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[groucho070]

Opposite camp-u-thAn, but I like what you wrote up there P_R, very nice

Gouvaram performance is like taking whiskey neat. I wouldn't advice it for those who are new to NT. Start with jujube performances that can impress those wet behind the ears, like Devar Magan or Muthal Mariyatha, and work it up slowly when they are absolutely able to drink without soda and ice, and then voila! Gowravam.

[sakaLAKALAKAlaa Vallavar]

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[Plum]

Feeyar - give us some credit. I don't think I ever insinuated about gowravam dissers never liking hyperdramatic performances. What I took objection was to slot it as "overacting that real NT fans need to be defensive about to naysayers". I clearly mentioned that in the last post - if you have your own objection, that's fine but naysayers' reaction ellAm shouldn't bother us-nu. I think grouch put it well. But thinking about it supporters of "aNNamalai" Rajini can throw the same logic at me. My "aNNamalai" =your "Gowravam" I guess. Both made for the hardcore fans of a certain version of the actors NT and Superstar, and very well made for that particular target audience. And I also see the point that "idhai appreciate paNNa sollo dhaan avaru hitler, justice ellAm nadichAr". But there is no denying that this is the pinnacle of "hyperdramatized stylized" school. I don't think these warrant comparison with rangan, kattabommu naicken etc. These have to be looked at as the pinnacle of the hitler umanath genre. My eternal regret - sivaji ganesan oru shotojit re padathulayAvadhu nadichirukkalAm; raasaiyaa oru shotojit re padathukkAvadhu isai amaichirukkalAm. You know, late 80-early 90ssla when new movies of Ray-ku Raja isai apdinnu oru news varAdhAnnu newspaper-ai thozhAvina kAlangaL uNdu(Ray paththi neRaiya theriyAdhu but periya appAtakkarnu theriyin). I was very happy when he did Nizhalkuththu. I haven't seen that one btw. Uteebla irukkA?

[kid-glove]

You know, late 80-early 90ssla when new movies of Ray-ku Raja isai apdinnu oru news varAdhAnnu newspaper-ai thozhAvina kAlangaL uNdu

I wanted that news to be about a KH-Ray colloboration. Today I'd give 100 reasons why that'd have never worked or envisaged, but back then when Ray commented about Jayapradha's face (To be the most beautiful he had seen) around SS release, searched all over to see if he had commented about KH.

(Ray paththi neRaiya theriyAdhu but periya appAtakkarnu theriyin)

ithu ulaga maga nadippu da sami

[kid-glove]

*Truffles*, by your lofty standards Grouch, that's a triffle disappointing. Hitch-a kitsch-nu sonna pina eppadi.. He doesn't do gimmicks. Now he might be flawed in his approach, judgmental, misogynistic, voyeuristic, insensitive and what not.

NT in Gauravam especially is full of quirks which have been refined (since) by lesser actors and regarded rather well. The spoofs has rarely worked to me (actually spoofing is overrated and at times, complimentary). Satyaraj does a sincere spoof of NT that works well for larger audience.

[kid-glove]

Gauravam is high quality hamming. The quirks are all majestic genius by the way. Rarely goes wrong as Agneepath or AKS (when Bajpai takes over, showing how Bachchan cannot do a Bajpai - BPM would go livid if they heard that) or Alavandhaan (last act especially).

I hate his stage-in-a-film performance as Caeser btw. I'm sure he's far better in live theater acting than that.

[P_R]

I hate his stage-in-a-film performance as Caeser btw. I'm sure he's far better in live theater acting than that.

athi sorgam kaadhu? I like it.
Brutus dhaan konjam pOshAkkA iruppAru.

[Bala (Karthik)]

Gauravam is high quality hamming. The quirks are all majestic genius by the way

Nalla sonneenga sir

[SoftSword]

watta coince pr...
naetthu dhaan naanum 9nights pathaen... first time watch ya
pretty good dvd print online...

fantastic movie... and i liked the was they planned like the heroine goes out to meet all 9 avatars every day... interesting premise...
sematthiya pannirukkaar periyavar...
the best moment for me was the 'dance in the night guy'.. the long scene where he hugs around the pillar and narrates his story with apple... remarkable apdiyae varaadhu illa.....
arputharaj enakku konjam peter'a pattuchu... but ippo peter udradhukkum appo peter udradhukkum vitthiyasam irukkulla... he was so stylish there...
and another moment was the bala gana saba guy.... unmailaye kootthu katravan dance maadhiri... i never knew sivaji could dance this well...

i noticed myself more than once being 'awed' when seeing many scenes... sila padam paakkurappo dhaan adhellam varum...

key3 also did very well... her scenes in the police station/mental hospital


kaal amukkuravan karutthu: 9N better than 10A for me... in terms of acting and premise.

[P_R]

the best moment for me was the 'dance in the night guy'.. the long scene where he hugs around the pillar and narrates his story with apple... remarkable apdiyae varaadhu illa.....

Fantastic.
One single long shot of dialogue. Exceedingly well delivered.
And in the song you have the shot where you see 9 Sivajis in the mirror and then he enters the frame, Savithri goes to that exact spot. In one shot. Actors positioning evvaLO perfectA irundhirukkaNum summA - nee appadikkA pO, naan ippadikkA varEnnu ellAm edukka mudiyAdhu.

Camera angle for that shot- slightly low and tilted up. So he would have had to crouch a bit and maintain that to be in the center of the frame when delivering all those lines.
One line where he is quoting his wife. Something on the lines..."indha veettulayE...oru moolaila irundhukkurEn <pause> 'nga appadinnu sonnA"

He was clearly having fun packing so much into moments of the film.