Comments on: Redefining houseful !!

By: Arun

Arun — Tue, 21 Jun 2005 22:37:21 +0000

mutRupuLLi,
I too agree Virumandi was a much better effort. I’d be really happy if he made more films like Guna, Virumandi and Aalavandhan(its a great movie, the people who don’t like it can go to hell!)
I occasionally do like his comedies(Sati Leelavathi) but i’d like it if he made more of Virumandi, Thevar Magan and Kurudhi Punal than Panchatantiram, Mumbai Xpress, PKS and god forbid, Nala Damayanthi.
I really want the old Kamal back who likes to experiment. Not the new Kamal who is a sellout. Mumbai Xpress was totally a summer vacation movie for the Kids.

By: mutRupuLLi

mutRupuLLi — Tue, 21 Jun 2005 18:21:42 +0000

Mr Arun,
Virumandi was no big money spinner. It was a hit allright and Kamal must have surely made profit out of it. But surely Virumandi was no Thevar Magan as far as box offcie collection goes(if u r talking about the quality of the movie Virumandi was a better effort than Thevar Magan in my opinion.)
And Mr Arun….i am surprised you did not find MX funny. I found it to be pretty good and a welcome change from the usual Wodehousian humour in Kamal’s other comedies.

By: Arun

Arun — Tue, 21 Jun 2005 03:13:21 +0000

i watched the movie Black, the opening weekend in PVR Gold class( The first and last time i’ll ever see a movie there; Rs500 per ticket!! The experience is definitely overwhelming by any moviegoer’s standards, but the guilt eats into you later when you sit at home and wonder how you blew up 500 bucks on a movie and even more so for one that didn’t feature Rajini/Kamal in it.)
Well, back to the point i was trying to make. There were empty seats during the opening weekend and I could comfortably get tickets. I almost felt like I was watching a movie that didnt have too many takers.

And Mr.Fullstop, When i saw Virumaandi, i knew Kamal still had it in him. The way the plot unfolds is reminiscent of Tarantino. But Mumbai Express killed it all. It wasn’t even funny !

By: iyengarkatz

iyengarkatz — Mon, 20 Jun 2005 09:17:34 +0000

since early 1990s kamal indoubtedly moved from totally masala movies to movies that incorporate masala aspects within it in order to try and make a different movie. no doubt, he is hard hit due to lack of repeat audience, but for his movies, the repeat audience has always been A and B centers i.e. middle class and above strata of society. the problem is now with the easy availability of computers and vcds, that strata will come out to see a kamal movie in the theatre probably once or twice, and see it beyond that either on their computer or vcd player. that is where he is hit badly. secondly, he cannot truly make a masala movie again for people will always pan that venture. he will never get that easy review as does anyone else making the same masala movie. he is truly between a rock and a hard place when it comes to his movie making ventures.

katz

By: Lazy Geek

Lazy Geek — Mon, 20 Jun 2005 03:08:31 +0000

your last statement was surprisingly true, fullstop.

By: mutRupuLLi

mutRupuLLi — Sun, 19 Jun 2005 23:15:13 +0000

The concept of repeat audience are a thing of past for Tamil movies too….and in my opinion one man who is bearing the brunt of absence of repeat audience is Kamal. He is one man who in the last 10-12 years has depended on repeat audience (people who enjoy his movies thoroughly)
for decent hits. As he moves away from main stream masala and creates a niche for himself, he has been losing the general audience steadily and repeat audience have been his only hope in the last few years to make a movie run. Now even that avenue is slowly disappearing. I seriously doubt whether he will ever again give hit like a Thevar Magan or Avvai Shanmugi.

And at last Lazy there is something regards movies we both agree upon…Parthiban’s Houseful was a gem.

By: Jebin Daniel Varghese

Jebin Daniel Varghese — Sun, 19 Jun 2005 16:48:40 +0000

Its right, some movies do not even see people, but in the media, the movies are said to be blockbusters. This is really dissapointing and fooling the viewers.