G.Ramanathan

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KSG faded away from Tamil filmdom after the arrival of Bharathiraja, Mahendran etc. During that overlapping period he still continued to make films with lengthy dialogues (vaLa vaLa vasangaL for the critics ) and even went on saying that his films didn't need to be in color and directed Adukkumalli (*ing Sujatha). Later he made a color film Neer nilam neruppu (Sujatha again). I think this was in 80/81 timeframe.

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The lowest point of his career must be when he made a Raamaraajan starrer in the 90s - 'paarthaal pasu'. Was touted as his come back... but faded away insignificantly. Thank god. Padam bayangara kEvalamA irundhathu. .

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He also introduced his son ks???? thro'athai madi methaiyadi'(with Pallavi,Ilavarasi)adhuvum bayangaraaaaaaaaaaa oothals.
Was KSG the director for 'kula vizhakku'??(*ing Saroja devi,Gemini-this film has a good song-poov poova poothirukku boomiyile aayiram poo)

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Bones

I do not know about the other movies but 'kai koduththa theivam' was very bad. rombavum muttaaLthanamaana padam. enna solla varugiraar enRE puriyavillai. Oh!! Yes!! This is irrelevent here. Sorry for that.

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Ramki, Ravi, Ravy:

I agree that KSG did produce some rubbish; the
ultimate low was Kaaviyath Thalaivan
starring V'kanth and Bhanupriya (double role).
But, in his hey-days he produced master pieces
(some already mentioned). Since the digression
factor is heavy, I have put my remarks at
http://www.cadcam.nus.sg/~mpessk/ksg.html
Send your remarks on these to me by e-mail.

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KSG patri ezuthi iruppathu arumai. antha
"sinnanj chiru ulagathai" pArthE AganumE.

Yesterday I watched 'Selvam' (pAthithAn mudichirukEn)
KSG's characters and dialogu are really touching.

jathagam/josiyam ithil irukkum mooda nambikaigalai
arumaiyA - yAraiyum ithu right/thappu endru
sollAmal - practicala eppdi nadakirathu endru
beautifulA sollitu irukkAr.

padathil Nagaiyavin simple dialogue::

"manusanA piranthA magilchiyA irukanum -
yAr yArukku ethila nambikai irukkO athu moolama
magilchiyA irunthA sari"

Saradha - newly married & unable to have sex
so what todo endra sensitive topic

Theivathin Theivam - vithavai marumanam

kumudham - After love failure how a good friendship
can be maintained
kai kodutha theivam - being innocent & simple
(Arvind: why pidikalai ?)

ippdi pala arbuthamAna karuthukaLai - azagA simpleA soli irukAr KSG. Definitely he is
"iyakunar thilagam" (like sivaji & savithri & KVM).

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Bones:

I remember seeing Selvam about 15 yrs ago and liked it.. (AvaLa sonnaL irukkadhu). Is it the one that has SV Rangarao as the doctor? I enjoyed his causal style of delivering the dialogues.

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I dont remember seeing Rangarao in 'selvam'.

Other 2 good songs from Selvam'ondra iranda eduthu solla'(great tune)and 'unakkagava naan'(But Ravy personally i didnt like this film -Sivaji overacts in a lot of sequences )

Aravind aen ungalukku kai kodutha deivam pidikkalai??It is one of the few tamil films i wish to see again(Savithri madhiri andha role
yaarum pannirkka mudiyadhu)

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Adding one more piece:
KSG repeats the entire unakkaagavaa song from Selvam in his later-days movie Vaazhayadi Vaazhai.

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Ramki and Bones

What does KSG want to convey in that movie? Why does he say that being innocent and simple will lead to an immature death?

SSR does not suspect his wife when the entire factory talks bad about her. He knows her only for sometime. But he suspects his sister whom he knows since birth. Is this not a character inconsistancy?

ippadai oru character create paNNi En Savithriyai saagadikkaNum? avarai saagadippathil KSGkku enna perverted pleasure?

Irritating movie!!