Vishwaroopam/Vishwaroop - 2013 review- A Kamal Hassan Film

Director:          Kamal Hassan

Producer:       Kamal Hassan

Cast :            Kamal Hassan and others

Well U can now understand the reason for his nick name "Ulaga Nayagan" ( Leader of the World in English). 


After much hue and cry about the film and many obstacles indeed, the film is released all over Tamil Nadu, a treat to the Kamal Fans. But being in Bangalore, I faced no such problem to watch this film as easily as I could watch any other.

Jumping quickly to the topic, Dr.Kamal Hassan deserves accolades for pointing the fingers at the wrong people straight and fearless through an art medium.


Vishwaroopam is a film with a short documentary about life of Jihad-is, which is nicely incorporated in between the commercial part of the film without disturbing its sanctity. You can find the usual unbelievable stunts being performed by Kamal Hassan (unique to Indian cinemas) and unbelievable introduction of Kamal hassan as Viz, a dance teacher who was trained in a terrorist organisation which is not known to his pretty sexy wife too. And story gets bigger and bigger explaining the super hero form of Mr. Kamal Hassan out in  New York to save the city from dirty bombs.


Many things are unbelievable except one thing that is the life of brainwashed Muslim youth. A twenty minute documentary explains the mindset of hardcore Muslims who are yet to understand the Gandhian Philosophy that an Eye for an Eye shall make the world go blind. 

It starts right from Rahul bose's excellent acting representing medieval mindset of hardcore Muslims prohibiting ladies from speaking in a group, teaching kids on ways to handle weapons instead providing them the education and stealing their childhood in the name of holy war. And a filthy nexus between the oil producing countries whose leaders/kings in the name of religion try to incite the terrorist activities among its people just to deflect their attention from claiming a democratic setup ie rule of law which will steal these self appointed kings off their wealth and comfort.


A Good try or experiment by Mr.Kamal to have both real as well as commercial elements incorporated in the same film.Hope our Afghan Muslim  brothers will come out the wrong web spread by greedy kings and fight for the democracy which is the only way to have our say in the administration of the country we live in.


Apart from the story line, stunts are superb to watch and music sounds good. But the level of violence is pretty too high for the kids to watch.If you want to understand the life of terrorists watch the film which has 40% truth and 60% unbelievable stuff. Its Kamal, Kamal , Kamal all the way.......

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Sky fall (2012)- Movie Review

Sky fall:

Produced by Eon productions

Directed by Sam Mendes

Written by John Logan, Neal Purvis and Robert Wade

Cast:

Daniel Craig as James Bond

Javier Bardem as Raoul Silva, the film's Villain

Judi Dench who plays the role of M

Never had watched Bond film on theater screens so decided to spend on the latest Bond Movie titled "Sky fall". Always careful to read the reviews before watching any film was quite positive and excited of being greeted with an good entertainer in the cinema hall.

In the last minute just after plan to watch the movie was fixed, I was shocked to read the comments of the people who had already watched the movie. Many termed it as boring.... :p

Well could not change the plan and along with my friend got into the cinema hall with the tickets in hand. We were late for few minutes and hence had to run from ticket counter to the screen. Ran like a Bond to watch a  Bond movie.. LOL.

Occupied our seats and hall was filled with few vacant seats.. Film was on the roll...

Next Two hours was fun... 

Bond means different for different people.. For the people in India he is a guy who is assisted with latest gadgets to complete most difficult tasks in the most difficult situations at most difficult locations of the world.

But that kind of Bond was missing in this film. Here you will find a Bond who is filmed to reality than to a fiction. The story is believable... in other words it is Classic... which speaks of life of True Secret Agents and their true struggle.

Film had been successful in exposing  mind of the people who are in power and the emotions they undergo while ordering for execution of their own people in a battle for the sake of their own country which was the case with character 'M'.

Bue to misunderstanding, their own friends turn foe and as a result you will find Raoul Silva, a former MI6 agent hunting for 'M'. Same situation was experienced by James Bond who was too executed under the instructions of 'M' for the sake of country but still he was wise enough to understand the compulsions of high profile jobs after he escaped the attack. Later puts his life under risk to save the same 'M'.

Film speaks about the ethics, film speaks about sacrifice. One of the best theme in the film is about the fact that this time enemy is not in any other country nor any other organisation, it is their own people. The enemy is misunderstanding and Bond is once again successful in hunting it down.

Of all the film, it was one particular sequence wherein Bond waits for the Villain in an old House called 'Sky fall' along with 'M' and an old man which thrilled me a lot.

Reactions of Villain was quiet entertaining who is unpredictable in nature but still justifies the character he plays to a best extent...

You will not find any new gadgets, not so sexy ladies, but the film portrays the true lives of secret agents...Kudos to Bond team for come out with a good one...

And I was relieved for not being fooled with any childish stories...on the their hand there were many scenes which lasted for few seconds..poor editing...!!!

Four out of Five stars for a Classic story line...!!!

Lastly obituaries to 'M' who will be seen for the last time in the Bond films..!!!

Brothers- Movie review ( Maatran in Tamil)

Director: K.V. Anand

Producer: Bellamkonda Suresh

Music Director: Harris Jayaraj

Lyricst: Chandra Bose , Vanamali

Actors:
Surya Sivakumar as Vimal/Akhil
Kajal Aggarwal as Anjali

College ended earlier and I had time to watch one of my favorite star Surya on Screen. This time he had doled the role of a Siamese twin in the film Brothers ( in telugu) which in tamil was released as Matraan. It was a last minute decision to watch the film on a day other than weekend and a search on google took me as well as my college mate to a theatre near Kanteerva stadium.
We missed the first song but not the storyline. To speak in general Directors are knee bent to showcase surya as a savior of the world be it in "yelam arivu" where he saves the people from deadly disease or the matraan/Brothers. In this film, he saves India from an adulterated food scam.
Intentions are good but the way stories were told doesn’t convince the audience. When matters of saving the country/saving the world are taken as a plot it requires a intense level of commitment. A director really needs to visualize himself on the top of the world so that he can really understand the pulse of a country or the world as whole.
But the film failed to showcase that genuine concern of the director for the betterment of the country or the world. We can easily make out that hero and director wanted to make a good commercial popcorn picture. When they wish for pure commercial success, it is better to leave the world or country saving concepts because a man who thinks for the world needs to think more than about money. So in this way, the Brothers have all types of masala as required for a commercial film but by touching a noble plot, director has weakened the screenplay which makes concept a dud.Music is completely out of sync with the theme. But the foreign actors have contributed to  a  good part of the film..!!I request directors of the film not to play with true emotions of a person just for minting money..I give two and a half out of five and this is mainly for my dear actor Surya…!!!!

A good song from the movie which I enjoyed the best for you... :)

Mouna Guru - Tamil movie review

Mouna Guru-2011-Tamil movie Review

Director: Sandhakumar

Producer: Mu. Ka. Tamizharasu

Music Director: Thaman S

Lyricst: Vaali , Na.Muthukumar

Cast: Arulnidhi , Iniya

'Mouna Guru' - going by the name and posters of this film, comfortably a picture is created in the minds of avid film goer and the assumption will like to see the hero becoming a social icon who can change the society silently.

But the fact is completely upside down and the story is no match to either the title or the posters- it is different. I would even go to the extent that director has used the trick of dupe publicity in order to pull the attention of crowd. Then you can raise a question about film's successful performance. The reason is simple - director duped but did not disappoint.

Story deals about a lead actor who suffers at hands of dark minded people filled with ideas of selfishness. Starting from a group of policemen who desire for easy money, then extends to the principle of college who desires to hide stealing quality of his son from the society, later it is the doctor who is successful in framing the lead to be a mentally challenged person.    

So the question remains about the way which hero finds to rein in on this mischievous elements, more than the hero it is his good luck in the film which saves him from clutches of fake encounters.

Film is a thrilling ride which has made the director proud for an enchanting screenplay. And the lead has been selected for the story which suits to his shape, size and behaviour. 

It is three out of five from my side and big round of applause.

yenna idhu song rocks... :)

Swami and friends - Review of a book authored by Shri. RK Narayan

Reading books is often seen as a boring task by many people and I was one those many. But that perception changed, when I was greeted by a fact that , books are simplest means of expressing one's imagination when compared to other mediums like drama, cinema etc. You require an imagination, few papers, pens and start your own book. Great! isn't it! Wonderful according to me.

I read 'Wings of fire' by Shri. APJ Abdul Kalam which was a Autobiography. A search for book with imagination  as  basis and yet be very simple to understand ended up me reading a book called 'Swami and friends' written by Shri. R.K. Narayanan.

Book is a collection of 19 chapters describing life of a six to seven year old kid named Swami born and being brought up at Malgudi, a fictitious Village and a product of Shri R.K. Narayan's imagination. And the story dates back to period of 1940's during which India was still under  the control of Britishers. The book gives a wholesome picture of a kid, his friends, his family and his studies. You will end up reading book as easily as possible.You can find Swami meeting his new friend Rajam, teaching Grandma about cricket, breaking his school glass panes, fearing his father, fighting with his friends, running away from his home after behaving rudely with his school headmaster etc. These are few highlights about a boy who has does everything which he can do in his age.Narration is sweet and engaging. You can read the book from link below.

Swami and Friends - R K Narayan

eega - Telugu Movie review ( Naan Eee in Tamil)

eega telugu movie crew

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Director:   S.S.Rajamouli

Producer:   Suresh Babu

Music Director:   M.M. Keeravani

Lyricst: M.M. Keeravani,  Ramajogaya Sastry,  Ananth Sriram,  Chaitanya Prasad

Lead actor: Nani 

Lead actress: Samantha

Villain: Kiccha Sudeep

Eega film is an adventurous venture for Director Rajamouli. It is quiet difficult to make a film out of a fly i.e Eega. And Director has used all his senses to make sure that film turns out to become a good entertainer for the audience. I believe it has been successful to a good extent.

Film exactly concentrates on Eega and nothing else. The love story between leads is as usual, introduction of a villain is as usual and Villain killing hero for heroin is also usual. But the unusual aspect of the film is the soul of hero getting into a fly and the fly's effort of killing villain becoming successful.

Best part of the entire film is Mr. Sudeep and his marvelous acting in an graphical environment. His expressions are scary as well as jovial. His acting was really comical to see him with a Hit in his hand to kill troubling fly,if I were in his place would have used a ultraviolet insect repellent to get rid of Eega. His in-between Kannada dialogues gets huge applause among Kannada audience including me.

Film would have turned out to be more entertaining, if the Eega was given a voice throughout the movie. Music is great, action sequences are great, graphic and camera work especially the slow motion capturing done  is superb.

 A best movie for kids to whom the film is really aimed at, since the film begins as a story being told by a father to his kid.Take your kids to the film and see them enjoying the stunts of Eega.

I give three out of five stars for the movie, but if I were a kid I would have given five out of five.

A superb song from the film specially for you