Comments on: In Kollywood we (never) trust

By: SMK

SMK — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 00:39:13 +0000

Cmon LG.
I guess people have to have limits when talking about hype. To me, Maniratnam and Co. are more like Tommy Hilfiger and Gucci. It’s more of brand-selling than real quality. Make no mistake that Mani is a good movie maker, but that does not mean that one has to subscribe to anything that he dishes out to the masses. If Mani dims the lights and the actors mutter intangible lines then it’s a classic, but if Selvaraghavan tries to hype up his movie, then its blasphemy. Point out to me a single soul who does not market himself, be it with his psuedo-american accent or the car he drives to the shirt he wears. Movies are a forum of expression and the more we accept newer ideas and forms of marketing, we will not be frogs in the well waiting for a Manirathnam, AR Rahman or a Tendulkar to deliver.

By: Nitin

Nitin — Tue, 03 Jan 2006 18:01:18 +0000

Pudupettai is inspired from scorsese`s “Mean streets”..Even Kadhal konden was a copy.

By: Narasi

Narasi — Fri, 30 Dec 2005 12:23:37 +0000

//Aramichittangala.. Pudhupettai and City of God! Adichivittutaangala…. :O
Niruthanum.. ellathayum niruthanum. LG.. idhu ellam neenga kekkaradhu illaya???//

I laughed loud reading the above comment by aNti. Good one..

By: crsathish

crsathish — Thu, 29 Dec 2005 21:28:07 +0000

correct aa sonnenga. selvaragavan ravusu vikatanlaa thaanga mudeeyala. pudhusaa ennatha andha padathula kaamekamudeeyum. rowdy, pros + wife, climaxlaa nalavanaa maaruvan.karumam daa. ethaana padathulaaa daa kaameepeenga.

By: Sureshkumar

Sureshkumar — Thu, 29 Dec 2005 16:53:04 +0000

LG,

the problem is with our expectations. You (even i do considering the music) expect the movie to be some exceptional and unconventional fair that tamil cinemae has ever seen and that is why when you the director gives such comments for mere publicity, you feel bad. Ofcourse, hype is one thing which the cinema doesn’t survive these days. Do you think “Kanda Naal Muthal” could have become a hit without such hype and marketing techniques of Prakash raj. No way.

Also about Rajini, just revealing the looks will not spoil anything as far as i believe considering the hype the writer sujatha gave on the script. Actually such keeping everything under wraps will lead to lot of rumors and hype than revealing it. For instance, from the day one of the shoot of Chandramukhi, the stills from the movie were available everywhere but that doesn’t stop the movie from being biggest blockbuster in tamil cinema as we had our expectations right.

By: Zero

Zero — Thu, 29 Dec 2005 14:02:42 +0000

Hawkeye,
exactly. The release was ultra-soft. The movie didn’t have the minimal hype usually surrounded for a sizeable star’s film, leave aside Kamal Haasan (heck, it was released in Anand). and completing 150 days (albeit with quite a lot of empty screenings) can certainly be dubbed as a hit as I already pointed out :P. I saw it myself on 154th day in Anand theatre complex! So… it was a hit! :). But down south, it was a terrible wash-out, I hear.

By: aNTi

aNTi — Thu, 29 Dec 2005 09:51:27 +0000

Aramichittangala.. Pudhupettai and City of God! Adichivittutaangala…. :O
Niruthanum.. ellathayum niruthanum. LG.. idhu ellam neenga kekkaradhu illaya???

By: Ram

Ram — Thu, 29 Dec 2005 06:16:40 +0000

maybe i got it wrong as I am unfamiliar with chennai – is Pudupetai a real suburb in chennai or a fictional one?

By: Ram

Ram — Thu, 29 Dec 2005 06:14:19 +0000

I thot ‘Pudupetai’ was based on ‘City of God’… on “growing up in a downtrodden locale, becoming a gangster to survive in a kill or be killed world….” but Goodfellas?

Its funny how easy is it to speculate on a movie just by the TITLE or a Poster….or a one liner

Like ‘Aanai’ with just a single line we can instantly recognize it as ‘Man on Fire’…

Now, if only we could see Gautam’s Netflix queue when we was scripting Vetayadu Viladu… :) but I sure hope at least he comes up with a original flik… he is one of few fresh directors left today…

By: Lazy Geek

Lazy Geek — Thu, 29 Dec 2005 06:07:09 +0000

I agree with Hawkeye that Mahanadhi had absolutely no pre-release marketing or big opening day bandhaas. It was probably the softest Kamal’s release.

At the same time as Zero said it was a washout. Even in chennai when I watched the film for the 3rd during the 3rd week, there were hardly 25 people. However going by Vikatan’s review the crowd came to theatres atleast in chennai.