“Pollaathavan பொல்லாதவன்” - Movie Review

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Keeping old movie titles and re-mixing old songs become new trend now. This movie has come with Rajini’s film title and re-mixed song (why do they use Rajini stills in the poster?).

Along with Dhanush, Kannada Divya, Malayala Murali, there is a special character called Bajaj Pulsar bike. It makes the hero yearning, make him happy, makes father to feel proud, friends to search for, makes the heroine to attract, knots the hero with Dada’s, gives the view of Puthupettai, Kasimedu and Royapuram. The bike travels with the story line till the climax. And for the hero and his friends Bike is more than anything. New and good try.

Though the story line goes with ‘Parattai Yengira Azhagu Sundaram’ or Kannada ‘Jogi’, it has been given well.

G V Prakash has taken an English song and given for Tamil audience. Anniyan’s influence is there on re-recording. Songs disturbs the pace of the movie, especially the second half.

Divya reminds her grandpa S.M. Krishna. She comes, dances, cries and goes. (What else to expect?) ( S M Krishna kku pombala vesham potta maathiri irukku, Moodum varala, feelingum varala !)

Dialogues are good especially with Dhanush, Karunas and friends scenes.
Banupriya – Amma.. .. Oh! What happened to her voice?

Dhanush again proves his acting skills. He swings his body, dances, fights, cries, laughs and acts. Dhanush scores with his as usual good facial ex-pressions (Maniratnam sir, Cheran sir, Shankar Sir and all directors…. Here is a good actor, give him a chance!).

Daniel Balaji is okay, but his brother Selvam role has been given beautifully and the actor also scores well.

Director brings Puthupettai, Royapuram –Kasimedu in front of us. Who told this is first movie to Diretor Vetrimaran. It does not look like. He has presented a simple story in a different way. Good show director.

Weakness: 1. since it is story of Rayapuram –Kasimedu type, everywhere aruva, kathi, vettu and blood. 2. Songs and re-recording. 3. We can judge ‘Selvam - Ravi’ Brutus type of murder.

Pluses: 1. Dhanush. 2. Photography. 3. The way story was given without boring.

Pollaathavan: Fast, non-boring (except few songs) movie. Usual story has been given in a good manner with few strong scenes. You can watch.

:Movie – Review: by - Paraman Pachaimuthu

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Yellow Mango...

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Disclaimer: This article was originally written and posted on 2nd August 2005 in an e-group. There will be lots of language correction and I know there is high degree of scope to improve. I did not have to re-write the article, just publishing as it was given 2 years ago. Thanks.

Yellow mango
“Wow… They are back. Great”. I was excited to see them back in their usual place. I used to see them almost every time I drive through that traffic signal. I do not know where they stay. I do not know when will they sleep and when will they get up. I have seen them in late nights and also in the early mornings when I come back from my fitness class. Looks like they are couples and sell fruits in their mobile fruit stall near a traffic signal.

When ever I drive through that road some how the mangoes they sell would attract my eyes. Those small-small mangoes with yellow, yellow with red mix and green mix would attract my eyes. It would be great to see multiple rows of yellow and yellow mangoes. I would be telling myself that God is a great artist and how many colors he has made.

When ever I see the mango in their stall, a desire would come in me to buy and to have it. Immediately I would tell myself, “It is summer, hot and by eating a mango body will become hot. Let me not but it now. Let me have it some other time”. This would be the usual thing happening to me. Almost everyday I had seen them near that traffic signal and suddenly they were disappeared. They were not there for an almost a week. I was waiting in that signal today. My eyes went to that side.. “Wow… They are back”. I was excited. Both of them were there and busy on their selling. I looked their stall and I was shocked. “Ayyo..!” There were no mangoes. Those yellow mangoes were replaced with jack fruit and corns. I felt some thing was missing. My signal was ‘ON’ and it was green. I changed the gear of the car and kept moving. But mind was with those missing mangoes.

“I had desires to buy and have those mangoes. And stopped myself saying that it was summer, very hot and mango was also hot. I kept on postponing. Mentally I waited to get summer over. Now summer is over and also the mango season.” I parked the car and walked towards the stair cases. “With my intelligence I decided that mango is not good for health in summer. What I did not realize is mango will be given only in summer and not in winter. There may be some other fruit in the winter. Mango is a gift of nature for us in the summer. It will available only in that time. HE knows when to give, what to give and whom to give. I ignored mango with my small intelligence and actually did not realize that it was given by the intelligence which runs the entire universe. HE might have given it with some purpose.”

I felt bad and started claiming the stair cases. “Like that mango, I might have ignored so many things in life. What is the use of missing some thing when it was available and thinking of ‘If only I would have known this’ later. Some thing is coming to me means, there might me some purpose. Life must be giving some thing to me. Let me not miss that. I do not want to use ‘If only’ later in my life.”

Remembered the wisdom of mastermind… “Understanding the value of something after loosing it – is foolishness. I should know the value of things when I am having it. . Realizing about dad or mum after loosing them is waste.” I was telling myself, “I should know value of things when it is available. Actually by missing that small mango, I behaved like a Big Banana (Alma mater term)”. “Thank you my yellow mango. I will not miss some thing. I will value. Oh my darling wife, my kids I am coming. I do not want to miss this moment”

I rang the bell, my wife opened the door and I stepped inside as a new person with lot of excitement. Kids were busy with their breakfast in the table and said, “Hai appaas”. I saw there and I was surprised.

There….. A fresh yellow mango was kept in a plate on the table!

“Thoughts unlimited”- by Paraman Pachaimuthu
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'Azhagiya Thamil Magan' - Movie Review...

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Disclaimer: This has been written by taking mid path and no support or not against anyone.

People call him mass hero and they show title as ‘next super star’. But Vijay had a vacuum in his heart for two things. He was yearning for those two things years together.
1. A R Rehman music. 2. Dual role

Think Vijay might have got excited for these two things and did not see anything else. Vijay got what he was looking for, Director got Vijay’s sign-up and we got a movie… the side artists are murmuring towards us, “ Maatnadaa Mavaney..!”.

In 1970s Vanishree did, then MGR did, Sivaji did, Later Kamal and Rajini and Rajini did. Director Bharathan has given the same ‘Aal maaraatta kathai’.

I have to appreciate Vijay. There are lots of improvements in him. Finally he got a good make up man and costume designer. He is doing very well in few comedy scenes of the first half. He dances very well, especially those small movements and few steps in the first song.
Geetha is back again as ‘Amma’. She has done well. ‘Pchhhhhhh Pchhhhhhh’ lip movement during that telephone conversation – 100% K Balachander mannerism. It shows she is groomed by K B.

Actually the movie name should be “Azhagiya Tamizh MAGAL”. Shreya looks beautiful. Again she got one more movie with enough avenues for acting. She scores.

Lyrics writer Pa.Vijay has a sentiment with A R Rehman, the songs starts with ‘ Ma’ will be hit, I expected a song with ‘ Ma’. Yes.. ‘ Maduraikku Pohathedi”. Even though it starts as “ Karpoora Kannigaiyey”, they song name as “ Maduraikku pohaathedi”. Three songs are good - ‘ Yella Pugazhum’, “ Valaiyapatti’ and “ Maduraikku Pohaathedi”. A R Rehman plays with his voice and beat in ‘ Yella pugazhaum..’ song. A R Rehman has given good songs and re recording. But what to do . I am feeling bad for Rehman.
(Can some one ask Vaali and Balakumaran to stop writing hero worship songs and dialogues, Doing to Rajini and Kamal is okay. They do for S.J. Surya, Simbu, now Vijay and tomorrow to Vadivelu and Kanja Karuppu. )

Satyaraj was going up in ladder during 80s, growth was good. The moment he started copying MGR style, the graph went down and down. Vijay has to understand this. Vijay want to become Rajini. It is visible. Garland – walking with the crowd behind, staring the camera and delivering the dialogue, opening song philosophical, cigarette style, those ‘ Vishk Vishk’ sound during hand movements, fighting style – are too much for Vijay.

The second role of Vijay is only with Rajini mannerism. The way he speaks “ ingey Ingey …” in the fight scene and the way she keeps his facial ex-pression when shreya takes him to her house introduce to her father – 100% Rajini mark. Even a kid will say Rajini mannerism. Vijay has to tell himself the dialogue what he delivers in the climax … “ Oruthana maathiri nadikkarathu easy… Vaazharathu Kastam”.

Vijay got A R Rehman + dula role movie and ‘ Theme music song’ for his future clippings in TV channels, Director got Vijay movie chance. For us… we got the comment… “ Maatnadaa mavaney”.

Few scenes are good. Anyway it will be telecasted in TV Channels.

If you are Vijay fan or ready not to see any logic, even then you will struggle in the theater.

“ Azhagiya Tamil Magan” – You will not loose anything, if you miss this movie. You can miss this movie.

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