Engeyum Kadhal: Nothing Special, Nothing Unusual, Yet Cool……!

Engeyum Kadhal: Nothing Special, Nothing Unusual, Yet Cool……!

Engeyum Kadhal Prabu Deva’s Visual treat after a “Masala Milieu” Villu, shot in and around the exotic locals of Paris is a feel good and cool film which grabs a visit to theaters for everyone who watch the Cut to the Best trailers on Sun Network and mesmerizing melodies of Harris.

The most creditable substance in the film is the limitation of Casting, no large family, unwanted comedians, Friends nothing just five characters including the lead pair, and the script revolves around them and ends within them without surprise entries at the end.

Jayam Ravi and Hansika have done what the screen needs nothing more or less, A special applaud for Hansika for improving her Lip Sync, she was literally chewing Bubble Gum all around in Mappillai. The comedy that goes along with the story makes the audience go on track. Especially when Raju Sundaram drops the mobile inside the closet.

A special reference has to be made to the choreography for the Song “Engeyum Kadhal” and an excellent and enjoyable movements in “Nangai”. Prabu Deva has brought us the cool drink for this summer please have a sip of it, don’t go in with more expectations, but Go spend some time and feel relaxed.

As per the usual dragging first 2 Acts of the script, it has become a routine that people lag in placement of songs, that too placing four songs in first half which is already dragging pushes the audience to snack counters….!

Harris Jayaraj, Nirav Sha and Sun Pictures’s Trailer Dept. are the real leads of this film…..!

Ko: A Well read Political Drama…

Ko: A Well read Political Drama…

First of all a very big Salam to K.V.Anand & Subha for bringing back a Political flavored story with a needed slices of action and comedy which today’s audience need. After Mudhalvan becoming a Hit there were very less political dramas those did a show in the box office. Though Mani Rathnam’s “Ayutha Ezhuthu” had a very good star cast and youthful flavor it did not do well in the box office.

This film KO has many twists and turns all around the script which makes the audience keep guessing till the end. Jeeva has once again proved that he is a Director’s actor. (A Sure Miss for Simbu). Every single cast in the film has a role to play with the story that’s really a worthy and healthy thing for casting in tamil cinema.

Karthika the female lead in the film is really the Female Lead of the film. Piaa Bajpai who resembles the role of Laila in Mudhalvan has a lead to catch with the script. Prakash Raj and Kotta Srinivasa Rao have played a role which has the shades of the real life politician. Especially when Prakash Raj handles the press, wow what an acting.

And after everything there are no words to say about Ajmal brilliant work. He really has his innings in the tinsel world after this.

Now the real hero K.V.Anand brilliant, His work on character design excels as usual, I personally became fan of the villain role played by Prithviraj in “Kana Kandein” that surprise travels till Ko. Directing a Political drama touching many current issues like money for vote, etc,. Suba and K.V duo rocks again.

The only flaw that we could feel is a bit drag in the screenplay and the placement of two songs in the second half. The technical part of the film has no comments to be told.

And at last please do watch the film.

Ponner – Shankar: A Epic Spoiler….

A novel by a Veteran weaved to fit the screen was the expectation, but the whole thing has become a wrath spoiler.

The only soother is a return of epics to Tamil Cinema. Except for the Extavanza in sets nothing is special in the film. My opinion is only the supporting cast which includes Nazer, Nepoleon, Kushbu, Pon Vannan, Jayaram is good while all the lead roles played by Prasanth and the female leads are Yakkkkk….

The story which depicts the important events about “Lord Annanamar Swamy” who still is worshiped as God by the Kongu Vellalar community. Ponnar and Shankar, who became rulers of Ponni Valanadu in medieval Tamil Nadu, south India, were twin sons of a Gounder warrior caste couple, Nellian Kodan (or Kunru Udiyaan) and his wife Thamari. They are credited with saving their people from an invasion.

The original work by Dr. Karunanidhi has been spoiled by emphasizing unwanted heroism on prasanth. The costumes wore by the female leads in the film is no way related to Tamil culture. The costumes are just simply copied from “Jodha Akbar” and I don’t know why two ladies from alien land have been brought here to play very important roles that could have become an cultural idol. Those two don’t even shake their lips to suit Tamil words.

Many unwanted “Slow Motions” spread all over the film gives unwanted feeling and makes audience feel bored. Prasanth who has come back after a long gap must have chose someother film that would have suited him to show the Body he has built after many Gym work outs.

And finally for Thyagarajan, who is the director of this film, after Governments free Television scheme every household from Chennai to a small village are watching Star Movies, Movies Now, HBO and many other channels. So they know what Brave Heart is, what Apocalypto is, its better not to take a very good epic and spoil with a substance like this.

“நல்லதோர் வீணை செய்தே அதை நலம்கெட புழுதியில் எறிவதுண்டோ”

The Social Network : Superb narration..

The Social Network : Superb narration..

Review:

“The Social Network” is film based on the founding of “Facebook” and the aftermath events and problems faced by Mr. Mark Zuckerberg the founder of “Facebook”.

David Fincher has made a very tight and a clean narrative structure to a bio – pic every word uttered by the characters and every event is related to the story told.

The format of taking or telling the story from the legal arguments and letting the audience sit grip to their seats is the unique thing in the film.

Hope this film does well in the Academy awards this year….

Plot as on www.wikipedia.com

In 2003, Harvard University student Mark Zuckerberg has the idea to create a website to rate the attractiveness of female Harvard undergraduates after his girlfriend Erica Albright breaks up with him. Mark hacks into the databases of various residence halls, downloads pictures and names of female students and, in a few hours, using an algorithm for ranking chess players supplied by his best friend Eduardo Saverin, he creates a website called "FaceMash", where male students can iteratively choose which of two girls presented at a time is more attractive.

Mark is punished with six months of academic probation after the traffic to the site brings down parts of Harvard's network, and becomes vilified among most of Harvard's female community. However, the popularity of "FaceMash" and the fact that he created it in one night, while drunk, brings him to the attention of Cameron Winklevoss and Tyler Winklevoss, identical twins and members of Harvard's rowing team, and their business partner Divya Narendra. As a result, he gains a job working for the Winklevoss twins as the programmer of their website, Harvard Connection.

Soon afterwards, Mark approaches his friend Eduardo and tells him of his idea for what he calls "Thefacebook", an online social networking website exclusive to Harvard University students. He explains this would let people share personal and social information securely. Eduardo agrees to help Mark, providing a thousand dollars to help start the site. Once complete, they distribute the link to Eduardo's connections at the Phoenix S-K final club, and it quickly becomes popular throughout the student body. When they learn of Thefacebook, the Winklevoss twins and Narendra believe that Zuckerberg stole their idea while simultaneously stalling on their website. Cameron and Divya want to sue Mark for intellectual property theft, but Tyler convinces them they can settle the matter as "Harvard gentlemen" without resorting to the courts.

At a lecture by Bill Gates, fellow Harvard University student Christy Lee introduces herself and her friend Alice to Eduardo and Mark. She asks that the boys "Facebook us", which impresses both of them. Christy invites them to a bar, where she and Eduardo have sex in the restroom. Mark later runs into his ex-girlfriend, who is not aware of The Facebook's existence because she is not a Harvard University student. Stung by this, Mark decides to expand the site to more schools.

As The Facebook grows in popularity, they expand to other schools in the Northeastern United States, while the Winklevoss twins and Narendra become angrier at seeing "their idea" advance without them. Tyler refuses to sue them, instead accusing Mark of violating the Harvard student Code of Conduct. Through their father's connections they arrange a meeting with Harvard President Larry Summers, who is dismissive and sees no potential value in either a disciplinary action or in Thefacebook website itself.

Through Christy Lee, now Eduardo's girlfriend, Eduardo and Mark arrange a meeting with Napster co-founder Sean Parker. When they meet, Eduardo becomes skeptical of Parker, noting his problematic personal and professional history. Mark, however, is impressed with Parker, since he presented a vision for Facebook similar to his own. Although no deals are reached, Parker suggests that they drop "The" from Thefacebook, to make it simply "Facebook".

Mark moves the company's base of operation to Palo Alto, at Parker's suggestion, while Eduardo remains in New York seeking advertising support, When Eduardo visits from New York, he is angered to find that Parker is living at the house they have rented and is making business decisions for Facebook. After an argument with Mark, Eduardo freezes the company's bank account and returns to New York. Upon returning, Christy takes Eduardo to task about his Facebook profile, which still lists him as "single", and sets fire to a scarf he gave to her as a gift. While Eduardo extinguishes the fire, Mark reveals on the phone that they have secured money from an angel investor through Parker's contacts. As a result of Christy's jealousy, Eduardo ends his relationship with her.

Meanwhile in England, while competing in the Henley Royal Regatta for Harvard, the Winklevoss twins discover that Facebook has expanded to a number of universities there and decide to sue. Eduardo has also discovered that the deal he signed with Parker's investors allows them to dilute his share of the company from thirty-four percent to three hundredths of a percent, while maintaining the ownership percentage of all other parties. He confronts his erstwhile friend Mark and announces his intention to sue him. Later that night, Parker, along with a number of Facebook interns, are arrested for possession of cocaine during a party thrown on the occasion of Facebook's 1 millionth member.

The framing device throughout the film shows Mark testifying in depositions in two lawsuits: one filed by the Winklevoss twins, and the other filed by Eduardo. In the final scene, a junior lawyer for the defense informs Mark they will be settling with Eduardo, since the sordid details of Facebook's founding and Mark's personality will make a jury highly unsympathetic. The film ends with Mark sending a friend request to his former girlfriend Erica on Facebook, and refreshing the page every few seconds waiting for a response.

Nandhalala – A Travel in search of Love….

Nandhalala – A Travel in search of Love….

The film is a poem, a landmark in Tamil Cinema. Every frame in the film has a deep meaning in it. Not only Ashwath Ram, Mysskin, Snigitha but even the landscapes, and the music has also played very important role in this film.

The film revolves around Akhilesh (Ashwath Ram) a eight year old school boy and Baskar Mani (Mysskin) a mentally ill man who escaped from the asylum and their journey to see their mother. During their journey they meet many people and everyone they meet on their way teach them a lesson and learn from these two. Anjani (Snigitha) a prostitute joins them half way and travels them till the end.

Every character that they meet on their way has an important role to play with the story not even a frame without the characters are waste in this film. Even the character of a drunk lorry driver played by Nazer which comes in the film for just 12 seconds has a great impact on the story.

The Kid Ashwath Ram has bore all the weight of the film on his shoulders. Mysskin as Baskar Mani is simply marvelous. We forget that he is the director of the film and he lives as Baskar Mani when we watch the film. Raja Sir’s music is the central character of the film, even the silence in the very first shot of the film tells a lot.

Mysskin has given a miraculous story to us. Being a drama every scene is a surprise which is a common in a thriller genre of film.

Magesh Muthusamy has changed the conventional way of capturing a frame. This film is a real credit to the chemistry between the director and the cinematographer. Every frame and shot is a poem in this film. It has life in it. Both the director and the cameraman have killed many conventional styles film making. This is what is needed to take Tamil Cinema to the next level. Not even a small catterpiller or a Cobra crawling in silence in the film is waste.

“Thalatu kekathane….” Song pushes all the audience to the bottom of our heart. A Salute to Raja Sir.

And Mysskin Sir you have proved something that is needed in Tamil Cinema to take it to the next level.

**** Note: All the students of Visual Communication, and all the aspiring film makers watch this movie to change the conventional way of film making…..

Guzaarish – Magic in Celluloid

Guzaarish – Magic in Celluloid

Before going and analyzing this film, I would like to share something about the Climax of this film, its simply “Mind blowing”…….! After a long time a very touching Climax…! I owe to give a “Standing Ovation” to Sanjay Leela Bhansali, UTV, Hrithik Roshan, Aishwarya Rai Bachan, Shernaz Patel, Nafisa Ali, Aditya Roy Kapoor, Suhail Seth and the entire Crew of Guzaarish for giving such a good Film.

Now back to the arena, Guzaarish revolves around Ethan Mascarenhas (Hrithik Roshan) a Magician of world fame, due to an unexpected accident during a performance makes him quadriplegic and his Plea for his Euthanasia (Mercy Killing).

The story is set in Goa, home to one of the most accomplished magicians of the time - Ethan Mascarenhas (Hrithik Roshan). As fate would have had it, Ethan is severely injured when his former best friend who was also a magician betrays him by ruining one of his dangerous magic trick, turning him into a quadriplegic. Confined in his own wheelchair, Ethan's will power only gets stronger and stronger. He becomes the Radio Jockey of an FM Station called Radio Zindagi. His show spreads magic and hope and laughter through his irrepressible wit and humor to every listener and caller, making it difficult to imagine that this is a man who has been immobilised with a spinal injury for the last fourteen years of his life. Sofia D'Souza (Aishwarya Rai) , is his elegant nurse who has been accompanying him like a shadow for the past twelve years, leaving her domineering husband. Ethan's life centers on Sofia and they share a silent tacit love which is both beautiful and spirited.

However, on the fourteenth anniversary of his accident, Ethan decides to take matters into his own hands and files an appeal to the court for mercy killing. This leaves Sofia in an impasse that challenges their relationship and their love. Ethan takes the help of his best friend and lawyer Devyani Dutta (Shernaz Patel) to support his appeal. Devyani , initially hesitates but later, understands Ethan's appeal and agrees to his reasoning and decides to support him in his cause, as a result of which she is sensed as being callous by others. Surprising everyone with her stance, Ethan's mother Isabel Mascarenhas (Nafisa Ali) also supports him in his petition, backing her son's demand. Though Ethan is consistently persuaded by his physician Dr. Nayak (Suhel Seth), a neurologist, to retract his case, he finally relents to Ethan's appeal when he realizes that the friend in him is much stronger than the medic.

Alongside all the confusions, a young man named Omar Siddiqui (Aditya Roy Kapoor) enters Ethan's life with the sole aim of learning magic from this man whom he considers to be the greatest of magicians. Omar is earnest and driven by a passion to learn magic, hyperkinetic, quicksilver in his actions - an antithesis to Ethan's inertness. Impressed by his love for magic, Ethan agrees to pass on his legacy to Omar even as he fights tooth and nail to demand the most basic right to his own life.

The scenario takes an unexpected turn when Ethan begins a radio-vote and asks his viewers to vote on whether he should go ahead with euthanasia or not. Though many of his audience vote against his decision, Estella Francis (Monikangana Dutta) his former assistant and girlfriend and now a wife and a mother with work of her own, becomes the first person to vote in favour of Ethan as she understands his suffering (Ethan had sent her away from his life as he didn't want himself to become burden on her).

The ethics, the morality, the cruelty and the kindness of Ethan's mission causes everyone to be struck by a whirlwind of emotions scaling from rage to sorrow.

Hrithik is at his best, this is a film where only his expression plays the lead role, every frame he speaks, he makes us laugh, he makes us cry. Aishwarya rai where were you for a long time. A classic yet contemporary maid and a lovable women.

I have not seen such a beautiful melodic love story in recent past. A Silk thread woven into a full length pretty saree. Sanjay has made an extraordinary cast. Every character, every word it utters, speaks a lot. Though the film has some negative aspects the positive aspects slashes them off from the minds of the audience.

Sudeep Chatterji’s lens are at their marvel and Sanjay’s music gives a added colour to the film.

As a whole a must watch flick.

***** Note: Go Grab your Tickets at once and watch this film……!

***Note: I have not discussed some points about the film, I would like everyone to watch the film and write your comments, after which we could discuss more of this film.

Uthamaputhiran : No Logic, Few Magic

Uthamaputhiran : No Logic, Few Magic

Uthamaputhiran yet another remake from Mithran. R. Jawahar with his kitty Danush in lead. The Plot of the film is the thing that we already saw in K.S. Ravikumar’s Vijay lead “Minsara Kanna” which was taken to Telugu as “Ready” and then brought back to tamil as “Uthamaputhiran” (As Garments made in Thirupur are exported to foreign countries and importaed back to India in the name of Foreign Brand)….!

As there is not a large thing to speak about the story we could not skip it too, the Story is Simple, Siva (Danush) in an encounter to kidnap his friend’s lady love kidnap’s Pooja (Genilia) by mistakes. On seeing Pooja, Siva falls in love at once then he Goes to Pooja’s uncle’s place to make her family accept their marriage with the help of “Emotional” Ekambaram (Vivek). In this adventures mission Siva is backed by his whole family lead by Bhakyaraj.

The film is full of continuity miss and loss of Logics. At first Danush is introduced to Genilia as Dhandapani by his friends but after a song She suddenly calls him Siva, I don’t know who told his real name…..? The First half of the movie is a total vague.

Only in the second half after Vivek is introduced you sit on your seats. Some comedies like “Washington” Vetrivel and “Chicago” Sakthivel (A concept from a ever unsolved comedy in Sujatha’s Ganesh Vasanth, “Mexico Naatu Salavaikari” Joke), add a good essence to the movie.

As a whole it’s just a “Mega” Serial’s Best of show edited into a 2 Hours recap version.

**** Note: I have not seen Telugu “Ready” yet.