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Yesterday I watched "Athu Oru Kana Kalam" on DVD. The movie felt like from '80s. And the BGM too. Many places the BGM was so dominating it was hard to hear the dialogues. In "Andhal Naal" song, Shreya sounds like Bhava!!! I think this song was composed keeping Bhava in mind......
Genesis,
Adhu Oru was a movie which I thought ended before I could believe it. Raja was the hero of the movie and I felt PriyaMani had beter scope for acting, rather emoting than Dhanush.
Unfortunately, the songs did reach the masses here as thet were basking under a crappy Thayir saadham album :(
I meant the songs did not reach the masses.. thre rest of the statement will stand true for ages.Quote:
Originally Posted by Renault
kattu vazhi kaalnadaiya pora thambi is an excellent gem in this movie
Watched 'Devan' in SunTV today. Didnt know that it was being played but I just woke up and saw initial BGM scenes which had 80's stamp of IR and thought 'whoa.. new movie and someone has used IR's pattern'. Then realised it was IR himself..!!
The movie was downright amaeturish initially (so was the BGM.. I didnt expect this quality from IR.. probably he or the director decided 'indha scenukku idhu podhum'..) The less the mention of songs the better.. BGM picked up after Vijayakanth's entry.
Overall, a good story spoilt by some bad screenplay/direction. IR's God-gifted talent wasted completely in a movie there's good scope of good BGM.
"Thalattum Katre"
I liked very much this song in Devan.
Thalattum katre and Oh indha ezhai geetham are two brilliant songs in Devan, other songs were so-so. But the BGM was grand with lots of brass scoring, esp. the climax. The themes for Vijayakanth and Arun Pandian were fresh. Raja's score for this movie and Aandan Adimai were soon after his return from Hungary.
definitely the starting tune of "thalatum katre" is the replica of the "malaiyoram mayile" from "oruvar vazhum alayam".Quote:
Originally Posted by Sanjeevi
raja somehow reused that tune.
Maye the director wanted that tune. Invarialyot of songs we think as a re-use happen to e a director's pestering rather than Raja's wish.
It's a pity that the movie was a second-grade crap despite having stars like Vijaykanth, Kartik and Vivek.
Radical on reel
IndiaGlitz [Wednesday, June 14, 2006]
After his critically acclaimed Bharathy, which documented the life and death of patriotic poet Bharathy, director Gnana Rajasekaran has commenced the work to chronicle the life of rationalist thinker and social reformer E V R Periyar.
Sathyaraj, who is a staunch non-believer and a keen admirer of Periyar, dons the title role.
Thrilled to play the role of his favorite leader, Sathyaraj, says 'A dream come true role in my life and I will not miss the opportunity'.
Meanwhile, the rest of the star cast is also finalized by Gnana Rajasekaran.
Kushboo and Malayalam girl Geethu Mohandas play the roles of Periyar's wives Nagammai and Maniammai.
Both are thrilled to play the real life characters of Nagammai and Maniammai.
Says Kushboo, 'Though I have not seen them I would try to give my best by talking to those associated with them. Actresses comes across such roles rarely in their lives and I consider lucky for it'.
The movie would have music by Ilayaraja.
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IR is doing music for another historical oriented film...bound to be great shakes..:D