Sunday, 15 February 2015

MOVIE REVIEWS

THE DHANUSH WEEKEND

Actually I never watch a star's movie within 2 days but this tyme thought of shuffling the idea,a star should have a style and when it becomes from the veins of the Super Star's son in law then we dont need to push our ideas of watching his movies...Yes ...beyond your guesses it is none other than the National Award Winner Dhanush ...!!!!!

This weekend I was looking forward to watch two of his movies one from the South and the other one destination takes from Bollywood,the kingdom of Indian Cinema..ANEGAN and SHAMTABH are the movies that has come into kick the screens for the weekend.


Talking about the first movie Anegan is always proved from a pure camp of the cinematographer-directer K.V.Anand cliche way of narration but it had a huge area of entertaining the paisa vasool factor on masses .Though his last movie Maatran had made his viwers into a depression ,this time he is back with a bang ...not a BIG bang like Ko or Ayan but a saving mode for his stand in his role in the hats of a film maker.The opening shot of the movie started with the jaw dropping visuals of Burma which make every single person to schedule his holiday on the location once.Now talking about the performances it all DHANUSH everywhere as the title indicates a single person with multiple get ups .The screenplay done from the pens of Subha has its own flaws and deviations ,this time when it passes on a genre of a romantic thriller ,then this movie can be engaging one...When more commercial films recycles the usual plot and breaks the expectations without its tropes,the enterprising manner that K.V.Anand took for striving to narrate a banal plot were filled in deja vu and cliches. Amyra Dastur, the opposite pair of Dhanush had an effective debut portraying the same title with multiple appearances ,in some scenes she just had to look bubbly and go ooh lalalala feel in some scene breaks but yet she had done justice as a North Indian in giving proper syncs in delivering Tamil dialogues.Well the exact show stealer was the Navarasa Nayagan Karthik who has come all the way in a stellar performance ,he had delivered by giving simple romantic one liners which captures millions but the avatar changes ...dats the key word to make you book the tickets for the film ..Harris Jayaraj and Om Prakash are the other crew which we should talk about ,especially the BGM scores in certain sequences were really engaging ones,as the songs had a existance of hardly 3 months the kuthu song was the one which make you get from your seats and make you shake the legs even if you don't know how to.As for me this movie had all entertaining factors that will put you into a fast paced rollicking adventure with its gripping till the very end but it also has own questions that can be asked by the viewers

And coming onto the next one,this time take a push on the mass factor you experienced with the Southie when it comes into the other boundary Shamitabh is the one that brings a show down of a mute actor's struggle towards the passion of becoming a Super Star .Well we had seen movies with the plot of ups,downs,struggles,pains that takes place in the world of Indian Cinema beyond the colorfulness of its glamour that has been showcased all the tymes. R.Balki who had given films like Cheeni Kum and Paa that had stole the viewers attention ,this time he had come forward with the different theme by casting two National Award Winners in the lead as per the name SHAMITABH the Sh factor takes the place of silence and the rest AMITABH of the other ones name well the innovative thought brings you to watch the movie but the directer had tried his level best to try the tradition factor he applied in his previous films ,the result gives the manics amiss in some particular portions the script here had its loose flaws .Although the two show stealers Dhanush and the legend Amitabh Bachchan had given the best of their performances when we find who can be the captain of the ship in giving performance ,the film.s weak storyline falters the entire film .But when we finish our words with the performances of SHAMITABH we will definitely talk about the star kids debut of Akshara Hassan who gave such a stunning performance that we will forget that it was her first movie .Although the dragging second half takes the steam off it was Akshara performance that kicks the yawns out in theatres .the elegant looks of her character was simply mind blowing full credit goes to Balki for extracting a superlative performance from this new comer.

Talking about the technical side of course it is another National Award's offering in throwing lights n shades through the shots with craft of none other than the great PC Sriram sir ..the third film he worked with Balki has many shots in indoor studios with the different lightening pattern he ever scrutinized in his previous outings.Well taking the music department it is Ilayaraja's 1000th film as the composer and when we see the scores it has its own oscillations in bringing emotions in many scenes.Especially in the child character played for Dhanush when his teacher tells him to act in front of the class times the score brings bemoan in yourselves.Above all the movie has many cameo appearances but it was Rekhaji's cameo that brings special attention in theatres All and all Shamitabh is absolutely out of the box and unusual plot that will appeal to the niche audiences ,if not the masses

Monday, 26 January 2015

MOVIE BOX_MILI

MILI.....A Rajesh Pillai Magic


Rajesh Pillai came into the limelight with Traffic , a film that set a new pattern and benchmark in Malayalam film industry. Though Hridayathil Sookshikaan is the first work from him, people and the industry more often relate the name of Rajesh Pillai to Traffic. But it took him another four years to come up with another film though the making time is just close to one year and he was busy with the Bollywood remake of Traffic.
Now coming to Mili , the film is a female oriented movie where Amala Paul appear as the title protagonist and Nivin Pauly supporting her as the male lead. About the movie, here we have a feel good film that makes us happy, sad and also makes us think. Yes, Mili is performance oriented film nicely scripted by editor Mahesh Narayanan.
The film focus on Mili ( Amala Paul) who is an introvert and everyone finds her character an odd one. Mili, the movie show us how she overcome her fears and rises to stand of her own. Couple of factors and people are responsible making Mili change.
The film begins on a slow note and gradually move forward settling in with an okay first half and picks up the momentum in the second half. The highlight of course is a thought provoking ending. But at the same time, the best and touching moments of the film is the portion where Mili share the screen with her father. The film had its share of little preaching towards the end but that is acceptable considering the overall storyline. Direction from Rajesh Pillai has been positive and for that the screenplay played a large part.
On the acting side, Nivin Pauly did the not so important role in the best possible way. All credits to Amala Paul for pulling up a special show totalling meeting the demands of the title character. Sai Kumar is another actor who made a lasting impression appearing as father of Mili. Ambika, Sija Rose, Sanusha, Praveena and Devi Ajith are also part of the cast who all did the roles they enacted in a convincing manner.The heart melting scene I felt personally was the conversation of Sai Kumar & Amala Paul on the way and also the climax speech by Amala which we all forget ourselves by giving huge claps in theatres.
Background score from Gopisundar and the songs were soothing for the ears. My personal picks are the Kanmani song (Gopi Sundar) and Meghamay number composed and sung by Shaan Rahman. Cinematography and cuts were on the brighter side. Mili is a motivational and appealing movie and I go with four out of five for the movie as my personal rating..... smile emoticon
Rating - 4 / 5