Originally Posted by tacinema
Thirumaran,
Seems you were pretty hot today, bashing every actors from Sivaji to Rajini.
Some of your arguments were totally ridiculous, especially saying Kamal is better than Sivaji in acting. Thanks god, you did not say that MGR was a better actor than Sivaji!! Just because you are a MGR fan, do not ridicule sivaji. Sivaji is one actor that every tamilian should feel proud of. Just because Sivaji is a tamilian, and because of petty politics, he never got due recognition. Look at the recognition Sivaji got from other countries, just great. Sivaji was a trend setter, he gave a new revolutionary definition to acting. In reel life, MGR never set any trend, except indulging every other artist job, like musicians, lyricist and singers. If MGR were acting today, he wouldn't survive even a day!! He was extremely lucky that he got musicians like MSV and lyricist Vaali. Today artists wouldn't tolerate this kind of interference. I have heard MGR was always late in movie shooting; he wanted to make sure that every artist would wait for him. On other other hand, Sivaji was known for dedication and punctuality. Sivaji made a lasting impression with most of his movies, for eg. VP Kattabomman. Tell me one MGR movie which made a great impression; even USV is good only for great songs. In USV, in fact, Ashokan did a better job than MGR.
Among MGR movies, the following are OK:
1. Malai Kallan
2. Nadodi Mannan
3. Mahadevi
4. Anbe vaa
Other movies are just "SELF PURANAS", like Thengai Srinivasan praising MGR on every alternative scene!! MGR made pretty low class movies, during the end of his movie career, such as Idhaykkani, Nalai namadhe, Uzhaikkum Karangal and so on. In all these movies, no doubt, heroines such as latha were exposed in an erotic way. Even at the end of his career, Sivaji gave classics such as Mudhal mariyadhai and Devar Magan.
Comparing MGR with Rajini, definitely Rajini was far better actor. Some of his movies prove this: 6-to-60, Bhuvan oru ?, Johnny, Dhalapathy and so on. Sivaji and Rajini can beat MGR in any department, especially in comedy.
One thing I will admit: Sivaji was disaster in politics. The reason was Sivaji did not know how to act in real life, though he was exellent in reel life.
On the other hand, MGR was very good in manipulating people and became a better politician. He used cinema exclusively for political purpose and he won. He was a better person compared to other politicians in that time. But as a CM, his performance was dismal compared to the great Kamaraj.
So, as an actor MGR was disaster and as a politican, he was just fine. So, just because you are a MGR fan, do not ridicule Sivaji. Feel proud of Sivaji as a great actor, the way North Indians feel great about Amitabh. Learn something from others!!
