Comments on: 30 seconds to Nayakan – Mani Ratnam

By: Mugilan

Mugilan — Mon, 06 Jun 2005 22:50:10 +0000

Another one I heard in the same lines…

Devar Magan did not get the oscar or probably was not sent to the oscars because in one particular scene Kamal walks into his field with his slippers on!!!

By: Maverick

Maverick — Mon, 06 Jun 2005 18:52:39 +0000

Muthuvel
“one of my friend argued that the movie ‘Indian’ wasn’t given Best film National award..only because of the scene in the song ‘Pachai kiligal’ where Kamal and Kasthuri use 500 Rupee currency note for making paper boats…What to say on such silly hearsays and people who are hell bent in justifying those”

The best amongst them that I heard is this…. Kamal didn’t get the national award for ‘Salangai Oli’ because he didn’t shave his arm-pit hair like most of then professional Bharatanaatyam dancers does. )

Semma comedy baa!!!

By: Hemanth

Hemanth — Mon, 06 Jun 2005 11:44:00 +0000

One very useful thing I got from the pics in Ananda vikatan on Mani’s interview.

I was wondering how to go about getting a very modular bookshelf built. The bookshelf Mani has at his home is quite good – i think I will get my carpenter copy that for me.

Oh! you want me to comment on Mani Ratnam ?hehehe

By: Keerthivasan

Keerthivasan — Sat, 04 Jun 2005 18:26:56 +0000

Lazy, Have you been reading Vadivelu’s column on Aadnanda Vikatan. Im getting to like it better than anything in the issue. What say ?

By: Ram.C

Ram.C — Sat, 04 Jun 2005 14:43:59 +0000

Mani made his mark in “Mouna Raagam” itself, remarkably well. I remember observing empty theatres for the first one week of the movie, before the reviews started pouring in. Then only, it picked up really.

He got noticed very well then itself, which he maintained in the subsequent hits….Eventhough, some part of the audience didn’t appreciate his latest work, he has that ability still, to churn out more interesting ones….Let us wait for the same

By: amar

amar — Sat, 04 Jun 2005 14:18:03 +0000

Someone here was saying that Mani shouldn’t use Madavan too often and I agree with him. But the news is that it is going to be Madavan again in Mani’s next venture.
After the real beating he took in Aitha Ezhuthu, he is going back to romance to bail him out.
The one thing that annoys me about Mani(other than those heard before dialogues) is his unwillingness to experiment with different actors. Arvind Samy(very ordinary he was) and now Madavan. Please don’t tell me he is not left with many options. One of the reasons that I’ve heard people say is that these fellows act for peanuts in Mani’s movie, while other actors who Mani has approached have refused to compromise.
A noted example is Sarath Kumar. He was initially meant to play Mohan Lal’s character in Iruvar, but he wouldn’t bring down his asking price.

By: thennavan

thennavan — Sat, 04 Jun 2005 10:47:07 +0000

Guru, I turned the spotlight again on you this weekend but you are sharing the platform with just the two Chennai friends of yours

By: sat

sat — Sat, 04 Jun 2005 08:25:18 +0000

Well, nayakan is a true gem of a a film. But he does have other films too. I always felt that Ayutha Ezhuthu was a pretty good film. I am pretty sure there are more.

By: red55

red55 — Sat, 04 Jun 2005 05:16:37 +0000

“…Even if they go to france, There will be some french guy, who speaks hindi…”. That should be “tamil” in tamil movies, i meant.

By: red55

red55 — Sat, 04 Jun 2005 05:15:19 +0000

Guys,

Before looking for living examples for that hindi issue, Just think about this. These kind of scenes are only Coz for the tamil audience, who don’t know hindi. Even if they go to france, There will be some french guy, who speaks hindi. We have not gone to the level of using the native language with tamil subtitles. Kamal tried it in “Hey ram”, But I don’t think people accepted it. Alright, this is just my opinion, So now do not flame me with evidences