kilimanjaro..
he looks dashing with the stubble.. 8-)
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kilimanjaro..
he looks dashing with the stubble.. 8-)
My favorite song in the movie! And yes, he looks great in that song... 8-)Quote:
Originally Posted by Raikkonen
One of my favorite scenes/stunts (not in full in YouTube though) from one of my favorite movies...
The scene in the hospital encountering Sathyaraj in Naan Sigappu Manithan! 8-)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaZTc-2fm3s
Equa, this one's for you.
We talked about how Amitji in his masala mode appealed to you more - besides a body of untouchable work prior to it - but to me, Amitji in his masala mode days loses out badly.
Let's take romance - one can perhaps have subjective views on the overt, male-centric, masalaic, "I am God so I am not surprised you love and lust for me" mode of romance; say "gora rang kala na pad jaaye" vs "kaaLa kaaLa" - but gentle, run of the mill romance (during his masala says) in a like for like comparison, to me, completely eliminates Amitji as competition. Take for instance, netRikaNN. In a role that is dwarfed in front f the over-the-top chakravarthy, in a lose-lose situation, Rajini conjures up a few magic moments in Ramanin Mohanam. Forget the ultra stylish hand-in-pockets style of kaadhalin dheepam ondru, this one defines Rajini romance for me.
Watch out for the almost innocent, in-the-moment magic as he plays a overt hide-and-seek, the expressions and body language he conjures up as he sways in and out of the heroine's view behind a tree that hardly conceals him - the point of it being the little-nothingness of the gesture and moment - these are moments that cannot be Bacchan. Think Bachcan in his focussed soft romantic roles - kabhie kabhie, barsaat ki ek raat and the other one with rakhee and vinod mehra - in roles written to bring his chops on romance, bacchan just manages generic expressions. This is just one facet but I am sure I will be able to capture more in other facets as I re-catch more of 80s rajini.(Purely comparing masalaic stuff). And this in a rajini role that was purely functional, and perhaps was barely written. See the point?
Besides, he conjures up all these for...
...Menaka!
Just no comparison, I say, as an actor, with Amitji.
I really feel that the overall "betterness" of Amitji's masala movies in comparison to the respective direct remakes with Rajini made with inferior directors, tends to cloud people's judgement when they compare him with Amitji. If one cares to look slighlty beneath the surface, Amitji is just no competition.
PlumQuote:
Originally Posted by Plum
what are you trying to say? Amitab is no competition to Rajni :roll:
En sandhEgam?
IMHO, Amitab was quite over hyped those days, he had two advantages over other actors, they were his height and his voice, apart from that he was an 'OK' actor!
Rajni is a Much Much Much better actor than him.
Mithun Chakaraborti was one fine 'underated' actor of Bollywood during the BIG B era, he was the 'ICON' of disco dancing, he had a cult following him (mainly females )!
funny scene in baasha.
<ss removes all the bombs set by raghuvaran>
rv : <evil laugh and says someting>
ss: ella bomb-ayum eduthachu. salamalaikkum :lol:
rv: autokaran aayitiyye, pazhaya aata ellam maranthitiyo-nu nenachen :rotfl2:
rv and rajni had great chemistry.
Is there any personal reason you like MC?Quote:
Originally Posted by PARAMASHIVAN
wa alaikkum salaam, actually... :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Raikkonen
he says that in response to mark anthony's last line that has 'as-salam-alaikkum baasha bhai'.... yeah, RK and raghuvaran had a good thing going.
Veliya satham kettuchu! Appove nenachen - nee ellathayum mudichiripa-nu. Palasellam innum marakala pola irukku. Naanum marakala, athanaala thaan veetuku naduvila bomb vechirukaen! :twisted: :skull:Quote:
Originally Posted by Poornima
why don someone remake bhasha now... lets see if its possible to create that magic even if given a top-director, top-actor, top-producer crew...Quote:
Originally Posted by m_23_bayarea
Paramau, this is what Plum said as well.Quote:
Originally Posted by PARAMASHIVAN
I love the college scene. The abrupt changes in his expressions during the final dialogue exchange with the dean...The way he smiles and says, "Vellile sollide mattinggale?". His expressions then turns serious while uttering his famous dialogue, "naan oru thadava sonna, nooru thadava sonna mathiri". He then smiles again and claps to call the henchmen. :clap: :clap:Quote:
Originally Posted by m_23_bayarea
ada ada ungaluku memory romba powerfull :lol2: neenga ethaku keatkavareenga nu theriyum, aana naa bathil solla maaten :lol2: :poke:Quote:
Originally Posted by tamizharasan
Watching the mega blockbuster movie NAAN MAHAAN ALLA (1984)! 8-) 8-) 8-)
would love to watch rajni now in something politically incorrect in spirit. this was originally Naan Gandhi Alla, right? remember in bits, mostly the 'un mele oru kannu' track... :)Quote:
Originally Posted by m_23_bayarea
One of my Rajini's favourite is THEE, Bay's siggy for long time :) .....
In a scene,RAJINI will give the Half-Dollar note [ Code word for smuggling exchange ] to his opponent leader R.S.Manohar....
The deal will be that He should give some money after the smuggling is over to RAJINI...
But once the deal is over R.S will try to kill RAJINI to avoid his share...
At the Gun Point SUPER STAR will not get panic, and will be having Drink...
He wii say a small story : The Hen which lays a GOLDEN EGG DAILY...
R.S will say 'Naan chumma merattura mathiri nadichen ...'
SS : 'Naanu chumma oru kutty kadhaiya eduthu vitten' :lol:
Thee - one of my all time favs!
Thee my all time Favourite, reminds of Colombo so much, miss it badly :(
Pathu kudhira race-la odnaalum, jeika porathu oru kudhira thaan! :smokesmirk:Quote:
Originally Posted by SuraTheLeader
Yes, that's how they end the movie! Rajini will go to the police station to surrender himself after he kills everyone, and they will show Gandhi's photo in the station, and Rajini will say "Naan Gandhi illa, Naan Mahaan alla" or something to that effect. Great movie overall! 8-)Quote:
Originally Posted by Poornima
One of Thalaivar's greatest dialogue comes right before the Interval in this movie - "Adi-ki adi, othai-ku otha, rathathuku ratham", and the way he expresses and says this is like a lion roaring! :smokesmile:
Thalapathy vimarsanam from Vikatan
அதிரடியாய் ஆயுத அரசங்கம் நடத்தி, பாதிக்கப்பட்ட ஏழைகளுக்கு நியாயம்
வழங்குகிற 'தாதா' மம்மூட்டி. அவரது அடியாளாக வரும் ஒருத்தன் அநியாயம் செய்ய, ரஜினி கொஞ்சம் ஓங்கித் தட்டிவிடுகிறார். ஆள் அவுட்! ரஜினி கம்பிகளுக்குப் பின்னால்! தன்னுடைய ஆள் செய்த அராஜகத்தைத் தெரிந்துகொண்ட பிறகு அடிமனசு நியாயம் உந்தித்தள்ள, ரஜினியை வெளியே கொண்டுவருகிறார் மம்மூட்டி!
மம்மூட்டியும் ரஜினியும் ஆரம்பத்தில் பரம வைரிகளாய் மோதுகிறபோது, 'ஐயையோ... படம் முழுக்க இப்படித்தானா...' என்ற பீதி லேசாக எழுகிறது. ஆனால், ஜெயிலிலிருந்து தன்னை விடுவித்தவர் என்ற ஒரே காரணத்துக்காக மம்மூட்டியிடமே போய்ச் சேருகிறார் ரஜினி. அதுவும் எப்படி... எடுத்த எடுப்பிலேயே உயிர்த்தோழனாக!
விதவை பானுப்ரியாவுக்குப் போதுமான 'வாழ்க்கைப் பாது காப்பு' இல்லை என்று சொரே லென்று உறைக்கிறபோது, மம் மூட்டி ரஜினியைக் கூப்பிட்டு, "இவ நெத்தியிலே பொட்டு வை!" என்று கட்டளையிடுகிறார். அவர் உரிமையோடு எடுத்த எதேச்சதிகார முடிவும், கை நடுங்க ரஜினி குங்குமம் வைப்பதைப் பார்க்கிறபோது அவர் முகத்தில் உண்டாகிற திருப்தியும் வித்தியாசமானவை. ஏக காலத்தில் நடந்து முடிகிற அந்தக் 'கல்யாண' விறுவிறுப்பு மணிரத்னத்தின் லாகவத்துக்குச் சரியான உதாரணம்!
'பிரமாதம்' என்று கிறக்கத்துடன் சொல்ல வைக்கிற பிரமையை 'ராக்கம்மா...' பாட்டிலேயே ஏற்படுத்திவிடுகிறார் இளையராஜா. காட்சியில் வரும் இயற்கையான சத்தங்களைத் தன் இசையோடு அற்புதமாகக் கலந்திருப்பது ஒரு இன்பச் சிலிர்ப்பு!
'தன் மகன்' என்று தெரிந்து ரஜினியை ஸ்ரீவித்யா சந்திக்கிற உருக்கத்தைவிட, அதற்கு முன்பே ஜெய்சங்கர் ரஜினியைச் சந்தித்து நிதானமாக உண்மையைச் சொல்கிற காட்சியில் ஆழம் அதிகம். பழைய கதையை ஜெய்சங்கர் சொல்லச் சொல்ல, மகிழ்ச்சியும் வேதனையும் கூடிக் குறைய, உணர்ச்சிப் பிரவாகம் எடுக்கிறது ரஜினி முகத்தில்!
இப்படி ரொம்ப நாளைக்கப்புறம் ரஜினிக்கு உணர்ச்சிகரமான ஸீன்கள் நிறைய! சின்னக் கூண் டுக்குள் அடைக்கப்பட்ட சிங் கத்தை வெளியே விட்டதுபோல் இருக்கிறது!
பட்டவர்த்தனமாய் ஓட்டை விழுகிற பல இடங்களைக் கொஞ்சம்கூடச் சிரமம் எடுத்து நிரப்பாமல், லாஜிக் பார்க்காமல் 'ஆவேசமாய்'த் தாண்டிப் போயிருக்கிறார் மணிரத்னம்.
'நிச்சய வெற்றி தருகிற - ரஜினி என்கிற அதிரடி ஆக்ஷன் நாயகன் இருக்கும்போது, எனக்கே உரிய புதுமையான முயற்சிகளை எதற்காக இதில் புகுத்தி வீணாக்க வேண்டும்?' என்று ஒரு வேளை அவர் முடிவு செய்திருக்கலாம்
:clap: And yen, ivainga Dharmadurai ellaam paakkalaiyaa...
Not sure if it ws AV or Kumudham review of Thalapathy
:banghead: :lol:Quote:
sundari pAdalil, RAjinikki kimono udai aNivithu, shobanavukku "kizhavino" udai aNivithhu kiLukiLuppoottiyirukkiRArgaL
Yeah, Kumudam carried a scathing review of the film itself.
Yeah, they said something like Manirathnathukku sarakku thIrndhu vittadhA enbadhu adutha padathil dhAn theriyum because this is a rajini film or something like that.
The next film was Roja.
Nerd,
Vikatan vimarsanam'na mark poduvaaingale.. evlo mark Thalapathy'kku...
No marks for some reason. Or did they miss it in the internet edition? yaaraachum vikatan vaangi verification pannunga :-)Quote:
Originally Posted by raajarasigan
I think Kumudam ended with thaLapthi - tholapthi :lol:
vikatan did not give any marks to dhalapathy. It gave 3 out of 4 stars for thalapathy. They were using stars temporarily during that time.Quote:
Originally Posted by Nerd
In kalkandu they said thaLarpathy for thalapathy and review was overall negative. I am not sure about Kumudam.
I remember now, even Guna was given 3 out of 4 stars :-)Quote:
Originally Posted by tamizharasan
It was very unpopular so they reverted back to evaluating with marks.
Those days it was mostly Vikatan & Kumdam that we had to depend for the media (offcourse sooodaaana thinathanthi was always there alongwith other dailys) review. The following week of the diwali Vikatan had reviewed both Thalapathy & Guna on side by side pages.
Some Thaliavar movies that I saw recently (since last weekend):
* YEJAMAAN (1993)
* THANGA MAGAN (1983)
* NAAN MAHAAN ALLA (1984)
:clap:
Got the following DVDs this weekend:
* Priya (1978)
* Murattu Kaalai (1980)
* Billa (1980)
* Johny (1980)
* Pollathavan (1980)
* Ranga (1982)
* Moondru Mugam (1982)
* Mappillai (1989)
* Uzhaipaali (1993)
* Baasha (1995)
:bluejump: :boo: :redjump:
Watched Pollathavan and Priya in the last 3 days or so. Both great movies! 8-)
Good collection!Quote:
Originally Posted by m_23_bayarea
Thai Meethu Sathyam revisit.
Camp-na ithan camp-u. Garish bright colours, over the top acting, total disregard to logic, and a helpful dog.
Rajini's participation in the Tamizh film "cowboy" genre. I wish Irumbu Kottai had lifted more stuff from the "genuine" "cowboy" genre of the time by including the bombastic music also. Shankar Ganesh also lifted some stuff from Morricone, but who cares. Rajini actually fits in well in the outrageous environment. Though it belonged to Jai Shankar/Asohan/Karnan koottani, it looked like they could have continued more of this with Rajini. Too bad, it didn't last.
One thing, revisiting it, there was lots of unintentional comedy here. But it doesn't mean that you should hate it, there is some decent entertainment somewhere. Maybe the way Rajini twirls the gun, and flipping it to the other hand and back.
Does Kamal have his own "cowboy" film? :think:
Yep, I revisited this movie recently! Pretty good one... 8-)Quote:
Originally Posted by groucho070
Some scenes in"gerAftAr" :oops:Quote:
Originally Posted by groucho070
Talking about cowboys, I don't know if Rajini plays a cowboy in this movie, but it kinda looks like it... Nice song though! :)
Nenje Unn Asai - Naan Potta Saval
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hs8lt...eature=related