RAAM By Yuvan

**Cinefan** · 7th March 2005, 10:25 AM

Originally Posted by jaiganes

I saw Raam on saturday.
Very good movie.
First 20 minutes, very eery.
Rest of the movie is good suspense and climax is taut and very tight.
Performances are first class and technical side is very very good.
Watch out for:
1. Rahman as Umar
2. Murali as Malaichamy
3. Ganja Karuppu as Vazha vandhaan
4. Jeeva as Raam beautiful portrayal and good voice modulation
5. Ghazala, surprising
6. Saranya Ponvannan a talent we missed for a long time
7. Raamji's superior lenswork
8. Ameer's screenplay and direction
9. Yuvan's BGMs (with shades of Raaja).
Enjoy this movie.

Chennai poanathu ithukku thana

Anyway armed with your recommendation I will catch up with the movie when it comes to Bangalore.

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**jaiganes** · 7th March 2005, 11:44 AM

CineFan wrote:

Chennai poanathu ithukku thana

There is a boiling reason as to why I went to chennai. This happened to be incidental. I saw Constantine in the morning, and Raam in the evening. I was thoroughly confused to which was the english movie between them both.

**Cinefan** · 7th March 2005, 11:48 AM

Originally Posted by jaiganes

I saw Constantine in the morning, and Raam in the evening. I was thoroughly confused to which was the english movie between them both.

So finally Tamil-le oru English padam

&I mean ENGLISH PADAM, not films with english titles

**curryleaf** · 7th March 2005, 01:42 PM

Jaiganes,

How was Constantine by the way? I caught the preview when I watched "Hide & Seek", but havent gotten a chance to catch Constantine.

I'm more looking forward to "The Ring 2". Parts of it was filmed in Oregon, the State I live in

**Cinefan** · 7th March 2005, 04:20 PM

http://sify.com/movies/tamil/review.php?cid=2429

Taut thriller says this review.

http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/t...cle/13579.html

The film has taken a promising opening.

http://www.tamilcinema.com/CINENEWS/REVIEW/2005/ram.asp

Another positive review.

**vijayr** · 9th March 2005, 08:16 PM

The flim might be good, but the songs are rather average stuff. I wanted to write a short review on the lack of freshness in both the tunes and orchestration, but one of tyhe bloggers has already done it and am taking the liberty to post his review here
http://minorscale.net/?p=8

Raam is forgettable music.

**NagaS** · 9th March 2005, 08:48 PM

vijayr,

I respect your opinion - at the same time, I would like to suggest you to watch the movie before coming to any conclusion - all songs fit nicely into the script (ofcourse, except Boom Boom

) and YSR's BGM is a real treat !

I think we have to give regards to YSR for trying his best for every kind of movie, the only exception could be a giraamaththu script

NagaS

**MumbaiRamki** · 10th March 2005, 01:16 AM

I liked Raam better than Manmadhan and 7/g ..Manmadhan was huge bore in my opnion ..7/G had 2 good melodies ..

RAAM may not be very very different ..But the tunes are pleasant and u can definetely buy this album ...( but i too feel the songs somehow lacks depth which is a different )

**vijayr** · 10th March 2005, 02:48 AM

Not only the songs lack depth, but KJY's jaded voice doesnt add any value to the tunes. The songs might have fit well into the movie, but good composers find ways to make the songs stand on their own as a music album and also make it jell with the movie, not just the latter. The songs as standalones dont impress me.

**jaiganes** · 10th March 2005, 08:02 AM

vijayr!

As Naga said, I respect your opinion, but Raam's music fits the script to the T unlike some other music that sticks out like sore thumb. The film is having a mood that yuvan has done complete justice to. The music like the climax song might be a little cliche'd reminding one of Pithamagan, but overall songs like "aarari raro" and "Nizhalinai " convey the mood quite aptly IMHO.