Film / Documentary - Recently watched & worthy of some discussion

[MADDY]

Bollywood,
Hindi cinema,
hindi language,
hindi speaking common man,
hindi speaking ignorant people who think hindi is universal,
hindi speaking racist tards,

are all different things............pls dont confuse by putting all of the above in one umbrella........posting abt hindi films in tamil films section is nothing wrong, IMO......

[selvakumar]

She was lean and good looking then..

Yes. She looked great in the first song. Ippo Namitha levelngirathu vera vishayam.

[kid-glove]

Bhuavana oru kelvi kuri

- Late 70's TFI is peerless in inversion of screen registry
- Sivakumar's clean slate obviously helps build the false facade to get to his means, in a way, his shortcomings as an actor to suggest mean streak might have worked in him having some human dimensions despite his persuasion, both woman and money
- Rajini's subdued presence alone is enough to subvert his negative screen persona, the whole selfless streak seems convincing. But this again, is a man who has lost his woman and trying to reclaim/erase it, with this bit of martyrdom, the illusion of giving his life a meaning, seems OK
- Women far from being KB type i.e sacrificial machinations at play end up feeling empowered. It is okay to suggest it's all societal, familial and monetary pressures, but it's how the two letter acronymed filmmaker perversely repeats this theme without much nuance, sensitivity and fragility (Melodrama for all senses and purposes as immediate "consequence" of harmony, not a "comeuppance" as it's usually suggested, I'd accept the latter if it gives me other payoffs, which some KB films do) that gets my goat
- YGM's role. The economy helps.. mokkai pOdama sethu tholainjan. One nice bit of dialogue which closes with 'kaaranam illama dhaadi valartha.. Hippie'. I'd be amazed if it came off him..

[Plum]

Anand (Rajesh Khanna, Amitabh, Hrishikesh Mukherjee direction, Salilda music)

Different movie...songs are nice but speed breakers... the wonderful female solo got reused by the MD in BM's azhiyAdha kOlangaL (nAn eNNum pozhudhu)...

Strictly one-time watch...(supposedly a super hit those days, AB's first film may be)

idhai reNdAvadhu dhadavai pArthuttu appO bore adichudhunA sollaNum. One of my all time favourites - evLo muRai vENA pAppEn. Lovely. That Amit-ji was worth watching - avar range adhu dhAn but andh rangela Kinggu - but they reduced him to a clown in bollywood (including the sheshappa iyer new age muyaRchchis)

Those songs are worth being placed as speed breaker. The Bengali original of Kahin Door (Amoy prashna kore) sung by Hemant Kumar(as against Mookkesh in indhi) is a collector's item.

[Plum]

It wasnt Amit-ji's first padam. He did bit roles in other movies (Including Sunjay Dutt's father's Reshma Aur Shera, Saat Hindustani, Mehmood's Bombay to Goa,not to mention flop ventures as villain like Parwana, before the intense roles here and Namak Haram gave him an address, and then Zanjeer/Deewar catapulted him to Bollywood glory)

[ajaybaskar]

Bhuavana oru kelvi kuri

Polimer?

[kid-glove]

Yeah. Still going on..

Have to say, the conversation between Sumitra and Rajini in context of giving away of the child is done well.

'Naan yaaru'. Fragility... and therefore of more human dimensions than merely sacrificial. Sivakumar comparing the tidal waves to his situation, when it easily fits in to the reclaiming 'move' of Rajini in assuming this relationship subconsciously, but on outset, nalla kuththi kaatturaar, thavikkuraar kuda.. Indha SPM enga pOnaaru?

[P_R]

Last Lear naa paarththa varaikkin OraLavu sumArA nallAvE irunchch.

[HonestRaj]

ok, watched a garam masAlA...

Captain Prabhakaran...lengthy but impressive!

innum konjam detail'ah post pannalame..

atleast IR music paththi sollalame

[HonestRaj]

Boss E Baskaran - After watching OK OK this movie is like a classic. Apart from Santhanam- Arya and Nayanthara , Panchu Subbu, that VJ sister, Chitra Lakshmanan all equally played their part unlike OKOK. Special credit to Nayanthara, her facial expressions in the first half, dialogue delivery

that time i nominated & voted for Nayanthara in hub awards..
why there are no hub awards these days