Sonia Agarwal’s open talk

Now you are alone. Are you feeling lonely? 

Mother and brother are staying with me. All my relatives in Chandigarh are asking me to come back. But I don’t have the mind to leaver Chennai. I feel a little peaceful. I am thinking of the good things when I am alone. I can decide my personal matters as well as matters regarding to my work. No body can interfere in my matters. In one way this freedom is really good. I know that I cannot be alone for many years.

It seems that you were very confused during the divorce period?

There was lot of confusions. There was a lot of struggle within myself whether to unite or reunite. Since this is my life, I made a stern decision to divorce. I felt what ever happens is good for me. I am trying to come out of the relationship totally. The only thing that is running in mind is what is next.

What’s next?
I have listened to two stories. Shortly I will be acting in two films. Lot of women is taking lot of efforts to get the offers. Even I struggled a lot in the initial days. After getting a place for me in Tamil cinema I was little upset when I got married because I was not able retain that place. Now I am happy that I am going to act again. My mother’s dream is that I should become an actress. But I was not interested in acting. After divorce, I am seriously taking up to acting.

Are you getting a lot of offers like before?

Now I am not Mrs Selvaraghavan any more. Lots of producers are approaching me with their stories as Sonia Agarwal only. There is no dilemma in this. I am single now.

There is news that you are acting in Malayalam films?

These are pure rumors. I am not acting in any Malayalam films. My re-entry will be through Tamil films only.

In recent times, you can be seen in lot of parties?

Going to parties is my favorite pastime. After marriage I have stopped going to parties. Now it is party time again for me.

Sweet memories of your past relationship?

There a lot of things. The relationship itself is a sweet memory.

Salaries of the Tamil top stars

It would be shocking to know the salaries received by our actors. Some of the salaries are given below: 

Rajnikanth Rs 30 Crores

Kamal Haasan Rs 25 Crores

Vijay Rs 10 Crores and Chennai City rights worth Rs 3000 Crores

Ajith Rs 7 Crores

Vikram Rs 7 Crores

Surya Rs 6 Crores

Simbhu Rs 5 Crores

Dhanush Rs 4 Crores

Vishal Rs 2 Crores

Jayam Ravi Rs 2 Crores

Aarya Rs 1 Crore

Vadivelu’s one day call sheet Rs 6 Lakhs

Actresses

Asin Rs 2 Crores

Nayanthara Rs 1 Crore

Thamanna Rs 1 CRORE

Anushka Rs 75 Lakhs

Trisha Rs 70 Lakhs

Shreya Rs 40 Lakhs

Music composers

A R Rahman Rs 3 Crores

Harris Jayaraj Rs 1.50 Crores

Yuvan Shankar Raja Rs 1 Crore

Though the individuals salaries have gone up, the box office collections are not so good. Chennai, Chengalpattu and Kanchipuram Distributors Council President Kalaipuli G Sekaran while speaking said,” That out of 131 films released last year, only films Ayan, Nadodigal and Padikadhavan were successful. Films like Vennila Kabadi Kuzhu, Maayandi Kudumbathar, Siva Manasula Sakthi, Peranmai and Pasanga just recovered the money they had invested. All the other films were utter flops.”

Summery of the Tamil Movie Ravanan

This is Tamil Ravanan’s story. Prithviraj is an upright pole officer. He loves the classical dance Aishwarya Rai and gets married. After marriage, he has been transferred to a different place. He settles with his wife there.

But there is no law and order there. The area is a tribal area. The headman Vikram is everything there. No one respects law and order. So Prithviraj feels that he can bring back law and order only if he finishes of Vikram. So he goes into the jungles in search of him.

The struggle which takes between Aishwarya Rai, Vikram and Prithviraj in the jungles is the story.
Though Manirathnam said that this is not a naxalites story, there is a talk that this film is about the naxalites leader Kobad Ghandy.


While shooting in Hoganekkal, Abhishek Bachchan had jumped from a height of 90 feet into the water. He had jumped in spite of Aishwarya Rai and Manirathnam’s objections. The Insurance company had also warned that they will not pay any compensation if anything adverse happens.


The climax fighting scene was shot in a bridge. Since the bridge was a set, this fighting scene in Tamil and Hindi should be shot quickly. Vikram finished the fighting scenes as Veera In Tamil and as Dev in Hindi film within one hour, since the bridge will not withstand.

VTV: A love story that never existed!

VTV: A love story that never existed!

Everyone in town is talking about Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa; about the beautiful romance, the understated Karthik and the classy Jesse. Everyone is singing ‘Hosannas’ to the movie and its music. So, I have decided to join the chorus and talk about VTV. But, I won’t be singing in chorus with everyone i.e. I am not going to talk about how the movie made me feel romantic, about how I felt personally connected to its characters and their lives and about how it looked as if it was a very familiar sweet romance playing out on screen. I won’t be doing that because so many readers have already done a wonderful job of it. That, I believe is because of the nature of the emotion that the film handles in elaborate detail – love. And, with that I will stop singing ‘Hosanna’ and get down to what I want to say. Did VTV trivialize love? I can already feel the brickbats come my way. I have a fairly good indication of how much the movie has been loved. But, before you react, give me a

chance to explain completely. The reason for me to feel that VTV might have treated love a bit too casually comes from the way the Tamil version ended. Yes, many have pointed out to the poetic and agonizing nature of the ending as perhaps the best part of the movie. But, however poetic it might have been, the cold truth is that the romance never found its culmination. In simple words – ‘the love story failed’. What is so new about that, you might ask? Love failures are dime a dozen in cinema. In fact the most loved love stories happen to be the ones that never made it through to marriage. Immortal love stories like Romeo and Juliet, Indian favorites like Ek Dhuje Ke Liye, or the Jack-Rose romance in Titanic have the thread of tragedy connecting them. In essence, they were all failed love stories. We could start another debate here about what a failed love story means. Some would perhaps contradict the view that any love story that does not end in marriage is a failure. i.e. ‘marriage is not a binding condition in all love stories. A love story can still be a success without ending up in marriage!’ Now, I am not trying to breach moral ground here. But, why did Gautham choose to go for separation instead of marriage which was a perfectly plausible ending (the Telugu version is proof). Of course, we have at many times before discussed the liking that Gautham seems to have for tragic love stories. Almost all his previous films have one. The only change is that, in previous films the tragedy was caused by something from without, in VTV the decision to separate is made by the lovers themselves and is made to appear practical. The point, in precise terms is that, the decision taken by Jesse seems to be one of convenience, rather than one of compulsion, which is why I feel that VTV perhaps trivialized love. Moreover, even Karthik was able to come to terms with her decision in a very matter of fact way. There is a quote: ‘Ever has it been known that love knows not its depth until the hour of separation’. VTV does not seem to comply with this piece of wisdom. The separation part is made to appear too easy a decision. I disagree with Gautham in casting such an uncertain character as Jesse in an intense love story. The character seems unworthy, in the end, of all the attention being showered upon her by Karthik. And, the entire romance is made to look misplaced and misjudged. Yes, Karthik did get inspired by his love story and went on to become a director, but that is not the reason people fall in love for. I am also not forgetting the parental side (which definitely deserves a lot of consideration) that also played a role in the final decision. But, in spite of all the factors, Jesse’s plain and easy acceptance of the love story’s fate makes one feel that her initial commitment was either half-hearted or a complete hoax. Looking at it that way, VTV is perhaps not the best love story to have come out of Kollywood in a while. Yes, there were moments of romance that tugged at your heart. But, in the final analysis, one feels that the real feeling never existed. The love story in VTV failed because it never was there. Even if it was there, Jesse seemed to be prepared to lose it fairly simply. She seemed to believe in Lord Tennyson’s lines: ‘It is better to have loved and lost than to have never loved at all’. But, ‘lost’ here doesn’t seem to be a conspiracy of fate; it looks like a program from a software engineer. Hence I feel; VTV trivialized love!

Accolades pouring for Chinmayee for VTV dubbing

For some weird and strange reasons and one which has become a sick routine in Tamil films, actresses like Trisha and Sneha (who are well-versed in Tamil) decide to give the skip when it comes to dubbing in their own voices for their respective characters in films. Trisha, whose latest film ‘Vinnai Thaandi Varuvaaya’ opposite Simbu has been doing a roaring business, was widely expected to dub in her own voice but didn’t do so.

Singer Chinmayee, who lent her voice to Tamannaah’s character in the film ‘Kandein Kaadhalai’ which went a long way in making it a reasonably successful film, has done the same to Trisha this time. Chinmayee’s joy is double-edged as she has also sung the popular song ‘Anbil….’ in the film, which is topping the musica charts nowadays.
Chinmayee has been getting accolades from various quarters for both her dubbing for Trisha as well as for the song. Though she has dubbed for many popular heroines in the past, it’s for the first time that the concerned actress rang her up and ‘thanked’ her for lending her voice. Trisha reportedly rang her up and appreciated and thanked her for having dubbed for her in the film.

Incidentally, in the Telugu version featuring Samantha in Trisha’s role, Chinmayee has also dubbed for Samantha in Telugu.


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Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa (VTV). Review

It is impossible to write a run-of-the-mill review for a Gautham Menon film follows the format of introduction, synopsis, a short critical perspective and finally, a verdict. Usually, the story itself can be said in a few lines. but even an A3 sheet may be insufficient to describe the experience of Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa (VTV). So, you'll thank me for this review which is a little shorter than the ones I tend to write and here, I have but a few brief words for the storyline itself, followed by a masterful effort to NOT gush over some of the stupendous work in the movie and a speedy roundup and verdict - but this is only because I neither have the space nor the vocabulary to do justice to the experience of watching this movie. The Story Karthik is our young hero. A 22-year-old man who has just finished his engineering degree and has cinema on his brain - he wants to become a film-maker one day. He is no shirker in his efforts; his days are spent knocking down doors of film directors' offices and studio hangars, hoping for a chance at assisting an established film-maker. And then one day, Jessie breezes into his life. Do you remember the 'Thunderbolt Effect' in The Godfather series when Michael Corleone first meets Appolonia? That is what Karthik feels when he sees Jessie from afar. She lives upstairs on their two-level independent home and barely notices him for the first few weeks. Then the contrived "chance" encounter by Karthik on their rooftop, the fervently planned meeting at a KFC joint where Jessie works, the way he blurts his love to her, his impulsive trip all the way to her native Alapuzha to apologize to her for that, their discovery of their love and - the strongest element in their love story - whether they are fated to be together or part ways, given their tumultuous environment. Jessie looks barely out of her teens, so fresh and doe-eyed is her appearance. Yet, she is not only an intelligent and well-grounded young woman, she is an year older than Karthik! And she is the yang to his yin. Where Karthik is full of, "Let's do it! Let's face the world, even our families and let's be together! Let's fearlessly shout our love from the rooftops!", Jessie is full of, "This is the worst-ever life plan. It would never work between us, thanks to my family and our religions. This would never work because I am so indecisive about making such emotional decisions!" Jessie is torn between her love for Karthik and loyalty to her family. Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa - will you cross the skies for me? This is the premise of the entire Karthik-Jessie love story. Will he wait forever for her? Will she cross her own hurdles to come to him? Will they run away from the world and be together? Will they fall prey to each other's diametrically opposite perspectives and lose out on love? The Performances: On- and Off-screen Simbu and more Simbu all the way. What a fantastic, underplayed and completely heart-melting performance. You have never seen Simbu like this before. You can fall in love with Simbu's Karthik. He has that glint of wry humour and sarcasm in his eye, he has that underplayed sexuality, the subtle hints of young love and young lust and glimpses of raw emotion - be it anger, frustration or rage. From the first moment one sees him on screen to the last shot, Simbu stays with you all the way. It would be impossible to see him again in any of his gyrating, fancy-move-making movies after this one. Trisha is the essence of angelic beauty. Innocent without losing her savvy; vulnerable without seeming helpless; confused in matters of the heart, without looking fickle. For Trisha too, this is perhaps one of the finest, most poignant roles she has done. Ganesh, who has been part of the Madhan-Ganesh executive producer duo with Gautham since the days of Vettaiyaadu Vilaiyaadu, surprises us all by being fabulous. and himself in the movie! His sarcastic sense of humour, his mantle of reliability without being prudish and his comic timing with a straight face are worth applause - and applause he gets from the audience, every time! Manoj Paramahamsa has magic in his lenses or fingers or something! The crystal clarity and sharp purity of every frame - night or day - is that of an expert veteran. The entire viewing experience has been enhanced simply because he has made it possible for every frame to look lucid, sharp and pleasing. I feel hesitant to even mention the masterpiece that A.R. Rahman has created in the sound track. From song to song, to the background score, the moods of each moment are captured by this genius and this movie would be but a fraction of what it is without his music. Points to ponder Just like Vaaranam Aayiram, Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa too is not a story but a process of story-telling. The movie is one long flow of emotions and incidents and not really a neatly categorized tale. Great for a seamless screenplay and showing the beauty of every moment, unfettered by the framework of any particular need in the script to move the next level. In this lies its minuses as well. For, at times, there seems to be little progression in the lives of Karthik and Jessie as he chases her and she tremulously reciprocates her love for him. It almost seems as if the entire movie is a struggle for him to convince her to defy the world and be with him; so also it seems she is constantly in turmoil, telling him to run away from a futile relationship even as she showers her love upon him. One almost feels the urge to stand up and tell Jessie, "Look at the boy! What are you waiting for! Will you please go for it!" The movie has been beautifully shot. This is perhaps the first Tamil movie I have seen in a long time that is comparable to a progressive Hindi or English movie. The camera angles, the expressions of the actors, the muted, Mani Ratnam-style of dialogue delivery, the finely choreographed fight sequences, the subtle ways of bringing out the personalities of the protagonists. perfect. While I personally find the last parts of the movie a little lagging behind in pace and intrigue, I can't help but give full marks for technical efficiency of screenplay and editing. Between Gautham, Manoj, Rajeevan and Anthony, VTV is a beautiful moving painting. Perhaps an elegant snip here and there in the second half would make it even tighter and focused. Malta is gorgeous, New York is heady, Goa is breathtaking and Kerala is God's own country. Their individual beauties have been captured inspiringly by Manoj. Unfortunately, they all appear only for a few minutes to the audience, except for Kerala, where there are actually longer and vital scenes shot. The rest of the movie is mostly shot, in true Gautham Menon style, in and around Chennai's favourite hangouts - Gautham's own office, Sathyam Cinemas and so on, with travel thrown in many a time in Simbu's or Gautham's own cars! Even the crew members are boys and girls from Gautham's own team! At some places, these are nice to watch and feel the warm glow of familiarity to the places and the people. At times, it makes one wonder what exactly the film's budget was! There are interesting quirks in the storyline that bring in some personal elements: a brief glimpse of an actual movie being made by Gautham as we speak, the journey of Karthik (who once wanted to work with "director Gautham Menon" when he went looking for a job) as a struggling filmmaker, the taboo of working in the cinema industry and the engineering and science-math backgrounds of Karthik and Jessie remind us of Gautham himself or, if you're from Chennai, the familiar institutions and favourite hangouts of our growing-up lives. Verdict For sheer beauty of every shot, for Simbu's excellent work, for A.R. Rahman's achingly beautiful music, for Trisha's angelic presence, for the director's sleek screenplay and for the love of good cinema - please watch it! Beware: Learn to ignore the stagnancy of pace sometimes or the lack of progression to the next level in Jessie and Karthik's relationship. Clarity will find you toward the end. Review by Shakthi Girish Please note: Every review on Galatta.com is written by the person who has watched the movie. Therefore, while conscious effort is made to give a fair, unbiased and ethical opinion, every review will have a personal element and opinion to it. Ultimately, every movie experience is a personal one and readers should watch each movie on their own terms.

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Dasavathaaram - Meaning of 10 Avatars

One thing we had noticed is why people didn't get the real subtext and
reason for the various roles and hence the title.
If you knew the real dasavatharams of Lord Vishnu and their characters
you can appreciate the script more.

Let me explain, starting with the best adapted role:

1. Krishna avatar - Vincent Poovaraghavan
Lord krishna is actually a dalit, he is dark-skinned [shyamalam]. He
saved draupadi when she was being violated and he was the actual
diplomat in mahabharatham. Lord krishna dies of an arrow striking his
lower leg. Now look at how vincent was introduced.. he appears when
asin is about to be molested and he saves her like draupadi. Vincent
is the dalit diplomat, fights for land issue [soil issue to be exact]
and dies from the metal rod striking his leg. Oh even five of
vincent's men are drugged at P. Vasu's.. sounds familiar???

2. Balarama avatar - Balarama naidu
This is an easy given. as the name suggests and the role personifies
you can easily get it.

3. Mathsya avatar - Ranagaraja nambi
nambi is thrown into water in an act of trying to save lord from being
thrown into sea, though vainly. what more clue do you want?

4. Varaha avatar - Krishnaveni paatti
During the mukunda song, krishnaveni paatti does varaha avatar in the
shadow puppetry. The frame freezes on it for a second. there is the
clue. Moreover, in varaha avatar lord actually hides earth so as to
protect life forms. Here too krishnaveni hides the germs - life form
inside the statue so as to protect.

5. Vamana avatar - Kalifulla khan
remember in vamana avatar, lord vishnu takes the vishvaroopa, that is
the giant form! Hence the giant kalifulla here symbolises vamana
avatar.

6. Parasurama avatar - Christian Fletcher
Parasurama is actually on an angry killing spree and killed 21
generations of the particular kshatriya vamsa. Hence the real
KILLER... Guess what thats what our Fletcher is! He comes around with
the gun [modern upgrade for axe] and kills everyone around. I have to
check if he kills 21 people though. :-D

7. Narasimha avatar - Shingen Narahashi
first of all the name itself is a play on the words singam [means lion
in tamil] and narasimha [the avatar being symbolised]. Lord Narasimha
manifests himelf to kill the bad guy and he also teaches prahaladha.
In the movie, he shows up to kill the killer fletcher! and is also a
teacher.. Lord Narasimha had to kill the asura with bare hands and
hence the martial arts exponent here.. get it?

8. Rama avatar - Avatar Singh
Lord Rama stands for the one man one woman maxim, kind of symbolising
true love.. Here Avatar portrays that spirit by saying that he loves
his woman more than anything and wants to live for her.

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9. Kalki avatar - Govindaraj Ramasamy
As you know, the hero in kaliyug can be none other than the Kalki avatar!!!

10. Koorma avatar - Bush
This is the most loose adaptation I couldn't clearly comprehend. But
if you look at the real koorma avatar, the lord is the turtle/tortoise
that helps in stirring the ksheera sagara and bringing out the amruth.
This essentially creates war among the devas and asuras. Similarly
today Bush facilitates war between you know whom... May be Kamal also
indicates that this avatar is a bit dumb like the tortoise...



Courtesy: got it as a forward…

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With Regards
Varun Nehru
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Review

Star-casts: Kamal Haasan, Mohan Lal, Lakshmi, Tanuja Iyer, Ganesh Venkataram
Banner: Raj Kamal Productions, UTV Motion Pictures
Production: Kamal Haasan, Ronnie Screwvala
Direction: Chakri
Music: Shruthi Haasan

To be precise, much before watching the film ‘Unnai Pol Oruvan’, everyone would’ve got a definite doubt whether the remakeversion in Tamil will perform well. But, Kamal Haasan top-notches exceeding our expectations on every quotient that are splendidly delivered…

The remake doesn’t differ in any way from the original version of ‘A Wednesday’. If the Neeraj Pandey had delivered a powerful theme with it, we’ve Kamal Haasan and his team rendering an overpowering attempt.

The film opens with Raghavan Maraar (Mohan Lal), city commissioner of police on his last day of service. He starts of revisiting an unforgettable day in his life, an unrecorded event that’s still unforgettable by those who were involved in it.

And then we’re taken back to that phenomenal day where a stranger (Kamal Haasan) makes a call to Maraar stating that he has planted bombs at various parts of the city. Assuming this to be a crank call, the city commissioner doesn’t take it seriously although he tries tracing the call. Instantaneously, the stranger reasserts about his serious venture that he has placed a bomb at a police station in Anna Saalai.

Well, now things are gonna be different not merely for city commissioner, but a TV reporter (Anuja Iyer), couple of young aggressive cops (Ganesh Venkataraman and other one), a computer hacker and the entire department of police.

Now, the stranger makes a strong demand that the department of police has to release 4 deadly criminals or else he would bump off the entire city.

But then, when his deals are accomplished, there’s something more shocking for everyone involved in this mission.

Needless to say, Mohan Lal deserves special mention for an extraordinary job. He just swings around with a blissful performance. Be it a tensed interaction with Kamal Haasan or a jovial take with the journalist: he’s awesome. Although, Kamal Haasan happens to be the lead protagonist, he showcases his best take simply in the climax. Ganesh Venkataraman does his part well as a frustrated cop while Tanuja Iyer as a journalist keeps us engrossed. Lakshmi is average on her show while rest of the cast-an-crew including the ones who played the role of criminals has done a great job.

There isn’t much particularly to appreciate about the background score of Shruthi Haasan as it could’ve been yet better. Cinematography by Manoj is prodigious and lighting has been perfectly mastered.

Dialogues by Era.Murugan are what it makes much best than the original version. All throughout the film, the dialogues are so touching and powerful that keeps winning with continuous applauses.

Finally, it’s worth mentioning that ‘Unnai Pol Oruvan’ is marvelous and of course best than the original version.

For sure, the film would make it big in box office with a long weekend of Ramzan Holiday.

Bottom - Line: Stupendously awesome

Verdict: Must Watch!!!

Kamal Haasan’s ‘Thalaivan Irukiran’ is ‘Unnai Pol Oruvan’

Maybe, the actor had a vivid discussion with his team mates and has drawn this conclusion. ‘Thalaivan Irukiran’ was something all about a one man show fightingagainst baddies. But now ‘Unnai Pol Oruvan’ seems to be quite attractive. Remake of A Wednesday is produced as a joint venture of UTV Productions and Kamal Haasan’s ‘Raj Kamal Productions’ in Tamil and Telugu.

The film will be completed in a 30-day schedule in both the versions. With Chakri directing the film, shooting had hit the floors yesterday in Ramoji Film City of Hyderabad. Don’t miss the exclusive trailer of ‘Unnai Pol Oruvan’ presented first on Kollywood Today

Audio Release Foto n Press meet

Believe It Or Not

Someone with no interesting work to do, did some research and composed
the following findings.

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A MERE CO-INCIDENCE / BELIVE IT OR NOT - Kamal Hassan
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1) In 1978, his tamil movie "Sivappu Rojakal" got released. He played
the role of a Psychopath killer . One year later, a guy called Psycho
Raman was caught for brutally murdering people

2) In 1988, kamal played the role of a unemployed youth in the movie
"Sathya". In 89-90's our country faced lot of problems due to
unemployment.

3) In 1992, his blockbuster movie "Devar Magan" got released. Its a
village based subject. There will be some scenes portraying communal
clashes. Exactly a year later in 1993, there were many communal
clashes in southern districts.

4) We all know in 1996 many people in our country was cheated by
finance companies. Our Kamal Hasan has clearly depicted this in his
movie "mahanadhi" which got released in 1994 itself.

5) In "heyram"(2000), there are some scenes relating to Hindu Muslim
clashes . We all know 2 years later, godhra(Gujarat riots) incident
happened.

6) He used a word called 'tsunami' in his movie "Anbesivam"(2003).The
word 'tsunami' was not known to many people before. In 2004, 'tsunami'
stuck the east coast of our country and many people lost their lives.

7) In his latest movie "Vettaiyadu Vilayadu "(2006) there are two
characters called ila&amudhan who played the roles of psychopath
killers. After 3 months of release of the movie, the noida serial
killing came to light (moninder/sathish)



And to add another point to the seven below,
 8.He shows the outbreak of
a biological weapon(virus/vial) in Tamil nadu --Dasavatharam(2008)

God save TN

Kamal

My Comment For Unnai Pol Oruvan

Yes.... I accept Kamal Hasan Is  born genius


My heart Starts Beating 144beats/min 
Yeah I am not joking 
I tuched my heart at the time of intermission
Yeah I felt the increase in my heart beat.....




Kamal Wanna make tamil cinema to challenge with Hollywood




I request you to watch the movie IN theaters  Only Strictly


Please kill piracy


Still I am not getting how he used to coin a term in Anbe Sivam 
'Tsunami'




From Kalathur Kannamma To Unnai Pol Oruvan
He deserves
I can say kamal as enga generation "sivaji ganesan"

UPO: The change is complete

Unnaipol Oruvan going great guns in Chennai city; collects over 20 lakhs at a single Cineplex within four days of its release. These are really handsome figures, though not record breaking by any standards. There have been many movies over the past that have shown far better collections in their initial days at theaters. For example, Unnaipol Oruvan might not able to match the figures netted by Dasavatharam. But what makes these 20 lakhs special are that they have been earned by Unnaipol Oruvan, which was hardly considered a candidate for great success. Of course, we all had great expectations from the movie because it came from the stables of Rajkamal and had Ulaga Nayagan Kamal Haasan in the lead with Mohanlal for company. We knew that it would be a class offering with a deep impact, because many of us were aware of and had seen ‘A Wednesday’. But, like many other class offerings of the past, there was the fear that box office success might just elude this thoroughly deserving product.

This fear is not without reason. There have been many Kamal masterpieces that have been quite universally acknowledged as high quality cinema but failed to leave any impression at the box office. Think about Hey Ram, Anbe Sivam or any others that belong to this category. The thing about such films was that they seemed to make it to theaters only because they featured Kamal Haasan. In his absence, such stories and films would never have been made, leave alone finding theaters to release. It was as if

good cinema had its place in the hearts of Tamil audiences but not on the big screen for any long period. The big screen always belonged to true commercial entertainers which had all elements to regale our minds in around 3 hours.

Now, Unnaipol Oruvan perhaps marks the crescendo of change that has begun in the reception of films that are of the ‘other’ kind, driven by elements that are non-commercial. There has been the odd film over the years that has kept breaking predictions to achieve box office success, like Cheran or Bala products. But, they were far and few in between and could be counted only as exceptions rather than as the rule. 2008 seems to have changed things from that position. Now, a film that chooses to stick to an honest and story driven form of narration is far more likely to find acceptance a few years ago. Counting Subramaniapuram, Pasanga, Naadodigal, Vennila Kabaddi Kuzhu, all in the span of 12 months, we have to accept that a wave of change in audience’s taste has occurred.

But, many might not be happy with the examples cited above. Though these movies did eliminate a lot of commercialism like punch dialogues, item numbers and the like, they still definitely contained a lot that was conventionally commercial. For instance, the comedy track, violence that could often border on the brutality and songs. In that respect, they could never be called ‘pure’ cinema. That is why Unnaipol Oruvan is important. It hopefully completes the transition of the average Tamil audience to the discerning who can pick out the genuinely good products from the rest and give it the recognition when it is still in theaters, not long after.

Unnaipol Oruvan has neither a comedy track, nor any song, nor violence, no heroine, no romance. Its dialogues might pack a punch but they are not what we would call punch dialogues. The maker has been confident enough to not include a song even in the opening or closing credits. Perhaps the only commercial present in the entire movie is the presence of a huge star, Kamal Haasan, but he is also a synonym for quality cinema in our times. In spite of being so starkly unconventional and non-commercial, if Unnaipol Oruvan is doing a smashing round at the box office, it does mean that audiences have begun to broaden their horizons beyond just time pass entertainment. For the success of Unnaipol Oruvan, congrats to the makers and to the ‘new look Tamil audience’.