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MX is doing good. Infact MX will do more as days pass by thru word of mouth (ppl affraid to watch Kamal movie in theatre cuz of his experimentation, but thats what KamalJI is all about). Out of all 4 movies, both CM and MX carries good response from public. Sachin will run for 30 - 40 days and will be made to run for another 70 days.
kbee ,
U may be right ...But that si not normally BO is determined ..MX 's opening has been poor in TN ,it is better in Banglore and mumbai ...
Guys - it is not even one week since the movie's
release - comments similar to ME were made about MMKR
as well, when it was released - by word of mouth, MMKR
became a cult classic! even now, when MMKR is screened
on any of the satellite channels, you would find the
streets empty
commercial success or not, quality + excellence is
important - if Kamal were to go by people's tastes, he
would have to make rubbish like Padayappa, or a
Soriyappa, or a Serangappa!
let us leave Kamal to him - he knows best and besides,
he has a coterie of friends who are staunch critics of his ideas and movies, as well (like Sujata, Madhan, Ilaiyaraaja, Santhabarathy,Vasan,Crazy Mohan, K.Balachander etc) who make sure that he is on the right track
after all, who are you and I to decide what he should
make ? being a hard-core fan and critic of Kamal
myself, ME was satisfactory stuff to me - on any day,
Kamal's flicks (with the exceptions of a few) always
manage to meet the barest minimum expectations of fans
like me - that is enough
I have many European friends - commercial success or
not, when I show a movie like Guna, to them, they gape
and gasp and ask me how come such movies are not
popular outside India - I tell them, they are not
popular even in India!
all said and done, ME is doing well in Bangalore and
from what little I have heard, it is doing well in
Ahmedabad, Baroda, Kolkata etc - Kamal will not end up
burning his fingers - on the other hand, he has made
his presence felt at the national level as an artiste
who consistently crafts intelligent cinema! that is more than what he (and us fans) have bargained for
let us look at this way - Om Puri is the kind of an actor/artist, who picks and chooses his role, and not runs after them - he has clearly stated in many interviews that if he has even an iota of dissatisfaction over any role offered to him after listening to the script, he would say 'no' - this has been the case, in the last 5-6 years - and if he says yes to Kamal and does films with him (earlier it was Chachi 420), that itself is an honor and index of the kind of respect Kamal commands, isn't it ? - will Om Puri say yes to a junk movie of Rajinikanth or, a Vijay ? no
we need to understand/decide as to what we want ? cheap commercial success alone (like what Rajinikanth has been striving for in the last one decade - I used to be a big fan of his, but his attitude, as seen in the quality of his movies, put me off, and I started finding his movies immature, irritating, annoying and insulting to my aesthetic and other sensibilities), or quality with moderate commercial success ? the ball is in our court
tmrrmt :clap: :clap:
To add to that,I don't believe that the opening in TN has been poor.It's now become a fashion to say Kamal's movies have a good opening&do well only at Sathyam.It was said about 5-thanthiram,Virumaandi,VR MBBS&now MX.It defies logic.Except Sify all the other sites like Indiaglitz,thastamil.com are saying that both MX&CM have started well with CM having the edge which is understandable.A clear picture will emerge only next week for both the Tamil&Hindi versions.It's prudent to wait until then.l
http://sify.com/movies/bollywood/ful...hp?id=13723166
Hindi BO-MX had a reasonable start but the business is showing an increase with every passing day,so it should turn out quite well.
TOP 5 movies of BOLLYWOOD.
MX is BEST in MUMBAI and METROS.
http://sify.com/movies/bollywood/ful...hp?id=13723212
So sure winner of this summer in India is MX .
I second every word of your post. You took the words right out of my mouth :)Quote:
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alwarpet_andavan
Dig:
A write up on the first film Kamal&Singeetham came together.
http://www.telugucinema.com/c/movies...didi1978.shtml
tmrrmt,
Neenga thaan Madhavan-a?
And RajaRam is bala_chella?
alwarpet_andavan
Thirutham , Madhavan illai, MadhanQuote:
Originally Posted by alwarpet_andavan
alwarpet_andavan