NANDHALAALAA - Movie Review

NANDHALAALAA




Heart-melting Tamil movie from the successful director Mysskinn, who already directed blockbuster hits "Chithiram Pesuthadi" and "Anjathe". Unlike the other two movies wherein the story revolved around rowdies, kidnapping and violence, this is thoroughly a different plot for him. This film has definitely helped Mysskinn to come out of the monotony.

Two different characters Bhaskar and Akhilesh go in search of beloved mom. Bhaskar is a "mentally young" character who manages to escape from a lunatic asylum whereas Akhilesh is a young student who skips his educational tour to get a glimpse of his mother. Interesting sequences lead them to join hands in their noble journey. During their journey they come across some interesting and emotional characters with the right mixture of fun. But when they reach their ultimate destination what happens? This is what you have to watch in a theatre.

Mysskinn has played the role of Baskar to perfection. No over-action, no unwanted fight sequences, no shouting, etc. Master Ashwathram as Akhilesh has shown remarkable maturity in his performance. The way he dodges Bhaskar to get into a bus alone and the way he ultimately decides to join him back, he deserves a big applause for his measured expression.

Many small characters in the movie have made deep impact like the schoolgirl in bicycle, lorry driver, bike duo, limping man, sex worker, etc. Each of them make our heart harden for a moment before the story proceeds to the next character. Cinematographer Mahesh has been a big plus point in the movie.

Finally, the real hero of the film, Maestro Ilayaraja. Though there is less scope for him in the movie to show his skills, with the characters and situations changing at a rapid speed, he has done remarkably well to keep us in the groove. In a story like "Azhagi" where the emotion is focussed on a few characters he has done tremendously well, in fact better than this, which is not a strange thing for a maestro like him. But, to have an impact in this kind of rapid movie is a champion stuff indeed.

Altogether, a great movie with an array of impressive characters, subtle humour and finally a perfect finishing touch.


Well done Mysskinn!!

UTHAMAPURTHIRAN




Story unfolds with the age old story of kidnapping of a bride by mistake and facing the sequences which develop as a result of it. Pooja's (Genelia) entry into Siva's (Dhanush) family brings back the memories of "Santosh Subramaniam". But the bubbling energy which Genelia displayed in that movie is missing here. With not much scope for acting Dhanush makes an ordinary appearance in the movie. As publicized before the release of the movie, Vivek's entry is the main twist in the story. Vivek plays an auditor's (fake) role with the nickname "Emotional Ekambaram" (a new trend started in naming the characters which started with "Erimalai" in Singam and we are likely to witness similar names in the forthcoming movies). His character is definitely enjoyable especially when Dhanush's tricks often puts him in a tight corner before the villains. Bagyaraj has an interesting role as "Washington Vetrivel" which helps in moving the story in the second part.

Uthamaputhiran is a family entertainer with mild characters and incidents.




VA-QUARTER CUTTING



Amazing title which probably would spoil the image of the movie. But as soon as you complete watching the movie you will agree with the title. Movie starts with creative titles with animation. The story is in line with the style of narrating the incidents happening in a short duration like "Newton-in Moondraavathu Vidhi". "Thamizh Padam" fame Siva has done wonderfully well to portray the character, bound to fly to Dubai the next day, spending one full day roaming around Chennai in search of "Quarter Cutting", having come to know that he will not be able to consume liquor in Dubai. With absolutely no story, credit should be given to the Director for making the movie very interesting with a sequence of comic sequences and dialogues. Siva follows the style of comedian Santhanam with his subtle comments. To name a few... "Oru aiyer kitta thayir saadham saapdaathennu sonna... oru sait kitta beeda podathennu sonna...", "antha meen-e ungala vida uyaramaa irukku", "vayasaanavanga saavula en vedi vekkaraanga... oru velai sariyaa saavalainaa vedi sathathula mothama uyir poyidumnu...". Minor but effective characters like Marthandan (SPB Charan), Prince & King in Prince's Den, Chinna Annan, Periya Thambi, Saraswathi (Lekha Washington, may be a sentimental inclusion after the success of Thamizh Padam) make the movie very interesting.

Uncomplicated simple comedy. You can watch it just for entertainment.



VAADAA



Typical Sunder.C formula with a mix of action, romance and comedy. Vivek has imitated Surulirajan throughout the movie. Cleverly the movie starts with Vivek paying tribute to Surulirajan's portrait. Otherwise he would have been criticized as "copy cat". Vivek plays the role of the "Travel Agent" to perfection. The sequences involving stoppage of Vivek's marriage creates laughter. But one wonders how long his "stripping" comedy will go on. That could have been avoided. It is pitiable to watch the Heroine of the movie joining hands with Vivek in this unwanted type of comedy. Majority of the shots were filmed in picturesque Hardwar and Hrishikesh, the place chosen by Sunder.C for hide-out. When you watch the movie you can predict that some flashback sequence is always on the cards and it unfolds at an appropriate time. Sunder.C-Vivek combination is maintained following the success of movies like Sandai, Ainthaam Padai.

Regular Sunder.C movie interspersed with Vivek's comedy.

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TAMIL MOVIE REVIEWS

KALAVAANI




A light hearted movie...

The movie depicts the romance which blossoms between an irresponsible youth and a school student (Oh God... in how many movies we are going to witness such an unbelievable love. Love is blind. Silverscreen love is blind beyond imagination).
Pasanga fame "Ingittu Meenakshi" Vimal is the hero of the movie. He has done reasonably well. New face Oviya as heroine played her part too. But the Director has missed the plot by trying to present a serious story in a light manner. There is enough scope for violence in the movie. Luckily violence is used to the barest minimum which is the positive aspect of the movie. Ganja Karuppu is good in creating "Paruthi Veeran" type of humour. S S Kumaran has scored the music. "Dama Dam" song is of "ok" category. Rest of the songs vanish from our memory even before we reach the parking lot.

In a nutshell, a movie which created lot of expectation but could only be a
satisfactory movie.

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RAAVANAN

A movie which created much hype even before its release.
Technically a great movie. Excellent cinematography... An award winning effort indeed.

Music is not to the expected level. Rahman's fans must be a little bit upset with the songs especially after the big musical hit "Vinnai Thaandi Varuvaayaa".
Director Maniratnam has struggled a lot in bringing out a "modernised" Ramayan story. He even went to the extent of making veteran actor Karthik climb a tree to equate him with Lord Hanuman. Instead he could have gone ahead with the story not concentrating too much on the epic as he did in "Dalapathi" which is based on another epic "Mahabharata". However Maniratnam has handled the characters of Aishwarya (Modern Seetha) and Vikram (Modern Raavan) very carefully in the climax which otherwise would have become highly controversial.

Credit should go to Aishwarya Rai and Vikram who have performed extremely well.
The movie received mixed response.. excellent feedback immediately after release and criticism after a few days...
You can see the movie for its technical excellence.

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SINGAM

A typical Police story in the lines of Walter Vetrivel, Kaakka Kaakka, etc. Surya gets enough scope to perform after a series of ordinary movies. Dialogue plays a major role in the movie.

Prakash Raj plays the perfect villain's role to maintain the tempo of the movie.
Vivek's comedy may not be great thanks to his double meaning dialogues, but his comedy helps in sustaining the interest.

Devi Sri Prasad alias DSP (DSP for a police story... what a coincidence?) has scored music. His numbers make the youngsters dance, but if you listen carefully there is always some similarity with some old song. For instance, the song "Naane Indiran... Naane Chandiran" resembles the song "Raaman Aandaalum... Raavanan Aandaalum" of "Mullum Malarum" scored by the Maestro Ilayaraja. It is pathetic to see Maestro's songs being re-rendered either indirectly or directly as a remix.
On the whole a descent film and a perfect family entertainer.

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KOLA KOLAIYAA MUNDHIRIKKAA & KATRADHU KALAVU

Don't be surprised with the way I collectively discuss about two movies.
There is not much to differentiate between the two stories as the plot is almost same. Hero and Heroine of both the movies perform all possible tricks to cheat and earn money.

Kola Kolayaa Mundhirikkaa pushes the movie with a bit of comedy. Crazy Mohan's Comedy is not of the standard we have seen in Michael Madhana Kamarajan, Pammal K Sambandam, Pancha Thandhiram, etc.

You will be disappointed if you see the movie with such expectations.
Katrathu Kalavu has chosen the "thrill" route to run the movie. Police-criminal chasing, interrogation and other such scenes are available in plenty. But the most important thing is missing... which is the "story". Krishna, Vijayalakshmi (Chennai-28 fame) play the lead roles along with Sampath as Police Officer.
Not an impressive movie.


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ANGAADI THERU

A realistic movie which vividly portrays the day-to-day problems faced by salesboys and salesgirls. Young boys and girls who hail from villages come to Chennai with great ambitions and dreams about city life. But the true picture takes them by surprise. Family circumstances and poverty forces them to adjust with all the difficulties, insults, exploitations, etc.
A movie one must definitely see....

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GORIPALAYAM

One more violent movie in the lines of movies like Subramanyapuram, Renigunta, etc. Usual story of group of youngsters who hail from a locality in Madurai, spending their valuable time without worrying about their future. Routine family problems, ignorance by the parents, etc. etc. makes one to doubt whether they are seeing the old movie again by mistake. Bloodshed, murder and related activities are available in plenty in the movie. "Nadodigal" type of story treatment would have made the movie more interesting and would have attracted the entire family to the theatres.

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IRUMBUKOTTAI MURATTU SINGAM

A different story. Possibly the first full length cowboy film in Tamil movie history (though some of Jaishankar's movies come closer to it).
Though the comedy is not of high standards it makes us laugh at that moment.
Excellent sets, wonderful cinematography, action sequences, treasure hunt sequences makes the movie interesting.
One must see this movie just for its variety and unique style ...

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INDIA Vs SRI LANKA Test Series in Sri Lanka
Sun Jul 18 - Thu Jul 2210:00 IST
1st Test
Galle International Stadium
Mon Jul 26 - Fri Jul 30 10:00 IST
2nd Test
Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo
Tue Aug 3 - Sat Aug 7 10:00 IST
3rd Test
P Sara Oval, Colombo


INDIA-SRI LANKA-NEW ZEALAND Tri-Series in Sri Lanka
Tue Aug 10 14:30 IST
IND Vs NZ
Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium
Mon Aug 1614:30 IST
SRI Vs IND
Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium
Sun Aug 2214:30 IST
SRI Vs IND
Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium
Wed Aug 25 14:30 IST
IND Vs NZ
Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium


INDIA Vs AUSTRALIA Test Series in India
Sat Oct 2 - Wed Oct 6
1st Test
PCA Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh
Sun Oct 10 - Thu Oct 14
2nd Test
M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore


INDIA Vs AUSTRALIA ODI Series in India
Tue Oct 19
1st ODI
Nehru Stadium, Kochi
Fri Oct 19
2nd ODI
Nehru Stadium, Fatorda, Margao
Sun Oct 24
3rd ODI
VDCA Stadium, Visakhapatnam


INDIA Vs NEW ZEALAND Test Series in India
Thu Nov 4 - Mon Nov 8
1st Test
Sardar Patel Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad
Fri Nov 12 - Tue Nov 16
2nd Test
Green Park, Kanpur
Sat Nov 20 - Wed Nov 24
3rd Test
VCA Stadium Nagpur (To be confirmed)


INDIA Vs SOUTH AFRICA Test Series in South Africa
Thu Dec 16 - Mon Dec 20
1st Test
SuperSport Park, Centurion
Sun Dec 26 - Thu Dec 30
2nd Test
Kingsmead, Durban
Sun Jan 2 - Thu Jan 6 2011
3rd Test
Newlands, Cape Town


Sun Jan 9 2011
Only T20
Moses Mabhida Stadium, Durban


INDIA Vs SOUTH AFRICA ODI Series in South Africa
Wed Jan 12
1st ODI
Kingsmead, Durban
Sat Jan 15
2nd ODI
New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
Tue Jan 18
3rd ODI
Newlands, Cape Town
Fri Jan 21
4th ODI
St George's Park, Port Elizabeth
Sun Jan 23
5th ODI
SuperSport Park, Centurion



RECENT RESULTS

Sri Lanka won the tri-series in Zimbabwe (other teams India & Zimbabwe)

India won the 2 match T20I series 2-0 Vs Zimbabwe

India won the Asia cup beating Sri Lanka by 81 runs in the final

JOKES

CAUGHT ON THE WRONG FOOT

A guy asked his Dad to get him a bike.
Dad got angry and asked "Why has God given you two legs?"
Guy answered "One to apply brake and other to change gears"

H2O

There is a similarity between a woman's tears and Cauvery water...
Both will come in less quantities but will create big problems.

MIXED BAG

Smugglers and thieves would never use "shoulder bags".
Because... athu "maatikira" pai (a bag which gets caught - in Tamil)

NAMES & TAGS

An "outstanding" student never stands outside the class.

A "promising" cricketer never lights camphor to prove it.

A "fast moving" mosquito coil is branded "tortoise".

CLEVER CUSTOMER

Mr.X: I lost my cheque book

Bank Manager: Be careful. Somebody may sign like you and encash

Mr.X: I am not a fool. I have already signed in all the leaves

BEING "LOAN"LY

Mr.X availed loan to buy a car. He could not repay promptly and the
bankers took away the car.

Mr.X reacted "Had I known this before, I would have availed loan
for my marriage"

PENALTY SHOOT OUT

Mr.X and his wife went on an African Safari, while a lion suddenly dragged
Mr.X's wife with its jaws.

Wife screamed: "Come on... quick... shoot him... shoot him"

Mr.X replied: "Wait... Let me change the battery of my camera first"

ONE IN A HUNDRED

99 friends of Mr.X died in an accident.

News Reporter: What happened?

Mr.X: We were all waiting for the train and suddenly there was announcement
"Train will arrive at Platform No.3". Then immediately all my friends
jumped on to the track

Reporter: Thank God. At least you had the presence of mind and stayed on

Mr.X: Who said? I actually wanted to commit suicide by staying on the platform itself

WAR AND PEACE

Some men join the Army because they are single and need some challenge in the form of "War".

Others join Army because they are married and they want "Peace".

FAST AND FURIOUS

Wife gives a hint to husband to buy a car saying
"Darling... get me something which goes from 0 to 80 in 3 seconds when I am on it"

Husband gifted her a "Weighing Machine"

"LANE" EXCUSE

In an 800m Race, athletes were ready to run. The announcement came "1, 2, 3 Start".

Mr.X didn't start while others kept running.

Organiser asked "Mr.X... what are you waiting for?"

Mr.X replied... "I am in Lane 4... It's not for me"

VADIVELU'S AMERICA TRIP

Vadivelu : America Polaamnu Ninaikkaren.... Evalo Selavaagum?

Parthiban: Podaa Loosu... Ninaikkaruthukku ellaam selavu aagaathu... Ponaathaan aagum

PARROT & PEACOCK

What is the difference between Parrot & Peacock?

Parrot is "Josiya" Paravai (Astrological Bird)

Peacock is "Desiya" Paravai (National Bird)

UNINTERESTING BOOK

Mr.X: This book is quite boring. Too many characters but no story...

Librarian: So, you are the culprit who took away the entry register...

"SIM"PLY INTELLIGENT

Santa: "I received a msg in my mobile. Immediately after that my mobile got switched off"

Banta: "Must be some new virus. Please send me the text of that message so that I can caution my friends"

Santa: "Battery Low"

AMBANI'S RIVAL

Ambani: If I start driving my car at sunrise, I won't be able to cover even half of my estate by sunset

Mr.X: My dad also had such a stupid car

COSTLY MISS

Mr.X read a news "Indian athlete lost gold medal in long jump"

Mr.X commented "who asked him to wear the medal while jumping"




HAZARDS OF FASHION

A: Just look at that young person with the short hair and blue jeans. Is it a boy or a girl?

B: It's a girl. She's my daughter.

A: Oh, I'm sorry, sir. I didn't know that you were her father.

B: I'm not. I'm her mother.



PREDICTION FOR A FROG

One day a Frog asked an astrologer "what's my future?"

Astrologer said "a beautiful girl will touch every part of your body".

Excited frog asked "When, where and how?"

Astrologer replied - "next month in BIO PRACTICALS"



TOO MANY COOKS

Mr.X and three of his friends together started a petrol pump.
There was not a single customer to the pump.
Then they realised their mistake. The pump was installed in the first floor by mistake.

They closed the business and bought a Taxi. No customer approached them, as all the four were seated in the Taxi while searching for customers.

One day the Taxi broke down. All the four pushed the Taxi but it was in the same place even after a long time. Because two of them pushed at front and the other two pushed at the back.

Mr.X and his friends lost heart. They sold the taxi and took a bold step....
They planned properly and kidnapped a school girl...
They threatened her saying "Convince your dad and get us five lakhs...
Otherwise we will kill you...."
Girl agreed and went back home....

Girl's father promptly reached their place and paid five lakhs...
Later on Mr.X came to know that the girl's father was a friend of Mr.X....



OLD STUDENT

Early one morning, a mother went in to wake up her son. 'Wake up, son. It's time to go to school!'

'But why, Mom? I don't want to go.'

'Give me two reasons why you don't want to go.'

'Well, the kids hate me for one, and the teachers hate me, too!'

'Oh, that's no reason not to go to school. Come on now and get ready.'

'Give me two reasons why I should go to school.'

'Well, for one, you're 52 years old. And for another, you're the Principal!'



SELECTIVE MEMORY

A lady went to the police station to file a report for her missing Husband:

Lady: I lost my Husband
Inspector: What is his height
Lady: I never noticed
Inspector: Slim or healthy
Lady: Not slim can be healthy
Inspector: Colour of eyes
Lady: Never noticed
Inspector: Colour of hair
Lady: Changes according to season
Inspector: What was he wearing
Lady: suit/casuals I don’t remember exactly
Inspector: Was somebody with him ?????????
Lady: Yes my Labrador dog, Calvin, tied with a golden chain, height 30 inches, healthy, blue eyes, blackish brown hair, his left foot thumb nail is slightly broken, he never barks, wearing a golden belt studded with blue balls, he likes non veg food, we eat together, we jog together…. And the lady started crying…..
Inspector: Let’s search for the dog first!!!!!!!



PATHETIC SERIAL

Husband is watching tv and crying....

Wife: y r u crying? which serial ur watching?

Husband: its not serial its our marriage cd....



EXPIRY DATE

Wife: Honey..... What are You Looking for ?
Husband : Nothing.
Wife : Nothing...?? U've been reading our marriage certificate 4 an hour ??
Husband : I was just looking 4 the expiry date

SANTA COMBO

10 Santas and a girl were hanging below rescue helicopter with rope.
pilot said that one must leave because of overload. the girl said that
she will sacrifice. Then santas started clapping.

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Santa: I havent slept all night in the train
Friend: Why?
Santa: Got upper berth
Friend: Why didnt you exchange with the man in the lower berth
Santa: because there was no one in the lower berth.

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Santa was writing something very slowly.
Friend asked:" Why r u writing so slowly?
Santa: "I'm writing 2 my 6 yr old son, he can't read very fast.

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Santa visits Chinese friend dying in hospital.
Man says CHIN YU YAN n dies.
Santa goes to china to find meaning of friend's last words.
It is 'U R STANDNG ON THE OXYGEN TUBE!"

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Postman:- I have to come 5 miles to deliver you this packet
Santa:- why did u come so far. Instead u could have posted it....

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Santa found the answer to the most difficult question ever -
What will come first, Chicken or egg?
O Yaar, what ever u order first will come first.

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Santa proposed a Girl......Girl said 'I'm 1 year elder to you'..........
Santa said 'Oye No Problem Soniye, I'll marry you NEXT YEAR.

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Santa told his servant: Go and water the plants.
Servant: It's already raining.
Santa: So what take an umbrella and go.

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Teacher: "I killed a person" convert this sentence into future tense.
Santa: The future tense is "u will go to jail".

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2 Santas were fixing a bomb in a car.
Santa 1 : What would you do if the bomb explodes while fixing.
Santa 2 : Dont worry, I have one more.

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Santa joined new job. 1st day he worked till late evening on the computer.
Boss was happy and asked what you did till evening.
Santa: Keyboard alphabets were not in order, so I made it alright.

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Lady to inspector Santa: My husband went to buy potatos 5 daysago,
he hasn't came back yet!
Santa: Why don't u cook something else?

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Pappu while filling up a form: What should I write against mother tongue.?
Santa: Very long...!

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Salesman:This computer will cut your workload by 50%.
Santa:That is great, I will take two of them

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Santa: U know, husband & wife aren't allowed to be together in heaven!
Banta: Yes, I do.That's why it's called heaven!

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Teacher: what do u call a person who cannot hear anything?
Santa: U can call him anything, because he cannot hear anything.



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ONE LINE HUMOUR (Courtesy: Mr.Murugan, my friend)

Regular naps prevent old age, especially if you take them while driving.

Having one child makes you a parent; having two you are a referee.

Marriage is a relationship in which one person is always right and the other is the husband!

I believe we should all pay our tax with a smile. I tried – but they wanted cash.

A child's greatest period of growth is the month after you've purchased new school uniforms.

Don't marry the person you want to live with, marry the one you cannot live without, but whatever you do, you'll regret it later..

You can't buy love, but you pay heavily for it.

Bad officials are elected by good citizens who do not vote.

Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting before you get tired.

Marriage is give and take. You'd better give it to her or she'll take it anyway.

My wife and I always compromise. I admit I'm wrong and she agrees with me.

You're getting old when you enjoy remembering things more than doing them.

Real friends are the ones who survive transitions between address books.

Saving is the best thing. Especially when your parents have done it for you.

Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools talk because they have to say something

They call our language the mother tongue because the father seldom gets to speak!

Man: Is there any way for long life?
Dr: Get married.
Man: Will it help?
Dr: No, but then the thought of long life will never come.

Why do couples hold hands during their wedding?
It's a formality just like two boxers shaking hands before the fight begins!

Wife: Darling today is our anniversary, what should we do?
Husband: Let us stand in silence for 2 minutes.

It's funny when people discuss Love Marriage vs Arranged. It's like asking someone, if suicide is better than being murdered.