Showing posts with label Director Hari Seval. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Director Hari Seval. Show all posts

Saturday, November 1, 2008

Kollywood Top 5 Films







1.    Aegan – Director Raju Sundaram has lots of innovative potentials, but he has to get along with it on with perfectionism. Since, Diwali didn’t have any better releases than this, Aegan clings onto this position.

 

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Minus

Ajith’s performance

Imperfect star-castings

First half

Second Half, dragging screenplay

Choreography and stunts

Cinematography, Musical score by Yuvan

 

 

2.    Saroja – Amidst of Diwali, the film holds same position and it’s running house packed in many theatres. Directed by Venkat Prabhu, the film doesn’t carry much of A-rated star casts except Prakash Raj and Jayaram.

 

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Minus

Screenplay

Remake of Hollywood film ‘Judgment Night’

Performance by all star-casts

 

Music and cinematography

 

 

 

3.    Jayam Kondan – Directed by debutant Kannan, the film is a extraordinary family entertainer for all the audiences. Good performance by all…

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Minus

Decent work by Kannan

Musical Score by Vidhyasagar

Dialogues by Pattukottai Prabakaran

Kishore portrayed as Telugu villain

Laudable performance by entire star-casts

Bhavana dubbing for her own voice

 

 

4.    Netru Indru Naalai – Ravi Krishna deserves a pat for opting for better script. Nothing big to appreciate on the role of star-casts, it’s completely a Director’s show.

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Minus

Ravi Krishna’s moderate performance from previous films

Shouldn’t be dubbed from Telugu. Would have been nice if made as a direct film

Extraordinary screenplay and Direction by Lakshmikanth

Songs needn’t be there for a gripping screenplay

Cinematography, background score and Editing

Stereo-typical villains of Telugu type

 

 

 

5.    Seval – Nothing but a great disappointment from Hari. Why should he hop from commercial themes to emotional quotients is a billion dollar question?

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Minus

Performance by Simran and Poonam Bajwa

Bharath

Priyan’s cinematography

Other technical aspects

 

Annoying story and screenplay

 

Thursday, October 16, 2008

Filmy extravaganza for Diwali Season









Of course, who can keep their spirits down once they get to hear the long-listed Diwali releases? Of course, being a film buff, I have got my adrenaline shot to the extreme and already I’m there on counting down for Diwali.

Well, I am not just a film buff, but a film critic too… So, you should have understood my situation while watching a flick. Perhaps, this would be the one fine rigid reason I can say about watching each good films couple of times.

Not sure, how many flicks I can watch it on first day of Diwali? Fine! Let me present you with a glimpse over the films that are gonna hit the screens on the occasion of Diwali..

Ajith’s Aegan and Surya’s Vaaranam Aayiram needn’t be given any special notes. Everyone knows about it… But what I felt after watching the trailers of both these films were something peculiar.

Shah Rukh Khan is a kind of guy who churns out the best performance at an ease and I felt Ajith doesn’t get along the same lines. If you don’t agree with me, go on… make a comparison between Shah Rukh’s Don and Ajith’s Billa… King Khan does the bumping off of his enemies with an easy geture while Ajith seems to be stressing a lot over there in those sequences.

Main Hoon Naa is my favorite movie and I am sure you people should have really watched it at least twice. Yup! Satellite channels keep telecasting it over and over; say around 3 times a month. Pretending him to be a student, Shah Rukh gets into college and does the best entertaining parts for all. I am not much sure, how long would Ajith stride on with these aspects.

Let’s not go more on it…. Vaaranam Aayiram, Gowtham happens to say it’s his real life inspiration. Perhaps, the entire portion seems to have been grabbed from Tom Hank’s Forrest Gump. Surya seen in the same hair styles of Tom Hanks and I don’t want to move further more into comparing it again. Watch the trailers of both the flicks and you’ll know it.

I am sure; one best auteur who has the ability of winning race amongst various biggies is Director Hari. Brimmed up with lots of expectations, I am hoping for a good strike from him for ‘Seval’ starring Bharath in lead role.

And again, Diwali this year for Kollywood seems to be Shah Rukh’s day. We have one more remake of his yesteryear blockbuster ‘Yes Boss’. Over here, I am sure Madhavan is a guy who keeps imitating Shah Rukh Khan in all aspects and probably this could have been the reason for King Khan himself roping him in for playing his brother’s role in ‘My Name is Khan’ directed by Karan Johar.

The other releases of medium and low budget genres are Prakash Raj’s ‘Abhiyum Naanum’, SJ Suryah’s ‘Newtonin Moondram Veedhi’, Srikanth’s ‘Poo’ and couple of low budget films are slated to hit the screens on the same occasion…

I am not such an expert in analyzing flicks as Bill Gibron of Filmcritic.com, but being a film buff like you, I feel I have inherited something more on the parts of analyzing positive and negative traits…

According to my expectations, I feel these are the films that would hold positions in box office.

1.    1. Aegan

2.    2. Vaaranam Aayiram

3.    3. Seval

4.    4. Guru En Aalu

5.    5. Abhiyum Naanum

Perhaps, on the levels of star-values, Ajith and Surya would top the chart. When it comes to family entertainer, Seval is the best one and Guru En Aalu is for young lad and missies. Abhiyum Naanum may tread in a different path eyeing for awards….