Unwinding the secret and exploring the unknown about Kamal Haasan
Often, when we utter the word Kamal Haasan, we tend to talk more about his *on screen* performance which primarily deals with acting and his experimental works *on screen*. We also talked plenty on screen writer Kamal Haasan and the director Kamal Haasan as well. Well, let's give some rest to the actor, writer, director Kamal Haasan and let's wake up the other facts about the Legend and also explore the hidden facts about this master mind with respect the songs IN GENERAL.
Now, the funniest thing when we say songs!!! Songs, Songs, Songs!!! What do we infer when we talk about songs? Is it just the music director? Certainly not! There are more and more sub classification!. Thanks to the recent programme in Vijay TV, where they touched, I repeat, they just touched about this field with respect to Kamal Haasan. Let me try my best to unwind more.
Our man started this at the age of 6. Yes, we are in deed talking about the Kalathoor Kannama fame Kamal, who rendered beautifully the song "Ammaavum Neeye, Appaavum Neeye". Of course, we have witnessed several other child artist to render singing for someone in many songs. But Kalathoor Kannama is unique. How is it unique? The screen presense and the camera focus on the subject in this song distinguishes from the rest of the world. You can notice the fact that, the camera deliberately focus on our star. To be in precise, assuming the song stretches for 5 minutes, camera would have focussed on our hero for 4+ minutes. This is not an easy task to do a lip sing at the age of 6. But the end result what achieved is nothing but PERFECTION. Is this all the beginning???
The next point is just for the fact. Kamal Hassan become a playback singer in the movie 'Andharangam', his mentor KB directed movie where he sung a beautiful song called "Naairu Oli Mazhaiyil" which gave him confidence and also recognition to sing more songs in the future line up. And the next movie that invited Kamal to sing happened to become his 100th movie, Raaja Paarvai, where he sung the song "Vizhiyorathu Kanavu". This is when Kamal got this offer more frequently because of the Maestro Ilayaraja, the combo, which always provided massive melodies.
It happened so soon, and that too with a National Award winner, Kamal Haasan song the famous "Kulla Nari" song in the movie "Moondram Pirai". Interesting fact is that, this song proved to be a benchmark song of story recite. It doesn't carry a rhythmic music or any raaga associated with it. It was composed more of a story recite with a nursery rhyme rhythm because of Sri Devi.
Kanne Thottukkavaa Kattikkavaa
Kattikkittu Ottikkavaa
Thottukkittaa Pathikkumae
Pathikkittaa Pathattumae
Anjugamae Nenju Enna Vittu Vittu Thudikkudhu
Kattazhagi Onna Yenni Kannu Muzhi Pidhungudhu
Kothi Vida Vendumendru Kokku Enna Thudikkudhu
Thappi Vida Vendumendru Kendai Meenu Thavikkudhu
Kulikkira Meenukku Kulir Yenna Adikkudhu
Pasi Thaangumaa Ilamai Ini
Parimaara Vaa Ila Maangani
Who can forget this beautiful prelude piece of fast number that comes before the song 'Vanidhamani Vana Mogini' song from the movie 'Vikram'. How often have we come across such a prelude piece with rhydhamic words ending each line and more importantly beautifully sung by the Legend followed by the ace singer SPB to contibue with the song. Oops! Did I miss the opening fusion number?? Vikram!!!! Vikram!!!! Vikram (Robotic voice)..... yes, the fusion number which apparantly comes as a title song is really sickening because we did not get enough chance to witness this song visually or even in radio! We have seen songs where the voice modulation takes place throughout the song. But this song is exception and the exception is because of the singer. The man, modulates his voice in Pallavi, Charanam1, Charanam 2 and even in the opening precursion.
Now comes THE song, which I bet, every soul who have seen Tamil movies wouldn't have failed to listen. Yes, we are talking about 'Then Paandi Cheemayile'. The song comes 4 times in the movie, the title, death of Saranya, death of Nizhalgal Ravi and the climax. The opening bit was sung by the Maestro, who needs no musical instrument and yes the song comes without any instrument and we happen to listen to just the voice of the Maestro. And then the three occasions, Kamal steals the show as a playback singer. You must concentrate on the verbal notes sung by Maestro and Kamal Haasan. Maestro uses 'Azhudha manasu thaangaadhey' stressing on the exact script 'Zha' phonetic sound, whereas, Kamal will use 'Aludha manasu thaangadhey' with the phonetic sound 'la'. This makes a lot of difference and quite obviously the latter sung by Kamal adds more value and life to the song. Another difference between the two is 'Yaar Adichaaro' and 'Yaar Adithaaro'. I leave to the readers to identify who uses what?
Here comes another benchmark song, which was never every utilized in Tamil Cinema before. And complete marks goes to the man, Kamal Haasan, who is the 100% inventor for this song. We are talking about 'Kanmani Anboda Kadhalan' from the movie Guna. I hope many would have heard the dramaticized version of the conversation between Kamal-Santhanabarathi-Ilayaraja. Assuming it to be true, you will get to know that, the concept of a conversation based number is purely because of Kamal Haasan. Can someone *try* to imagine the song sung by any ace singer other than Kamal himself? If it had happened, how would the song be? Good on Ilayaraja that he didn't let our imagination to become wild!
Another 'Vani thamani' number being used in 'Saandhu Pottu'. In both places, the ace singer SPB joins the club to make it beautiful. The latter one being a conversation with the villian and comes a teaser number with poetic stanzas. This also comes at the end of each Charanam with a sarcasatic smile to end the note.
Oru vaaikozhupedutha aduthavan varatu izhupitha
avan thol urippavan da tamizhachi paal kudichavanda
Ada vishayangal pala arindhavan naan vivarangal pala purinjavan naan
Sandaikku vandha savaal vitta
Thadiyathan Pudichuthaan
Kai viralula suthura suthula
Annaachi unnai naan punnaaku thinna vaippean
Kamal, never ends here in this movie. He joins with another legend S Janaki amma and challenges her with 'Inji Iduppazhagi'. Who can forget the opening style of note and the sarcastic comment for the same. 'Marandhuruveengalonnu nenaichean'. The singer Kamal Haasan, concentrate so much on the language with respect to the character/role in the movie. Devar magan, being a southern caste related role, he stresses on 'alagi' instead of 'azhagi'. Adding to that, he also stretches a few words to ensure the slang being used. Of course, S Janaki is no exception either in this song.
Rukku Rukku Rukku
Hare Baaba Rukku... Oh my darlinguuuu (coughs)
Yes, for people who doesn't know about the singer behind this song, it's the Ultimate Kamal Haasan. What else this man can try in a field where he has least experience. How can one imagine to sing like an old lady justifying to the role that he enacted in this movie. Thought this is purely a commercial movie, Kamal Haasan still wants to improvise on whatever he does and this is a clear example. Yet another old lady voice was again witnessed in Dasavatharam, where Krishnaveni Patty, the man, sings a small stanza 'Usurodu Irukkan Naan petha pilla'. Well, though both being a aged lady character, there is some significance difference in the voice modulation. The caste, the actual age, the tremble all being considered while singing.
Well is this too much? Well, I really stop because there are still more to explore. 'Aalavandhan' had the gigantic voice of Kamal singing 'Kadavul Paadhi Mirigam Paadhi'. The amount of base put in this song implies the seriousness in the character. Another song from the same movie is 'Siri Siri Siri' which is more a joke recite. The lyrics will have a mixture of english and tamil continuity and it will be beautifully rendered by Kamal. 'So kala kala kalavena siri Kannil neer vara siri...So Siri'.
Master in Malayalam as well. Perhaps the first song which was sung completely in Malayalam in a Tamil movie. The film is shortly called 'MMKR' and the song is 'Sundari Neeyum Sundara Nyaanum' where Kamal again joins with S Janaki who is again a native of Andhra. But the product was 101% perfect to the core. He makes sure that he properly stresses the words in Malayalam with proper phenotics. I, being a native of Kerala, precisely a Palakad Iyer, I can honestly comment on the slang which has come to the core perfection.
Now comes the expert in Madras Slang. We have witnessed our man, speaking in Madras slang in many movies. He steps further by singing in the same style as well. He started with 'Kandasamy Madaaamy Munnusaamy' in PKS. This song also discovered the lyricist Kamal. Yes, Kamal penned the lyrics for this song which takes a dig about Marriage and ties it beautifully with the Lords. Initial comparison between the usual *saamy* to the Lord *Saami* is simply top notch. Well, more importantly, the song comes as a real stunt man singing the song with the Madras Baashai. 'Iyyapan amsama kundhikittu irukkura style paar'. Another Madras slang that our man gave to us is 'Kaasu Mela Kaasu Vandhu' from the movie Kadhala Kadhala, where he sings along with a singer from North, Udit Narayanan. Even this song is so special that it will have some realistic glimpses. In the middle of the song, Delhi Ganesh will interrupt the song and Kamal will question "enna mudinju pocha". Also he tries to imitate the stammering in the song which is a short and catchy one. Well the man didn't stop there, he moves another step and did 'Aalwarpettai Aandava' in Vasool Raja MBBS. Another advice based song on love failure. This song proves the fact that a song can be so enjoyable even if nuances that happen in life is said in our local slang. "pannandu vayasu manasil pattamboochi parakkume" is something the lyrcists capitalize it using poetic lyrics.
Another highlight song in his career is 'Raja Kaya Vachaa' from Aboorva Sagodharargal. The prelude conversation with Aachi Manorama is so nice with typical Madras slang. This song draws a sensational comparison with car-women with tremendous analogy. The word *sogusu* in this song will be addressed in different phonetic in all the three places.
Not just Tamil, but also in English. Our man has also sung a pop number in the movie Nala Damayanthi for the promo. 'Stranded on the Streets' is the song and once again, he proved language is not a barrier for him at least. He also tried a different style in 'Aalankatti Mazhai' from Thenali is another unique number.
Our man doesn't stop here! He has also rendered his voice for songs which doesn't feature him. He started with 'Muthe Muthama' for Ajith in Ullasam with a peppy number under Karthik Raja music and travels to Yuvan for singing 'Neruppu Vaayinil' in Pudhupettai.
With Virumaandi, the lyricist Kamal shared more space in the lyricist ocean. The song 'Unnai Vida' made him a proper lyricist and not just another run of the mill. He wrote the song and he sung the song so beautifully with some pleasant music from the Genius. In the same movie, he also sung the song 'Kombula Poova Suthi' which is more a victory pleasure number claiming his glory. Again comes the voice modulation when he utters 'Ethana Thazhumbirukku' with a low base voice leaving the background singers to chant 'onnu rendu moonu'.
'Yele Machi Machi, Thala Suthi Suthi' from Anbe Sivam is another *yesapaatu* (competitive) song, where he competes with Madhavan on topic *Bodhai*. He steps as a choreographer in Hey Raam for the song 'Raaman Aanalum' again the man, gives his voice. This time it's a trio number.
Having said all these, having written for pages, it doesn't make a complete meal, if I leave 'Yaar Yaar Sivam' from Anbe Sivam. This song was so popular for the *M-A-G-N-I-F-I-C-A-N-T* voice of the Legend. The song was sung with a vibration that leaves goose bumps when you listen to this number. No wonder it leaves a deep impact on the listener and it gets registered in the heart of the listener purely because of the magical voice.
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Friday, September 18, 2009
Unnai Pol Oruvan - Review
"A remake of 'A Wednesday'. 'A Wednesday' is a superb movie. Kamal is remaking this master piece into tamil. It was the best movie of the year 2008. Oscar winning performances from the leads Nasser and Kher. Two legends joining hands in a movie.
Excuse me! I have at last watched 'A Wednesday' last wednesday."
Before I get into my review, one should thank, the legend, Kamal Haasan for choosing this movie to remake when we are in a period of stealing (remaking) masala blockbusters from other region. With his star value, he needn't choose to remake this movie but still he did and I congratulate for the passion this man has for Cinema. But the same HERO image has also been a disadvantage for him to choose this movie but at least, a few bunch of audience are always ready to accept a neat movie from anyone and Kamal is no exception.
Often when you remake a movie, the audience who has seen both versions, tries to draw a comparison and sometimes the audience can skip the comparison as well. But 'A Wednesday's comparison cannot be skipped. Hats off to the Story man, Neeraj Pandey whose original product was so honest and reliable though it had an another version release. And I am no exception that, I cannot stop myself comparing between the two. Having said that, 'A Wednesday' is not a *GREAT* movie. It's just a *GOOD* movie. It's a NEAT movie. The whole movie was carried by some stunning performances from the lead characters Nasser and Kher which added flavour to the movie and of course the script, the main strength for the movie. Alright, it's not a place to review the original! Move ON!
Story
Remaking a suspense thriller is one big risk in the industry and none seemed to care for that. Well, yes, people who witnessed both, it's sheer a frame by frame makeover. But the actual story as such carries a great momentum to the movie thought it starts dull with no clue of what's going on. The twist in the story steals the movie completely away from the performances of the characters. Talking about the changes been made to the story, there are pros and cons. There isn't much change in the main plot of the movie but a few changes were made to the screenplay.
I am completely against the opening scene. Why on earth one would show a common man preparing explosives? I agree the star value of Kamal being the reason, but does it make any justice to the story's suspense? Another introduction is that of the journalist or rather the Televison news channel, telecasting Bush-Musharaf models was irritating. Though the intention behind the scene was to give a justified answer to the journalist being called for the HEADLINES of the DAY, highlighting her with this example, dragging the scene was in deed irritating. On the other hand, the original had the 'Electric Baba' episode which was again irritating, but it at least shows how these news channel earn TRP for their channel with such cheap shows. Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu's voice was one pathetic take. Adding to that is our Lakshmi, the Chief Secratariat. Especially the conversation that she will be having with Lal, the commissioner. Thought it was good only at some places, it was more irritating overall. Another good aspect was the names of the terrorists with an inclusion of an Hindu's name instead of having 4/4 Muslims. But again, the Hindu terrorist was a meare comedian when it comes to live or die situation and that's unlikely with the muslim terrorists.
Performances
Initially, after watching 'A Wednesday', I was seriously thinking if Lal could give a performance that was given by Kher. Lal showed his middle finger to me! One big minus he had was his accent when it comes to Tamil and English. But it was a good choice to make him as a native of Kerala who can be excused for his MTI. But this man has more screen presence in the movie just like the original version had. But there is a difference between Nasser and Kamal. Kamal being a popular artist let Lal steal the show and of course Lal did a great job. He was rough and tough as well as soft and jovial at places.
Kamal, who had one major portion of the picture in his hand had delivered it with his TOP NOTCH acting. Other than that piece, he did not have much scope to vent his talent but what was done by him was always perfect. But the so called *common man* picture which I saw very clearly in Nasserudin Shah, was not visible in Kamal. Thought this man had done minute corrections to that of a common man, I still cannot the see the clear picture. Though his body language tells him that he is just a common man, his star value overrides. Small corrections and additional gimmicks makes him NOT a common man. But isn't there a difference between Kamal and Nasseruddin Shah? The place where the ACTING between the two compete, Kamal steals it completely away from Nasser with his emotions and the non glycerine tears. Thought the short story that was rendered by Nasser had more connection and justification to what and why he does, Kamal's acting just makes the audience to AWWWWWE.
Another notable performance is Aarif, played by Ganesh. You must have seen this tall man with beard with a punjabi look in Abhiyum Naanum. It was a perfect casting for the character played by him. He has done a neat job and doesn't overreact being too discipline. The other cop has also shared a decent space and done his role perfect.
Dialogues
Dialogues though most of them are copied from the original version, it was Kamal who added the regional native to the dialogues tieing them with the incidents related to the native. Dialogues were more powerful especially during the major portion of the picture where Kamal had to speak about for 15 mins. It had some message being conveyed to the audience and it carried the pace and fire to make the audience realize what is what! Of course, it too had it's humour content as well. Lal has done a good job though some of them were little hard to accept the slang.
Shruti Haasan, she definitely needs some time to breathe before she touch any instrument and gives a name called BGM. Good that the movie did not give her a chance to do music. BGM was very bad in most of the places especially in scenes where a content based dialogues were rendered. She just mute the voice and turn on the karoke. She definitely needs time.
RED camera
It was quite funny and shocking that I forget RED camera was used throughout the movie and I got reminded because of the end credits. Well, I seriously didn't any difference in the camera except for some resolution change which is very much negligible change. But certainly it wasn't a bad show at all for the audience.
Direction
1) You have a Great Script. 2) You have India's best actors in front of you. 3) You have a DVD of the original version with you. Why the hell did you choose the third option?
Verdict 1 : For freshers, it can be a fantastic movie with a thrilling experience and some good performance.
Verdict 2 : For experienced, boys, you have Kamal Haasan and Mohan Lal. What else you do you need?
Excuse me! I have at last watched 'A Wednesday' last wednesday."
Before I get into my review, one should thank, the legend, Kamal Haasan for choosing this movie to remake when we are in a period of stealing (remaking) masala blockbusters from other region. With his star value, he needn't choose to remake this movie but still he did and I congratulate for the passion this man has for Cinema. But the same HERO image has also been a disadvantage for him to choose this movie but at least, a few bunch of audience are always ready to accept a neat movie from anyone and Kamal is no exception.
Often when you remake a movie, the audience who has seen both versions, tries to draw a comparison and sometimes the audience can skip the comparison as well. But 'A Wednesday's comparison cannot be skipped. Hats off to the Story man, Neeraj Pandey whose original product was so honest and reliable though it had an another version release. And I am no exception that, I cannot stop myself comparing between the two. Having said that, 'A Wednesday' is not a *GREAT* movie. It's just a *GOOD* movie. It's a NEAT movie. The whole movie was carried by some stunning performances from the lead characters Nasser and Kher which added flavour to the movie and of course the script, the main strength for the movie. Alright, it's not a place to review the original! Move ON!
Story
Remaking a suspense thriller is one big risk in the industry and none seemed to care for that. Well, yes, people who witnessed both, it's sheer a frame by frame makeover. But the actual story as such carries a great momentum to the movie thought it starts dull with no clue of what's going on. The twist in the story steals the movie completely away from the performances of the characters. Talking about the changes been made to the story, there are pros and cons. There isn't much change in the main plot of the movie but a few changes were made to the screenplay.
I am completely against the opening scene. Why on earth one would show a common man preparing explosives? I agree the star value of Kamal being the reason, but does it make any justice to the story's suspense? Another introduction is that of the journalist or rather the Televison news channel, telecasting Bush-Musharaf models was irritating. Though the intention behind the scene was to give a justified answer to the journalist being called for the HEADLINES of the DAY, highlighting her with this example, dragging the scene was in deed irritating. On the other hand, the original had the 'Electric Baba' episode which was again irritating, but it at least shows how these news channel earn TRP for their channel with such cheap shows. Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu's voice was one pathetic take. Adding to that is our Lakshmi, the Chief Secratariat. Especially the conversation that she will be having with Lal, the commissioner. Thought it was good only at some places, it was more irritating overall. Another good aspect was the names of the terrorists with an inclusion of an Hindu's name instead of having 4/4 Muslims. But again, the Hindu terrorist was a meare comedian when it comes to live or die situation and that's unlikely with the muslim terrorists.
Performances
Initially, after watching 'A Wednesday', I was seriously thinking if Lal could give a performance that was given by Kher. Lal showed his middle finger to me! One big minus he had was his accent when it comes to Tamil and English. But it was a good choice to make him as a native of Kerala who can be excused for his MTI. But this man has more screen presence in the movie just like the original version had. But there is a difference between Nasser and Kamal. Kamal being a popular artist let Lal steal the show and of course Lal did a great job. He was rough and tough as well as soft and jovial at places.
Kamal, who had one major portion of the picture in his hand had delivered it with his TOP NOTCH acting. Other than that piece, he did not have much scope to vent his talent but what was done by him was always perfect. But the so called *common man* picture which I saw very clearly in Nasserudin Shah, was not visible in Kamal. Thought this man had done minute corrections to that of a common man, I still cannot the see the clear picture. Though his body language tells him that he is just a common man, his star value overrides. Small corrections and additional gimmicks makes him NOT a common man. But isn't there a difference between Kamal and Nasseruddin Shah? The place where the ACTING between the two compete, Kamal steals it completely away from Nasser with his emotions and the non glycerine tears. Thought the short story that was rendered by Nasser had more connection and justification to what and why he does, Kamal's acting just makes the audience to AWWWWWE.
Another notable performance is Aarif, played by Ganesh. You must have seen this tall man with beard with a punjabi look in Abhiyum Naanum. It was a perfect casting for the character played by him. He has done a neat job and doesn't overreact being too discipline. The other cop has also shared a decent space and done his role perfect.
Dialogues
Dialogues though most of them are copied from the original version, it was Kamal who added the regional native to the dialogues tieing them with the incidents related to the native. Dialogues were more powerful especially during the major portion of the picture where Kamal had to speak about for 15 mins. It had some message being conveyed to the audience and it carried the pace and fire to make the audience realize what is what! Of course, it too had it's humour content as well. Lal has done a good job though some of them were little hard to accept the slang.
Shruti Haasan, she definitely needs some time to breathe before she touch any instrument and gives a name called BGM. Good that the movie did not give her a chance to do music. BGM was very bad in most of the places especially in scenes where a content based dialogues were rendered. She just mute the voice and turn on the karoke. She definitely needs time.
RED camera
It was quite funny and shocking that I forget RED camera was used throughout the movie and I got reminded because of the end credits. Well, I seriously didn't any difference in the camera except for some resolution change which is very much negligible change. But certainly it wasn't a bad show at all for the audience.
Direction
1) You have a Great Script. 2) You have India's best actors in front of you. 3) You have a DVD of the original version with you. Why the hell did you choose the third option?
Verdict 1 : For freshers, it can be a fantastic movie with a thrilling experience and some good performance.
Verdict 2 : For experienced, boys, you have Kamal Haasan and Mohan Lal. What else you do you need?
Sunday, September 13, 2009
Eeram - A Justified Revenge
A product from 'S' pictures, oops! Sorry, a genuine product from Arivazhagan, the debutant director from Shankar's school direction, add into the quality directors list of Tamil Cinema with his debut product 'Eeram'. One who watches the movie without knowing the technical crew details wouldn't believe that this movie is directed by a debutant. The quality of the movie reveals how much effort has been spent in shaping the story. Each and every frame of the movie tells us the hard work done by the respective technicians.
Aadhi, the mirugam fame, who had appeared literally like an animal in the movie Mirugam has come as a cop and believe it, this guy was apt for this character. There is a flash back sequence where he is played as a college going guy and he has played with almost perfection. His physique is his biggest plus for this role and he has dubbed for himself and it had the rough and tough feel for a cop. Occasionally he surprised me to think whether Prithviraj dubbed for him, but I was made a fool at the end. The dialogue delivery was so good and apt for both the roles he played in the movie. Why I am stressing on the dialogues is because it's simple brilliant in the movie. Aadhi's voice modulation from a village native character(Mirugam) to a cop character(Eeram) is an outstanding attempt. Nowhere in any scenes, he leaves a negative impact with his performance and at the end of the day, Aadhi has done the role with neat perfection.
Nandha, the man whose career swings between good and pathetic roles again chooses to do some good numbers. He has got some good line up in the near future. Well, the role that he has done in this movie top notch. It's an unusual role, of course such a role has been done in the past by a few great actors. Nandha's role is so important that I cannot reveal his role. Here again, the dialogue delivery is so calm and composed. The reaction in a few scenes are so good and the unusual portrayal of his character where he wants everything to be different is also catchy and it's been used as a key thing in the movie.
Sindhu Menon and Saranya has done a good job. Especially Sindhu Menon whose character is actually kernel for the movie. I am not sure how the director must have picked for casting this role who has not been seen in Tamil Cinema for the past 3-4 years and also she hasn't done any significant role in the past either. But Sindhu menon has utilized the chance given to her and has done exceptionally well. Both forms of her role, viz, lover girl and a house wife, she has showed the modulation in the body language but maintaining her mannerism. When I said maintaining her mannerism, yes, that's something important for the movie and you will know when you watch it. Saranya, though hasn't got enough scope for performance in this movie, she has done her best.
Rest of the cast were good but I wasn't quite impressed with a few cast living in the apartment. Aadhi's friend has again shown modulation in the body language from the college time and being a cop. While Nandha's friend Vicky who usually comes up with humour role has done some serious role and lived the expectation without spoiling the story pace.
Editing has been fantafabulous in the movie. The editor's job in this movie is very important as the directed has used Change Over techniques and Scene answer method in a few places. The editor has cut the movie in perfect places to make it smooth and look continuous. In one scene where I was spellbound by his work is the scene where there will be a enquiry session with Aadhi and a parallel conversation scene between Nandha and his friend. These two parallel scenes will be in a Scene Answer method where the questions asked in one scene will have a indirect answer from the other scene. It's was so smooth in this place and you never feel a discontinuity in the scenes. Similarly, the flash back scenes and the original current scene will have a change over with an element/subject/object interconnecting both the scenes. Once again, the editor has done a remarkable job here.
BGM for a movie like this is very important and almost the same track was used throughout the movie for a particular variety of scene. But never it was irritating and it was decent for this movie. The lover track was also good with some rhythmic number. Songs were definitely not needed for this movie and the director has to be appreciated for making the songs for minimal use.
Almost 85% movie was shot in blue tone and one would never get irritated or would sense artificial or unnatural in the scenes. The blue tone was used to implifiy the color of water which is used for an important purpose in the movie. The shots were selected so nice and it was also handled very well by the cameraman. As I was mentioning about the change over from flash back to the current play, you can notice a flash of the change over will be made black n white when it comes to the live play. The flash back scenes were shot with natural colors expect for the rain scenes and the change over to the current play which is in blue tone was matched by the black n white flash. The low angle shots, the bird eye shots, POVs, Underwater shot, Object's POVs, Mirror magic shots, well there are many shots like that which will defintely amuse you and surprise you.
Arivazhgan, the name indicates, isn't it? "Indha Kadhayil varum kadhaapathirangal annaithum VAZHAKAMPOL karapanaye", it is from here, the director makes the audience to think that there is something different in the movie. I was often stressing about the dialogues in the movie. It was beautiful and it was so good that it will increase or match the negative aspects of the scene. Dialogues were never direct in the movie and in a few scenes, it was just a MAGIC. The converstation between Sindhu's dad and Aadhi is one place where the exchange of words were top notch. Often the director gets a roaring claps from the audience for his dialogues. Sindhu menon was shown writing in left hand while filling the application form and the south paw thinge was utilized perfect and it plays an important role in the movie. Director's imagination and the camera man's angle will add suspense and surprises to the product. There isn't a separate comedy track in the movie, but the dialogues were humourous and sensible. The movie runs for about close to 170 minutes, which I feel is the only negative aspect in the movie. The director had some places to chop the scenes and make it look more crisp. Well, I am not allowed to write more on the director as I feel it would contain the spoiler :-)
Eeram - A Surprise Package
Aadhi, the mirugam fame, who had appeared literally like an animal in the movie Mirugam has come as a cop and believe it, this guy was apt for this character. There is a flash back sequence where he is played as a college going guy and he has played with almost perfection. His physique is his biggest plus for this role and he has dubbed for himself and it had the rough and tough feel for a cop. Occasionally he surprised me to think whether Prithviraj dubbed for him, but I was made a fool at the end. The dialogue delivery was so good and apt for both the roles he played in the movie. Why I am stressing on the dialogues is because it's simple brilliant in the movie. Aadhi's voice modulation from a village native character(Mirugam) to a cop character(Eeram) is an outstanding attempt. Nowhere in any scenes, he leaves a negative impact with his performance and at the end of the day, Aadhi has done the role with neat perfection.
Nandha, the man whose career swings between good and pathetic roles again chooses to do some good numbers. He has got some good line up in the near future. Well, the role that he has done in this movie top notch. It's an unusual role, of course such a role has been done in the past by a few great actors. Nandha's role is so important that I cannot reveal his role. Here again, the dialogue delivery is so calm and composed. The reaction in a few scenes are so good and the unusual portrayal of his character where he wants everything to be different is also catchy and it's been used as a key thing in the movie.
Sindhu Menon and Saranya has done a good job. Especially Sindhu Menon whose character is actually kernel for the movie. I am not sure how the director must have picked for casting this role who has not been seen in Tamil Cinema for the past 3-4 years and also she hasn't done any significant role in the past either. But Sindhu menon has utilized the chance given to her and has done exceptionally well. Both forms of her role, viz, lover girl and a house wife, she has showed the modulation in the body language but maintaining her mannerism. When I said maintaining her mannerism, yes, that's something important for the movie and you will know when you watch it. Saranya, though hasn't got enough scope for performance in this movie, she has done her best.
Rest of the cast were good but I wasn't quite impressed with a few cast living in the apartment. Aadhi's friend has again shown modulation in the body language from the college time and being a cop. While Nandha's friend Vicky who usually comes up with humour role has done some serious role and lived the expectation without spoiling the story pace.
Editing has been fantafabulous in the movie. The editor's job in this movie is very important as the directed has used Change Over techniques and Scene answer method in a few places. The editor has cut the movie in perfect places to make it smooth and look continuous. In one scene where I was spellbound by his work is the scene where there will be a enquiry session with Aadhi and a parallel conversation scene between Nandha and his friend. These two parallel scenes will be in a Scene Answer method where the questions asked in one scene will have a indirect answer from the other scene. It's was so smooth in this place and you never feel a discontinuity in the scenes. Similarly, the flash back scenes and the original current scene will have a change over with an element/subject/object interconnecting both the scenes. Once again, the editor has done a remarkable job here.
BGM for a movie like this is very important and almost the same track was used throughout the movie for a particular variety of scene. But never it was irritating and it was decent for this movie. The lover track was also good with some rhythmic number. Songs were definitely not needed for this movie and the director has to be appreciated for making the songs for minimal use.
Almost 85% movie was shot in blue tone and one would never get irritated or would sense artificial or unnatural in the scenes. The blue tone was used to implifiy the color of water which is used for an important purpose in the movie. The shots were selected so nice and it was also handled very well by the cameraman. As I was mentioning about the change over from flash back to the current play, you can notice a flash of the change over will be made black n white when it comes to the live play. The flash back scenes were shot with natural colors expect for the rain scenes and the change over to the current play which is in blue tone was matched by the black n white flash. The low angle shots, the bird eye shots, POVs, Underwater shot, Object's POVs, Mirror magic shots, well there are many shots like that which will defintely amuse you and surprise you.
Arivazhgan, the name indicates, isn't it? "Indha Kadhayil varum kadhaapathirangal annaithum VAZHAKAMPOL karapanaye", it is from here, the director makes the audience to think that there is something different in the movie. I was often stressing about the dialogues in the movie. It was beautiful and it was so good that it will increase or match the negative aspects of the scene. Dialogues were never direct in the movie and in a few scenes, it was just a MAGIC. The converstation between Sindhu's dad and Aadhi is one place where the exchange of words were top notch. Often the director gets a roaring claps from the audience for his dialogues. Sindhu menon was shown writing in left hand while filling the application form and the south paw thinge was utilized perfect and it plays an important role in the movie. Director's imagination and the camera man's angle will add suspense and surprises to the product. There isn't a separate comedy track in the movie, but the dialogues were humourous and sensible. The movie runs for about close to 170 minutes, which I feel is the only negative aspect in the movie. The director had some places to chop the scenes and make it look more crisp. Well, I am not allowed to write more on the director as I feel it would contain the spoiler :-)
Eeram - A Surprise Package
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