The Golden Era of Dr.IR and Dr.SPB

[radiochandra]

# KH gave good company to his buddy RK's own production Maaveeran by registering this costly flop under the Rajkamal banner.

# The movie starts promisingly. First half sends goosebumps to the 8 year old kid ( that was me watching the movie with my dad for company in balaji theater , pondicherry )

# Opening court scene in the rain .... criminals led into the police van ..... kalakkal

# Rocket kadathall ..... Satyaraj intro ...... nakkal dialogues ..... nasthy

# VK Ramasamy entry into the high tension meeting ..... "Enna kappal .... sowkkiyamaa ? .....Rockettaa .... adhu sivakasi samaacharam ....... " Amburla en thottathula karumbu potturukken .... indha rocket adhu varaikkum vedikkumaa ? "

# Arun Kumar Vikram's passport photograph transiting into the monocular rifle lens view of Dharma ( Vikram Dharma after this ) .... and KH kissing Ambica's hand and starting off "Kanne .... Ottikkavaa " ..... marvellous

# IR using the chuk chuk train background in the Vanithamani charanam when SPB pours out " tha dheem tha dheem tha dheem podhaatho "..... priceless

# " naan poo thottikku thaan kuri vechen ..... satthiyama " Lollu by Satyaraj

# Title song ..... IR the great ...... thalaivar Kamal voice ...... typical dance .... including the famous lateral tilted, both legs meet on air step ......

# Kamal saying "thevudiyaa magan" and elder bro Charuhasan, "ketta vaarthai ellaam pesadhappa "

# KH and Satyaraj watching each other's profiles on a juxta interposed slide projector show, with Kamal's kalathoor kannamma still starting his profile

# Kamal exhibiting unnecessary male chaunism when he challenges the IIT Madras educated Lissy Priyadarshan to roam topless in summer, as he would do

# Janakaraj enrty post interval and the movie becomes a mess .... janakaraj has the same effect 3 years later in Vetri Vizhaa

# Rajasthan eli koyilur becomes Salamia country

# Indiana Jones dinner and bedroom attack sequences get superimposed on the Bond theme

# Amjad Khan does a fine job ...... did you know Kamal had amjad khan's son in HEY RAAM playing Altaf , the tailor, who splashes the tomato behind kamal's back in the Calcutta taxi, and also splashes the tomato out of Rani Mukherjee a few hours later.

# Kamal reciprocating the magic by the "mottai" magician in the royal palace ...... " Vadakari kari kari kari kari" ----- kamal has a liking for Vadakari ( Also refer to the song "kaamanukku Kaaman" from "Uruvangal Maaralaam" and " idly Vadakari ..... naakkula jalam oorudhu ....." from GUNA

# Sujatha recounts that the second half was made in a half hearted hurried fashion by director Rajashekhar who got busy with RK's manithan.