Favorite Scenes/Songs from THALAIVAR Rajini films #3

[Avadi to America]

The very first scene - picks up the stone with his leg. I have uploaded the video in teep. idhellaam dhaanyaa style-kku definition. I d take such cute little things over whatever he has done in the last 20 years.

I agree with you Nerd. those scenes were natural and stylish...

[groucho070]

Annamalai vs Padayappa.

Watched over the weekend. Annamalai on TV. And Padaiyappa on disc, as wife never finished watching it.

Theme the films share: fall of fortune, then the rise.

Themes they don't share:
Annamala - bromance, bovine love
Padaiyappa - sexism, and insecurity (always have 6-8 guys around you)

Music:
Annamalai - Okay, can't listen to most of the songs. Oru Pen Pura still nice. Never liked the Bond influenced theme.
Padaiyappa: Winner, always listenable. Moricone incfluenced theme that probably answers the question as to why many Rajini fans are also Eastwood fans. My nit-pick= no proper score for action scenes, unlike Muthu's full blast.

Direction:
Annamalai - Focused, probably the beginning of too many shots of hero walking craze.
Padaiyappa: Showy, camera zooming over the top, sideways, annoying as heck.

Comedy:
Annamalai: Snake scene still nice, "Kadavule kadavule" not funny anymore. As usual, pre-Vetri Nitchayam Rajini is hillarious.
Padaiyappa: Boring. Even Senthil not effective

Co-stars:
Annamalai - Very good, especially Radha Ravi
Padaiayppa: Ramya Krishnan still annoying as heck. The others so and so. Not enough NT/Rajini dynamics.

Dialogues:
Annamalai: Wonderful, especially the kanakku dialogues by Rajini.
Padaiyappa: as mentioned, pure sexism. En vazhi tani vazhi sound stupid. the nalla vazhthatha saritiriam illa is factually wrong. What if you turn it around?

Main character:
Annamalai: Lovable, you are with him when he falls and rises.
Padaiyappa: Sexist paranoid with ego as big as the very Himalaya the actor goes to.

Rajini's performance
Annamalai: One of the last great performances of his.
Padaiyappa: Lazy.


Annamalai >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Padaiyappa. Thanks god for Baba.

[Ramkumar86]

In padayappa, when lakshmi says "poi en marumagala kootittu vaa" and then rajni walks in to soundarya, the BGM was awesome. I think the same BGM repeated in some other scenes also. But in this scene, it was mindblowing.

[groucho070]

Music is a great plus point in Padaiyappa, but sila edattula konjam muted-A irukkum. And lack of it during action scenes. In terms of ARR/RK collaboration Muthu trumps Padaiyappa just on the background score alone.

[PARAMASHIVAN]

In terms of ARR/RK collaboration Muthu trumps Padaiyappa just on the background score alone.

True! But I Liked Baba's BGM much more, followed by STB.

[SoftSword]

grouse... with u on this... being an active campaigner for annamalai in that poll...


repost:

voted

the title


intro


to vinuchakravarthy


comedy with sarathbaby & rekha


the outburst


the rising


the style


the cycle


the father


the brother


the climax



malai da!!

[hamid]

Annamalaiya Padaiyappavannu ketta of course most of us will say Annamalai without any hesitation... But never knew why, my wife likes Padaiyappa very much.. She is not a Rajini fan though.

[SoftSword]

ramya kissnan character remba pudichirukkum... edhukkum konjam jaakradhayaa irunga..

[PARAMASHIVAN]

ramya kissnan character remba pudichirukkum... edhukkum konjam jaakradhayaa irunga..

Good one SS !

[hamid]

ramya kissnan character remba pudichirukkum... edhukkum konjam jaakradhayaa irunga..

Kalyaanam aana maru nodiyila irunthe antha jaakirathai unarvu thaana vanthuduchu SS.. kalyaanam panni paarunga puriyum