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Nerdf, neenga SKV-yai dhaanE kEkkureeya? ennaiya illaiyE? :lol2:
I am sonnadhu, Lalwani managed to forget that his South Indian friend was -when he last saw him - heading to Calcutta - which turned out to be the epicenter of violence.
I found that to have some resonance with how Saket - who had a good Muslim friend - went on to be influenced by Hindu-nationalism, because he could buy into a stereotype.
Yes, to SKV :-) Anyway I got that P_R.
The Marina beach dialock (which again is a stereotype if you think about it) does not equate with this. I mean here, the situation is entirely different. He says theriyin, only becuase he was directly involved and he does not want LalW to stop.
Anyway to return to Mahanadhi...Yes, but I see it not as a larger perspective the film offers but as a reflection of Krishna's feelings, some sort of an inner consistency of the character to put it in even vaguer terms. Disregarding my limitations in articulating this, I do feel there are two arcs to the film in general, one of Krishna's inner journey, two of how the film views his life in some sort of a detached gaze. Having said that, I concede that 'big bad world out there' is not a bad reading but it's a very limiting one.Quote:
Originally Posted by P_R
Yes, the interval scene best illustrates this point; also I suppose the primary reason why I thought of the word "headman."Quote:
Originally Posted by P_R
I actually think the Marina line is unfair because TN is relatively more concerned about events in Mumbai/NorthIndies than the other way round. ippadi solradhum oru stereotype/prejudice dhaan. But I'll stick my neck out on this one. But I can see why he used it in the movie. He needed something to anchor the plot happening in Chennai. In 'A Wednesday', the story being placed in Mumbai was more 'natural'. UPO had to go the extra distance to justify the common man. Guwhati (Baruah - oru type-A overpronounce paNNuvaapla; lightA chippA irukkum :lol: ), Gujarat-nu extra-bit ellAm pOda vENdi vandhadhu.
UPO was a bad choice for a Tamil remake. The realignment of the film to the kind of politics Kamal is sympathetic to, was also a non-starter i.e. failure. The only favourable point one can say for the film is that Kamal was a rather apt choice for such a vigilante film with his own history of Indian.I don't think I even parsed the Guwahati reference, but I vividly recall the funny pronunciation of 'Baruah.' Ha ha ha!Quote:
Originally Posted by P_R
UPO did not work with me cos, i never was able to buy the character as a common man, mainly havin kamal in that role.
idhu oru karutthu dhaan....
SS, same for me. But think about it for a moment. None of us had a problem accepting him as a common man in Mahanadhi.
idhu sindhikka vENdiya vishayam allavA :-|
It is not just the "stereotype" - but the very basic knot of the film is how Saket keeps his demons locked up deep inside him.Quote:
Originally Posted by P_R
Even his wife does not know about what happens with him - it is essentially how introvert the calcutta incidents have made him.
Though the graphic lizard gimmick conveys this to some extent, but nothing conveys it better than what you have highlighted.
In many ways it is different from the verbose Kamal thrusting dialogues that discuss such political stuff (similar to the napier bridge sequence in Mahanadhi).
Here it comes in the end when Saket meets Gandhiji - but Gandhiji does most of the talking in his own witty ways (wonderful turn by Naseer).
lol... idhu naama sindhikka vendiya visayam illa... avar sindhikka vendiya visayam...Quote:
Originally Posted by P_R
there are many reasons why it works in mahanadhi and not here... here the movie expects ppl to take him as a common man, second, maybe if he did this during the mahanadhi time it could hav suited him, but now he has grown in stature as a star and a person...
You really think so.Quote:
Originally Posted by SoftSword
I think he was always a huge star.
ippollAm avar, padangaLil/pAthirangaLil thannOda parsnaalty-yai konjam adhigamAvE channel paNRadhA thONudhu.
VV, UPO, MMA, Govindo san, Nalla.
ivanga ellAraiyum vida enakku pudichcha near-Kamal character: Prof. Selvam
adhula oru idhu irunch.