New Releases of Bharath

i saw arumugam for 15 min .. thaanga mudile

apdiye annamalai ulta

a classic case of being a spoilt brat

[Carrying forward an ongoing discussion from elsewhere.]

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Originally Posted by P_R

Where are you guys seeing anything about North-South in Shahid/Bharath's characters ? AFAI see it is about playing an urban role, which unsurprisingly Bharath seems to have problems with.
And I know he is from the 'city', which should spur us into exploring why this happens to be the case, why Bharath's "usual self" is what it is etc. But I will avoid being digressive now.

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Yes, it should, shouldn't it? On the one hand, we know that Bharath is city-bred, and on the other hand, we find it unsurprising that Bharath has problems playing what's thought of as a "proper" suave urban role. Surely something remains unexplained?

To state the obvious, an urban character doesn't mean the same thing in different parts of India. Or anywhere else for that matter. There's always the local nuance in display. Just to pick a random sample space, consider Tamil film stars (Chennai) vs. Hindi film stars (Bombay). The social and economic status of the star-sons (for instance) here and there are quite the same (relatively speaking). But why is it that most of the star-sons here predominantly speak Tamil whereas the ones in Bombay hardly ever speak in Hindi? Not just linguistically, there's a lot of difference between the well-to-do class of Chennai (or more broadly Tamilnadu) and that of Bombay.

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Originally Posted by equanimus

[Carrying an ongoing discussion from elsewhere.]

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Originally Posted by P_R

Where are you guys seeing anything about North-South in Shahid/Bharath's characters ? AFAI see it is about playing an urban role, which unsurprisingly Bharath seems to have problems with.
And I know he is from the 'city', which should spur us into exploring why this happens to be the case, why Bharath's "usual self" is what it is etc. But I will avoid being digressive now.

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Yes, it should, shouldn't it? On the one hand, we know that Bharath is city-bred, and on the other hand, we find it unsurprising that Bharath has problems playing what's thought of as a "proper" suave urban role. Surely something remains unexplained?

To state the obvious, an urban character doesn't mean the same thing in different parts of India. Or anywhere else for that matter. There's always the local nuance in display. Just to pick a random sample space, onsider Tamil film stars (Chennai) vs. Hindi film stars (Bombay). The social and economic status of the star-sons (for instance) here and there are quite the same (relatively speaking). But why is it that most of the star-sons here predominantly speak Tamil whereas the ones in Bombay hardly ever speak in Hindi? Not just linguistically, there's a lot of difference between the well-to-do class of Chennai (or more broadly Tamilnadu) and that of Bombay.

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idhai vida theLivA solla mudiyAdhu. Even a Harman Baweja vs Ravi Krishna comparsion paNNi pArunga.
But as equa observed, Bharath should have tried to be himself rather than channel BSKappoor for JWM remake. Even then, I am unsure of how he'll be able to tackle a *rich, suave* businessman(just like Kappoor can never be the lowly kaadhal mechanic), even accounting for the above difference. nEpALi is a case in point.
ennammO software engineer-Am, stylish party-Am, oNyum thErala. When it comes to 'cool', I think our guys have a built-in disadvantage. And the ones that can manage it - Madhavan etc - are literally outsiders.
(In BR's space, I had expressed a wish for a ambient remake of Jab We Met, with possibly, say, a specific Chettiar community with the location playing a prominent part. Although I suppose Pirivom Sandhippom covered it alread. Instead, we have the generic madurai-gramam-periyamanushar family instead. YNM had the generic Brahmin stereotypes, and that perhaps illustrated the difference between bolly and us more. Where is the effort to make your characters more in resonance with their background?

Not sure which is the most boisterous identifiable community in TN. Any pointers? )

Plum,
Tamannah plays a Thevar girl in the film, if I'm not mistaken. Some of the news portals mentioned this some time back. This is again one of the beaten-to-death stereotypes in recent Tamil cinema.

One question - baradhan seems to have had a series of 'commercial' duds - wherefrom he gets the illusion that he is a 'massy' hero?

Plum - maybe his recent movies like Aarumugam, Pazhani would have forced him to say that he was massy and has changed his style in KK.

Coming back to Bharath's ability, browsing through some of the movie's gallery, Bharath may well look like a businessman as it is being said here. On the other hand, we have usual tamil songs where the hero's costumes are out of the world and there are couple of stills with Bharath's upper sleeves showing his muscles.

I think his character will be hard hit with the frequent interruptions in the form of songs (with the tamil flavor, as claimed by Yaar Kannan)

The movie has some stills showing Theni which might prove equa right on Tamannah's caste. Santhanam is also seen with a "ottu meesai" which is obviously visible in the pictures and as director said, has added more tamil body into hindi soul.

Ok, here's the thing - I think tamannah's whole problem would be to pass off as a theni girl, isnt it? AngeyE praablem start...

To reiterate, I have seen the trailer and I think tamannah is better than kari na in terms of individual expressions and carrying off the seshtais. Kareena played a sardarNi role which suited her-ngaradhu vEra vishayam.
PR maadhiri naanum Pooja-lerundhu(where's she, btw) tamannah-ku convert aayittEn.

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Originally Posted by Plum

But as equa observed, Bharath should have tried to be himself rather than channel BSKappoor for JWM remake. Even then, I am unsure of how he'll be able to tackle a *rich, suave* businessman(just like Kappoor can never be the lowly kaadhal mechanic), even accounting for the above difference. nEpALi is a case in point.
ennammO software engineer-Am, stylish party-Am, oNyum thErala.

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See, that's because in that film, the well-paid software engineer was imagined as someone from an entirely different world, which is hardly the case. "vERa mAdhiri pEsaNum sir..." 'nu avaru kitta pOi solliruppAnga. avarum enna thAn paNNuvAr, uLaRik kottittAr.

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Originally Posted by Aalavanthan

The movie has some stills showing Theni which might prove equa right on Tamannah's caste.

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Eq is right. Tamanna says "Naan Theni ponnu" in one of the scenes in trailer.