Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Wednesday, June 3, 2009

Ice breaker..

Recently, I watched Meiporul & Pasanga. Both the movies are excellent.

Meiporul is a nice thriller. This is made by a group of NRI in the US. Heroine is an alumni of Anna University. Though it is ameturish, I would recommend watching it. But, Meiporul received worst possible comments from Suhasini in a review.

Pasanga is an excellent work from the director Pandiraj. He hasn't tried to make a simple story complex. The execution was really good. He has captured the nuances of village school kids. He also, has implied that many of the scenes in the previous tamil movies are childish. The Director was a security at AVM studios for 2 years.

Tuesday, February 10, 2009

Naan Kadavul

I'm happy to receive Naan Kadavul. Now, a original movie, by itself looks good as they are amidst of dash dash. It will be a great disappointment to those who think that this would be a God-Philosophy-Blah-Blah kinda movie. Bala has commingled necessary aspects in right proportions. A local gang which tortures and manages the beggars and a son (proclaims himself as God) who has been brought back home after 14 years of like at Kasi - Bala has solved these two independent equations in the climax. I wish to share some of the subtle points I noticed in the movie. Don't read further if you haven't seen the movie yet.

Areas which I liked:

1. The track on beggars and how they are being managed were depicted well. Societal concern can even be expressed by exposing the evils in the society, as Bala has done.

2. In most cinemas, trans-genders are used for fun. But, Bala's constructive usage is laudable.

3. Real-life comedy which mingled well with the story. Hats off to Bala for making us laugh without a comedian. Especially the conversation among beggers when their boss was drunk, Dance by the performing artist in Police station and Court scene when Arya was accused of murder.

4. Arya has followed the director's instructions. Pooja's expressions were good - To note, even any other actress would have done well as Bala is handling. Only a good director can get the best outta an artist. It reminded me Ameer.

5. Dialogues were excellent, especially i liked the one which Pooja utters during the climax. She quotes 3 different religious principles and claims that they futile.

6. Rajaa's music, as usual, stays aloft amidst of algebraically-coined music. I liked Ilayarajs's voice in "Oru Kaatril.." song & Madhubalakrishnan's clarity in "Pichai paathiram.." song.

Instances which I felt odd:

1. Arya's dad would be searching for Arya on the river bank. In a slight sight, he recognized Arya, in spite of his monk-like appearance. This scene might have been made better.

2. Even Arya's mom wasn't initially expressive after seeing his son after 14 years.

3. Pooja, who came as a blind beggar, used to sing in train, temple etc. In all those scenes, they play old Tamil songs in the background - that too sounded like the original version. May it be - This was odd. I didn't get the feel. In spite, Pooja should have sung by her own voice or at least the dubbing artist should have been used.

In sum, the story has been executed well without missing links. I expect awards for 2 categories - Direction & Pooja. These movies are the boost to aspiring directors. Lets hope to get more Balas, Ameers & Myskins. Tamil cinema has become physically-challenged because of remake, remix & formula culture. At least after seeing these movies, let the dash dash think.