Nadigar Thilagam Sivaji Ganesan Part 10

[Murali Srinivas]

Plum, hats off!

Was out of town. Just came back and read. Wow! The fact that you could write 3 long posts on the film and still avoid talking about NT and coming back to write something about him and throwing in the towel! Super.

Will catch up later!

Regards

[kid-glove]

after this i watched 12 angry men with a similar crime investigation, which actually came in 57 and was wondering our film was even better than this...

It's generally said this film is heavility inspired from our Hollywood classics, especially Citizen Kane. And How is it better than 12 Angry Men? Please explain in 100-200 words. Not more.

b/w movies have a charm... still in the hunt for such crime investigation/courtroom dramas...

Acting is much more precise. It also felt like the directors then knew when to use close ups. Close and medium shots is more the norm today. The yesteryear directors despite the confines of the studio do not do such elementary mistakes, looks like the current filmmakers are like our Engineering students, mugging up rough text by marker highlights and fugly underlines.

And this Sivaji monopolizes the frame like no other Indian actor in my experience. Thank thee KG for the huge list. The only good thing he has done in his life.

[SoftSword]

It's generally said this film is heavility inspired from our Hollywood classics, especially Citizen Kane. And How is it better than 12 Angry Men? Please explain in 100-200 words. Not more.

reddie...
the films are similar in their genre but other than that they are very different like one goes around 'he did/he didn't' and another was like 'who did it'...
both are remarkable movies, but the reason personally i felt good about our movie was the reason that 1) i did not expect such a movie back then from our industry 2) it goes through many people and the story gave an idea on every single person and goes on to establish their characters with a particular scene(like plum said, establishin the characters of the detective and the inspector, and so on for everyone by shuttling back and forth to the flashbacks and the present) and yet keep focussing on the crime investigation...

ok 142 words now... and i was not trying to belittle the other movie which was brilliant as well, where the director restricts the complete story within a closed room and still kept the audience engaged by smart dialogues... but here i was rooting for the accused from the beginning whereas in our movie i was not able to..

[kid-glove]

Both films aren't about 'who?' / 'did he or did he not', it concerns more about the 'how'. The angles of murder routine might have been derived, but the film is entirely authentic with self-contained plot, theme and characters.

I owe a revisit to AN because I had slightly forgotten it.

I couldn't revisit '12 AM' (maybe if I did, only to see the key portions for Henry Fonda vs LJ Cobb and to learn how to shoot s-rs routine). And you tend to appreciate it more when you see the TV version with Jack Lemmon (who is good though).

[kid-glove]

Youtube got AN, Bommai

Padangal.com got Nadu Iravil

There's also a doc on SB for his Veena exploits.

Excellent. I could watch it all on my TV using my Wii browser.

[SoftSword]

Both films aren't about 'who?' / 'did he or did he not', it concerns more about the 'how'. The angles of murder routine might have been derived, but the film is entirely authentic with self-contained plot, theme and characters.

I owe a revisit to AN because I had slightly forgotten it.

I couldn't revisit '12 AM' (maybe if I did, only to see the key portions for Henry Fonda vs LJ Cobb and to learn how to shoot s-rs routine). And you tend to appreciate it more when you see the TV version with Jack Lemmon (who is good though).

ok... write more(less) after revisiting both...
and never knew abt the tv version of 12am...

[Gopal.s]

பம்மலார் சார்,
தங்கள் மூவாயிரம் ஆன பதிவு நம் இருவரின் உள்ளம் கவர்ந்த இருவர் உள்ளம் ஆனதில் மிக்க மகிழ்ச்சி. அனைத்து nt பக்தர்கள் சார்பில் வாழ்த்துக்கள்.
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[Murali Srinivas]

இன்று மதியம் ஒரு வேலையாக நானும் ராகவேந்தர் சார் அவர்களும் ஒரு இடத்திற்கு செல்ல நேர்ந்தது. அங்கே நாங்கள் சந்தித்த நபர் மூலமாக ஒரு மகிழ்ச்சியான செய்தி கிடைத்தது.

தென்னாடுடைய சிவன் நம் நாட்டிற்க்கு விஜயம் செய்ய தயாராகி விட்டார் என்ற செய்திதான் அது. திரையரங்குகள் மூலமாக நம்மைக் காண வரும் முன் தணிக்கை அதிகாரியை காண வேண்டுமல்லவா? அது இந்த வார இறுதிக்குள் நடந்து விடும் என தெரிகிறது. அதன் பிறகு வரும் செப்டம்பர் மாதம் 15-ந் தேதி முதல் எங்கள் மதுராபுரி நாயகன் சோமசுந்தரேஸ்வரின் திக்விஜயம் தொடங்கும் என தெரிகிறது.

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[NOV]

excellent news... hope this time we will get a simultaneous release
(karnan is still playing here)

[NOV]

Mr Marudhu Mohan is a Ph D Scholar in University of Madras, doing his doctoral research on Sivaji Ganesan. He was invited to address the audience at the Remembrance Day function organised by Malaysia Sivaji Ganesan Kalai Mandram