Hi friends in this article let us see about the movie "Daddy". This movie was under the production of Geeta Arts. This movie starring MEGA STAR Chiranjeevi, Simran and baby Akshaya. This movie is mainly based on father and daughter. Baby Akshaya acts in two characters in this movie. First half of the movie is good and the second half is ok.

Cast:

Actor: "MEGA STAR"Chiranjeevi

Actress: Simran

Comedian: Rajendra Prasad

Co-Actors: Ashima Bhalla, Baby Akshaya, Sarath Babu, Kota Sreenivasa Rao, MS Narayana

Technical Group:

• This movie was directed by Suresh Krishna
• Screenplay by Suresh Krishna
• This movie was produced by Allu Arvind
• This movie was under the banner of Geeta Arts
• Story by Bhupati Raja
• Dialogues written by Satyanand
• Music composed by SA Raj Kumar
• Photography by Chota K Naidu
• Cinematography by K Ravindra Babu
• Choreography for this movie Saroj Khan & Raju Sundaram
• Fights by Vikram Dharma & Pawan Kalyan

In this movie,

• "MEGA STAR"Chiranjeevi as Raj kumar
• Simran as Shanti
• Rajendra Prasad as Prasad
• Baby Akshaya as Akshaya

Awards:

• This movie got the NANDHI award for the BEST FILM category.

Storyline:

Ashima is searching for a bike-expect model to star in an advertisement. She gets hold of Raj Kumar and makes him act in her ad apposite her and she falls in love with Raj Kumar. When Raj Kumar rejects her love, she decided to commit suicide. When she is admitted in the hospital, Prasad tells her the flashback of Raj Kumar.

Now the flashback started.

Raj Kumar runs a dance school and an audio manufacturing company. The motto of his  dance school is to satisfy his zeal for dancing and audio company is meant for earning his bread and butter. He falls in love with Shanti and gets married to her. Shanti gives birth to Akshaya. Akshaya is very fond of her daddy. Raj Kumar is very fond of his friends. He gives surety for the Chit Fund Company of his friend. His friend ditches Raj Kumar and his entire property is confiscated. Later on, it is revealed that Akshaya is having a heart disease. Raj Kumar needs 4 lakhs to get Akshaya operated and all his friends hesitate to help him with the money.

Ultimately Raj Kumar lands up in jail after confrontation with a friend who ditched him. Meanwhile, Akshaya at hospital expires. Santhi claims that Raj Kumar is responsible for the demise of their kid. Santhi leaves Raj Kumar and decides to live alone.

Now the flashback ends.

Raj Kumar builds a hospital on name of Akshaya and lives an anonymous life as volunteer in that foundation. After coming to know the pathetic flashback of Raj Kumar, Ashima decides to help him out.

Later on, to his amazement, Raj Kumar finds another girl who is Akshaya look-alike (baby Akshaya again) and comes to know that she is the daughter of Shanti. Shanti was pregnant when she left Raj Kumar and Raj Kumar was unaware of that fact. Shanti does not want the kid to know about her father. Raj Kumar wants to get back the kid along with Shanti. The rest of the film ends well in a positive manner.

Songs:

• This movie consists of five songs.
• The song named "Vaana Vaana" was a huge hit.

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#) Flash of Genius

Yet to watch?: Just watch this movie, because this has got the prestige and also explains that the credit must go those who invent. Ya this is a true story of Robert Kearns, who fights for his legal battle against the famous Ford Motor company, claiming that he was the actual inventor of intermittent windshield wiper.

Theme: “Never give up, if it is your own invention…..It’s not money which matters….because our prestige lies in this….as, we are the inventor for our creation and we must be given right credit for that”

Actors: Greg Kinnear, Lauren Graham, Dermot Mulroney

Behind the screen: Marc Abraham(Director), Aaron Zigman(Music Director), Dante Spinotti(Cinematography)

Year of release: 2008(October 3)

Gross Revenue: 217 crores

About the movie:

This is not an ordinary movie this is based on the true story of a person who fights for his rights, for the invention that
he made.ya, he is Robert Kearns, who has invented the intermittent windshield wiper, that we use at present in each and every car ,i.e., the wiper we use us based on his technology.The image below shows the real Robert Kearns.

Actually this movie is based on New Yorker article by John Seabrook, which was published in 1993 and it explains how Robert Kearns was determined enough to fight the legal battle against one of the most powerful company in the world, Ford, for his rights.

Robert Kearns was born as Robert William Kearns on March 10, 1927 in Indiana, USA.In this film it starts how he happily live with his family and as a matter of fact he is the father of six children. He is also very much in interested in invention and so whatever he saw in his practical life he always had the invention mind and as a matter of fact this kind of curiosity led way to one of the best automobile technology in the world.

One day when he was driving his car and it has started to rain. So at that he was very much irritated with the wiper that was used in his Ford car because of its constant movement, which made him difficult to see what was coming in front of him.

So as he was a very keen observer he made his eye as motivation factor….Confused! Well, he was actually admired by the
functioning of eyes, which blinks after a constant interval and this made him think of a new method of wiper which moves only after a constant time interval.

He started his experiment with the help of his fish tank and after it was a success, he called his wife and son and asked him to count a number so that after counting form 1 till a particular number it starts to move and wipe, and this explains the constant of using time interval or delay in this technology.

The very much satisfied with his work, and he also patents his paper. At the similar time Ford Company was also working for this type of model, which resulted in failure. Knowing this he approached the Ford researchers and they were also very much pleased, but Robert kept it as a secret till a deal was made.

So the Ford asks him for a business plan regarding the cost, but Roberts was not interested as he was willing to manufacture by itself. But Ford didn’t reply him when he gave the price amount, which also resulted in the closing his manufacturing company, which was at its initial stage. This also results din loss of money for Roberts, because he has invested lots of money in setting up his own manufacturing company.

After some time he was shocked to see that his technology was used by all the cars and he was very much frustrated.So he filed a case against Ford claiming that it has stolen his technology and spent years for this case, which made him not to concentrate on his family and children.

When the case started it looks Roberts was going to lose it and even his lawyer adviced him to withdraw from the case. But later he decide to take the case on his own and every scene from this moment was excellent .Once the Ford Lawyer explained the Judge that (The below explanation from my point of view and these are not the actual statements)

“The so called technology which Roberts claim to be his invention is not is own invention, because the transistor, resistor, capacitor used in his technology was not invented by him and so he is not the owner of the technology that Ford is currently using”

Well this was a tough situation, but Roberts asks his son to get a novel and after that he asked the opposition lawyer to
read a sentence from that Shakespeare book, then here he goes,

“The sentence which the opposition lawyer just now read contains different words, with different alphabets. Shakespeare didn’t invent the word ‘is,, ‘was’ nor the alphabets, ‘a’, ‘b’, etc. The only thing he has done is that he has combined all the words to form a sentence. So if my invention was wrong, then there is no meaning in saying that this is Shakespeare’s novel”……Interesting right…

So the case begin to move in favor of Roberts and at one instant he was approached from the for company with a settlement of 14 crores, to withdraw from the case. But he refused it. Later he managed to win the case with the compensation of  5 crores and later he also won the case against  Chrysler Corporation with a compensation of  8.78 crores. Finally the wiper technology which we use in the four wheelers, is nothing but the intermittent windshield wiper, which was invented by Roberts

#) Cast Away:

Yet to watch?: For those who are going to watch the film for the first time, this is one of Tom Hank's best movie. I guess most of us would have watched the TV program called "Man vs Wild" in Discovery channel and this film have the same concept, but here a man was washed away to an unknown island and the story revolves around how he managed to survive and how he was saved.

Theme: “Always never give up…. Fight till the last moment” and “World is full of uncertainty….. But somehow have to face it…. And let’s succeed”

Actors: Tom Hanks, Helen Hunt

Behind the screen: Robert Zemeckis (Director), Don Burgess(Cinematography),Alan Silvestri (Music Director)
Year of Release: 2000(December 7)

Budget: 422 crores

Gross Revenue: 2000 crores

About the movie:

Tom Hanks is one of the System Analyst at the FedEx and his job is to solve all the productivity problems and naturally he spend most of his time in travel. He was in love with Kelly and they are about to get marriage and it was the Christmas time, when Tom was to board a flight (FedEx flight)  and he also meets Kelly at the airport and they exchanged their Christmas gifts and Tom also promised her that he will marry after he returns home.

So while he was travelling in the McDonnell Douglas MD-11 flight, heavy thunderstorm in the Pacific Ocean made the plane crash into the ocean. After that Tom managed to escape from the sinking airline with the help of a life raft and finally finds a shore. But the pilots of the airline were killed in the crash.

Soon after that Tom managed to find that the island was uninhabited and later he also finds that the FedEx packages that came in the plane washed up to the shore. He also opened all the packages in the hope of finding any goods that will be used for his survival.

But he also leaves one of the packages unopened and this is a symbolic way of representing, that he had the hope that he will return to his home one day and he will deliver this package and more importantly this package was also a motivation factor fro which always made him not to give up, whenever he sees that package.

He was alone in the island for more than 4 years and these 4 years  made his mind and courage strong and now he lives as he is the Tarzan of the island as he becomes an expert in fishing and knew very good about the island. Another important thing that happened was that he gave a name for a football, which he obtained in one of the package 4 years back, and the name of this psychological character is “Wilson”, which is just a football. For all these 4 years Wilson was the only company for him and he used to speak to him as if it was a human being.The image below shows the football... sorry, it is Wilson.

But one day he deiced to leave the island after implementing the plan of converting the available plastics into a boat and he also managed to sail in the ocean after giving a farewell to the island. But the cyclone and heat tortured him and at one point of time he gave after he lost “Wilson”.

But fortunately for him he was rescued by a cargo ship and he also reached home. But he was shocked to know the news that he was considered as dead four years ago and moreover Kelly was married to another person and they have child now. He was frustrated.

Then he carries the package that he didn’t open when he was on the island and delivers them to the address mentioned. There he found the door was closed and hence he kept the parcel near the door and leaves a note telling that that package has saved his life and the film finishes in a touching way …. Which everybody must watch.

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#)Nayagan

Yet to Watch?: Friends, this is one of best KamalHassan movie and not only that, this is a turning point for his film carrier.This is more or less like "Godfather" type and this is film based on the life of a don.This is all time hit and this movie is also listed in Times top 100 movies.

Theme:" If you involve in violence... that violence will kills you"

Actors: Kamal Hassan, Saranya, Janagaraj

Behind the screen: Maniratnam(Director), Illayaraja (Music Director),P. C. Sriram(Cinematography), Thotta Tharani(Art Director)

Year of release: 1987

About the movie:

This is also a true story and it based upon the life of Varadarajan Mudaliar, who was the underworld don in Mumbai.In this film Kamal Hassan plays the character of Sakthivelu Nayakar.When he was a small child in Tamil Nadu he was used by the Police to find the whereabouts of his father who was doing illegal business.

As a result of this Police surrounds his father and also shoots him in front of Sakthivelu Nayakar.Nayakar couldn't tolerate this and and after finishing his father's funeral he kills the person who was responsible for his father's death and after that he has no one else in Tamil Nadu so he leaves for Mumbai after killing the person who killed his father.

When he reached Mumbai in fear of being caught, there he has no one to take care of him and he was also starving as he had no food.Fortunately a Fisherman family takes him to their house and they also gives food and shelter for him.The place where he was staying with the fisherman is a slum area called  as "Dharvi".Majority of population in this place are from Tamil Nadu and they set up Leather Tanning industry.

Unfortunately the person who takes care of Sakthivelu Nayakar at present is also a smuggler.In one incident a police officer Inspector Kelkar arrests his foster-father, who was involved in smuggling goods,and he also tortures him and later killed him.Kamal for the second time in his life decided to take a revenge and he finds the police officer and kills him.After this incident all the people in the Slum considers him as God father because the police officer often created problem for the people in the slum.

So he is seen as a saviour by the people.Later he decided to take care of the smuggling job that his foster-father carried and he also flourishes in this smuggling job and he was also helped by Janagaraj.He also meets Saranya in an extremely embarrassing situation and he also decides to marry her.

As he begins to develop in the smuggling job, he also faces tough competition and as a result of this the people agaist him kills his wife.So Kamal fears about his children's life and he sends them to Chennai so that it would be safe for them.But his son wants to help Kamal and he also tries to kill the witness an this process he looses his life.

As a result of this his daughter hates him and also breaks the relationship with his father after the death of his brother.But the situation becomes very bad for Kamal as he was been constantly monitored by Nasser, who was the Son-in-law of Kamal and also the newly appointed Assistant Police Commissioner .He also finds evidence against Kamal and finally he arrests him.

But unfortunately the case failed in cout due to weak evidence and he was released form the Jail and his people ar eagerly waiing for him.It was at this point one of the famous dialogue in Tamil film industry ,i.e "neenga nalavara Kettavara?"(Are you a good man or bad man", was asked to Kamak by his grandson.

After he was released from the jail he was shot dead.This time the murderer was none other than Inspector Kelkar's son and the reason why he kills him is to take revenge for his father's death.This also naturally becomes the moral of the story...."Don't involve in violence as you will become the victim of violence itself"

#)Iyarkai

Yet to watch?:This is one of the pleasant movie I have ever and the movie is so natural and it is also practical.If you are going to watch for the first time, Iam sure you will like Sham's character,"Marudhu".Eventhouh it is a triangular love story we can view in a different way and we can also understand the feeling of the hero, when he leaves the country.Mainly the film is based on Dostoyevsky's "White Nights".

Theme: This doesn't contain any message but still the concept of love is said in a a different way."Emotions vs Practical life" may be considered as the theme to an extent, and this can be understood in the climax when the girl selects her lover.

Actor: Shaam,Arun Vijay, Kutty radhika

Behind the scene:S.P.Jananathan(Director),Vidyasagar(Music Director)

Year of release: 2003

About the movie:

Many scenes from this film which has an old light house submerged in sea and many other scenes, are supposed to be taken in Andaman and Nicobar Island.

The films starts with a ship coming to Rameswaram and in that Sham(Marudhu) comes as the member of the ship.When the Ship comes Nancy(Kutty Radhika) eagerly awaits as if she was expecting for someone.Sham comes to India after a long time as he was continuously sailing in ship and when he landed he just kisses the beach,i.e the sand.After he goes into the town and enjoys for a while.At one point of time Nancy comes to Marudhu and asks for help with Marudhu and she reveals that she was in love with Arun Vijay who was a ship captain and visited the city some years back.

Marudhu also helps her but he also loves her and at one point of time she propose to her while he was helping to where is Arun Vijay.Nancy gets angry and she scolds him.She decided not to speak to Marudhu and when she got the news that a ship has come to Sri Lanka and she believes that Arun Vijay will be in that ship and she decides to take a boat to Sri Lanka and during this time Marudhu also joins her in the boat.

The ship stops in the middle of the ocean as there was no fuel and when there was an argument between them the ring in the hands of Nancy ,which was presented by Arun Vijay, slips and falls into ocean.She cries and says that it was really important.So Marudu dives into the ocean and tries to take that ring but he was drowned.Fortunately a boat comes that side and they rescue Marudhu and takes him to the shore, but Marudhu was still unconscious.But later he was rescued and he opens his finger Nancy finds the ring.

At this time, Marudhu says that till that time the ring was a remembrance of Arun Vijay but hereafter the ring symbolises his love towards Nancy.After that a ship comes to the city and Nancy finds a friend of Arun Vijay in that ship and she was shocked to hear that the ship in which Arun Vijay travelled met with and accident and the probability that Arun Vijay is alive is very very less.

Later one Marudhu was to leave the city and he compels Nancy to take a decision.But she didn't accept it as she still believes that Arun vijay loves here.He takes her to Church and writes his name and captains name and asked her to take one paper in the name of God as she couldn't make a decision on her own.She takes one paper and this was kept in a box and given to Pasupati,who was the Father of the church.

Marudhu says that she has got time till he leave to say her love or he will find by opening the decision box.However at last she takes a decision and dint want to open  and see what was in the decision paper, and he accepted to marry Marudhu and so Marudhu decided not to leave the city.

All these happened on Christmas and everybody was enjoying it(In film this was the "Alaye alaye..." song.When the song finishes Marudhu finds that some other person was kissing Nancy and everybody around here was surprised and shocked to see Arun Vijay, as he was one in a billion to survive the ship accident.The image below is a scene form the Alaye Alaye song.After seeing this Nancy was very happy and they both were dancing and seeing this Marudhu was shocked  and he leaves that place before anyone notice him.The film ends as Sham Leaves the city and he throws down a decision box which contains the Nancy's decision into the ocean.

How heart- warming it is to hear songs of 90s era.. which many of us grew up hearing..
songs like--
Chori chori jab nazre milee..from kareeb
Rhim jhim rhim jhim..1942-a love story
All the Dil se’s classics..
Rukmani or dil hai chhota sa from roja..
Tu hi re from Bombay..
Chhai chhapa chhai chhapa k chhai..
Mere rang mein rangne wali from meine pyar kiya..
Rangeela’s pyar ye jane kaisa hai..
Chandni raat hai tuu mere sath hai from baghi..
Payali chunmun chunmun from virasat..
Jhonka hawa ka..
Panchhi nadiya-refugee..
Humko sirf tumse pyar hai –barsat..
Ishq..
Chalte chalte..
Bholi si surat aankho mein masti..
Apun bola tu meri laila song fuuulll of josh
Aati kya khandala
Pyar ki kashti mein lehro ki masti me
Aaj mein upar aasman nichen
Bumro bumro
Musu musu hasi :-)

Mostly the songs sung by
Lata mangeshkar .. Alka yagnik.. Udit narayan.. Kumar sanu.. Sonu nigam and Abhijeet..
Voices Sweeter thn sweetz.. leaves no one in any doubt that 90s era songs is not a nostalgic return but a heart warming experience.

A standing ovation to
A R Rehman
Jatin Lalit
Anu Malik
Ismail Darbar
Uttam Singh
Nadeem Shravan
Rajesh Roshan
Shankar Ehsaan Loy