Sindhanai Selvar Dr.Kamal HaasaR - favourite movies,scenes 2

[app_engine]

Oru chinna doubt. Was this movie a hit among the masses during its release? I know it's critically a hit, as no one I've ever met has had a bad word to say about the film, but was it successful commercially?

It possibly made decent money - but definitely not in proportion to the quality / critical acclaim.

One of the reasons could be almost zero repeat audience. (One had to be too much kal nenjan to watch it a second time - like many commented, it's not easy to even give a youtube watch for that scene and not weep / cry / get affected for a long time...the 90's audience didn't have that kind of energy & time to invest in this movie I think...Kamal should have done this during uthirippookkaL days - it would have seen silver jubilee).

ayyA, yArachchum konjam SB'kkum oru cup juice kudungappA

[app_engine]

The producer was S A Rajkannu - who made 16 vayadhinilE some 15 years before! (Kamal used to call this Pollachi man as 'modhalALi' it seems). avarukkum oru kOppai thEneer please

[P_R]

hamid, V_S


@ radiochandra

# Drunk Krishna crying with his daughter's feet on his forehead ( Every time his daughter speaks in her sleep, the scene carries heavy meaning )

That early morning scene with SNL.Two great performers.

# Sundar @ Iyer friend family from London ...... 7 minutes duration ...... 7000 hours of impact on the story line ...... Benz car, Handycam, Air conditioner, London english, better doctors, "seevalkaaran", the term used to address Krishnaswamy ...... avery frame poisoning the rustic minds into yearning for city life for the very first time

Yeah.


A/c illai?
Illai...pOttukkalai


idhu vasanam


ivvaLO thamizh patru indha payyanukku is how Sundar recalls the tar-poosing college days. But look at how he prefixes that too: ivan vashtaadhu..ivunga appA periya aaLu

i.e. Even his good friend thinks Krishna could afford to be who he was because was privileged!
Is he actually much different from Panchapakesan? He doesn't think he has any stake in the proceedings. Why didn't he have a political opinion? He has no qualms about saying he wouldn't've expressed his opinion, until he could have afforded it.

namakku edhukku vambu - is exactly what Panchapakesan's attitude also is!

Sundar has -presumably- from beginnings without privilege done well for himself by leaving India. By opting out of the fight in his own way. Panchapakesan considers himself powerless to change his own lot, forget society's. Sundar's is an active escape (avunga oor mannArkudi illai...London!), Panchapakesan's is an escape into his shell of delusional solace.

One other Panchapakesan line which I find extraordinary is: oNNum prayOjanam illai Krishna. thulukkANamA kokkA? ennai vadhaikkaNumnu theermAnam paNNittAn...viduvanA?

It is typical resignation alright, but there is a weird and perverse admiration of the power of his oppressor! The system is so powerful, big and bad - and we better find our corners than do anything to mess with it - what a strong an universal belief.

urimai ellAm irukkuradhA oru eNNamE kidaiyAdhu. valichchA kooda 'ippo seththa thEvalai'nu sollidaNum.
Isn't that how most of us deal with society? Self-preservation - the strongest instinct of all!
Not to be confused with perjorative adjectives like self-serving.

[groucho070]

Let me join the queue and praise P_R for his awesome writing. I avoided second viewing for precisely the reason app gave before this page. I still have the dvd, oru kattam varaikin-thAn pArkamudiyuthu.

[joe]

படம் வந்த போது அழுதாலும் பரவாயில்லைண்ணு 4 தடவை தியேட்டர்ல பார்த்திருக்கேன்.

[Anban]

படம் வந்த போது அழுதாலும் பரவாயில்லைண்ணு 4 தடவை தியேட்டர்ல பார்த்திருக்கேன்.

[raajarasigan]

ayyA, yArachchum konjam SB'kkum oru cup juice kudungappA

SB was the chief guest in my friend's college function..

Students: sir, mahanadhi kamal thAnE direct pannAru?
SB (with a smiling face): aamappa...athellAm ethukku ippo ?

[raajarasigan]

as app mentioned, second time pAkkura alavukku ennakku thiraNi illa... but after reading this thread esp P_R & RC's posts, I am going to revisit this....

[joe]

This movie flopped

This is another nonsense that many assumed ..The movie was neither a blockbuster nor a flop ..It was a 100 days movie ..even @Trichy Maris Rock ,it ran for 90 days.

[sakaLAKALAKAlaa Vallavar]

Kamal is never a greedy fellow and took less remuneration for this film. This in spite of he donning multiple hats. Of course production values are less, too. Actually, Mr. S.A.Rajkannu, the great man, never complained! He had spoken good about the film, after its release