Khan Saheb Kamal Haasan's Jamaat/Jeba Koottam/Devasthaanam - Part 8

[app_engine]

never he was precise in what he was speaking

First of all, he has always been in my good books (Every time I come across a "just-a-proxy-for-KH" comment, I try to defend him.)

Secondly, he did two things here - One, he put the TV fellows in their place. Two - while sticking to diplomacy (not totally trashing current movies), carefully held on to this 'nothing like us' stand.

[sakaLAKALAKAlaa Vallavar]

One thing i liked in SB's speech is, "Innikku irukkura maathiri vilambaram pannura chance engalukku annikku irunthirunthaa, naanga innum nallaa, evvaLavo senjiruppom" Thats somewhat true when ppl didn't support movies like Guna, Mahanathi, those days but today says there were great movies. Ithu maathiri silathu!

But mostly he was either 'wandering' or repeating the same!

[SoftSword]

app.. what i mean is, any normal person who knows a bit of tamil cinema could proxy the answers he gave for those questions...
avlo periya matter illa... free viduvom...

[tamizharasan]

app.. what i mean is, any normal person who knows a bit of tamil cinema could proxy the answers he gave for those questions...
avlo periya matter illa... free viduvom...

I have to agree with app_engine here because according to him only TR has ghost directed movies. The interviewer did not have the ability to go into the details of Guna and Mahanadhi and that was the reason SB's answers were at the surface level. If the interviewer had gone deep he would have responded very well. As I said earlier after this interview I have come to a conclusion that Guna and Mahanadhi have to be SB's babies and there can't be any doubts about that. I hope kamal involves him in all his future movies story board discussion. This brings another possible fact that Hey Ram could be ghost directed by SB.

[sakaLAKALAKAlaa Vallavar]

Naayagan, Thevar Magan laam vittutteengaLe

[app_engine]

tamizharasan,
sarcasm apart, I don't remember telling that TR had someone ghost directing for him

Is it the other way around? That E M Ibrahim was only nAm-kE-vAstE for oru thalai rAgam while TR did the actual job? Yes, I did say that because my schoolmates from Mayavaram (mayilAdu thuRai) had frequented the shooting spots. Also, TR did claim so (which obviously KH does not do, for Singeetham & Santhana Bharathi are not what hubbers label them as).

[app_engine]

Naayagan, Thevar Magan laam vittutteengaLe

Well, if you think MR & Bharathan are not worthy, then I'm definitely not worthy for this pandidharkaL discussion

[tamizharasan]

tamizharasan,
sarcasm apart, I don't remember telling that TR had someone ghost directing for him

Is it the other way around? That E M Ibrahim was only nAm-kE-vAstE for oru thalai rAgam while TR did the actual job? Yes, I did say that because my schoolmates from Mayavaram (mayilAdu thuRai) had frequented the shooting spots. Also, TR did claim so (which obviously KH does not do, for Singeetham & Santhana Bharathi are not what hubbers label them as).

My facts are based on the thing Kamal wrote screenplay for almost all of the movies where we think he could have ghost directed. From what I have learnt and known director loses some credibility if screenplays is done by somebody else. Because at that point in time it is all about how you execute the screenplay to make a movie. But I have read the screenplay of Kamal in Mahanadhi and the screenplay included everything including camera angles and positioning of camera. If that is the case we literally don't need a director other than start take. There is a big difference between Kamal and TR as far as the claim goes. Kamal would not claim because he was the one, who asked others to direct.

[tamizharasan]

Well, if you think MR & Bharathan are not worthy, then I'm definitely not worthy for this pandidharkaL discussion

Naayagan's credit can't be given to kamal as creator because the story was Mani's and screenplay was also his. But then MR was pretty new to that field so Kamal might have had some suggestion in the story board and nothing else. But Thevar magan, I really do not know all the details but after a fight Bharathan did ask Kamal to direct the climax scenes and he did not show up. But director's influence was definitely more in Thevar magan when compared with other movies where Kamal was the creator of the concept and screenplay.

[sakaLAKALAKAlaa Vallavar]

Well, if you think MR & Bharathan are not worthy, then I'm definitely not worthy for this pandidharkaL discussion

btw, you forgot Sundar.C His contribution to Anbe Sivam is unforgettable. Unsung Hero he is, Cha!