Nadigar Thilagam Sivaji Ganesan - Part 4

[Murali Srinivas]

tac,

Engirundho Vandhaal definitely has many scenes where his walk when he is not normal is showcased. We have discussed about that in this thread itself. You can see the difference in the scene leading to the climax. After the fight is over, the villain jumps from the bacony and NT on seeing this regains his self. The walk before and the walk after has to be seen. Wow! What a difference!

For your second question, my answer would be Savalae Samali.

Regards

PS: Saradhaa, sometime back you were asking me whether Pazhani was remade from Hindi Upkaar or was it the other way around. I had said at that time Pazhani was remade from Upkaar but now I am given to understand that Pazhani was the original Tamil movie and Manoj Kumar on seeing the film remade it in Hindi as Upkaar and it was huge hit. I stand corrected.

[rangan_08]

For your second question, my answer would be Savalae Samali.

That's a good pick Murali sir. Just imagine, it's the 150th film for a great actor who has got a huge fan following, but still made into a simple film without a hype. The actual reward & honor for the great actor on completing his 150th mark came in the form of the huge success of this film. Not a single scene in which you can find him wear glossy costumes, or even a pant for that matter. Just plain veatti sattai. Hats off to the great man.

Another brilliant performance in Veatti, I would say is, Mudhal Mariyadhai & Devar Magan. Very casual.

[mr_karthik]

There is one scene I would like to mention. In the film Thanga Churangam, his intro would itself be very stylish. With googles he would come out from the plane in a formal suit. Then the camera would move to the police officers' campus where he would enter. Within a fraction of second he would be at officer's cabin. In this gap he would wish his colleagues as well. And the brisk pace he maintains in his walk in that scene itself is an evidence why he is called Nadigar Thilagam.
Raghavendran.

Last week in Mega TV they telecasted a song in 'anudha gaanam' prog from TS, 'naan pirandha nnattukendha naadu periyadhu'. NT's walking style was awsome with half slack and and a cap in head. His walk was very casual and stylish with fresh face expression, beautifully covered by Durai-Amirdham.

[mr_karthik]

படித்தால் மட்டும் போதுமா வி சி டி பார்த்தேன்.

இன்றும் ரசித்துப்பார்க்க முடிந்தது. (

First thanks for watching a good movie, and your compliments.

கடைசி ஷூட்டிங்ல

ஆமாம் யார் கை ட்ரிகர்ல பட்டது??

சிவாஜி இல்லை

சாவித்ரிதானா?

That was Balaji's hand pressed tricker.
All the three were pulling the gun at a time. that scene will be shown for us in close up.

Shivaji's hands will be shown with black full sleeve shirt,
Savithri's hands with bangles, and
Balaji's hands with half slack with watch.

the hand with watch will push the tricker, so that is Balaji's hand.

[mr_karthik]

tac,

Engirundho Vandhaal definitely has many scenes where his walk when he is not normal is showcased. We have discussed about that in this thread itself. You can see the difference in the scene leading to the climax. After the fight is over, the villain jumps from the bacony and NT on seeing this regains his self. The walk before and the walk after has to be seen. Wow! What a difference!

tac,

this is the one Murali sir wrote earlier about the walking style of NT in 'engirundhO vandhaaL'.

//மன நிலை பாதிக்கப்பட்டவராக வரும் போது அவர் நடையே வித்தியாசமாக இருக்கும். இடது தோளை சரித்து இடது கையால் வலது மார்பை தடவிக்கொண்டே நடப்பார். வில்லனோடு சண்டை போடும்போது கூட இது மாறாது. வில்லன் மாடியிலிருந்து விழுந்தவுடன் NT முகத்தை close up-இல் காட்டுவார்கள். பலதரப்பட்ட உணர்ச்சிகள் அதில் மின்னி மறையும். அந்த இடத்திலிருந்து திரும்பி நடப்பார், Oh! அவருக்கே உரித்தான அந்த ராஜ நடை வரும். அது மட்டுமல்ல தான் எங்கிருக்கிறோம் என்பதை போல சுற்றும் முற்றும் பார்ப்பார். அப்போது தான் போட்டிருக்கும் ஜிப்பா கிழிந்திருப்பதை (வில்லனோடு சண்டை போடும்போது கிழிந்திருக்கும்) கவனிப்பார். ஏன் கிழிந்த சட்டை அணிந்திருக்கிறோம் என்பது போல ஒரு முக பாவம் காட்டுவார், class//

[mohanraman]

Many of you seem to have enjoyed the speeches by kamal and NT. Some have asked me as to what the information on early cinema referred to by both of them was.....In response I have posted the entire lecture on Early tamil Film Pioneers in youtube made by my seniors in the field of Tamil film history.
The first speaker Sri Theodore Baskeran was The chief post master general of Tamil Nadu and a great film history buff.His book on Tamil Cinema is a swarna kamal award winner. The Eye of the serpent.His other books include The Message Bearers.His lecture was in Tamil.
The second speaker is the inimitable Randor Guy, a film historian of repute and a film maker too.He was a practicing advocate till his passion for films became too much to handle.He has written several Books ( The classic is Starlight Starbright - now sadly out of print).A great speaker and a prolific writer.His speech is in 3 parts, thanks to youtube,s rules and this is in Tamil too. Apologies to those who do not know the Language

I give below the links

Theodore baskeran's speech -

Randor Guy's - First part
second part
third part

Kamalhaasan's speech

NT's Speech -

PLEASE DO FEEL FREE TO SHARE THIS INFORMATION WITH ALL FRIENDS AND LOVERS OF CINEMA

[tacinema]

tac,

Engirundho Vandhaal definitely has many scenes where his walk when he is not normal is showcased. We have discussed about that in this thread itself. You can see the difference in the scene leading to the climax. After the fight is over, the villain jumps from the bacony and NT on seeing this regains his self. The walk before and the walk after has to be seen. Wow! What a difference!

tac,

this is the one Murali sir wrote earlier about the walking style of NT in 'engirundhO vandhaaL'.

//மன நிலை பாதிக்கப்பட்டவராக வரும் போது அவர் நடையே வித்தியாசமாக இருக்கும். இடது தோளை சரித்து இடது கையால் வலது மார்பை தடவிக்கொண்டே நடப்பார். வில்லனோடு சண்டை போடும்போது கூட இது மாறாது. வில்லன் மாடியிலிருந்து விழுந்தவுடன் NT முகத்தை close up-இல் காட்டுவார்கள். பலதரப்பட்ட உணர்ச்சிகள் அதில் மின்னி மறையும். அந்த இடத்திலிருந்து திரும்பி நடப்பார், Oh! அவருக்கே உரித்தான அந்த ராஜ நடை வரும். அது மட்டுமல்ல தான் எங்கிருக்கிறோம் என்பதை போல சுற்றும் முற்றும் பார்ப்பார். அப்போது தான் போட்டிருக்கும் ஜிப்பா கிழிந்திருப்பதை (வில்லனோடு சண்டை போடும்போது கிழிந்திருக்கும்) கவனிப்பார். ஏன் கிழிந்த சட்டை அணிந்திருக்கிறோம் என்பது போல ஒரு முக பாவம் காட்டுவார், class//

Thanks Murali, Karthik and others. Out of different characters in which NT's walking style was exploited, I think his walking style during duet song stands out the best. A sample:

1. Vasantha Maaligai ==> with Vanisree during Mayakkam Enna song. Especially when he holds his hand with Vanisree's and keep both hands above his head - A beautiful shot and often appears in poster.
2. Ooty varai uravu ==> with K R Vijya during Poo Maalaiyil song. Beautiful song and handsome NT with elegant touch in walking style.
3. Sivantha Mann ==> With Kanchana during Oru Raja raniyidam song. Nice outdoor scene in Paris with beautiful pair - NT and kanchana - great walking style

There are many like this. Other than these, I also liked his walking style in pathos song sequences. For example, in Raman Ethanai Ramanadi, during sad "Ammadi Ponnuku thanga manasu" song, though the song comes for a brief time, his expression and walking style carries subtle expression and it reflects the situation appropraitely. No wonder, during NT's introduction in Garuravam, when fans shouted that his walk can act, I realized that it was certainly true. IMO, the only tamil actor who proved that his walking can act! என்ன ஒரு பிறவி கலைஞன் நமது NT!

Regards

[tacinema]

tac,

Engirundho Vandhaal definitely has many scenes where his walk when he is not normal is showcased. We have discussed about that in this thread itself. You can see the difference in the scene leading to the climax. After the fight is over, the villain jumps from the bacony and NT on seeing this regains his self. The walk before and the walk after has to be seen. Wow! What a difference!

For your second question, my answer would be Savalae Samali.
Regards

PS: Saradhaa, sometime back you were asking me whether Pazhani was remade from Hindi Upkaar or was it the other way around. I had said at that time Pazhani was remade from Upkaar but now I am given to understand that Pazhani was the original Tamil movie and Manoj Kumar on seeing the film remade it in Hindi as Upkaar and it was huge hit. I stand corrected.

Murali, NT with simple veshti and white shirt, another movies that comes to my mind is Bharatha Vilas. He looks pretty good during "inthiya naadu en veedu" song in veshti + shirt.

[RAGHAVENDRA]

Dear friends,
You may be aware that NT is completing 80 years coming October 1. His Birth Day celebrations are being planned at various levels at various places. I am happy to inform that www.nadigarthilagam.com also joins the bandwagon. It is planned to present an online discussion as a part of the celebrations by our website. If every thing goes on well, people very close to NT would be coming online. Everybody can take part in it and share their views on NT and have exchange of their ideas. This would most probably be in the last fag end of September 2008. The details, modalities are in the initial stages and once finalised, the programme would be intimated. I invite every body to be a part of the celebrations.
Thank you, once again,
Raghavendran.

[tfmlover]

some movie titles derived from popular Sivaji Ganesan ( movie )songs

எங்களுக்கும் காலம் வரும்
எங்கிருந்தோ வந்தான்
ராமன் எத்தனை ராமனடி
இதோ எந்தன் தெய்வம்
பொன் மகள் வந்தாள்
பொண்ணுக்கு தங்க மனசு
பாலூட்டி வளர்த்த கிளி
வீடு வரை உறவு
ஒளிமயமான எதிர்காலம்
சக்கைப்போடு போடு ராஜா
வாழ நினைத்தால் வாழலாம்
என்னடி மீனாட்சி
முகத்தில் முகம் பார்க்கலாம்
சொல்லாதே யாரும் கேட்டால்
உன் கண்ணில் நீர் வழிந்தால்
பார்த்த ஞாபகம் இல்லையோ
உன்னை ஒன்று கேட்பேன்
மனதில் உறுதி வேண்டும்
உள்ளத்தில் நல்ல உள்ளம்
உன்னை சொல்லி குற்றமில்லை
ஆசைக்கிளியே கோபமா
ஜம்பதிலும் ஆசை வரும்
அண்ணன் என்னடா தம்பி என்னடா
ஒண்ணா இருக்க கத்துக்கனும்
நான் பேச நினைப்பதெல்லாம்
தேடினேன் வந்தது
கண்ணெதிரே தோன்றினாள்
பொன்னு விளையிற பூமி
கேட்டவரெல்லாம் பாடலாம்
சித்திரம் பேசுதடி


sure there are more
regards