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A good review for the film
http://www.firstpost.com/bollywood/k...m-2525728.html
Better than the original it says.
Kamal Haasan returns to Hindi cinema with 'Thoongavanam'
Friday, 4 December 2015 - 6:25am IST
Kamal Haasan starrer Thoongavanam covers an entirely new gamut of cinematic expression, not just for Tamil cinema, but Indian cinema as well. It is now learnt that a Hindi remake of Thoonga Vanam is being planned with Kamal in the lead.
The actor clarifies, “I’d like to correct you. It’s not Thoongavanam that’s being remade into Hindi. It’s the French film Nuit Blanche (Sleepless Night) that is being remade into Hindi. My Thoongavanam is a remake of the same French film. I had offered to make a simultaneous Hindi version for the Bollywood producer who owns the rights of the Hindi remake. But I think he wanted to make it with some top Bollywood star.”
Now we hear the Hindi remake will star Kamal Haasan after all. Says Kamal, “We’ve deviated substantially from the French original also. That big hand-to-hand fight between Trisha and me was not there in Nuit Blanche.”
Kamal encountered serious roadblocks from the film trade . “They say, ‘Oh, Thoongavanam is a good film. But it’s not Sholay’. But why should it be Sholay? Why can’t we assess judge and praise efforts to make a different kind of cinema within the commercial context?”
From Indian Express
Watched the Movie...Unexceptional but gripping at places, ++++ Kamal, Kishore, Trisha, Sampath, Kamal's Kid Screenplay... ----- PR, Yugi Sethu, Climax, Jegan, Kissing Scenes, Scenes with Jegan, Uma Riaz...
Was Rajesh the Guy who acted as a Chief Chef??
There was one Particular scene which was very emotional, Kamal says that the Kid is the Most important person in his Life and nothing is more Important than him...The Kid replies innocently en pa ivvalo naal itha sollala (Some thing in this regard)...Well done
Watched it again after a month....First half does go like a rocket, just the same feeling I had when I watched it first time. Exceptionally done. You get to 3/4th of the story by interval and that makes the second half not so gripping in places. Especially because the second half is exclusively set within the few rooms of the club.
finally managed to watch "Thoongavanam", certainly a relief from the masala craps we get bombarded with !! No need to mention about Kamal's performance , such roles are a walk in the park for him, I felt Prakash Raj was wasted , having said that his acting mannerism is becoming monotonous , Trisha was good , who was the "other" girl ? :lol2:
I felt had the movie been trimmed down or been made a bit more racy, it would have been awesome !
Thoongavanam - Classy mass thriller.