Films of Mani Ratnam

[tamizharasan]

It's not as if, if hacks had been not made palatable by MDs, talented folks would have sprung forth from somewhere to fill the void.

P_R
Music is very popular everywhere. But in western countries music does not have much impact in Cinema mainly because all the great musicians have their own medium. In India Cinema is the main medium for music and that is why all the importance for music. Everyone knows this but we got to live with it.

[venkkiram]

i think he means it like character traits/sensibilty of that character

but venki, this is not the first time u hav problems with certain activity of a character no...
adhu creator'oda istam illaya?

அப்ப நீங்க எதையுமே முழு மனதோடு உள்ளே தள்ளிடுவிங்களா? ஒரு படைப்பாளியின் எண்ண அலைகளுக்கும் பார்ப்போரின் எண்ண அலைகளுக்கும் இடையே இருக்கும் கதவு எப்போதுமே மூடிக்கொண்டிருக்கும்/திறந்து கொண்டிருக்கும் என்பது நியதி அல்ல. அங்கே இங்கே தட்டிக்கொண்டும் முட்டிக்கொண்டும் இருக்கத்தான் செய்யும், அதையும் மீறி எந்த அளவுக்கு ஒரு படைப்பு உயர்ந்து/தாழ்ந்து அதன் தளத்தில் நிற்கிறது என்பதுதான் இங்கே விவாதம். தளபதியை பொறுத்துவரை முழு படத்தையும் ஒன்றுக்கு மேல் பார்த்து ரசிக்க (பாடல்கள் காட்சிகள் தவிர ) ஏற்ற படமாக நான் கருதவில்லை. அதையொட்டியே எனது கருத்துக்கள்.

[SoftSword]

sari kurippittu sollunga.. andha scene'la avar senja endha action ungalaala yetthukka mudiyala...?
thannoda nanbana anaadhappaya'nu solra oru aal sattaya pudichaaru... local don'a irukka orutthan periyavanga sinnavanganu ellaam patthuttu iruppanaa?? oru velai, avar pesinadha ellaam sagichittu avarukku paninjupOi sammadham vaangittu vandhirundhaa dhaan adhu against his 'podhu butthi'... he himself says that when talking to sury, 'cha naan avasarapattu ellaathhayum kedutthuttaen'... apdi avasarapattu yosikkama react panradhudhaane avaroda character...

[SoftSword]

k-g, details pls..

my understanding:

the periyavar-nandha friendship in nandha inspired from deva-surya friendship... both surya and nandha initially were accused of doing something against the deva/periyavar, but were made to be subordinates...

[app_engine]

Having seen / heard of some bigger dramatic transformations in real-life (than the ones happening on the thaLapathi screen), I don't think there's any implausibility w.r.t. the following:
a) suddenness or depth of friendhship
b) suddenness of ammA-paiyyan acceptance
c) behavioural patterns of main characters

However, "geography" is a big problem with T (while it was a big advantage to N). adhu endha oorunga Mani sir?

Similarly, performance problem with A Samy (no issues with the char).

[directhit]

my understanding:

the periyavar-nandha friendship in nandha inspired from deva-surya friendship... both surya and nandha initially were accused of doing something against the deva/periyavar, but were made to be subordinates...

OTOH i think he was referring to Thaniyavarthanam inspiring Nandha movie climax - just wanted to confirm

[sathya_1979]

pandavapuram in the lines of Malgudi

[SoftSword]

ooru peru padatthula engayo sonnadhaa nyaabagam...

[app_engine]

pandavapuram in the lines of Malgudi

ooru peru padatthula engayo sonnadhaa nyaabagam...

When one reads the RKN book, that sounded like it belonged to EVERY village of Trichy dist.

OTOH, when one watched T in 1991, it belonged to NO place of TN (IMHO). Landscape / language / people mix / ottu moththa violent behaviour - so untypical / anniyam for the time period (or prior).

[SoftSword]

but andha kaadhai oru kurippitta oora thazhuvi irukkanumnra kattayam illayae... aanaa naayagan padatthoda karu needs a dhaaraavi...