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

[VinodKumar's]

I presume you may have had different expectations. It was a such a huge BB in Malayalam outrunning all ... Come on man - every regional industry has been scrambling to get the remake rights, and Ekta Kapoor going to court over hindi rights! I'm thinking how so many could be wrong incl. kamal himself who decided to do it

I felt there is very little for Kamal in this movie. I don't mind if Venkatesh/SarathKumar kind of heroes remake this movie.

[avavh3]

Prakash Raj will be perfect for this plot.

[mappi]

Kamal would have noticed a great platforme for performence in Drisham Remake :

- Initial scenes as the Cable TV Operator (should be funny when Kamal essaying them)
- As a budget Padmanaban styled Familyman (Humour lingering in the air - thanks to Crazy Mohan if he is signed in)
- Encounter with In-laws (eventhough not much dialogues, your body language plays a big impact on the scene - timid, guilty, love, sadness & agony)
- Learning the bad news
- Tea Kadai scene after the crime
- Re-*spoilers* the day
- Introgation scene
- Climax - the best that Kamal always likes to do - Thanking God (you got to watch the original or wait for the remake to understand what I am trying to mean here).

Talking about Drisham, its a decent flim, quite enjoyable if you have limited patience. Take away Mohanlal, it immediately turns into a B-Grade crime cinema. So, Kamal would be a label for the remake, someone else, the adaptation will fall behind in the line of other unsucessful malayalam-remake attempts.

[avavh3]

mappi good analysis. tempting me to watch Drshm once again. any movie with UN as hero will be a treat to watch and has the potential to become BO hit. but the point is i cant imagine KH in place of Mohanlal in the remake, somehow it doesnt gel. any one like prabhu, PR or second line actor is enough for the script. (but i would watch it fdfs no doubt)

[Adox]

Kamal would have noticed a great platforme for performence in Drisham Remake :

Talking about Drisham, its a decent flim, quite enjoyable if you have limited patience. Take away Mohanlal, it immediately turns into a B-Grade crime cinema. So, Kamal would be a label for the remake, someone else, the adaptation will fall behind in the line of other unsucessful malayalam-remake attempts.

Skimmed through your initial part. Dont want to know the details but read your last paragraph - gave me some picture on what to expect .. I'm only looking forward to that 'great platform for performance' part where he excels ... He hasnt done that in a while - deep emotions, acting and melodrama.

[Adox]

but the point is i cant imagine KH in place of Mohanlal in the remake, somehow it doesnt gel.

I'm not sure what you meant here .. but Mohanlal is an actor par-excellence. I have seen quite a few of his performance movies ... if Kamal excels in acting, Mohanlal blends as the character itself ... Very natural without much effort. Only someone like Kamal can do what Mohanlal has done .. dont see anybody else .

[avavh3]

bill..i meant in this particular remake. dont get me wrong..versatility of mohanlal is not in question here. the script is so simple it needs no super stars imho.

[hattori_hanzo]

This article, dated 1987 is taken from a post in MGR thread. Some people still have a doubt whether Pesum Padam was a successful movie or not.

courtesy: Mayil magazine, malaysia

[avavh3]

HH..thanks for the clip. i know for sure pushpaka vimana was a BB movie. at that time i was in bangalore and seen house full boards and huge crowds even around 100 days in urvashi and pallavi theaters. but i doubt it did good business in TN.

i remember KH in one article before release of apoorva sahodargal mentioned he doesnt know what tamil fans will like, after many of his super duper BB of his other language movies like indrudu chandrudu, pushpak, swati muthyam floped in tamil release.

[hattori_hanzo]

HH..thanks for the clip. i know for sure pushpaka vimana was a BB movie. at that time i was in bangalore and seen house full boards and huge crowds even around 100 days in urvashi and pallavi theaters. but i doubt it did good business in TN.

i remember KH in one article before release of apoorva sahodargal mentioned he doesnt know what tamil fans will like, after many of his super duper BB of his other language movies like indrudu chandrudu, pushpak, swati muthyam floped in tamil release.

Neenga sonna moonume Thamizhlayum hits dhaan. Swati Muthyam (Sippikkul Muthu) 100 days - though not a blockbuster like Salangai Oli, it ran very well. Indiran Chandiran, 100 days. Again, the Telugu Original was a blockbuster. Pesum Padam thamizhlayum nalla odina padam. Nayagan's 200 day run did not affect it at all. Proof-ku dhaan andha clipping potten. Hindi'la dhaan konjam sumaara pochu nenaikkeren. Im not too sure about that.