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
Hi friends in this article in this article let us discuss about films that runs for maximum hours.Most of these films are experimental and the running time of these films are very long
1)MATRJOSCHKA:
# This ia a German Film released in 2006 directed and produced by Karin Hoerler
# This Film runs for 95 hours (5700 minutes)
# This film was world premiered in Frankfurt at the light spectacle Luminale 2006.
# This Film was telecasted Publicly at the outdoor 100meter square LED screen (as shown in the image above) outdoor of DrKW-building.
# The film shows a boy riding a bicycle, a street, houses, garages, and sky.
# The film telecast started on april 23, 2006 at 6am and finished at 28th april, 2006 1 am, with a 5 hour break eveyday from 1am to 6 am
# This is a silent film and the sequence in the film are based on the images that changes very slowly which is not directly visible
2)THE CURE FOR INSOMNIA:
# This is an American film that runs for 87 hours (5220 minutes)for nearly 4 days.
# This film was directed by John Henry Timmis IV and produced by Joseph Emm Matune.
# This film was released in the year january 31,1987
# This movie has no story rather it consist of an artist Lee D Groban reading a lengthy poem 'The cure for Insomnia".
# L.D. Groban reads his own poem(Containing 4080 pages) during the span of about four days, which is interspliced with stock footage of heavy-metal videos and x-rated footage
# From january 31st to February 3 for 3 continuous day this film was telecasted to The School of art institute , Chicago
# This film is basically an experiment designed to reprogram biological clocks for insomniacs so they can sleep again
3) THE LONGEST MOST MEANINGLESS MOVIE IN THE WORLD:
# This is a 1970 British movie directed by Anthony Scott
# Most of the scenes in this film were repeated and this film runs for 2880 minutes(48 hours)
Well friends these are just experimental took for the purpose of record .
Hi friends in this article let us discuss about one of the best comedy film in Tamil cinema, i.e THENALI.Actually if you watch this film I can assure you that, you will laugh throughout the film.
The most important part of this film is that Kamalhassan has enacted as the Srilankan Tamil and he did a tremendous job as his acting was greatly appreciated.Apart from comedy some scene descibes the suffering of Tamil people in Srilanka and even in these scenes Kamal did a splendid job.
Jayaram supported him very well and he has done a role of a doctor .The scenes where both these two leading actors act together are excellent and they will entertain you very well.
Technical Crew and info about the film
#)This film was released in the year 2007(November 7th)
#)K.S.Ravikumar directed this film
#)Oscar award winner A.R.Rahman composed music for this film and all the songs were hit
#)Crazy Mohan is the writer for this film
#)This film was produced by Venkatraj and Sivaraj
#)Initially Mohan Lal was chosen fro Jayaram's role and Simran was chosen for Jyotika role but they couldn't act as they were busy at that time.
#)This film grossed 20 crores in the box office and after the failure of Hey Ram this was a huge hit for Kamal
#)After the success of this comedy film Kamal followed ths same theme as he did films like Pammal K. Sambandam and Panchathanthiram after Thenali.
Artists in the film
#)KamalHassan as Thenali Solomon
#)Jayaram as the Dr. Kailash, who is a psychiatrist with whom Kamal Takes treatment
#)Jyotika as Janaki who is the lover of Kamal
#)Devayani as Jalaja, who is the wife of Jayaram
#)Delhi Ghanesh as Dr. Panchabhootham and Ramesh Khanna as his assistant
#)Apart from this Meena, B. H. Abdul Hameed, and director K. S. Ravikumar also appeared in cameo appearances at the climax
About the film and story
This film is a remake of the English film "What About Bob?".
The film starts in Chennai when a patient tries to suicide from the top of the building but was saved by the Doctor Kailash in a fantastic way and this made him a famous and all the media covered this news
But Dr.Kailash was once a junior to Dr. Panchabhootham and this fame to Dr.kailash made him jealous and he tries to reduce his fame.So he sends one of his patient ,i.e kamal, to Kailash, as Kamal was a man who fears for everything as he had a terrible life in Sri Lanka due to war.
Dr. Panchabhootham had an idea in that mind that Kailash can't cure Thenali(Kamal) and this will be a trouble for him and his fame will get reduced.So he sends Thenali to Dr. Kailash.
But unfortunately Kailash was ready to go for vacation to his guest house in Kodaikanal with his wife Jalaja(Devayani) and two children lived.So he asks to come after some months for treatment.But Thenali had no house and he also goes to Kodaikanl without Kailah knowledge with the help of Dr. Panchabhootham
There he goes to Kailsh Guest house which was a shock for Kailash and he tried to avoid him by sending him out of the towm but each and every time he tries to do this Thenali some how returns home.
But this time Janaki(Jyotika) comes to Kodaikandal and she falls in love with Kamal.Kailash couldn't accept this and he tried to avoid Kamal and each time when Kailsh did something bad to Kamal,he couldn't succeed and that time Kailash says that this was a treatment.
Then the rest of the film revolves around how Dr. Kailash goes mad with the antics of Thenali and at one stage he tries to kill Thenali by tying him to a tree with a time bomb,but Thenali thinks is a not a bomb , its just a treatment and he removes and puts it in the doctor's house, which resulted in the explosion of the house which eventually made Kailash to suffer from paralytic attack.
After this Kamal and Jyotika gets married and at last Kamal tries to cure Dr. Kailash by shock treatment and he brings Meena, Abdul Hameed and K.S. Ravikumar and also made Meena to act as his Sri Lankan wife.This shock cured Kailash and then Kamal says this is just a treatment and after that the story ends happily
28 Days Later
A very good thriller.....Well made....good to watch...actually i m not interested in watching this movie but i started it only for the reason that Danny Boyle directed it....after watching 5 minutes , i hadn't stopped till the very end...had a good time...in fact , i felt it better than "I Am Legend"......7/10
Hard Boiled (1992) [Cantonese]
A typical John Woo action extravaganza (Body count: 300+) which went on to influence the directors from both Hollywood and Bollywood. The Max Payne video game franchise, which I am playing right now, also is directly influenced by his films. Now tell me who is not to be influenced by him after all? 8/10
Two Lovers, (2008) Hollywood
7/10
Drama / Romance
The Movie Is Very Silent(Drama) ...
But Ending Is Superb I Loved It, I Hope So Everyone Do ...
Some Peoples Feel Its Boring, Coz Of Slow Pace Movie, !!!
Performance By Everyone Is Natural ...
Making Such A Movie Like This Is Interesting ,..
From Very Beginning
Leonard(Joaquin Phoenix) Attempt A Suicide For Broke up With His Fiancee
Rest Of Story Is Falling In Love With Two Girls & Choosing One
Nite Tales,(2008) Hollywood
3/10
Horror / Thriller / Mystery
Two Stories In One Movie, Everything Happens In One Night...
First One Is Bank Robbery & The Other One Is Horror .,
I Say Second One Is Far Better Than First
And The Movie Is Not Up To The Mark, Just Entertainment/Time Pass Flick,
Unnaipol Oruvan, (2009) Kollywood
10/10
Crime / Thriller / Drama
"The New Face Of Terror"
Wow Beautiful Movie, Its A Remake Of "A Wednesday"
No Romance, No Songs, Little Violence, Little Comedy Its A Dramatic Thriller
Two Biggies, Kamal Haasan & Mohanlal Are Excellent...
Shruthi Haasan's Music Is Good Than I Thought,
Its A Complete Family Entertainment ,.. With Good Theme/Storyline
Primal Fear, (1996) Hollywood
7/10
Crime / Mystery / Drama
Almost Whole Movie Shot In Court, Investigating About Crime ...
Its A Novel Adopted Flick, Awesome Performance By Aaron/Roy(Edward Norton)
Its A Another Movie Which has Twist At The End ...
Movie Was Very Good But The Thing Is It Has Been Stretched To 2hours feels Too Long!!
I Learnt Thers A Lots Of Difference Between Our Law & Western,
Richard Gere's One Of The Best Movie
"24" (2001-????) Season 1 Episodes 1-14
"24" is a story that revolves around a Federal Agent Jack Bauer who has been called in for the protection of the Parliament Candidate Senetor David Palmer who is an Afro-American citizen and most likely to become the next president. Situation gets out of control from the first hour itself. And the journey begins!
What I loved about this series is of-course the plot, the tensed atmosphere it creates and engraves you too with it and mainly the real-time story telling. Every episode is an hour long and it counts in real time. Each season has 24 episodes which means one single season is "one single day". And so the show is called "24". And you have to trust me on this one that it is one of the best thriller series after LOST. LOST is just exceptionally good. But 24 is indeed an edge of the seat thriller.
I loved the cast. Everyone is pretty cool except for the fact that had it been Denzel Washington wasn't a superstar, I would have loved to see him do Jack Bauer only on the basis of one performance, "Deja Vu". Nonetheless, Kiefer Sutherland is a very nice actor and undoubtedly underrated because its been 7 seasons and he hasn't been awarded once! That's ridiculous if you ask me.
Rating: 9/10 so far. (9 just because I saw LOST first and LOST is way way ahead of all the best thrillers till date, period!)
The Diving bell and the butterfly (2007)
brilliant performance by the main lead....
a very heart touching film.....
a must watch for gud movie lovers..
8.5/10
orphan.....
really a chilling experience watching it at this time of the night alonean awesome experience....more of a thriller then a horror movie.....must watch9/10
Wrong Turn 3: Left for Dead
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this movie has to be given the award of the shittiest movie of the year!! after wrong turn 2 which was simply awesome..i had expected a lot from this one...but this surely hit a rock bottom..pathetic movie...just pathetic...i was thinking when this movie will end!!!!.......the story line was majorly confused the directr didnt knw whther to make a mutant vs human movie or a prisnors vs cops movie..there were no scares at all...piece of shit!!! no horror or fear factor....and the mutant also didnt look very scary...wat a lame effort by the film-makers....its such a shame after wrong turn 2. few gory scenes which were pretty ok..other than that....this movie is goin towards the dustbin!!
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1/10
Mackenna's Gold (1969)
Plot: The gangster Colorado kidnaps Marshal McKenna. He believes that McKenna has seen a map which leads to a rich vein of gold in the mountains and forces him to show him the way. But they're not the only ones who're after the gold..........
This is my father's fav movie...He is a die hard fan of Gregory Peck....
I liked the movie very much...
Can anyone tell me whether the canyon shown in the movie was actually blasted away or not ??? In imdb its said that they blasted it away, but could they do it....??? I dont think so...(but it looks very much original)
Imdb Rating:- 6.5/10
My Rating:- 9/10 (Very underrated movie)
Public Enemies
6.5/10
Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008)
Lastly, its a good movie, not great. May or may not have been better. Don't know.
Rating: 3.5/5
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