Favorite Scenes/Songs from THALAIVAR Rajini films #3

[PARAMASHIVAN]

Oru padathula 13 pattu pottu, 13 pattum hitaanathu anegama athu intha padam thaannu nenaikiren.....

I can watch this film over and over again just for the songs!

MSV+SPB+SJ+VJ

[PARAMASHIVAN]

This is one of the best musical masalas I have witnessed in Tamil films.

Indeed, forget the story, one can watch it for the music and Few Rajni scenes

[Avadi to America]

The duration of all the songs in the movie approximately add up to 1 hr. for this one hour, i could easily tolerate rest of the movie.

[HonestRaj]

those shaky images of jayapradha are intolerable...

[hattori_hanzo]

Favourite songs in NI:

1) Engeyum Eppodhum
2) Namma Ooru Singari
3) Sambo Siva Sambo

Other than these songs, I like comedy and the (konjoondu)chemistry between Kamal & Rajini.

I hate it mainly for the gross injustice done to Kamal's character by his Guru. For that matter(except Avargal, to an extent) KH never got to play a really strong character in any of those KH-RK-KB combo movies. NI, Moondru Mudichu, Apoorva Ragangal - Ellaathulayum the same lover-boy with nothing else to do. If you remove RK from this, you have memorable characters like in Nizhal Nijamagiradhu, Punnagai Mannan, Varumaiyin Niram Sivappu. BR should have brought these two together again.

[PARAMASHIVAN]

I hate it mainly for the gross injustice done to Kamal's character by his Guru. For that matter(except Avargal, to an extent) KH never got to play a really strong character in any of those KH-RK-KB combo movies. NI, Moondru Mudichu, Apoorva Ragangal - Ellaathulayum the same lover-boy with nothing else to do. If you remove RK from this, you have memorable characters like in Nizhal Nijamagiradhu, Punnagai Mannan, Varumaiyin Niram Sivappu. BR should have brought these two together again.

May be KB wanted both his students to share equal screen presence!

[groucho070]

I'm still waiting for a response to this

mamma mia - வானிலே ..except the rythm of these two words sounds similar , I don't understand what was copied there ?

[SoftSword]

I hate it mainly for the gross injustice done to Kamal's character by his Guru. For that matter(except Avargal, to an extent) KH never got to play a really strong character in any of those KH-RK-KB combo movies. NI, Moondru Mudichu, Apoorva Ragangal - Ellaathulayum the same lover-boy with nothing else to do. If you remove RK from this, you have memorable characters like in Nizhal Nijamagiradhu, Punnagai Mannan, Varumaiyin Niram Sivappu. BR should have brought these two together again.

good point to ponder...

[groucho070]

H_H, I kinda disagree. Sure, Rajini shines but his role here is no different than Nagesh's in an NT/MT movie, supporting comedic role. Kamal's roles in all the K.B movies had ranges, he was adorable in 3 knots, if not why would I cry and hate that goddam fag flipper didn't save Kamal when he was drowning (I was three or four years old), in AR he was hot headed youth in love with older woman and plays miruthanggam they way it should be played, well-written role that he perfected in the Hindi version, and you should check out his hilarious cameo in Tappu Thalanggal (where I learned recently that he was testing out the teeth for Kalyanaraman).

In NI, the fault likes entirely on Jayapradha's characterisation. It could have been just an on-off love affair, instead of all that stupid backstory.

[PARAMASHIVAN]

I guess the reason for KB portraying KH as a lover boy was due to fact he was (in 70's) had that image in most of his movies till the arrival of Karthik. Such image wouldn't have suited RK , simply because of his looks. Vice versa RK's sadistic villianism / comedy could never be justified by KH. So it sorts of balances out!