Film Stats & Assorted queries

[mappi]

Yes, quite a few movies were made in US of A. Many may disagree, but on an artistic sense on filmings the new found land is a mix of classic and modern architecture. Where as Europe has still intact its history. Plus the country side around European countries is quite beatiful and varied during all 4 seasons. Countries like Autralia has its own charm, and more than that its original, but too far in miles. To make a film in US of A, it should be assosiated to the story or a rare song of a person in love with "New York Nagaram urangum neram" else it will not work. How long can we see all the neon lights, logos and ads of marks that we can see in our everyday life in India. And there will surely be the McDonald guy doing a bit or giving flowers.

For the rest anytime a song below Eiffel tower or in the gardens of Lourve or on the alps or at the banks Venice or ariel shots over Sweden or the crooked English streets or fun loving Belgians at the platform or colorfully decorated Madrid during a festival or beside Edinburg castle ... well the list goes on is really wonderful to shoot.

Talking about France, I have already said the the making of Asal was shown on the National news. It was shot entirely at Lyon and Prabhu gave an interview in English.

[Bipolar]

Dasavatharam was made in the U.S.? I thought the scenes were actually filmed in Malaysia/Singapore? I guess I was wrong...

Thanks for telling me about Sivandha Mann... I'll try and watch this film if/when it's shown on TV... I didn't know about it...

Also, yes, as Narayanan mentioned, there were indeed several Tamil films in the 1980's filmed partly in Malaysia/Singapore, but this was followed by a long period when almost no Tamil films were filmed abroad, right? I mean, aside from "Sivandha Mann" (which I haven't seen), if I remember correctly, the first Tamil films that I know of that had songs filmed in Switzerland were in 1999 - I'm thinking of films like "Rojavanam" (with Karthik, Laila, and Malavika) and "Minsara Kanna" (with Vijay, Khushboo, Monicka, Rambha) - in 1999. Of course, "Indhiyan" in 1996 - had a song filmed in Sydney, were there any others immediately before that?

I guess a simple way of asking the question would be - between "Sivandha Mann" in '69 and "Minsara Kanna" in '99, were there any other Tamil movie songs filmed in the Alps?

[mappi]

1969 to 1999, 30 years is a large time span eventhough we can assume that only few movies were filmed around Alps. Going through the list of films itself would take a while and the missing enclyclopedia of a thorough registration of the history of TFI adds only to the joy. Well, we now basically are much inclined to narrow it down through various inputs of films and songs those which we could recollect. From my ends, I can come up with a strategy to narrow the serach (don't try google, it just ditched me)

Year : 1969 - 1999

Location : Alps

Country with keyword Mountain : West of France, South Italy, Swiss, Liechtenstein, Germany, East Austria, Slovenia east also and South of Monaco

General Knowledge : Alps runs for 1200 kms across 8 European countries with its crown mountain Mont Blanc on the French side.

Narrowing : we could eye Mont Blanc, Swiss and Italy parts.

And Google did not completely ditch me - my sweet little google - I came across a site which may interest you. Someone is trying to construct a similar database just like you :

http://www.wherewasitshot.com/browse_by_movies_tamil/

Went through some samples, its quite impressive. Not complete though, I think people are slowly submiting infos.

[Brianengab]

http://www.wherewasitshot.com/browse_by_movies_tamil/

Went through some samples, its quite impressive. Not complete though, I think people are slowly submiting infos.

wow.. superb link mappi...

[ajipdhej]

http://www.wherewasitshot.com/browse_by_movies_tamil/


Yes ... really good one...

[mexicomeat]

i am after a song that goes like "alavudeenu alavudeenu santhegam venaam naan gentle manu" or something like that... i have a feeling that it was sung by devan ekambaram but i could be wrong

[mexicomeat]

i was way off... its is alaudin alama alaudin song from the movie chanakya - vadivelu song

[Bipolar]

By the way, does anyone know - which was the earliest example of "punch dialogue" in Tamil Cinema?

If I'm not mistaken, T Rajendar was the first to start that trend, right? Followed by Liaqat Ali Khan, right?

[HonestRaj]

By the way, does anyone know - which was the earliest example of "punch dialogue" in Tamil Cinema?

If I'm not mistaken, T Rajendar was the first to start that trend, right? Followed by Liaqat Ali Khan, right?

i think many black & white films also had punch dialogues... it depends on the the way you take each dialogue...
i consider Raththakanneer dialogues as punch dialogues...
parasakthi, manohara dialogues.. many of MGR's duel with villains..
if u ask about 1970's.. "idhu eppadi irukku" is also a punch dialogue

[balaajee]

[QUOTE=one hero used derogatory language (which cannot be posted here) while referring to the media during the 'Bhuvaneshwari saga' and had to apologize for his actions. He was sure that his career itself was in a jeopardy if he didnt oblige.[/QUOTE]

one hero used derogatory language???