Films of Mani Ratnam

Ippo equanimus vandhu pallavi anupallavi pthi 4 words solluvAr.

Plum-nga, naan count pannalaingo :yessir:

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Originally Posted by Plum

Dont remember perfectly but PAP was good too.
Theeram ThEdi from UNarU - natural and heartwarming. The matching flute prelude as Sabitha Anand and Lal Ettan hesitantly clasp hands(most likely composed first, and shots chosen aptly by Mani) to the Balu Mahendra-like picturisation in verdant Kerala sea shore locations. It must find a place in the poll for its uniqueness in the Manirathnam pantheon

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Apx3Ya0RL4o

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she is good looking in this song...super choice

Vivs, yeah, I think she looks good in that song. But ingE already Meera Jasmine vagaila en reputation on "appreciation of feminine beauty" is pretty punctured. Adhukku mElum fuel add paNNa vENAmnu irundhEn. nInga add paNNa vechuttInga

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Originally Posted by Plum

Vivs, yeah, I think she looks good in that song. But ingE already Meera Jasmine vagaila en reputation on "appreciation of feminine beauty" is pretty punctured. Adhukku mElum fuel add paNNa vENAmnu irundhEn. nInga add paNNa vechuttInga

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Most of them are talking with "ye pulla karupayi" in mind..

she is good looking in this song

ennamO pOnga

btw paattu picturization(um) sumaar

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Originally Posted by Prabhu Ram

ennamO pOnga

btw paattu picturization(um) sumaar

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enaku romba pidichirundhuchu..

wonderful melody,gorgeous cinematography,beautiful location,subtle performances...

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Originally Posted by littlemaster1982

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Originally Posted by crajkumar_be

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Originally Posted by littlemaster1982

I heard "Kaadhal Sadugudu" was shot in reverse. What exactly does that mean :oops:

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We just see a rewound video... (are the lip movements in synch?)

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Naan gavanicha varaikkum, it was in synch. Infact only 2-3 such lines lip-synched by Madhavan in the whole song.

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Yep, u r rite... No prob with the lip-synch as the reverse thing was short from quite some distance... :)

Nenjil Thil Thil from KM - very simple yet so touching (just alongside beach and open land )... Came work... :clap:

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Originally Posted by Prabhu Ram

ennamO pOnga

btw paattu picturization(um) sumaar

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seri right, indha vishayathula namma twain shall never meet-nu vuttuduvom.

You mean the song picturization would rank among MR's all time bests ??

For starters I watched it on mute (office)

Waves on waves footage, waves into crevices, sunsets, long shots of half cuddles: both standing and sitting varieties. The handclasp has been done to death..perhaps this one was 'ahead of its times back then' etc. Mohanlal's expression was impressive. But - sacrilege ahead - the hand trembling was better in 7G.

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Originally Posted by Prabhu Ram

You mean the song picturization would rank among MR's all time bests ??

For starters I watched it on mute (office)

Waves on waves footage, waves into crevices, sunsets, long shots of half cuddles: both standing and sitting varieties. The handclasp has been done to death..perhaps this one was 'ahead of its times back then' etc. Mohanlal's expression was impressive. But - sacrilege ahead - the hand trembling was better in 7G.

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mute-A? Vaayya vaa, voottukku poi sound-Oda kELU. Apdiye namma BGM debate-um revisit paNNa vasadhiyA irukkum.

Yes, I prefer the simplicity here to the visual splendour of the post 80's Manirathnam. Notable that my choices in this thread(Mouna Raagam, Pagal Nilavu) are all in that direction. Twain shall never meet, PR, twain shall never meet.

7G? Sacrilege-pA. See the clasping of hands with Raja's flute capturing the hesitation. Yuvan Shankar 10 jenmam eduthAlum match paNNa mudiyadhu, ahkkaaang

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Originally Posted by Plum

mute-A? Vaayya vaa, voottukku poi sound-Oda kELU. Apdiye namma BGM debate-um revisit paNNa vasadhiyA irukkum.

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:-) Will do. But twain meetAdhu meetaadhu dhaan.

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Originally Posted by Plum

See the clasping of hands with Raja's flute capturing the hesitation. Yuvan Shankar 10 jenmam eduthAlum match paNNa mudiyadhu, ahkkaaang

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Plum, you are making my point then. If the music captured the hesitation in the moment it would only underline the lag in what we saw on screen. Crucial editing cut in handclasp moment too. :lol2:

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Originally Posted by Plum

Notable that my choices in this thread(Mouna Raagam, Pagal Nilavu) are all in that direction.

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I thought you were trying to make some statement about Revathi. adhukku mEla adhai perusA ninaikkale :lol2:

I don't remember anything in the poomalaiyE picturization being particularly impressive. I have trouble telling apart vaan mEgam and oho megam vandhadhO :oops:

i cant vote for best picturised songs of mani - i strongly believe that most of Mani's song picturisation are the best in the industry and i'm equally amazed at all his picturisations.....let me try a hand in picking his worst:

1. September madham (one of very few least preferred thalaivar songs)
2. Fanah - Mani just couldnt match rahman
3. Tere bina (guru) - very ordinary
4. chandralekha - again rahman's work is far superior

dont have much qualms on picturisation of raaja songs under mani because i cant "feel" that much for them :lol:

Except Idhayakovil, I think there is not much to complain about Mani's picturisations for Raja. Maybe Rakkamma Kaiya thattu...and one or two songs of Pagal Nilavu.

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Originally Posted by MADDY

dont have much qualms on picturisation of raaja songs under mani because i cant "feel" that much for them :lol:

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:lol:

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Originally Posted by MADDY

4. chandralekha - again rahman's work is far superior

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Hey...this was a great looking song.
Whenever I drive past the dull Egmore museum I can't help wonder how MR managed to make this look so great.

Shot in the terrace with individual domes lit.
Shots from all over the place, from below the floor (must be a first).
That lone white incandescent light - shot from a distance.

PC Sriram :bow:

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Originally Posted by Plum

Maybe Rakkamma Kaiya thattu

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NammaLudhu mutual exclusive sets-nu ninaikkiREn :lol2:

Rajini atop going "mathaLachatham"....how does on top that for that line ??

The gunitha puruvumum lamp-girls became a trendsetter.
Shobana group dancing and the tunes mingling, Rajini and Shobana exchanging glances. Well done.

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Originally Posted by Thalafanz

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Originally Posted by MADDY

dont have much qualms on picturisation of raaja songs under mani because i cant "feel" that much for them :lol:

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:lol:

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i mean andha oor kaarainga(IR fans) dhaan sollanum :) ......best picturised raaja song from Mani - hmmm, i can point out sundari from thalabadhi......i dont think mani has done more grand picturisation for rahman songs too (dont need also)......

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Originally Posted by Prabhu Ram

Whenever I drive past the dull Egmore museum I can't help wonder how MR managed to make this look so great.

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enakku ennamo lightings ellam P.C.Sriram "hey look at me" solra madhiri dhaan irukkum......

paattu appidingradhE oru fantasy. adhula "chandru look at me"-nnu sonnA enna thappu 'ngrEn :-)

I find Sundari kinda funny. The sappAn hairdo, ooty pasture-hills-la horse fight, fire basking,wounded Rajini slicing his thumb on a spear...all seemed very silly.

OTOH the lit temple and Shobana waiting were impressive.

I like nenjil dhil dhil too. Simmi version was slightly better. Maddy was very rigid.

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Originally Posted by app_engine - old post

mounarAgam - nice film with some irritations here & there. The worst one being the picturization of 'pani vizhum iravu':-( This was my most fav song when the album got released (nice vocal harmony and innovative orchestration at that time) and used to listen to in headphones in the night. (Recently a Boston radio found this to be worthy to air among many classics that fellow hubber irir123 recommended to them).

Never had a chance to see the movie during those days and was so irritated when I saw this atrocious picturization in a VCD full of songs. My opinion didn't change when I viewed the movie either. Should learn from malayALi directors on how to bring in such songs in a movie like this without irritability.

I'm not sure what came first nAyakan or MR. If nAyakan came later, then we can safely assume that Mani has improved by leaps and bounds by that time (on song picturizations).

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This song can compete with 'mainA mainA mAman pudichcha mainA' of pagal nilavu for MR's WORST picturizations :-(

When people're discussing BEST - please, please, don't even mention "pani vizhum iravu" - horrible :-(

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Originally Posted by Vivasaayi

Ennuyie ennuyire

sharukh and manisha sila edathula paka comediya irundhalum overall :clap:

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Yeah, kadaisi pagudhi namakku thala valikkum/suthum, paavam andha Manisha ponnu :(

Aana, what ya picturization ma! Fantastic landscape (Leh/Ladhak), visuals almost managing to match Rahman's fantastic score.

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Originally Posted by crajkumar_be

But that's such a turn off because IMO its one of the worst songs composed by Raaja

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You mean mArgazhi dhaan Odi pOchu or Andhi mazhai mEgam

I have to tune my level of kaNdanam accordingly

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I meant "Andhi Mazhai" :lol:

Margazhi Dhaan - is that the song sung by Arun Mozhi/Napolean, (which was cut in the film except the beginning? If yes, thats a wonderful song)

When it comes to picturization (w.r.t IR-ARR), its a no contest IMO. Mani-ARR anyday....

Anyone up for a "As Mani's visual's got better his screenwriting got worse" diskassan? :lol2: The apex of this parabola would of course be Iruvar.
kuzhanthaiya kiLLiyAchchu, yArAvathu vanthu thottila aatungappA!

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Originally Posted by complicateur

Anyone up for a "As Mani's visual's got better his screenwriting got worse" diskassan? :lol2: The apex of this parabola would of course be Iruvar.
kuzhanthaiya kiLLiyAchchu, yArAvathu vanthu thottila aatungappA!

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Do you expect someone to come and fight for 'pagal nilavu' as the best screenwriting by MR? I don't think so :-)

பகல் நிலவு Vs திருடா திருடா?

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Originally Posted by complicateur

Anyone up for a "As Mani's visual's got better his screenwriting got worse" diskassan? :lol2: The apex of this parabola would of course be Iruvar.
kuzhanthaiya kiLLiyAchchu, yArAvathu vanthu thottila aatungappA!

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:thumbsup:

That said, it's more of a Full-wave Rectified Sine wave. So far the (two) peaks would be "Nayagan" and "Iruvar". 8-)

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Originally Posted by Nerd

பகல் நிலவு Vs திருடா திருடா?

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Neenga nallavaraa kettavaraa

I used to think the answer to this question is screaming obvious till Plum came along yesterday.

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Originally Posted by Prabhu Ram

I used to think the answer to this question is screaming obvious till Plum came along yesterday.

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so Plum oru kuzhappavaadhinnu sollureengalaa? :?

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I used to think the answer to this question is screaming obvious till Plum came along yesterday.

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so Plum oru kuzhappavaadhinnu sollureengalaa? :?

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intellecjual theeviravaathi :lol:

Naan genuine-A kEttEn. Pagal nilavu sinna vayasula paathadhu. ThirudA thirudA ellAm Mani Ratnam list-la irukka koodAdhu. I like that film, it's pure fun but sila pala kaaraNathaala very ordinary (mostly prasanth).

TT and kizhakku seemaiyilE released on the same day. KS was a superhit while TT flopped. Two outstanding albums btw :clap:

Thiruda Thiruda song picturisations nalladhane irukkum :?

Naan films-a pathi sonnEn. (Refer compli/a_e's posts in this page)

idhaya kovil songs kooda nalla irukkume (audio vise)

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Originally Posted by Nerd

Naan films-a pathi sonnEn. (Refer compli/a_e's posts in this page)

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Oh :oops:

TT is a fun fun film - Pirasanth is ignorable.
Written by RGV and MR.

PC Sriram pinniruppaaple - the rickety bus chasing Heera's re-abductors and fight... sky will be purple :lol:

andha BGM kaadhulayE olikkudhu...a rarity for me :clap:

A mini AN style climax fight in the tunnel.

The scenes in the temple. Great looking.
Sila frame ellAm thaNNi vittu kazhuvina maadhiri 'fresh-A' irukkum.

Too many great scenes. Heera crying and Anand consoling after the house burns down....Prasanth walking from behind and looking on :rotfl:

Malaysia : idhu jameen thambi :lol:

Raakkamma kaiyya thattu
NinnukOri varNam (Prabhu's expressions :thumbsup:)
Raja Rajathi Rajan
Pachai niRamE
All songs in Iruvar
Janagana Mana
oru theyvam thantha poovE (both versions)
Chaiyya chaiyyA

the best film of Mani ratnam that i would say is "Mouna Raagam". Everything in the movie was perfect. Revathi, Karthik, Mohan, the songs, the Bgms (particularly the Revathi-Karthik love theme), i dunno why, but when i hear that it just takes me somewhere else.... seriously, i just have no words to describe that BGM by words... Just simply heart melting...

the settings in the film was simple yet very very ahead of its time. I remember watching the movie just about few years ago but was surprised by the settings, esp Mohan's house. Very simple yet classy.

As usual, Mani's love movies goes in slow pace but very gripping.

After that i would say i enjoyed Thiruda Thiruda allot, then i liked Iruvar, then Alaipayuthey, then Kannathil Muttamittal then Aayitha Ezhutu. :)

As for song's picturisation, i dunno when u say Mani Ratnam i only remember Alaipayuthey's picturisations.. :) Guess i was too crazy over the movie back then made me think so.

btw, anyone have the Mouna Raagam BGM in mp3? please please share it with me :)... thank u...