாவது இப்படத்தில் நிகழ்ந்தேறி இருக்கிறது என்பதே கொஞ்சம் ஆறுதலான விஷயம். எனக்கு இதுபோல ஒன்னு ஆகியிருந்தால் நீ இப்படிதான் அம்போன்னு விட்டுட்டு போயிருப்பியா என தியா லிங்கேசனைப் பார்த்து கேட்பது ரசிக்கும்படியாக இருந்தது. காதல் காட்சிகள் தவிர்த்துப் பார்த்தால் கூட தியா பாத்திரத்தை ரொம்பவே சிறப்பாக செய்திருக்கிறார் ஆமி. ஆரம்பக் காட்சிகளில் சக விளம்படப் பட மாடல் ஜானிடம் காட்டும் வெறுப்புணர்ச்சிகள், விளம்பரத் துறை மேனஜர் பெண்மணியிடம் புலம்பும் காட்சிகள், லிங்கேசனோடு சென்னைத் தமிழில் கலாய்க்கும் காட்சிகள் என ஆமி ஸ்கோர் செய்யும் இடங்கள் பல.

சண்டைக் காட்சிகளின் காதலர் ஷங்கர் என்பது ஐ படத்திலும் பறைசாற்றப் படுகிறது. ரொம்பவே மெனக்கெட்டு ஒவ்வொரு சண்டைக் காட்சியும் உருவாக்கப் பட்டிருக்கிறது. ரயில்வண்டி சண்டை அற்புதம். ஆனால் அதை ரசிக்கக் கூடிய மனநிலையில் தியேட்டரில் மக்கள் ஒருவரும் இருக்க மாட்டார்கள் என நினைக்கிறென். ஏனெனில் படம் ரொம்பவே நீளம் என்பதை அதுபோன்ற தருணங்களில் மட்டுமே உணர்கிறார்கள். பெரிய மரக் கட்டைகள் சரிந்து விழும் பிரமாண்டத்தை எல்லாம் என்னால் பொறுமையாக அமர்ந்து ரசிக்கவே முடியல.

லிங்கேசன்-தியா பாத்திரங்களோடு சரிக்கு சமமாக சில நேரங்களில் அதையும் தாண்டி நம்முடன் பேசுவது பிசிஸ்ரீயின் ஒளி ஓவியம். பாடல்கள் - இசை மிககப்பெரிய பக்கபலம். பின்னணி இசையின் ஒலி பல இடங்களில் அளவுக்கு அதிகமாக இருப்பதாக தோன்றியது. அந்தக் காரணத்திற்காகவே பின்னணி இசையை அந்த அளவுக்கு ரசிக்கக் முடியல. ஒரு இடத்தில் ஒரு பாடலை அப்படியே சோகமான ரசத்தில் வாத்தியக் கருவியில் வாசிக்க விட்டிக்கிறார் ரஹ்மான். அது எந்த இடம் என சொல்லத் தெரியல. மறந்துவிட்டேன். ஆனால் அதுபோன்ற சில இடங்களில் மட்டும் ரஹ்மானின் பின்னணி இசையை அனுபவித்து கேட்க முடிந்தது.

ஷங்கரையும் பிசிஸ்ரீ-யையும் பாராட்டும் விஷயங்கள்..
1) ஆணழகன் போட்டி மற்றும் விளம்பர உலகம். பிரமாண்டங்களின் நடுவிலும் இந்த இருவிஷயங்களையும் இதுவரை பார்க்காத அளவிற்கு காட்சிகளில் கொண்டுவந்தது.
2) ரொம்ப அழகான இடங்களை மட்டுமே கேமராவில் க்ளிக் செய்யாமல் அழுக்கான சென்னைக் காட்சிகளையும் போறபோக்கில் பதிவு செய்ய நினைத்தது. உதாரணத்திற்கு ஒரு சென்னை ஹவுசிங் போர்டு இரு தொடர் கட்டிடங்களுக்கு இடைப்பட்ட இடத்தை ஒரே ஒரு காட்சியில் காட்டிச் சென்றிருக்கிறார். அவ்விடத்தின் தூய்மையின்மை நம் நிதர்சன வாழ்க்கையின் ஒழுங்கின்மையை கன்னத்தில் அறைந்து உணர்த்துகிறது.
3) சீனா நாட்டுக் காட்சிகள். எதோ கனவுலகத்திற்கு சென்றது போல இருக்கு.
4) பாடல்காட்சிகள் ஒவ்வொன்றிலுமே யுத்தி-இயக்கம் - கேமரா இரண்டின் கூட்டணி பல சிக்சர்களை தொடர்ந்து அடித்திருக்கிறது.

ஷங்கரிடம் காணப்படுகிற பிழைகள்:
1) திருநங்கை பாத்திர சித்தரிப்புகள். ஊரோரம் புளியமரம் என ஆடுவது, உடலை மட்டுமே நினைத்துக்கொண்டிருக்கும் பாத்திரமாக திருநங்கை செதுக்கப்பட்டது மலிவான எண்ணங்களுக்கு ஷங்கர் தீனி அளித்திருக்கிறார். திருநங்கை தான் இந்தியாவின் மிகத் திறமையான அலங்கார நிபுணர் என தியா அறிமுகப் படுத்தும் போது நான் கூட திருநங்கையின் திறமையான குணங்களை குவியப் படுத்தும் படமாகத் தெரிகிறதே என ஆவலுடன் எதிர்கொண்டேன். ஆனால் போகப் போக, ஷங்கர் மிகவும் மலிவாக அப்பாத்திரத்தை கடைசி வரையில் எடுத்துச் சென்றிருக்கிறார்.
2) நாலு வில்லன்கள் - அப்படியே அபூர்வசகோதர்கள் படத்தை பார்ப்பதுபோலவே தெரிந்தது. அதுவும் அந்த நான்குபேரும் ஒரே இடத்தில் லிங்கேசனுடன் உரையாடுவது நாடகத் தன்மையின் உச்சக் கட்டம். பிரமாண்டத்தில் எங்கேயோ பலமடங்கு முன்னேறிச் செல்லும் ஷங்கர் இதுபோன்ற 80களின் காட்சிப்படுத்தலில் அக்கறை செலுத்துகிறார்.
3) காம உணர்ச்சிகளை மையப்படுத்தியே டாக்டர் பாத்திரம் தியாவிடம் பற்று கொண்டது என சித்தரிப்பது.
4) சென்னைத் தமிழ் நாகரிமான தமிழ் அல்ல என்பதுபோல படத்தை அமைத்தது. சீனப் பயணத்திற்கு அப்புறம் சென்னைத் தமிழில் லிங்கேசன் பேசுவதில்லை. கொஞ்ச காலம் தொழில் சம்பதமாக ஒருவர் தனது வட்டாரமொழியை தவிர்த்திருந்தாலும், அதற்கு பிறகான காட்சிகளிலும் சென்னைத் தமிழில் லிங்கேசன் பேசாதது ஆக்கத்தில் அமைந்த தொடர்பு-பிழை. உடல்மாற்றம் அடைந்தபிறகும் சென்னைத் தமிழில் பேசியிருந்தால் லிங்கேசன் பாத்திரத்தில் இன்னும் ஈர்ப்பு கூடியிருக்கும்.

ஷங்கரின் காதல் படங்கள் - காதலன், ஜீன்ஸைக் காட்டிலும் ஐ முந்துகிறது. மற்றபடி பழிவாங்கல் படங்களில் மற்ற எல்லாப் படங்களைக் காட்டிலும் ஐ - பின்னைடைவே. தொழில்நுட்பம் சார்ந்த இயக்கம் , அரங்க அமைப்புகள், ஒளி ஓவியம் இவற்றில் ஷங்கரின் இதுவரையிலான படங்களை விட பல மடங்கு முன்னேற்றம். என்னோடு நீ இருந்தால் காட்சி அமைப்புகள் ஒரு சோறு பதம்.

ஐ = லிங்கேசன் - தியா - பிசிஸ்ரீ - ரஹ்மான் - உடைகள் / அரங்க வடிவமைப்பு / காட்சி அமைப்புகளில் காணப்படும் பிரமாண்டம்

:clap: ஷங்கர்!good read venki sir

[venkkiram]

ஐ படத்திகு யு-எ சான்றிதழ் கொடுத்திருப்பது கண்டித்தக்க ஒன்று. சென்சார் போர்டின் நிர்வாக ஊழல் என்றே கருதுகிறேன். இதற்கெல்லாம் எ சான்றிதழ் மட்டுமே கொடுக்கமுடியும்.

[PARAMASHIVAN]

ஐ படத்திகு யு-எ சான்றிதழ் கொடுத்திருப்பது கண்டித்தக்க ஒன்று. சென்சார் போர்டின் நிர்வாக ஊழல் என்றே கருதுகிறேன். இதற்கெல்லாம் எ சான்றிதழ் மட்டுமே கொடுக்கமுடியும்.

Agree, don't know what certificate was given in UK, but I was :shock: to see lots of young children in cinema! Seriously don't the parents read about the films certification before taking the kids, I also over heard few girls being uneasy at certain scenes

[paranitharan]

yes I felt the make up was overly done for this character, hence you can not seen Vikram's expression in these scenes

illeana mattum...

[paranitharan]

yet to watch I. maybe will give it a miss but happy for Sir Oscar Ravi. namakku vendiyavar ;)

[venkkiram]

yet to watch I. maybe will give it a miss but happy for Sir Oscar Ravi. namakku vendiyavar ;)

No you can give a try. Its worth.

[uruzalari]

Saw it for the second time this weekend. Never felt bored. Enjoyed more this time. The transgender portion and mocking at disfigured villains were the portions that still did not go well with me. Was wondering why I did not like the film much the first time I watched it.

[ajaybaskar]

Venkki,

Agreed on the Oororam Puliyamaram part and the the reactions Vikram and Santhanam give when they are introduced to Osma. But casting a transgender as an antagonist or as someone who tries to woo a male is not wrong I believe. If a woman was cast in that role, we wouldn't have had a problem. Why not accept a transgender in that role is my question.

Also, there are many pervert 'uncles' out there. Its good that Shankar showed one as a villain in the movie.

[Mr.GreyShirt]

Saw it for the second time this weekend. Never felt bored. Enjoyed more this time. The transgender portion and mocking at disfigured villains were the portions that still did not go well with me. Was wondering why I did not like the film much the first time I watched it.

I gotta agree with you on mocking the villain part.

[Mr.GreyShirt]

Venkki,

Agreed on the Oororam Puliyamaram part and the the reactions Vikram and Santhanam give when they are introduced to Osma. But casting a transgender as an antagonist or as someone who tries to woo a male is not wrong I believe. If a woman was cast in that role, we wouldn't have had a problem. Why not accept a transgender in that role is my question.

Also, there are many pervert 'uncles' out there. Its good that Shankar showed one as a villain in the movie.

I thought the Oororom puliyorom part was Understandable. Both sandhanam and Vikram grew up in slum. They don't know anything about the outside world except what they grew up in. It was a natural reaction when they meet a transgender who is in a high place in a society.

[Chikatiloan]

I thought the Oororom puliyorom part was Understandable. Both sandhanam and Vikram grew up in slum. They don't know anything about the outside world except what they grew up in. It was a natural reaction when they meet a transgender who is in a high place in a society.

Abt highlighted part-Shankar apdilaan ninachi padam edukura aalu illai..atleast in comedy scenes..Right from gentleman there are cheap jokes in his movies..He is not good in romantic scenes and comedy scenes..as venki said there is some improvement in love scenes in "I" movie..
But overall Shankar movies doesn't disappoint in entertainment quotient..

[Freedom]

Watched it Friday Theatre was 90% full (it was big screen in Century theatres, Fremont)

Plus:
Vikram - excellent portrayal of the character and the enormous effort in doing that role with heavy makeup
Songs + BGM - ARR completely rocks in this department
Cinematography - PC shows he is the king in cinematography
Simple revenge story and very well presented on Big canvas
Amy - She just was stunning. Not sure if it was because of PC. But the way she carried the tamil lip sync was not bad either!

OK's:
Linear story line, nothing much to rave about, but was not boring either.

Disappointments:
Lengthy First fight which has no impact on overall Story. It does not help apart from showing Vikram's Physique
End Train Fight where Upen Patel beats up Vikram to No extent. I was looking forward to something different to happen to him, but it was just a regular tamil cinema thingy.

Mehs:
Shankar should have clearly avoided the Transgender 'oororam puliyamaram' scene. I somewhat thought he was hurting sentiments of section of people. Simple things to look and avoid. For some it may not be funny
The unwanted romance by Osma in China (it kind of may be squirm on my seat while watching), but it kind of gives a motive for revenge in overall narration

Enjoyable laughs:
Santhanam's 'A' jokes which evoke instant Laughs. I personally liked it.


Overall thoroughly enjoyed the movie. Well it is a linear story and I have no qualms with it. Shankar is no Christopher Nolan nor are tamil audiences intelligent enough to understand non-linear presentations. So I'm perfectly fine with the way it was done. Shankar clearly delivered a simple story with gun presentation.

Dropped of my mom and Dad on Saturday evening show and it was completely sold out as well. They enjoyed the movie too. This movie will be a sure shot hit. Will it collect enough to justify the enormous budget is a different story.

[venkkiram]

நாங்கள் பார்த்த ரீகல் சினிமா அரங்கில் இடைவேளை விடவே இல்லை. இன்டர்மிஷன் என சினிமா ரீலில் வந்ததோடு சரி.. உடனே அடுத்தசீனுக்கு தாவிட்டானுங்க.. சின்னப் பையன் வேற பாப்கார்ன் பாப்கார்ன் என தொந்தரவு செய்துகொண்டிருந்தான். பொறுடா கொஞ்சநேரம் இடைவேளை விட்டுவிடுவார்கள். அப்போது வாங்கித் தருகிறேன் என சமாளித்துக் கொண்டிருந்தேன். இடைவேளை விடாமல் படத்தை ஓட்டியதால் இடைவேளையைத் தொடர்ந்து வரும் பாடல் காட்சியில் பலர் எழுந்து வெளியெ சென்றுகொண்டிருந்தனர்.

[Freedom]

நாங்கள் பார்த்த ரீகல் சினிமா அரங்கில் இடைவேளை விடவே இல்லை. இன்டர்மிஷன் என சினிமா ரீலில் வந்ததோடு சரி.. உடனே அடுத்தசீனுக்கு தாவிட்டானுங்க.. சின்னப் பையன் வேற பாப்கார்ன் பாப்கார்ன் என தொந்தரவு செய்துகொண்டிருந்தான். பொறுடா கொஞ்சநேரம் இடைவேளை விட்டுவிடுவார்கள். அப்போது வாங்கித் தருகிறேன் என சமாளித்துக் கொண்டிருந்தேன். இடைவேளை விடாமல் படத்தை ஓட்டியதால் இடைவேளையைத் தொடர்ந்து வரும் பாடல் காட்சியில் பலர் எழுந்து வெளியெ சென்றுகொண்டிருந்தனர்.

in my opinion, that was the best song of the movie. Aila Aila was one of the best picturizations I have seen recently in a while. Awesome creativity and colors! Shankar & PC just nailed it!!

[hattori_hanzo]

Watchable for Vikram and Amy, but definitely a disappointment.

What an actor Vikram is !! :clap: The effort he has put in deserves accolades. Spending 2 and a half years and working so hard to transform his physique. Amazing! When the end credits were rolling, those who started to leave waited only to see whether he recovers or not. That clearly shows the impact his character made.

2 stunts - the one inside the gym and the one in China were differently choreographed. Anl Arasu :bow:

I didn't have any issues with the way transgenders were shown. I mean, that's how they are right? Especially in fashion industry. Do they expect to be shown as the akka in "Onaiyum.." in all movies or what? When you come across transgenders while walking on the road, you avoid them for some reason right?

Vikram's makeup is quite good but in the last 15-20 mins, Shankar has made a mockery of prosthetics. Villains look like cartoon characters. One of them reminded me of a character in Fantastic Four. Silly.

Very long first half...stretched modelling scenes...actors like Powerstar and Ram Kumar (Sivaji's elder son) wasted....adult/vulgar dialogues and scenes...OKish songs...same old revenge drama....Agamotham I is just an OK movie....Vera yaaro sonna madhiri Shankar without Sujatha ivvalo dhaana???

[nickraman]

No you can give a try. Its worth.

I would wait till the film is trimmed away from the bloated 3 hrs to 2hr 30min-ish level. Else, see it in 700mb print or whenever Tentkotta.com releases their HD print of I.

More than the indulgent repeat of Anniyan/Indian killings, it's Vikram's performance that is being crowd puller. Next time Shankar should actually hire a proper dialogue writer and not stick with SuBa. I hope Anegan doesn't suffer the same fate in poor writing like Maattrraan did.

[thamiz]

Sreedhar pillai is SO DESPERATE to promote this movie!! Seems like he made a deal with aascar! :lol:

///Sreedhar Pillai @sri50 · 11h 11 hours ago

#I (Hindi) North India Net : 6.25 Cr + #I Tam&Tel : 2.25 Cr Total Rs 8.50 Cr for North India market from 1800 screen approx.***

What he needs to do is He should report hindi I collection as 6.25 crores for three days.

Why is he combining NI telugu/tamil I version collection with this and blowing the #??

I dont know "our media" is SO PATHETIC!

[thamiz]

Now andhra bo guy is saying LONG WAY to go. It has to collect 275 crores to get any profit.. :lol:

[Bipolar]

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...it kind of may be squirm on my seat while watching...




The whole film, almost from start to finish, made me squirm on my seat...

It wasn't just the scenes with the "Osma" character, I'd say there was plenty of stuff in the film that was really tasteless...






...Shankar is no Christopher Nolan nor are tamil audiences intelligent enough to understand non-linear presentations....




So people who watch Christopher Nolan/Quentin Tarantino/Woody Allen/Federico Fellini films are intellectuals? What about people who watch films like "Billa II"?



.

[Pras]

No. Im not a Pawan.Kalyan fan . If anything .... Im a Kamal.fanatic. having said that, being in hyderabad for 11 yeats now, I can easily differentiate the flops from the hits here. I feel quite happy when a.tamil dubbed movie succeeds .
Chandramukhi, Anniyan, robot, dasavatharam, Indian , etc. Were hits here. Lingaa, VR, I are flops. Anyway ..... if you want to believe otherwise .... u r free to do.so.
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What do you want me to reply to this ? :huh:
first i don't understand how u declare a movie flop when there are "houseful" boards everywhere it is played
sorry, until i am proven wrong, i'd rather believe all those reports which claim that the movie is doing a marvellous business instead of believing someone who just "knows" ... a simple personal preference ;)
of course,you are free to believe otherwise too ...

[Pras]

Ajay ‏@uktamilbo 3h3 hours ago

#I - Enters 2nd week in the UK at majority of locations. Plenty of shows added. First successful movie of the year!


someone in UK may confirm ?

[faithiu11]

http://m.thehindu.com/features/cinema/shankar-and-i/article6491753.ece/ ....Shankar's interview to Hindu...In this interview Shankar clearly mentioned budget is below 100 crore

[Freedom]

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The whole film, almost from start to finish, made me squirm on my seat...

It wasn't just the scenes with the "Osma" character, I'd say there was plenty of stuff in the film that was really tasteless...






So people who watch Christopher Nolan/Quentin Tarantino/Woody Allen/Federico Fellini films are intellectuals? What about people who watch films like "Billa II"?



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I'm not saying people who watch Nolan movie are intelligent. I was just pointing to the fact that this was a linear story and I didn't have any complaints. Poeple here were complaining that they were expecting much more from Shankar and his story.

If you were squirming, no one was forcing you to sit. I kind of find it funny when people become moral police when it comes to Tamil movies. It was clearly certified U/A, so you can expect a few things here and there. There were a few scenes A jokes even in 'Indian' and I didn't have any complaints when I was in 10th Std then.

Summa Comedy pannatheenga. And there was no reason to bring BILLA II here. I like Ajith and I put it up as my AV. Grow up.

[NOV]

Well it is a linear story and I have no qualms with it. Shankar is no Christopher Nolan nor are tamil audiences intelligent enough to understand non-linear presentations. So I'm perfectly fine with the way it was done.1. I is NOT a linear narrative.
2. Speak for yourself, not for all Tamils.

[NOV]

No idea how accurate is this, but got it off my timeline:


1. The film was budgeted at 185crores
2. The shooting of the film took approximately 974 days
3. Amy was paid for 1 crore in this film
4. Stunt directors who worked in kungfu hustle, kill bill were worked for I stunts
5. Vikram gained 110kgs for MERSALAITEN song
6. Vikram removed his teeth for beast role at his own expense of around 1 lakh
7. Vikram did bodybuilding in 3 months, model in 2.5 months, hunchback back (lean) in 1.5 months
8. Indra kumar (one of the villain in I) is our late actor sivaji ganesan's son
9. Kamaraj (one of the villain in I ) is 7 times Mr.India
10. For vikram , the protein supplements were imported from Europe
11. Shankar appointed one 24*7 doctor, one physiotherapist, two dieticians and four bodyguards to take care of vikram's health during the film shooting
12. Vikram was infected by folliculitis (red spots on head) because of makeup for hunchback role
13. Vikram beast role makeup took nearly around 11 hours a day
14. Santhanam too reduced his bodyweight and maintained till the film shooting ends
15. The garden (red seabeach) in the climax was located in Egypt
16. Vikram had Arnold Schwarzenegger's adult hair style for lingesan character
17. Vikram goes to bald, so that makeup artists could easily work for hunchback role of him
18. The media rights for I film was purchased by Jaya tv for 20 crores
19. The film was released in five languages Tamil, Telugu, English, Hindi, Chinese nearly about 3000 screens worldwide
20. Seperate crew members were worked in abroad and separate crew members were worked in india ... so that the film story wont be leaked in any manner...

[venkkiram]

No idea how accurate is this, but got it off my timeline:

8. Indra kumar (one of the villain in I) is our late actor sivaji ganesan's son


Ramkumar right?

[venkkiram]

I observed that one of the non-linear take in I did not get sync properly. Cpuld not recall now what are the scenes. But it comes in 2nd half. Have you also felt?

[faithiu11]

Budget is not 185 cr...Shankar told it clearly budget is under 100 cr in a Hindu interview which I posted earlier

[NOV]

Ramkumar right?Yes of course. I thought he was referring to the character name?


I observed that one of the non-linear take in I did not get sync properly. Cpuld not recall now what are the scenes. But it comes in 2nd half. Have you also felt?No... sorry, there were a few loopholes, but who cares when one is being completely entertained. :lol:

[venkkiram]

தமிழ் சினிமா கண்ட மாபெரும் பிரம்மாண்ட இயக்குநர் ஷங்கர் அவர்களுக்கு,

https://www.facebook.com/livsmile/posts/10203409440813251?fref=nf&pnref=story

[drkumar66]

Just wondering whether major scenes/plot of Shankar's I movie resembles the The Hunchback of Notre Dame.

[NOV]

Just wondering whether major scenes/plot of Shankar's I movie resembles the The Hunchback of Notre Dame.none at all... it is not inspired from HND.

[Chikatiloan]

No idea how accurate is this, but got it off my timeline:

1. The film was budgeted at 185crores
2. The shooting of the film took approximately 974 days
3. Amy was paid for 1 crore in this film
4. Stunt directors who worked in kungfu hustle, kill bill were worked for I stunts
5. Vikram gained 110kgs for MERSALAITEN song
6. Vikram removed his teeth for beast role at his own expense of around 1 lakh
7. Vikram did bodybuilding in 3 months, model in 2.5 months, hunchback back (lean) in 1.5 months
8. Indra kumar (one of the villain in I) is our late actor sivaji ganesan's son
9. Kamaraj (one of the villain in I ) is 7 times Mr.India
10. For vikram , the protein supplements were imported from Europe
11. Shankar appointed one 24*7 doctor, one physiotherapist, two dieticians and four bodyguards to take care of vikram's health during the film shooting
12. Vikram was infected by folliculitis (red spots on head) because of makeup for hunchback role
13. Vikram beast role makeup took nearly around 11 hours a day
14. Santhanam too reduced his bodyweight and maintained till the film shooting ends
15. The garden (red seabeach) in the climax was located in Egypt
16. Vikram had Arnold Schwarzenegger's adult hair style for lingesan character
17. Vikram goes to bald, so that makeup artists could easily work for hunchback role of him
18. The media rights for I film was purchased by Jaya tv for 20 crores
19. The film was released in five languages Tamil, Telugu, English, Hindi, Chinese nearly about 3000 screens worldwide
20. Seperate crew members were worked in abroad and separate crew members were worked in india ... so that the film story wont be leaked in any manner...

#1 Aascar is known for exaggerating the budget as part of marketing strategy to create more hype..i remember for 10A all over the media its mentioned highest budget movie in india so far..but from the visuals I guess 10A budget will be around 80C(including KH salary) and "I" budget < 100C
#6 & 14 ->Suthama poi..an good VFX/graphics technician can easily show teethless..vutta anniyan'la vikram unmaiyaalumae ice tub'la irunthaanu solluvaanga pola..Vikram is dedicated/talented actor and directors dream actor no doubt but idhulaan rhomba over

[ajaybaskar]

The budget is below 100 C and Shankar blamed the producer for all the delay. The film was supposed to release in an year from the shooting start date.

[hattori_hanzo]

.
The whole film, almost from start to finish, made me squirm on my seat...
It wasn't just the scenes with the "Osma" character, I'd say there was plenty of stuff in the film that was really tasteless...
.

:yes: I had an unpleasant experience watching it with kids. My bad - Should have known about the rating and read reviews before taking them. After Enthiran, Shankar became hugely popular among the tiny tots. And the trailer was a bit deceiving too.

[Pras]

Tamil Cinema ‏@BoAnalyst 6h6 hours ago

Well We Got In Touch With Few Theaters Screening Hindi Version, Guess What #I Is Getting Reviews Equal Or Better Than What Enthiran Got

[mappi]

What sort of things are we? Metaphysically speaking, if we are made of matter, what matter is it? And does it really matter?

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'I', an 'uyir ezhuthu' (vowel) in Tamil language, is an interesting title chosen by Shankar for his latest film. Incredibly influenced by Apple Technologies, Shankar takes the 'I' part for his Imagination, which Steve Jobs coined to stand for Innovation. But how is it convincing to call a movie which is neither historical nor valliant being named as 'King' (another meaning of 'I') - the simplicity is in the rise-fall-rise situations the hero gets trapped into, or the war he wages against the injustice done to him. The scenario is simple, with all the 'hand-in-hand' & brawl moments, when suddenly an evil interrupts and separates the Beauty which unleashes the Beast of 'I-self'.

Gym-Boy Lingesan sets out in the celluloid unverse with Diya, both sharing their intimacy before and behind the camera. So when Lee, (when mappillai can become mappi, why can't Lingesan become Lee), so when Lee reaches the top of the pyramid quite rapidly, it certainly does not go well with the other guys - let us call them 'the sharks' - who plot a fabulous doom for Lee, code named 'Athukum Mela" (meaning 'over the top where the top is not really the top'). So after the 'Athukum Mela' episodes, Lee is now an ‘ugly duckling’ with one objective - save Diya - no wait, 2 objectives, to take revenge also. The revenge part is actually "Athukum Mela' Volume 2, multiplied by several notches higher.

Shankar films have expectations, and people are learning the fundamental truth: 'expectations can kill'. Predictability puts you in coma, and its side-effects, the detachment, causes fatal judgments. Mix them both, 'I-the film' immediately becomes an illusionary world spun out of irreal objects. But the answer is quite simple to those struck inside this spiral - 'Old wine in new bottle' they say, I say 'Older the wine, the best, who cares about the bottle'.

What you look beyond an ‘expectation' or 'predictability' is what is going to be driven back, and 'I-the film' has all the stand alone events that certainly merits one's & everyone's attention.

Vikram is a very rare breed of actor, with natural talents and ‘easy to observe’ what is demanded artist. He combines this deadly combo and volunteers to be anyone the film maker wants him to be. His flexibility, again something natural & unique, drives him to choose and play a role which are still on the testing grounds. In 'I-the film', he plays 3 different getups for the same character, that are differed in physique, attitude & speech. One man with 3 different variations and Vikram pulls it off with grace, particularly the ‘Koonan’ (Hunchbacked) role, where with his movements and eye contacts make this gruesome character adorable implanting the needed sentiments & emotion like anger and sorrow in the right mix. Shankar takes the enormous responsibility to sketch this character to which Vikram gives a life to. The entire close ups, just mounts the ambience where you really wish someone to hug the ‘Koonan’ or as weak he is, to take out the bad guys in whichever way possible. On screen, it actually unfolds in a right measure making you sit, watch & follow the ‘Koonan’ Vikram.

Lingesan is a macho and unleashes the variety within - being raised under a restricted social backdrop, his physique which only is a ticket to reach heights. Upon meeting Diya, he proves to be a quick learner making the point that it’s not where you are from, but what actually you are that marks the diference, and soon he becomes a contrast to himself - this time with a more controlled and socially apt torso. Just like how his name gets shortened, so does his physique. His attitude changes along with his facial and customary transformations. Then finally when he becomes a victim of his own desires - here I wish to address the story/screenplay : Shankar has beautifully woven his story and presented it inside an apt play. Lingesan gets what he wished for - Money, Fame, Love, and Power - and again it’s the same 4 which twists his life, making him experience the Ugly Truth. The delivery of Shankar is quite noteworthy, where you can confidently say it’s a Shankar film - So, when finally he becomes a victim of his own desires he becomes the walking truth of ugliness. Vikram just reflects them through his performance.

Talking about the ‘Koonan’ character there is a wonderful scene between him & Diya, where he tries to assure her not to be guilty. He says: ‘Intha Ullagam Thaan Antha Mathiri’. He just excels in that scene where all the while he seems to be restless – swaying – at the same time he is sure of what is saying and doing. Adding more vibrant strokes is the mirror scene - A class. Hats off Shankar-Vikram.

Amy is Yummy. Again it’s during the same above mentioned scene where she tries to support the ‘Koonan’ after bashing him 'left-right-left', she gives a 'open mouth' performance which was kind of catchy. She is fantastic in songs. Talking about song visuals, it was difficult to follow what's popping during the songs as everything that is popping were fabulous. The eye behind the camera needs a special Hats Off. But was kind of surprised to see her skin tone magically keeps on turning different from scene to scene - well, that’s just for saying something more ! Santhanam gets a character quite important to the plot, and his one-liners kind of suit the ambience. He is the backbone to the backless ‘Koonan’, and couple of scenes where he requests the ‘Koonan’ to return or not to worry was good. The rest of the main star cast includes a hand full of villans. As the story travels with ‘Koonan’, we only see how much the ‘Koonan’ saw. So there is no much detailing about the villans, which is normal. Except for the 'group-laughing' session which was incredibly badly made, the villans are omni-present as they are the real ‘Koonans’ - Koonan by mind, heart and spirit.

Shankar, in several interviews has stated that its Vikram who proposed to lose his weight. Where Shankar appreciates it, is during the scene where Vikram pleads to the doctor to cure him. A well enacted portion, where he falling to the chair looks like someone so dejected. Shankar has kept this scene quite sharp, even while showing the back of Vikram's head while he wears a cap. A kind of ode to Vikam from Shankar.

I didn't have any problem with the placement of the Beast song - His love can't recognize him, He can't announce it to her, He is obliged to tie her up, He is cursed to hear her cry and the final burst comes in the form where she is still in love with him, but the other self. Thus it’s how he expresses what he feels through the song, where he liberates her from the cage crying out load - 'Ennai naan yaar endru sollallum puriyadhu'. But as I had mentioned before, it was kind of creepy to see the other junior artists in Rubber suits giving an academy level performance. This point of the movie was the lock that I had been waiting for, and from here the movie mounted quite high.

Sharkar movies are packaged with flaws. His expression is what that excludes these flaws. I wish to point out only two of them - Editing (No certinaly not related to the movie duration). The naration is non-linear, I will cover it outside the review as its already getting LONG. The film had a lot of scope to experiment with editing as it comfortably moves between flahsbacks and flashforwards. But all we could see are jumping scenes. Secondly Shanker mercilessly whipping us with his spoon and feeding us with force. 'I-the film' has its own wonders and blunders. Leave the blunders at the theatre and taken home the wonders.

Finally, what is 'I' ? 'I' in sanskrit stands for 'Aham', meaning 'Supreme Heart'. 'I' is the supreme heart of Diya and Lingesan, which takes an inner form and leaves the exterior for materialistic desires. Heart wins, so does I-the film, and that exactly is what matters !

I - Immense

[PARAMASHIVAN]

who acted as Amy's mother ? Is she some old Hindi actress ? she looked familiar , couldn't recall the name ?

[Mahen]

She looks like priyadarshan's ex wife

[mexicomeat]

who acted as Amy's mother ? Is she some old Hindi actress ? she looked familiar , couldn't recall the name ?
neenga ok naa sollunga, pesi mudichidalam. vara vaigasi masathileye nichayadartham vechikalaam :-)

[PARAMASHIVAN]

neenga ok naa sollunga, pesi mudichidalam. vara vaigasi masathileye nichayadartham vechikalaam :-)

illaa thaatha , Amy has just proposed to me now ! neenga venumn na yaaravathu 70's heroine ah try pannunga, vayasanalum unaglukku intha jollu theerala :)

[balaajee]

ரூ.100 கோடியைத் தாண்டியது 'ஐ' வசூல்- Tamil HINDU

ஷங்கர் இயக்கத்தில் விக்ரம் நடிப்பில் வெளியாகி இருக்கும் 'ஐ' திரைப்படம், ரூ.100 கோடி வசூலைத் தாண்டியிருக்கிறது. ஆஸ்கர் நிறுவனம் தயாரிப்பில் விக்ரம், எமி ஜாக்சன் நடிப்பில் ஜனவரி 14-ம் தேதி வெளியானது 'ஐ'. ஷங்கர் இயக்கியிருந்த இப்படத்திற்கு ஏ.ஆர்.ரஹ்மான் இசையமைத்திருந்தார். பி.சி.ஸ்ரீராம் ஒளிப்பதிவு செய்திருந்தார். பொங்கல் விடுமுறைகளைக் கணக்கில் கொண்டு அதிகமான திரையரங்குகளில் வெளியானது.
இப்படத்திற்கு தமிழகத்தில் கலவையான விமர்சனங்களைப் பெற்றாலும் மலையாளம், இந்தி உள்ளிட்ட மொழிகளில் வரவேற்பைப் பெற்றது.
"தமிழகத்தை தவிர மற்ற மாநிலங்களில் 'ஐ' படத்திற்கு நல்ல வரவேற்பு கிடைத்திருக்கிறது. கேரளாவில் தமிழ் படத்திற்கு கிடைத்த அதிக வசூல் என்ற சாதனையை படைத்தது. உலகளவில் சுமார் ரூ.100 கோடி வசூலை 'ஐ' தாண்டிவிட்டது" என்று வர்த்தக ஆய்வாளர் த்ரிநாத் தெரிவித்தார்.
மேலும், ஆந்திராவிலும் 'ஐ' டப்பிங்கிற்கும் நல்ல வரவேற்பு கிடைத்தது. "வெளியான முதல் நாளில் ரூ.9 கோடி அளவில் வசூல் செய்தது. இந்தி 'ஐ' டப்பிங் பதிப்பு ரூ.6 கோடி அளவில் வசூல் செய்திருக்கிறது" என்று த்ரிநாத் தெரிவித்தார்.

[mappi]

Linear / Non-Linear Narrative

I will make it very very simple :

A narrative style where there is a flashback episode that jumps from the main plot and then crawls itself back out, is non-linear.

A Linear narrative is exactly opposite, where its like chaining alphabets making it into a set of 26 letters starting from A to Z chronologically.

Now there is one thing that should not be confused with - Memory Bit. A memory bit is not a flashback. It can be in dialogues or a sound or a symbol.

Keywords :
Non-Linear : Flashback / Flashforward
Linear : Chronology / Memory Bits

Ofcoarse there is more to it, much complex in handling and treatement. Its basically how you choose to tell your story - what treatement it can be given in order to make the narrative much more compelling. Its applicable in both scenarios :

1/ I have a lot to tell, how cripsly I am going to do it ?
2/ I have very less to tell - how interestingly I can deliver ?

So choosing the style not only depends on the story, but how you want to present it.

To illustrate it with exemples :

Thalapathi is a Linear Narrative. It starts during a birth, moves to adulthood of the child, forms the needed relationships, and brings a consequential end. So the plot is handled straight where the sub-plot is treated with characters. For ex : Rajini staying with Mamooty or Mamooty surrending has the motives centering Arvind Sami. Similarly, if you sketch a character tree keeping any character as the start, the story narrates itself accomadating the other characters. Thats the beauty of this film. Plus, the memory bit - the whistle of the Goods Train or the Yellow Shall or the Bogi Festival or the rain or the temple bell or Agal villaku etc., each is a memory bit for one or few dependent characters.

Basha is a Non-Linear Narrative. Remove Basha Bhai, Mannikam does not exist. You cannot create a Basha from Manickam. So the base character plot is driven by the flashback which occupies the entire ACT2. Thats the importance it gives. Then it bring back the reality and ends the movie.

Every movie is an expriment (with limited exceptions) depending on the idea. Our films have a peculiar habit to involve everything in the same pot. So a film maker's preference is limited as it is a must to include everything inside. Still film makers try to be distinct in their work, a right exemple is 'I-film'. In 'I-film', Shankar tries something which is new for him, at the same time presents in a manner that he thinks is convincing. He puts a lot of weightage to the flashback - Who is Koonan?, at the same time keeps the second track up and running - What is Koonan doing. Mixing them both the whole story emerges just like a ducked ball into the water. He had largely suceeded, stumbling hard with his added footage where he explains and re-explains events. I won't blame him as he kept the 'general' audience in mind while presenting his 'iFilm'.

[PARAMASHIVAN]

Mappi,

Have you posted your review ? :)

[hattori_hanzo]

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[thamiz]

Andraboxoffice guy is singing somewhat the "same song" he sang for Lingaa..

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Shankar`s `I` also, is down but is tracking a bit better being still in its 1st week, which is pretty ordinary for the High prices. The film still has long way to go and hence the Drops doesn`t bode well for Buyers in AP/Nizam.///

[thamiz]

ABO has started this kind of propaganda now!

////Packing Trailers with all your Best shots, that too from songs is good for Hype but audience obv feel cheated after watching the film #I///

Our media is becoming very political these days! :(

[venkkiram]

Transgenders' Agitation Against Director Shankar And Censor Board

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QofFiAg2PNo

[Mahen]

Watched i again and blackhat back to back with my chinese girlfriend.. She said i was better😀
Shankar should trim the film by 30 mins.. All the long fights were boring..

[Dilbert]

Watched i again and blackhat back to back with my chinese girlfriend.. She said i was better��
Shankar should trim the film by 30 mins.. All the long fights were boring..

what happened to tamu Mahen garu?

[Dilbert]

neenga ok naa sollunga, pesi mudichidalam. vara vaigasi masathileye nichayadartham vechikalaam :-)

:lol: Shivji ready !!

[Dilbert]

:yes: I had an unpleasant experience watching it with kids. My bad - Should have known about the rating and read reviews before taking them. After Enthiran, Shankar became hugely popular among the tiny tots. And the trailer was a bit deceiving too.

I too was little taken back when Idly matteru was discussed in a casual conversations .

[NOV]

Ai is No. 1 in Malaysia - the only country, in the whole world! :)


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I have always been saying that the dynamics in Malaysia is totally different from Singapore. Over here Tamil movies play in the best cinemas, unlike in Singapore, the US or UK. No idea about the other countries.
Note that the population of Malaysia is 10 times that of Singapore.

[Dilbert]

Ai is No. 1 in Malaysia - the only country, in the whole world! :)



I have always been saying that the dynamics in Malaysia is totally different from Singapore. Over here Tamil movies play in the best cinemas, unlike in Singapore, the US or UK. No idea about the other countries.
Note that the population of Malaysia is 10 times that of Singapore.



Yes your honor rest of us are living in some wasteland which we can't be considered as "a" or "i" country :lol:

[A.ANAND]

so 'I' the first blockbuster in 2015

[A.ANAND]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?x-yt-cl=84359240&v=42T-nG5DQTo&x-yt-ts=1421782837#t=86

'shankar sar shankar sar' innu paapa innama uruguthu!!!ha..ha..

[balaajee]

'I' ('Ai') 5-Day Box Office Collections (Opening Weekend): Vikram-Amy Starrer Grosses over 135 crore Worldwide - ibtimes

"I" Tamil and Telugu versions hit the screens on 14 January, while the Hindi version was released on 16 January. The Tamil version has done fantastic business in Tamil Nadu and Kerala, while the Telugu version has done good business; the Hindi version also has performed decently.

"I" has created box office history in Kerala, where the film is said to have grossed ₹10.75 crore in its opening weekend at the box office. In Tamil Nadu, the film has minted ₹40 crore, while its collections from AP/Nizam areas amount to over ₹31 crore.

The Vikram-starrer has surpassed the $1 million mark in collections at the North American box office. The film has reportedly minted $1.15 million in five days at the US and Canada box offices. "#I #Imovie 5 days NA BO $1.15M.1st million dollar movie of the year," tweeted SIMoviesUSA (https://twitter.com/SIMoviesUSA).

With the inclusion of the film's collections from other Indian markets as well as overseas centres, "I" has minted ₹135.20 crore at box offices worlwide, reported Andhraboxoffice (http://andhraboxoffice.com/info.aspx?id=710&cid=6&fid=878).

"The film has recovered ( WW ) close to 50% of its Distributor Cost WW in 5 days weekend and it all depends on how far will it go from now," the website (http://andhraboxoffice.com/info.aspx?id=649&cid=8&fid=878) stated.

Now that the Pongal/Sankranti holidays are over, one has to wait and see how the Vikram starrer fares during the weekdays.
The Shankar directorial is a big budget film and its theatricals have been sold for huge prices. It needs to be seen if "I" recovers its costs and emerges a hit.
There are no big Tamil film releases until 29 January, when Ajith-starrer "Yennai Arindhaal" will be hitting the screens. In Telugu, Kalyan Ram's "Pataas" will be releasing on 23 January, while Akshay Kumar's Hindi film "Baby" will be hitting theatres on the same day.

"I" Tamil version is likely to dominate the screens for at least 10 days, while the Telugu and Hindi versions might face competition from "Pataas" and "Baby" respectively.

[balaajee]

ஐ சம்பளத்தில் பாதியை மனவளர்ச்சி குன்றிய குழந்தைகளுக்கு தந்த விக்ரம்

ஷங்கர் இதுவரை இயக்கிய அனைத்துப் படங்களின் வெற்றிக்கும் அவரைத்தான் முதன்மை காரணமாக ரசிகர்களும், மீடியாவும் குறிப்பிட்டிருக்கிறது. முதல்முறையாக ஐ (http://tamil.webdunia.com/search?cx=015955889424990834868:i52wen7tp3i&cof=FORID:9&ie=UTF-8&sa=search&siteurl=http://tamil.webdunia.com&q=%E0%AE%90)படத்தின் வெற்றிக்கு விக்ரமின் நடிப்பும், உழைப்பும்தான் காரணம் என அனைவரும் கொண்டாடுகின்றனர். ஐ படத்தை காப்பாற்றியது விக்ரம் என்பது மிகையல்ல

தமிழ் சினிமாவின் பிற ஹீரோக்கள் வாங்கும் சம்பளத்துடன் ஒப்பிட்டால் விக்ரமின் உழைப்புக்கு குறைந்தது 50 கோடியாவது தர வேண்டும். அவர் சம்பளமாக பெற்றுக் கொண்டது எவ்வளவு என்று தெரியாது. ஆனால், அதில் கணிசமான பகுதியை மன வளர்ச்சி குன்றிய குழந்தைகளின் நலனுக்காக தந்துள்ளார் விக்ரம்.
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[Mr.GreyShirt]

Watched it again. Loved it just the same. Didn't get bored at all but I can see how the movie could have been even better if it was trimmed a bit.