Kaviya Thalaivan- How did Vasanatha Balan Raped an Epic Concept.

First When I saw the Movie Kaviya Thalaivan Trailer, I developed lot of expectation over the Movie. First of All it was a period film and that too about Dramas, second trust on Vasantha Balan- after Angadi Theru, AR Rehaman, Neerav Sha, and Prithivi.

After watching that movie, What I understood was,Vasantha Balan gave his Hard work and creativity in The Trailer Cut, but for the Movie , He was Lousy and Lazy on all the aspects.

If you expect as part of this blog I am going to tell the Story, Sorry that’s where the Problem is, This movie do not have a perfect Story Line, Okay A plot Line. It starts somewhere, Goes around on someone, suddenly the Director Realized he went to end the Movie and he finished it- Stress- “Finished the Movie”.

When The Movie Starts The Plot focusses on Drama Troop, Later when Prthivi jealous about his Drama Troop Co Artist Siddharth,The Plot shifts to Prthivi and Siddharth, when Suddenly Sidhrath Disappeared and they got a beautiful Plot of Tamil Dram Industry Growth, Hang, Now Vasantha balan not satisfied, He brings in Siddharth, Now Again Prthivi Vs Siddharth. Wait.. Wait….The Director want to talk about Drama’s Role in Freedom Fight, Again The Raise of Siddharth again Prithivi Comes in.. We got confused and Bored even the Director too, and He finishes the Movie as same as the Serials Finishes when it lost its TRP Rating. Suddenly Siddarth Dies, Prthivi realizes his mistake. All happen in 5 minutes as the Climax.

Vasantha Balan Don’t had Grip on his Script. No Plot, No Line Up. It seems He Confused on what he wants to Tell. To say This Film had lot of chances and missed extraordinary Movie Script(s) from the Concepts.As I saw I will list out the Opportunities,

1. Concept about Drama Troops:
A Movie about Tamil Dram Troops is a colorful Idea, Because Most of the Artists who were Trade mark of Tamil Film Industry were from Drama Troops. The Earlier Tamil Cinema’s too from Dramas Only. The Drama Troop Life itself tells thousand stories. Veteran Actors like MGR, NSK, MR Radha, Shivaji Ganesan, Karunanithi, Anna were all had a Drama Carrier. If the Movie Planned around the Dram Troop, it had various Tales.Vasanata Balana Missed it,or omitted it. The Scenes which Vasantha Balan has for a Drama Troop are effortless, horrible, and Unnatural.

2. Artist Conflict
When the Movie Shifts from the Troop to the Conflict of Prthivi and Siddhrath the Artists in the Troop, Where Prthivi is eagerly waiting for Rajpart Roll and Sidhrath gets it with his Innovativeness. New Script born there. But Vasanath Balan missed it or again In Confusion, He did not Took it up. The Psychological feelings over Prthivi’s Defeat itself a good Script. Okay Leave It.

3. The Raise of Tamil Drama n Overseas.
The Film now moves to another Area or historical Space. Prithivi take his Dram Troop to Overseas. A Tamil Drama Troop Raise in Overseas, with those different Audiences in worldwide without the Communication development of Cellphone and Web is an extraordinary Script to Present, Periodic, Overseas, Development and Fall of that Drama Industry.VB again Missed it

4. The Triangular Love Story
This Film talks about three peoples Love story, eventually all the Love stories has a painful and Failure end. Which is a good Concept thank god it exist in the movie, But due to Vasanatha Balan’s Confusion in Handling the Scripts kills this beautiful Love Parts.

5. Swadesi Movement and Drama
Later part of the Film talks about Swadesi Movement and the Drama’s roll. Okay Leave it, Vasanatha Balan missed that Line Too. Very Worst Dialogs. Worst Internal Drama Scrpits. Historically, Tamil Drama played a vital Role in Swadesi Movement. The Idea of Making it has a Film is good concept but Vasanatha Balan Research on that Field was lagging behind. Jeyamohan as a Dialog Writer stabbed Vasantha Balan. Both Failed to Create an Epic Movie though they had Epic Concept.

I think That AR Rahman was enthusiastic About the Idea, He gave extraordinary Songs. But When He saw the Movie He got upset It seems, He too Gave a Worthless Re-recording, Which Do not have any sense of Period and idea about Drama. No any sounds of Drama Music Instruments Sounds Heard through out the Movie.
Neerav Sha and Prithivi did their work better, Though Siddharth Puts his effort, He is not fitting for the Role, His Face, Body gives a look of 2000’s Chocolate boy look. Not a 30’s Drama Actor look. Sorry Siddarth it’s not your mistake.

Vasantha Balan Totally Wasted the Actors Nassar, Thambi Ramayya, Ponvannan, to say even Prthivi.
Drama had a vital role and Impact of Tamil Peoples and its Arts and Culture; It’s not about only Swadesi Movement the Drama Continued the Role in Dravidar Movement. The Fought of MR Radha in Presenting the Progressive thoughts in his Dramas Attracted the Attention of Both Progressive Peoples and Anti social Elements and the Mess created by those anti socials, the Way Mr Radha Tackled it, everything is a good Script to present to the Audiences in the Sense.

Totally VASANTHA BALAN Missed it. To say He Raped it too..

Film: Karthi’s Madras(film) Review – A gift to Indigenous Madras peoples for Madras 375

What is your expectation on “Madras” Movie?

The Director who gave a romantic comedy about the youth living in Suburban of Chennai, Pa Ranjith, Combined with Karthi whose current attempt to Comedy films failed. I had confusion about the genre, is it going to be Comedy or action.

Pa Ranjith Interviews and first look of the movie conveyed the message that the movie is going to be about North Chennai. My fear sky rocketed, Another Don Movie? After the worst experience of watching recent don movies like Thalaiva or Anjaan, What if it is another Don movie with all fake heroism with silly screenplay?

Pa Ranjith Saved, He choose to be different, really he chose different subject. I was very much depressed of portraying the suburban youth as mere comics in his film Atta Kathi. This time He elevated his carrier with nice Plot.

Kali (Karthi) who is living in North Chennai. He was active football player, and his dear friend Anbu was also active in local politics .The politics side triggers lot of fights over their area rivals. The Story is about acquiring the power, where the power was symbolized as a wall. In an attempt to challenge their rivals both Kalli and Anbu slips into life changing situation, the remaining story is about how they handle it?

The first songs have beautiful visuals about the daily life in north Chennai. They are the indigenous people to Chennai or madras, whereas playing key role in the cities development and thrown out from the city and seen as dirty.

We want thank Pa Ranjith who has some knowledge about politics took this story and presented as Blood and Flesh.

North Chennai is not only Fishing, smuggling, rivals, murder, Crowds, Murky,Housing boards, and Gana songs. It has millions of people who daily engage in development of this city and after squeezing their energy they have been spilled out by this city. They have Love, Life, Dreams, Hard work, and fun. In this film everything was recognized very well.

The Visual medium was well understood by the director. The accolades go to Cinematographer too. Often shown Long shot of the full area in day and night was capturing and making us to travel to north madras.

Santhosh Narayanan done his good job, Thanks the whole movie was not filled with only Gana songs. Enough space was given to music director. The Casting part was excellent except heroin. Karthi fitted well to the story. He underplays whenever needed and presents his acting skill in required shots. It’s an action movie to but the individual heroism was presented in a way it can be accepted and it was not irritating.

Other casts like the actor who played the Friend character Anbu, and Ritwika ( Paradesi fame), The supporting artsiest including villain role was excellent selection. The misjudgment happened while casting Heroin, Katherin Therasa done her role satisfyingly. Still her appearance was not matching the environment. Her duping voice was excellent choice but that was not suiting to her.

The Carelessness or “for-commercial” attitude continuing in Dialogs and costumes department. The dialogs were arbitrating between normal Tamil slang and North Chennai colloquial slang. It was relay disturbing us, When Location, Visuals taking us to North madras soil, The dialogs and costumes kept on reminding us that it was a movie that too a commercial movie.

We need to mention one character John who specifically delivers dialogs with raw Chennai flavor and impress audience with his acting. Though the screen play is lackluster, Director manipulated the audience with the cliché’s and giving twists that he used the cliché to cheat us which is dazzling work.

The director has a background of political working in a party. He adds some message encapsulates in a mass action commercial movie. I felt audience amazing in interval block and at the end of the movie and they are satisfied with what Pa Ranjith served to them. A perfect masala of Action, Music, Comedy. I am not sure that audience will get the Message encapsulated.

This movie is one more milestone in Karthi’s Carrier. First It will give him energy and can help him to forget his last two failures. Second, after Paruthiveeran, karthi was giving the same performance, in his earlier movies at least in one scene and utmost in the movies you can see Parutheeveeran modulation or style. In this movie Karthi wiped out the reoccurring Paruthiveeran style and delivered his landmark performance.

This movie was released in right time whereas The Movie crew gave a very good gift to indigenous Madras peoples on the occasion of Chennai 375 celebration.

Shankar’s I audio Release- Arnold Taught Lesson about Punctuality

Yes, that’s true Arnold Left I audio function Soon. We can’t See Arnold in I audio release Photos. Rajinikanth released the CD to Puneeth raj kumar. Surprisingly Arnold was missing from the scene.

Yesterday I wrote a blog post about “What Arnold going to do with I?”, after reading that post one of my friend who is in movie industry called and explained about that exactly happened in Audio function. He agreed with my Post that Arnold not having any connection with the movie except the film loosely bound on Body building and man’s Beauty. He also added that Arnold did a wonderful job of teaching us about Punctuality.

Last time when Jackie Chan was invited a s chief guest for aascar Ravichandran’s, The producer of Dasavatharam and I, Jackie thought us about simplicity and courtesy. But In I audio release Arnold took chance to teach us about time and punctuality.

When Arnold was invited to I function He planned very well his first India trip. After small jetlag, Morning He visited tamilnadu CM, later he gave appointments to few artists and fans. After function He planned to take rest and Leave to Delhi. There he had other trip plans.

So the schedule given to Arnold about the function was 3.30 Pm to 8.30 PM. As per plan he will be staying there until end of the function. But something messed up, The function was not started as per the plan. It got delayed until 7.00 Pm.

Arnold was asked to wait until the function start. He was ready at 2.30 Pm and simply waiting. Waiting.. Waiting long. Rajini and Kaml to informed previously about the delay. Unfortunately Kamal was having Stomac upset due to food poising at last minute he informed that he can’t participate.

Vikram was asked to do special makeup which will take long the worst part is to clear the make-up at least it will take 2 hours. Due to the delay n start, Vikram can’t able to Clear his make-up and due that he was absent in the release photo.

Arnold entered around 7.30 Pm but he was strict with his plans, He got irritated about the Delay. Arnold expressed his concern to the I Producers about the delay and He excused from Staying long. As per his schedule he got ready at 2.30 Pm and attended the function and left at 8.30 PM. Unfortunately Audio was released at 9.30 Pm.

When Arnold was requested to talk immediately, Even Bobby Simha does not know that He is going to leave soon. Simaha requested Arnold to Talk about Movie Later, But Arnold Replied that He only will decide when to talk and what to talk. It may sound arrogant but on the other hand it’s the words of the man a simple farmer from Austria came to Hollywood and become an action star. It’s his confidence and winning formula.Punchulity and inviduality is the secret of Arnold’s Success. Right?

They spent Corers to conduct this function still it was mystery why the delay is caused. We need to wait to hear the I Producer side story about the delay; do they have any meaningful reason for the delay?

“I” Movie Audio Release- Scar-crow Arnold, Disappointing songs, and Annoying Hype

On Sep 15, in Chennai, whatever happened in the name of marketing, audio release, or grand celebration of Shankar’s movie “I” was unacceptable and irksome fuss.

Latest technology development puts more pressure to movie industry. Audience’s opinions, reviews critics and spoilers are shared through SMS or as social media status very quickly. This is real challenge to film marketing peoples.

This challenge can be handled in two ways, one, what I can call it as genuine and progressive way, through presenting the movie with all possible technical aspects, and screwing the screenplay. This will bring new technologies to the market and new techniques to present a movie. A progressive leap for movie industry. The other way is cheating or crook’s way was fake hypes or created with help of gimmicks and with lot of wrong promises a product is sold.

In both ways, their primary goal is to make money as soon as possible than the reviews about the movie spread. We are witnessing both things happening now either in Hollywood or kollywood (Tamil movie industry).

We take movies like Avatar, Tin-Tin , Jigirthanda   or  Mudasupatti.This films too marketed well, used proper media and social media techniqs.But their true victory lies in their content and presentations. The plots of those movies are known, old, and predictable. But the script was skewed, crafted well. The presentation was awesome with good music, CG, acting etc..

But, the movie I took the other way. It was using gimmicks.

What does Arnold do with this film? They paid him 10 crores to just visit and stay in stage for few minutes. He too read whatever the script handed to him.  Ironically, I producer kept arrears to the lower wage technicians and they are in strike. This actually made to stop shooting one song. Yes one song was pending now. Shankar too agreed it. For that song they even constructed a 2 crore set and it was left unused.

The teaser and songs are most disappointing. But that half-baked product was marketed as one of legendry movie and the creator are legends. I am really sorry I have respect on Shankar about his earlier movies and the movies he produced. I have respect on A R Rahaman on his heart touching Hindustani and mind blowing western music. Movies like Kadal, Marian and I songs are bit same. I can’t find difference in music.

Yesterday facebook and youtube was struck with all this I Stuff. Awkward really.

Arnold walking; Arnold entering; Arnold in gym; Arnold in toilet. Most annoying trivia is  Vikram did that Vikram did this. Stop what the great thing Vikram did? Did he increased his body weight, shaped to six packs, and reduced his weight! What it’s all going to do with a good cinema?

In the movie Philadelphia and Tom hanks’ acted as a HIV patient he reduced his weight which is meaning full, What is the use of tuning your body for masala flicks, CG is more than enough ?

Why this trivia’s are most interesting to movie goers. I am not anti-masala cinema or I am too much supporter of art-house cinemas. I am against to hypes, and gimmicks.

A good movie don’t need this stuffs, but our so called movie-creators-drug-business was using all possible technology, and their money for buying all kind stupid things around the world? What money can’t buy?

They may have Shakira for item song, Messi for audio release. We admire it and will popularize those idiotic activities in the name of fan. You are not only killing art, but the very good audience and their minds.