UlagaNayagan KAMALHAASAN in ||"UthamaVillan"|| Directed by Ramesh Aravind

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Originally Posted by Cinemarasigan

There were problems in terms of finance for VV, but it was not a low budget movie. Good amount of money was spent for shooting in US and it was very much visible as well. The initial producer Khaja taken lot of money on loan and that also was a big problem, some how 7th channel Manickam Narayanan took over and cleared the debts. In the end it was a very profitable venture.

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Yeah but in this interview he specifically said the budget given to him by the new producer was limited (slightly more than Kaaka Kaaka) and he managed to complete the movie with it. I don't remember where I read it.

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Originally Posted by Cinemarasigan

Thenali Blockbuster :shock:

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Adhullenna sandhegam? Silver-Jubilee in TN and 75+ days in Kerala.

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Originally Posted by Cinemarasigan

i think 5thanthiram s nt below avg... above avg..

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It did moderate business in Chennai, but not in other centers. Kamal range-ku Below average dhaan.

K.Vishwanath made three movies with Kamal, low in budget & high in quality. The first two were very successful in Telugu and Tamil. Subha Sankalpam, the third was a big hit in Andhra. The Tamil version, Paasa Valai, though was not as successful as the other two, ran for more than 50 days in AVM Rajeshwari, Devi Paradise. Normally, Telugu dubbed movies (except some rare cases like Vyjayanthi IPS, Idhu Dhaan Da Police, Naan E, Maaveeran) do not run more than a week in TN. And there's absolutely nothing TN audience can connect to, in Paasa Valai, which is a movie about Andhra fishermen. Still it managed to do well, for Kamal.

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Originally Posted by hattori_hanzo

K.Vishwanath made three movies with Kamal, low in budget & high in quality. The first two were very successful in Telugu and Tamil. Subha Sankalpam, the third was a big hit in Andhra. The Tamil version, Paasa Valai, though was not as successful as the other two, ran for more than 50 days in AVM Rajeshwari, Devi Paradise. Normally, Telugu dubbed movies (except some rare cases like Vyjayanthi IPS, Idhu Dhaan Da Police, Naan E, Maaveeran) do not run more than a week in TN. And there's absolutely nothing TN audience can connect to, in Paasa Valai, which is a movie about Andhra fishermen. Still it managed to do well, for Kamal.

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yea PasaValai got released in Malaysia as well.. after Indian i guess..

Watched some scenes from Rama Shama Bhama (Kannada remake of Sathi Leelavathy). Ramesh Aravind, to my surprise, seems to be Kannada cinema's P.Vasu/S.P. Muthuraman ;) The movie is a diluted(with added masala) version of Balu Mahendra's Sathi Leelavathy. Subtle comic scenes are stretched and made to reach the front bench mahajanangal.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMp5xpjpIMM

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Originally Posted by hattori_hanzo

Watched some scenes from Rama Shama Bhama (Kannada remake of Sathi Leelavathy). Ramesh Aravind, to my surprise, seems to be Kannada cinema's P.Vasu/S.P. Muthuraman ;) The movie is a diluted(with added masala) version of Balu Mahendra's Sathi Leelavathy. Subtle comic scenes are stretched and made to reach the front bench mahajanangal.

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In General Kannada movies are mostly of like this only.. Moreover it is not correct to compare Ramesh Aravind with Balu Mahendra.. :)

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Originally Posted by leosimha

I guess MX was break-even.

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it was a dead low budget movie .. break even is obvious for Kamal ..

but the fact is, it is an utter flop :(

Any movies involving foreign shooting, budget should be quite high. SO that rules out VV, MMA, Dasa etc.

Sorry, typo meant Unnai-pol-oruvan :) Probably the best in recent times.

- AnbeSivam - medium budget, critically acclaimed but BO flop.
- Guna - med budget, critically acclaimed but flop.
- Unnal-mudiyum-thambi - med budget, average, not a big winner but good songs and message.
- Kalaigyan - sumaar movie and BO flop.

"- Kalaigyan - sumaar movie and BO flop. "

one of my fav :)

- nice Thriller
- nice song
- kamal as dancer, superb

i think -tive was, gals over exposure

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Originally Posted by Cinemarasigan

In General Kannada movies are mostly of like this only.. Moreover it is not correct to compare Ramesh Aravind with Balu Mahendra.. :)

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Yeah but initially I thought RA would have retained the class in RSB. However, I still found those scenes funny. Many of the additional comedy lines and chaplinesque gimmicks must have been included by KH himself. And KH-Urvashi chemistry :thumbsup:

Unnal-mudiyum-thambi s avg grosser :oops:

I thought it s BB :|