Nadigar Thilagam Sivaji Ganesan

**great** · 23rd February 2006, 09:45 PM

Originally Posted by Shakthiprabha

My respects to the legend .

thanks you dont need to clap for my post ......

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**P_R** · 24th February 2006, 01:27 AM

Originally Posted by mohanraman

Movies are meant to be enjoyed and a good and convincing performance by any actor is to be appreciated.Let us rise above petty comparisons......Having said all this Sivaji of course is GREAT.

I agree, but with some reservation. Movies and performances are to be enjoyed as wholesome and independent units. But that does not make a case for dismissing comparisons altogether.

Comparing the performances of people in similar situations helps appreciate things better.Even intergenerational comparsions would still be possible if we go about it reasonably. I cannot help think of Vasantha Maaligai when i watch Vaazhvey Maayam. When I watched 'Pagal Nilavu' this weekend I was parallely thinking of Nayagan.

That said I do concede that most comparisons we do, atleast in the Hub, end up being petty

**kannannn** · 24th February 2006, 01:47 AM

Originally Posted by Prabhu Ram

One grand anti-hero performance which I enjoyed is "Annayin Aanai".
The famous scene where his wife scratches him and rips his banian is extremely tense. He makes you bite your nails about his next move....all with a bare minimum of words. Marvellous performance.

PR, you can add 'Andha Naal' too to the list. Of course not exactly an anti-hero, but void of any heroic qualities nonetheless. Watch out for his expressions when Pandaribai aims the pistol at him towards the end. His expression changes from fear to disbelief to pleading as he tries to make her see that he is afterall her husband. And he is evil personified in 'Uththama Puththiran' ('idhayum thaduththal thaai endrum paarka matten', when his mother pleads not to have his brother masked).

**P_R** · 24th February 2006, 11:09 AM

Originally Posted by kannannn

PR, you can add 'Andha Naal' too to the list. Of course not exactly an anti-hero, but void of any heroic qualities nonetheless. Watch out for his expressions when Pandaribai aims the pistol at him towards the end. His expression changes from fear to disbelief to pleading as he tries to make her see that he is afterall her husband.

Andha Naal is one of my all-time favourite films. All the murder-reconstructions have Sivaji enacting the role of Rajan as perceived by the person who is narrating it.

**joe** · 24th February 2006, 06:22 PM

Mohanraman sir,
Thanks for wonderful post!

**joe** · 24th February 2006, 06:38 PM

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**joe** · 25th February 2006, 12:01 AM

V.O.Chidambaram's own son ,while watching the movie 'Kappalottiya Thamizhan' in a theatre ,forgot he was watching a movie and cried"Appa!Appa!" .Later he confesed he didn't see sivaji,but his father on screen..hmmm..there is no award in this world equal to this...

**Thirumaran** · 25th February 2006, 12:06 AM

Originally Posted by joe

V.O.Chidambaram's own son ,while watching the movie 'Kappalottiya Thamizhan' in a theatre ,forgot he was watching a movie and cried"Appa!Appa!" .Later he confesed he didn't see sivaji,but his father on screen..hmmm..there is no award in this world equal to this...

Yeah.

**joe** · 25th February 2006, 01:08 AM

உனக்கு தேசிய விருது கிடைக்கவில்லையாம்!

குடகு மலையைக் கடந்தாயா என
இமய மலையைக் கடந்தவனிடம் கேள்வி!

பிரான்சுக்கும் எகிப்துக்கும் தெரிந்த உண்மை -இங்குள்ள
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