Films of Mani Ratnam

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Originally Posted by Scale

Thilak, Thanks for the clarification. I was literally traumatized! Anjali is my all time fav of Mani & IR Combo. I wish Mani makes a sequel with ARR. That would be Priceless!
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Noooo.....not sure what you are traumatised for. But I was traumatised by Anjali. I have not thought about genocide till then, or ever, till I saw that movie....don't ask me who my intended victims were.

I may have been softened by age...but a sequel will bring that murderer out of me again.

By the way, I like your avatar. :)

:lol: :rotfl: vendama vutruvom. prachanaiye illai. PFC Dr. Jaiganes :wink:

Thanks groucho. I love this Avatar :D

Dude,

I am in no way a mr or kb basher as per your assumption and its my Opinon that Iruvar is the best work of MR much better than Nayagan.

And if you ask me why MR's kids and KB's women are irritating because i find them irritating and cliched.

And regarding the KH link, weak thing bro, try something harder!.

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Originally Posted by Scale

In what way Mr. Bruce Lee& overwhelming Mr. Barrack Obama? :D

Both KB & MR have one thing in common. They have created some intelligent characters in W/K a revelation to their era which TF have never experienced. KB is a filmi theorist & Mani brings modern/technical brilliance on screen thru his characters. That’s their style of film making and it worked <flawlessly, don’t bang>. KB is a godfather of TF.. Some of them might rebuke these characters as adhigaprasangithanam, blah blah...but certainly not. May be the Veterans Directors have to take a backseat and watch (Story/Dialogue/Director) KH's Dasas women Krishnaveni paati & Aandal or AS Kiran or DM Gauthami. No... No..... they are not adhighaprasangighal certainly made the world a better place for few atleast. You people have never learnt to be selfish and sketch characters of your presence and importance. For Mani, on how to exploit kids appropriately make a sequel on KP, Father & Mother smooching live in front of their childrens. Why MTV, FTV. Great concept for Mani Sir! Kalaachara seerkedu. I can quote many.... <Move to sticky topics>


Thilak, Anjali inspired from TKAMB? Are you sure?

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Scale,
Next?

AF,

I have given a clear explanation in my previous post. Read it again. I can quote from several other Directors tho dragging KH works and women is not my intention actually but that have served the purpose logically.

I disagree your opinions on KB's women and MR kids. Thats what my reply is for some people try to generalize it. Opinions differ and we can live with it. NOM, AF & Mr. Bruce Lee in advance :) Bala - Is soonapaana dead?

Welcome Bala! :)

Scale,
nandri. LEt's follow the tharaga mantram of A2D/D2A :razz:

//dig soonapaana is down for now and is in no hurry for a revival :)

P.S: naanum Mani admirer dhaan.. just pointed out a facet i don't like in his movies and i understand that you dont agree with what was being pointed out

Very good post complicateur !

Interesting line of thinking about why Anjali is appealing to the kid-viewer. As the kids seemed to have a 'world' of their own.

Slipping out and dancing in the night was all unbelievably thrilling to watch. It was extremely make-believe, where was there that kind of 'independence' in the real world. Forget cycling to the moon, rAthiri nErathil etc. This itself was quite amazing to watch and left quite an impression. My cousin- much to my annoyance - started calling me "dei AnnA".

Of course he overdid it, the children in MR's films can do with some good spanking (a la Srividhya in punnagai mannan). Regarding KB's heroines- they are meant to get on one's nerves I guess. Artist v Art all apart, Sindhu Bairavi and Manadhil Urudhi vEndum have made me develop sufficient antipathy towards SuhAsini for this lifetime.

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Originally Posted by Prabhu Ram

Of course he overdid it, the children in MR's films can do with some good spanking (a la Srividhya in punnagai mannan). Regarding KB's heroines- they are meant to get on one's nerves I guess. Artist v Art all apart, Sindhu Bairavi and Manadhil Urudhi vEndum have made me develop sufficient antipathy towards SuhAsini for this lifetime.

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Yeah...forced feminism - almost patronising, if you ask me. It was different in KB's 70s, where I feel he showed real women with real issues. We can dispense with some characters which are like charicatures (Fadafat Jeyaletchumi in Sollataan Ninaikkiren comes to my mind), but overall they gave new faces and meaning to the TFI. Remember Sowcar, Sri Vidhya, Jeya Chitra, Sujatha, Sri Priya, Sri Devi...they all had memorable roles thanks to KB. What happened to them 80s onwards?

Reading between the lines,

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dancing in the night was all unbelievably thrilling to watch. It was extremely make-believe, where was there that kind of 'independence' in the real world.

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This reminds me of Revathy in Mouna Raagam, except that she's not a kid. :lol2: