Prelude :: Never before I had made any posting in this blog / the earlier one which I had - with so much intensity as I have today. If it is incomprehensible after reading, the responsibility is mine !!
Hi All
Just out of seeing a movie "Kandasamy" where you get back entertainment to the full value of money that you pay for.....!! I had actually intended to go for the second time - a movie that I saw 2 / 3 weeks back (Nadodigal) just for the picturisation of one particular song (shambo siva shambo !! )....and was slightly dissappointed to see that it has run out of the KG theaters, CBE.....!! This particular film was going at two halls of the same theatre....and with a tinge of dissappointment, I got the ticket - telling myself....to take it easy..... !!
Well, Not an ardent fan of Vikram, but I respect him for the commitment and the intensity with which he gives himself....Had enjoyed Anniyan immensely....and could see that this film was a remake of ANNIYAN in slightly different shape (like murukku and seedai...for example)....!! The biggest difference was that the suspense element unveils itself slighty before Interval itself.....!! Being not a frequent goer to cinemas, little little technical thing amuses me too much and I enjoyed many parts of the film....for the intelligence with which these modern tamil cinemas are shot....!!
The founder of Robinhood character (or was it a real person ?) should be cursing himself for throwing open the floodgates of hundreds of such movies...!! He would have never imagined his character will be portrayed by a Tamil Film where hero (for a difference) shakes his heads like a cock....and symbolises pet animal of Lord Kandasaamy while taking up adventures.....!! I really took this portrayal quite easily, the innumerable logical flaws quite gracefully....and was stunned by the physical structure of the herione (Shriya) awefully !!! (I really started liking the polished aristrocratic femaninity of this girl...incidentally I have just seen one film acted by her so far- SHIVAJI. There is some thing too regal about her !! Blessings.....!! )
Well, In the past 15 decades, we have seen too many such Shankar films and I feel like congratulating this director (a new one??) for giving one of the big banner films for Kollywood. There were lot of intelligent things (seemingly !!) in the plots and honestly I could not understand few of them as I was bit stuck up with the little little wonderful things that I saw in earlier scenes (very typical of me....!!)
The most important point is that when I came out of the theatre I was as usual....with moist eyes and body shaking with sobs....which happens to me when ever I see cinema in big screen particularly when the film has a heavy subject. Well I put towards my thoughts below which is the main purpose of this musings...
Well, the dualism in economy...the widening gap between rich and poor..... is (projected to be) sincerely addressed in this film.....BUT, I see that there is a logical flaw in the whole design....(I had penned a poem on a previous film that I saw....AYAN).
So much money spent on this subject by itself defeats the very purpose / message !! All such cinemas (have you noticed this...all such films balance so nicely between being an entertainer and talking about some social menace so sincerely...... I have not seen any recent director telling that he wants only on of them...every one seems to want both !! They all have a easily understandable example of "sugar coated pill" hmmm !!) are again and again offering simplistic solutions repeatedly....in various permutations and combinations. With so much logical flaws, why is that the industry is not really ashamed trying to tell that it helps all of us for a temporary escape only AND that they dont really hope to have any miracles happened...!! After all GIGO is the eternal truth of life, isn't it ??
Every cinema watching is a yoga experience for me....and the feeling that I get today after this film (right now sitting in a browsing center to type this) is that...
All tools from outside might not really make any impact on us wholistically....!! They may give a brief escape / small satisfactions / put us in a feel good atmosphere....But the only option available for some one who really craves to be sincere is to turn inward....!!
To a great extend, I realised the MAYA of cinema today with me fully involved with the cinema and the same time with crystal clear perception about the whole drama nested around such escapes....!! I am neither getting carried away with these escapes at the same time see the beauty of getting entangled for a while.....and be focussed within myself....
I remain
Suchoo
I read one of my friends review about the movie and he did not speak so high about the movie. Neither do most of our magazines and newspapers. You have come out with the postive things about the movie (and about Shreya ;)). Cinema is merely for entertainment value. Days when values were preached through movies are gone. Movies are multi crore business - as simple as that.
ReplyDeleteI too get involved with movies - but it always surprises me when you say that you end up sobbing for all the movies.
Finally, when you started the blog you said that you will take care not to commit spelling or grammar mistakes. You slipped from that in this musings. :)
Gowri, think Shreya's name was mis-spelt....!! (confused her with another shriya saran). Any other grammer mistakes ??...Please let me know...Eager to be careful....
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