Anniyan's story is similar to the Marmadesam vidathu karupu!! Nothing else!! Shankar now knows y he shuld go to ARR and not to these B grade music directors..In BOYS - the music was the only saving grace for him!!
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Anniyan's story is similar to the Marmadesam vidathu karupu!! Nothing else!! Shankar now knows y he shuld go to ARR and not to these B grade music directors..In BOYS - the music was the only saving grace for him!!
Anniyan!!! with all the hype created… evry1 tend to see that movie at least once. Given the number of theaters the movie released it may set box office records for the first week, but in a long run it won't sustain its initial grace.
Clearly this is not Shankar's d best work… Script has hell lot of flaws which is very rare for a Shankar movie… and the screenplay gives u a kind of Deja vu… I would say Vasu was better in explaining the Split personality in Chandramukhi when Compared to this Ace Director.
Vikram proved his potential again. But I doubt, if this national award winning actor used this opportunity in full. My favorite Multiple personalities are Edward Norton(Primal Fear), Ajay Devgan(Dewwangee) and Gollum (Lord of the rings). Vikram is not Kamal though.
ARR is evidently missing…. Harris Jayaraj is a big let down… Songs were not that impressive… Manikandan saved the day for Shankar by balancing the songs with stunning visuals. But I would say Azhagaana Ratchasiye was way ahead of Kumaari and Ale Ale (lavender gardens in Italy) of Boys clearly wins Ayyangaaru Veetu….
Taking our movies to International standard doesn't mean that we have to copy Hollywood movies.
I could see my all time favorite Director Shankar losing his touch while the likes of Selvaraghavan/Goutham have a solid grip over the megaphone.
Yes guys,
The movie has not got repeat value.
Its worth watchin once, infact must see once in a good theater like sathyam! Like I said earlier, Many flaws in this movie.
Shankar started this movie in a vengance! He rushed throught the process. His movies are made to perfection. You could enjoy the finest details with amazement! But Anniyan flaws in lots of areas.
Take my word, shankar has not lost his touch, if he does things at his pace he can still make a masterpiece.
For me Mudhalvan was his best movie!
I dont know where you guys find fault with the music. Infact the music is good when watching with the movie (which is waht it is supposed to be).Quote:
Originally Posted by Arjuna
This is the same talk people had when IR was at his peak and giving continous hit. People (ofcourse IR fans) started discussing that with out IR no one can give a hit, and that slowly reached the movie circle and started exploding. The peak of this explosion was Thalapathi where the success of the movie was debated due to IR / Rajni / Mani. The end result - Rajni and IR decided to seperate and not do films together.
If a movie is hit, it means the entire team wins. Not just MD or actor or director or any one in particular. ITs a team work. Depends on the nature of the movie, certain people has to shine to make the movie success (for e.g. you can not have Dhina score music for Shanaraparanam and make it a hit, even if Rajni act in this). This is not healthy. Certain people moved away from ARR because he is very expensive. Some other people moved away because the music over-power the movie. End result? We didnt have anything from ARR in last 2 years. I am a hare-core IR fan, but if I have to choose some alternate MD (since IR is fading away, a hard and heart felt reality) then I dont have anyone. ARR ofcourse comes on the top, but he has to give some movie atleast once a year, so people like me end up listening to HJ and VS.
Also Anniyan story and screenplay is a failure, so even ARR could not have saved the movie. Only thing ARR would have done is to give more money thru' music.
And last,,, Shankar wont make another hit using the same message. He either need another mesage or need to take something different (may be a slapstick comedy or a horror or thriller movie). This aint' gonna work
Anniyan is one movie that is worth your money.
Be it the story, technical aspects, music, acting(except for the irritating REMO character with his stupid accent) comedy(vivek cashes big time) it has all come together to give good entertainment.
The same cannot be said for CM. I did not find the movie sensible from start to end. Can't imagine rajni as a psychologist because he doesn't behave like one. prabhu is perfect sidekick for rajni as he as vowed not to act. Except for jyothika and the camerawork no other aspect was upto agreeable standards. Atleast for me, it was a waste of money.
Both CM and ANNIYAN were awesome movies. Ppl who don't like the lead actors or MDs or directors will always tend to find fault with the movies and degrade them. But with an unbiased view, you've got to admit that they both were basically good movies and are commercially very very successful. That's what matters after all !!!!!
NJV,
Point agreed!
I am a hardcore ARR fan. I always beleive ARR is never the one reason for a movies success or failure, except ONE OR TWO MOVIES. No Music Director can guarantee a movies success. For me the a movies success is always a directors credit!
Music can give hype, expectancy, good opening and help bring in repeat audience and can make a difference to the final outcome. For example a movie like indian had lot more to it than music. Music was great so was everyother aspect of the film. With or without ARR indian is an awesome film. Sometimes Music can be the main attraction like Kadhalar Dhinam. If the music was not brilliant that movie wud never have been that huge a hit!
In Anniyans case , I think music didnt help lift the movie up a notch. Shankar has done his job well but not to perfection, which i dont blame him, cause i feel he rushed into this movie. And vikram was too good.
Take baradhwaj for instance, music in autograph was very average, infact not even as good as pandavar bhoomi. But the movie was the reason behing the movies success. And that idiot goes boasting its his music that was the reason.
This is what makes rahman stand out. Never has he claimed the reason for success.
Music is like the dress one wears. It makes one presentable. Some people enjoy the person, some people enjoy the outfit!
I think the webulagam.com review is the best one so far, it has stated the plus and minus reasonably !
Movies - that was a good one..
I watched Anniyan last week and to tell you the truth the movie is a pretty good one... no matter how many sources,he has derived.it is still good. But the biggest mistake I think for shankar is the music. Whether it is bgm or the music, it is a big let down.... Big thumbs down to HJ and his mediocore music. It was bc of the picturisation of Shankar and brillant camera angles from Manikandan and Ravi varman that the songs are saved else complete flop... I think it will wise for Shankar to go back to ARR or find another better MD. IMO Joshua Sridhar would have been a good choice for ANniyan.
Alias,
Joshua Sridhar????? Maybe, but i think shankar should have gone with VS, If not with ARR.
I think VS has stuff. He has got mass minded compositions, and his melodies are way too good. Just because he isnt a YSR or KR the media hasnt hyped him. He has twice as many hit compositions as any other current MD except IR and ARR.
Poor guy he doesnt a flossy lifestyle and he minds his own biz, maybe thats why!