Arrived at the party a tad late I guess. Thanks for the thread and all the updates guys . The addition of KB into the mix does spark some interest. And when was the last time Kamal did something that was high in quality but low in terms of the money invested? Hope Uthamma Villain is one such venture.
MX was made in a crore or less I guess (from what I've heard). Also really happy to see Crazy-Kamal combo after more than a decade.Quote:
Originally Posted by Arvind Srinivasan
Trying to rekindle this ... Of the low budget movies, which ones were box office successes and which weren't ?
Among the less-efforted ones, I know MX was not and so was MMA. Not sure if MMA was low budget though. What about Unakkul-Oruvan ? Mostly with just a laptop in an unfinished terrace and was a bo success. There was Vasool Raja MBBS as well. Can anybody provide some more information about these ventures ?
I guess MX was break-even.
Unnaipol Oruvan (not Unakkul Oruvan ;)), ROI-wise was a big hit. The budget was just 12 cr and it made >=40 cr in Tamil & Telugu, which is more than 3 times the investment.Quote:
Originally Posted by bill4u
MX must have been profitable for RKFI but the distributors suffered losses. Kamal Haasan compensated them.
MMA was not a low budget movie. So no comments.
Singaravelan was a medium budget flick which did very well commercially, much better in B&C than in A centers (rare for a Kamal film).
Both Magalir Mattum and Sathi Leelavathy were made in shoe-string budget but turned out to be major money-spinners.
Gautam Menon in an interview said that he had some budget constraints while shooting Vettaiyaadu Vilaiyaadu and that not much was spent on making it. He said something like "KH's salary formed a major chunk of the budget". It became a blockbuster.
Vasool Raja (Super Hit), Thenali (Blockbuster), 5thanthiram (Below Average), PKS (Hit) - all these movies had a decent star cast & some songs shot abroad. Cant be considered as low budget ventures.
Thenali Blockbuster :shock:
i think 5thanthiram s nt below avg... above avg.. :)
yes, it was commercially successful as well.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kaarthickb
Why shock?Quote:
Originally Posted by leosimha
There were problems in terms of finance for VV, but it was not a low budget movie. Good amount of money was spent for shooting in US and it was very much visible as well. The initial producer Khaja taken lot of money on loan and that also was a big problem, some how 7th channel Manickam Narayanan took over and cleared the debts. In the end it was a very profitable venture.Quote:
Originally Posted by hattori_hanzo
Yeah but in this interview he specifically said the budget given to him by the new producer was limited (slightly more than Kaaka Kaaka) and he managed to complete the movie with it. I don't remember where I read it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cinemarasigan
Adhullenna sandhegam? Silver-Jubilee in TN and 75+ days in Kerala.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cinemarasigan
It did moderate business in Chennai, but not in other centers. Kamal range-ku Below average dhaan.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cinemarasigan
K.Vishwanath made three movies with Kamal, low in budget & high in quality. The first two were very successful in Telugu and Tamil. Subha Sankalpam, the third was a big hit in Andhra. The Tamil version, Paasa Valai, though was not as successful as the other two, ran for more than 50 days in AVM Rajeshwari, Devi Paradise. Normally, Telugu dubbed movies (except some rare cases like Vyjayanthi IPS, Idhu Dhaan Da Police, Naan E, Maaveeran) do not run more than a week in TN. And there's absolutely nothing TN audience can connect to, in Paasa Valai, which is a movie about Andhra fishermen. Still it managed to do well, for Kamal.
yea PasaValai got released in Malaysia as well.. after Indian i guess..Quote:
Originally Posted by hattori_hanzo
Watched some scenes from Rama Shama Bhama (Kannada remake of Sathi Leelavathy). Ramesh Aravind, to my surprise, seems to be Kannada cinema's P.Vasu/S.P. Muthuraman ;) The movie is a diluted(with added masala) version of Balu Mahendra's Sathi Leelavathy. Subtle comic scenes are stretched and made to reach the front bench mahajanangal.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMp5xpjpIMM
In General Kannada movies are mostly of like this only.. Moreover it is not correct to compare Ramesh Aravind with Balu Mahendra.. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by hattori_hanzo
it was a dead low budget movie .. break even is obvious for Kamal ..Quote:
Originally Posted by leosimha
but the fact is, it is an utter flop :(
Any movies involving foreign shooting, budget should be quite high. SO that rules out VV, MMA, Dasa etc.
Sorry, typo meant Unnai-pol-oruvan :) Probably the best in recent times.
- AnbeSivam - medium budget, critically acclaimed but BO flop.
- Guna - med budget, critically acclaimed but flop.
- Unnal-mudiyum-thambi - med budget, average, not a big winner but good songs and message.
- Kalaigyan - sumaar movie and BO flop.
"- Kalaigyan - sumaar movie and BO flop. "
one of my fav :)
- nice Thriller
- nice song
- kamal as dancer, superb
i think -tive was, gals over exposure
Yeah but initially I thought RA would have retained the class in RSB. However, I still found those scenes funny. Many of the additional comedy lines and chaplinesque gimmicks must have been included by KH himself. And KH-Urvashi chemistry :thumbsup:Quote:
Originally Posted by Cinemarasigan
Unnal-mudiyum-thambi s avg grosser :oops:
I thought it s BB :|
Unlike his other 'green' movies like Satya, Mahanadhi etc. , I remember very little of kalaigyan other than the song 'endhan nenjil neengadha thenral needhana'. Maybe time to take another look at it!Quote:
Originally Posted by dell_gt
One more to that list will be Paer-sollum-pillai with KR.Vijaya .. Dont remember that one at all.
Nope. Unfortunately his 'karruthu' movies like this, anbesivam etc. don't seem do good in BO. But anybody who've seen them will say they're good movies! This movie carried a neat message and the title and other songs in the movie say it all.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kaarthickb
But MX hardly set the box office on fire did it. I for one liked the movie, but found it a little confounding to see the general audience rejecting it outright. So I guess Kamal would not want to have a repeat of that. And I don't see this being done in such a shoe string budget. At the end of the day it depends on as to how much of artistic expression you're ready to forsake for profit. Afterall cinema in one angle is just another business venture. Actually Kamal's quote in the Jaya TV Pattimandram on him wanting to make bengali (Ray) art films commercially viable comes to my mind.Quote:
Originally Posted by nickraman
When we say "dead low", does it include Kamal's salary too? I guess Kamal's salary is anywhere between 20 to 30 Cs.Quote:
Originally Posted by Anban
It was a remake of (or inspired from) some stupid Hindi movie !Quote:
Originally Posted by dell_gt
Kamal looked stylish.. Nothing else :)
One of the best opening day crowd I ever witnessed with police doing lathi charge etc !
another -ve the clichéd climax...helicopter fight etc., but the scene just before this climax..where kamal alaikalaichufies (couldn't get the English equivalent at this moment, sorry!!) the real murderer, the way he talks in kannada and finally the build up before he reveals his name...... whistle blowing performance :)Quote:
Originally Posted by dell_gt
he was the producer .. if some other guy produced it , it would have been a big loss .. at that time, i dont think anybody's salary was above 10 C ..Quote:
Originally Posted by venkkiram
http://182.18.151.62/epaper/DC/CHN/5...s/tabp18_2.jpg
clearly any one can understand the real director is going to be Kamal.. Then why Kamal need Ramesh Arvind :confused2:Quote:
Originally Posted by Ramesh Arvind
I will write off Kamal ghost directing with Ramesh Arvind around.
Collaboration - Yes, RA being a dummy - A big NO
pattu ellam attagasama irruku.... kamal's hair style in the movie was pretty good.Quote:
Originally Posted by pushpak
Enthan Nenjil and Dillu Baru Jaane were instant hits.Quote:
Originally Posted by Avadi to America
But the stage songs were weak in both music and picturization. Kamal had given a big break to stage singer roles and a lot was expected from this movie. But Jadakku mudakkaana sarakku was just mediocre, with inane lyrics like "deengu danga". Another stage song, "Kalaignan Kattu Kaaval" had some unrelated and unnecessary flashback scenes - probably introduced to confuse viewers. It backfired.
Other possible reasons for its failure.
- Other than Kamal, Sivaranjani and Nasser, the cast members were all new.
- Villain not strong enough (he was a Kannada hero) & his motif wasnt too convincing.
- little or no comedy (that Kannada inspector was annoying)
- Nasser, as usual, wasted.
- Was released few days +/- Roja
Positives
+ Kamal's look, style and costumes were aasam.
+ BGM, especially the water drop, rocked!
+ The two songs mentioned above
+ The Knife fight with Sivaranjani's boy friend was Marana Mass!
+ Suspense was maintained till the very end
i remember it was running along with Sarathkumar's VEDANQuote:
Originally Posted by hattori_hanzo
appo ellam sarathkumar periya hero'nu nambittu irundhen...
biggest -ve is, we get a feel like watching a dubbing film
Kalaignan was released in 1993 much after Roja (August 92) and Thevar Magan (Deepavali 1992).
Release date was the same as Roop Ki Rani Chooron ka Raja(which ended up as a disaster).
I liked the movie when I watched it,saw it 3 times in the theatre I guess, but the film has not aged well.Some of the action scenes looked amateurish(line of Ambassodar cars allowing Kamal to run up on them)when I watched it sometime back on TV.
Flashback was unnecessary and Kamal looked flat in the emotional scenes of the song.
But the film was stylishly made,Bindiya was gorgeous,couple of songs were Good,the lines introducing Kamal's character,Indrajit, was cool and the suspense was maintained throughout.
The villain was Kannada actor/director Guru dutt
tamil moonjigale illaatha padam .. athellam appo periya factor thaan .. even Aalavandaan had this big drawback ... nowadays, its becoming normal ..Quote:
Originally Posted by HonestRaj
Kamal Haasan's next offering after Vishwaroopam 2 would be Uthama Villain directed by Ramesh Arvind and produced by Thirrupathi Brothers. Kamal is reported to be playing an ageing superstar in the movie.
We have an update regarding the technical team of Uthama Villain. Promising young composer Ghibran who happens to be one of the main crew members of Vishwaroopam 2, is set to compose for Uthama Villain as well. He has also apparently composed 4 songs for the film already. Kamal Haasan is also expected to pen lyrics for the movie, as he generally does for some of the songs in his films.
Uthama Villain will be shot in full swing once Kamal is free from his commitments for Vishwaroopam 2. He recently updated that CG works are happening in full swing for this sequel to 2013's blockbuster, Vishwaroopam.
http://behindwoods.com/tamil-movies-...a-villain.html
Three heroines for Kamal Haasan
Kamal Haasan is all set to go on floors withUthama Villain this month. The film, directed by Ramesh Aravind, will start rolling in Chennai, and we hear that the Ulaganayagan will have three heroines in it. However, we understand that none of the names have been finalized yet.
A source close to the project tells us, "Kamal and Ramesh will hold the pooja launch of the film in Chennai on February 24. They will start shooting some sequences in the city before they go in for a schedule break. The film will have three heroines, and the team has approached some of the top actresses for the roles. Kajal Aggarwal, Tamannaah and Trisha (with whom Kamal earlier acted in Manmadan Ambu) are some of the names that are being bandied about. It's expected that Ramesh will zero in on his heroines by the end of this month."
This is a sweet news... Hope this become true..Quote:
Originally Posted by dell_gt
TOI also reported this news...
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/e...w/30223727.cms
Wonder what the scope is for 3 heroines ... Anyways the movie will also see Vivek being paired up with Kamal for the first time.
http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/t...le/103421.html