Films of Mani Ratnam

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Originally Posted by Bala (Karthik)

P.Vasu Indhilayum oru round vandhirukkaara :shock:

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Naanum :shock:
Minor cult-A ! Light-A nenju vali varra maadhiri irukku

I just read an article in the ny times on The Dude that contains Umberto Eco's definition of a cult movie.Thinking of P.Vasu doing anything cult, other than he unintentional EKSI, is quite hilarious.

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Originally Posted by complicateur

I just read an article in the ny times on The Dude that contains Umberto Eco's definition of a cult movie.Thinking of P.Vasu doing anything cult, other than he unintentional EKSI, is quite hilarious.

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Some of the paper titles :lol:

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What are the requirements for transforming a book or movie into a cult object?” Mr. Eco asked. “The work must be loved, obviously, but this is not enough. It must provide a completely furnished world so that its fans can quote characters and episodes as if they were aspects of the fan’s private sectarian world, a world about which one can make up quizzes and play trivia games so that the adepts of the sect recognize through each other a shared expertise

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I stick to my evaluation. By this definition, Andaz Apna Apna is a Major Cult Movie in Hindi. HPKJ can be considered a minor cult movie going by the impact in said terms.

AhA, Surya vs. Devgan 'lAm no-contest 'nga! (Devgan's performance might have passed muster in isolation, but if you pit him against Surya in AE, I've to say he was really poor.)

Not only is Surya brilliant in the film, he is also quite a scene-stealer at times despite being alongside the superb Madhavan who clearly had a much more challenging role. Bottle-training scene 'lAm Hindi 'la vekkavE illainga!

PR,
Humble submission ellAm thEvaiyE illai. AE is indeed the better film. But I do like Abhishek's Lallan a lot.

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Originally Posted by complicateur

I just read an article in the ny times on The Dude that contains Umberto Eco's definition of a cult movie.Thinking of P.Vasu doing anything cult, other than he unintentional EKSI, is quite hilarious.

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Wow, this looks good! (Yet to read it fully though.) Thanks Compli.

This aspect and other facets of the film has been explored by Rob Ager. I read it in full. It's brilliantly put with deep exploration. :D

I'm becoming a fan of this guy, he is almost a film scientist (admittedly with lot of time in his hands :wink: ) Thank you Bala. :)

BTW, DevagaNam was good in Takshak, a movie I liked very much. Also one of Rahman's best ever.

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Originally Posted by Plum

Serious discussion-la Singathai ellAm koNdu vandhA epdi?

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:lol:

btw..I dont find that reaction funny...for a masala movie angry bose - it was pretty decent.

One more shameless digression to round off: I just learnt that Karthik Raja did the re-recording for Rasu Chittappu.