Sivaji

hi huma,

Narasimha movie was goodddd.

Madhu

Hey Manju

I'm quite impressed by your point of view and you write really well. we are thinking on the same lines but as you are more mature so you definitely have a higher point of view...

I liked Bheja fry too, and i think more such movies should be made. the entertainment was there and it dint have a very big banner... but the movie struck a chord somewhere... the same is the case i like Nagesh kukunoor's movies, he is one guy who knows Cinema and makes wonderful movies in shoe string budget... Rockford was an excellent movie.. in fact hyderabad blues both parts are good... clean and meaningful entertainment.

but I totally agree that its the masses who decide, what will work and what not, that is the reason, movies like Swades and Lakshya, arent much talked about and movies like Sivaji and kabhi khushi kabhi gham take the cake... A sad, but true reality...

~Abha

Originally Posted by Manjureddy

Dear Abha,

you got a point there. So long as audience keep consuming tripe, the quality of films being made is not going to improve. Page-3 etc. are welcome departures from the beaten track and it is good that they have been accepted. But again the question is: accepted by whom ? Only by the urban discerning audience that go to the multiplex. "BhejaFry" was another nice little film that is reported to have become a hit in cities. These are small budget films, specifically aimed at urban audience and seen only by them.

But cinema here is seen as a trade, not an art. Trade is primarily concerned with economics. The people who pay for the film maker's next meal are not the multiplex audience. It is the great unwashed hoi-polloi , the "mass" or The B&C centre ( as called in the industry); 90% of the revenue comes from the Mass. The typical Mass -person is a middle to lower middleclass wage earner beset with unlimited problems and in dire need of respite - entertainment which he seeks in a cinema hall. What he wants is a character he can identify with, but who has to be a larger than life hero singing songs in switzerland and pulverising 10 people with a single kick. Such a hero provides the fantasy our Mass-man can live vicariously.( Tamil Hero Vijay is a phenomenon exemplifying this) So long as the "Mass" is willing to shell out 25 rupees to feed on this dream, our film makers dont need to exert themselves towards improvement.

It is not that there never were sensible directors giving wholesome fare. Remember Hrishikesh Mukerjee, Basu Bhattacharya and many in other languages too who were able to strike the right balance between "Art" ( too boring)and "commercial"(too crass). They were appreciated and did some business too. But masala films continue to be made and seen. No longlasting, pan-indian improvement in taste since their time !
Film goers come in all shapes. There are people who dont see movies at all, those that haunt only film festivals hunting down the world's best, discerning ones who pick and choose, bored people who see anything.......but its a dicey trade. Spiciest masalas have bombed at the box office, average products have become jubilee hits. No accounting for tastes and no one can predict the outcome. "Swades"(i liked it) flopped. "Shivaji" with same plotline is creating a mania.
Like you say,all part of the game !

luv, manjula

PS: If you imagined that I am a rabid "Shivaji"Fan, perish the thought ! I watch Rajinikanth and Jackie Chan for much the same reason I watch Tom&Jerry .

hi ladies

have u heard about Satyajit Ray movies? i actually saw one of his movie..... very good. there is no masala in this but his movies were not popular in india.

bye

and Madhu
did u watch dalapathi.... muttu....very good also

Hi Huma,
I think it is 'Padayappa' in Tamil not Narasimha.
Ramya krishna, soundarya are very good in this movie.

~Punitha

hi
one of my favourite rajinikant's movie is Narasimha....what a style..ramya khrisnna was acting very good too.

Originally Posted by Huma

hi ladies

have u heard about Satyajit Ray movies? i actually saw one of his movie..... very good. there is no masala in this but his movies were not popular in india.

bye

and Madhu
did u watch dalapathi.... muttu....very good also

Huma,


I Watched Dalapathi. Its a very good movie. The songs are just wonderful.

Madhu

hi ladies

thanks punni for correcting my mistake.

madhu... i think... u and me r huge fan of the most of rajini's movies

take care

Dear friends
Managed to see the much hyped movie.I felt that the story was o.k,but could have been presented better.You can watch the movie only for Vivek's comedy.The heroine was awfully dressed and all she did right thru the movie was shake her bottoms.Expected more from A.R.Rahman.settings were not bad.I wonder why all the movies finally do not finish off the story well in the end from where they started in the beginning?

Hello friends,
Watched the movie "sivaji" yesterday. We went with a great expectation, for its a shankar- rajni film, but not fulfilled. Looks like a mixture of all his(shankar) successful movies. So we feel a little bit bored in the later half. Vivek's comedy is good to watch. Shreya is used only to fill the song sequence. Songs are nice to see but not to hear.
Finally a quote in " anantha vikatan's" review fits exactly to this movie. It is " Rajni proved himself again and better luck for shankar next time". correct?.

regards
karthiga

Hi friends,

I watched "Sivaji" yesterday in Atlanta. It has got all the typical stuff that one can expect from a Rajni film. Vivek and Suman have done a good job. The comedy is good. Music is a let down except for one song - "Sahana".

The theme of the film is good too. And funnily all our top politicians in India watched a special screening of the film.

The fight scenes can be considered as a seperate comedy track. One guy hurling ten burly fellows into the air. But that's typical Indian heroism!

Shriya is beautiful and looks like she is going to have a rolling time in Tollywood and Kollywood.

On the whole the movie is an entertainer.