Voted for Pokkiri !! :) my personal favorite anyday! A B C proved vijay's reach in all centres yet again!
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Voted for Pokkiri !! :) my personal favorite anyday! A B C proved vijay's reach in all centres yet again!
Very tough choices...but I voted for Thuppaki. For the sheer magic that Vijay brought out onscreen for that character(I feel the Vijay impact even more after the Hindi version released). Also for the high benchmark it set among current gen actors as far as trade business is concerned.
So Thuppaki it is for me :-)
It was a tough choice between Ghilli and Pokkiri for me. While Pokkiri had a mass appeal and kept wanting me to go back to the movie every time (I have seen that movie god knows how many times. Me and my sister remember the dialogues word to word. We shout out the dialogues even before they speak which annoys the hell out of my mom.) Ghilli has more nostalgia factor. It was a huge part of my childhood when it came out. Everywhere I go and everyone I talked to always had to bring Ghilli into the conversation even if the conversation had nothing to do with movies. I would also say Thirumalai was a big impact at that time. It shaped the way how people dressed and looked. Everyone started doing the bike drifting after that.
Vijay fans in philippines getting ready to celebrate their stars birthday :-) https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BqqGRWbCIAAdqCC.jpg
Voted for Thuppakki though again, it was tough between Ghilli and Thuppakki.....
Thuppakki, purely because Vijay conquered his critics at a time when competition was at its peak.
This is my most favorite vijay song any day :) <3 Vijay :) Raja _/\_
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8cztXVDtYOw
Sorry guys, I am a bit late in writing this up compared to some of you – and I apologize for the length of the post.
Backdrop – Not sure how many of you know, but I am one of those who is a Non Tamilian Vijay/Tamil movie fan. Although I am from Mangalore, I was born and raised in Mumbai, which meant I had no exposure to movies from down south whatsoever. I was in Delhi for 4 years from 2000 to end of 2004, after which I moved to Bangalore. This is the time I used to view songs (sometimes) on Sun and other channels while flipping through channels, and I began to realize that there was this one guy who was so good in songs and his dance moves were awesome with flawless expressions – I had no clue who this actor was. But one thing was sure, I ended up watching any channel that was playing his song thereafter.
Fast forward to 2006 – I got married to a girl from Ooty, and after marriage, I borrowed a few Tamil movie DVDs from a member of my team at workplace. He recommended 2 movies to me of those; one being Kaaka Kaaka and other one being Gilli – I remember him telling me “this movie has that most popular Tamil song Appadi Podu” (by that time I knew about that song myself). We watched Gilli first cos my wife said that it was a superb movie (she had watched both already). I had trouble understanding the language obviously but used the subtitles – halfway into the movie and I was already in awe of Vijay for his dancing and comedy. Second half was equally awesome with his body language and dialog delivery. I realized that I had started to develop a fan in me, and which is why I started to hunt for all Vijay movies after that. I used to go to all local DVD shops asking for 5.1 DVDs (Cos of subtitles), and I ended up watching all Vijay movies in the next few months. It was not long before I realized I had become a hard core fan.
Conversion to a hard core fan – After this, I have watched all of Vijay’s movies FDFS in a local theater by buying tickets in black (just to enjoy that atmosphere) and then I watch it again same day or on the weekend with family as all are Vijay admirers/fans. During Vettaikaran release, I had to be in the UK for a business meeting – I remember I took permission from my boss and left office early that Friday to watch it first day. I could not believe I was watching a Tamil movie in London, it was like I was watching it in India with his fans – outstanding experience. I cannot believe (nor can my friends and family from Mumbai) that I go to watch a movie FDFS and shout/yell/scream for anything Vijay does in a local theater. I watch all TV shows, chat shows, or any functions where Vijay has a role to play.
Ilayathalapathy’s Contagious Craze – 80% of my relatives and cousins are in Mumbai, and they also know about my craze for Vijay. Today, the situation is such that, every time my cousins come to visit me, they want to watch a Vijay movie. So they also have been turned into Vijay fans by just watching a few songs and few movies. It’s not like me or they didn’t watch other actor movies, but Vijay has some addictive charm and charisma that seems to go beyond language and regional barriers; and it sticks on to you. For a long time, I followed a lot of Vijay movies just through his body language and his expressions. Today, although I personally don’t like his political ambitions/aspirations (that’s strictly my opinion), I am a total fanboy and adore Vijay totally.
Off-screen – I just love the way he handles himself with the media and bats out all the questions hurled at him with so much composure. Love his simplicity and down to earth humble nature. He is the only guy who has time and again managed tough situations during his movie releases, and he always stands by his producer/director and ensures his fans are not left dejected. He is an ideal family man, which is why he is loved by the masses, family audiences and kids alike. His fan base and popularity is increasing by the day, which explains why his worth within the trade is multiplying with each movie.
Dammy, awesome one Brother :)
Nice write up dammy bro..I'm proud of you.
New tag to trend in twitter #HBDThalaivaaVIJAY
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