Films of Mani Ratnam

[Mahen]

Mani Ratnam is back to his roots!

2011-08-02 09:16:51
Last Updated: 2011-08-02 10:14:00

Tamil cinema's most lauded and creative director, Mani Ratnam is getting ready to start his new film.

The buzz is that Mani Ratnam is going back to his roots and making a film that will have a Tamil milieu and flavour with new stars and technicians on a big budget.

Mani Ratnam, the marketing wizard, is looking at his first straight Tamil film in nearly a decade. Rumours are there that yesteryear romantic hero Karthik's son will debut as hero with the film.

Mani sir's last straight Tamil film was Kannathil Muthamittal (2002), which had a local flavour and nativity about it. Since then he has been only making bi-lingual in Hindi and Tamil – Yuva (Aayutha Ezhuthu), Guru (Guru), and Raavan (Raavanan).

Says a former assistant of Mani Ratnam: "The idea of making bi lingual’s worked commercially for Mani sir and his Madras Talkies. But these fusion movies were neither sincere to north or his core south Indian audiences. As a filmmaker he fell between two stools".

As a Mumbai based trade analyst said: “Early Mani Ratnam movies like Roja and Bombay were dubbed into Hindi, which worked at the box-office. Then he started making bi-lingual`s with certain actors in crucial roles being changed in both versions, which did not work to his advantage.He needs to continue doing good films in Tamil. But his urge to reach out to National audiences has been his waterloo. Yuva and Guru were redeeming in many levels, but the death knell was sounded by Raavan".

The grapevine has it that AR Rahman , Mani Ratnam's regular music director will be part of the project which many say will be a love story. However, he will be having a new cameraman and art director. Mani is moving away from his regulars like Samir Chanda and Sabu Cyril to Telugu set designer Ravinder who was responsible for the art work of Maghadheera and Mariyadai Raman.

A little bird has informed sify.com that recently Mani sir was location hunting in Thiruvananthapuram. Kerala still remains the director's favourite location. Mani sir and his trusted assistants spent a week shuttling between Thiruvananthapuram and Nagercovil in Kanyakumari district of Tamil Nadu in an old Ambassador Tourist taxi.

They have identified quite a few beautiful coastal virgin locations between Pozhikara, a fishing village in Kanyakumari and Vizhinjam near Kovalam in Kerala. In all probability, Mani Ratnam's first Tamil film in a decade will start rolling by September, when the rain subsides in coastal areas.

Welcome back mani saaar

[sathya_1979]

A little bird has informed sify.com -

[groucho070]

I liked the "fell between two stools" line. Entha stool-nu theriyila, but nice. Adikkadi use panovonum.

[Cinemarasigan]

A little bird has informed sify.com -

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Good news that Mani is taking a straight tamil movie..

[Cinemarasigan]

மணிரத்னத்தின் புதிய படம்... கார்த்திக் மகன் ஹீரோ!

கார்த்திக்கின் மகனை ஹீரோவாக வைத்து புதிய படத்தை இயக்குகிறார் மணிரத்னம். ஹீரோயின் உள்பட முக்கிய நடிகர்கள் அனைவரும் இதில் புதுமுகங்களே என தெரிய வந்துள்ளது.

ராவணன் படத்தை தொடர்ந்து 'பொன்னியின் செல்வன்' கதையை படமாக எடுக்கவிருந்தார் மணிரத்னம். விஜய், ஆர்யா, மகேஷ்பாபு ஆகியோர் நடிப்பதாக இருந்தது. படப்பிடிப்புக்கு லொக்கேஷன்கள் கூட பார்க்கப்பட்டுவிட்டன.

ஆனால் அந்தப் படத்தின் பிரமாண்டம், செலவு போன்றவற்றை மனதில் வைத்து இப்போதைக்கு படத்தை தள்ளி வைத்துள்ளார்.

இந்த நிலையில் மணிரத்னம் அடுத்து இயக்கப் போகும் படம் குறித்து தகவல்கள் வெளியாகியுள்ளன.

இந்தப் புதிய படத்தில் நடிகர் கார்த்திக்கின் மகனை நாயகனாக அறிமுகப்படுத்தப் போகிறாராம் மணிரத்னம். நாயகி உள்பட முக்கிய பாத்திரங்களுக்கு புதுமுகங்களையே ஒப்பந்தம் செய்திருப்பதாகத் தெரிகிறது. கார்த்திக்கும் கவுரவ வேடத்தில் தோன்றுவார் என்கிறார்கள்.

இந்தப் படத்துக்காக லொக்கேஷன் கூட பார்த்தாகிவிட்டதாம். ஏஆர் ரஹ்மான் இசையமைக்கிறார்.

இந்தப் படத்தை தமிழில் மட்டுமே எடுக்கிறார் மணிரத்னம். 2002 ம் ஆண்டுக்குப் பிறகு நேரடியாக தமிழில் மட்டுமே அவர் இயக்கும் படம் இதுதான். கன்னத்தில் முத்தமிட்டால் படத்துக்குப் பிறகு அவர் எடுத்த படங்கள் அனைத்தும் தமிழ் - இந்தியில் எடுக்கப்பட்டன. இதனால் இயல்புத்தன்மை குறைந்து மொழிமாற்றுப் பட பாணியில் அவை அமைந்துவிட்டதாக எழுந்த விமர்சனங்களைத் தொடர்ந்தே இந்தப் புதிய முடிவை மேற்கொண்டுள்ளாராம் மணிரத்னம்.

http://thatstamil.oneindia.in/movies...n-aid0136.html

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[vithagan]

http://thatstamil.oneindia.in/movies...n-aid0136.html

one more website has come up this news..
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Thatstamil will replicate most of the news from Sify.

[Mahen]

One of the kids that acted in Bombay is now a hero

[A.ANAND]

ivalo kodurama irukaru!

[Mahen]

Mani Ratnam signs Rajiv Menon

Nearly a month back sify.com was the first to report the sighting of Mani Ratnam location hunting on the coast between Kanyakumari and Kovalam in Kerala for his new film.

There has been more development on that scene, with Rajiv Menon being signed as cinematographer. The film set in a coastal village in southern Tamil Nadu is said to be a love story set against fishermen turmoil written by Jayamohan who wrote the scripts of Naan Kadavul and Angadi Theru.

The film will have newcomers in the lead and will be in Tamil. The grapevine has it that it is set against the milieu of Indian fishermen fishing in Sri Lankan waters and getting caught by their navy and subsequent hue and cry in Tamil Nadu. Remember TN fishermen being killed by Sri Lankan navy is a major political issue in the state.

Mani chose Rajiv Menon because he has given him the best seaside shots in Bombay (1995) and Guru (2007). Remember the song “Uyire…” in Bombay where Menon with his top angle shots by the seaside in Bekal
Fort in coastal Kasargod created poetry on celluloid?

Mani Ratnam is going to shoot in the high seas off the coast of Kanyakumari and southern Kerala from September end.

In a way Mani sir is going back to his roots- good, meaningful, eye catching, storytelling set against picturesque lush outdoor locations.

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[Nerd]

I don't think Mani can pull this off and I sincerely hope I am wrong