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Nenjil Or Alayam-The greatest Movie in Tamil !!!!

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Every time I see this movie I get stumped by legendary work of Sridhar and his team.Can you believe I have seen this movie for nearly 15 times and I knew still its left in me to have a experience. I would unarguably and definitely say this is the best ever movie made in our part of the world. Nenjil or Alayam starring Kalyan kumar as Dr Murali , Devika as Seetha and Muthuraman as Venu . Every body knows the story .How Dr. Murali saves the life of his old lover seetha ’s husband life from cancer.But Nenjil or Alayam is known for it Music,Camera ,screen play and sets.There is only two shots which is shot in the out door rest of it were completely shot indoor.Fifty years ago a movie is made in 23 days.! Movie uses innovative camera angles and visual effects to portray the emotions and scenes which still being wondered by modern day camera men. can we believe it. Thats Nenjil or alayam ! Nenjil or Alayam is Casablanca of Tamil Cinema. I can say with full heart. Some body mu...

The Woman Next door(1981)

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I don’t know how some movies make it so big with normal screenplays and performances.The woman next door could have been with different story for the title.But it was a usual love story with desires of past love.but one thing for sure the movie went off in a good mood and pace which should be mentioned. Bernard (Gérard Depardieu) lives with his wife Arlette ( Michèle Baumgartner )and son Thomas in a interior village of France ,Phillippe and his wife Mathilde Bauchard comes as a neighbors ,who was his past girl friend. it was evident to know from the scene they meet .What makes this film is one scene when they commit them selves again to regain their lost love. But that makes them wild for what they do in their normal life,since they decide to hide their relation. One point of time Mathilde realizes her guilt and moves away from him ,when Bernard completely goes wild and later realizes.On the end it moves to a thrilling end by having sense for their guilt and love. I have not seen Franç...

Zodiac(2007)

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To start with I was disturbed after watching this movie ,Serial killer movie never shakes me but this took me for a ride right from the start.I wouldn ’t say I loved the movie but it had left me for real engrave .My brother is a great fan of David Fincher and from him the impact of the fever stuck on me too. Zodiac is one movie which will be a movie to watch for his brilliance in knitting the screenplay and leave the viewers confused. David Fincher's movies are always dark and intense.His characters always have some thing to say after the movie also for the viewers. Zodiac is about a serial killer who disturbed San Francisco in the late 60’s.The movie searches for the serial killer who names himself Zodiac .Cops,Cartoonist,Reporters every body trace him with the level of evidence and the letters Zodiac leaves and sends them leaving them in dismay. It shows how they have dedicated their lives to find one of the most notorious serial killer in the American history. It was splendid...

The Brown Bunny (2003)

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This movie is not for all.I mean it this is not for all.I don’t know whether I made a right selection about watching this movie.But I liked this movie for a cause. It was truthful and bold. I read Roger Ebert slammed this movie as the worst movie ever screened in the Cannes film festival for the nonsense way of films pace.And believe it or not Roger Ebert had lost 86 pounds to prove a point in the word war between him and the director Vincent Gallo.Vincento Gallo called Roger Ebert “A fat Pig “for criticizing his movie .The original version is it lacked proper editing and Gallo had to edit 26 minutes from it.I was happy and over whelmed that I could spot that very clearly when I saw the first forty minutes . Brown Bunny is an independent American movie directed and produced by Vincent Gallo. Bud Clay (Vincent Gallo ) after loosing in a motorcycle travels around in his motor car in the memories of his past lover(Chloë Sevigny)..He meets her finally and argues about her relation with ot...

Heyy Babyy(2007)

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Its been three months that I have watched a comedy film. On the new releases I didn’t have much of choice but to select Heyy Baby. This is a movie to forget your tensions and enjoy for a short while and continue.Akshay’s popularity is growing day by day ,and with continuous hits he has become the sure shot winner of the bollywood.Nonsense wit is the bullet of Akshay’s performance, not to deny we will enjoy thoroughly when he is making the nonsense in the screen.Same like Garam Masala ( I had a serious doubt whether this movie is shot in the same house where Garam Masala movie was shot) Heyy Baby also has the same flirty humor to begin with. Heyy Baby is about three friends Arush(Akshay Kumar),El(Fardeen Khan), Tanmay(Rithesh Deshmukh)who live in Sydney and spend their life flirting around in bar and clubs. A newborn enters in to their house with a note to three of them.Life tumbles for the three with the kid and then stands erect.Easha (Vidhya Balan ) claims its her daughter.The confro...

Satham Podathey (2007)

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There is one shot when the dejected Padmapriya drinks cold water from the refridgerator .After drinking the water she spreads the chillness of the bottle on her neck and body.Her husband would be sleeping in the bed and she would show the frustration in looking at the sleeping husband for not having sex since marriage. The shot shows on the outset to quench the water thirst for Padmapriya .But director intends in a different way. Padma priya not able to resist her burning desire towards her maiden experiences,spreads the chilled water bottle to quench the heat of her desires.I don’t know how much noticed it.But if you noticed it you will know what is this brand called Vasanth .Welcome to Vasanth Movie.I would say he is one of the very few directors in tamil cinema who is eligible to mention as their movie like “A Vasanth film” Undoubtedly Satham podathey is his one the identical movie of Vasanth . Banu ( Padma priya ) finds a new life with (Ravi Candran ) Prithviraj after g...

Citizen Kane (1941)

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I am done now .That I have seen three of all time great movies 1.Casablanca, 2. Godfather Series and 3.Citizen Kane. Every time I read about great movies in any of the articles or Blogs I come across this name and it took for me a compelling action to see Citizen Kane. Love it or criticize it Citizen Kane is special from all views .I had bought this DVD three months ago and I wanted a special time for this movie to be watched. In spite being greatest movie I never wanted to have an inclination towards this movie, until I watch it. On a narrow spectrum if you ask me I would still choose Casablanca as my all time favorite among the three. Citizen Kane starts off at Xanadu the Luxurious built by newspaper Tycoon Charles Foster Kane (Orson Welles).The movie undermines the life and death of Him. Screen play moves in finding the meaning of “Rose Bud” the last word uttered by Charles Kane. Rose Bud is unarguably the timeless one-liner said in the history of Motion picture. Can you imagine a m...

Katrathu Tamil ( 2007)

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Jeeva :How much people are there in the city? Karunas : some 60-70 laks? Jeeva : Neah ..there are two people in this society One inside the Spencer plaza and one out side Spencer plaza One inside ATM and one out side ATM One inside Satyam complex and one outside Satyam complex First thing about the movie : “Katrathu Tamil "is one of the most darkest and radical movies made in Tamil cinema. But darkness explores in the mind of a psychopath. Some times movies of such characters had to be told as a journey ,Katrathu Tamil is no exception. It’s a journey of a Young Tamil postgraduate from beautiful days to evil and then back to normal. The slaughter, victims, evolution, thirst, search, frustration and love along the journey is Katrathu Tamil. I could not remember when a character in Tamil cinema was portrayed so bluntly and brutally like the character Prabakar.Even a single moment I never felt the pity for him .That says the success of the story.On the fag end the director speaks of t...

Witness (1985)

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There is a movie in Tamil “Sura samharam “ starring Kamal Hassan where he plays a cop who investigates a crime.The fist 20-30 minutes of Sura samharam is a shot by shot duplication from Witness.Witness starring Harrison Ford ,Danny Glover, Kelly McGill’s is about a investigation about a murderwhch took place in airport and incidentally a Amish Kid Samuel is the witness for the murder.How Harrison Ford moves along after the murder to investigate is Witness. Witness on the whole is not a thrilling or action movie which I was hoping for.Its a calm movie which made with some romance and relationships. The movie speaks about the life and characters of Amish community. It becomes compelling for Ford to fit in to the environment with level of calmness to fish out the murderer. Until he settles I was scuffling my mind with the initial thirty minutes which happens in Philadelphia thinking about the murderer. The Amish community rejects most forms of modern technology to live a simple life on t...