Shankers Anniyan Songs

I am very disappointed to read this review ... why people like shankar need to rehash their old movies and foreign movies ? Can't they invest some time in finding a new story ?

NagaS

Reivew:

Indiagitz: Breathtaking
Sify: Must See

NagaS, Shankar tried something different in Boys and didnt click. So he is back to his one man fighting for justice kind of story. I agree with some others that the overall execution and presentation matters. This is not just a rehash, Shankar has probably made quite a few changes. When every other film of Kamal is a rehash of some English or Hindi film, Shankar has done this for the first time in 12 years. And considering his budget, he can be excused for he has to play it safe.

I concur with 'Nagas'.
An actor is thriving on exposure and there is some justification in him/her wanting to rehash a popular movie to suit his style.
But, a director, who is supposed to be a 'creator', copying a different language movie cries for his lack of original creativity.
Even in the case of CM, it was Rajni who wanted Vasu to make Aapthamithra to suit his style, so, Vasu cannot be blamed there.
Vijay wanted 'Gilli' and Kamal almost every movie he has nmade recently and so on.
But a reputed director is not expected to do such.
However, as long as he makes a decent movie out of it for the Tamils, then we can certainly excuse him and not make a big deal out of it.
kuRRam kuRRamE!

It might be a "kutRam" but it is less in magnitude when compared to scene-by-scene remakes like Gilli, MagaLir mattum, Julie Ganapathy and these are reputed directors too - Balu Mahendra, Kamal etc. When Kamal does it in Anbe Sivam or Vasool Raja, people say it is "adaptation". Then why use "copy" for Shankar? He has made several changes to the original storyline to adapt to the Tamil audience. Plus not everyone gets to play around with 30 crores, especially after their earlier movie didnt do all that well.

"But a reputed director is not expected to do such. '

Even Mani Rathnam's AE is said to have been inspired by Amoros Perros. Of course, Nayakan's inspiration is well known.

MR's dhaLapathi inspired by karNan:-)

Anbe Sivam is a remake ?
I have seen planes ,trains ,auto mobiles thrice - No way ,this is a exact scene by scene remake !

The only similarity is that there are two guys who miss their planes and go thru bus ,trains etc ..Yes,i agree with that -Kamal cld have avoided that !

In Anbe Shivam the focus is very much different .One character serves as a counterpoint to other .Both are in love with the same girl ,one in the past ,other in present .Kamal belives in simplicity ,tradition while madhavan is an exact opposite .Kamal's life is told in flash backs ,his charcterization is very clear -WHat he belives in and what is his current state of mind .There is a strong sense of consistency here !

Anbe Sivam is purely a transition of a guy ( madhvan) from Narrow mindedness to broad mindedness when he comes in contact with his counter point !- PTA does'nt have none of these ,except the climax and a few scenes before that .

Anbe Sivam has villains in the form of Nasser and they maintain their consistency till the end .The humour mostly is not slap stick ( except some madhavan scenes ) ,its intelligent .In PTA it is 100% slapstick .

Anbe sivam is way way superior to PTA movie ! PTA is just a humor movie -thats it .

Nayakan is inspired from Godfather ? .It is well known that this th real life story of Varada Raja Mudliar who was very famous in 1960s in Mumbai ..Can i say that Godfather was inspired from Varada raja mudialiar ?

If you apply the same logic to music ,all music directors including my fav illayraaja will go to dust -It is impossible to produce a movie or music with no inspiration now - It appears to be original ,because we don't know where the source is from !the inspiration cld be a real life incident ,some other movie ,drama ,plays ,novel,news paper article - ANything . It is the treatment that the director gives to an idea which makes him great and not just the idea !


TISK ,
I vastly disagree with the statement .ANybody can come up with an idea , a story .It may be inspired or remake or even a copy .But to write a screenplay with characterisations ,with consistency ,drama ,visuals ,drama is what makes the task difficult and not the idea !

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To Constructively appreciate is very difficult - to destruct is too easy .Just say he is a fool , a copy cat , an idiot - Thats it .This is the only reason why we have very few good music reviewers or movie reviewers !( Exceptions are madhan ,Subbudu etc )

I don't think any body credits kamal for vasool raja !

http://www.hindu.com/fr/2005/06/17/s...1702260100.htm

Nice interview by Vikram...

So..about Anniyan songs.

Kannum Kannum Nokia and Kadhal Yanai are disappointing and warrant one listen. I don't know why KKN is on #1 on raaga.

Iyengaaru Veetu Azhage is the best song, with Oh..Sukumari in second. In the first, Hariharans simple - but - deep voice drags you into it and won't let you go. The second song with Shankar Madhavan is great as well, especially since his voice seems custom fitting for this song, and his expression is great. Harini is in both tracks, in Iyengaaru she sounds a bit low toned but expressive, and in the second her voice shines during the interlude.

The other ones are mildly interesting and don't warrant any real discussion.