Films of Mani Ratnam

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Mani Ratnam is back to his roots!

2011-08-02 09:16:51
Last Updated: 2011-08-02 10:14:00

Tamil cinema's most lauded and creative director, Mani Ratnam is getting ready to start his new film.

The buzz is that Mani Ratnam is going back to his roots and making a film that will have a Tamil milieu and flavour with new stars and technicians on a big budget.

Mani Ratnam, the marketing wizard, is looking at his first straight Tamil film in nearly a decade. Rumours are there that yesteryear romantic hero Karthik's son will debut as hero with the film.

Mani sir's last straight Tamil film was Kannathil Muthamittal (2002), which had a local flavour and nativity about it. Since then he has been only making bi-lingual in Hindi and Tamil – Yuva (Aayutha Ezhuthu), Guru (Guru), and Raavan (Raavanan).

Says a former assistant of Mani Ratnam: "The idea of making bi lingual’s worked commercially for Mani sir and his Madras Talkies. But these fusion movies were neither sincere to north or his core south Indian audiences. As a filmmaker he fell between two stools".

As a Mumbai based trade analyst said: “Early Mani Ratnam movies like Roja and Bombay were dubbed into Hindi, which worked at the box-office. Then he started making bi-lingual`s with certain actors in crucial roles being changed in both versions, which did not work to his advantage.He needs to continue doing good films in Tamil. But his urge to reach out to National audiences has been his waterloo. Yuva and Guru were redeeming in many levels, but the death knell was sounded by Raavan".

The grapevine has it that AR Rahman , Mani Ratnam's regular music director will be part of the project which many say will be a love story. However, he will be having a new cameraman and art director. Mani is moving away from his regulars like Samir Chanda and Sabu Cyril to Telugu set designer Ravinder who was responsible for the art work of Maghadheera and Mariyadai Raman.

A little bird has informed sify.com that recently Mani sir was location hunting in Thiruvananthapuram. Kerala still remains the director's favourite location. Mani sir and his trusted assistants spent a week shuttling between Thiruvananthapuram and Nagercovil in Kanyakumari district of Tamil Nadu in an old Ambassador Tourist taxi.

They have identified quite a few beautiful coastal virgin locations between Pozhikara, a fishing village in Kanyakumari and Vizhinjam near Kovalam in Kerala. In all probability, Mani Ratnam's first Tamil film in a decade will start rolling by September, when the rain subsides in coastal areas.

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Welcome back mani saaar :thumbsup:

A little bird has informed sify.com - :rotfl:

I liked the "fell between two stools" line. Entha stool-nu theriyila, but nice. Adikkadi use panovonum.

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Originally Posted by sathya_1979

A little bird has informed sify.com - :rotfl:

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:lol: ......

Good news that Mani is taking a straight tamil movie..

மணிரத்னத்தின் புதிய படம்... கார்த்திக் மகன் ஹீரோ!

கார்த்திக்கின் மகனை ஹீரோவாக வைத்து புதிய படத்தை இயக்குகிறார் மணிரத்னம். ஹீரோயின் உள்பட முக்கிய நடிகர்கள் அனைவரும் இதில் புதுமுகங்களே என தெரிய வந்துள்ளது.

ராவணன் படத்தை தொடர்ந்து 'பொன்னியின் செல்வன்' கதையை படமாக எடுக்கவிருந்தார் மணிரத்னம். விஜய், ஆர்யா, மகேஷ்பாபு ஆகியோர் நடிப்பதாக இருந்தது. படப்பிடிப்புக்கு லொக்கேஷன்கள் கூட பார்க்கப்பட்டுவிட்டன.

ஆனால் அந்தப் படத்தின் பிரமாண்டம், செலவு போன்றவற்றை மனதில் வைத்து இப்போதைக்கு படத்தை தள்ளி வைத்துள்ளார்.

இந்த நிலையில் மணிரத்னம் அடுத்து இயக்கப் போகும் படம் குறித்து தகவல்கள் வெளியாகியுள்ளன.

இந்தப் புதிய படத்தில் நடிகர் கார்த்திக்கின் மகனை நாயகனாக அறிமுகப்படுத்தப் போகிறாராம் மணிரத்னம். நாயகி உள்பட முக்கிய பாத்திரங்களுக்கு புதுமுகங்களையே ஒப்பந்தம் செய்திருப்பதாகத் தெரிகிறது. கார்த்திக்கும் கவுரவ வேடத்தில் தோன்றுவார் என்கிறார்கள்.

இந்தப் படத்துக்காக லொக்கேஷன் கூட பார்த்தாகிவிட்டதாம். ஏஆர் ரஹ்மான் இசையமைக்கிறார்.

இந்தப் படத்தை தமிழில் மட்டுமே எடுக்கிறார் மணிரத்னம். 2002 ம் ஆண்டுக்குப் பிறகு நேரடியாக தமிழில் மட்டுமே அவர் இயக்கும் படம் இதுதான். கன்னத்தில் முத்தமிட்டால் படத்துக்குப் பிறகு அவர் எடுத்த படங்கள் அனைத்தும் தமிழ் - இந்தியில் எடுக்கப்பட்டன. இதனால் இயல்புத்தன்மை குறைந்து மொழிமாற்றுப் பட பாணியில் அவை அமைந்துவிட்டதாக எழுந்த விமர்சனங்களைத் தொடர்ந்தே இந்தப் புதிய முடிவை மேற்கொண்டுள்ளாராம் மணிரத்னம்.

http://thatstamil.oneindia.in/movies...n-aid0136.html

one more website has come up this news..
Even

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Originally Posted by Cinemarasigan

http://thatstamil.oneindia.in/movies...n-aid0136.html

one more website has come up this news..
Even

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Thatstamil will replicate most of the news from Sify.:)

One of the kids that acted in Bombay is now a hero :)
http://icdn1.indiaglitz.com/tamil/ga...am11811_16.jpg

ivalo kodurama irukaru!

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Mani Ratnam signs Rajiv Menon

Nearly a month back sify.com was the first to report the sighting of Mani Ratnam location hunting on the coast between Kanyakumari and Kovalam in Kerala for his new film.

There has been more development on that scene, with Rajiv Menon being signed as cinematographer. The film set in a coastal village in southern Tamil Nadu is said to be a love story set against fishermen turmoil written by Jayamohan who wrote the scripts of Naan Kadavul and Angadi Theru.

The film will have newcomers in the lead and will be in Tamil. The grapevine has it that it is set against the milieu of Indian fishermen fishing in Sri Lankan waters and getting caught by their navy and subsequent hue and cry in Tamil Nadu. Remember TN fishermen being killed by Sri Lankan navy is a major political issue in the state.

Mani chose Rajiv Menon because he has given him the best seaside shots in Bombay (1995) and Guru (2007). Remember the song “Uyire…” in Bombay where Menon with his top angle shots by the seaside in Bekal
Fort in coastal Kasargod created poetry on celluloid?

Mani Ratnam is going to shoot in the high seas off the coast of Kanyakumari and southern Kerala from September end.

In a way Mani sir is going back to his roots- good, meaningful, eye catching, storytelling set against picturesque lush outdoor locations.

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I don't think Mani can pull this off and I sincerely hope I am wrong :-)

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Mouna Ragam: 25 years of teaching Tamil cinema!
Aug 15, 2011
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Brilliant storytelling that defied melodrama, well etched characters: Revathy’s mischievousness, Karthik’s nonchalance, Mohan’s dignified silence, Ilayaraja’s everlasting music and P C Sriram’s camera - although released a good 25 years ago, Mouna Ragam is still fresh in our memories. Considered to be a path breaking attempt in Tamil cinema, Mouna Ragam, from its outer layer will sound just like any other movie. However, the movie’s breakthrough is its unpretentious story telling at a time when Tamil movies are dominated by larger than life characters doing deeds that are above human.

Celebrating 25 years in its existence, Mouna Ragam catapulted once considered behind-the-screen performers (director, cinematographer and musician) to fame. Of them, perhaps Maniratnam reaped the most with Mouna Ragam. Not too far behind were Ilayaraja and cinematographer P C Sriram. Ilayaraja’s tunes, to this day, stay afresh and have been more than a few times rehashed into many languages and remained a source of inspiration to many songs.

After its release, people started feeling the need to attribute a movie’s success to other people involved in it – than mere actors. Ever since Mouna Ragam’s success, Tamil cinema woke up to the need of paying attention to its female characters and started scripting stronger, female-centric roles. But none could even reach the flippant, yet resolute girl’s role played by Revathi.

In the past 25 years Mouna Ragam has inspired many movies and still remains inspiration to many debut actors who want, at least once in their life time, to come as much closer to a role like that of the unyielding Revathi’s character, or Karthik’s character with a million shades of grey and Mohan’s dignified quite ordinary character. Even Mani Ratnam couldn’t replicate some of his own characters (he came real close to replicating Karthik in his Ayuda Ezhuthu but in vain).

Mouna Ragam is a stuff of legends. Movies like that get made only a few times. And Mouna Ragam stands proof for that.

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Mani Ratnam’s casting coup!
2011-09-04 11:00:27

Mani Ratnam is making a pure love story set against the backdrop of a fishing village in southern Tamil Nadu.

In a casting coup the director has roped in Gautham, veteran lover boy Karthik’s son and Tulasi daughter of actress Radha and sister of Ko heroine Karthika!

Mani sir was last week in Mumbai. He made it a point to visit the house of Radha and met up with 15 year old Thulasi who is studying in the 9th standard.

Radha feels her daughter is too young to debut in films, but will take a call if Mani agrees.

It will be a casting coup of sorts if Tulasi and Gautham come together.

Remember 30 years back Tulasi’s mom Radha made her screen debut opposite Karthik, Gautham’s dad in Bharathiraja classic Alaigal Oyivathillai ?

It will be for the first time a noted hero’s son will be debuting opposite the daughter of the heroine of his first film!

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Karthika's sis :shaking: how does gautham look?any pics? :roll:

Thalapathi goes to Bollywood

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The remake will be directed by Puja Jatinder Bedi, who has worked behind the scenes for films like Mangal Pandey, The Myth and Saathiya.

An excited Puja said, "The film was made in 1991; so, I plan to modernize parts of the story as well as a few action sequences. However, I plan to keep the screenplay and the characters intact." Bharat Shah confirmed the story and added, "The project will commence after the release of Ghost (which has been directed by Puja)."

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http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/e...w/10827073.cms

:shock: :shaking: moosic aaru ?

jaangu hai jajakku hai jaangujakku hai? baguth achcha.

jaanE man aajaa aajaa
Kumar Sanu iruvadhu varusham munnAdiyE mookkaala paadittAr.
ennatha remake.

Fishing village subject!
வீட்டுக்காரம்மா வசனம் terrorஆ இருக்குமே.
அவங்களுக்கு "மண்ணின் மைந்தி"னு வேற ஒரு நம்பிக்கை.

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Originally Posted by P_R

jaanE man aajaa aajaa
Kumar Sanu iruvadhu varusham munnAdiyE mookkaala paadittAr.
ennatha remake.

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There was another version of Rakkamma in Hindi. A Rishi Kapoor-Juhi Chawla song. Remake song ellaam sellaadhaam. Adhanaala Originala oru copy adichaanga.

tutututu thara was suttufied from rakkamma.

Andha padathula oru adi aathadi redux-um undu. Bol Radha Bol I think. Evergreen hero Rishi Kapoor(indhi sivakumar)-in 90s super hit.

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Originally Posted by P_R

Fishing village subject!
வீட்டுக்காரம்மா வசனம் terrorஆ இருக்குமே.
அவங்களுக்கு "மண்ணின் மைந்தி"னு வேற ஒரு நம்பிக்கை.

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padaththoda moththa dilaakE 25 vaarththaikku mEla irukkaathu. Yaaru ezhuthuna enna.

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Originally Posted by Plum

indhi sivakumar

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:rotfl:

Rohit shetty to remake Agni natchathiram with Ajay devagan :lol2:

KodumaiyAA irukkum..
Karthik role pandravanga nallA iLamaiyA, ThudippA irukkaNum - Kajol purushan nadichA kilinjudum..
Prabhu role-kkum indhaaLu suit-Aga mAttAru.. kAlatthin kodumai..

Yuva'la ivarai nadikka vachi Youth Politics'nga.. :lol2:

Karthik roleku aiswarya purusan :)Naattaamai? Amitap?

VKR - Paresh Rawal
Janakaraj - Rajpal Yadav

Casting Coup: Sumitra - Bhaduri-Bachchan, Jayachitra - Bhanu Ganesan :)

:lol:

Good choices for the supporting roles.. rogit setty-kku anuppi vaippOm..

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Originally Posted by Plum

Casting Coup: Sumitra - Bhaduri-Bachchan, Jayachitra - Bhanu Ganesan :)

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You mean Rekha :confused2:

Yes LM. She is Bhanurekha Ganesan

Oh!!! New information :)

Sil Sila'nu padame eduthirakanga :-D

Btw, I hope you all know that it has been already remade starring Sudesh "straw" Berry, Some Random Beard Face, Ektaa(of Awwal Number-Aamir Khan fame) and one more unknown face. Lata pAtti with the voice Shaking "mein to diwaani hui, sapnon ki rani hui" (Guess the tamil counterpart). Beard face does a mutiliation of Raja Rajadhi Rajan as "Raja Hum hai Raj kare".

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Originally Posted by wizzy

Sil Sila'nu padame eduthirakanga :-D

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padam kit aagudhaa illaiyAngradhula dhaan avinga Bachchar marriage-E future adangi irundhadhaa oru pEchchu irunchch.

Andha padam vandhu 30 varusham aachu Wizzy. Fresh attempt :). BTW, the name of the 90s remake was "Vansh"

Indha threadla solla vENdiya mukiyamaana vishayam - andha Agni remake Vansh gindhila hit AgaNum(to prove Mani's greatness to northies :lol: )-nu vENdkitta kAlangaL uNdu :-)

Vansh upon a time :lol2:

kosuru seidhi: after watching AN, Bachchar apparently was took notice of sultry siren Nirosha!
Chiththi mentioned in one intree.
PC Sriramar patta kashtam engaLukku illai theriyin

^gladrag model..same piece joke?