I got yelled at for reviewing Unnaale Unnaale. Its so 3-months-ago complained my friends and family. But I really cannot change. Time stands still in my world. I refuse to believe in expiration dates for analyzing long forgotten movies. I dont go trolling for oldies, they just end up in my field of vision, then I start watching, and before long, I cannot get the movie out of my head.
I ended up watching Bharathiraja's Tajmahal on sun tv yesterday. I could not have had a more enjoyable experience. The movie was so incredibly bad, it was really good. Riya does not even bother lip-syching. She just moves her mouth like a goldfish, and there is some entirely different voice over! This was supposed to be Manoj's great launch vehicle. He must have done something really bad to piss off his big daddy, cos he is forced to mouth the most inane dialogues like "nee yen usiru" and "valikkudhu...". HAAAA!!!
But all the bitching aside, this movie does have some really good music by A.R Rahman. I am not a big Rahman fan, but this is one of his few music scores that you can listen to years later without cringing.
Sotta sotta nanayudhu - The male and female versions are pleasant enough to listen to, but this is standard Rahman cop out stuff, also known as "i cannot come up with a tune, so i'll recycle something from my netru illaadha maatram genre"
Eechi elumichi - One of my favorites. Its slow and very sexy. The lyrics are pure rustic thamizh and really poetic
"paasi mani rendu korkayila paavi manasayum kothavaley..."
Question to blog readers - The song credits read Manoj. Is he the same guy as the hero? He is really good in this song.
Kulirithu kulirithu - This is an absolute gem. Unnikrishan and Swarnalatha waltz through the impossibly high and low notes. There are certain songs where the harmony between the lyrics and tune is absolute perfection, and this song is definitely one of those. This song actually comes near close to Andhi mazhai...
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4 comments:
There's a real good MGR movie you should review babe. Or, wait a min, the Chandrababu one :)
Just kidding. Ha
Didnt know you had a photo blog until now. Some lovely pics, can u add the photos u took in Madras. Some of them were nice and I am looking for some nice backgrounds for our computer.
Hey yeah, Manoj - the lead actor (sorry i cant get myself to call him a hero) sings the song.
You should watch this movie Alli Arjuna where he attempts some acting, but turns out really bad.
well when the movie first came..the only buzz was abt a sidey!! scene of manoj and riya under a bush which caused as much criticism of dad shooting son and hype.another criticism around that time was abt manoj's costume - maatukaaran in denim and a rope around his waist- wonder why?
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