Favorite Scenes/Songs from THALAIVAR Rajini films #3

[m_23_bayarea]

Here are my top, top favorites - Thee, Netrikkan, Moondru Mugam, Nallavanukku Nallavan, Thalapathy, and Baasha.

[Riyazz]

My all time favourite thillu mullu, netrikan,annamalai

[prashanth12]

Oh are we writing our top lists now? Mine are Mullum Malarum, Thappu Thalangal, Moondru Mudichu, Engeyo Ketta Kural.

[tvsankar]

Mine are

1. Aaril irundhu Arubadhu varai

2.Jhonny

3.Dharma yutham

4. Netrikann

5..Uzhaipaali

Oru kola kili - NIce song.....

Muthirai ipoadhu - lovely no.

[m_23_bayarea]

From the past - About Sivaji when it was running at the BO in 2007 summer...
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The Hindu - Ramki
Friday, 10 September 2010 04:33

The Hindu - Rajni Ramki speaks about Sivaji 100 days celebration

21 Sep 2007

New Delhi, Sept 21 (PTI): Rajnikanth's latest blockbuster "Sivaji -- The Boss" is set to complete its 100th day tomorrow in 111 theatres in India and abroad and the Tamil superstar's fans are planning celebrations to mark the occasion.

The film was released in 235 theatres across Tamil Nadu and as many screens outside the state on June 15. "Around 102 theatres in Tamil Nadu will celebrate the 100th day of screening the movie on Saturday," AVM Productions CEO S C Babu said.

"The film is still running in almost 10 to 20 per cent of the theatres it which it was released outside Tamil Nadu, especially in Kerala and Karnataka," he said from Chennai.

One theatre in Mumbai is set to celebrate the 100th day tomorrow. Outside India, the film will complete 100 days in six theatres in Malaysia, two in Sri Lanka and one in Singapore.

The latest hit from Rajnikanth, who has a huge following in Tamil Nadu and abroad, broke records for collections by a Tamil film not only in India but also in countries like Malaysia, Singapore and Britain.

The film is still collecting 7,000 pounds a week in a theatre in Britain and there are a lot of inquiries for the rights to dub the film in Malay, Chinese and Japanese. "Sivaji" is also making huge collections in over 10 theatres in Chennai and its suburbs.

Munikanniah, vice-president of Sathyam Cinemas, a leading multiplex in Chennai, said: "The distributor's share for 'Sivaji -- The Boss' in a single theatre in Chennai was Rs 1.55 crore, which is an all-time record for the state."

"The film was released in two screens in Satyam Cinemas simultaneously with a seating capacity of 948 and 560 seats and it ran to packed houses for nearly six weeks," Munikanniah said.

"Even now, with the film nearing its 100th day, almost 60 per cent of the 948 seats get filled during weekdays and 100 per cent during weekends."

Though "Sivaji" is running strong even after three months, the film's producers have no plans for celebrating its completion of 100 days.

"The film is running very strong even now and we don't want to spoil it by celebrating the 100th day. We hope the film will continue to create more records," Babu said.

"We will have a bigger celebration later," he said.

But the star's fans are gearing up to celebrate the event at theatres. "We have planned to celebrate the occasion in a grand manner outside theatres in Bangalore and Malaysia," said J Ramki, co-founder of rajinifans.com, a website dedicated to Rajnikanth.

"This is the first time an Indian language movie will complete 100 days in Malaysia. Rajnifans.com will celebrate it in a big way in front of theatres."

Munikanniah said, "Many fan associations have sought our permission to celebrate the event outside theatres. They will distribute sweets and watch their 'thalaivar' (leader) on screen again."

Sundar, an ardent fan of the star, said, "We will distribute sweets and food packets to people who come to watch the movie on Saturday."

Referring to plans to release a Hindi version of the film, Babu said, "dubbing for the Hindi edition has already started and it is likely to be completed by the first week of October.

"Director Shankar is very anxious that Rajnikanth should dub his own voice for the Hindi version but it is for him to decide.

"As announced earlier, the Hindi version will have a post-Diwali release."

"Sivaji" is about a man's fight against black money in society, with Rajnikanth playing the protagonist in his own trademark style with a combination of punchy dialogue, comedy, romance, songs and colourful costumes.

http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus...0709211021.htm

[m_23_bayarea]

Finally, after years of waiting, someone has posted this masterpiece song on YouTube. God bless that person's heart...
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Raaja enbaar manthiri enbaar - Bhuvana Oru Kelvikuri (1977)



The first movie where Thalaivar acted as the protagonist!

[Nerd]

Finally, after years of waiting, someone has posted this masterpiece song on YouTube. God bless that person's heart...
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Raaja enbaar manthiri enbaar - Bhuvana Oru Kelvikuri (1977)



The first movie where Thalaivar acted as the protagonist!

WOW. VizhiyilE malarnthathu is there for the past 5 years or so. This one is very new

[prashanth12]

Watched Mullum Malarum again yesterday after all this discussion.

What a movie. The scene after fighting with his sister, or confronting the engineer, shows the younger Rajini's acting capabilities well.

And a simple and effective climax. Classic.

[Plum]

prashanth, you beat me to it. Missed most of the movie - oru afternoon siestakappuram lazy-A channel surf paNNinA, Sarathbabu in that ketta paya saar scene. All organs(kaNnu kAdhu etc) immediately alert. Just managed to catch kALi saying ketta paya saar avan. What a performance!

A lot of Amit-ji fans set aside Rajni, the actor, almost as if "What's the big deal about Rajni, the 70's actor", while eulogising Amit-ji's 70's movies and post 90's avatar(am). This is not Amit-ji's fault but it tends to put me off.

For, while Rajini can(and did) replicate Amit-ji's masalas succesfully and overshadowed him with his presence in Geraftaar, as well as showed his chops in anything Amit-ji has done, Amit-ji's acclaimed 70's persona is so limited. We are talking, like, what? Anand, Abhimaan, Chupke Chupke. All that angst, comic presence recycled later in his masala movies. Nothing really that stands out different from his later masala avatar.

Watching MM, one realises why Amit-ji can never be Rajinikanth. I just cant imagine amit-ji saying the hindi equivalent of ketta paya saar avan. And the "pazhaya kALiyA irundhirundhA...". And so on. Amit-ji is stiff, scholarly and hams enormously when faced with emotional sequences. He can probably do sentiment, like maa sentiment in Deewar climax but emotion like in MM, I havent seen evidence.

Even the post-90's Blacks and stuff, one can see the "ham"mer in Amit-ji. Really, Rajini, the actor is in a different class to Amit-ji.

A *possibly contentious* thought - maybe, even Kamal of 70's wouldnt have shone as much as Rajini in muLlum malarum. "ketta paya saar avan" just doesnt sit well in my imagination of 70's Kamal saying it.

[Plum]

enna dhAn Surya of Dal-Pati might be appealingnAlum, I just cant fathom how kALi can be overlooked by *anyone* over *any other role* of Rajini!