Vaazhappala Kaamedy Kalagam HO: NiRuvanar VaLLal Goundamani

[SMI]

Disclaimer:அவங்கவங்க தெரிஞ்சதை சொல்றாங்க. அதுனால இங்க இல்லாதவங்களை திட்டக்கூடாது. அப்புறம் நம்மளைப் பார்த்து ரெம்ப அனாகரீகமா நடந்துக்குறாங்க இல்லை?-னு சொல்லிரக்கூடாது.

கவுண்டரை பலர் ரொம்ப restrictiveஆ புரிஞ்சு வச்சிருக்கறது, நாம செய்ய வேண்டிய களப்பணிகள் எவ்வளவு இருக்கு'ன்னு உணர்த்துது

I had a liking towards GM's comedies from early 90s, but it grew to a much bigger extent during mid 90s. This was when I had few personal issues, out of job etc and I was mostly confined to the TV. And what a company GM makes. He thrashes all sorts of establishments and your distress flies out of the window.

Later I was lucky to have at least one GM fan, in organizations I worked for, so that we had some sort of discussions going on. Cut to year 2007, I found this hub and browsed thru whenever I found time. Those days hubbers meet was in public forum. One of the hubbers attending the Chennai meet wrote about his experience. While on the way to the meet, his two-wheeler did not start even after few kicks. He wrote “if it was my spiritual guru, he would have said ‘idhu aavuradhilla’..”. The “spiritual guru” was hyperlinked. Eager to know who the guru was, I followed the link and to my greatest surprise it landed on GM’s wiki page. Immediately I felt ivaru namma aaLubaa. That hubber was PR.

I found the GM thread much later. I was wondering how I have missed this so far and started reading thru regularly. That was the first thread; it almost did not move at all. Then this hubber came in and ensured that there were regular discussions and posts. The thread kept growing and we moved from 1 to 2 and further. That hubber was HR. The GM thread gave me enormous enjoyment and I thought it was my duty to share what I got. Hence I joined and started contributing here (illEnnaa naanellam periya sOmbERi). Idha oru social service-a nenachu thaan panROm apdinu sendimend mulaamellam poosa virumbalennaalum, there is some truth in it.

When I come across those who do not appreciate GM, I have nothing but sympathy for them. In some thread when some body was degrading GM’s performances, I said “ongaLa ellaam paarththaa enakku paavamaa irukku” and people took it personal. The fact is I do not say this in a criticizing tone, but in a very genuine manner. Naan petra inbaththai ivanga pera mudiyalayE apdinRa aadhangam thaan.

The female gender of human species is exempted from being a GM fan, as they can find solace in n number of serials, pakkatthu / edhirththa veettu stories etc. If you are a male and do not appreciate GM it is self injustice.

[SMI]

thangachiaNNi was quiet hilarious because of way its framed. Its the immediate title change by Senthil towards maNimEgalai*, when GM says seruppaala adi.. ippa edhukku nee aNNindra?

I like "unga thangachikku engangga punnu"... and his change in modulation from being respectful to indifference in his retort to Vadivelu (neena mannappaal kudikaadheenga)... dei chi... naane veedu veeda paal ootharenn..

That was quite instant. VV was maintaining a terror image till then with a aruvaal in hand.

*And here goes the kavidha
pothi pothi vaLarththa puLLa mEgala - adhanaala
avaLukku vetkam vittup pOgala

[SMI]

இன்னைக்கு ஒரே twitter விவாதம்.

I am: http://www.twitlonger.com/show/hrlnkp
Equar: http://www.twitlonger.com/show/hrm3gr
Equar quoting his typically precise Hub post: http://www.twitlonger.com/show/hrn219
The person with whom I was debating: http://www.twitlonger.com/show/hrl04i
I am response: http://www.twitlonger.com/show/hrmndd


Disclaimer:அவங்கவங்க தெரிஞ்சதை சொல்றாங்க. அதுனால இங்க இல்லாதவங்களை திட்டக்கூடாது. அப்புறம் நம்மளைப் பார்த்து ரெம்ப அனாகரீகமா நடந்துக்குறாங்க இல்லை?-னு சொல்லிரக்கூடாது.

கவுண்டரை பலர் ரொம்ப restrictiveஆ புரிஞ்சு வச்சிருக்கறது, நாம செய்ய வேண்டிய களப்பணிகள் எவ்வளவு இருக்கு'ன்னு உணர்த்துது

bydhaby.. andhaaL pEchula neRaya grammar mistake irukku... AIAR kkum DADL kum vithyaasam theriyaathavangakittayellam enna pEchu. onga disclaimera madhichi romba controlleda pEsuREn

[HonestRaj]

@ aanast's dp and siggy டேய்.. நா ஒரு சிற்பி மாதிரிடா.. எப்புடி செதுக்குறேன் பாத்தியா

had 2 options for dp..
1 this one & another one.. i will use later...
after selecting this.. i had a tough time in selecting siggy... lot of one liners in this scene.. amazing stuff from R Sundarrajan

[HonestRaj]

morning watched few comedy scenes in METUKKUDI .. (some tv channel)

Annan, Karthik

ennanga periya body language..

watch Annan's body language / dance in a couple of scenes with Gemini
& whenever Gemini calls Annan comes & stops with some kind of design vanakkam ..

annan's oyilaattam.. koopteengala mama.. koopteengala mama

[ajithfederer]

SMI Good writeup

[HonestRaj]

yes.. SMI &

this thread is one of the reason me not quitting hub, even though my other thread don't have any visibility for future..
lets get going guys....

[Plum]

Feeyar - unga twitter acquaintances are all types. indha Sri Nara oru sambil, andha Kamal threadla pEsina innOru AL another sampble(Thevar Magan vivadhee)

ivangaLai ellAm geno kitta mAtti vudaNum
BTW,

online acquaintance

romba carefulA words select paNNi irukKInga

[SMI]

5, 3, 8, 9, 23

[SMI]

Equamithran wrote:

NOV,
I guess it'd not be of much help if you access Goundamani as a comedian in the classical sense, as someone in the lineage of comedians like Nagesh, going by the number of jokes per minute, so to say. His jokes are all over the place, and never in the lines. Goundamani works outside the plot, outside the scene and outside the character he is playing. His persona overarches everything else. Total irreverence, brutal sarcasm and outright contempt for all the characters alike. The artistic bankruptcy of the filmmakers of his heyday worked so damn well for him. They just couldn't exercise any control over him and he always played the same character, someone who's out there to mock at everything within the frame.

But wait, his humour is not of the spoof kind at all. He's not a stand-in for the audience retroactively mocking at the film. He's simply on his own trip. innaikku kAlaila pArththa oru comedy scene. From 'Sethupathi IPS'.

Senthil: "nAn ungaLa adichchA makkaL Eththukka mAttAngaNNEn."
Goundamani: "dEi, avanunga EththukkuttA enna, EththukkalainnA enna dA?"

This is the sort of spirit he carried in his comedies.

Personally, I enjoy him the most when he's right in the middle of the film mocking at it! He simply obliterates every bit of self-righteousness in the film ("yOv, thirudan 'nnA, ungaLukku enna avvaLavu eLakkAramA pOchchA? engaLukkum mAnam mAriyAththA, sUdu sUlAyudham, vekka vElAyudham ellAmE irukkuyyA."), sometimes actively advocating against the very existence of a film like that.

But then, he's in the film... Many a time, it works like a searing inside-critique of the film itself. Remember his hilarious retorts to Vijayakumar who wears his nErmai on his sleeve in 'Walter Vetrivel'?