Have high hopes on Chimbu Devan... Vijay should do some offbeat movies atleast once in three years, otherwise it will appear monotonous..
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Agree he should do offbeat movies but in my opinion he should ensure perfect selection of the director. Also, my fear is with the genre (fantasy thriller) ..as I don't know what it would end up being. The offbeat movie should be more in the lines of Aadukalam with a quality director like Vetrimaran, which will earn critical acclaim for sure. But again, as I said, I wish Chimbu Devan does end up crushing our fears. Only time will tell.
Problem I see with Chimbu Devan or any new director working with Vijay is they concentrate more on Vijay than the script.
Hope chimbudevan proves me wrong.
The results for such an approach has been pretty bad.
Perarsu was mighty lucky to get away with Thirupacchi and Sviakasi because of the Vijay factor and was duly sorted out in this next few movies. Perarsu just couldn't deliver anymore with anyone else.
Dharani, despite being an established director and having created a trend on his own, also succumbed to pleasing Vijay in Kuruvi. The result, we all know.
Bharathan was guilty of trying too hard to please Vijay in ATM and failed miserably. Bharathan is a good dialogue writer and good to see him back with Veeram.
The good thing about Chimbhu, here though is, he is not a new director nor he is someone who is most-sought after. But he has shown glimpses of his talent in his first movie. Everything after Pulikesi, be it 'Arai En' or 'Kalavanigal' have been slow and below the mark.
One other thing that might work against Chimbu is the genre. If he keeps Vijay before Script/Screenplay in Vijay's comfort zone like Babu Sivan/Vetaikaran or Naesan/Jilla, he might probably get away, not in a genre which is untested as far as Vijay is concerned. I think this is what Dammy meant too.
I am surprised at Vijay's choice. He had an option of picking a suseendran/Hari who would deliver quick, minimum-guarantee commercial pot-boilers, but instead he has chosen Chimbu. Sudeep also spoke about how good the script is. The script, hopefully should have been the reason for Vijay's choice.
If he wants to try an off-beat genre, he should do complete justice without any compromises for 'commercial' success.
Ofcourse, we would love to see Vijay in a film by director like Vetrimaran but not at the cost of a fantasy film which we haven't experienced.. I feel we should be happy and excited to watch our favourite star in a fantasy film.. No need to fear or worry as long as we are not the producer of the film :-D
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