ARR Vs YSR Vs HJ

Just bcoz we r in the topic for MR, i dont what is there to find fault with AE. I loved it. Personal opinions dont matter, but it still was good (tamil version had the vigor, Hindi Yuva did not make any mark with me). May be I understood the tamil dialogues much better with the overtones of locale.

I think ARR gives genuinely his style of Music, and people who are inspired sometimes go to the extend of duplication, that is a cheap trick.

According to the topic, i guess YSR is doing a fantastic job, i just watched Pattiyal, man-o-man this YSR is rocking in it, i did not want to forward the songs, and the background was one notch classy. Hopefully the Pudhupettai movie would be very good (7G also had a great score).

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Originally Posted by MusicIsLife

Just bcoz we r in the topic for MR, i dont what is there to find fault with AE. I loved it.

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Even I loved it until I realized that its an "exact" copy of a spanish movie. I lost my impression on him after that.

MR was popular from Nayagan not after Roja. Roja and bombay are national theme and more over had new sound altogether (ARR ofcourse) and the reason why it got attention.

KM is definitely worth mentioning as a good movie, but has to see which movie he copied from.

MADDY,

again you have started your nonsense.

Naayagan was sent for Oscar nominations representing India. Don't just talk crap as if MR only learnt how to direct movies well becuase ARR was there!!!???

we all know IR is a "no-body" in Bollywood......so it is ARR who was the trumpcard for mani's movies in Bollywood.......As much as ARR owes MR , at the same time MR owes ARR his national recognition......there is no denying it....

ezy--> btw Nayagan is the all time fav of mine......

njv, Kannathil Muthamittal pathi solave iliyae..... That is a real class movie, excellent picturisation, semma natural scenes and dialogues (infact MR even used some of the simran-maddy love scenes for Ayitha ezhuthu between Surya and Esha)

and the bgm was simply outstanding, esp in the climax

btw i didnt like AE that much

maddy,

while IR is a king of tamil music, ARR is a King in giving music that breaks language barriers IMHO ...

maddy,

while IR is a king of south indian music, ARR is a King in giving music that breaks language barriers IMHO ...

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Originally Posted by rsubras

njv, Kannathil Muthamittal pathi solave iliyae.....

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Athathaan munnaadiyae sollitane ("KM is definitely worth mentioning as a good movie, but has to see which movie he copied from")

appadi paartha Kamal sir ku evvalavo sollalame ;)

ada en pa namooru aalunga oruthar superah panniruntha athai udane paarata pidikkama ivlo superah panrare, enga irunthu suttirupparo ninaikareenga ;)

oru chinna question njv, if MR wud have really copied AE or KM or any of his previous movies, hwo cud he have screened those on international film festivals and still won acclaim for it?
oru 1 or 2 para copy adichathukke Kavya va avlo insult panranga ithellam summa vittirupanga??

Ayudha ezhuthu is not even a copy, dont believe anyone who says that. The only thing that is similar between AE and Amoros Perros is the concept of a central accident and three stories branching from it. The three stories of the three characters themselves are Mani's own. Both movies deal with entirely different issues. If this is a "copy" then every other Kamal film can be branded as a "copy". MagaLir mattum is almost a scene by scene lift. Avvai ShaNmughi, anbe sivam,Virumandi etc., are all "copies" using the same standards.

Selvaraghavan's kaadhal Konden had characters/storyline lifted from a German film("Klassenfahrt" if I remember right) as the news floated around at that time. Plus the movie itself was reminiscent of the many anti-hero films we had seen earlier in Hindi and Tamil including Baazigar, GuNa etc.. Selvaraghavan gets inspired by a lot of european films/Hollywood flicks he sees at festivals.

I will tell you whose movies are completely original- Perarasu's :-) If that is the only hallmark of a great director, likes of Perarasu, Vikraman, KS Ravikumar, DharaNi etc. would be the greatest directors we have seen.

Bottomline is, every great artiste has his or own inpsirations. The extent of inspiration and the extent of their own imagination/creativity put into their films is to be considered before branding anyone as a copycat director. Many Bollywood directors like Sanjay Gupta (who was recently caught red-handed flicking from a Korean film) are examples of copycat directors. Not someone of Mani Ratnam's stature.

(recently, Pattiyal is more of a lift in Tamil, in the style of Sanjay Gupta's films.Ghajni seems to be an inspiration)

Even Kamal, with his countless inspirations, still adds his own to a movie.