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its two months since I posted on this blog.. Lifez been quite different after I moved to chennai, new ppl, new state, new work profile... Not sure how in this new environment, my lifez gonna be..

Wanted to write abt a very interisting weekend I had, some 2 weeks back.. Watched two amazing movies and attended an unconference wikicamp.in

Paruthiveeran and Mozhi
both have been awarded 46/100 by vikatan.
Ameer and Radha has done a really tremendous job ..3rd movie for both of them..
Very simple storyline but screenplay and witty dialogs are trademarks of the 2 movies

PV is a movie which wud leave a heaviness after u watch it.. I felt the climax was an overdose and bit out of my comfort zone, nevertheless its that climax which wud make u leave the theater( or switch off ur DVD player/Media player in case) with a heavy heart..
Amazing cinematography and excellent choice of color usage ..u know..in a place where the best plantation available is cacti in nature..The Brownish tinge in the movie gives u a very realistic picture of whatz a rural 'Theni' looks like.. Characterisation is simply amazing, every role had a purpose.. from the small lad who roams with the 'sandiyar' hero(his attire is always some 20 yrs above his age..indicating his coterie) to the mom whose uninhibited verbal attack on both her daughter and husband time and again. Folk fair, caste(neatly handled), ppl, their mindsets.. everything abt rural atmosphere, name it, the movie has it. But for the climax, it was near-perfect movie. Karthik, amazing performance on debut..Priya Mani's char was amazing, a lifetime role for any heroine.. and she proved shez one of the best in business.

Yuvan was amazing, its all in the bloodline, have had his dad sing the 'Ariyatha vayasu'.. almost had feel that Raaja is singing in his own composition.. background score had the raw native feel,a very big asset to screenplay. Almost every dialog was witty and had that 'grammathu nakal'. The problem with the climax was it 2 was 2 natural and generally ppl dont goto movies to see pain.

Mozhi, a perfect feel-gud refreshing movie. Unlike to PV, chars had a very urban(e) lifestyle, posh apartments, attires jus out fresh from the rack, 5am jog in the beach(yeah, with a pomeranian). Again a simple story(too simple actually) but some really witty situational dialogues and neat screenplay ascertains you a perfect entertainer for all the 50 bucks and 2.5 hrs u spend for a movie. Prakash Raj at his usual best, I think, his 1st try at fulltime comedy. Prithiviraj, with his tinge of mallu accent gives him good scope for comedy and he is really natural. Jo, in her last film, ends her career in a really high note and proves again that she is the best actor among the current crop. Her exceptionally expressive face suits really well for the deaf-mute character. Swarnamalya fits in well but sometimes a bit over expressive(typical of ne Bhratnatyam dancer?). Keeps u entertained !!

KB, Bharathiraaja, BaluMahendra revived tamil film industry - gave some really gud story-oriented movies when MGR and Sivaji were in their wrong side of their fifties. Ppl loved the change from erstwhile hero-oriented movies. Now, both Kamal and Rajini in their late fifties and not many of the present actors going for good cinema these days, its high time that directors like Ameer, RadhaMohan, Cheran, Selvaraghavan, Gautam Menon(too talented yet frivolous) to change the face of 'mafia'-oriented cinema. Only Mani and Shankar stand apart in creating magic in fiction and fantasy irrespective of the cast. I guess its gonna be gud competition b/w realistic cinema and real cinema in yrs to come..

Abt the unconference in the next post.

contd..