Anja Singam, Annan Vikram - Part 2

[raghavendran]

Vikram, though can be rated better than actors of his gen, is hardly a comparison to the likes of KH / RK.

The reason is simple - he hasn't succeeded being versatile and is like all of his peers in that regard. He had been extremely successful in murattu / macho / toughie roles (and quite convincing in those movies where he had to don the role of an "average" person before suffering and turning into a toughie adi-dhadi man).

Even most of the actions / emotions that he needed to show in his two celebrated roles (deranged Sethu and brute-like pithAmagan) were closely related to such macho stuff - i.e. his "comfort zone" plus some sheer indifference.

Where "softness / humor / konjal / kuzhaiyal / kenjal / paridhAbam" etc were unnecessary. In other words, while Vikram did a fantastic job, the roles themselves didn't call for 'nava rasam'.

Going one step further, IMO, if people felt bad for those characters, it was more of Bala's success than Vikram's as even average actors with a similar "physical personality" could have managed to get at least 50-75% there, by just keeping their face indifferent and going through the motions. Remember, even Thiyagarajan-the-stone-face was tolerable and successful as MambattiyAn? (In addition, there was IR in both these cases to do some heart pizhinjals).

Without such directorial brilliance, for example, Vikram was pathetic in Kasi, in a not-so-macho role, for e.g.

exactly wat i saw

[Sudarsh]

from orkjt:

Boopathy pandian movie dropped?now its vijays turn
Heard news that Boopathy Pandian movie dropped.

Its Madrasapathinam director vijays turn to direct our chiyaan for his next movie.


this news is almost confirmed.Will be announced soon.


Temp source:

Bala{whose friend is the production manager for this movie}

[cepark]

A lot happening with Vikram
IndiaGlitz [Saturday, August 07, 2010]

There is a lot happening on the side of Cheeyan Vikram. Really a lot so to say. Vikram was expected to do director Boopathy Pandian film after ‘Kanthaswamy’. But Cheeyan opted to do Mani Ratnam's trilingual ‘Raavanan’ and worked hard for almost 2 years. But when the film got released it did not live up to the hype and expectations. But the performance of Vikram in Hindi and Tamil were much appreciated and Vikram added more celebrities to his fan base.

One of them was the Bollywood director Neeraj Pandey who did the classy film 'A Wednesday' which was later remade in Tamil as ‘Unnaipol Oruvan’ with Kamal Haasan and Mohanlal. Recently Neeraj was in Chennai and had met Vikram. After a small talk the Bollywood director expressed his interest in Vikram and told the star that soon they will be doing a Hindi film together.

After ‘Raavanan’, Vikram got involved in a Selvaraghavan film and even completed a schedule of shooting for seven days. But production hitch ups like the complete script wasn’t ready and the new heroine wasn’t up to the mark etc. shelved the project. He then started a film called '24' to be directed by Vikram Kumar of ‘Yavarum Nalam’ fame. Even this film got into trouble and Vikram walked out of the project after shooting for four days.

If all that weren’t enough now we hear that Vikaram has deferred the Boopathy Pandian film 'Vedi' for which he was to start shooting in Salem on August 17. Sources close to Vikram say ‘Vedi’ is a comedy and Vikram feels that this may not be the right time to do a comedy. The Veera of ‘Raavanan’ has gone down well with the masses and so he wants to do another serious character before taking up a comedy.

In the process Vikram has heard and liked a story narrated by ‘Madrasapattinam’ Vijay and it is all likely Vikram will start this film soon as his next. After completing Vijay's film Vikram will bag the comedy bus to be driven by Boopathy Pandian.

Vikram hasn't done a full fledged comedy yet. So we expect his film with Boopathy Pandian to be a great entertainer.

http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/t...cle/59217.html

[Pras]

Vikram dumps Boopathy for Vijay!
By Moviebuzz | Monday, 09 August , 2010, 10:47


A few days back, we had reported about the “creative differences “ between Vikram and his Vedi director Boopathy Pandian.

Now it is confirmed that after a final meeting in Ooty, their differences over the script could not be ironed out.

Mohan Natarajan the producer has quietly dropped the project on Vikram’s advice and has now taken Madrasapattinam Vijay as the new director. A few days earlier, Vikram had seen Vijay’s period film and was very impressed by it and had a meeting with him.

Vijay had narrated a “human interest family drama” to Vikram. The hottest director in town will now give finishing touches to the script, sitting in a luxury resort near Allapuzha in Kerala. The shoot of the new film will start before the end of the month.

Meanwhile Boopathy Pandian has started script work on his next project Pattathu Yanai with Vishal as hero for GK productions. The shoot of the film is slated to start on November 4 in Chennai, after Vishal completes his Avan Ivan.


http://sify.com/movies/tamil/fullstory.php?id=14952569

[cepark]

விக்ரமுக்கு நோ சொன்ன வித்யா பாலன்!
வியாழக்கிழமை, ஆகஸ்ட் 12, 2010, 18:49[IST]

விக்ரம் ஜோடியாக நடிக்க மறுத்து விட்டார் பிரபல இந்தி நடிகை வித்யா பாலன்.

பா, இஷ்கியா என வெற்றிப் படங்களில் நடித்துள்ள வித்யா பாலனை எப்படியாவது தமிழுக்குக் கொண்டு வர வேண்டும் என்பதில் பல இயக்குநர்கள் தீவிரமாக இருந்தனர். ஆனால் யாருக்கும் பிடி கொடுக்கவில்லை வித்யா.

இந்நிலையில் சமீபத்தில் அவரைச் சந்தித்தார் மதராஸப்பட்டணம் படத்தை இயக்கிய விஜய். விக்ரமை வைத்து தான் இயக்கும் புதிய படத்தில் நாயகியாக நடிக்குமாறு கேட்டுக் கொண்டார்.

ஆனால் கதையைக் கேட்கக் கூடத் தயாராக இல்லையாம் வித்யா பாலன்.

"எனக்கு தமிழ்ப் படங்களில் நடிக்க ஆர்வம் இல்லை என்பதுதான் உண்மை. எனவேதான் கதை கூட கேட்கவில்லை. இன்னும் ஒரு மாதத்துக்கு நான் எந்த மொழிப் படங்களிலும் நடிப்பதாக இல்லை. 'நோ ஒன் கில்டு ஜெஸ்ஸிகா' படம் வெளியான பிறகுதான் புதிய படங்களில் நடிக்க ஒப்பந்தமாவேன்" என்றார்.

Source:Thatstamil

[Sudarsh]

Vikram perplexed over picking the best projects? (One India)

It looks like Vikram is completely perplexed over picking the best projects. Three of his projects were dropped within three months time. He snubbed Selvaraghavan, Vikram Kumar and recently Boopathy Pandian.


Buzz up!Much before the release of Mani Ratnam’s Raavanan, the actor started filming his untitled film with Selvaraghavan. Produced by Ramesh of Kanagarathna Movies, the film was reported to be a psycho-thriller. The first schedule was completely shot at exotic locales of Ladakh and suddenly got shelved due to unknown reasons.


Later, Vikram signed Yaavarum Nalam fame Vikram Kumar for a sci-fi thriller 24, which was also dropped at the last moment. Moreover, his other project Vedi with director Boopathy Pandian was supposed to take off in Salem this week and has been cancelled.

Finally, the actor has now signed director al Vijay of Madrasapattinam for his next movie. It seems that the duo wanted Bollywood actress Vidya Balan to perform the female lead role. However, the actress has refused the offer saying that she is busy with Hindi films.

[breadpuli]

Vikram, though can be rated better than actors of his gen, is hardly a comparison to the likes of KH / RK.

The reason is simple - he hasn't succeeded being versatile and is like all of his peers in that regard. He had been extremely successful in murattu / macho / toughie roles (and quite convincing in those movies where he had to don the role of an "average" person before suffering and turning into a toughie adi-dhadi man).

Even most of the actions / emotions that he needed to show in his two celebrated roles (deranged Sethu and brute-like pithAmagan) were closely related to such macho stuff - i.e. his "comfort zone" plus some sheer indifference.

Where "softness / humor / konjal / kuzhaiyal / kenjal / paridhAbam" etc were unnecessary. In other words, while Vikram did a fantastic job, the roles themselves didn't call for 'nava rasam'.

Going one step further, IMO, if people felt bad for those characters, it was more of Bala's success than Vikram's as even average actors with a similar "physical personality" could have managed to get at least 50-75% there, by just keeping their face indifferent and going through the motions. Remember, even Thiyagarajan-the-stone-face was tolerable and successful as MambattiyAn? (In addition, there was IR in both these cases to do some heart pizhinjals).

Without such directorial brilliance, for example, Vikram was pathetic in Kasi, in a not-so-macho role, for e.g.

exactly wat i saw

Vikram can be compared to Kamal only with the age group - just 10 years difference (though Vikram calls himself young hero in a few interviews)

[great]

Buzz up!Much before the release of Mani Ratnam’s Raavanan, the actor started filming his untitled film with Selvaraghavan. Produced by Ramesh of Kanagarathna Movies, the film was reported to be a psycho-thriller. The first schedule was completely shot at exotic locales of Ladakh and suddenly got shelved due to unknown reasons.

Oh, Selva Raghavan movie out-ah

What is SR doing now?

[Parthyy]

Vikram – Vijay project to take off in September!
on August 30th, 2010
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It is well known that after the grand success of Madarasapattinam, director Vijay has become the most happening director of kollywood. He has roped in hero Vikram for his new project. The latest news is that the project likely to commence its shooting in September.

Director Vijay said “It is something different, as the whole film hinges on Vikram’s performance in a very difficult role. There will be two heroines who have to match up to the hero to make it convincing. It will be laced with emotions and at the same time, it will be also be a feel-good family entertainer that will leave a lump in your throat. My regular team of Nirav, GV, Selva and Anthony will be backing me up. I can’t reveal anything more about the film at this stage.”

[NOV]

something for me to look forward too