Film / Documentary - Recently watched & worthy of some discussion

[venkkiram]

கலிகாலம்(malayalam) பார்க்கணும்! சிறப்பாக இருக்கிறது என முகநூளில் ஒரு விமர்சனம் கண்டேன் !

[19thmay]

Neram - Watchable.. may be once, nice entertainer. What happens if few requesting for money with a short deadline and all issues gets fixed by a way of connection (butterfly effect? ).

Thambi Ramaya and Nasser . Few sharp dialogues, Hero is ok, Heroine is xerox of young Nayanthara, beautiful . Nowadays many films are using ayan's rewind formula ( actually ennachuna?).

[Brianengab]

3P3K...

dont knw y these 3 stories r bringing together & interrelated unnecessarily..cheran story kettu vimal love'ai 'thiyagam' pandraaram..athukkulla thevai ilama innoru kathai (Arjun luv) soldraaram... shabba...

U1 is the only saviour in the movie..songs & BGM's ..

Vimal story is intolerable to watch..athuvum antha mokka heroine'kku kodukkira intro scene ...
Banu & Cheran story is watchable.. vera hero'vae kidaikkaliya..it s unbearable tat my fav. song 'Ahaa kaadhal' is abt Cheran ..
Arjun & heroine .. appa-ponnu maathiriye irukku.. arjun body'kku eatha ponnu kidaikkaliya...

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U1.. Banu.. Arjun..

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Vimal & his pair & their story total waste...

[mexicomeat]

was listening to shyamradio this morning and they played this christian song by p.suseela - then inimayilum

nice song, it is stuck in my head now - music sounds old ; not sure if this was from an alburm -or- black and white movie?

http://psusheela.org/audio/ra/tamil/...inimayilum.ram

[ajipdhej]

Boss ... ungalukku oru matter theriyuma ...andha fight scene kooda remake pannirukkaru namma captain .I recently saw that movie in a channel. all the sequence ll be same but namma thala mattum konjam kuniju nimira maataaru that is the only difference

[Avadi to America]

was listening to shyamradio this morning and they played this christian song by p.suseela - then inimayilum

nice song, it is stuck in my head now - music sounds old ; not sure if this was from an alburm -or- black and white movie?

http://psusheela.org/audio/ra/tamil/...inimayilum.ram

it's indeed nice song..... ennakku pudicha devotional album "krishna ganam".... especially kannadesannoda lyrics....

[HonestRaj]

Boss ... ungalukku oru matter theriyuma ...andha fight scene kooda remake pannirukkaru namma captain .I recently saw that movie in a channel. all the sequence ll be same but namma thala mattum konjam kuniju nimira maataaru that is the only difference

"who am i" ku reply post'ah idhu?

endha padathoda fight solreenga..

[mappi]

Neram (Tamil, 2013)
Written, Directed & Edited by Alphonse Putharen
Music : Rajesh Murugesan
Cinematography : Anand C. Chandran

Banner : Winner Bulls Films

Starring :
Nivin Pauly as Vetri
Nazriya Nazim as Veni
Simhaa as Vatti Raja [Pagalavan of Soodhu Kavvum]
Thambi Ramaiah as Saravanar
Nassar as iPhone
John Vijay as Katta Kunju
Ramesh Thilak as Lighthouse
Others : Charlie, Ananth Nag, Shabareesh Varma, Crane Manohar, Deepak Nathan [including those actors names I don't know]

Vetri is in trouble : A gaseous episode backfires which results in him losing his job with a MNC company, his over qualification does not find him a new job and moreover he has his sisters marriage on cards. Financially broken, he lends money from a "Ravanan-style-villan" Vatti Raja, who is very cunning that if he does not get repaid, he beds the defaulters wife. Raja lends money to Vetri only because Vetri's friend pledges for him. Months pass, and Vetri manages to repay Vatti Raja as agreed. But the D-Day comes, he is a month back in repayment. Somehow he arranges money just to be picked by an unknown goon. In the meantime his love life is going to the drains also, as his girlfriend veni's father, who gave a nod before, is against their marriage resulting in Veni deciding to evade with Vetri. Moreover her father lodges a complain with the police, and thanks to his pesterings, the police inspector Katta priorises the kidnap case and is after Vetri, too. Meanwhile, Veni is waiting and Vetri is looking for all means to arrange for money as the deadline - the time - fixed by Vatti Raja is 5 pm. Vetri helpless, deceides to do the ultimate - chain snatching. Will he able to get the money back to Vatti Raja or will he ever meet Veni again or his chain snatching episode gets him warranted by the all-ready-looking-for police or does he find the goons who stole the money from him forms the ticking tale of time.

Where should I start ? Should I talk about - the lead actor or the whole casting in general or should I highlight the mysterious main character - BGM or should I keep on applauding the crisp editing or should I focus on the scenario ... I am completely lost in appreciation. Neram has all the ingredients mixed in perfect measure. I would like to highlight how Alphonse has made the movie that puts you upright on your seats. He introduces characters and then speaks about them. He gives a break with a heavy breathing chase and at this point when you wonder whats-up, he introduces another set of characters, so on so forth untill the climax. Its only May and we already got a competitor for Soodhu Kavvum ... Oh my gad !

Nivin - "manly" Santhanoo or Ram Cheran "sans-photoshop" - however you look at him he is handsome, charming and more over emotes well. He is beleivable and we quickly relate to him (thanks to the characterisation and acting) and go on a journey of chaos with him. Next in line is Simhaa. Total constrat to what he did in Soodhu Kavvum. His menancing looks, costumes and dialogue delivery are top notch. And he got some superb running Skills. Ramesh Thilak & his associates (dont know their names) dont have much screentime, but the parts they play are quite seriously funny. John Vijay gives an usual performence of already essayed Police SI and Thambi Ramaih contiunes his "I-am-replacement-of-Vadivelu" act. Nazeer's few scenes just thunders. Nazriya, not much to do either and luckily she does not do "songs-in-swiss" performence but plays a key role in the proceedings.

If BGM is the crown, then Ludwig van Beethoven's Für Elise (commonly known as Letter to Elise) is its jewel. This piece is used a bit more than 3 times in important suituations, but the version are different depending on the suituation. Every character has a heroic intro and slow mo act in this film and the theme playing loud just accelerates the interest. Normaly a much hyped song falls short on the screen (trust me there are lots), but Pistha song is fun. It directly takes a place in the list of song types like Dhool and Nadodigal. And the placement of the song and the suituation are apt. The camera works are great, espicially during the chasing scenes.

For a moment the movie tries to find some dull corners, but it reverts back quite fast. The difference between Neram and Run Lola run is that the later had some depth, but Neram had to satisfy the cultural, social and general mentality of a specific group, thus often going stray. Another film "11:14" where time is the keep player comes to mind, but its nothing to do with Neram, but still ! The long Theme music in cowboy-style slow-mo gets tiring at times. On the whole a well narrated Bad-time Good-time tale.

Neram : Romba Nalla Iruku.

[ajipdhej]

"who am i" ku reply post'ah idhu?

endha padathoda fight solreenga..

donno the file name and all boss , he paired with ramya krishnan in that film ...

[mappi]

D-Day Hindi Trailer



Just for fun :
Nasser as Mohanlal
Rishi Kapoor as Tony Montana
Irfan Khan as De Caprio
Arjun Rampal as Ethan Hunt
Shruthi as Emily Browning
The Team : IMF

Jokes apart : Rishi Kapoor is menacing. For those interested, watch the teaser and get terrified with his end dialogue. I am for the movie, all the best to the team.