Khan Saheb Kamal Haasan's Jamaat/Jeba Koottam/Devasthaanam - Part 8

[SoftSword]

wow... both look cool in whites...
tfs sakala...

[PARAMASHIVAN]

pacy and innovative fights (enough people don't mention how Kamal is heads and shoulders above Rajini in this- idhukkE oru katturai ezhudhaNum).

enna Solla varEl ? Puriyala?

[PARAMASHIVAN]

I was watching the song where he accuses Sarathbabu of going from friendship to betrayal.
Very ordinary acting.

I guess that song is "oru nanbanin kathai ithu".

[P_R]

enna Solla varEl ? Puriyala?

Usually Rajini has got this action-hero image about him, which I think is disproportionate. Rajini does a lot of 'cool' gimmicks but just pure stunt choreography he is nowhere near Kamal.

There is not enough appreciation of that.

Latter day 'concept' based fights are (rightly) remembered: the blade-fight in Nammavar, Thevar magan silambam, toilet fight in MMKR (French fencer post ) ..why even the umbrella fight in Anbe Sivam (which is not that good IMO).

But you really need to see the 80s films to see how much better he is. He generally has longer sequences without cuts. He takes lesser help from quick-cut-editing (not that that's a bad thing, but you kinda feel the overall punch is not there - early 90s Vijayakanth fights vs. post 2000 which is pretty much all gimmicks).

You can see Kamal channeling a lot of martial arts aesthetics. Some of them can't even be attributed to stuntmasters. For instance in the fight right after singAri sarakku in kAkki chattai : Kamal punches a guy, while he gasps for breath, a tired Kamal wipes his face, and then punches him again

And it would appear all in one quick flow. indha maadhiri paRpala chinna chinna vishayangaL.

[Cinemarasigan]

wow... both look cool in whites...
tfs sakala...

+1, ரெண்டு பேரும் எந்த டிரஸ் பண்றதுன்னு பேசி வச்சிருப்பாங்களோ ?

[NOV]

dances (which everyone except NOV likes!),

this is getting outrageous...
I only said that Kamal's dance lacks fluidity and grace and looks forced, whether he is doing traditional or modern
somehow it got spinned-off as I saying Kamal cannot dance...

as for Rajni's performance, nothing to shout about... a newcomer like arulnidhi has such moments in his debut movie Mouna Guru, and that doesnt make him comparable to Kamal
Rajni = style. Period. He is not known for his acting prowess, except in the Hub I think...

[PARAMASHIVAN]

Usually Rajini has got this action-hero image about him, which I think is disproportionate. Rajini does a lot of 'cool' gimmicks but just pure stunt choreography he is nowhere near Kamal.

Ah You are talking about fights, yes you are right, RK fights are mainly Gimmicks Compared KH , but If you look at RK's fights in late 70's to Early 80's they were much better. In terms of choreography , like you mentioned Kamal is much better than RK

[SoftSword]

as a whole, the roped/flying fights in the last 10 yrs have made it really worse... i have already started thinking the 'dishyum' 'guffaa' fights looked much better and believable...

[Nerd]

நானும் என் நண்பர்களும் ரஜினி படம் ரிலீஸ் ஆனால் கோமாளி படம் ரிலீஸ் ஆயிருக்கு பார்க்க போவோமா என்று தான் பேசிக் கொள்ளுவோம்.

neenga hub-la post pannaa kooda appadiththaanunga.

MGR padaththai paaththaa circus koranga paaththu whistle adikkiRadhu dhaan nyaabagam varum.

[SoftSword]

aagaa... romba naal aachu... sari konja neram observe pannuvom... epdiyum digression threadku dhaan pOgappOdhu...