And Departed(2002) with Sivaji, Prabhu and Karthik in the late 80's might have been cool, too...
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And Departed(2002) with Sivaji, Prabhu and Karthik in the late 80's might have been cool, too...
Prabhu and Karthik eppavum edhiri ney mudivu panniteengala :lol2:
Aiyo, naan verum "bad"-nu sollala. I said, "Too bad" athu veera mathiri pannittangga. We did get a Godfather in form of Devar Magan, except Sonny's role was more like Rajini in Talabathi. Appadi split-ayiduchu.Quote:
Originally Posted by hamid
My take is, Kamal already playing Michael's role, so you need someone else playing young NT. In fact, for Godfather, Brando was supposed to return to play a younger self (he was only 45 then, still youthful, and the excellent make up aged him twenty years). But they couldn't pay him among others...remember he was supposed to appear at the end, during the dinner scene.Quote:
Originally Posted by hamid
They say there is no role that Sivaji cannot play. Of course, it could be true and the degree of success may vary...but I am inclined to think that there is one role NT can never play: VC Ganesan.
Yes, himself. Watch Cinema Payithiyam for instance. In the guest role he will appear as himself. That is not Sivaji. That's Sivaji playing an actor called Sivaji. He was still in character even when playing himself. Then, I thought no way he can do that. Once in front of the camera, he becomes another character. Only time he is himself is when its a documentary and he is not working from a script.
It remainds me an incident in the shooting of Mudhal MariyAdhai...Quote:
Originally Posted by groucho070
Bharathiraja asked NT to walk to a distance upt to a mark (a tree or something) and shouted "start camera... action", but asked the cameraman not to start camera. When NT reached the mark, Bharathi shouted "cut... shot ok, annE thirumbi vAnga" but asked the cameraman to start camera and shoot, when NT returning with very relaxed walk.
When NT reched them, he saw camera was running. "Bharathi, yEn camera Odikkittirukku?". Director replied, "sorrynnE, neenga pOgumbOthu nadanadhu pOna action enakku thEvaiyillE, thrumbi relaxA nadandhu vandheenga theriyumA, adhuthAn enakku thEvaippattathu".
NT appreciated "padavA, enkittEyE un vElaiyai kAttariyA?".
When Producer Balaji remade 'Qurbani' as 'Vidudhalai' in Tamil, he approached Kamal for the roll of Vinodh khanna. But kamal refused to do it. (later it was done by Vishnuvarthan).Quote:
Originally Posted by sivank
If kamal accepted it, then it will be one and only movie, having Shivaji-Kamal-Rajini combo. (another milestone like "koondukiLi')
balaji planned to remake "sholay" in tamil starring rajini and kamal....
The best part about that is that Kamal and Rajni could both have easily played either of Dharam/Amit roles.
But Thakur role is too small for NT.
With reference to this thread and discussion with Raghavendra-sir, I wonder what it would have been like if NT had done those cowboy/western films with Karnan?
The nearest, I think, must have been Pattakatthi Bairavan, definitely not in my list of watchable films...ever.
Dear Rakesh,
You will be wondered to read my answer. NT would have done those western movies with much ease than other contemporary stars. He knew horse riding and I saw him ride like a jockey while I was a boy at the shooting of Iru Duruvam near Dharmapuri. All the way along with the train he rided the horse without dupe. Audience cheered him with high round of applause. He was 43 at that time.
Of course horse riding is not the only qualification he had. His style would have made that cowboy film on par with that of Sergio Leone films but may be we would have needed a director of Leone calibre, which was and is not there. The result it would have been handed over to remake specialists and would have been a scene by scene copy.
Though Karnan would have say, for a 25 to 30 per cent fit in the role for vielding the megaphone, I am not sure how far he would have used NT, though as a cinematographer he is well versed with NT's acting talents.
In all NT would have easily slipped into the cowboy role but the film would not have fulfilled either as a cowboy or as an entertainer.
The result, we could not see NT in a westerner. We can satisfy how he'd have looked from the stills of Neelavaanam or Thanga Surangam.
Raghavendran