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20th November 2015, 03:54 PM
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http://www.thehindu.com/features/cin...cle7899886.ece
Cheekati Rajyam: The night is sinister
Broadly speaking, remakes are of two kinds. One that stays faithful to the original to the extent of becoming a frame to frame copy and the other where the makers take the core idea and give it a regional flourish.
Cheekati Rajyam (simultaneously made as Thoongavanam in Tamil), adapted from the French film Nuit Blanche (Sleepless Night), takes the original storyline and peppers it with asides that one has come to expect from a Kamal Haasan starrer of late.
In the middle of a sequence in a nightclub, a television channel airs a news clipping of a superstar’s film — Panchavataram — running into rough weather. In the bar, a drunk character Subba Rao gloats that it was he who stalled the release and argues why should a superstar give ‘messages’ instead of sticking to song, dance and comedy. That argument is irrelevant to Cheekati Rajyam’s plot but is a throwback to the time when Kamal Haasan’s own films had to cross similar hurdles. This reference to his real life is reminiscent of Uttama Villain, where references to his life and filmography were aplenty.
At its core, Cheekati Rajyam has a simple plot of Diwakar (Kamal Haasan), a cop with Narcotics Control Bureau, having to save his son from the clutches of cocaine peddler and nightclub owner Vittal Rao (Prakash Rao). In the process of doing it, he too comes under the scanner of fellow cops Mallika (Trisha) and Kishore.
Busting the crime network and exposing corrupt cops is one part of the story. Within the framework of a thriller, the makers weave in back stories of pivotal characters. Tumultuous relationships come to the fore. There’s a divorced wife (Asha Sharath) who is still bitter and a son sulking at the workaholic father who doesn’t remember if the boy plays football or cricket.
Most part of the film is within a nightclub and it does get a bit tiring in the later portions. But plenty of smartly-written repartees add to the film’s fun quotient. A junior chef, watching three cops fiercely at each other’s throats, exclaims why they are getting worked up over packets of maida!
Cheekati Rajyam is a slick film with stunt sequences that look real. In how many films have we seen a male and female cop coming to blows with each other, in the process of standing up for what they feel is right? The musical score by Ghibran and the sound recording are top notch. And so is Sanu Varghese’s cinematography.
Attention is paid to little details that one may not consider significant in a passing shot but reflects how this team hasn’t taken the viewers for granted. For instance, the crowd is sparse at the nightclub as the evening begins and as time passes by, there is hardly enough space to navigate. It’s a world where revellers don’t sense something amiss seeing blood-stained clothes or a middle-aged man knocking a door in vain as his son is dragged inside.
Trisha, sporting a no-makeup look, neatly pulls off the stunt sequences and otherwise, puts in a restrained performance. She has little room for histrionics unlike Kamal or Prakash Raj, both proving to be scene stealers. The beautiful Madhu Shalini, Kishore, Yuhi Sethu and Sampath Raj make their presence felt in brief roles.
It’s good to watch Kamal Haasan in a straight Telugu film and the team, in all earnestness, doesn’t pass off anything that looks Tamil as Telugu.
Having watched both versions, the effort is evident. Besides replacing car number plates and re-shooting scenes with dialogues, the team also uses a different actor (Santhana Bharathi in Tamil) for the ‘Subba Rao’ character.
Cheekati Rajyam isn’t really exceptional, going by Kamal Haasan’s oeuvre, but makes for an engaging watch. An assured debut by director Rajesh M. Selva.
Cheekati Rajyam
Cast: Kamal Haasan, Trisha, Prakash Raj
Direction: Rajesh M. Selva
Music: Ghibran
Story line: A cop is running out of time to save his son and bust a crime network.
Bottom line: A stylish cop drama.
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20th November 2015 03:54 PM
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20th November 2015, 04:27 PM
#1082
Good review in telegu as well. Hope movie collects good amount
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20th November 2015, 07:50 PM
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Originally Posted by
venkkiram
Cinemark extends into third week - http://www.cinemark.com/theatre-deta...x?node_id=1615
"The woods are lovely, dark and deep.
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep"
-Robert Frost
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21st November 2015, 01:07 PM
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http://www.vikatan.com/cinema/article.php?aid=55333
.....“சீக்கட்டி ராஜ்ஜியம்”..
இதுதான் தூங்காவனம் தெலுங்கு வெர்ஷனின் தலைப்பு. படம் எடுக்கும்போதே தமிழ், தெலுங்கு என இரண்டு மொழிப்படமாக எடுக்கப்பட்டாலும், இன்றுதான் தெலுங்கில் வெளியாகிறது. தீபாவளி அன்று நாகார்ஜுனா-அமலாவின் மகனான அகிலின் முதல் படம் வெளியானதால் சீக்கட்டி ராஜ்ஜியம் தாமதமாக வெளியாகிறது.
பொதுவாகவே கமல் படங்களுக்கு ஆந்திராவில் எதிர்பார்ப்பு இருக்குமென்றாலும், சீக்கட்டி ராஜ்ஜியத்திற்காக ஸ்பெஷல் கவனம் செலுத்தி இருக்கிறார் கமல்ஹாசன். நேற்று இரவு ஹைதராபாத்தில் இருக்கும் பிரசாத் திரையரங்கில் ஆந்திர சினிமா பிரபலங்களுக்காக பீரிமியர் ஷோ நடைபெற்றது. கமல், திரிஷா, பிரகாஷ்ராஜ், மது ஷாலினி, சம்பத், இயக்குனர் ராஜேஷ் எம் செல்வா என படக்குழுவினர் முழுவதும் ஆஜர்.
முறுக்கு மீசை, நீல நிற ஷெர்வானி என கலக்கல் காம்போவில் கமல்ஹாசன்.. உடன் ஆரஞ்சு நிற சேலையில் கெளதமி. திரண்டிருந்த கூட்டம் “இப்புடு கூட யங்கா உண்ணாரு” என தெலுங்கில் கண் வைத்தது. எல்லோரும் வருவதற்கு முன்பே வந்துவிட்டார் மது ஷாலினி. தரையில் புரண்ட அவரின் கவுனை பத்திரிகையாளர் ஒருவர் மிதித்துவிட பதறிவிட்டார். அதன் பின் அவரை சுற்றி ஆறு அங்குல வட்டத்தில் யாரும் நெருங்கவில்லை. படம் பற்றிய கேள்விக்கு, ’இந்த வாய்ப்பை தனக்கு வாங்கி கொடுத்த பிரியா ஆனந்துக்கு நன்றி’ என முடித்துக் கொண்டார்.
அக்கா தங்கையை போல அட்டகாசமாக வந்திருந்தார்கள் ரகுல் ப்ரீத் சிங்கும், ரெஜினா கெஸெண்ட்ராவும். ஹை ஹீல்ஸ், அட்டகாச ஸ்லீவ்லெஸ் என உடைகளிலும் ஒற்றுமை. “ரெஜி ரெஜி” என அழைத்த ரகுலின் குரலில் அவ்வளவு அந்நியோன்யம். மறைந்துக் கொள்ள வசதியாக தொப்பியுடன் வந்திருந்தார் “நான் ஈ” நானி.
பிரகாஷ்ராஜ் எண்ட்ரிக்கு பத்திரிகையாளர்களே விசில் அடித்தார்கள். சளைக்காமல் போஸ் தந்தவர், ரசிகர்களுடன் செல்ஃபிக்களாக க்ளிக்கி தள்ளினார். இயக்குனர் ராஜேஷ் எம் செல்வாவை பார்த்ததும், சந்தோஷம் பொங்க “ஹக்” செய்தவர், ஒரு நிமிடம் வரை அவரை விடவே இல்லை. கட்டிபிடி வைத்தியமா பாஸ் என கமெண்ட் அடிக்க முடிந்ததே தவிர, அவரை பிடிக்க முடியவே இல்லை.
இயக்குனர் ராஜேஷிடம், “கமலுக்கு நீங்க நடிப்பு சொல்லி தந்ததா ஒரு செய்தி ஓடுச்சே!” என்று கேட்டதற்கு, “அவருக்கு நானா? அடுத்த படம் கொடுக்கிறேன்னு சொல்லி இருக்காருங்க. அத கெடுத்துடாதீங்க” என வந்திருந்த பிரபலங்களை கவனிக்க ஓடினார்.
நல்ல விளம்பரம், எதிர்பார்ப்பு, கச்சிதமான திரில்லர் என எல்லாம் அமைந்திருப்பதால் நிச்சயம் ஹிட் தான் என்கிறது ஆந்திர மீடியா.
நிகழ்ச்சியில் வெள்ளை நிற ஆட்டகாச ஆடையில் கடைசியாக வந்தார் த்ரிஷா. படம் ஹிட் கொடுத்த சந்தோஷம் அவர் முகத்தில் பூரிப்பாக மிளிர்ந்தது. ஆனால், சிறிது நேரத்தில் அது மாறியது. காரணம்... ராணா! சரியாக த்ரிஷா வரவேற்பு பகுதியில் இருந்தபோது வந்த ராணாவும் உள்ளே வர அவரை த்ரிஷா எதிர்பார்க்கவில்லை. அவரைக் கண்டதும் த்ரிஷா முகத்திலிருந்த சிரிப்பு மறைய, மறைக்கவே முடியாமல் அதிர்ச்சி ரியாக்*ஷன் கொடுத்தார். அதுவே பல விஷயங்களைச் சொல்லாமல் சொல்லியது. இருவரும் சம்பிரதாய ஹாய்.. ஹலோ சொல்லிய பின் எதிரெதிர் திசைகளில் சென்றுவிட்டார்கள்.
ஹ்ம்ம்..!
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21st November 2015, 01:31 PM
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Cheekati rajyam surely hit...good opening...
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21st November 2015, 03:44 PM
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Kamal Haasan Cheekati Rajyam 1st Day Box Office Collection
Hyderabad: Kamal Haasan’s Cheekati Rajyam has been released on November 20 in Telugu version and it has opened with nice collections all over two states
Present days everybody is showing interest to know about movies collections of the first day, second day and third day etc to measure the film success and through that only, they estimate movie run. Here also the film “Cheekati Rajyam” which is released recently on 20th Nov 2015 has got a good response from all kind of audience.
At this time, many people are willing to know how much amount ‘Cheekati Rajyam’ got on opening day at Telugu box office. As we all know ‘Cheekati Rajyam’ has been dubbed from Kamal’s Tamil movie ‘Thoongavanam’. It has obtained success in Tamil Nadu and now it came to AP and Telangana in the name of ‘Cheekati Rajyam’.
It is also known a thing to everyone that the movie has been taken from Hollywood super hit movie ‘Sleepless Night’. Recently it has got positive response in Telugu version also. Trisha, Prakash Raj, Sampath and Kishore etc are played a lead role in this film. With these star cast, the film is going rapidly in the box office.
According to the latest information, the movie has expected to get 10 crores above on first day itself. Previously the movie scenes, trailer, songs, and images have become most popular in social networking sites such as Facebook, twitter, and google plus etc.
As per the news, 1st day in Telugu states i.e. AP and Telangana the film earn approximately Rs. 10 crores. Approximately, in overseas it got Rs. 1 crores, worldwide box office collection is Rs. 11 crores and BO Nett collection worldwide is Rs. 8 crores.
http://indread.com/17970/kamal-haasa...ice-collection
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21st November 2015, 04:06 PM
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Movie Review 'Cheekati Rajyam': A good adaptation
Cast: Kamal Haasan, Prakash Raj, Trisha, Sampath and Madhushalini
Director: Rajesh M Selva
Rating: 3.5 stars
Kamal Haasan’s new film Cheekati Rajyam has been directed by debutant Rajesh M. Selva while Haasan himself has provided the screenplay. The action thriller with a police backdrop has been inspired by the French film Nuit Blanche (Sleepless Night). Diwakar (Kamal Haasan) is an undercover cop in the narcotics department. He stays with his son while his wife lives separately. Diwakar and his colleagues wants to trap drug dealer Vithal Rao (Prakash Raj). In an encounter, he gets nearly 10 kg of cocaine and plans to nab Vithal Rao. Meantime Vithal Rao kidnaps Diwakar’s son and asks him to handover the drugs.
Meanwhile, another cop, Mallika (Trisha), suspects Diwakar and follows him. To make matters more complicated, another cop and a mafia gang are also looking out for the bag of cocaine. Everyone reaches Vithal Rao’s nightclub and the story unfolds form there on.Director Rajesh deserves kudos for his narration… one does not need a comic relief or a song while watching the film. There are a few comic scenes but they are all part of the story. The plot has been well adapted from the French film and suits the local scenario. Most of the film is in the nightclub and the director has pulled it off well. Kamal Haasan’s screenplay is gripping.
Performance wise, Kamal Haasan once again comes out on top and steals the show with his portrayal of a cop. He is also outstanding in the action scenes. Trisha, too, is perfect as a cop and it is a fresh departure from her usual glamour roles. Madhushalini has a short role and she looks suitably cute and glamorous. The other highlight of the film is Prakash Raj, who plays the baddie once again. Kishore as another cop supports the lead character well, as does Sampath, who plays another villain. Technically the film is good. The camerawork is fine and the actions scenes have been choreographed very well. The background music of Ghibran is another highlight. Though the second half is a bit slow, overall the movie is good as it is a nice departure from the regular masala films.
http://www.deccanchronicle.com/15112...ood-adaptation
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21st November 2015, 04:26 PM
#1088
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rain might have considerably reduced its tamil bo, its telugu version will make it a HIT venture
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21st November 2015, 05:36 PM
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#Ulaganayagan #KamalHaasan #CheekatiRajyam thanks ( Success ) meet
http://www.idlebrain.com/news/functi...yam/index.html
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21st November 2015, 05:38 PM
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In the above video, the green tshirt distributor says collections doubled from 2nd show onwards due to WOM and are adding 25 to 30 theaters extra to cater for the weekend! Great!!
Also, kamal ji announced the telugu title of his next film with TK RajeevKumar, Amala, Zarina!
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