// ah okies... neenga salem'la irundha kaalatthula, salem was having the maximum number of theatres... and movie releases would happen like festivals, especially rajini-kamals...
// ah okies... neenga salem'la irundha kaalatthula, salem was having the maximum number of theatres... and movie releases would happen like festivals, especially rajini-kamals...
tamizharasan - disagree wrto Nayagan - at least at Udhayam cinema complex, it was 'ee, kaakka' for first 2 weeks - we were living less than 2kms from Ashok pillar - so I can vouch for that !
OTOH, 'kakki chattai', 'oru kaithiyin dairy' were amali dumali hits from day one!
Funny to see IRIR who is SO FREAKIN AGAINST audiences celebrating artists as demi-Gods use words like amali thumali / traffic jam etc. and in the processing talking high of veRum BO suksass.
Nothing to argue here. So you are trying to say that Kamal does not have fan base to keep the movie busy for even first 2 weeks and WOM is the only to get commercial success for him. During those days seeing Rajini or Kamal movies is impossible for the few days. For movies like Maveeran, Vikram which incidentally home production for both Rajini and kamal, I had seen people walking on the heads of other people to get the tickets on the first day. Anyway freeya vidunga.Quote:
Originally Posted by irir123
Internally most of the people enjoy the BO success of their favorite stars and I have seen it very obvious in all threads here. It really does not matter who is their favorite hero. Inga ellA sandaiyum BO Success-a vachchi thAna.Quote:
Originally Posted by Nerd
Nerd - I am only sharing my observations!! I never did say I was part of any of this celebration nonsense, nor am I in favor of any of the 'milk/honey abhishekam' of cutouts nonsense!
and never have I taken the risk of watching any film (Rajini or Kamal, doesnt matter - btw, as a mini-digression, just so that you know - until I was 14, I was an ardent Rajini movie watcher - its from the late 80s, i got disinterested with his 'image' based films! maybe all of that coincided with my reading habit that had just then picked up bigtime) on the day of its release.
palmoil, kerosene, aavin milk, idhukkellaam veyyilla nikkaradhu poradhunnu, cinemakaranukku yaen nikkanumnu thaan!
irir123
My point here is people go ga ga over their favorite heroes box office achivement more than anything here. Do you think I don't agree with any of Kamal's box office success. After these many years producers are still willing to pay several crores for Rajini and kamal to act in their movies as heroes. That itself talks about their box office success. No one does business for free in Cinema and no one knows that better than Kamal himself and that is why he always claims that he wants all of his movies to be successful.
+1000, idhula ivaru BO verdict vera pass panraapla, jithu vela panni potrukkaangalaam... :lol2:Quote:
Originally Posted by Nerd
And adhu eppadi Kamalukku mattum BO la interest-e illadhavanga ellaam oh, idhu correct-a? Appadi theriyalaye nu kelvi ellaam ezhupparaanga. Yempa yen?????
I am counting myself also here. I don't deeply care about BO numbers but I posted about Anbe Sivaum.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bala (Karthik)
sandhEgaththukkAga illeengaNNA, but oru vishayam therinjikkalaamnudhaan 'nga.
You may remember the discussion we had about Kamal's comments about the producers support (lack therof) about Anbe Sivam to the extent of saying 'if it were a Rajkamal film, this would have been a hit'). Hence the surprise to see a 100 day foster for that film.
Just for info,
I saw Mahanadhi at Anand theatre(?,the theatre whose owner was the bad guy in Agni.....),Chennai for the 1st time when it was nearing it's 90th day.Theatre only 20 to 25 % full.
Guna -3rd day,Shanthi theatre,B'lore.Annikku Mama vettu Gruhapravesam.Theatre valiya dhaan poganum.House full but it fell from the very next day despite rave reviews in the local news papers.
kalyAnam social matter paNNikkalaam...diverse case ellAm varudhuppA, naan enna courtA?
its not just saapping maal, but also Sathyam is opening new Screens there.
I think IRIR was just referring to the kind of response different movies of Kamal generated. At least, I couldn't see anything funny except his comments on graphics gimmicks and all. I don't see any part of his post that was glorifying fanaticism (though I don't agree with any of his views on this)
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Originally Posted by tamizharasan
andha gaalathula yaedhu vcd?Quote:
Originally Posted by P_R
it must be JKR's nayagan..
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oru idhuvaa solliruppaar...
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Originally Posted by jaiganes
1987ம் ஆண்டில் இருந்து தான் தமிழ் நாட்டில் vcd அறிமுகம் ஆனது. தீபாவளிக்கு வெளியான நாயகன்,உழவன் மகன் படங்களுக்கு படம் வெளிவந்த அன்றே ஒரிஜினல் பிரிண்ட் வெளியிடப் பட்டது. ஆனால் மனிதன் படத்திற்கு avm நிறுவனத்தார் vcd வெளியிடவில்லை.
1988ம் ஆண்டு சத்யா படத்திற்கும் படம் வெளிவந்த அன்றே ஒரிஜினல் பிரிண்ட் வெளியிடப் பட்டது. அதற்கு பின்பு என்ன காரணம் என்று தெரியவில்லை நிறுத்திவிட்டார்கள்.
ingEyumma , Suthum :lol:
ejjattly! i was only sharing what i could recollect from my memories - pre-1978 memories are not vivid as i was too small - nammakku gyabagam irundhadha vacchu sonnaen! and of course my opinion of FDFS adulation - nothing wrong in it, so far as it does not affect others - there are makkals all over the world, who would do anything for their favorite rockstars, popstars etc etc - so idhuvum adhula serthhi - avvalo thaanQuote:
Originally Posted by selvakumar
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Originally Posted by PARAMASHIVAN
Nth time I am telling this :)Quote:
Originally Posted by sakaLAKALAKAlaa Vallavar
Guna ran for 90 days in Nagercoil , that too in a big theatre Lakshmi (now no more)
IRIR, Don't you see the difference between - movie was a hit / good response VS amali thumali / traffic jam (not sounding condescending). So you are caught there :-) And you hide behind a lame post searching for cover.
sooper. i never knew - my nakkals back into my naakku.Quote:
Originally Posted by Raajjaa
no need to search for cover (AFAIK) - amali thumali (figuratively speaking ?), traffic jam usage are perfect observations !! thats how it felt around that timeQuote:
Originally Posted by Nerd
right adjacent to udhayam complex was a shopping center - actually an 'I' shaped structure, that had a book lending library, stationary, grocery, audio shops, a rice/wheat grinding flour mill and of course a ration shop! on the other side of the center, was an 'aavin thaaniyangi paal vazhangum' unit !! so used to frequent this place with cousins, friends etc and hence have vivid memories of the crowds around udhayam complex when the likes of 'kaithiyin dairy' , 'padikkathavan','kakki chattai', 'kodi parakkuthu' were released
no more postings on this subject - the 'amali dumalis' were real and not just imagined!
ippo prachinayae adhu illa...
friends'oda sendhu frequent visits to aavin paal shop?? :shock:
IMO , Few movies BO status were always taken in Vacha kudumi adicha mottai way ..As far as I know Mahanathi , Guna , Kuruthipunal had recent run in many towns ,but generally termed as flops ..I was in Trichy when Mahanathi released and it ran not less than 85 days in Maris Rock ..Guna ran for 90 days in nagercoil (not even a city) ,so no surprise it ran for 100 days .. Kuruthupunal BO is underrated just by comparing with Muthu , otherwise It was a decent hit .
One last post - amali thumali is a term used by 'fanboys' who you seem to completely detest. You would mainly see fanboys talk about BO / traffic jam etc., the ones who do anything for their star, waste time on unproductive activities and what not. And I found you using those fanboy-only terms funny, that is all to it. I don't doubt the BO success of any of the films you have mentioned, that is not the point - really.
This is just a general karuththu. And our *one-off* personal experiences can't make facts. For e.g. I saw Thenali 2nd day morning show and Maris 70MM was only half-full (Thenali was considered a huge hit) and PKS couple of weeks after its release, again weekend morning show and the theater was housefull. And PKS is considered a moderate hit.
aavin paal shop mattum illai! ration, maligai, matrum audio kadai ellaam setthuthaan !Quote:
Originally Posted by SoftSword
i gave you my 'birds eye view' - thats all - plus am not privy to hardcore BO stats, nor do i claim to be a 'thillalangadi' in these matters - namakku andha alavu theatre business parichchayam kidayathu! for instance, i was of the understanding/conviction that 'sivaji the boss' was a BO success never heard of/seen before, until someone close to a chennai theatre owner (who is also close to AVM production house) told me otherwise! i was a bit confused, and then gave up thinking, 'namakku idhellaam puriyaadha vishayam'! yaar solradha namburadhunney puriyala - adhanaal, i am escaaappeQuote:
Originally Posted by Nerd
General Reference
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Originally Posted by sakaLAKALAKAlaa Vallavar
Sakala
U missed 7m Arivu. It is a 3rd biggest blockbuster in 80 years of tamil film history.
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Originally Posted by Srimannarayanan
:lol:..idhu solratthukkum chance irukku, as 7th sense came 9 months after this report.....Quote:
Originally Posted by Srimannarayanan
It should have been VHS instead of vcd.Quote:
Originally Posted by P_R
This all time highest collection list itself is nonsense .. Ulagam sutrum Vaaliban , Vasantha MaaLigai appo collect panninathai just Rupee vachu eppadi compare panna mudiyum ?
Probably the profit percentage should be the ideal way to rate the biggies....The smaller films with lesser known actors sometimes do rake in the profits and these should be conveniently ignored...A good example is Subramaniapuram which released two weeks after Dasavathaaram....
I agree it should have been adjusted to inflation. BTW for sure I know Guna was very much profitable movie. Because I remember reading from the paper that it costed only 50 lakhs to that movie with out renumeration to Kamal. He basically got the money from the profit. OTOH Thalapathy costed 3.5 crores and also made decent profit. Runwise thalapathy might have enjoyed better run overall but profit wise no big difference because of much lower cost to Guna.Quote:
Originally Posted by joe