I've posted this link in the last ROTFL thread yesterday.
Still, considering the ongoing discussion, may be more relevant here :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rCs6mwY9Vk
(1950 version of gerAftAr RK intro scene)
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I've posted this link in the last ROTFL thread yesterday.
Still, considering the ongoing discussion, may be more relevant here :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rCs6mwY9Vk
(1950 version of gerAftAr RK intro scene)
Plum,Quote:
Originally Posted by Plum
But some of these original Bachchan films (actually from the '70s) are so good and the respective Rajini remakes are so bad (or in some cases strictly average). The worst case is something like a Mr. Bharath. Is there really *anything* (including Rajini) in that film that does anything close to justice to Trishul? What a pa-the-tic film! That said, I do agree withyou that Bachchan really got tacky in the '80s.
enna ippadi sollittInga... Even in the post-2000 films, he's usually prett good. Aankhen 'lAm avarukkAgavE pAkkalAm. Scintillating performance.Quote:
Originally Posted by Plum
Exactly. avar appidi thaan 'nga. :lol2:Quote:
Originally Posted by equanimus
It is regarding the post 2000 roles that Amitabh has been doing that I feel envious (i..e for Rajini). If only Rajini had the chance he would have aced many of them.
btw Plum, to be contrasted against the conspicuous absence of this 'if only' feeling about bharathar & co.
Overall though I feel Rajini is a 'natural'. There are even parts of Nallavanukku Nallavan where Amitabh will struggle.
Compare Manik bashaa :smokesmirk: with TIGER (HUM).......Quote:
Originally Posted by Nerd
Trishul vs bharath - poor remake, rajni nowhere near but bharath is so different a character from the original. Worse was sv sekar for sasi kapoor :lol:. I don't even want to compare - it is a totally different animal in tamil.(Telugu remakela sobhan babu - avar satyarajke appa maadhiri irupparu :lol:)
Thee vs deewar and don vs billa - pachan wins. Granted.
Rest - nothing to choose.
Amar akbar vs telugu version - ok rajni did the khanna role there so can't compare but pachan comedy sucks so...
Panakkaaran vs laaawaris and halal vs velaikaran - nothing to choose. If anything, rajni is better
Post 2000's, enakku hamming dhaan theriyudhu. Sorrynga aankhenla rawal and kumar stole the show for me.
Halal Amitabh comedy attempt. Unselects himself.
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Originally Posted by Plum
Halaal-la pachan unintentionally funny in almost all the scenes. Rajini was pretty good in vELaikkAran. Laawaris ellAm very very pathetic-nga. Panakkaran, though not a remarkably better remake, Rajini was much much better than Pachan.
Just my bias against those movies nerd. Comedy rajni>>> pachn.
Panakkaran raises nightmarish visions of grotesque senthaamarai and irandum ondrodu.
Yeah, rajni is better in those movies
Btw, *mar akbar antony telugu version paartacha?
I couldnt agree with you more on the point of Rajini being a 'Natural' - A mood creation - he achieves with just a slight shift in the facial expressions. He is so light weight when it comes to that - no need for anything spectacular - just pure minimalism - indicates some inborn talent. Even in the height of masala - he brought some effortless ease in some scenes of 'Ejaman' - the panchayat scenes - vegu yadhaartham and done in a very easy manner. A movie of his that I am unable to dislodge from my memory is 'Engeyo kaetta kural' - He stands out tall along with Delhi Ganesh in that movie. At the cost of inciting a flame war - let me spell out my long held notion - Kamal has to put in a 'lot of conscious effort' to appear natural and casual while Rajini the actor can slide into some roles with an effortless ease. Kamal realised this and made sure that he wrote more 'effort based' roles for himself to win over the crowd and applause and to his delight Rajini never aspired for those 'additional effort roles' and hence the statement 'avar thottadhai naan thodalai'. Even recently I was in awe of Rajini in Aval appadiththaan and 'thappu thaalangaL' - very complex roles these (Rajini gets slapped by Sripriya in AA and in the next scene he has to have a poker faced stoidity that made me go wow) and yet done with the least amount of fuss - at no point was there a statement 'Look I'm Acting' - which any other actor would have done these days. Even Jhonny - Mahendran and Rajini's focus on just letting the characters 'be' instead of screaming for 'good acting' recognition by the invisible audience watching the movie made every moment of the movie a 'special actor's moment' and that the way how it is done dudes.Quote:
Originally Posted by P_R
No one understood the dynamics of remodeling acting to the masala format better than Rajini. It was a virtuoso magic that he did by fusing elements of puttanna kanagaL school of natural performance with purest unabashedly honest masala ham to perfection.Quote:
Originally Posted by P_R