Shankers Anniyan Songs

I will tend to agree with TISK on several things, chief among them that CM will help people better understand MPS. Chandramukhi inadvertently helped Anniyan. :))

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Originally Posted by TISK

30 days from now, Anniyan will be history and the interest will wane away as i predict that there will be no repeat audience as this movie is a real over-dose of everything and may not stand the test of time.

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Strangely I too felt that there is no urge to see Anniyan a second time, in spite of it being a lavish production. Chandramukhi beckoned me many times and I even ended up watching the ending again and again on VCD.
Somehow Anniyan lacks this.

Having said that, I won't write off Shankar. In spite of the severe criticism Boys received, it ran over 100 days in Andhra!

What irks is that when a director of Shankar's stature gets released, the general expectation is that the public expects a sleak and neat entertainer(Except Boys).His films have been different from each other. The concept was novel, presentation was excellent.

But it is very sad to say that in Anniyan it is not applicable. The reason are many and I state a few below.

1.Many scenes makes us have a feeling of already seen.eg. Anniyan Confession in Nehru Stadium vs Indian murdering the Doctor in the TV Station. The justification is similar.

2.In Indian the police people will handle the case meticulously(Going to kerala for the varma kalai).Here the Police arrives at the spot of the Incident in disguise(????). The need for teh disguise is not explained. They seem to just see how the murder was done.

3.In Indian the hero will keep a letter after the murder
and here he writes on different surfaces.

4.The flashback was gripping in Indian (especially the Hospital scene where the hero's daughter will fight for his life) whereas in Anniyan it is not.

5.Complaining through the website is already done in Ramana and 4 the people. Y to repeat it again. Is the director short of ideas.

6.Now coming to the music part we can say that ARR is very badly missed by Anniyan(Shankar). HJ has done good but there is a difference between the Champion and the runner up. The gap is felt here.

7.The song picturisation needs to be changed. Even though the visuals are excellent, the creativity in picturisation is clearly absent.

8.Same can be said for the action sequences (Anniyan flying in the dark lanes while bashing up the goons are just too much to digest).

9.The heroine ??? less said the better.

The reason for stating the above shortcomings is that a leading established director's film is watched very keenly than the others. If he rehashes his own ideas, then the question of his creativity (new messages) arises. The doubt has come whether Shankar has any other concept apart from Gentleman, Indian, Mudhalvan. Shankar give us something new. Make urself unique. Let us hope that Shankar clears the doubt which he can. But as far ANNIYAN is concerned, it is a big let down.It is good for Sprint not for marathon. as said previously in the forum, this may not sustain/ retain the collection/audience. At most it may make a break even given the huge cost of production.

TISK,

I agree thats what ive been saying from day 1... anniyan wont make too musch profit. If it is to recover its 30 crores it shud run full house for 6o + days like CM. otherwise producer will loose.

And it seems people arent really enjoying anniyan as one wudve expected to.

GUYS Check this out,

The following passage is from SIFY's Chennai box office for this week.
"Anniyan continues its stranglehold over Chennai box-office in its second week. It has created a new theatre record of netting Rs 1.18 Crore from six Chennai screens in 10 days. Sathyam Cinemas alone has netted Rs 35,65,900, the highest from a complex for any film in south India. On its 10th day of release on a Sunday morning at 7.30 am the 1260 seater, Sathyam theatre was HOUSEFUL! Truly incredible, as Anniyan continues its victory march worldwide.

Even King Khan's whose last two releases Main Hoon Na and Kal Ho Naa Ho opened at number one in CBO had to take backseat as Paheli is at number two with a net of Rs 15, 05, 845 from three screen".


LOL!

Now if this isnt sucking up then what is?


An idiot would know on a sunday ALL shows for ALL movies are full in a chennai cinema hall! Tons of time ive paid in black for a lousy movie on a sat and sunday!

and number 2. Sify is stupid! they are comparing anniayn to a SHAH RUKH movie in " chennai!"! The only place any hindi movie run in chennai is at sathyam and maybe one or two smaller theaters like pilot. melody

And i think im lost... is there a 7:30 AM show at Sathayam... infact anywhere in chennai?..... I need to call sathyam and find out!

Sify is humiliating itself. Previouslyy it cuts and pasted taran adarsh's manic reviews now Sifys making its own.... SIFY go back to cut and paste mode and stop stooping low... u might hit something bumpy!


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Who ever is writting these articles for sify gotta know how to make it realistic!

This is complete trash!

Movies,

U r right. As I mentioned earlier this SIFY people will mention this as the ultimate blockbuster but in reality it is only moving towards the break even. Then comes the hit and superhit.

In the footnote they have this

(Ratings are based on the box office collections and the cost of the film)

If this is true on what basis Anniyan is Number 1.

God only knows.

Looks like Sify had a GOOD Collection than Anniyan.

One juck move and songs. This movie could have avoided by Vikram. :-(

My view on Anniyan:

Everytime u come out of the theatre watching a shankar movie, ur first reaction wud be "WHEW-Breathtaking".......and that's all u need to make a movie do well.......u may travel back to ur drawing rooms and then ponder abt its flip side but u r too late.......so Anniyan is no different and shankar has, IMHO , exorcised the ghost of BOYS and come up with trumps here.....gr8 work shankar :clap: .........

The movie could have got 10/10 but for 3 reasons i give it a 7/10...
1.Repititiveness:
Y does shankar repeat himself so much...i think there were 5-6 sequences which were exclusively found in Anniyan........all other scenes were repeat of his previous movies like
a) Losing someone close - Indian- kamal loses his sis and Gentleman- Arjun loses vineeth and here vikram loses his sis again....
b) enigmatic punishing methods - Varma Kalai in Indian and Garuda puranam in Anniyan
c) Love develops in a grand festival - Natyanjali (chidambaram) in Kadhalan and Thiyagaraja Uthsavam in Anniyan
d) Televising Murders - Killing Doc in Indian and showing footage of murders in Anniyan....i cud go on but shankar has repeated himself too much here.......pls shankar sir change ur assistant directors :lol: .....

2. OverDose for nothing:
unlike his previous movies Gentleman,Indian,Mudhalvan there is no strong cause shown for murders.......According to Anniyan theory half of India shuld be killed......And with such a weak ideology he has shown murders in a hysterical way and MPD theory, i felt was also overdone......

3.Music:
No surprises from a ARR fan naaa.....hey, many ARR fans try to be very lenient to HJ like me,dinesh but HJ has really "sodhuppified" the BGM.......i laughed aloud for BGMs where vikram's sis appears....
I went out for a smoke for "Kannum Nokia","Iyengaaru veetu Azhage","Kadhal Yaanai" songs......they were pathetic (songs and not cigarettes)......Harris Jeyaraj has not grabbed his oppurtunity......

Having said all this Vikram's action, action sequences,(challenging Hollywood movies), swift screenplay , vivek's comedy, Prakash Raj and ultimately the intention to give a message shuld take ANNIYAN thru........Get ARR back,shankar sir- u need him....

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Originally Posted by NOV

I will tend to agree with TISK on several things, chief among them that CM will help people better understand MPS. Chandramukhi inadvertently helped Anniyan. :))

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Originally Posted by TISK

30 days from now, Anniyan will be history and the interest will wane away as i predict that there will be no repeat audience as this movie is a real over-dose of everything and may not stand the test of time.

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Strangely I too felt that there is no urge to see Anniyan a second time, in spite of it being a lavish production. Chandramukhi beckoned me many times and I even ended up watching the ending again and again on VCD.
Somehow Anniyan lacks this.

Having said that, I won't write off Shankar. In spite of the severe criticism Boys received, it ran over 100 days in Andhra!

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Hi NOV,

I liked your review pre- and post- release. I would advise that it is waste of time advising people like... (U know who?) on manners. From day one of this thread, they have been trying so hard to ruin this thread. I wish ARR composes one Tamil movie very soon, atleast to make them walk away from this thread and contribute to that thread. I am not against any critics. But, they keep on saying the same words doing some anticampaign, borrowing some words here and there.... picking up some review from a damn website. At the end of the day, I wish they are happy. And now.. you have seen their language. Their credibility is just up to their language. Dont worry, there are not too many... they are just 3 or 4. You need to skip them just as you would skip some pages that contain advertisements while reading a magazine.

http://www.musicindiaonline.com/n/i/tamil/2282/
Anniyan on the march!

http://www.dailythanthi.com/article....date=6/28/2005

Shankar's find (JS) is again in trouble...