Three things South Indian cinema can teach Bollywood

**MADDY** · 24th December 2006, 05:52 PM

Originally Posted by kamalsurya

I was talking about Direction MADDY if u know what it meant

adaaadaa, yaar kitta edha pathhi pesanalum ella enna ippadiye thaakkaranga.......

......yes Kamalsurya, i dunno abt direction, i have never directed any movie before........

.....sorry....

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**kamalsurya** · 24th December 2006, 08:19 PM

I have also not directed any movies b4 MADDY FYI. But all that i knw if in the credits section it say direction by x....then that 'x' is the director but when I was talking about director shankar u started talking about producer shankar stating the movies he produced to say that he belong to elite group of director down south

That was why i got doubtful...

**alwarpet_andavan** · 26th December 2006, 12:30 PM

Originally Posted by smith

Omkara was a very poor interpretation of macbeth. There was no strong reason as to why ajay should suspect kareena.
Of course, it had good though not great performances.

Even a film like black lacked real depth. It had more gloss than substance.

Smith,
Check out the scene where Vivek 'flees' from the scene when Ajay and Saif spot him with Kareena....

**alwarpet_andavan** · 26th December 2006, 12:36 PM

Originally Posted by buddysathi

Performance: " Black"nu oru padam aacha oocha-nu vuttanga! naanum serinu paatha,, namma "Anjali" Baby shamli range alavu kooda ellai!

It's a crime to compare the Pondichery 'Black' kid's role with Shyamili's...
If you term Black as sugar-coated or glossy then Anjali was Gloss raised to infinity and you would need a microscope to find authenticity.
There is nothing in the film which is natural, except for Raghuvaran and IR, who was sheer magic.
Had you not been aware that the kid was spastic or whatever, you wouldn't even notice it in the film.
And the most annoying aspect was the army of kids. Nowhere in the world are you going to find kids like that, except in Mani's world...

**alwarpet_andavan** · 26th December 2006, 12:40 PM

Originally Posted by Nerd

Performance: Watch movies like maqbool/omkara/LRMB/RDB/Page3 etc.,

Yes but i think LRMB is one of the most overrated movie of all time..

And Page 3, yeah the theme was refreshing but it was marked by a stark lack of subtlety and typical 80-90's Bollywood acting.....

**alwarpet_andavan** · 26th December 2006, 12:51 PM

Originally Posted by MADDY

1. No hero fights like a mad person and lifts a sumo with his hands

2. No unneccessary gethu shown by youngsters like John Abraham, Shahid Kapoor
3. Their movies are pretty unique if u leave out the "thevai illadha" karan johar and yash chopra movies - they are innovating with script always......even the latest Kabul express is so off beat - too good.....

Completely agree! Even their worst is not as bad as our worst.

Even a movie like "Pyaar Ke Side Effects" - not a great movie by any means and it may be an inspired one, but it's a funny movie made very well in parts...
This movie symbolises the maturity of the BW audience vis a vis the lack of maturity and narrow-mindedness of us.
It's got a few x-rated jokes and 'situations' but its not in the least vulgar [its natural and observable in everyday life], as against every other Thamizh film which will have its dose of double entendre and cheap and vulgar movements etc...

Maddy,
However i disagree that their music is better than ours.. I would say its improved by THEIR standrads but not necessarily better than ours...

And Nerd,
Did you notice one more thing in Omkara? The superb background score by director/MD Vishal Bharadwaj? Unusual for a Hindi movie.....

**selvakumar** · 26th December 2006, 12:51 PM

Originally Posted by tamizh_literate

naanum than!

surya at 32 has proved more than aamir at 32 for sure!

Can someone throw some light on this

Did AAMIR act in terrible films when he was at 32 ?

**Raghu** · 28th December 2006, 07:32 PM

Bollywood Can teach Kollywood

1) how to groom
2) how to remain slim and look good
3) That this is Ok to have multiple heros and heroines in a movie

Kollywood Can teach bollywood

1) How to act
2) Talents

**Nerd** · 8th January 2007, 10:04 PM

I saw kabul express over the weekend in theatres. We were three and believe me it was a special screening for us

NObody was there in the theeatre except us. It was an amazing experience.

Coming to the point, the movie was very good at points but on the whole it sucked. Very amateurish. John abraham was pathetic. That
guy hasnt learnt the art of acting, yet.

+s

1. Arshad warsi -- w/o him the movie would have been a disaster

2. Pepsi/Coke scene -- Though this issue had been beaten to death by the media, that scene was very good to watch and was thought-provoking as well.

3. Last scene -- Though I guessed whats gonna happen, still it was touchy and RAW

4. General knowledge -- Learnt a lot of things about the talibs, thanks to the movie

5. That american chick - :P

-s

1. John Abraham and his english -

2. Lots of amateurish scenes. (Imran Vs Kapil scene is one)

3. Flawed logic.

4. Preachy and gave a feel of watching a documentary at times.

Things that kolly can teach bolly w.r.to this movie:

1. How to ACT

2. Direction -- Though the screenplay was OK, the direction was pathetic.

Things that we need to learn from the movie:

1. Innovative script like this

2. Guts (bold script, bold location, bold actor selection)