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What a fantastic actor ! Tour de force 'mbAingaLE. :clap:
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Brahmaram on Asianet
What a fantastic actor ! Tour de force 'mbAingaLE. :clap:
Ah, glad you got to watch it. :D Paa-ku enna koraichal-nu sanda pOttinga :lol:
I am very sori nE :-)Quote:
Originally Posted by kid-glove
I understand your most righteous anger.
I wish I could understand every word of what Mohanlal spoke. He was just jaw-droppingly splendid. (The number of his films I have watched can be counted on one hand, so this may not be his best etc. but whatever)
I thought the screenplay meandered (and thus squandered much of the story). The film relied completely on his performance. He is such an extraordinary talent.
To borrow the words of the bride : he roared and rampaged.
BachchA.... :lol: saapdei
Pranchiyettan & The Saint
Waiting for it and got to see it today. Ranjith has done it again. How to make a good film based on a simple story line. Like all Ranjith films this too has two layers. If the situational comedy that breaks out in the first half arising out of the machinations of the people who surround Francis to get him some sort of recognition makes you laugh, the second half which delves deep into Francis's emotional foray has been presented without going melodramatic and laced with streaks of humour.
The very format of story telling is done in a novel manner. Making the Saint Francis considered to be one of the disciples of Jesus as a character in the movie and presenting the story as an interacton between the hero and the Saint is done nicely.
Mammootty again shows why he is considered to be one of the best actors of India. A very de-glamourised role [not in the physical sense though] with zero percent heroism, he does it with elan. And as only he can, he handles the Thrissur slang so well. Here's an actor who walks that extra mile to support novel ventures whenever he spots one [Film has been distributed by his own company Play House].
Like earlier KB movies, the supporting characters in Ranjith's films will have a prominent part and here too the same thing happens. Priya Mani and Khusboo do it without much trouble though their screen time is less. After a long time it was good to see Innocent dish out a decent performance.
In spite of Malayalam cinema too walking the Masala path in recent times, it is heartening to see such ventures are also getting their due.
Regards
There are two famous St.Francis' in Roman Catholic religion/.
Neither of them were disciples of Jesus' 12 apostles.
St.Francis of Assissi's time was around the 12th century.
The one famous in India is St.Francis Xavier (the first Jesuit in India). His time was 16th century. He was the one who converted TN's coastal fishing community into catholicism.
Not sure who is presented in the movie though !
While not one of Lal's best by any means, it's still a performance of (and we know that we're in hands of) a master.Quote:
Originally Posted by P_R
You should also watch Mammootty-Renjith film, Paleri Manikyam, with one of the three characters (Mam does a triple role) feat. Mammootty in top form (IMHO!).
the one in the movie refers St.Francis of Assissi.. avaru perula school irukku Thrissur la.. me the ABCD learn there wonly..Quote:
Originally Posted by P_R
P_R, ur post on bhramaram made my day :notworthy:!
sad that the minority of jury members did not agree with the majority of the film lovers! anyways, more than such manipulated awards n juries, the mere knowledge that such a performance has made an indelible mark on the viewers even across borders will be more satisfying for an actor n his fans like me! thanks again....spot on with the assessment of bhramaram...a flawed screenplay/slack direction lifted by an amazing perfo!
..going to watch it..Quote:
Originally Posted by kid-glove
After reading Murali Srinivas' post I was toying with the idea of going to the theatre to watch it. KambENi sariyillai so I missed it. Asianet-la pOdumbOdhu pAthura vENdiyadhu dhaan.Quote:
Originally Posted by kid-glove
The highlights were his change in tone, demeanor, ambivalent expressions (that leave you in suspense) command complete attention.Quote:
Originally Posted by jinju
But then there are also many scenes where he is just not doing anything central but you are just rewarded for keeping your eyes on him.
There was a scene in the crowded bus he has him arm stretched to accommodate the guava seller woman and boy. So his left hand reaches into a marigold seller's basket. He (half drunk/sleep deprived) picks up a flower, sniffs it and throws it back.
All as a passing action in the midst of a conversation. Excellence.
:clap:
Thanks Prabhu for pointing it out. My mistake. As pointed out by Anoop, it is St.Francis of Assissi [Anoop, thanks]. The price one needs to pay for posting in semi sleep mode after midnight.
Regards
Chithram on Asianet.
Pliss to excuse: Sathileelavathy on KalaignarTV or Chithram on Asianet #RealDilemma
Neengalum Hamam company serndhavarnu nanaikkiren, irundhaalum indhaanga link :PQuote:
Originally Posted by P_R
http://www.veoh.com/browse/videos/ca...170767F5TpR7Ny
but no subs here as well..
Raghav, Thirakkadha was one of the better films of that year actually in malayalam...not great cinema, but definitely good...maybe u expected a "prithvi film" which it definitely was not! in fact, prithvi was applauded that he lend himself to a "not so commercially viable" project in which he was just sort of a second lead/guest appearance, but then he couldn't say no to Renjith, one of his mentors! i certainly revisit this somewhat controversial film allegedly based on the kamalji-srividhya relationship...also, ther r some inside jokes about some of the directors/stars (Ms mainly) of malayalam industry which keralites can relate to, and so it becomes more spicy for them, eg:, the director who is shown as not even capable of framing a shot is supposedly one of the most celebrated commercial directors of malayalam, iv sasi! and then lalettan's business ventures, mammookkas 'cooling glass' fixation r also commented on...also, priyamani's fab perfo! i quite enjoyed the film. by the by, Devasuram paathaachaa? also checkout Kaiyyoppu by Renjith-Mam team...that's my fav film of the duo...K-G, have u watched it?
Plum, asianet does telecast thoovaanathumbikal on and off...also kireedom, amaram. Thaazhvaaram was telecast couple of days back...thing is these kind of films don't get primetime slots, but working days 9 am slot, so most of the time we tend to miss.
P-R, what observation again...yeah, that dialogue in that bus scene "edho maaattu saadhanamaanennu thonnunnu...adhaa oru...." (translates to "think it was some duplicate stuff") and he makes kinda vomiting sound...and then that sudden outburst in that tea shop when the mobile rings for the umpteenth time "off cheyyada aa kuntham!" literally jolted out of the seat coz till then his tone was low! a dialogue that many of us feel like telling to others, in today's mobile dominated world! again, keep sharing ur views on lalettan films...k-g, aap bhi...plum et tu...all r welcome...yes, brand me selfish!
jinju,
Onna renda, even the seemingly mundane sequences is given a different expression by Lalettan. Take the way he plays it straight while cleaning the wriggling chicken as against the sudden charge in the 'phone' scene. As usual, we don't even need to talk about effacing his own mannerisms, coz the way he IS, I guess, in itself very naturalistic and unassuming. And the way he carries the last 30 minutes (incl. the strange, miscalculated deus-ex-machina with the bee for some sort of mythological resonance. Much more so that Sivan Kutty becomes Vishnu for a while. And the misleading identity is all over the place as a christian/muslim, etc. Especially how they avoid banal sequences with his introduction out of nowhere, juxtaposed with the bomb blasts, etc) is tour-de-force, as P_R says. But what's astonishing is that while not one scene here touches the high of the kill sequence in Sadayam or the artist's trance in Vanaprastham, or the mirror scene in Kireedam sequel (so much so that I even fantasized how he's one of the select few actors in the world who could facially add layers to "morphing" sequences like in "Aparan"). And none of his recent work could touch the intricately layered Iruvar or Thoovanthumbigal. But.. within this decade (of very low output in terms of quality films), you lap up Thanmatra, Bhramaram, Company, etc. And what's astonishing is that it completely smokes over so-called NA worthy performances of other overrated "legends". :)
Some great notes on Bhramaram here by Pr, KG, jinju n al...and some really wonderful discussions goin on here..
the last line from last post of kg is really fantastic n true... :2thumbsup:
jinju
Quote:" ...a flawed screenplay/slack direction lifted by an amazing perfo!"
I hav a small disagreement with Jinju in that i don't think bramaram's script n dirn is that flawed...script does go a bit wayward at some places especialy the flashback scenes could have been improved... but still it was very well handled overall by blessy...it was supoesed to be road/thriller/drama genre movie...it doesn't have a racy script but more of a tone that simply gets ever more intensifying as the movie progresses....
But direction is where i think Blessy has done his best...think it was taken with a wonderful craft and vision...some stunning shots...IMO this is Blessy's best work as a director...maybe Kazcha n Thanmatra are better films for their overall humbleness n delicacy....but as a director he has shown his best skills so far in Bhramaram , imho...:D
But ofcourse above all stood Lal's mighty perfomance... :thumbsup:
Went cd shopping today n was in for a pleasant surprise...for fellow moviebuffs here waiting to catch up on Kuttysrank, Empire Video has released dvd/vcd of the film priced at 99/60 respectively...watched half an hour of the film, needless to say, luks awesome! yep, it comes with english subtitles and is an awesome print.
As a matter of fact, I had downloaded the rip (with subtitles) and watched it too. Got few things to say about the film, and Shaji N Karun in general.
And it's incomprehensible why Mammootty's performance here wasn't nominated. I hear only Paleri and Pazhassi were contenders.
Forget Pazhassi, one of the three characters in Paleri is vintage Mammootty. But Paleri is comfortably short of complicated role-playing in Kutty Srank. The character's life as filtered through different perspectives is given subtle hues by his acting (not just by the subtle changes in his looks. Have to appreciate the sets too. I'm amazed how Shaji gets the budget for the locations, props, etc without even a major release ?!), in reflection of the respective narrator's POV (not to be confused with POV shots in formal terms. Using it a bit liberally. Which you will understand when you watch the film). To hold the different fragments of Kutty as realized by the three women (and for brief glimpses in between, the director breaks the elliptical pattern and actually shows Kutty's screnes on his own.) together is a noteworthy achievement. There's also a fable-like POV of another writer, female again, who at different stages exposits the two-way kinship between the one who is writing and one who is being written about. At a lot of stages, we cut to objective POV (in narrative sense) as I say before. And there are lot of directorial touches to visually express the state of mind. Especially the first stages centering around Padmapriya seemed to be a lot more showy and loud, and yet a bit arcane. And all of this seemed to connect a bit to the opening quote from Upanishads on dreams/waking-up.
Not that any of this would matter. For there's Ramesh Sippy any way. :hammer:
:exactly: same for Lalettan's Bhrahmaram - M's should have shared the award :DQuote:
Originally Posted by kid-glove
am half way thru the movie... thanks to torrents dvd rip aavadhu kadaikkudhu
Anoop,
Watched 'Evvidam Sorgamaanu'?
yeah, liked quite a few scenes in the film, but expected much more since it was Rosshan Andrews..Quote:
Originally Posted by ajaybaskar
Anoop/Ajay,
Probably you must have seen August 1 which dealt about the assasscination attempt on the Chief Minister and the counter offensive by the state police. You could not have forgotten the Crime Branch Inspector Perumal in that. Now that Perumal is back as Deputy commisioner of Police and watch him in August 15. Again an investigation thriller by the Shaji Kailas - SN Swamy team. Slated to be a Christmas offering here are few snaps.
http://cinespot.net/gallery/d/456221...photos_001.JPG
http://cinespot.net/gallery/d/456223...s+pics+_1_.JPG
http://mammootty.com/photos/movie_ga...a47a048282.jpg
Official Poster
http://i53.tinypic.com/21acls4.jpg
http://i56.tinypic.com/30ab7dx.jpg
Regards
The other movie Best Actor by debutant director Martin Prakkat, which was discussed in the previous pages is getting released on 25th of this month. A cinema crazy School teacher aspiring to become a cinema star and his pursuits form the crux of the story.
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-...7_255861_n.jpg
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-..._7702351_n.jpg
Possibly the most-times-watched-on-big-screen movie by me:-)Quote:
Originally Posted by kid-glove
(Silver Jubilee run in a small town like Palakkad during my bachelor days and every person who visited me (from TN / Bangalore etc) was forced (by me) to watch this and thus numerous trips to the theater :-) )
Thanx Murali Anna for the share.. :D
Definitely a movie to watch out for...
But the first part was directed by Sibi Malayil, right?
:ty: .. have seen this numerous times, esp Mammookka seeing Captain Raju via tv and rushing out to shoot him :bow:Quote:
Originally Posted by Murali Srinivas
there was also a news that there is a movie coming up as 'King and the Commissioner' with Mammookka's King and Suresh Gopi's Commissioner character as lead characters -- wonder why no one in Tamil is coming up with such movies, with characters of different movies meeting each other in a new movie..
Already two of Mammookka's characters met in 'Balram Vs Taradas'. Now 'King Vs Commissioner'?
They are also planning a sequel to "madhilukal' if i am not wrong.
oh Madhilukal sequel.. that wud be nice.. i liked bhoothakannadi better though. yes if the news is right, then this one (K v C) wud be with Suresh Gopi the same person who rejected Pazhassi... also heard T20 is getting a sequel...
sequels are another thing missing in TFI.. is Billa going to be first movie to have a sequel (rather prequel) here ?! :?
edit : Groucho answered tht - missed Kalyanaraman
Ippo thaan innoru thread'la Grouch sonnaaru, Japannil Kalyana Raman is the first sequel in TFI..
Stupid idea, "Mathilukal" sequel. And without Adoor. :banghead:
thx KK (seems better name) :P
just wondering which tamil film characters can be brought into a new movie.. interesting possibilities..
Kamal of VV v Motta Boss!!
Alex Pandian v Nandhakumaraa (he is dead though!)
Anbu chelvan taking on Billa :P
Aaruchaamy/Pokkiri v Villian Ajith
Naalaiya Manidhan - Adisaya Manidhan was a sequel attempt, right?
Naan avan illai 1, 2.
Krodham 2 - PremQuote:
Originally Posted by ajaybaskar
appidi oru padam vandhappO dhaan enakku Krodham appidinnu oru padam vandhadhE therinjudhu :lol:
Same blood.. :lol:
IIRC Naalaiya Manidhan even had a third part..
:lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by P_R
Allov krodham was the movie that catapulted prem to fame(!)
Andha padam sumArA odinadha vechu dhaan oru 15 varusham varisaiyaa release paNNinaar.
My favourite title of his: varraaru sandiyaru