We go to a theatre to watch movies.  In today's world the primary reason to go out to a theatre during the weekend to watch a movie is to relieve our boredom or  to get rid of the stress accumulated at our homes and workplaces during the week. Once we enter the theatre, this is what a routine movie offers.

Mindless Violence and Torture.:- The viewer has to go to through frames of mindless violence wherein the characters are on a killing spree chopping of heads or blasting bombs which usually happens all over the world. If that is not enough, there is lot of weeping and crying. That is enough to create headaches for anybody.  Many people tolerate the torture, considering they have paid lot of money for the tickets, conveyance to get there and also money for snacks.  People who cannot bear it any further take a brave decision and come out foregoing the money spent.

Politics:- One favorite topic for filmmakers is politics.  When we see enough of politics in front of our eyes through television channels, Internet and newspapers, what is the necessity to extend it further through a theatre.  One of the reason why we get into a theatre to watch a movie is to get rid of these routine politics.  Yet me make a fools of ourselves by paying to watch politics when we were watching in our homes for free.

Tragic End:- If there is a decent story, say for example a love story to give the viewers some respite  from mindless violence, then there is a tragic end to the movie in the form of death of lovers on account of factional feuds. One thing film makers should understand that when there are enough tragedies all over the world  in today's world to which a person is witness to, then why to extend that further through a movie.

Art Films:- Usually a common man lacks the intelligence to understand such movies.  These movies are branded to be realistic but when it comes to entertainment value, it is zero

Suggestions for entertaining movies.

The basic idea to keep a viewer interested is to offer entertainment.  Comedy movies are very welcome in this regard .  Suspense thrillers too keep the viewers engrossed.  Infact Comedies and suspense thrillers not only keep the viewers engaged for 3 hours, it also makes the viewer to relive those moments with his family, friends and colleagues.  A movie need not necessary be realistic, even unrealistic ones will do provided it gives 3 hours of entertainment which is what the paying people want.

Regards

Satish

Hi friends in this article let us discuss about the action packed thriller film called as Vettaiyaadu Vilaiyaadu. In this film Kamal has taken the role of a Police officer and this film is about a crime investigation, in search of serial killers.

The movie is very fast with some part of the movie taken in USA.Kamal did a spelndid job in his acting and also Prakash Raj who is a friend of Kamal Hassan.

Technical Crew of the film

i)This film was written and directed by Gautham Menon

ii)This film was relased on August, 25 2006

iii)Manickam Narayanan is the producer for this film

iv)The distributor of the film is Photon Factory

v)Harris Jayaraj composed music for this film and all songs were super hit

vi)Anthony done the editing for this film

vii)Ravi Varman is the camera man for this film and he took risk to shoot some of the scenes in USA. In one scene when he and Gautam were in a helicopter and shooting in USA, they almost lost their life

vii)The Art direction is done by Rajeevan

viii)Tirlok Malik is the New York line producer

ix)This film was a huge hit in 2006 and ran for more than 150 days in many theatres and grossed 60 crores with budget being 12 crores

x)This film was also dubbed in Telugu as Raghavan and it was also a hit there.

xi)Many experts believe that this film had resemblence to the Holywood movie "The silence of Lamb"

xii)reports says tht Nayantara and Nila initially rejected their roles in this film.

xiii)Some also believe that the movie is loosely based on Robert De Niro movie 15 Minutes.

Artists in the film and their cast

i)Kamal Haasan as Raghavan, who is the the Deputy Commisioner of Police

ii)Jyothika as Aradhana

iii)Kamalinee Mukherjee as Kayalvizhi

iv)Lev Gorn as Anderson, who from New York police Department

v)Ajay Naidu as Arun

vi)Prakash Raj as Arokiyaraj, who is also a senior police officer

vii)Daniel Balaji as Amudhan Sukumaran

viii)Saleem Baig as Ilamaran Ganesan

ix)Rajshri Nair as Chitra Arokiyaraj

About the movie

The film starts in a bus stand of a small town when Rani, who is Arokyaraj's daughter calling her dad form a PCO where she was called by somebody.After that Arokyaraj was restless as his daughter didn't return home. So Kamal comes to the investigation and he however managed to find the dead body of Rani

Hearing this news Arokyaraj couldn't believe it and after the funeral he says to Raaghavan that two of Rani's college misbehaved with her 2 months back and when Kamal investigated this a local inspector said that they were just students an they had no connection with the murder.

Then Arokyaraj and his wife leaves for USA as they couldn't stay in India as their daughter's taught disturbs them.After some months Raghavan gets a call and he was shocked to hear that Arokyaraj's family was murdered in USA and he goes to USA to attend the funeral and also for the investigation.

When he travels he thinks of her wife who was murdered by some of the local rowdies and how he killed them.This really disturbs him, when he thinks of his wife's(His wife was Kamalini Mukerjee) death.

Then he reaches USA and he stays there in a hotel where he sees Arathana who tries to kill herself because of her unsuccessful marriage life and she was saved by Raghavan.

After that Kamal asks the reason and the next day Kamal goes to NYPD and meets Anderson for the investigation process.

There he finishes the funeral of the Arokyaraj's family and also visited the crime scene, as he goes to Arokyaraj's house there and he starts the investigation

During the investigation Raghavan finds that another Indian girl was murdered and her finger was hanged in the car's real view mirror and he finds that there is a connection between this murder and that of Rani's murder because earlier he sound similarly a finger (Rani's finger) in Arokyaraj's car real view mirror.

So tracing this death of the Indian girl he founds 5 other dead bodies in an abandoned place and he founds this with the help of instinct called as "Raghavan's instinct".He also finds this also has a connection and he along with Anderson goes to the FBI headquarters where he said that he could trace the killer by corelating the the flights passengers manifesto.

He and Anderson worked out this problem and they could shortlist the number of names and finally they investigates all the names in that list and at last he tracks down two Indian medical students studying in New York and when they entered their house they could find evidence and they confirmed that they were the killers.

While they were searching for evidence the two murderers comes in and they kill Anderson and Raghavan was badly injured.By this time the two murderers escaped to India and Kamal who is having treatment also goes to USA with Aaradhana and when he was travelling with her he proposes to her and says that he can take care of her and also her daughter Maya.

In India, the culprits chase Raghavan and they continue to commit a series of murders, that includes Raghavan's driver and security guards. At the same time, Aradhana who rejected Raghavan's proposal earlier accepts now and after this she was kidnapped by the Killers and they attempt to blackmail Raghavan.

At this time Raghavan managed to arrest one of the killer and he askd another killer to release Aradhand , bu the other killer buries her alive and knowing this Raghavan kills both the killer and managed to save Aradhana.

At the end,Raghavan and Aradhana get married,and this means that Raghavan is the stepfather of 17-month-old Maya(who was Aradhanas daughter to her first husband).

Songs in this film

i)"Karka Karka", this song was sung by Tippu, Devan, Nakul, Andrea Jeremiah,and this is the openieng song and introduction song for Kamal.

ii)"Partha Muthal" sung by Unni Menon, Bombay Jayashri, and this occurs during the flash back when Kamal thinks of his wife, when he was travelling to USA

iii)"Manjal Veiyil" sung by Hariharan, Vijay, Nakul, and this happens in USA when Kamal and Jyotika were in Ney York   

iv)"Nerupae" sung by Franko, Solar Sai, Sowmya Raoh and this occurs when the killers were in Goa and they travel along the west coast of India and also Kamals recovery after he was badly injured by the killers

v)"Uyirilae" sung by Srinivas, Mahalakshmi Iyer, and this is the last song in this film which features Kamal and Jyotika

The IMDB rating for this film is 7.7 out of 10

Hi friends in this article let us discuss about the Kamal movie, Aalavanthan.This was one of the Kamal's most expected movie, because he has done a dual role after a long time i.e after the film Indian in 1996.

In one of the two characters he acts as a Psycho and he also had his head tonsured  and the other character was an Army officer.Kamal's acting was extremely super  and he got great appreciation for this film.

Technical crew of the film and basic info

i)This film was directed by Suresh Krishna

ii)This was the first film as music director for Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy and they composed for 5 songs with the Back ground music was done by music director Magesh

iii)Vairamuthu took care of Lyrics

iv)Kalaipuli S. Thanu was the producer of this film and report said that there was misunderstanding between him and Kamal as Kamal asked to postpone the release date and as a result of his this film didn't do well as expected

v)The story for this film was written by Kamal Hassan itself

vi)Tirru did the cinematogrophy for this film

vii)The art director for this film is Samir Chanda

viii)M. Kasi Vishwanathan did the editing for this film

ix)Vikram Dharma is the stunt co ordinator

x)This film was released in 2001

xi)Jayam Ravi, who is at present the famous hero in Tamil film industry was the assistant director for this film

xii)This film was not a huge hit as it grossed only 25 crores with its budget being 20 crores

Artists in the film and their cast

i)Kamal Hassan  in a dual role 1)Major Vijaykumar (Vijay) and 2)Nandakumar (Nandu)

ii)Raveena Tandon as Tejaswini and she is Major Vijaykumar's wife in this film

iii)Manisha Koirala does a cameo role Shar milee and she is a dancer

iv)Vallabh Vyas as Dr. Srinivasa Rao

v)Milind Gunaji as Lt. Col. Santosh Kumar

vi)Sarath Babu as Tejaswini's dad

vii)Anu Haasan as Kamal's mother

About the movie

The film starts when Vijay , who was the commander of an anti-terrorist squad, rescues the hostages from a terrorist gang and he hurts himself in the operation. Tejaswini was a TV reporter and she comes to see Vijay who was in hospital and says she is pregnant with their child.

After that the engagement is arranged and this time the famous song "Siri Siri..." was sung by Kamalhassan.

Then Vijay and Tejaswini goes to meet Vijay's brother Nandu, who is also Kamal Hassan and he had his head tonsured.

Nandu was in mental asylum as he was a  psycho.

When Vijay takes Tejaswini to the asylum so that Nandu can meet her Nandu decides that she is his evil stepmother.

Because in the flashback when they were child their mother(Anu Hassan) dies and their father married another woman who tortured Nandu(At that time Vijay was brought up by his uncle and this decison was taken by coining a toss so as to select nandu or Vijay), and unfortunately Nandu has to stay with his step mother.

He tortured him and when his father died due to illness she didn't help him with medical treatment and so he kills here and that's why he hates woman of that kind and he also feels Tejaswini was his step mother.

So he wanted to kill Tejaswini so as to protect Vijay and in this act he escape from the asylum and searches for
Tejaswini.After escaping from the asylum he started having drugs and he kills many that includes manish Koirall also as at one stage he imagined her to be his step mother.

He was very eager to kill Tejaswini so that he could protect his brother. At last when he was fighting with Vijay, who asked not to kill Tejaswini, he could see his mother and and she asked him to come with her .At this point of time he asked Kamal to say sorry to Tejaswini on his behalf as he understood the situation and atlast he dies.

Songs in this film

1)"Aalavandhan...." sung by Shankar Mahadevan and in film this song comes during a chase sequence between tow brothers

2)"Kadavul Paadhi..Mirugam padhi..." by Kamal Haasan and it happens when Nandu escapes from asylum

3)"Africa Kaatupuli..." by Nandini and this happens in a stage show performed by Manisha Koiralla and after this song Nandu

kills her

4)"Siri Siri..." by Kamal Haasan, Mahalakshmi Iyer, during the engagement function between Vijay and Tejaswini

5)"Unazhagukku..." by Shankar Mahadevan, Sujatha Mohan and this is a very pleasant song

The IMDB rating for this film is 6.8 out of 10

These days we have lot of options to see a movie.  We can view it on television in the comfort of our homes  as and when the channels decide to telecast it.  We can also decide to view at our leisure on a CD Player or on our Computer at home or workplace which is convenient to us.  However the best mode of watching move is in a theatre.  We have to  make a couple of sacrifices to view a move in a theatre.  The sacrifices come in the form of extra money for tickets and conveyance charges in addition to  generating some free time.  The advantages of watching movie in a theatre are:-.

Big Screen and Better Sound Effects:- You get to see movie on a a much bigger screen in a theatre.  As most characters played by the hero of the movie  are larger than life, the bigger screen suits the audience better. The sound effects are definitely better in a theatre.  The deafening sound especially in action scenes will generate more interest

Continuity in watching a movie:- Once in a theatre you are assured of continuity in watching a movie.  In Television for every 5 minutes of movie is interrupted by 3 minutes of advertisements.  Because of these people switch channels and lose track of the movie and interest in it.  On Television you tend to take too many breaks for having tea or chatting with your families and thereby lose focus of the movie.  In theatre since you have paid that money, and have are under a moral obligation not to  inconvenience other persons seated in the hall by attending your mobile calls or frequently walking out, you enjoy uninterrupted movie.

Realistic Performances in Silent Atmosphere:- The silent atmosphere in theatre ensures that you hear only the sound of movie whereas at home you hear sounds of everybody at your home while watching television.  When you hear only the sound of movie, acting of characters and their emotions appear real to you.  Wheres in TV, everything looks like a stage managed drama, in theatre for 3 hours, everything seems real till the completion of movie.

Full focus, concentration and motivation because of  lack  of  Choice:- While watching movie on television, you have a choice of various other programmes for viewing and thereby are not fully focussed or motivated.  In a theatre since you do not have any other choice, but to see a single movie at a time, you watch the movie with full focus and concentration and enjoy the move.

Consider the above factors, if you want to enjoy a movie, then the best place is a theatre.  Nothing else gives a more enjoyable feeling.

Regards

Satish