Ananda Thaandavam - easily one of the bad movies I watched(comes in the league of Oru Naal Oru Kanavu, Dindigul Saarathi)
I went for Oru Naal Oru Kanavu, just because it is a Fazil's movie and was completely let down by the mediocrity of it.
Although warned by my friends, I still went in for this movie for the only reason that I may like it(I have a different taste to cinema ;-) and for Tamannah :-)
However, to my disappointment, my friends were right and I really got pissed off seeing this one.
Now, to the so-called story.. The story seems to be based on writer Sujatha's Pirivoem Sandhipoem.
I have not read the novel, however, I am sure that the director has done enough damage to it, if he has not done anything good for the novel.
Raghu(played by debutant Siddharth), a mechanical engineer, comes to his hometown, Thenkasi. He meets Madhumidha(played by Tamannah) and is bowled over by her innocence(?!), immediatly falls in love with her.
Her parents too are ready to get her married to Raghu, and things happen too fast. But, then, Radhakrishnan(good job done by the Villain) comes in the middle and her parents decide he is the best, since he says he will take her to America :-)[Gosh... these NRIs are always villains to the guys here :-)]
Heart-broken, Siddharth, attempts suicide, hospitalized, goes to America for higher studies. There he meets Madhumitha again and another girl Rukmini(remember the girl in Bommalaatam movie), who too is attrated to our hero.
Things go awry in the life of Madhumidha and if Siddharth gets married to Rukmini/Madhumidha forms the climax.
Not for the average Indian Audience-la.. :-)
In any case, blame it on the screenplay or the lead actor, nothing seems to have worked out for the movie.
I just could not believe this is the director who made Chellamae earlier, which had a wonderful screenplay and a superb cast.
Siddharth proves that he is new to Cinema in each and every frame - his mannerisms, smile, dance - everything is against for this debutant.
Madhumidha(Tamannah) loses sympathy of the audience the moment she says she loved Raghu just becoz her mother asked her to, and rejects Raghu the same way. Then on, even if Madhumidha suffers a lot, I could not feel any sort of sympathy for her.
Kittu as Raghu's father has done a neat job. Rukmini is the one who gives a good performance in this otherwise boring movie. The other notable character is that of Kittu's friend, who helps Raghu in America.
Go for the movie, only if
- you have no other movie to watch out and want to badly see a movie
- you have bought a new headache pill and want to test if it works or not
- you do not have A.C at home, and want to sleep in A.C for at least 3 hours
Ahh yes, at least a few positives from the movie
- G.V.Prakash's soulful music(especially, Poovinai, Kana Kangiraen)
- Camera work(especially the ones in Thenkasi)
Best Regards,
Dharma.
P.S:
Hope, I will save at least one of you from watching this movie.
Sunday, April 19, 2009
Laadam - a movie you can give a shot at
Laadam is the third movie by Director Prabhu Solomon, who has proved his talent with this interesting screenplay/story in his earlier two films, Kokki & Lee, both of which are critically acclaimed.
Here, the portrays the rivalry between two gangs, that of Pavadai Samy & Vembuli.
Vembuli's gang kills Pavadasamy's son. As a result, Pavadasamy wants to seek revenge by killing Vembuli's son within 16 days.
Our hero(Kunjidapaadham), played by debutant Aravindhan, gets caught between the two gangs. Aravindhan has come up in life struggling a lot, and aspires to become Bill Gates, Ambani and the like.
Pavadasamy orders Aravindhan to execute Vembuli's son or get killed.
What follows is a thriller ride for Aravindhan, where he runs throughout, getting caught betwene the two rivals.
In the midst, he comes across Angel(played by Charmi), who takes life as it comes, puts a tag on each house in an apartment, and then enjoys one day in the house, in which the tag still remains(meaning no one is in the house)- quite interesting indeed.
Aravindhan & Charmi get along each other and get married.
Did Aravindhan gets to kill Vembuli's son and what happens to Pavadasamy & Vembuli forms the Climax.
Prabhu Solomon impresses a lot with his screenplay and dialogues. A string of humor runs throughtout the movie. The dialogues are a major plus.
The camera work by Sukumaran is realistic with awesome angles and is a major draw.
Dharan impresses a lot with his BGM than the songs. The BGM reminded me of IR in some sequences. Siru Thodudhalilae is a melodious number that is sure to be on everyone's lips.
What impressed me the most is the chemistry between the lead pair, Aravindhan & Charmi. For Charmi, it is a superb performance, and the actor has gained a lot in performance(as well as in weight;-) in all these years. She performs the role of Angel with effortless ease. She does mimicry of almost all the actors, especially Vadivelu, Kannamba(ably supported by Prabhu Solomon's dialogues/direction)
Aravindhan, a debutant, has done equally well. His voice sounding innocent, and the humor sprinkled dialogues is sure to make you to like this guy.
Watch the movie for a racy screenplay, and if you like bullets firing from all quarters.
Best Regards,
Dharma.
Here, the portrays the rivalry between two gangs, that of Pavadai Samy & Vembuli.
Vembuli's gang kills Pavadasamy's son. As a result, Pavadasamy wants to seek revenge by killing Vembuli's son within 16 days.
Our hero(Kunjidapaadham), played by debutant Aravindhan, gets caught between the two gangs. Aravindhan has come up in life struggling a lot, and aspires to become Bill Gates, Ambani and the like.
Pavadasamy orders Aravindhan to execute Vembuli's son or get killed.
What follows is a thriller ride for Aravindhan, where he runs throughout, getting caught betwene the two rivals.
In the midst, he comes across Angel(played by Charmi), who takes life as it comes, puts a tag on each house in an apartment, and then enjoys one day in the house, in which the tag still remains(meaning no one is in the house)- quite interesting indeed.
Aravindhan & Charmi get along each other and get married.
Did Aravindhan gets to kill Vembuli's son and what happens to Pavadasamy & Vembuli forms the Climax.
Prabhu Solomon impresses a lot with his screenplay and dialogues. A string of humor runs throughtout the movie. The dialogues are a major plus.
The camera work by Sukumaran is realistic with awesome angles and is a major draw.
Dharan impresses a lot with his BGM than the songs. The BGM reminded me of IR in some sequences. Siru Thodudhalilae is a melodious number that is sure to be on everyone's lips.
What impressed me the most is the chemistry between the lead pair, Aravindhan & Charmi. For Charmi, it is a superb performance, and the actor has gained a lot in performance(as well as in weight;-) in all these years. She performs the role of Angel with effortless ease. She does mimicry of almost all the actors, especially Vadivelu, Kannamba(ably supported by Prabhu Solomon's dialogues/direction)
Aravindhan, a debutant, has done equally well. His voice sounding innocent, and the humor sprinkled dialogues is sure to make you to like this guy.
Watch the movie for a racy screenplay, and if you like bullets firing from all quarters.
Best Regards,
Dharma.
Saturday, April 04, 2009
Ayan - watch it for Suriya
Ayan - watch it for Suriya
Ayan - it is an out-an-out Suriya movie. Of course, the credit has to go to the Director for a racy screenplay and taut script.
Suriya is a college-goer, who involves himself in diamond trafficking from Congo just for the sheer thrill involved. Prabhu, whom Suriya works for, controls this illegal market.
The rival gang wants to steal the number 1 place held by Prabhu. The movie is all about how these two rival gangs go about their job, trying to outsmart each other.
The theme in itself is not new. However, taking this illegal trafficking and making into a full-blown story is new to Thamizh Cinema and the Director(K.V.Anand) has come out triumphs in his second venture(his first is Kanaa Kandaen)
The director has obviously done enough homework in studying the ongoing scheme of things in Congo(African nation), which is the source of diamonds, Customs Operation, Ways of Smuggling things(some of them are really good ideas - at least new to Thamizh Cinema)
Nandu(I do not recall his original name), who comes as Suriya's friend has done a neat role. The friendship between the two have been portrayed really well.
Prabhu has done a neat role of Doss, with underplayed emotions. He better should watch his weight, for he occupies more than half of the 70mm screen :-)
Suriya is simply awesome - be it dance, cute facial expressions, romance, stunts, crying sequences - he seems to just enjoy it all. Superb Suriya...
Best thing with Suriya is that he does not fit into any kind of image, giving him the fearlessness to try out new things.
You can watch the movie once again for Suriya alone - Of course, Tamannah is there to provide some chillness for the soaring temperature in summer. Though she has not much scope to perform, she has made ample use of the opportunity given to her.
M.S. Prabhu's camera captures the scenic locations in Malaysia as well as the rustic locations in Congo, Africa in a stunning way. His Camera work is a big plus for the movie.
Few songs of Harris' are really hummable, and the picturization, costumes and choreography deserve special mention(especially for Pala Pala & Vizhi Moodi) Suriya is simply awesome. See it to believe it.
The chasing sequence which comes in the first 10 mins is brilliant and reminded one of Jackie Chan's movies. Suriya has taken enough risk on this, and he actually made it look very easy. Extraordinary - this kind of chasing sequence has not come in any recent Thamizh movie and looks so credible.
Kudos to the Director in providing a racy thriller movie(without a separate comedy sequence)
Plus:
Suriya, Suriya & Suriya
Racy First-Half
Camera
Harris's music
Stunt sequences
Dance Choreography
Prabhu's underplayed role
Villain(he seems to be new, but has done a decent job)
Tamannah(of course :-)
Minus:
Second half of the screen-play sags a little, but more than makes up for it towards the end.
I thought BGM was not quite up to the mark
In all, a neat racy-thriller for the summer. Can be watched at least once.
Best Regards,
Dharma.
Ayan - it is an out-an-out Suriya movie. Of course, the credit has to go to the Director for a racy screenplay and taut script.
Suriya is a college-goer, who involves himself in diamond trafficking from Congo just for the sheer thrill involved. Prabhu, whom Suriya works for, controls this illegal market.
The rival gang wants to steal the number 1 place held by Prabhu. The movie is all about how these two rival gangs go about their job, trying to outsmart each other.
The theme in itself is not new. However, taking this illegal trafficking and making into a full-blown story is new to Thamizh Cinema and the Director(K.V.Anand) has come out triumphs in his second venture(his first is Kanaa Kandaen)
The director has obviously done enough homework in studying the ongoing scheme of things in Congo(African nation), which is the source of diamonds, Customs Operation, Ways of Smuggling things(some of them are really good ideas - at least new to Thamizh Cinema)
Nandu(I do not recall his original name), who comes as Suriya's friend has done a neat role. The friendship between the two have been portrayed really well.
Prabhu has done a neat role of Doss, with underplayed emotions. He better should watch his weight, for he occupies more than half of the 70mm screen :-)
Suriya is simply awesome - be it dance, cute facial expressions, romance, stunts, crying sequences - he seems to just enjoy it all. Superb Suriya...
Best thing with Suriya is that he does not fit into any kind of image, giving him the fearlessness to try out new things.
You can watch the movie once again for Suriya alone - Of course, Tamannah is there to provide some chillness for the soaring temperature in summer. Though she has not much scope to perform, she has made ample use of the opportunity given to her.
M.S. Prabhu's camera captures the scenic locations in Malaysia as well as the rustic locations in Congo, Africa in a stunning way. His Camera work is a big plus for the movie.
Few songs of Harris' are really hummable, and the picturization, costumes and choreography deserve special mention(especially for Pala Pala & Vizhi Moodi) Suriya is simply awesome. See it to believe it.
The chasing sequence which comes in the first 10 mins is brilliant and reminded one of Jackie Chan's movies. Suriya has taken enough risk on this, and he actually made it look very easy. Extraordinary - this kind of chasing sequence has not come in any recent Thamizh movie and looks so credible.
Kudos to the Director in providing a racy thriller movie(without a separate comedy sequence)
Plus:
Suriya, Suriya & Suriya
Racy First-Half
Camera
Harris's music
Stunt sequences
Dance Choreography
Prabhu's underplayed role
Villain(he seems to be new, but has done a decent job)
Tamannah(of course :-)
Minus:
Second half of the screen-play sags a little, but more than makes up for it towards the end.
I thought BGM was not quite up to the mark
In all, a neat racy-thriller for the summer. Can be watched at least once.
Best Regards,
Dharma.
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