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Ramesh dear....Quote:
Originally Posted by umaramesh
Whatever may be the success of Thirusoolam...I find it IMPOSSIBLE TO DIGEST THIS MOVIE .......
The movies from 75 were to be forgotten except Mudhal mariyaadhai, Devar Magan and Anbulla Appa.......
Nadigar thilagam should have been choicy in his movies ...
movies like Lorry driver rajkannu, Patta kathi bhairavan, Karathy viran dharmaraja, Vetrikku oruvan etc etc...... REALLY SPOILT HIS REPUTATION AND IMAGE
U r right balaji !
Bingleguy,Ramesh
Thanks a lot.
Balaji,
Still I stick to my earlier statement,not because of humility but I really feel there are persons who know more than me.
Regarding movies after 75 and about Tirusoolam, I will come back later.
Regards
Thirisoolam is typical masala movie which was a blockbuster then..But now I don't like this movie much compare to NT's black and white movies.
Joe and Murali Srinivas
IMO, after Savaalay samaalee, very few movies are noteworthy....
I will not blame NT for this..... I have highlighted once about Mudhal mariyaadhai earlier.......
Again , on Thirusoolum ..... I think the movie ran well not because of NT's customary acting but because it WAS HIS 200TH MOVIE .....and some good songs......
I remember this movie ran well in Shanti Crown Buvaneswari in Chennai
NT's Thirisoolam ran everywhere. During this time, NT's other movies like thiyagam, sandhippu, neethipathi, theerpu, and so on did very well. These movies were BO successful, though they were very mediocre in NT's own standards.
Occassionally, even during 80s, he did good roles in vellai roja, andhaman kadhali, keelvaanam sivakkum, vaazhkai. NT's performance in these movies were good and made them BO successful. Another movie Bhandham with "baby" shalini was reasonably good. My uncle used to say that not a single NT movie ran less than 100 days in Central talkies in Madurai. This includes his movie "Thaikku Oru Thalattu", which is a very mediocre movie. BTW, this movie hall is pretty big, not like 200 seating capacity.
Dear members: Never question NT's BO performance. I believe, until late 60s, his BO performance was better than MGR's. One of Kamal's fans in other thread was saying that NT movies ran only in cities. That is simply not true. When I was very small, my family lived in then small town Pudukottai. We lived there for 7 years and the only movie during that time crossed 50 days was NT's Thirisoolam. So, my advice to everyone in the forum is read the history and only then comment about the legend Simma Kuralon NT.
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Friends
We all know films mentioned by balaji is medicore and by NT standard he should have avoided . I can recollect NT interview:
while answering about these films: THEY ARE MY BEST FRIENDS AND I CANNOT SAY NO TO THEM.
Balaji: I saw THIRUSOOLAM in shanthi theatre(first week). So much crowd and they gone mad during telephone scene where NT speak with Vijaya after a long time. I think this scene was talk of the town and one of the reason for success
You know police has to make lathi charge to disperse crowd.
ramesh
ramesh
Everybody knows Thirisoolam is a blockbuster which broke all previous records in collection.
It was also re-released many times .In my home town It was released almost every 2 years and got a huge crowd like a newly released movie..I too liked that movie when I was very young..But now I couldn't understand why this movie got so much success.
Tac,
You are right in saying that NT excelled in BO, better than MGR. It was true. NT was not only Nadippu Chakravarthy but also Vasool Chakravarthy. But unfortunately this fact was overlooked by media at that time and a general impression gained ground that MGR as the BO king. If you could see MGR's graph, after 1968, he had only few super hits like Adimai Penn, Nam Nadu, M.Velan, Rickshawkaran till 1971. Between 1971 & 1978, when his last movie M.M.S.Pandiyan was released, he had just 3 hits (ie) U.S.Vaaliban, Urimaikural & Idhyakani. In the same period as I had mentioned NT had a dream run starting from Deivamagan in 1969 to Tirusoolam in 1979. To just give one example of NT's BO power, in Madurai,
Ricksahwkaran - 1971- 161 Days- Rs 4,09,000
Pattikada Pattanama -1972 - 98 Days- Rs 4,10,000.
In 110 days,PP also broke Adimai Penn's 175 days collection (Rs 4.34 L) & M.Velan's 177 days gross (Rs 4.33L).
See the ticket rates were not hiked and the same rate was prevailing. PP went on to gross Rs 5,61,000 in it's 182 days run which is still the benchmark for any B/W Film. Only one MGR movie grossed more than this and it required a film of USV's magnitude to overcome this simple village story.
As for as Tirusoolam,One record in Madurai is suffice to indicate how big a hit it was. Released on 27th January,1979, in Chintamani Talkies, till May 25th 1979,all shows were housefull (i.e) for 120 days, all shows and that totalled 401 were housefull shows, a feat unmatched by any actor. It eventually went on to complete 200 day run and it totally grossed 10.28 L from that single theatre, which if converted in today's value should be 1 crore and above.
Tac, you were also mentioning that some fans in other thread had derided NT's BO performance. Let them check their own track record, which is to put it simply absymal. Their star cannot hold a candle in front of NT both in performance and in BO success.
Regards
PS: Friends thanks for making me remember Madurai and it's sweet memories, as I am away from it.