Film / Documentary - Recently watched & worthy of some discussion

[geno]

last week watched a couple of classics..


spl mention:
- Chandrababu .. he was given more scope to perform amidst MR Radha's act

- people argue Nagesh is the best comedian in TFI & he is the best in body language, twisting the body like rubber etc....
even before Nagesh, it was done by Chandrababu.. & i checked wiki, he is senior in terms of age & industry experience compared to Nagesh, so there is no point in arguing he might have copied from Nagesh.. Raththakanneer released in 1954 & Nagesh started his career in 1958..

youtube is a great source for watching these classics..

link for full movie



songs are speed breakers..

Absolutely! Chandrababu was a lot better actor than Nagesh. He was the First Dancer actor AFAIK in thamizh cinema and a very Good Singer too!

His facial expressions, body language and dialogue delivery were very very original and he was the first one to portray authentic Madras bashai in movies!

Nagesh was backed by directors like Sridhar and Balachander, which played a huge part in eclipsing out Chandrababu.

Also Chandrababu was considered a "wise-crack" as he refused to be awed by "personality cult" which had started to root in the then industry (MGR was miffed by Chadrababu's outspoken and open comments, so he ensured babu was sidelined).

Also, the fact that nagesh was favoured by the powerful "Stage actor/writer" cartel which had considerable influence and definitely "also" because he was a brahmin.

Chandrababu was the genius, who sadly lost out due to various factors.

Now, Kamalji blows Nagesh's trumpet dime-a-dozen! He knows he can't dethrone Kalaivaanar NS Krishnan and give that on a platter to Nagesh, so Kamalji keeps saying "Kalaivaanarukku appuram Nagesh-thaan!" - wilfully denying the rightful place that Chandrababu deserves on that illustrious list of actors.

I would dare to Say that Kalaivaanar, NadigavEL, and Chandra Babu were the people who were the pioneers who set the path and the pace for thamizh film acting.

Not to discount nagesh's brilliance, but definitely he had Chandrababu to look up to.

[geno]

"Nallavan vaazhvaan" is a Film starring MGR and MR Radha. This scene is from that film. This is the only scene that i consider MGR was excellent and that is because he knew if he was not outstanding he would not even deserve a Pixel in this frame with MR Radha! (the first 2 mins of this clips)

[HonestRaj]

enrenrum punnagai
- familiar story.. love / girls pidikkadha hero adhula vizhuradhu ..
- oru kattathukku mela bore than
- santhanam'oda problem ella dialogue'kkum counter kudukkanumnu rombha try panraan.. kaattu mokkai poduran.. background music madhiri, comedykkum timing irukku, sila idanglla silent'ah irukkanumnu eppathan therinjukkaporano
- thanni adikkiradhu thavira comedy'ku vera concept'eh kidaiyadha
- harris bgm

[HonestRaj]

ivan vera madhiri
- good one
- interesting till the end
- heroine Surabhi, nice

[HonestRaj]

Chandrababu was the genius, who sadly lost out due to various factors.

personal, financial problems, [as per wiki]

Now, Kamalji blows Nagesh's trumpet dime-a-dozen! He knows he can't dethrone Kalaivaanar NS Krishnan and give that on a platter to Nagesh, so Kamalji keeps saying "Kalaivaanarukku appuram Nagesh-thaan!" - wilfully denying the rightful place that Chandrababu deserves on that illustrious list of actors.

I would dare to Say that Kalaivaanar, NadigavEL, and Chandra Babu were the people who were the pioneers who set the path and the pace for thamizh film acting.

Not to discount nagesh's brilliance, but definitely he had Chandrababu to look up to.

completely agree on all 3 points

[HonestRaj]

Madras to pondicherry

comedy kadhambam - joke thoranam - classic when compared with the crap comedies releasing these days
Nagesh & A karunanidhi ...
thamizh cinema is fortunate to get so many comedians .. but the present state is very sad

[Anban]

enrenrum punnagai
- familiar story.. love / girls pidikkadha hero adhula vizhuradhu ..
- oru kattathukku mela bore than
- santhanam'oda problem ella dialogue'kkum counter kudukkanumnu rombha try panraan.. kaattu mokkai poduran.. background music madhiri, comedykkum timing irukku, sila idanglla silent'ah irukkanumnu eppathan therinjukkaporano
- thanni adikkiradhu thavira comedy'ku vera concept'eh kidaiyadha
- harris bgm

Perfect review

[mappi]

Tom Yum Goong 2 *Tony Jaa

A perfect Sunday afternoon feature film. Compared to part one, it has less live stunts but more special effects that lightens up your Sunday. But still Tony Jaa is in full form. Expected a fight in the likes of the restaurant fight from part one, but settled down with a pretty side kick. The terrace stunt sequence was 'eye-popping'.
Those who are allergic to bone cracking sounds, keep away from both the films.

Tom Yum Goong 2 : Kung-Fu Kumki

[mappi]

- heroine Surabhi, nice

I am aware that most of the discussions are Hero centric, but would like to know if any of her movies will hit the screens this year.
Also Bindu Madhavi, please *all smiles* [I am following K3K, other than that is there any ...?]

[ecureuhapis]

gokulathil seethai - last few mins Karthik & Manivannan ultimate performance.