MOSERBAER released the movie in DVD.
Vinatha.
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MOSERBAER released the movie in DVD.
Vinatha.
thank u for the info. have to get it.Quote:
Originally Posted by baroque
enjoy enjoy
vinatha
Best Actor...quite disappointing for me after all the postive buzz i heard about the film. the director sets up things quite neatly in a decent first half, only to botch up things in the second half where some quirky characters and contrived situations rule the roost. The saving grace is a delightful "Swapnam Oru Chaakku..." and Mammootty whose best performance since Kuttysrank manages one to overlook the unrealistic situations that pop up in the first half.
வந்தனம்
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இருபது வருடங்களுக்கு பிறகு இரண்டாவது முறையாக பார்க்கிறேன். பதினெண் பருவத்தில் பார்த்தபோது இதன் முடிவு கொடுத்த சோகத்தின் தாக்கம் அப்படியே மாறாமல் இன்னமும் அதே அளவு இருந்தது.. சிறு வயதில் நமக்கு பிடித்த நடிகைகளை இப்போது மீண்டும் பார்த்து ரசிக்கும்போது இருக்கும் சுகமே தனிதான். திருடாதே என்ற சொல்லிக்கொண்டே இதயத்தை திருடவிட்ட கிரிஜா இதில் இன்னமும் திருடவிடுகிறார் அவரது குழந்தை தனத்தில், குறும்பில்..
பக்கத்து வீட்டு பெண்ணாக மனதில் பட்டாம் பூச்சிகளை பறக்க விட்டு, வால் நட்சத்திரம் போல வந்து மறைந்து போனவர் கிரிஜா. எங்கே இருக்கிறார் என உலாவியதில் இந்த இணையத்தளம் புருவங்களை உயர்த்தியது. பத்திரிக்கையாளராக இருக்கிறாராம். வாழ்த்துக்கள் !
Good movie indeed and worth watching! great acting by those kids(not sure if they had any acting experience before)...The movie bagged state award as well recently..Quote:
Originally Posted by baroque
The Train
Went to this Jayaraj directed Mammootty movie with least expectations since the reviews that I had read had all been negative and as it often happens you don't feel underwhelmed when yo have less expectations. Not that it is a great movie but definitely worth a watch.
Jayaraj who is responsible for the story and screenplay had taken the artistic liberty of mixing facts with fiction. Narrating the story in the backdrop of serial bomb blasts that took place in local trains in Mumbai way back in 2006, he intertwines some characters into the main plot which helps to raise the tempo.
A track singer whose life ambition is to sing under the music baton of A.R.Rahman, a software engineer who had run away from her parents and is on a suicidal mood getting distracted by a wrong call from the singer, a Muslim woman running from pillar to post to get her father's freedom fighter's monthly pension released so that he can take the Haj pilgrimage, an aged Grandfather, mercilessly dumped in an old age home by his Son and D-I-Law both being Medical professionals, sneaking out of the home to meet his grandson who is celebrating his birthday, all by chance decide to take the local train from different stations like CST, Sion, Dadar, Byculla, Parel etc on that fateful day. On the other side there are 5 terrorists who decide to place IEDs in 7 stations to cause explosion between 6 and 6.11 PM on the same day. In between there is a Senior officer attached to the Special Task force who is on his way to his home by local train and who smells something fishy and there starts a game and you get a different climax, rather an unexpected one.
A great cocktail on paper but on the execution part Jayaraj seems to have missed it. Film covers the 12 hour period from 6 am to 6 pm and the Metro City is captured in Sun and shade, Rain and gloom in all it's glory. Mammootty as Special Task force officer doesn't get much of a screen space but on hindsight you think that even a Suresh Gopi would have been enough and wonder why such a Mega star for this? Jayasuriya as the track singer and lover boy is ok.
Not sure whether any Hindi Films had shown the Mumbai local stations so extensively. The camera simply travels with the train to and fro. One thing that needs to be said is the novelty factor. The way the story is told, I don't think that any Indian film's screenplay would have been narrated in this manner though not aware about this technique having been used in Hollywood films. Don't want to spill the beans on what exactly I mean, since people like Ajay/Anoop might want to catch the movie. But I am equally sure that 8 out of 10 people who watched the movie would not have even noticed that.
Sad that such an attempt is not getting the appreciation due. Only if Jayaraj had been little more enterprising ---
Regards
Watched Chocolate at last. Why was it not remade in Tamil?
Murali Anna,
There was a report that Jeyaraj was making a movie with title 'A track with Rahman'. Was it rechristened to 'The Train'?
Yeah Ajay. It is the same film. A Track with Rahman was the name that was announced earlier but when the shooting started, the title changed.
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March 12, !993 Bombay
I had written about this movie some time back.
The film March 12, 1993 which marks the directorial debut of script writer Babu Janarthanan is ready to go on floors. Here Mam plays a priest by name Sadhananda Bhatt, a character hailing from Kasargode. He who is at Chennai takes up a job at Rajasthan and he travels through Mumbai and get caught in the communal frenzy. Two other people hailing from a different part of Kerala, having come to Mumbai for a job also gets caught in the melee. Three people who are in no way connected to the riots have their life torn apart by what’s happening around them. What happens after forms the crux of the story.
Saw this film. A screenplay which encapsules things happening from the POV of a community who feel that they have been wronged for all misdeeds for no fault of them. To be precise the story traces the lives of two men who get falsely implicated in two major bomb blasts just because they happen to be from that community.
Traveling back and forth in history [the story is set to happen in parts in 1992, 93, 98,2002 & 2007] the film travels from Alleppy to Bombay to Coimbatore to Pochampalli in the outskirts of Hyderabad and captures how one's life can go topsy turvy by just the turn of events. Even as one watches helplessly things unfolding at a frantic pace, you get to empathise with the protagonists.
A new comer Mukund Unni as the youth from Alleppy getting caught in the vertex of terror plot has done his job quite well and shows promise for the future. Mammoootty may not be the king pin of the movie but he carries his role with elan. He shows his mettle in the scene at the Police Station where he is grilled about his past and especially the shot when he is offered a cup of Tea and the way he with trembling hands and lips just sip it makes it poignant.
Debutant director Babu Janardhanan must be congratulated for choosing such a theme for his debut movie and choosing a less traveled path [not forgetting My name is Khan and other offbeat films like Black Friday etc] and kudos for the way the twists have been placed during Interval and climax. His dialogues are never preachy but bring out the pain sharply. One dialogue " Hindus have a country of their own - Nepal, Christians have Rome and Muslims have Saudi. But there is only one country in the world where Hindus, Christians and Muslims live together and that is our India" drew the loudest cheers.
The movie may not set the BO on fire but has been a good attempt and worth a watch.
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Traffic
Now I understand why Kamal was so impressed with the script. Highly recommended.
Lalettan's look in Blessy's next is revealed....expectations soar:bow:! have a look, friends....
http://www.metromatinee.com/movies/i...=3368-Pranayam
Yeah, looking forward to Jayapradha-Lal chemistry. Kher kuda irukkaaru pola..
AnupamPkher Anupam Kher
"Life is more beautiful than dreams if you know how to live." Dialogue from Blessy's PRNAYAM. Shoot of a beautiful film comes to an end.
Expected to be an Onam release!!!
Its Lal's 300th film as well..
yep...both Ms goin thru troubled times with the raids now:-DQuote:
Originally Posted by ajaybaskar
I don,t understand Malyalam, but I am interested to learn this language, but like to watch action movie in Hindi or English dub.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sarna
liked the violin bit
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4g4w...ature=youtu.be
Pranayam trailer
Saw the trailer of Blessy's Pranayam- 'Onnamtharam' , very good. Waiting 2 watch Mohanlal, Anupam Kher & Jayaprada blend their love!
http://twitter.com/#!/sri50
"Dosa undaakkiya katha" maathrame kaanaan aalollu....
baaki theatrelonum aalle illa.... waiting for lallettan's pranayam
Adaminte Makan Abu is Indias Official Entry for Oscars
CHENNAI: Adaminte Makan Abu, directed by debutant filmmaker Salim Ahamed, has been chosen as India’s official entry to the 84th Academy Awards. The film -- a simple tale of a Muslim couple’s efforts to go on Hajj — was chosen from among 16 Indian films, including six Hindi and five Tamil films, by a 14-member jury of the Film Federation of India.
Making the announcement at a press briefing in the city on Friday, jury chairperson B Lenin said Adaminte Makan Abu scored over other films for being a simple story that clearly explains human values and the life of a person who fights against all odds. It also explains the protagonist’s regret for a mistake he commits and acceptance of living with it.
The film that won four National Awards, including the one for the Best Feature Film, was released in June and was not a box office hit, but a good one, said filmmaker and jury member Ravi Kottarakara.Calling the nature of nominations received this year as lukewarm, ad filmmaker and jury member Prahlad Kakkar observed that though regional films were sometimes found to be better than mainstream ones, some filmmakers seemed to think that their films would not stand up to the international level and did not nominate them.
The other films in the list were Guzaarish, No One Killed Jessica, 7 Khoon Maaf, Chillar Party, Dhobi Ghat and I am Kalam in Hindi, Deiva Thirumagal, Muran, Aadukalam, Ko and Endhiran in Tamil, Moner Manush in Bengali, Urumi in Malayalam, Alla Modalaindi in Telugu and Mala Aai Vhhaychy in Marathi. Of these, Urumi, No One Killed Jessica and Adaminte Makan Abu were in the final shortlist.
Writer A S Prakasham said certain nominated films lost out as they seemed to be inspired by Hollywood films.
Bestactor.... good time pass...entertaining for mamooty's performance alone... the movie worked for me for the performance of the actors.. Lal,salim,venu everyone done well..
Esp the scene in which Mammooty comes to join the group. Mammootty's reactions were :rotfl:
chance-ye illa.. infact that whole scene was taken beautifully... everyone rocked...Quote:
Originally Posted by ajaybaskar
Rajavinte Makan.
So, this was the film that catapulted Lal-ettan into stardom eh. I can't remember Makkal En Pakkam, the remake of this movie, but I bet Sathyaraj would have savoured the climax with his long limbs. Very nice movie, with supposedly strong dialogues (my Malaysian Malayalam is corrupted), and you got to see the last scene where lal-Etta goes beserk with his err...what was once used to pass as machine gun.
Phantom
Very ordinary movie, made very special by Mammooty. Lovely performance as ex-stuntman from Hindi cinema to discover some anniyayam's in some quarry village. Very light-hearted Mammookka, especially very funny when he drunkenly mistakes the close-buddy priest to a bishop. Turns serious like after three quarter of the film. Good entertainer with additional bonus for us with Manivannan as the Tamil bad guy who speaks in his own voice with smatterings of Malayalam.
My co-worker used to talk a lot about this movie (as a brilliant indianization of S Sheldon's Rage of Angels)...a couple of years back watched this on the net and one had to agree with that observation. It was a big hit during my initial Palakkadan days but missed watching on big screen...Quote:
Originally Posted by groucho070
Likewise, New Delhi was a brilliant indianization of I Wallace's Almighty...except for the hopeless BGM (great song composer Shyam but always paridhAbam on BGM)...
Indian Rupee seems to be the last good film, anyone watched? Murali Sir?
No Anoop. Missed out. Was thinking of watching Sathyan's Sneha Veedu but heard that in spite of Lal, movie was so so and a was a rehash of old Sathyan characters. Waiting for Venicile Vyaapaari and hope it presents a consolation prize for Mammookka in 2011.
Regards
Watched Christian Brothers and August 15. Disappointed with both.
heard good things abt Indian Rupee :) Venicile Vyaapari shud be fun being directed by Shafi.Quote:
Originally Posted by Murali Srinivas
Ajay - after Pranchiyettan the only watchable fare from Mammookka has been Best Actor (Bombay March 12 and Train being just ok for his standards) if possible try to watch Cocktail, malayalam movie...
Christian brothers according to me was a little intolerable...especially dileep...quite a disappointing movie...Quote:
Originally Posted by ajaybaskar
Adaminte makan abu :shock: :bow: Classic,marvelous performance by the lead pair.. Salim kumar and Zarina given life to the characters, Salim kumar :bow: next to him it is camerawork,some shots are divinely beautiful..the silent scenes are beautifully conveyed.. and BGM :thumbsup: :2thumbsup: to the director salim ahmed, cant believe that he is a debutant.... it is straightforward story teling,the location is awesome..
Not sure if this is the right thread to post. I wrote an article in Tamil on Adoor Gopalakrishnan's "Nizhalkuthu". Please read and let me know your feedback.
http://solvanam.com/?p=17800
Chinatown
Christian Brothers and August 15 were way better. :banghead:
Indian Rupee - a lovely movie yet again, not surprisingly, from Renjith :bow: :bow: long since I enjoyed a Malayalam movie so much (perhaps after Pranchiyettan).
Thilagan was excellent in his role with Prithvi giving great support. It is by choosing excellent movies like these he has pushed Dileep to the background. Unfortunately that has resulted in cat calls during his movies and a tarnished name in cyberspace...
Renjith takes the Real estate situation in India as the background and keeps us guessing till the last minute ... not even one predictable scene and the tongue in cheek climax takes the cake :)
Highly recommended :D
Appidi ennaga prachana fanskku avaru mela....read in an article that he was being targetedQuote:
Originally Posted by directhit
DH,
Watched Best Actor and enjoyed it a lot. Cocktail is the indian version of 'Butterfly on a wheel'nu Jinju sonnaar. So I let go the movie.