Film / Documentary - Recently watched & worthy of some discussion

[HonestRaj]

10000 kOdi... ten thousand crore

- watched it for Vivek
- nice timepass movie
- Fast forward the songs
- Vivek & his team has a done a decent job & i enjoyed it..
- after long time.. good one from vivek..

[mexicomeat]

10000 kOdi... ten thousand crore

- watched it for Vivek
- nice timepass movie
- Fast forward the songs
- Vivek & his team has a done a decent job & i enjoyed it..
- after long time.. good one from vivek..
behindwoods has given this movie 1/5 - ungala nambi parkalaama?

[Dinesh84]

@Honest - :shock:

[HonestRaj]

aarpaattam illadha comedy by vivek & his team.. cell murugan, alwa vasu & 3 others...
simple'ah vandhu - mimicry - fancy dress - too much preaching.... idhellam illama pannirukkar..
KLTA - Alex Pandiyan ellam parkka mudinja.. indha padathai tharalama parkkalam

i did not spend extra time to watch this film.. watched in 3 to 4 installments.. in mobile phone while traveling to & from office..

Dinesh.. neenga partheengala?

[Ramkumar86]

I have this film but didnt dare to watch it. try panni pakkaren.

[hattori_hanzo]

Best Film National Award for Vazhakku En 18/9 is fine...but Best Make-up Artist: Raja for Vazhakku En 18/9 ? Nnaaadhidhu?? Idhellaam Balaji Sakthivel edhirppaarthirukka maattar.

[Dinesh84]

Dinesh.. neenga partheengala?
Yes.. Agree that there was no fancy dress, preaching etc.. but it was totally unfunny to me.. Yaaruku Yaaro type of movie..

[19thmay]

Onbadhula Guru - eppdi ippdilaam padam edukuraanga, blade-in ucha kattam.:banghead: Premji, Vinay sabbaaaa!!!!

[SoftSword]

Best Film National Award for Vazhakku En 18/9 is fine...but Best Make-up Artist: Raja for Vazhakku En 18/9 ? Nnaaadhidhu?? Idhellaam Balaji Sakthivel edhirppaarthirukka maattar.

..+..

[NOV]

Onbadhula Guru - eppdi ippdilaam padam edukuraanga, blade-in ucha kattam.:banghead: Premji, Vinay sabbaaaa!!!!yes, its a stupid movie but much much more entertaining than the bland Thamizh Padam. :lol:
there is a 2nd part coming... with power star acting :shaking:

[Cinemarasigan]

10000 kOdi... ten thousand crore

- watched it for Vivek
- nice timepass movie
- Fast forward the songs
- Vivek & his team has a done a decent job & i enjoyed it..
- after long time.. good one from vivek..

ennaala 10 mins-kku mela paakka mudila.. nejamaavE neenga indha padam thaan paattheengalaa illa comedy clips edhayaavadhu patthuttu 10000 kodi-nu nenachitteengalaa :)

[HonestRaj]

friends..
i meant Vivek's portion in 10K crore...
first 10 mins ellam local tv serial range'ku irukkum..
hmm.. nan eppadi puriya veppen

[19thmay]

yes, its a stupid movie but much much more entertaining than the bland Thamizh Padam. :lol:
there is a 2nd part coming... with power star acting :shaking:

He knows that people laughing as he acts like a stupid, if you do that innocently for the first time like Sam Anderson thats fine you can laugh. But he repeats that, it irritates me a lot.

<Where are you by the way? PM me your local phone number. I will call you.>

Honest,

10,000 crore-nu oru padama? Neengalum interz maari aaiteengale? :lol2:

[NOV]

Sri, I am back in Malaysia now. :)

[ajipdhej]

When settai getting released ? April 14 ?

[19thmay]

Sri, I am back in Malaysia now. :)

Ulagam theriyama irundhiruken, sorry for that.

[mexicomeat]

tamil cinemavin ezhaigal

http://www.tubechop.com/watch/1047480

http://www.tubechop.com/watch/1047509

[HonestRaj]

Life Of Pi

sema mokkai padam... fits to be called as a documentary

[HonestRaj]

Honest,

10,000 crore-nu oru padama? Neengalum interz maari aaiteengale? :lol2:

:lol: not really...
saw few scenes in thiraivimarsanam.. it was good enough.. so watched it full..

http://tamillegends.com/wp-content/uploads/Pathayeram-Kodi-Smash-Hit-Poster-300x297.jpg

[SoftSword]

Life Of Pi

sema mokkai padam... fits to be called as a documentary

kabaali... ennappa posukkunu ipdi sollipputta...
edha vechuppa indha moonju documentary'num andha moonju pathmini'num solra... ??

[HonestRaj]

oru 1 mani neram parthen kitta thatta thookkam vandhuduchu.. oru break eduthuttu thirumbhavum parthu mudichen..
padam mudiyumpodhu tired aagitten..
kadaisiyila Irfan Khan edho solla try panrarunu mattum therinjadhu... adhukku mela idhai yosikkanumanu vittutten

[LihDacRurdy]

oru 1 mani neram parthen kitta thatta thookkam vandhuduchu.. oru break eduthuttu thirumbhavum parthu mudichen..
padam mudiyumpodhu tired aagitten..
kadaisiyila Irfan Khan edho solla try panrarunu mattum therinjadhu... adhukku mela idhai yosikkanumanu vittutten

??????

[LihDacRurdy]

Watched - Maganathi today @ Raj digital plus channel - ethanavatti pathalum salikadha padangalil ondru - hanifa role in key in this movie... maganathi shankar a kamal adikum podhu :mrgreen:

[NOV]

Thenali - no matter how many times I watch it never gets boring.
Story acting songs - everything is top class. :thumbsup:

[mappi]

John Dies at the End

A cute little movie, eventhough branded Horror, there is nothing to get scared about. Its neither a comedy nor a thriller. Its unique. I do not wish to give away much about the movie, give it a view and you won't be disappointed.

[NOV]

Trespass - a movie released end 2011 via vod and limited cinema release.
Starring Nicholas cage and Nicole Coleman
About a couple who are held ransom in their own house. Revealing betrayal and falsehood.
1 time watch

[ajaybaskar]

Red Lights

The movie was gripping and was loosely based on the life of Uri Geller. Worth watching..

[mappi]

[For Horror films fans]

2 Films Back to Back [Attention Rated R for gore & other unplesant scenes - What you expect from a Thai/korean Horror Films]:

Movie 1
Modus Anomali [Indonesia]
Thriller
A man stuck in the woods, without having any idea how he was caught in this suituation, desperately searches for his kids at the sametime should escape from a slient killer who is trailing him. In his search he discovers that he had come to the woods with his family and a strange attack has put him in this position. How he tackles the suituation is the rest of the story.

Amazing point : For the 1st 40 minutes there is only one character. Its wonderful how they make you watch it - griping visuals and excellent screen play.

Movie 2
3am [Thai]
Horror
3 entirely different stories combined as 3am with a runtime of 90 minutes.
Story 1 : A ghost comes to get back its hair that has been sold in a Wig Shop.
Story 2 : A male nurse has to save a dead bride from the ghost of the bridegroom
Story 3 : A prank at night shift goes horribly wrong.

All 3 stories have scares every where. Eventhough the ghosts are laughable, they are still scary. Ofcoarse, all the 3 stories have twists. Got the 2nd story twist rightaway and partially the 3rd one - as the director confused me ... LoL

[mappi]

GO GOA GONE [Hindi Movie] 1st zombie Indian movie - why this vesha paritchai

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4V5zGNVRmaE

[mappi]

Perfect Number aka Suspect X (Korean - release year 2012)
Directed by Bang Eun-jin
Based on The Devotion of Suspect X by Keigo Higashino
Remake of 2008 hit Japanese movie Suspect X

Starring : Ryu Seung-beom as the matematician Kim Suk-go, Lee Yo-won as Kim's neighbour Baek Hwa-sun, Jo Jin-woong as Detective Jo Min-bum

A depressed Mathematician Kim comes to the aide of his neighbour Baek to hide the murder Baek had just comitted - killed her harassing ex-husband. Enters the Detective Jo who is investigating a unidentified corspe found by the river side. The evidence around the dead body points to the ex-husband of Baek. During introgation Jo finds that Baek has a valid alibi, thanks to the well established plan of Kim, but he is not convinced. He starts poking his nose much more, when he finds out that Kim is his school hood friend. The rest is how Kim continues to hide the crime, Baek's fear tearing her and whether Jo cracks the case.

A very powerful story with the help of a great screenplay, make Perfect number an engaging watch. In the running time of 120 mins, the first 1 hours is pure mystry and then the movie shifts to Romance still keeping the warmth of the crime. The 3 lead actors (including the 4th who plays the neice of Baek) have lived their roles. The lighting sets up a good ambience and the mood needed well thru the runtime. The Bgm is gripping evoking the correct emotions needed. The show stealer is the story and its execution. As for most Korean movies if you do not pay attention you seize to understand the end or the twists - but this film is straight forward and when the revelation is absolutely brilliant.

But still, some may feel the 2nd half is a bit slow as its driven by emotions but its a double delight for mystry and romance film fans.

Perfect Number - Perfect Film

[k_vanan]

KBKR non-stop comedy :2thumbsup:

[NOV]

Gunaa on Vellithirai... worth watching again and again...

[mappi]

KBKR non-stop comedy :2thumbsup:

What is this movie KBKR ?

[NOV]

What is this movie KBKR ?
Kedi billaa killaadi ranga
Fabulous reviews all over - directed by pandiraj of pasanga and marina fame
Comedy with last 15 mins of father sentiment.
Should be interesting.

[Avadi to America]

Kedi billaa killaadi ranga
Fabulous reviews all over - directed by pandiraj of pasanga and marina fame
Comedy with last 15 mins of father sentiment.
Should be interesting.

rediff nalla review kuduthu irrukaan.

[ajaybaskar]

Halfway thro the film. Sad to see people's sense of humor hitting a new low. KLTA was first and this may follow..

[Mahen]

you should have watched himmatwala :lol2:

[k_vanan]

Halfway thro the film. Sad to see people's sense of humor hitting a new low. KLTA was first and this may follow..

KLTA is worst..... agree but this KBKR comedy work for me :-)

[Avadi to America]

recenta ambulinu oru padam parthen... nalla irunthuchu...did anyone see the movie?

[ajaybaskar]

KBKR

The second half was better than the first. Parotta Suri carried the film through and Delhi Ganesh was good too. The father sentiment scenes kinda worked for me.

[uruzalari]

recenta ambulinu oru padam parthen... nalla irunthuchu...did anyone see the movie?

I have seen that...It was a good movie....the response at box office was also decent...Ran for 50 days in a couple of screens in Chennai I believe....


There was a thread here too...

http://www.mayyam.com/talk/showthread.php?9112-First-Tamil-3D-thriller-movie-AMBULI&highlight=ambuli

[NOV]

KBKR is a one time watch - silly but funny
Same range as KLTA & 9la Guru

Hitting parent is one thing I find disgusting.
Delhi Ganesh was fantastic and he still has stuff - he must be in his mid 70s!

[NOV]

Chennaiyil Oru Naal
Unusual thriller with some messages.
Radhika overacts as usual thinking its a tv serial.
A lot of old actors resurface for no reason.
Cheran is as wooden as ever
The youngsters are very refreshing
Prakasraj is getting boring

Otherwise the film is good and definitely watchable.

[P_R]

Paradesi - oru thadavai pArkkalAm.

[19thmay]

sundaatam - oru level-ku mela mudila. It started well with carrom and all but slowly became a romantic mokka! Nice to see Kana Kaanum kaalangal Irfan and Pacha.

[littlemaster1982]

Chennaiyil Oru Naal
Unusual thriller with some messages.
Radhika overacts as usual thinking its a tv serial.
A lot of old actors resurface for no reason.
Cheran is as wooden as ever
The youngsters are very refreshing
Prakasraj is getting boring

Otherwise the film is good and definitely watchable.

I thought the original itself was just OK (Traffic - Malayalam). Prasanna's track was unnecessary, felt like it was inserted just for the sake of creating some suspense. The one change they made from the original made me :curse: :banghead: <Spoiler>In the original, the fans who help in Zinda colony are the fans of the Prakashraj character. Making them as Surya fans was so out of place</spoiler>. Yen indha vilambaram :huh:

[NOV]

LM, agree with you 100%. Didn't leave any impression so much so I forgot to even mention it. lol
Probably added for commercial reasons but didn't sync at all.

[ajaybaskar]

Delhi Ganesh is a highly underrated actor. Not many have used him to his potential. Only one has - Kamal.

[venkkiram]

Delhi Ganesh is a highly underrated actor. Not many have used him to his potential. Only one has - Kamal. 200%. உன்னைப் போல் ஒருவனில் கமலுக்கான இடத்தில் டெல்லி கணேஷை கமலே தேர்ந்தெடுத்திருக்கலாம் என அப்போதே எழுதியிருந்தேன்.

[RC]

Just finished watching Haridas - 2013.
sentiment pOttu thaakka vaaippu adhigam irundhaalum adhai pannalai. Hari-yaa nadiccha payyan romba natural-aa nadicchirundhaan.
Kishore was good in expressing two sides of his character ( a cop and a dad). Sneha did a neat job.
Can watch more than once.... I will most probably do that.

[Anban]

recenta ambulinu oru padam parthen... nalla irunthuchu...did anyone see the movie?
itha thaan naan romba naalaa sollittu irukken.. its one of th best adventure movies that I have seen.. brilliant movie.. budget athigam irunthuchunnaa kalakkirukkalaam..

[Siv.S]

recenta ambulinu oru padam parthen... nalla irunthuchu...did anyone see the movie?
Yes,Last dec. Sunt Tv-laye pottanga .. yes it was a good thriller,liked it.. ending mattum konjam izhutha maathiri thonuchu..

[Siv.S]

I thought the original itself was just OK (Traffic - Malayalam). Prasanna's track was unnecessary, felt like it was inserted just for the sake of creating some suspense. The one change they made from the original made me :curse: :banghead: <Spoiler>In the original, the fans who help in Zinda colony are the fans of the Prakashraj character. Making them as Surya fans was so out of place</spoiler>. Yen indha vilambaram :huh:
aamava?? :lol: In original it was worked well with some song in B/G...master agreed that it was an ok movie... sila pala comedy in that control room.. "which means?
which means the operation is still on" antha reaction-lam paakkanume :lol2:

[hattori_hanzo]

aamava??

Siv.S, neenga Bangalore-a?

[NOV]

"which means?
which means the operation is still on" antha reaction-lam paakkanume :lol2::rotfl:
another "Ragavan instinct" moment :lol2:

[Siv.S]

Siv.S, neenga Bangalore-a?
He He venummne pottathu than athu :) Blr-la oru 4 years irunthirukken..

[hattori_hanzo]

He He venummne pottathu than athu :) Blr-la oru 4 years irunthirukken..

ok :-)

[mappi]

Kedi Billa Kiladi Ranga (KBKR)
Written, Directed and Co-produced by Pandiraj
Music by Yuvan Shankar Raja
Banner : Pasanga Productions & Escape Artists Motion Pictures

Starring : Vimal, Sivakarthikeyan, Bindu Madhavi, Regina Cassandra, Soori, Delhi Ganesh, Railway Porters, Katchi people, Bar makkal

Theni Kesavan and Pattai Murugan are childhood friends. They get Rajinikanth film titles in front of their names as their mothers gave birth to them while watching the respective movies. Thus the title is justified, and there is nothing villanism or any heist. Plus they have local titles like Theni and Pattai, as one is very active all the time and the other ports a "vibhudi" in his forehead (explications given promptly in the movie). Apart from these unwanted interpretation, KBKR, goes forward narrating the disrespect these 2 guys show not only towards the soceity but also in their family. They treat theirs fathers as their sole evil. Not to forget their close assosiate Soori, who lives at his in laws house doing absolutely nothing. So these 3 do have a motive in life - geting into politics for a simple reason also explained in the movie. Thus these motivated guys follow a MLA to acheive their goal. In between both fall in love, well not inbetween, its right from the word go. Then comes another angle on friendship and relationship, which ends in them realising the ultimatum of a fathers role in a sons life.

Eventhough KBKR sounds like a story of a "Thani thelichi vetta" guys, the treatment is absolutely untolerable. Just a question to the makers - what do you think - whether the impact of your last 15 mins "good" message or your atrocious potrayal of the first 1h45 mins - will rest in people's mind. Dont just blush by saying that "we have showed what happens in the soceity with a bit of humour". "I dont care, as I see whats happening in the soceity and I dont need your humoristical potrayal" is what comes to mind. Eventhough the theme is good, how it is handled is unacceptable.

Vimal, as usual, gives his "no tone change" performence, whereas SK impresses in the begining but becomes monotone merely because his character has nothing much to deliver except, like, calling a girl for a prono movie. Quite funny, isn't it. Abusing women in the movies, then taking up rallies on street. The 2 heroines have nothing logical to do, but fall in love with the heroes at a point of time. Soori has nothing to say or do much, but just sit and counter the proceedings. The 2 fathers get insulted, beaten and give a lecture in the end - whether it creates an impact or not - viewers choice.

KBKR - Kedi kadhai Killadi promotion.

[mappi]

Question on KBKR, to those who have watched it :

Opposite to the photo-copy shop, where SK meets/calls his girlfriend, you can see Unnaipol Oruvan 30 days run poster on the wall.

Question : If its real and pictured as it was on the wall at the time of filming, then can it be said that this film was under-production/filming for about 4 years ? If so what was there to take this much time to make this movie ?

[balaajee]

you should have watched himmatwala :lol2:

Himmatwala is a disaster, says trade expert Amod Mehra (http://movies.ndtv.com/bollywood/himmatwala-is-a-disaster-says-trade-expert-amod-mehra-349141) - NDTV

[mappi]

Himmatwala (2013)
Official Remake of 1983 movie with the same title (*Jitendra & Sridevi)
Everything by Sajid Khan

Starring : Ajay Devgan, Tamanna, Paresh Rawal, Mahesh Manjrekar, a mother, a sister, few villagers & spl appearence : Tiger

Ravi comes to his birth village after "so many years" and meets his mom and sister. Flashback reveals that an Evil man Sher Singh has done so many not-to-do things that Ravi's family got seperated. United now (father missing as he is dead cos of Sher Singh), Ravi deceides to take revenge. But Sher Singh plots to get Ravi's Sister married to his criminal minded assistance's son, so that he can keep a check on Ravi. Ravi counter plots by making Sher Singh's daughter fall in love with him. When these things are happening, suddenly Ravi's real identity is known. Who is Ravi and why he has come to this village ? Will he fight for the villagers and bring justice to the land by taking Sher Khan down forms the rest of the story.

First thing first : Its purely a well informed outdated story movie. Its not a spoof, even though some dialouges may make you think so. But that does not mean that the movie is tolerable, leave alone watchable. The humour is like its addressed to a 4 year old kid, and evokes everything but laughter. Ajay Devgan is stiff and tries to be serious, but he fails to be funny too. The 2 villans are clowns. Just like in the telugu movies where the villans cry like babies before the hero in the end, in this movie they cry from the begining. The other casts have not taken in what to do, so even though the suituation is made to be funny, the end product is dull.

Tamanna : Beauty at its best. She is pretty and does a bit more than usual in 3 song sequences she gets. But still she sticks to no-lip-touch dialogue delivery. And she gets 10 lines of dialogues, 3 songs + 15 minutes screen presence. And in that 15 minutes, she dresses like a vamp & in mini-skirts, lets loose a tiger in the village, reads books, eats mangoes and tries hard to fool her dad. A lot in asking. But one thing is for sure, she should have given some stomach churning to the existing bolly actress, atleast to the ones who left there from here. She is gorgeous.

Still not everything is lost. There are few dialogues and scenes in the movie that are funny. For eg: the dialogue with the tiger. But whether people would understand or appreciate it is a big doubt.

Himmatwala : Baloon-wala

[ajithfederer]

:lol:

Himmatwala : Baloon-wala (Didn't read the review this line was enough)

[SoftSword]

Paradesi - oru thadavai pArkkalAm.

thala...
unga ezhuttha ellaam padikkiradhukkagatthaan indha forum pakkam innamum sutthittu irukkaen... ezhudhuradhukkae worth'ae illaadha visayamaa irundhaalum engalukkaaga konjam vilaavariyaa ezhudhuneengan'naa naan'laam padichu paatthu vaeramaadhiri'yaana kannOttattha therinjukkuvaen...

[SoftSword]

haridas...
is that our answer to TZP?? sumaaraa nallaavae pannirundhaanga... all credits to the boy... kishore'ku cake walk, but still he made the walk interesting... the songs were good... bgm nallaave irunch...

innum konjam sunda'kaaichirukkalaam...

[P_R]

Highly predictable, recording in film-medium what many underwent etc.
Many many only Bala possible moments. Impressive and grand.
Nearly nothing is novel 'on paper' but the level of intensity with which it is recorded is quite unprecedented. adhukkAgavE oru thadavai pArkkalAm

idhukku mEla ezhudhura aLavukku motivate paNNalai indha padam.
Bala-nA namma equar ezhudhuvAr. avarai pudippOm.

[Cinemarasigan]

Delhi Ganesh is a highly underrated actor. Not many have used him to his potential. Only one has - Kamal.

Avvai Shanmugi-la kalakki iruppaaru...

[SoftSword]

i liked him in singakutti dhanush's adhu oru kanaakkaalam...

[SoftSword]

Highly predictable, recording in film-medium what many underwent etc.
Many many only Bala possible moments. Impressive and grand.
Nearly nothing is novel 'on paper' but the level of intensity with which it is recorded is quite unprecedented. adhukkAgavE oru thadavai pArkkalAm

idhukku mEla ezhudhura aLavukku motivate paNNalai indha padam.
Bala-nA namma equar ezhudhuvAr. avarai pudippOm.

i did not see much of bala possible moments... either he is losing it or its the influence of his new story writer...

i felt the screenplay went a bit shody with the doctors arrival and the song sequence... also, the repeated annual appraisal...
i was only wondering if u would talk a few words about the screenplay... but thank you nyaayamaarae!!!!!

[Cinemarasigan]

i liked him in singakutti dhanush's adhu oru kanaakkaalam...

Ippdi oru padam vandhuchaa?

[littlemaster1982]

haridas...
is that our answer to TZP?? sumaaraa nallaavae pannirundhaanga... all credits to the boy... kishore'ku cake walk, but still he made the walk interesting... the songs were good... bgm nallaave irunch...

innum konjam sunda'kaaichirukkalaam...

TZP is quite manipulative (doesn't mean it's bad). Haridas didn't try to make the audience sympathize with the kid and rather focuessed on the dad and his troubles. Other than Parotta Suri's comedy track, the film is a good watcj.

[SoftSword]

agree... they did not try to manipulate...
but my only complaint was, they tried to show more than one thing on screen.. ofcourse thats how reality is... but sometimes they give focus to one thing more than the other.. for example, his friend went missing... they investigate, find the car number which was used for kidnapping, and they are so close to it... cut... the focus shifted to the boy... he goes missing... later kishore finds out his inner skill... they meet the coach... they meet the doctor... then kishore trains him by himself... and we are given no clue abt what has really happened to the missing cop...
but thats only minor... i liked the screenplay and direction... only some scenes could have been crispier towards the end... the fight scenes...

really loved the way they showed the group of cops... calling maaman machan etc., refreshing... could not resist recalling the cops in kaakka kaakka, who were elite...

new director?? any history? sure will look forward to his upcoming ventures.

[SoftSword]

Ippdi oru padam vandhuchaa?

irunga... ippo enakkae doubt'aa irukku...

[Arvind Srinivasan]

agree... they did not try to manipulate...
but my only complaint was, they tried to show more than one thing on screen.. ofcourse thats how reality is... but sometimes they give focus to one thing more than the other.. for example, his friend went missing... they investigate, find the car number which was used for kidnapping, and they are so close to it... cut... the focus shifted to the boy... he goes missing... later kishore finds out his inner skill... they meet the coach... they meet the doctor... then kishore trains him by himself... and we are given no clue abt what has really happened to the missing cop...
but thats only minor... i liked the screenplay and direction... only some scenes could have been crispier towards the end... the fight scenes...

really loved the way they showed the group of cops... calling maaman machan etc., refreshing... could not resist recalling the cops in kaakka kaakka, who were elite...

new director?? any history? sure will look forward to his upcoming ventures.

The director really succeded in avoiding melodrama in a lot of places. Could have easily been a tear jerker. But the movie sheers away from that territory. Kishore did a great job as usual. Sneha was also good and so was th kid. And Yugi Sethu in that small cameo was really hilarious. Small dig: Yugi was talking about Kutraleeswaran. But the sad part of his story was that he couldn't continue his swimming aspirations after a particular point in time. I was a personal witness to his life, being his cousin brother's best friend. Our school was never supportive of his talent and in the end he chose a career in the US. Just got married last year in Hyatt. And I guess he is contended with his life. But sadly we lost out on him as a swimmer.....End dig..
The director has already directed a couple other films- The passable Ninaithalle Inikkuma and the intolerable Yuvan Yuvathi....

[littlemaster1982]

Small dig: Yugi was talking about Kutraleeswaran. But the sad part of his story was that he couldn't continue his swimming apirations after a particular point in time. I was a personal witness to his life being his cousin brother's best friend. Our school was never supportive of his talent and in the end he chose a career in the US. Just got married last year in Hyatt. And I guess he is contended with his life. But sadly we lost out on him as a swimmer.....End dig..

Yeah, I've read his interview where he was so dejected that he couldn't get any support from the government or sponsors and how hard it was for him to give up.


The director has already directed a couple other films- The passable Ninaithalle Inikkuma and the intolerable Yuvan Yuvathi....

Another tidbit: He is the son of yesteryear director, GN Rangarajan (Meendum Kokila, Kalyanaraman, Maharasan).

[SoftSword]

The director really succeded in avoiding melodrama in a lot of places. Could have easily been a tear jerker. But the movie sheers away from that territory. Kishore did a great job as usual. Sneha was also good and so was th kid. And Yugi Sethu in that small cameo was really hilarious. Small dig: Yugi was talking about Kutraleeswaran. But the sad part of his story was that he couldn't continue his swimming apirations after a particular point in time. I was a personal witness to his life being his cousin brother's best friend. Our school was never supportive of his talent and in the end he chose a career in the US. Just got married last year in Hyatt. And I guess he is contended with his life. But sadly we lost out on him as a swimmer.....End dig..
The director has already directed a couple other films- The passable Ninaithalle Inikkuma and the intolerable Yuvan Yuvathi....

sad to know abt kutraleeswaran and the way our country/state groom the real talents, even after knowing they are extraordinary... i dont know how long we ll keep cribbing or writing in such forums and really wish thats something changes...

the director... looks like he has something in him to stand away from the run-of-the-mills... thot he was a debutant... ninaitthalae inikkum... was a remake... so pardoned... yuvan yuvathi, is there anyone who has watched the movie other than the director and the producer??

[mappi]

agree... they did not try to manipulate...
but my only complaint was, they tried to show more than one thing on screen.. ofcourse thats how reality is... but sometimes they give focus to one thing more than the other.. for example, his friend went missing... they investigate, find the car number which was used for kidnapping, and they are so close to it... cut... the focus shifted to the boy... he goes missing... later kishore finds out his inner skill... they meet the coach... they meet the doctor... then kishore trains him by himself... and we are given no clue abt what has really happened to the missing cop...
but thats only minor... i liked the screenplay and direction... only some scenes could have been crispier towards the end... the fight scenes...

really loved the way they showed the group of cops... calling maaman machan etc., refreshing... could not resist recalling the cops in kaakka kaakka, who were elite...

OK. will watch this movie Haridas.


new director?? any history? sure will look forward to his upcoming ventures.
Haridas director G. N. R. Kumaravelan also directed :

Ninaithale Inikkum (2009) starring Malayalam* Prithviraj

Yuvan Yuvathi (2011) starring Bharat - Yes I had watched this movie. Boy-meets-girl-fall-in-love-parents-no-accept-love-wins. Not to mention, unnecessary twists and heroisms.

You can possibly expect his next movie in 2015.

[RC]

i liked him in singakutti dhanush's adhu oru kanaakkaalam...

Ippdi oru padam vandhuchaa?

irunga... ippo enakkae doubt'aa irukku...
adhu Balu Mahendra padam illaiyO?

[NOV]

Three movies in a row ..


Kula Magal Radhai - Sivaji, Saroja Devi, Devika

Engeyum Eppodhum - Jai, Anjali

Thuppaaki - Vijay, Kajal Agarwal

Can't believe that I spent almost 9 hours in front of the tv :hammer:

[SoftSword]

adhu Balu Mahendra padam illaiyO?

adhae!

[mappi]

Hari Das (2013)
Written & Directed by G.N.R.Kumaravelan
Produced by : V.Ramadoss
Music : Vijay Antony
Cinematography : R. Rathnavelu
Banner : DR V RAM Production Private Limited

Starring : Kishore, Prithviraj Das, Sneha, Soori, Pradeep Rawat

Hari Das, son of an investigating police officer, suffers from autism (a disorder of neural development characterized by impaired social interaction and communication, and by restricted and repetitive behavior.) When his grandmother dies, he is sheltered by his father Siva Das. Not knowing what to do and taking the advice of the psy that one has to understand and see the world of Hari Das, Siva Das, engulfed with guilt, takes up the task to cure his son. To start he gets him admitted in a school where Hari Das falls under the care of a graceful teacher Amudhavalli. Siva Das juggles between his profession as a Police officer investigating a upsconding gangster and duties of a responsible father. Eventhough he sets back in his profession resulting in the kidnapp of one of his team members, he sucessfully finds out the potential of his autist son. After many dijesting many insults and crossing several hurdles, Siva Das does enrolls his son to acheive his dream, but at the same time has to encounter his nemesis. The drama unfolds the depth of sucess, duty and father-figure.

A very graceful film. Majority of the goodness goes to the director. The rest are shared between the producer for accepting to produce a film of this kind, the music director and the camera man. Knowing that its a preachy subject, the director has inteligently handled it as a cat testing the water. The thrills and suspence of the Police activities combined with a social awareness of a completely opposite problem has worked magic to hold our attention for its 150 minutes runtime. Whenever the movie shifts to preachy lines, the fast track police story intevines and takes us beyond. The filming is wonderful with so many different shots which give more life to the naration. The bgm in major parts has worked wonderfully.

Kishore has potrayed calmness as a father and shrudeness as a police officier. Maintaiing the stiffness in his body language but at the same time showing a variation has been beautifully executed. Sneha does a neat job, wonder why she is missing in regular cinemas. Soori's one liners assosiating his fate with animals provike laughter and his pressence is felt as a support for the main characters. Spl mention to Prithviraj - he has acted his role perfectly by maintaining a metered performence. Its quite difficult to be abnormal in a scene where everyone else is normal. Plus he does not over do things. Rest of the casts are notable.

But still there are few remarks : The "Sweet Dream" version to potray the upliftment of Hari Das does not work (for me). Have seen/heard the horror and brutal version of the song, but never I imagined the tune could be used in a social enviornment. It just made me laugh, taking away the sentiment. Secondly, the end did not work for me. Other than few flaws and some slow moment - without personalising events - Hari Das is a well thought and filmed movie. Hope the movie releases on DVD, leave alone the producer taking efforts to screen it in Film Festivals - this movie has material that would interest (real) critics.

Hari Das - Exceptionel

[SoftSword]

good review mappi...
dvd is out already...

[mappi]

dvd is out already...

Oh, i was not aware of it. The site I usually buy Tamil Film DVDs is Ayngaran and its not there in their catalogue. Do you know anyother web site ?

And its was sad and shoking that - During my recent visit, I went to Landmark. There were hindi and english DVD/Bluray, but the tamil movie section was empty.

[SoftSword]

i think its released by some MSK... not sure where u can get it...
try here: http://www.myindiashopping.com/movie.php?lang=T&mov=24739

[mappi]

Thanks for the Link Softsword. Talked to a guy on their chat. They ship to France (and world wide), but found their shipping charges a bit high. If I get a product from them I will put a msg here.

[ajithfederer]

Adhey Kangal (1967) - :). Loved it when I was young still its good.

[selvakumar]

Baadhsaah - A recycled version of dookudu, pokiri and many other telugu movies. First half - boring except few funny lines here and there. Second half - Brahmanandam is the real hero. he saves the film single handedly. In one scene, all the family girls drink and dance with the stranger Jr NTR in a marriage hall. :lol:

They have damaged ram gopal varma.. :rotfl:
Kara masala dosa.. without Brahmi, this is a waste movie.

[ajithfederer]

^^^^^ Heard the same from my friend that the film is a laugh riot. Sathyam -la polama??

[19thmay]

KBKR - Shabba mokka. First half is maha blade, second half slightly ok. Sivakarthikeyan's artificial dialogue delivery is irritating. I am not sure what was in Pandiraj's mind? :-|

[mabiqukaumo]

baadshah >> Bramhanandam the fire :tongueout: dominated hero/other characters..he is the on screen hero..

songs are good,NTR suits only for dances..his character has nothing to show some performance..only +ves are comedy (bramhi) and songs (ntr dance)..otherthan these it's a kichidi movie - mix of several hit films..

:angry2: getting tensed how this director would handle the next project with prince

[selvakumar]

^^^^^ Heard the same from my friend that the film is a laugh riot. Sathyam -la polama??
Laugh riot only for Brahmi scenes Feddy. He comes only in the second half. First half RGV spoof was funny. Kajal looks like granny. Jr NTR is damn fit and dance is very good. Songs ellam fillers. Overall, don't go with big expectations.

[CEDYBLUE]

I thought the original itself was just OK (Traffic - Malayalam). Prasanna's track was unnecessary, felt like it was inserted just for the sake of creating some suspense. The one change they made from the original made me :curse: :banghead: <Spoiler>In the original, the fans who help in Zinda colony are the fans of the Prakashraj character. Making them as Surya fans was so out of place</spoiler>. Yen indha vilambaram :huh:

I found the movie to be good.
Completely agree with the 'Change' part.......all along the movie, Prakash Raj was shown as the superstar of Tamil Cinema, "the single biggest thing to happen to Tamil Cinema" as Radhika brings her American accent out in one emotional outburst to PR in the movie and out of the blue comes the next big thing in Tamil Cinema???....

"Sir oruthur ninaithal mattum than mudiyum" dialogue had me in splits..................

[HonestRaj]

KBKR - Shabba mokka. First half is maha blade, second half slightly ok. Sivakarthikeyan's artificial dialogue delivery is irritating. I am not sure what was in Pandiraj's mind? :-|

saw first 40 mins :p
avan naturallave appadithan...
i've registered my protest for this fellow's humour(?) right from adhu-idhu-edhu days.. unfunny actor..
got same comment from a collegue.. he was also wondering why people like his comedy..

i don't see KBKR as blade as KLTA.. but still its a blade..

i wait for Nagarajachozan MA MLA.. :yes:

[venkkiram]

போன சனிக்கிழமை நண்பர் வீட்டுக்கு எதேச்சையாக சென்றபோது கேடி பில்லா கில்லாடி ரங்கா படத்தை இடைவேளை வரை பார்க்க நேர்ந்தது. பாண்டிராஜ் ஏன் இப்படி ஆயிட்டார்? ஒண்ணுத்துக்குமெ லாயக்கு இல்லாத கதை.. சரி.. திரைக்கதையைக் கூடவா கொஞ்சம் சுவாரஸ்யமாக அமைக்கத் தெரியாது? இப்பவெல்லாம் காசு பார்ப்பதே குறியாகிவிட்டது போல. இடைவேளை வரை பார்த்ததில் மனம் விட்டு சிரித்தது, காட்சியில் ஒன்றியது என்னவோ ஒரு சில நிமிடங்கள் தான். பரோட்டா சூரி, டெல்லிகணேஷ் நடிப்பு ரசிக்கும் படியா இருக்கு. விமல் தனது காதலியிடமே அடிவாங்குவது எல்லாம் சூர மொக்கை. இயக்குனர்கள் இதுபோல வாயாலையே மேப் போடுகிற அட்டுழியங்க்களைப் பார்க்கும்போது பேசாம இதுபோன்ற படங்களையெல்லாம் திரைப்படம் என அழைக்காமல் டாகுமெண்டரி என அழித்துவிடலாம் சென்சார் போர்டு. இடைவேளை வரை படத்தை அதன் மைய ஓட்டத்திலிருந்து மிகவும் நீர்த்து போல காட்சிப் படுத்தணும் என்பது தலையெழுத்தா? இன்னும் எத்தனை காலத்திற்குத்தான் தறுதலைகள் என தண்ணி தெளித்துவிடப்பட்ட வீணாய் போன இளைஞர்களையே திரைப்பட நாயகர்களாக பார்த்து வருவது?

[19thmay]

Chennayil oru naal - Concept was good. But that twist was artificial. Sarathkumar neenga veshti, baniyan vilambarathulaye nadinga :lol2: Cheran as usual strict face.
After reading ajaybaskar's kisu kisu, Prasanna's character looked funny! :lol: However he did well. Radhika was better than Prakashraj.

[HonestRaj]

KBKR
- thunukku thoranam
- no story as such... can watch one time
- just for the sake of putting something, pandiraj added father sentiment ending..
- vimal .. no variety right from Kalavani to Kalakalappu to KBKR
- Siva K.. unfunny.. relies on mimcry.. he acts like doing adhu-idhu-edhu...
- liked the song.. "konjum kili" - heard first time while watching the film
- few really funny moments.. thanks to Parotta Suri... this guy is performing well.. eg: 30 votekku thoongama pottikku kaaval kaappadhu, scenela twistu - when the 2 fathers meet.. few like these
- SivaK's pair looks good

[19thmay]

KBKR
- thanks to Parotta Suri... this guy is performing well.. eg: 30 votekku thoongama pottikku kaaval kaappadhu, scenela twistu - when the 2 fathers meet.. few like these
- SivaK's pair looks good

+1 and 0/100 for Vimal's pair.

[littlemaster1982]

Chennayil oru naal - Concept was good. But that twist was artificial.

Endha twist :confused2:

[balaajee]

OK. will watch this movie Haridas.


Haridas director G. N. R. Kumaravelan also directed :

Ninaithale Inikkum (2009) starring Malayalam* Prithviraj

Yuvan Yuvathi (2011) starring Bharat - Yes I had watched this movie. Boy-meets-girl-fall-in-love-parents-no-accept-love-wins. Not to mention, unnecessary twists and heroisms.

You can possibly expect his next movie in 2015.

I really doubt same Yuvan Yuvathi director, directed HARIDAS?,

If i rate the 2, will give YY- 1 & Haridas- 10+ :bow: (could have left Siva Das alive but this request from my end, is a victory for director)

[GSV]

Haridas.. Must watch movie.. Director :clap:

[19thmay]

Endha twist :confused2:

That Iniya episode and the sequence before/after that.

[HonestRaj]

Chennaiyil oru NaaL
- message film, good attempt
- message is not only about organ donation.. its also about safe driving, obeying traffic rules etc... though the actual cause of accident is different in the film
- unintentionally funny moments from cheran & loadman & not to forget our vazhum gandhi thamiznaattu prabalam :lol2: innailirundhu nanum avar fan :mrgreen:
- good thing is film is ~ 1 hr 50 mins... not much distraction from the main story

[srimal]

Athiradi vetttai (Mahesh Babu, Samantha )

for a change, watched the dubbed version of dhookudu :) John Mahendran has done the dialogs quite well.. comedy and timing have come out perfectly... song lyrics are ok for dubbed movie... Telugu versionla mathiri the comedy scenes Mahesh and sam have come out well... Brahmanandam sollavae venam (dubbed by VGM ??) - kalakkittaar... I thought they would remove the showreel portion ,but they used MR Radha, Rajini and captain dialogs for that - it was quite funny.... pity they removed the item song

The biggest plus for dhookudu were the dialogs + comedy , action sequences and the songs.... its all been perfectly repackaged in tamil again... Mahesh fanaa irundhu theatrela padam pakkalaina eppadi-nu ninaichu ponaen... but now i'd say it is a good timepass movie for all....

Settaiya pathu nondhu porathukku, idha pakkalaam..

[littlemaster1982]

That Iniya episode and the sequence before/after that.

Oh yeah, I mentioned that too.

[ajaybaskar]

Oh.. So the fans are of a different actor in the Tamil version? In the original, the fans are of the girl's actor father (Prakashraj in Tamil and Rahman in Malayalam)

[Arvind Srinivasan]

Chennaiyil Oru Naal- Passable. No where near the original. The problem I faced was basically with the acting. In malayalam it was better and nothing was overt. But I just felt the acting here bordered on that. And the part with Suriya was shoddily done. That stuck out like a sore thumb. Could have been avoided.

[NOV]

Gouravam - borefest

Radha Mohan disappoints big time.

[SoftSword]

recently in some neeya-naana which had cheran and BS as guests they discussed the topic of kadhal thirumanams, etc., they started with highlighting the movie gouravam... as if its a masterpiece etc., i was wondering what????? never even heard abt the movie in hub or anywhere... appove nenachen... prakash raj productions so give and take for his hosting neeya-naana apdinu...

avlo vilambaram panrappove lesa oosina vaadai vandhadhu...

PS: i don like to watch neeya-naana... just the youtube vijay tv channel had this in top and as the image was having cheran and BS, i thot let me take a look wat it is... stopped watching after 15 min...

[balaajee]

recently in some neeya-naana which had cheran and BS as guests they discussed the topic of kadhal thirumanams, etc., they started with highlighting the movie gouravam... as if its a masterpiece etc., i was wondering what????? never even heard abt the movie in hub or anywhere... appove nenachen... prakash raj productions so give and take for his hosting neeya-naana apdinu...

avlo vilambaram panrappove lesa oosina vaadai vandhadhu...

PS: i don like to watch neeya-naana... just the youtube vijay tv channel had this in top and as the image was having cheran and BS, i thot let me take a look wat it is... stopped watching after 15 min...

Movie is scheduled from today only....

[balaajee]

Gouravam - borefest

Radha Mohan disappoints big time.


Out of

Azhagiya Theeye
Ponniyin Selvan
Mozhi
Abhiyum Naanum
Payanam

Only Azhagiya Theeye & Mozhi were not disappointing...

[SoftSword]

Movie is scheduled from today only....

u mean shooting or release??
i meant never heard anything like the movie in production or any stills... song release etc.,

[SoftSword]

Out of

Azhagiya Theeye
Ponniyin Selvan
Mozhi
Abhiyum Naanum
Payanam

Only Azhagiya Theeye & Mozhi were not disappointing...

+1
and abhiyum naanum had its moments and watchable too... an average.

[balaajee]

u mean shooting or release??
i meant never heard anything like the movie in production or any stills... song release etc.,

Its releasing today, its a bilangual(Allu arjun's bother debutante movie). There may be expectation in telugu....

[SoftSword]

ya, releasing dhaanae.... how can that be the answer to 'never even heard about the movie'...
u mean to say we cannot hear about a movie until its released?

[Balaji.r]

Out of

Azhagiya Theeye
Ponniyin Selvan
Mozhi
Abhiyum Naanum
Payanam

Only Azhagiya Theeye & Mozhi were not disappointing...

Arrey, how can you leave payanam. Payanam was good comedy. Nagarjuna has terrific comic sense.

[NOV]

We went for the movie just on the strength of radha mohan.
To me none of his movies can be termed bad.

But this one has a one liner story stretched to our wits end. Screenplay is so bad that you can take a nap in between and won't miss anything.

All these coupled with bad acting forgettable songs and did I mention stretching?

Veerdict : :fatigue:

[Mahen]

the hero :banghead: vera hero kidaikalaya..but heroine-ku nalla future :)

[SoftSword]

the hero :banghead: vera hero kidaikalaya..but heroine-ku nalla future :)

typo?

[HonestRaj]

:lol:

[hattori_hanzo]

Heroyini is Yami Gautam - the 'Fair & Lovely' Ad girl. Her first movie was Vicky Donor.

http://bollyspice.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/Yami.jpg

[rsubras]

+1
and abhiyum naanum had its moments and watchable too... an average.

RadhaMohan reached his peak in Mozhi and from there it was only down slide......abiyum naanum looked more forced what Mozhi did naturally (bringing out subtle emotions and the beauty of love)

[SoftSword]

never watched it in full... cos of strong enforcements i watched it in parts... i mean watchable otherwise how can we differentiate between this and the likes of payanam?

[mabiqukaumo]

the hero :banghead: vera hero kidaikalaya..but heroine-ku nalla future :)

http://i.imgur.com/bR2MpZL.gif

[Mahen]

he really looks bad..ivan ellam can be hero :sigh2: maybe i should consider a career switch :lol:

[ajaybaskar]

Idhe nambikkailathaane avanum nadichuruppaan? :)

[Mahen]

:lol:

[hattori_hanzo]

Thakkaali pazatha rasikka chonnaa, adhu mela vilundha erumbulayee kannuyya ungulukku. Yummy madam - what a smile ya!

http://www.rediff.com/movies/slide-show/slide-show-1-south-yami-gautam-happy-to-be-a-part-of-gouravam/20130417.htm#1

http://im.rediff.com/movies/2013/apr/17yami-gautam-on-gouravam4.jpg

[selvakumar]

Attacks of 26/11 - Allahu Akbar repeatedly recited by the terrorists before stepping on to Mumbai is muted. Vaazhga bharatham.. Vazharga namma censor [Don't think movie would have originally had those dialogues muted].. Vaazhattum intha secularism..

[SoftSword]

Thakkaali pazatha rasikka chonnaa, adhu mela vilundha erumbulayee kannuyya ungulukku. Yummy madam - what a smile ya!

http://www.rediff.com/movies/slide-show/slide-show-1-south-yami-gautam-happy-to-be-a-part-of-gouravam/20130417.htm#1

http://im.rediff.com/movies/2013/apr/17yami-gautam-on-gouravam4.jpg

pazham remba naal chediyilayae pazhutthuruchu pola...

[Mahen]

Raman theediya seethai again on Kalaignar tv..still gives a feel good feeling even after 5 years.. :thumbsup: it has been quite a while since i watched a feel good film..having high hopes on MPMK..Vidyasagar's bgm was superb..I think VS should full time focus on bgms..Maybe Harris can outsource to him :lol2:

[hattori_hanzo]

pazham remba naal chediyilayae pazhutthuruchu pola...

Censor aagaadha maadhiri kelviya kettuteenga, idhukku naan enna badhil sonnaalum mute aagidum.

[interz]

Naayak - not impressive

Simple revenge story, pretty much predictable. Ramcharan was good in dance and fight sequences, but fails in other departments. Kajal and Amala paul pretty much wasted, they had more screen time in songs than in ordinary scenes...despite tollywood being a bigger industry , I see same character, comedy artists in the movies. IDK why. VV Vinayak plays safe bet, and possibly satisfies "cherry"s fans.

[SoftSword]

Censor aagaadha maadhiri kelviya kettuteenga, idhukku naan enna badhil sonnaalum mute aagidum.
angadhaan unga talent irukku... try pannunga pakkalaam...

[HonestRaj]

vaththikuchchi
- sllightly boring 1st half, but 2nd half was interesting
- hero most times is a misfit.. someone like Dhanush could be perfect for the role

[balaajee]

vaththikuchchi
- sllightly boring 1st half, but 2nd half was interesting
- hero most times is a misfit.. someone like Dhanush could be perfect for the role

Hero's only positive was his GIANT look but u call Dhanush for this role ????

[hattori_hanzo]

SS :-) en kannukku ellaam sariyaa thaan theriyudhu. Liked her in Vicky Donor and that Fair & Lovely ad (only the 1st one...in the newer ads, make-up, expression ellaam romba over).

btw, started watching Kedi Billa Killaadi Ranga - kodumai. Vimal - what a dialaak delivery yaa. Bharathiraaja padathula varra kelavi maadhiri :hammer:

[SoftSword]

^ maybe neenga maela padam varanji baagam kurichadhula apdi theriyudho ennavo... reminds me of one pooja gandhi of mungaru malae fame...

[mappi]

Trailer : Ramaiya Vastavaiya
Prabhu Deva Padam starring Shruthi with a new guy introduced by Prabhu !

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVAaYZQ31TE

First Impression : looks like a Badly modified Jr NTR's Brindhavanam !

[interz]

Ramaiya Vastavaiya is a remake of Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana (in tamil remade as SOmething SOmething Unakkum Enakkum). That plastic horse is a good hint.

[mappi]

Ramaiya Vastavaiya is a remake of Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana (in tamil remade as SOmething SOmething Unakkum Enakkum). That plastic horse is a good hint.

Ok. Not seen neither of the films. Are they good ?

[balaajee]

Ok. Not seen neither of the films. Are they good ?

Had u seen maine pyar kiya? its ulta of it.....

[SoftSword]

telugu is too good... tamil is not...

[Avadi to America]

Had u seen maine pyar kiya? its ulta of it.....

Naan sanshosh subramaniam padamey athuthaannu nenaichu kitte irruken....

[NOV]

Ok. Not seen neither of the films. Are they good ?SSUE is a very good film... very entertaining with a good message.
the songs are also very good and Trisha best acting was in this film.
One of the better movies of that year.

[Avadi to America]

SSUE is a very good film... very entertaining with a good message.
the songs are also very good and Trisha best acting was in this film.
One of the better movies of that year.

NOV, ethuku ithanai adjectives....

[NOV]

NOV, ethuku ithanai adjectives.... :lol:
indha maadhiri pirichu paarpeenganu ninaikkala ;)

[mappi]

:lol:
indha maadhiri pirichu paarpeenganu ninaikkala ;)

LoL Avadi to America ...
Will watch the telugu version (Still have not watched NeerParavai - *sigh*).

[balaajee]

LoL Avadi to America ...
Will watch the telugu version (Still have not watched NeerParavai - *sigh*).

Watch Kadal first, Neer Paravai would be a classic then....

[HonestRaj]

watched "yudhdham sei"
Brilliant film
Since it's a repeat watch, I could relate the scenes to the plot right from the very first scene
Cheran was apt for the role
I don't know what manidhaneyam people Will say about the brutal killings of bad guys
bgm & cinematography was good

[19thmay]

Gowravam - Pointless movie. You know the main subject of the film, what precisely going to happen in climax and the whole story progresses towards that?!! And what’s all those useless suspense, twists, investigations etc?? Can’t believe it’s by Radhamohan. Hero :lol2: Heroine looks like Tamanna.

Shivaji in Gowravam : Dammmnittt!!

[Siv.S]

vaththikuchchi
- sllightly boring 1st half, but 2nd half was interesting
- hero most times is a misfit.. someone like Dhanush could be perfect for the role
:x recent-aa paathathilaiye worstuu film.

[Cinefan]

reminds me of one pooja gandhi of mungaru malae fame...

Highly objectionable comparison.

Pooja Gandhi's eyes always reminds me of a veteran pr$*t*#u#e,Yami Gautam is in the Sneha group in terms of we-can-take-her-to-introduce-to-our-mother

[Avadi to America]

Gowravam - Pointless movie. You know the main subject of the film, what precisely going to happen in climax and the whole story progresses towards that?!! And what’s all those useless suspense, twists, investigations etc?? Can’t believe it’s by Radhamohan. Hero :lol2: Heroine looks like Tamanna.

Shivaji in Gowravam : Dammmnittt!!

Neenga original NT padathai thaan.... damn it solliteengalonnu nenaichitten....

[mappi]

10000 Crores (Pathayiram Kodi Tamil Movie)
Vivek and a handful of newbies

Nothing much to do yesterday, I deceided to give a try at this movie. Suprisingly, the movie was entertaining (ofcoarse if you keep your brains dromant during its 2 hours run). Relaxed, I was enjoying Vivek's good and mokka jokes and one-liners. Its about a grounp of college students who accidently come across a "spray" (which they put in a 'baygon-spray-like-container') which makes you invisible. Haven fallen in love with a rich girl, the team helps the Hero to steal some 10000 crores and they suceed in doing it. They plan to go to Bombay to sell it, when, enters the CB CID officier Lal played by Vivek. His team of "joker" police go behind the teens to get back the money, tackling the secret Mottai Boss Mafia gang who are after the money too.

With 2 songs and 2 "funny" fight scequence, the movie moves swiftly with "n" number of flaws all the way. But those are things that put a smile on your face. The parts with the "invisible-man" are well thought about and taken quite good (given the budget). The team that made this movie should be appreciated for their attempt and given a proper upliftment, they can come out with a good one, or remake 10000 crores in a better way. Spl mention to Vivek to have accepted to be a part of this movie. His presence does motivate this young team.

A strict watch with no rules.

10000 Crores : Priceless.

[Brianengab]

Vanayutham...

dare attempt by director... :notworthy:

worth to watch the real life of veerappan.. :)

[SoftSword]

Highly objectionable comparison.

Pooja Gandhi's eyes always reminds me of a veteran pr$*t*#u#e,Yami Gautam is in the Sneha group in terms of we-can-take-her-to-introduce-to-our-mother

cool down...
why shoulder raising!! :)

[NOV]

I tried watching 10000... mudiyala
Also David :shock:

Watched Panja Thanthiram today :redjump: Ramya :thumbsup:

[uruzalari]

Soodhu Kavvum - Refreshingly different and good...... surprised there is no separate thread yet.....

[mappi]

Soodhu Kavvum - Refreshingly different and good
Nice to hear that. The movie did not release here as advertised (atleast in Nantes), am all dressed up and making calls since morning ... LoL
Hope it releases for the week-end atleast.

[19thmay]

Naan Raajavaga Pogiren - Vetrimaran dialogue, GVP music-naalum Nagul padam paaka oru mana dhairiyam venum. Only thing I remember after watching the whole movie is Manivannan's dialogues against BT crops, seeds etc... Nagul in & as action/innoncent hero with his thathapudhakka tamil looks exactly like a Bolly heroine in TF industry... idhula ivar kick boxer vera.

[venkkiram]

சென்னையில் ஒரு நாள்! ஆரம்பிக்கையில் ஆஹான்னு இருத்த எதிர்பார்ப்பு..கடைசியில் "ம்ஹும்.இது சுத்தப்பட்டு வராது"-ன்னு சுருங்கிப்போனது. சென்னை To வேலூர் - இதயம் எடுத்துவரும் படலமே நேரமில்லாமல் அவதிப்பட ஒரே காரணம் சேரன்தான். அவர் கொடுக்கிற ஒவ்வொரு முகபாவனையும், பேசுற வார்த்தையும் அவ்வளவு Dead Slow. இந்த லட்சணத்துல எப்படி ஒன்றரை மணி நேரத்துல வேலூர் போவது? இயக்குனர் படம் எடுக்கும்போதே கவனித்து சேரனை தூக்கிவிட்டு வேறு யாரையாவது போட்டிருந்தால் ஒரு மணி நேரத்துலேயே வேலூருக்கு சும்மா பறந்திருக்கலாம்.

ஜெயப்பிரகாஷ் , லட்சுமி ராமகிருஷ்ணன், (விபத்துக்கு பிறகு) பார்வதி மேனன், சரத்குமார் :- நல்லா நடிச்சிருக்காங்க. அருமையான எமோஷனல் ரோலர் கொஸ்டராக வந்திருக்கவேண்டிய படைப்பை சொதப்பி கடைசியில் சூர்யாவையெல்லாம் புகுத்தி நீர்த்து வைத்திருக்கிறார்கள்.. பின்னணி இசை நல்லா வந்திருக்கு. ஆறுதலான விஷயம் ஒன்று: ஆட்டோகிராஃபில் இணைய வாய்ப்பில்லாமல் போன ஜோடியை இப்படத்தில் இணையாக காட்டியது.

[Brianengab]

Seethamma vakitlo sirimalle chettu...

gud movie thaan..bt screenplay is very slow..cant get addiction wit script..
wonder hw tis movie got BB in the BO..
anjali is ok :p...bt there is no scope of acting for samantha :???:...
the film shows wt s happening in middle-class family..nothing new..
My Rate : 2.5/5..

[Brianengab]

9 la guru..

watching tis movie is lik a self-suicide...cant watch even a min..
hw the director hav guts to do such a 'kuppai' movie...
i simply did 'Shift+Del'..
i wil blindly say it s one of the top 10 worst movies of 100 yrs Tamil cinema...:banghead:

[mappi]

9 la guru..
i wil blindly say it s one of the top 10 worst movies of 100 yrs Tamil cinema...:banghead:

I would not come so hard on the movie, keeping in mind its genre. It did stick to what it wanted to convey. In this case its a winner. Its just that you are not into these type of jokes. For ex. The "mapillai" family having a coke bottle with poison written on it and sitting in the front row is not only a spoof but also conveys how bad coke is + how the arranged marriages are still practised in India. There are several scenes which also potrays the psycological tortures humouristically. And its a spoof, what else did you expect ?

I watched several movies offlate but none merited to have a review posted, that does not mean that they all are worst, just that there were not up to the mark.

Could you list the rest 9 movies please ?

[Brianengab]

Could you list the rest 9 movies please ?

Dear mappi...
naan ean feeling'ae sonnen...neenga enai list out panna soldringa.. :(

[mappi]

Dear mappi...
naan ean feeling'ae sonnen...neenga enai list out panna soldringa.. :(

LoL. yes, exactly you got to tell what you feel, thats the best critic. Let me know what you feel about other movies you watch, we can discuss.

[SoftSword]

9 la guru..

watching tis movie is lik a self-suicide...
:lol:

[Brianengab]

LoL. yes, exactly you got to tell what you feel, thats the best critic. Let me know what you feel about other movies you watch, we can discuss.

mappi..

if u c 9'la guru, u wil come to conclude tat KLTA is 100 times better than tis movie..
obviously i dint lik KLTA..bt compare pannumpothu KLTA best'aa theriyuthu..
i thinking our humor sense is down to lik such a cheap ...

athai vida kodumai, Sivaji padam BGM, Mankatha diaglogues'laam kootcha padama kaappy panni irukkaanga.. :banghead: sagikkalai..

Comedy padam'na MMKR, Panja thanthiram, Ullathai Alli tha, sum Sundar C movies, etc., apdi irukkanum..
bt ivanga comedy endra paer la mokkai podraanga..

[mappi]

bt ivanga comedy endra paer la mokkai podraanga..

That I cannot deny; had said that couple of times.
Don't think that I am defending 9 la Guru (I saw it theatre when I visited Chennai), but the movies that you compare with does not justify how bad 9 la Guru is, as they do not have the same humour.
Trust me there were people laughing in the theatre halls, when I was rolloing my eyes ! I keep KLTA above 9 la Guru, and its a good movie. But bringing in MMKR ...
Bref, 9 la Guru I categorise as "So bad they are hilarious".

[Brianengab]

That I cannot deny; had said that couple of times.
Don't think that I am defending 9 la Guru (I saw it theatre when I visited Chennai), but the movies that you compare with does not justify how bad 9 la Guru is, as they do not have the same humour.
Trust me there were people laughing in the theatre halls, when I was rolloing my eyes ! I keep KLTA above 9 la Guru, and its a good movie. But bringing in MMKR ...
Bref, 9 la Guru I categorise as "So bad they are hilarious".

athaan soldren..i thinking our humor sense is down to lik such a cheap ...

[Brianengab]

:lol:

sorry :???:..
nadu centre , queue varisai.. :lol2: apdi...

[NOV]

I watched it in Coimbatore... it was fun.... stupid yes, but mindless fun
definitely not a waste of time... we all enjoyed but hate to admit it :lol:

[selvakumar]

Remember reading luckylook's review for 9lguru terming it as a soft pornographic film.

[Brianengab]

kammath and kammath.. (malayalam movie)

masala entertainment movie..bore adikkumpothu paarkka vendiya padam..
Dhanush cameo role is waste... A tamil song is also there..apo apo kovai city kaamikkiranga..
Songs ketkira maathiri irukku..nothing much to say..oru thaba paarkkalam..

My rating : 2.5/5

[SoftSword]

KBKR... after useless masala movie trend now its useless comedy movie trend...
both vimal and siva unseletted here.. and one heroine is irratating to watch too...
summa pointlessa comedy pannittae poninga sari, what the fk with the dad sentiments... light hearted movie'la edhukkuyya appaava abaandamaa kollanum?? pandiraj... podhum nirutthikkonga...

[mappi]

Side Effects (2013)
Directed by Steven Soderbergh

Starring : Jude Law, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Channing Tatum, Ronney Mara

A depressed wife, Emily, meets a psy, Dr. Banks, at the hospital just after recovering from her sucidal attempt. She agrees to cooperate with him if he helps her out of the hospital as her husband had just returned from jail and she needs to be with him. Dr. Banks agrees, thus begins the questioning hours between them and just when she is recovering the fateful thing happens : She stabs her husband. But she does not have any memory of it, and the side effects of medication she takes is blamed, as well as, Dr. banks for precribing the medicine. Resulting, Emily ends up in a psy hospital and Dr. Bank's carrier goes for a toss. And what follows are how Dr. Banks recovers from his losses, at the same time how he gets to know Emily more and how he takes her out of the psy wards.

The movie is neither intelligent nor brilliant, but quite clever. What makes it engaging is its executiong and the naration that makes viewers want to know more. Its a pure display of events as and when it takes place. The film's opening itself is a proof that nothing is hidden or myterious. Steven Soderbergh still keeps intact his pace in screen writing and his mastery with the camera. He holds our attention for the duration of the movie.

The second focus of the movie is on depression and the medications associated to it. it goes further tickling the derivatives market and its profits thru such kind of medications. Lot of theories and medical terms are used, but dont worry, you can skip them. Thats why I say this movie is clever that both informed and uninformed audiences can enjoy it.

Jude Law as the psy emotes quite well be it taking in all the burdens of a patient or finding himself between a murder in which he is not even related to. Ronney as Emily is perfect both as a patient and a lovely wife. Catherine does not get much screen time, but every scene she walks in, increases the pace of the movie. Spl mention to the bgm which is briliantly masked with the visual making it a character by itself.

Side Effects : Desirable

[Cinemarasigan]

I watched it in Coimbatore... it was fun.... stupid yes, but mindless fun
definitely not a waste of time... we all enjoyed but hate to admit it :lol:



Remember reading luckylook's review for 9lguru terming it as a soft pornographic film.


Now I understand why Nov liked the movie :wink:

[Cinemarasigan]

KBKR... after useless masala movie trend now its useless comedy movie trend...
both vimal and siva unseletted here.. and one heroine is irratating to watch too...
summa pointlessa comedy pannittae poninga sari, what the fk with the dad sentiments... light hearted movie'la edhukkuyya appaava abaandamaa kollanum?? pandiraj... podhum nirutthikkonga...

This Siva Karthikeyan is becoming "Most unpopular Hero".. saw some scenes in this film... whatever good name he got in Small screen, he is losing very fast in the Big screen..

[NOV]

Now I understand why Nov liked the movie :wink: :hammer: :hammer: :hammer:


Among the new crop I am completely taken over by Vijay Sethupathi... :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

[Brianengab]

Settai - 'O'ttai...

My rating - 1.5/5

[19thmay]

Ethirneechal - Best for Sivakarthikeyan, he did well, I mean he was much better comparing to his other movies. The first half was not boring and in fact it was good. Second half was very much predictable and so it was not interesting. Valli's episode was inspired from Shanthi's...Priya Anand, OMG gorgeous :p .

[Brianengab]

Attacks of 26/11..

hats off to RGV ...worth to watch the terror attack incident of 26/11 took place in mumbai..The dialogues by Nana badekar before climax :clap: ..
sum scenes wil make u cry..The actor (played as Ajmal Kasab) acting is very natural..actually he is luking lik real Ajmal Kasab..
The plus point is the location and characters which wil be addicted wit u while watching..Cinematography is gr8...

My ratiting - 3/5

[preethamm]

oh neengala welcome back :-D seri konjam paarthu spam pannaama post pannunga ellaa idathulaiyum

[mappi]

Yaaruda Mahesh (Tamil - 2013)
Written & Directed by R. Madhan Kumar

Starring Jagan - others I dont know

Its quite rare that I talk about a film without giving its synopsis. This film needs special attention, to avoid any unecessary disappointments and complaints - Rated R for sexual content & language. That said, here is what "Who is Mahesh" all about :

Shiva and Vasanth are youngsters who are trying hard to come out of "teenage". Their behaviours towards life and girls are purely related to sex and nothing else. But not in a wrong way, just the (ab)normal feeling of a "youth". Shiva meets Sindhya and they get to know each other quite fast, also quite speedy in taking their relation to next level. Sindhya is a college first -and-you-have-got-it-right Shiva is a lagger. Things turn nasty when their parents know their affair, this time when Shiva gets Sindhya pregnant. What follows next are the episodes of the young couple's life, how Mahesh finds a place in their life and how Shiva finds "Who is Mahesh".

What trailer promises, you find them in the movie. But whats necessary - the story - is completely missing. There are "double meaning" comments, but compared to few scenes and dialogues, you start to wonder whether to use the term "double meaning". People who are interested in these kind of jokes, this movie is a boon. Having shades of American Pie everywhere, Madhan Kumar thought it would be a "different" attempt for "tamil audience" + could get a "easy name" amoung the teens. But one thing for sure, in the lines of KSR or Sundar C, he is also obsessed with certain parts of woman hood, and at his command the camera has wandered without any restriction.

Having talked about the joke types, Jagan really comes as a break from santhanam. Eventhough he has brought back his "Kadavul Paadhi Mirugam Paadhi" act again, he is still adorable, atleast in this role. He telling that the hero is "Veluthupona Vishal" was really funny. The Hero on the other hand looks a bit timid, but does pull out a decent performence. The parents are a joke, as usual, but its true that the long dad-son seemingly funny episodes are limited here, and they have jumped to the next level.

Nothing else is not worthy, except for the humour, as quite a few jokes does evoke laughter. The opening was promising, but as minutes, no, as seconds pass by, the movie took a routine route.

Yaaruda Mahesh : Not worth finding out.

[CEDYBLUE]

Yaaruda Mahesh (Tamil - 2013)
Written & Directed by R. Madhan Kumar

Starring Jagan - others I dont know

Its quite rare that I talk about a film without giving its synopsis. This film needs special attention, to avoid any unecessary disappointments and complaints - Rated R for sexual content & language. That said, here is what "Who is Mahesh" all about :

Shiva and Vasanth are youngsters who are trying hard to come out of "teenage". Their behaviours towards life and girls are purely related to sex and nothing else. But not in a wrong way, just the (ab)normal feeling of a "youth". Shiva meets Sindhya and they get to know each other quite fast, also quite speedy in taking their relation to next level. Sindhya is a college first -and-you-have-got-it-right Shiva is a lagger. Things turn nasty when their parents know their affair, this time when Shiva gets Sindhya pregnant. What follows next are the episodes of the young couple's life, how Mahesh finds a place in their life and how Shiva finds "Who is Mahesh".

What trailer promises, you find them in the movie. But whats necessary - the story - is completely missing. There are "double meaning" comments, but compared to few scenes and dialogues, you start to wonder whether to use the term "double meaning". People who are interested in these kind of jokes, this movie is a boon. Having shades of American Pie everywhere, Madhan Kumar thought it would be a "different" attempt for "tamil audience" + could get a "easy name" amoung the teens. But one thing for sure, in the lines of KSR or Sundar C, he is also obsessed with certain parts of woman hood, and at his command the camera has wandered without any restriction.

Having talked about the joke types, Jagan really comes as a break from santhanam. Eventhough he has brought back his "Kadavul Paadhi Mirugam Paadhi" act again, he is still adorable, atleast in this role. He telling that the hero is "Veluthupona Vishal" was really funny. The Hero on the other hand looks a bit timid, but does pull out a decent performence. The parents are a joke, as usual, but its true that the long dad-son seemingly funny episodes are limited here, and they have jumped to the next level.

Nothing else is not worthy, except for the humour, as quite a few jokes does evoke laughter. The opening was promising, but as minutes, no, as seconds pass by, the movie took a routine route.

Yaaruda Mahesh : Not worth finding out.

:clap: Good Review

[mappi]

Iron Man Three
Written (based on Iron Man by Stan Lee) & Directed by (Screen Writer) Shane Black
Banner : Marvel Studios

Starring :
Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Strak / Iron Man
Gwyneth Paltrow as Pepper Potts
Don Cheadle as Colonel Rhodes / Iron Man Patriot
Guy Pearce as Aldrich Killian
Rebecca Hall as Dr. Maya Hansen
Ben Kingsley as Mandarin !?!

The arms free market is flourishing, thanks to the initiatives of Tony Stark, that the US army have integrated "Iron Man Patriot" to fight single handedly terrorism. But it does not stop the "villans" to come out with newer plans and scientific strategies to attack US. Meanwhile Tony is nervous and inosomaniac due to the aftermaths of Avengers. Like all heroes, he uses it for his benifits - he creates Iron Man upgrade versions which are more than a suit in a suitcase (watch Iron Man 2). Bombings occur ramdomly killing "Americans", but there are no clue or evidence on the bomb or bombing sites. Enters Mandarin (remember The Ten Rings ?), hacking the Satellite TV networks, and threatening LIVE the US spectators. All hope are put on Iron Man Patriot, but when Tony's trusted bodygaurd (Happy Hogan) is wounded in one such bomb blast, he challenges Mandarin thru media to come and get him from his Stark Towers. Thus a huge attack in launched by Mandarin, which puts Tony in his iron man suit deep under the sea. The events explain the mysterious bomb blasts and we are suddenly left with "side-villans" glowing as furnaces. Tony escapes, finds who are these mysterious people, fights with his own fear, and gets the task of rescuing his girlfriend as well as the kidnapped President. But will Iron Man defeat Mandarin ?

After the epic fails this year - Die Hard 6, GI Joe 2, Obvilion - Iron Man Three comes as a savior of "summer block busters". The auto Iron Suit is cool, just as the reinforcements. Eventhough the climax is a bit messy, its impressive. The different categories/versions of Iron Man are fun to watch (just as in the comics). As always, Tony is funny and there are moments where the humour with the Iron Man suit evokes laughter that dures for a while. The special effects are top notch and at times it makes one wonder how they had pulled it out with perfection. It clearly shows the hard work put by the actors and team to bring in this kind of result. Robert Downey is actualy the Iron Man in real life too - thats the impression you get. He is fantastic. The dialogues between him and Jarvis (Super Computer) are natural. Paltrow is gorgeous - she is 40 ? wow ! And so is Rebecca Hall. She lightens the screen merely by her presence. Guy Pearce was not used efficiently, and all he does after his impressive entry is try to be wicked and spit fire. Cheadle, as a part of the contract, just fills in the blank for the "unwanted scenes". The show stealer is Ben Kingsley. His get-up with the Avenger Tattoo on his neck is top. And as the movie forwards, his transformation is note worthy.

For those interested : Iron Man has matured in its presentation. The political message it carries are shocking. As Dark Knight stresses that to fight terror (evil) you become a terrorist (evil) (Thanks Nohlan) and here it shows what are the drawbacks of being a SUPER power. Eventhough Iron man 2 failed to evoke the core concept of Iron Man character - the cold war, here it magnifies the fact - you reap what you sow. Just wanted to add it for thoses who look into movies beyond "mindless entertainment".

There were certain things which did not go out well with me. You would feel the same if you are a comic fan just like me. Mandarin to Iron Man is like Ra's al Ghul to Batman. He is THE Super-Villan. But how Mandarin is showed in this movie is unacceptable [well for sake of it you cannot use a Super Villan character like this, as we fans come to see both the Super-Hero and the Super-Villan]. The unexplained or under developed characters roam about in this 3rd part also. As usual I had problems with the makeup just as in any American Movie, that the main characters are always clean and attractive even when everything around them are buring down or just after a "nuclear-or-atomic" kind of blasts. And Finally the 3D effect, its about minimal to none. The only effect is the weight of the 3D glasses over you nose and nothing else.

There could arise several questions like why Iron Man did not call in enforcements but waited and suddenly deceided to end the movie or the whole Extremis sub-plot or how could he be so ignortant after challenges his prime nemesis or Iron suits works on Potts and not on Rhodes or where did the Avengers go when US is completely under attack .. Nick where are you ? .. etc., These could be used to degrade the movie, but I have not intetion to do it. Catch the movie in nearby theatres and enjoy the journey with Iron Man [and stay till the end credits are over].

Iron Man Three : Fully Charged

[venkkiram]

நாகராஜ சோழன் படம் எதிர்பார்த்த அளவு இல்லையாமே! அப்பவே எனக்கு ஒரு டவுட் மைல்டாக ஒடிக்கொண்டிருந்தது..

http://www.cablesankaronline.com/2013/05/ma-mla.html?spref=tw

[hattori_hanzo]

நாகராஜ சோழன் படம் எதிர்பார்த்த அளவு இல்லையாமே! அப்பவே எனக்கு ஒரு டவுட் மைல்டாக ஒடிக்கொண்டிருந்தது..

http://www.cablesankaronline.com/2013/05/ma-mla.html?spref=tw

Big Bore
http://www.sify.com/movies/nagaraja-chozhan-ma-mla-review-tamil-15028575.html

[selvakumar]

Chennaiyil oru naal - Film was fine till the first half. Prasanna's episode and the cinematic introduction of surya's part spoiled what should have become one of the best films. Other than that, a good film. Cheran was too good for the role. But what a bad recreation of the real incident. Tamil cinemavil mattum saathiyam. Even telugu films won't do this.

[Brianengab]

Udhayam

Racy entertainer.. after mankatha, i dint c recently any movie wit such a terrific screenplay :)...Vetrimaaran :clap: ..
Heroine is luking very gud..Siddarth is too gud..wishing him to do more tamil movies..
As all said, K K menon did a decent job.. Recently i saw his acting in ABCD..
gud selection for tis role.. nd @climax, the reason for leaving the pair is well executed..
padathule motham 2 songs thaana :???:.. BGM is gud here nd there..
tat gundan (siddarth's frnd) :rotfl:

My rating : 3.5/5...

[Brianengab]

Chennaiyil oru naal - Film was fine till the first half. Prasanna's episode and the cinematic introduction of surya's part spoiled what should have become one of the best films.

yes..very artificial... they could show prakashraj fans instead of surya fans..
becos, wrt the film, Prakashraj is the superstar of TFI :lol2:..

[Brianengab]

Jolly LLB..

Gud movie..thoroughly enjoyed.. though no star power in tis film, story is very engaging to watch...
Simple story..A road accident by drunkard nd 6 people killed...So he is trying to escape frm Justice wit the help of is father nd a famous lawyer..
Here our hero (Jolly) comes and fight against them nd vows justice to those accident people family..

1st half is average.. 2nd half is gud..

I recommend to all to watch tis movie... worth to watch..

My rating - 3/5..

[mappi]

GO GOA GONE (Hindi : 2013)
Written & directed by Raj Nidimoru / Krishna D.K.
Vfx: Prime Focus
Music : Sachin-Jigar
Makeup for Zombies : Sean Genders / Tom Luthala

Banner : Eros

Starring : Kunal Khemu, Pooja Gupta, Vir Das, Anand Tiwari, bunch of zombie, zombie victims and Saif Ali Khan in an extended cameo as Borris who kills dead people

Three young men [yes, I know many movies are coming out with "3 young men" and so are my intros] who mainly live on drugs, alcohol and women [and yes I know all these young Indians are like that these day - have learnt to live with it] ... So Luv, Hardik & Bunny are carefree youngsters. Luv and Hardik mess up, thanks to the ladies in their life, and are looking for a break when Bunny announces to them that he is leaving to GOA for a conference. The duo manage to get along with Bunny and all three reach GOA. Luv meets Luna [his face book GF, thats what they said] who proposes him to come to a Rave Party [well its nothing but a party where you drink, drug & die] organised by a Russian mafia in a remote island just close to GOA. Whats else you can ask for - the three reach there, but a bit bankrupt, thanks to the boat they just bought to reach their destination. As expected The Rave Party was fun, the only disappointment being, they could not afford the "new drug". The next morning the three wake up and find the whole place calm. When they deceide to exit the island, they encounter the unbeleivable - the rave patry people have turned into Zombies. At a point of time when a girl's presence is needed, Luna joins them, and to end the Zombie Terror, comes Borris. Begins the massacre of Zombies and the mystery behind them turning into zombies (not globalisation for sure - but got to re-think), who is Borris and how they get out of the Island ALIVE is delt humoristically.

Before talking anything else about this movie, I give a picture for you to deceide whether to watch this movie or not. Its better than Zombieland but much below than Shaun of the death. That said - the movie takes up 2 formulas - one that already worked : Delhi Belly kind of humour. It just worked this time too and here they have gone an inch forward and used the 'F' word and other 'cursings' as and when they want. Second formula : experimental - give the audience a new experience and introduce them to a newer evil and escape them from the clutches of Ramsay Brothers horror show. It worked on me, as not only the zombies were funny, but the suituations too.

Kunal Khemu as "jolly-boy" Hardik is excellent. His timing and dialogue delivery is perfect. He increases the humour merely by presenting it naturally. Anand Tiwari as a nerd suits the role of Bunny but Vir Das disappoints a bit as Luv. He looks lost in many scenes which makes him look detached from the happenings. Pooja Gupta - as usual my favorite words - is gorgeous. But her acting is like a zombie in normal-human-make-up. Saif Ali Khan as Borris, does impress us with his presence, until he starts to look or say something funny. But his cameo does pace up the movie and his anger towards the rest of the team is funnier. Special mention to effects & makeups including the suituations created by the writter. Its funny at the same time interesting with the dialogues tickling you. But towards the end it drops down though and there is no such "horror" or "jumping" factors but just shouting and screaming which is a major drawback [but hey what did you expect : Uma Thurman]. Music is nothing but a rehash of exploitation movies bgm - but it does give the right feeling. Stunts and Gun Actions needs tunning.

GO GOA GONE : Hits the dead-eye

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[Brianengab]

Kai po che...

Gud movie..it s pleasure to see lot of different kind of stories r releasing hindi cinema..
3 Frnds..One goal..Succeed wit facing so many problems..worth to watch..

My rating - 3/5

[Brianengab]

Nautanki Saala..

Gud time pass movie.. bt nt upto the director's previous movie 'Bluffmaster'.. 'Bluffmaster' is one of my fav. movie..

My rating - 2.5/5..

[mappi]

24 hours la moonu Hindi Padam-ma ! Kallakunga Thala.
Do you follow hindi or you watch it with subtitles ? If you know Hindi please try to watch and let me know how you felt about the humour in GO GOA GONE.

By the way, i have not watched any of the 3 movies. Jolly LLB casting seems to be interesting. Kai Po Che heard a lot thru media, but never felt interested to watch it. Nautanki Saala, hearing it hear only. Will try to watch them this weekend if possible.

[Brianengab]

24 hours la moonu Hindi Padam-ma ! Kallakunga Thala.


4 films.. Udhayam nd three hindi films ...
last sat & sunday'la paarthathu ..
sat 1 film..sun 3 films..saw it before CSK matches started :smile2:..

actually i wil see the movies which r in DVD print only..so obviously subtitle wil be attached wit tat..
subtitle ilana kooda enakku hindi theriyum..:)


If you know Hindi please try to watch and let me know how you felt about the humour in GO GOA GONE.

Go Goa Gone.. i dont hav interest to c it in the theatre.. so giv me time nd i wil tel my review..


Jolly LLB casting seems to be interesting. Kai Po Che heard a lot thru media, but never felt interested to watch it. Nautanki Saala, hearing it hear only. Will try to watch them this weekend if possible.

am sure u wil like Jolly LLB & Kai Po Che... nt sure abt Nautanki Saala..
see nd tel ur reviews..:)

[CEDYBLUE]

Nautanki Saala..

Gud time pass movie.. bt nt upto the director's previous movie 'Bluffmaster'.. 'Bluffmaster' is one of my fav. movie..

My rating - 2.5/5..

Buddy, how do you manage to catch up one movie every day??:)
May vacation ah?

[Brianengab]

cedy..

weekend only thaan.. if am free in weekend, i cn c 5 films in a day.. believe me... :)

[CEDYBLUE]

cedy..

weekend only thaan.. if am free in weekend, i cn c 5 films in a day.. believe me... :)

Kudos Buddy...

Ah, the good old days of Bachelorship ::sigh2: I miss it

[mappi]

i cn c 5 films in a day.. believe me... :)

Eiffel tower pakathula ungalaku oru salai vaikanom.

[Brianengab]

Eiffel tower pakathula ungalaku oru salai vaikanom.

:-|

3 months before i watched 3 films in theatre in a day... :lol2: :ashamed:

Date : 01/02/13

3.30 pm - Vishwaroop
6.15 pm - David (hindi)
9.35 pm - Kadal

#bachelor-happy-days..

after watching, i wrote in my fb wall tat, "Watched Vishwaroop, David & Kadal which s in the order of semma, mokka, romba mokkai".. :lol2:

[NOV]

3 Per 3 Kaathal - moththam naanga 3 pEr mattum thaan theatrela :lol2:

3 Per 3 Kaathal - padaththula varra 3 pErla 2 pEr vayasaana vaalibargal... chEranai romatic herova paarkka romba kashttamaa irukku (adhuvum avaroda photo vechu heroine konjuradhu :banghead: arjun semma body but moonji is old man moonji :lol:

3 Per 3 Kaathal - actresses are pretty but act like bharathiraja heroine

3 Per 3 Kaathal - excellent songs, fantastic locations, eye pleasing cinematography

3 Per 3 Kaathal - each story takes place in the hill, beach and inland - for no reason

3 Per 3 Kaathal - movie begins in 2016 - again for no reason. characters look exactly the same (right to the beard) four years later.

3 Per 3 Kaathal - much ado about nothing. nothing really connects the stories. vimal's story is complete waste, if not stupid.

3 Per 3 Kaathal - don't bother; wait for TV screening

[NOV]

MIRUGAM - a remarkable movie made in tamil :shock: Never thought that Tamil movies will go this far... :frightened:
Very good entry by Aadhi. Padmapriya has acted well as the damsel who tames the bull.

Watch alone!
(most scenes have sexual innuendo and titillating references.)

[mappi]

Yes, Mirugam is a "remarkable movie". The idea of shooting it in a documentary format increases the impact. The sexual scenes are more shocking than erotic. I remember that disgusting scene where he is ready to sleep with that "road-side" lady.
Eventhough Adhi as Aiyanar had done a descent job, if he had pushed his performence a bit more towards the end, it would have been a grand finishing touch. But however it would have been, this character would not have gained sympathy, thanks to his actions thruout the film. This is where the team won - it has to scare people, and they had nailed it deep inside.

[Brianengab]

Gundello Godari (Telugu movie )

average movie.. dont knw wt they r trying to tel...
Aadhi nd manchu getting married .. jus after,Godari river was flooding nd damage the village...after sumtime, both were secured fortunately & telling their own stories (Flashback)... flashback'la ena solla varaanga'nu therila..

Raaja sir songs & BGM :notworthy:... otherwise, film is not worth to watch..

My rating : 1.5/5...

[Brianengab]

stil i wonder in 'Mirugam' climax scene, hw aadhi reduced his body shape to show alike a HIV patient... :confused:

[NOV]

The ending of Mirugam reminded me too much of Raththa Kaneer.
Hmmmm

[mappi]

Nagaraja Cholan MA Mla(Tamil : 2013)
Written & Directed Manivannan

Staring : Sathyaraj, Manivannan, (rest of the cast omitted)

Three young men ... ooppss .. Ammavasai aka Nagaraja Cholan returns. After being inactive in politics, he uses the "not-so-good-records" he has on the present CM and becomes the deputy CM. Ever so money and power hungry, he enters a contract with "foreignes" to build a "not-to-be-built" factory in the forest area, thus creating a panic amoung the local people there. When the officiers do not want to sign the order papers for clearing forest area, he kills them - His moto : Anyone who becomes an hinderence to his politics, money and power should be killed and NO questions asked after. So when these officers are killed by the goons, there is a local teacher who becomes a witness and come forward to announce it to the CBI officer (another Satyaraj). But CBI satyaraj could not move forward his investigations, thanks to Annavasai's political influence. Meantime, Ammavasai becomes more powerful, the CM, and he could not tolerate the aggitation of the village people. He orders to massacre the village. A set of villagers team up to revolt. Can CBI be able to prove and arrest the reigning CM and will the villagers be able to save their mother-land forms the end of Nagaraja Cholan MA Mla.

Appreciations to Manivannan and Satyaraj, 2 most senior members of TFI to still present us with a movie. 50 films directed and 200 films acted is not an easy task. Personally I did not wish to post a review for this film, but few enquiries about this movie made me write these lines [I keep it light]. Firstly, the enchanting combo Ammavasi and Mani is fun to watch, eventhough after a while it becomes repetitive and you anticipate who would say what. Secondly, the political dialogues and references are quite hard but softly tickles you whenever either of the character is on scene. Apart from these 2 aspects, the film has nothing else to offer. Another draw back is the out dated style in naration. Yes, I have watched about more than 35 films of Manivannan, and his style has not changed but got down a bit. Many episodes notably with Seeman (I am still wondering what he was doing in the movie) and the romance are a major "what-so-ever" for the film. Many character roam about, come and go as they wish. Manivanan strong character depiction is missing here except he had gaurded all his forte only on the 2 main Characters. Second Satyaraj is pathetic and Raghu Manivannan can't act (sorry could not find any other suitable words). I end Here without even talking about the Music (remember its the guy who composed "breaded man on a bi-cycle" song).

[Best to be passed on late night slot in Adhitya Channel, the episodes of Ammavasi and Mani.]

Nagaraja Cholan MA Mla : Deposit lost

[HonestRaj]

last week watched "who am I" (jackie chan) .....
i felt very average.. little bit of usual Jackie chan's humour..
ippa ellam Jackie chan padangalai vida Bruce lee padam parkka interesting'ah irukku..
innum ethanai peru Bourne identity - vetri vizha ellam sutturukkanga :roll:

[littlemaster1982]

The rooftop fight in Who Am I would easily get into top 10 fights of Jackie. He did some incredible stunts in the second half of the film. First half konjam bore dhaan, but last 30 mins make up for it.

[venkkiram]

கலிகாலம்(malayalam) பார்க்கணும்! சிறப்பாக இருக்கிறது என முகநூளில் ஒரு விமர்சனம் கண்டேன் !

[19thmay]

Neram - Watchable.. may be once, nice entertainer. What happens if few requesting for money with a short deadline and all issues gets fixed by a way of connection (butterfly effect? ).

Thambi Ramaya and Nasser :clap: . Few sharp dialogues, Hero is ok, Heroine is xerox of young Nayanthara, beautiful :razz:. Nowadays many films are using ayan's rewind formula ( actually ennachuna?).

[Brianengab]

3P3K...

dont knw y these 3 stories r bringing together & interrelated unnecessarily..cheran story kettu vimal love'ai 'thiyagam' pandraaram..athukkulla thevai ilama innoru kathai (Arjun luv) soldraaram...:lol2: shabba...

U1 is the only saviour in the movie..songs & BGM's :bow:..

Vimal story is intolerable to watch..athuvum antha mokka heroine'kku kodukkira intro scene :cry3:...
Banu & Cheran story is watchable.. vera hero'vae kidaikkaliya..it s unbearable tat my fav. song 'Ahaa kaadhal' is abt Cheran :cry3:..
Arjun & heroine :lol2:.. appa-ponnu maathiriye irukku.. arjun body'kku eatha ponnu kidaikkaliya... :???:

+

U1.. Banu.. Arjun..

-

Vimal & his pair & their story total waste...

[mexicomeat]

was listening to shyamradio this morning and they played this christian song by p.suseela - then inimayilum

nice song, it is stuck in my head now - music sounds old ; not sure if this was from an alburm -or- black and white movie?

http://psusheela.org/audio/ra/tamil/dev/xian/then_inimayilum.ram

[ajipdhej]

Boss ... ungalukku oru matter theriyuma ...andha fight scene kooda remake pannirukkaru namma captain .I recently saw that movie in a channel. all the sequence ll be same but namma thala mattum konjam kuniju nimira maataaru that is the only difference

[Avadi to America]

was listening to shyamradio this morning and they played this christian song by p.suseela - then inimayilum

nice song, it is stuck in my head now - music sounds old ; not sure if this was from an alburm -or- black and white movie?

http://psusheela.org/audio/ra/tamil/dev/xian/then_inimayilum.ram

it's indeed nice song..... ennakku pudicha devotional album "krishna ganam".... especially kannadesannoda lyrics....

[HonestRaj]

Boss ... ungalukku oru matter theriyuma ...andha fight scene kooda remake pannirukkaru namma captain .I recently saw that movie in a channel. all the sequence ll be same but namma thala mattum konjam kuniju nimira maataaru that is the only difference

"who am i" ku reply post'ah idhu?

endha padathoda fight solreenga..

[mappi]

Neram (Tamil, 2013)
Written, Directed & Edited by Alphonse Putharen
Music : Rajesh Murugesan
Cinematography : Anand C. Chandran

Banner : Winner Bulls Films

Starring :
Nivin Pauly as Vetri
Nazriya Nazim as Veni
Simhaa as Vatti Raja [Pagalavan of Soodhu Kavvum]
Thambi Ramaiah as Saravanar
Nassar as iPhone
John Vijay as Katta Kunju
Ramesh Thilak as Lighthouse
Others : Charlie, Ananth Nag, Shabareesh Varma, Crane Manohar, Deepak Nathan [including those actors names I don't know]

Vetri is in trouble : A gaseous episode backfires which results in him losing his job with a MNC company, his over qualification does not find him a new job and moreover he has his sisters marriage on cards. Financially broken, he lends money from a "Ravanan-style-villan" Vatti Raja, who is very cunning that if he does not get repaid, he beds the defaulters wife. Raja lends money to Vetri only because Vetri's friend pledges for him. Months pass, and Vetri manages to repay Vatti Raja as agreed. But the D-Day comes, he is a month back in repayment. Somehow he arranges money just to be picked by an unknown goon. In the meantime his love life is going to the drains also, as his girlfriend veni's father, who gave a nod before, is against their marriage resulting in Veni deciding to evade with Vetri. Moreover her father lodges a complain with the police, and thanks to his pesterings, the police inspector Katta priorises the kidnap case and is after Vetri, too. Meanwhile, Veni is waiting and Vetri is looking for all means to arrange for money as the deadline - the time - fixed by Vatti Raja is 5 pm. Vetri helpless, deceides to do the ultimate - chain snatching. Will he able to get the money back to Vatti Raja or will he ever meet Veni again or his chain snatching episode gets him warranted by the all-ready-looking-for police or does he find the goons who stole the money from him forms the ticking tale of time.

Where should I start ? Should I talk about - the lead actor or the whole casting in general or should I highlight the mysterious main character - BGM or should I keep on applauding the crisp editing or should I focus on the scenario ... I am completely lost in appreciation. Neram has all the ingredients mixed in perfect measure. I would like to highlight how Alphonse has made the movie that puts you upright on your seats. He introduces characters and then speaks about them. He gives a break with a heavy breathing chase and at this point when you wonder whats-up, he introduces another set of characters, so on so forth untill the climax. Its only May and we already got a competitor for Soodhu Kavvum ... Oh my gad !

Nivin - "manly" Santhanoo or Ram Cheran "sans-photoshop" - however you look at him he is handsome, charming and more over emotes well. He is beleivable and we quickly relate to him (thanks to the characterisation and acting) and go on a journey of chaos with him. Next in line is Simhaa. Total constrat to what he did in Soodhu Kavvum. His menancing looks, costumes and dialogue delivery are top notch. And he got some superb running Skills. Ramesh Thilak & his associates (dont know their names) dont have much screentime, but the parts they play are quite seriously funny. John Vijay gives an usual performence of already essayed Police SI and Thambi Ramaih contiunes his "I-am-replacement-of-Vadivelu" act. Nazeer's few scenes just thunders. Nazriya, not much to do either and luckily she does not do "songs-in-swiss" performence but plays a key role in the proceedings.

If BGM is the crown, then Ludwig van Beethoven's Für Elise (commonly known as Letter to Elise) is its jewel. This piece is used a bit more than 3 times in important suituations, but the version are different depending on the suituation. Every character has a heroic intro and slow mo act in this film and the theme playing loud just accelerates the interest. Normaly a much hyped song falls short on the screen (trust me there are lots), but Pistha song is fun. It directly takes a place in the list of song types like Dhool and Nadodigal. And the placement of the song and the suituation are apt. The camera works are great, espicially during the chasing scenes.

For a moment the movie tries to find some dull corners, but it reverts back quite fast. The difference between Neram and Run Lola run is that the later had some depth, but Neram had to satisfy the cultural, social and general mentality of a specific group, thus often going stray. Another film "11:14" where time is the keep player comes to mind, but its nothing to do with Neram, but still ! The long Theme music in cowboy-style slow-mo gets tiring at times. On the whole a well narrated Bad-time Good-time tale.

Neram : Romba Nalla Iruku.

[ajipdhej]

"who am i" ku reply post'ah idhu?

endha padathoda fight solreenga..

donno the file name and all boss , he paired with ramya krishnan in that film ...

[mappi]

D-Day Hindi Trailer

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6NlCkqBGnRY

Just for fun :
Nasser as Mohanlal
Rishi Kapoor as Tony Montana
Irfan Khan as De Caprio
Arjun Rampal as Ethan Hunt
Shruthi as Emily Browning
The Team : IMF

Jokes apart : Rishi Kapoor is menacing. For those interested, watch the teaser and get terrified with his end dialogue. I am for the movie, all the best to the team.

[Brianengab]

Mirchi.... Family drama + Action movie..

it s one of few movies which entertains all kind of viewers ...:clap:

Should be masala kinda movie...bt apart frm tat, it entertains the viewers to watch pleasantly..

Richchaa s luking very slim :thumbsup:... Anoushka as usual gorgeous.. ayo oru paattu'la Anoushka :sigh:.. Koduthu vacha telugu audiences...

an not get bored even a single second while watching...

Sathyaraj :thumbsup:...Gud actor...He should be used as actor Prabhu instead of acting in Nagaraja kinda movies...

Sum of the actors r frm kollywood...Sathyaraj,Nadhiya,Sampath...

Usual story..bt worth to watch...

My rating - 3.5/5...

[mappi]

Thala Rasigan :
Mirchi.... Family drama + Action movie : OK (Son of Mahalakshmi with violence)
its one of few movies which entertains all kind of viewers : If anyone can get passed the interval block fight scene, then why not
Anoushka as usual gorgeous : true
No comments on Satyaraj and Richa

Prabhas, as usual, was not effectively used for his physique and dialogue delivery. Most of the scenes he stands dumb and the fight scenes are a joke. We want Chatrapathi Prabhas and not the Billa one. The Son/parents sentiment was quite heavy that you take deep breathes whenever either Nadia or Satyaraj are on scene. The intro of Prabhas into the village with the "Mirchi" song and the marriage sequence is worth mentioning though.

Mirchi : Koda Milagai

[Brianengab]

yes..Prabhas dialogue delivery is nt suited in few scenes...especially speaking with his enemies s lik soft speech instead of angry speech..
the tone of prabhas voice is sumthing unique nd nt suited on-screen...

[mappi]

Did you watch Jr NTR's Baadshah ?

[Brianengab]

no...waiting for DVD print... :lol2:
do u ??

[mappi]

yep. I do not wish to spoil it for you ... Watch the movie and let me (us) know.

[Brianengab]

y...padam nalla ilaiya ? :roll:
sonninganna paarkkama iruppen.. :)

[mappi]

No not like that, I just dont want to give it away. Jr NTR Padam - will have something for each one - Dance, fight, comedy, thundering dialogues (while slaping his own shoulders or laps or tunning his mustache) .. etc., but rest is to see whether the movie on the whole was satisfactory.

[SoftSword]

rajneeti...
started out promisingly but lost steam midway...
will prefer thalapathi any day!

[mexicomeat]

couple of surprises in this video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6o6kXi44Coo

[HonestRaj]

3per3kadhal

Sema mokkai padam
Pointless
Wantedly vithyasam
KB kind of drama performance

[Roshan]

D-Day Hindi Trailer

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6NlCkqBGnRY

Just for fun :
Nasser as Mohanlal
Rishi Kapoor as Tony Montana
Irfan Khan as De Caprio
Arjun Rampal as Ethan Hunt
Shruthi as Emily Browning
The Team : IMF

I got confused seeing this. You have typed the other way around .

[19thmay]

3per3kadhal

Sema mokkai padam
Pointless
Wantedly vithyasam
KB kind of drama performance

+1

Vimal who was a IIT'an in Ishtam was a chartered account in this movie...eppdiney? :lol2: He gets inspired from Cheran - Banu love story, I mean Banu's one side love and tries to negotiate between his girl friend and her ex! :confused2: Somehow still I don't know how he connects Arjun-Divya love story [Divya was his schoolmate mattum puriyidhu] :idontgetit: ... Arjun sethu sethu vilayaaduraar avaroda pair orey attempt-la sethu pora! :clap: ... Now wait in climax Vimal combines these love stories and releases a book, appdi podu! Ivvlo neram yaaro oru group-ku Vimal kadhai sollirukaar! :fatigue: Shankar Mahadevan maadhri "Oyahahey..."-nu side movement-oda theatre-a vittu escape aaidalaam-nu nenachen...

Vasanth - Yenya ippdi :Vadivel Azhugai:

[venkkiram]

Vasanth - Yenya ippdi :Vadivel Azhugai: பலூனில் காத்துப்போயி பல வருடங்களாகி விட்டது. இனி பறந்தால்தான் ஆச்சர்யப்படணும்.

[HonestRaj]

Uthayam nh4

Once parkkalaam
Last 15 to 20 mins dragging
At least 15% dialogues in Kannada
couple of scenes were shot at guhantara resort - Bangalore (pub showed in easan film & we were discussing about that few months back)

[HonestRaj]

Gv prakash & his husky voice songs :rotfl:
Yaro Ivan was OK to listen... - uthayam nh4

[HonestRaj]

One thing I found it was done well is heroine's dubbing.. fluent Kannada broken tamil

[Cinefan]

Over the weekend :

1)Seethamma vaakitlo sirimalle chettu : Slice of life with events rather than a structured story driving the film but came across as very disjointed and incohesive.

Venkatesh looked uncomfortable and the opening dance and the mannerism of lifting his collar from behind did not help at all.He looked very old too for the role.

Mahesh Babu did well but was restricted by a screenplay which did not define his role properly.

Anjali and Samantha were eye pleasing with cute expressions and way of delivering dialogues(which incidentally could have been much much better)

Prakash Raj,Jayasudha,Rohini Hattangadi,Kota Srinivasa rao are all veterans and it will be surprising if they don't perform well in roles which do not need much exertion.

The highlight for me was the locations,the way they were captured and the songs(very pleasing).

Overall,underwhelming film.

2)Naan(on SunTV) : Very very impressed.Could make out that a lot of thought has gone in not just to keep the screenplay taut and engaging but also to cover all angles where questions could be raised and give them a logical closure.

Everybody was adequate,Vijay Antony probably looked a bit old for the role but the way the screenplay moved shut out this line of thought for me.

The director ensured I was desperately rooting for Karthik/Salim from the start without painting the opposite characters in black.

This film just reiterated that atleast the new age directors should ensure that their films get a VCD/DVD/Blue ray release.It's criminal to keep looking out at TV channels to catch up on such films.

PS:Hope this is not a copy of any foreign film.

3)Barfi - Simple film but somehow could not get emotionally connected at all expect the two scenes towards the end when Barfi finds Jhilmil at 'Muskaan' and when Jhilmil dies sleeping next to/on Barfi after his death.

Ranbir got his Chaplinesque act spot on,Priyanka was a surprise(atleast for me)as Jhilmil and Ileana as Shruthi was beautiful(though she looked very South Indian/less Bengali in the 'after-her-marriage' scenes.)

Music was good and so was the locations and the Cinematography.

But will strongly object to comparing this film with Moonram Pirai,that is another level and KH/Sridevi are all class.

[NOV]

Vasool Raja MBBS on SunTV - ethanai thadavai paarthaalum bore adikkaadha oru padam
what happened to MD Bharadwaj...

[Cinefan]

BTW,I started "Naan" from the point where young Karthik pours fuel inside his house and kills his parents.Why does he do that and did I miss much?

[NOV]

BTW,I started "Naan" from the point where young Karthik pours fuel inside his house and kills his parents.Why does he do that and did I miss much?
mum sleeps with another man. he informs dad. dad kills himself. after the funeral mum continues to sleep with the other man. boy locks both of them in and sets the house on fire.... this is the reason for his mental imbalance

[mappi]

Over the weekend :

Seethamma vaakitlo sirimalle chettu : some comments have been posted on this movie. On the whole majority have the same take on the movie

Naan : As per my knowledge, its an original attempt (except for the motivation kind of things (as explained by NOV on the above post) which cannot be done otherway). The movie clicks mainly due to the placid acting of Vijay Anthony (as I had mentioned in my review)

Barfi - I would not say the movie to be simple, for that Rockstar also. Did not talk about these movies as I was not sure if there would be some people interested. Talking about Barfi, the excellent characters are its charm which are well integrated with the surrounding. Secondly ofcoarse the mind blowing performences, as you have mentioned the suprise being Priyanka. Well, first of all you cannot compare this movie with Moonram Pirai, if anyone does, there is no point in drawing in the comparison with the performences. The reason is simple, the characters are not on the same level - In Barfi they are born mute and deaf, so their up-bringing (growth) counts a lot on their adult attitude. Whereas in Moonram Pirai its an accident oriented shock that is projected. For me Barfi's task is much heavier than that of Moonram Pirai, eventhough Kamal and Sridevi are all class.

[Cinefan]

Barfi - I would not say the movie to be simple, for that Rockstar also. Did not talk about these movies as I was not sure if there would be some people interested. Talking about Barfi, the excellent characters are its charm which are well integrated with the surrounding. Secondly ofcoarse the mind blowing performences, as you have mentioned the suprise being Priyanka. Well, first of all you cannot compare this movie with Moonram Pirai, if anyone does, there is no point in drawing in the comparison with the performences. The reason is simple, the characters are not on the same level - In Barfi they are born mute and deaf, so their up-bringing (growth) counts a lot on their adult attitude. Whereas in Moonram Pirai its an accident oriented shock that is projected. For me Barfi's task is much heavier than that of Moonram Pirai, eventhough Kamal and Sridevi are all class.

mappi,

Simple as in a fairly easy story to verbally narrate.

Brought in MP as I had read some comments at various places comparing both.Purely on performance,MP trumps Barfi.

Have not seen Rockstar.

My only problem is that I could not connect with the movie emotionally as in did not feel for any character,the way I connected to Vijay Antony in Naan(saw this & Barfi back to back,probably it influenced my thinking).

I really like Ranbir,feel he is a natural actor.

[Mahen]

Barfi- wanabe qolity film..both ranbir and priyanka were in im-aiming-for-NA mode..

[mappi]

Cinefan,
OK
But still i would not bring in the comparison to performence (well, this would lead into paragraphs of justifications ... lol ... I end here)

For Barfi, the reason that you have given could be taken into account. I insist on the mood. You got be prepared to watch a movie like barfi. If it had put a smile on you face and then stuck you with a ball in your throat, then you have enjoyed Barfi. Else Barfi will be a lame attempt.

Rockstar : The forte of the film again goes to the Characterisation of Jordan. As you have mentioned Ranbir quite naturally shows the transformation. Story as such does not have much to capture your attention, but the romance is so dense. Beleive me its not like "walking-in-the-rain-behind-the-heroine" or jumping-in-the-air (again in slow-mo)-with-two-hands-stretched". Its so mature that towards to the end its turns out a bit heavy, which itself becomes a downside for the film amoung "came-to-see-jumping-around-trees" audiences. And ARR was in total form. Unfortunately neither the songs nor the movie could sustain the interest of a regular movie goer. I liked the movie along with its quite efficient naration and some mind blowing music and visuals. But will not recomend it to general audience. As you have liked Barfi, give Rockstar a try, but as a stand-alone movie during the week-end ... LoL

[hattori_hanzo]

Over the weekend :

2)Naan(on SunTV) : Very very impressed.Could make out that a lot of thought has gone in not just to keep the screenplay taut and engaging but also to cover all angles where questions could be raised and give them a logical closure.

Everybody was adequate,Vijay Antony probably looked a bit old for the role but the way the screenplay moved shut out this line of thought for me.

The director ensured I was desperately rooting for Karthik/Salim from the start without painting the opposite characters in black.

This film just reiterated that atleast the new age directors should ensure that their films get a VCD/DVD/Blue ray release.It's criminal to keep looking out at TV channels to catch up on such films.

PS:Hope this is not a copy of any foreign film.


+1 for all points. Well made thriller. And yeah, it is a inspired by 'The Talented Mr.Ripley' starring Matt Damon, Jude Law and Gwyneth Paltrow.

[mappi]

+1 for all points. Well made thriller. And yeah, it is a inspired by 'The Talented Mr.Ripley' starring Matt Damon, Jude Law and Gwyneth Paltrow.

oh! I did not pay much attention. Isn't 'The Talented Mr.Ripley' something to do with inheriting a fortune (I remember it vaguely) ? I will try to rent it this evening.

[SoftSword]

revisited rockstar last week...
watta movie...
the characters, the performance, the non-linear style... everything works...
ranvir is brilliant... the hard work he has put in using the guitars and lipsync'ing to the songs etc., shows... nallaa varuvaan...
apart from ranvir's transformation throughout various stages, the music too transforms into forms all along... the way the katiya kare is used in various stages is an example...
periya reward kedachirukkanum...
best of ARR this decade for me... never seen a musical movie of this intense before...

[SoftSword]

Uthayam nh4

Once parkkalaam
Last 15 to 20 mins dragging
At least 15% dialogues in Kannada
couple of scenes were shot at guhantara resort - Bangalore (pub showed in easan film & we were discussing about that few months back)

was very impressed with the dialogues mainly... the tamil is exactly as spoken by the ppl in bangalore... no movie has captured this so well before...

[venkkiram]

Barfi is one beautiful movie. Ranbir and Priyanka lived up through the characters. The climax scenes though copied from Notebook suited very well to the plot. What a mindblowing performances from lead characters! Cinemotography is par excellence. It sets up the mood and tone and it travels through these disabled personalities.