Film / Documentary - Recently watched & worthy of some discussion

[HonestRaj]

Aadhalal Kadhal Saiveer : Last week on Star Vijay. The climax is the film.Am sure any teenage couple going around will think 1000 times before crossing the line if they have seen the film.

ippa ellam pasangalum ponnungalum pala adukku protection'odathan kalam kaangirargal..

[interz]

Aranmanai - nothing new yet worth watching

If the intension was to make u laugh throughout the movie it works, even the horror scenes are very comical. Very good comeback for Santhanam in the movie, esp the headbanging scene was hilarious. Hansika has some scoop in the movie, so did Andrea her face is just perfect in horror movies. Lakshmi Rai was mainly in the movie for the glamour part, whish was like in milliseconds, so wasted. Vinay can smile all the way to the bank, without delivering noteworthy performance. Sundar C. literally steals the show after his entry, he is here there and everywhere, glad he wasnt in the flashback too. Kovai Sarala, Manobala, that little scary girl, etc. good job.

Major minus are the songs and BGM, and graphics. Esp graphics in climax romba sothappifying.

Sundar C's is just better as director (hattrick hits: Kalakalappu, Theeya Velai Seyyanum kumaru & Aranmanai) than actor.

[mappi]

Burma [(2014 : Tamil : 1h40m : Crime (Comedy, Thriller)]
Written & Directed by Dharanidharan
Music by Sudharshan M Kumar

Banner : Square Stone Films

Starring : Michael & Reshmi, Sampath & Atul extended cameos, & others

Paramanandan (Or Parma or Burma) is not only a car theif, but an excellent con artist too, who just woos the cars to follow him. His love interest joins him, well, as the trend demands - young Indian couples living together without obtaining a social license. Seth, Burma's employer, gives him a lifetime job, to highjack 28 cars. The 28th car theft gets interesting for us, but for Burma, it becomes a headache, where the stealing part is just like taking away a candy from a kid but the secrets the car holds becomes a nightmare for him. Adding Freedy's claws to this nightmare, is when it gets stolen from him while on his way to the depository. Everyone involved with 'this car' wants to get it back badly, putting Burma as a puppet in this uncontrolable suituation where he has to race with time and speed up to recover the car, else lose everything in his posession.

Burma-the film, is solid in its artistic naration and flow of events, where the twists are not a surprise element but a part of the play itself. The proceedings are so crooked, just like the lanes, that it crosses with so many intervened characters, which at first are very scattered, but turns out to be the beads joint in the same wire. If you allow yourself to note closely, each character is like an automobile on a highway, advancing towards its destination. When their paths cross, the highway becomes a hellway. Its not about speed, but skill is what Dharanidharan wishes to convey thru his fabulous story telling technic.

The thefts are quite cunning which sprinkles the needed satire. Loved the way how the 27 car thefts were rapidly shown, accompanied by an excellent BGM called Seizing Mania. It was like viewing a family album. Performence wise, the task was not so simple, but each one managed to do their part right, some new mannerisms and dialogues do make each character impressive. And here is yet another heroine, Reshmi, who goes into my list to look out for. The potrayal of the villan (well the evil amoung the bad) was interesting, the needed darkness to the tale, with a top notch violin BGM intro. Anyone know who this artist Kani Kasruti is, please ? Sampath, the only known face apart from Atul Kulkarni, both doing an extended cameos, breeze through with their elegence. Especially how Sampath mocks at Burma when he comes to seek his aide (well something in that context). He gets a song too, which was quite funny.

For a newbie MD, Sudharshan, it is indeed a flashy job. Use of Electro-Techno sounds for a story with machinery as a theme was brilliant. Hats off Sudharshan. He has sucessfully given different flavours throughout the movie. Add in all the characters being negative, he has sucessfully supported each suituation with variety. The climax BGM and its positioning (again Seizing Mania) had put a broad smile on my face. Also the theme "Kings of Garage" made me whistle "Thala Pola Varuma". A catchy tune following the whole episode of the car theft at the parking lot of a cinema hall - the discussion of the bosses, misunderstanding, theft and Sampath becoming the prey of the suituation - was very well done. The needed humour was excellently brought out.

A spl mention to the deco which mingles perfectly with the scenes. The colorful costumes are an added plus to set in the right mood. Cinematography by Yuva is bright, like the head lights, searching and not missing to capture every detail. Dialouges were good too. Editing gives the needed adrenaline pumping.

Talking about everyone being bad in this movie, I consider it as an bold attempt. I think even Mankatha or Soodhu Kavum had atleast one positive character each. Here, its all about bad people in worst (unimaginable) suituations. But the film gets well into these kind of experimental genres. Hats off Dharanidharan for accepting it as a challenge and coming out colorfully, just like the film.

Burma - Cocktail of Chaos

[mappi]

Aranmanai

he is here there and everywhere, glad he wasnt in the flashback too.

That was funny (LoL)

[k_vanan]

Good to read your review mappi unggal sevai thodaranum

[interz]

Thirumathi Thamizh - thirai kaaviyam

Nayagan Rajakumaran, intha thiraipadathil nadicha nadippukku oscar award pathathu. Muthal kaatchiyilurintha iruthi kaatchi varai narambu thudikkum varai nadithirukkar. Ippadathil avar MGR, Rajini compare panni kaattuvathil therigirathu avar nadippu thiramai. Kaathal kaatchigalil pengalin manathai kollai adikkum Rajakumaran, raathirigalil pengal thoonga vidaamal thollai seivaar. Devayani intha thirai padam eduthu release panni kuvitha vasoolai vaithu Dubaiyil veedu kattuvathaaga thagaval kidaithathu, arumai arumai. Intha padathil iru avatharam eduthu Devayani, vakkeela vanthu pesum vasanangal, Kalaignar ezhuthum ellarukkum puriyura kavithaigal pola kaathukkul inithathu. Keerthi Chawla, than thirai payanathil utcham ethuvendral Thirumathi Thamizh endru kooruvathil oru thavarum illai. Vendram endru vilagiyavarai thurathi thurathi kaathalippathu thamil cinemavil ithu varan naan paarka villai.

Comedy endraal siruppu mattum alla sindhikka vaikkavaum seyyum endru utharanamaa varum kaatchigal ellam arumai. Ramesh Kanna, Prithuviraj, Malaysia Vasudevan, Madhan bob, Chittu Babu, Fathima Babu mattum pala nadigarlukku intha thirai padathil naditha thirupthi veru oru padathil kidaikkaathu endru kattayama sollalaam.

SA Rajkumar sontha kuralil paadiya paadalgal migha eruma.... arumai. Radio stations Thirumathi Thamizh paadalgal podamal indru moodiyathaaga thagaval arinthaen.

Kattaya Kalyanathai nirutha amaitha intha padam, Rajakumaran & Devayani engayo kondu poi vittathu, endru iruthiyaaga solla virumbugiraen.

[Anban]

Thirumathi Thamizh - thirai kaaviyam

Nayagan Rajakumaran, intha thiraipadathil nadicha nadippukku oscar award pathathu. Muthal kaatchiyilurintha iruthi kaatchi varai narambu thudikkum varai nadithirukkar. Ippadathil avar MGR, Rajini compare panni kaattuvathil therigirathu avar nadippu thiramai. Kaathal kaatchigalil pengalin manathai kollai adikkum Rajakumaran, raathirigalil pengal thoonga vidaamal thollai seivaar. Devayani intha thirai padam eduthu release panni kuvitha vasoolai vaithu Dubaiyil veedu kattuvathaaga thagaval kidaithathu, arumai arumai. Intha padathil iru avatharam eduthu Devayani, vakkeela vanthu pesum vasanangal, Kalaignar ezhuthum ellarukkum puriyura kavithaigal pola kaathukkul inithathu. Keerthi Chawla, than thirai payanathil utcham ethuvendral Thirumathi Thamizh endru kooruvathil oru thavarum illai. Vendram endru vilagiyavarai thurathi thurathi kaathalippathu thamil cinemavil ithu varan naan paarka villai.

Comedy endraal siruppu mattum alla sindhikka vaikkavaum seyyum endru utharanamaa varum kaatchigal ellam arumai. Ramesh Kanna, Prithuviraj, Malaysia Vasudevan, Madhan bob, Chittu Babu, Fathima Babu mattum pala nadigarlukku intha thirai padathil naditha thirupthi veru oru padathil kidaikkaathu endru kattayama sollalaam.

SA Rajkumar sontha kuralil paadiya paadalgal migha eruma.... arumai. Radio stations Thirumathi Thamizh paadalgal podamal indru moodiyathaaga thagaval arinthaen.

Kattaya Kalyanathai nirutha amaitha intha padam, Rajakumaran & Devayani engayo kondu poi vittathu, endru iruthiyaaga solla virumbugiraen.

eppaa raasa, unnoda porumaikki alavillaiyaa ?? enge paa intha padatha paatha ?

[JamesFague]

Enga partha Enna. Ivarkku oru kovile katta vendiyathu than.

[VinodKumar's]

Muthal kaatchiyilurintha iruthi kaatchi varai narambu thudikkum varai nadithirukkar.

Interz, aarambitchutomgaradhukaaga ellathaiyum mudikanumngara avasiyam illa. Sila edathula aarambamae mudiva irukaradhu thaan manasukkum udalukkum nalladhu.

[Siv.S]

ippa ellam pasangalum ponnungalum pala adukku protection'odathan kalam kaangirargal..

Bengaluru life-aa?