Film / Documentary - Recently watched & worthy of some discussion

[mappi]

Both the movies Kizhaku Seemayile & Karuthamma were wonderful, esp. the characters, the depth, the subject on hand
And in KS, Rradhika was formidable (it was like she still remebered the "BR-slap" ... LoL)
Karuthamma with the "Disco-style-song" took away the spirit, and it took a while to get back in, but the end-product is worth mentioning

[Avadi to America]

Naan jacket podadha Karthika photo paakum podhey mild-a doubt aanen.

Btw his last hit was Kizhaku Seemayile?

must be the genuine hit.... Bharthirajalam mothalla pechai korakunum....he still thinks he makes good movies as he did in 70's and 80's.....After early 90s, he lost knack of story telling could be due to loss of writer R.selvaraj.

[mappi]

Well if you ask me, I would blame it on his urge to bring in his son Manoj (during late 90s). Even then, he managed to bring in "award-winning" materiales. Then after a break and silently complaining about the medicore movies coming out he did 2 thrillers where he still showed his grip.

And now, he wishes to bring back the artistic naration like showing moon and flowers. Well ... that explains quite a lot !

[HonestRaj]

during mid-90's "pasumponn" was highly expected film.. i think it did only average business

[HonestRaj]

watching last 1/2 hr of "sabapathy" in murasu channel...

earlier i thought it was filmed in early 50's or late 40's after independence.. but a dialogue in the movie made me to google for its release date..

the dialogue goes like this..

heroine asks the time period of world war & the hero answers.. it started on 1938 (something around this year) & it is still going on.. heroine clarifies that she asked about first world war & not the 2nd ..

film released in 1941... directed by AVM chettiar..

planning to download this film from youtube..



http://www.hindu.com/cp/2008/05/23/s...2350351600.htm

Sabapathy 1941

T. R. Ramachandran, Kali N. Ratnam, K. Sarangapani, R. Padma, C. T. Rajakantham, P. R., Mangalam, Hiranaiah

hilarious SabapathyHandy Andy is one of the popular comical characters of English literature created by Samuel Lover . He had the knack of doing everything wrong! Tamil theatreperson, Pammal Sambandam Mudaliar, wrote several `farces', built around a `Handy Andy-ish' servant Sabapathy, the `Man Friday' of a notso- bright young man by the same name. Such farces were enacted by Sambandam Mudliar with his troupe, Suguna Vilas Sabha, and proved popular. A. T. Krishnaswamy, the neglected but talented writerdirector- producer (Arivali, Vidyapathi, Manam Oru Kurangu) suggested to AV. Meiyappan, with whom he was working in Pragathi Pictures, to make a comedy built around Sabapathy.Those were days of the Second World War. Life was grim and so, people loved a good laugh. AVM agreed, and A. T. Krishnaswamy wrote the film, based on Mudaliar's farces. T.R. Ramachandran, who was with Pragathi on a princely salary of Rs. 35 per month, was cast as hero, while comedian and character artiste Kali N. Ratnam played Handy Andy. `Lux Soap' beauty R. Padma played the hero's educated wife, who teaches her husband English. The slim and saucy Rajakantham played the Man Friday's heartthrob. Another noted comedian of the day, K. Sarangapani, played a Tamil ragged by his students. During that period, Tamil teachers were the butt of jokes because they were considered inferior to those who taught English! For the first time, AVM's name appeared as director in the credits, along with A. T. Krishnaswamy, though the film was written and directed by the latter. Padma was active in Tamil cinema during the 1940's, but never made it to the top; she is barely remembered today.But Rajakantham made it as comedienne with Kali N. Ratnam and the pair was only next in fame to the legendary N. S. Krishnan and T. A. Mathuram. Contrived humour, jokes built around wrong usage of English, and those making fun of Tamil teachers - this was Sabapathy. However, moviegoers lapped it up, making it a big success. T. R. Ramachandran achieved star status with this film and was mentioned in the same breath as N. S. Krishnan. For a while, even MGR called himself `M. G. Ramachandar' to be different!Sabapathy placed AVM firmly on the ladder of success, and he was well on his way to becoming a movie mogul. It also brought A. T. Krishnaswamy into prominence as a talented director and comedy writer.Produced at around Rs. 40,000, Sabapathy was a boxoffice success. It is often screened on Tamil TV channels and quite familiar to folks even today, 60-plus years after it was made.Remembered for : The comedy sequences of T. R. Ramachandran, Kali N. Ratnam and Sarangapani.

[uruzalari]

Aadhalal Kadhal Seiveer - Brilliant. Suseentharan is back after the Rajapaatai debacle. Definitely a must watch.

[SoftSword]

happenned to see a few scenes from annakkodi in a friends place... a scripted disaster it looked like where u cant find even a single 5min interesting clip... 25 years munna idhu vandhirundhaa BR career appove mannoda poyirukkum... along with the poor music... BR epic fail.

[HonestRaj]

saw first 15 to 20 mins of "policegiri" (colors channel)
pathetic remake of "SAAMY" by KS Ravikumar

[balaajee]

saw first 15 to 20 mins of "policegiri" (colors channel)
pathetic remake of "SAAMY" by KS Ravikumar

KS Ravikuamar made a Cameo..

[balaajee]

happenned to see a few scenes from annakkodi in a friends place... a scripted disaster it looked like where u cant find even a single 5min interesting clip... 25 years munna idhu vandhirundhaa BR career appove mannoda poyirukkum... along with the poor music... BR epic fail.

Very true...