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dont mean any offence but in terms of sheer presence MSD looked much impressive than the vijay guy . Not sure how he is super hero (like Rajni or Chiru or SRK)

[poondu]

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dont mean any offence but in terms of sheer presence MSD looked much impressive than the vijay guy . Not sure how he is super hero (like Rajni or Chiru or SRK)

I am not a Vijay fan. He looks like a mosquito..

[Aloo Kashmiri Ul Haq]

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dont mean any offence but in terms of sheer presence MSD looked much impressive than the vijay guy . Not sure how he is super hero (like Rajni or Chiru or SRK)

are you from around Chennai? To an average Tamilian, Vijay is about the same as Salman.

[pipsqueak]

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dont mean any offence but in terms of sheer presence MSD looked much impressive than the vijay guy . Not sure how he is super hero (like Rajni or Chiru or SRK)

are you from around Chennai? To an average Tamilian, Vijay is about the same as Salman.

i agree. both vijay and salman are mosquitoes as far as i am concerned.

[dextrous]

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dont mean any offence but in terms of sheer presence MSD looked much impressive than the vijay guy . Not sure how he is super hero (like Rajni or Chiru or SRK)

are you from around Chennai? To an average Tamilian, Vijay is about the same as Salman.

i agree. both vijay and salman are mosquitoes as far as i am concerned.

salman khan movies are best avoided...agreed. the worst among the khan lot.

[pipsqueak]

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dont mean any offence but in terms of sheer presence MSD looked much impressive than the vijay guy . Not sure how he is super hero (like Rajni or Chiru or SRK)

are you from around Chennai? To an average Tamilian, Vijay is about the same as Salman.

i agree. both vijay and salman are mosquitoes as far as i am concerned.

salman khan movies are best avoided...agreed. the worst among the khan lot.

all tamil movies may be safely avoided.

[dextrous]

http://sify.com/movies/imagegallery/galleryDetail.php?hcategory=13733818&hgallery=14632774

dont mean any offence but in terms of sheer presence MSD looked much impressive than the vijay guy . Not sure how he is super hero (like Rajni or Chiru or SRK)

are you from around Chennai? To an average Tamilian, Vijay is about the same as Salman.

i agree. both vijay and salman are mosquitoes as far as i am concerned.

salman khan movies are best avoided...agreed. the worst among the khan lot.

all tamil movies may be safely avoided.

there must be some good ones?

[pipsqueak]

http://sify.com/movies/imagegallery/galleryDetail.php?hcategory=13733818&hgallery=14632774

dont mean any offence but in terms of sheer presence MSD looked much impressive than the vijay guy . Not sure how he is super hero (like Rajni or Chiru or SRK)

are you from around Chennai? To an average Tamilian, Vijay is about the same as Salman.

i agree. both vijay and salman are mosquitoes as far as i am concerned.

salman khan movies are best avoided...agreed. the worst among the khan lot.

all tamil movies may be safely avoided.

there must be some good ones?

i am yet to find them.

[cricinfo]

http://sify.com/movies/imagegallery/galleryDetail.php?hcategory=13733818&hgallery=14632774

dont mean any offence but in terms of sheer presence MSD looked much impressive than the vijay guy . Not sure how he is super hero (like Rajni or Chiru or SRK)

are you from around Chennai? To an average Tamilian, Vijay is about the same as Salman.

i agree. both vijay and salman are mosquitoes as far as i am concerned.

salman khan movies are best avoided...agreed. the worst among the khan lot.

all tamil movies may be safely avoided.

there must be some good ones?

i am yet to find them.

i am sorry to hear that. There are some awesome tamil moves i have seen .The good ones are from a different world.I saw one movie 3 years back about a group of friends from college with some kind of pshycho angle to it, was a real good one

[dextrous]

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dont mean any offence but in terms of sheer presence MSD looked much impressive than the vijay guy . Not sure how he is super hero (like Rajni or Chiru or SRK)

are you from around Chennai? To an average Tamilian, Vijay is about the same as Salman.

i agree. both vijay and salman are mosquitoes as far as i am concerned.

salman khan movies are best avoided...agreed. the worst among the khan lot.

all tamil movies may be safely avoided.

there must be some good ones?

i am yet to find them.

what language did kamal hassan used to act in

[cricinfo]

http://sify.com/movies/imagegallery/galleryDetail.php?hcategory=13733818&hgallery=14632774

dont mean any offence but in terms of sheer presence MSD looked much impressive than the vijay guy . Not sure how he is super hero (like Rajni or Chiru or SRK)

are you from around Chennai? To an average Tamilian, Vijay is about the same as Salman.

i agree. both vijay and salman are mosquitoes as far as i am concerned.

salman khan movies are best avoided...agreed. the worst among the khan lot.

all tamil movies may be safely avoided.

there must be some good ones?

i am yet to find them.

what language did kamal hassan used to act in

who is kamal hasan?

[Aloo Kashmiri Ul Haq]

http://sify.com/movies/imagegallery/galleryDetail.php?hcategory=13733818&hgallery=14632774

dont mean any offence but in terms of sheer presence MSD looked much impressive than the vijay guy . Not sure how he is super hero (like Rajni or Chiru or SRK)

are you from around Chennai? To an average Tamilian, Vijay is about the same as Salman.

i agree. both vijay and salman are mosquitoes as far as i am concerned.

salman khan movies are best avoided...agreed. the worst among the khan lot.

all tamil movies may be safely avoided.

there must be some good ones?

i am yet to find them.

Kannathil Muttamital?
Bombay? Roja? Nayakan? Appu Raja? Anbe Sivam?

[Aloo Kashmiri Ul Haq]

http://sify.com/movies/imagegallery/galleryDetail.php?hcategory=13733818&hgallery=14632774

dont mean any offence but in terms of sheer presence MSD looked much impressive than the vijay guy . Not sure how he is super hero (like Rajni or Chiru or SRK)

are you from around Chennai? To an average Tamilian, Vijay is about the same as Salman.

i agree. both vijay and salman are mosquitoes as far as i am concerned.

salman khan movies are best avoided...agreed. the worst among the khan lot.

all tamil movies may be safely avoided.

there must be some good ones?

i am yet to find them.

i am sorry to hear that. There are some awesome tamil moves i have seen .The good ones are from a different world.I saw one movie 3 years back about a group of friends from college with some kind of pshycho angle to it, was a real good one

Boyz? You actually liked it?

[pipsqueak]

http://sify.com/movies/imagegallery/galleryDetail.php?hcategory=13733818&hgallery=14632774

dont mean any offence but in terms of sheer presence MSD looked much impressive than the vijay guy . Not sure how he is super hero (like Rajni or Chiru or SRK)

are you from around Chennai? To an average Tamilian, Vijay is about the same as Salman.

i agree. both vijay and salman are mosquitoes as far as i am concerned.

salman khan movies are best avoided...agreed. the worst among the khan lot.

all tamil movies may be safely avoided.

there must be some good ones?

i am yet to find them.

Kannathil Muttamital?
Bombay? Roja? Nayakan? Appu Raja? Anbe Sivam?

didn't like bombay/KM/roja/nayakan. dunno about the other two.

i find them all overly melodramatic.

[Aloo Kashmiri Ul Haq]

http://sify.com/movies/imagegallery/galleryDetail.php?hcategory=13733818&hgallery=14632774

dont mean any offence but in terms of sheer presence MSD looked much impressive than the vijay guy . Not sure how he is super hero (like Rajni or Chiru or SRK)

are you from around Chennai? To an average Tamilian, Vijay is about the same as Salman.

i agree. both vijay and salman are mosquitoes as far as i am concerned.

salman khan movies are best avoided...agreed. the worst among the khan lot.

all tamil movies may be safely avoided.

there must be some good ones?

i am yet to find them.

Kannathil Muttamital?
Bombay? Roja? Nayakan? Appu Raja? Anbe Sivam?

didn't like bombay/KM/roja/nayakan. dunno about the other two.

i find them all overly melodramatic.

Hey Ram?

[cricinfo]

http://sify.com/movies/imagegallery/galleryDetail.php?hcategory=13733818&hgallery=14632774

dont mean any offence but in terms of sheer presence MSD looked much impressive than the vijay guy . Not sure how he is super hero (like Rajni or Chiru or SRK)

are you from around Chennai? To an average Tamilian, Vijay is about the same as Salman.

i agree. both vijay and salman are mosquitoes as far as i am concerned.

salman khan movies are best avoided...agreed. the worst among the khan lot.

all tamil movies may be safely avoided.

there must be some good ones?

i am yet to find them.

i am sorry to hear that. There are some awesome tamil moves i have seen .The good ones are from a different world.I saw one movie 3 years back about a group of friends from college with some kind of pshycho angle to it, was a real good one

Boyz? You actually liked it?

yeah it is Boyz ...i did like it due to uniqueness of the story, the main guy i felt was very good actor

[pipsqueak]

http://sify.com/movies/imagegallery/galleryDetail.php?hcategory=13733818&hgallery=14632774

dont mean any offence but in terms of sheer presence MSD looked much impressive than the vijay guy . Not sure how he is super hero (like Rajni or Chiru or SRK)

are you from around Chennai? To an average Tamilian, Vijay is about the same as Salman.

i agree. both vijay and salman are mosquitoes as far as i am concerned.

salman khan movies are best avoided...agreed. the worst among the khan lot.

all tamil movies may be safely avoided.

there must be some good ones?

i am yet to find them.

Kannathil Muttamital?
Bombay? Roja? Nayakan? Appu Raja? Anbe Sivam?

didn't like bombay/KM/roja/nayakan. dunno about the other two.

i find them all overly melodramatic.

Hey Ram?

haven't seen it. is that also KH? i find him over-doing every role. no subtlety. every emotion is so explicitly expressed - more like a pantomime.

[Blwe_torch]

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dont mean any offence but in terms of sheer presence MSD looked much impressive than the vijay guy . Not sure how he is super hero (like Rajni or Chiru or SRK)

are you from around Chennai? To an average Tamilian, Vijay is about the same as Salman.

i agree. both vijay and salman are mosquitoes as far as i am concerned.

salman khan movies are best avoided...agreed. the worst among the khan lot.

all tamil movies may be safely avoided.

there must be some good ones?

i am yet to find them.

what language did kamal hassan used to act in

who is kamal hasan?

don't tell me you haven't heard of kamala............and you are venturing to talk abt Tamil movies!

[Blwe_torch]

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dont mean any offence but in terms of sheer presence MSD looked much impressive than the vijay guy . Not sure how he is super hero (like Rajni or Chiru or SRK)

are you from around Chennai? To an average Tamilian, Vijay is about the same as Salman.

i agree. both vijay and salman are mosquitoes as far as i am concerned.

salman khan movies are best avoided...agreed. the worst among the khan lot.

all tamil movies may be safely avoided.

there must be some good ones?

i am yet to find them.

Kannathil Muttamital?
Bombay? Roja? Nayakan? Appu Raja? Anbe Sivam?

didn't like bombay/KM/roja/nayakan. dunno about the other two.

i find them all overly melodramatic.

Hey Ram?

haven't seen it. is that also KH? i find him over-doing every role. no subtlety. every emotion is so explicitly expressed - more like a pantomime.

Then you'd surely like my acting at office and home...........absolutely subtle....no pantomime.........au naturale.
But for entertainment, I enjoy the pantomime. I really liked kamal's Chaachi 420/ Pushpak/ Sadma....just to mention a few.

[pipsqueak]

Then you'd surely like my acting at office and home...........absolutely subtle....no pantomime.........au naturale.
But for entertainment, I enjoy the pantomime. I really liked kamal's Chaachi 420/ Pushpak/ Sadma....just to mention a few.

why do you have to act at home, blwe? about what? is mrs.blwe reading this forum? 

[Blwe_torch]

Then you'd surely like my acting at office and home...........absolutely subtle....no pantomime.........au naturale.
But for entertainment, I enjoy the pantomime. I really liked kamal's Chaachi 420/ Pushpak/ Sadma....just to mention a few.

why do you have to act at home, blwe? about what? is mrs.blwe reading this forum? 

sometimes, I need to put on the act of a very patient listenner at home( absolutely Oscar level performance, I tell u).

[LosingNow]

Then you'd surely like my acting at office and home...........absolutely subtle....no pantomime.........au naturale.
But for entertainment, I enjoy the pantomime. I really liked kamal's Chaachi 420/ Pushpak/ Sadma....just to mention a few.

why do you have to act at home, blwe? about what? is mrs.blwe reading this forum? 

sometimes, I need to put on the act of a very patient listenner at home( absolutely Oscar level performance, I tell u).

If they awarded an Oscar for that.. half the world would qualify for it

[Cover Point]

Then you'd surely like my acting at office and home...........absolutely subtle....no pantomime.........au naturale.
But for entertainment, I enjoy the pantomime. I really liked kamal's Chaachi 420/ Pushpak/ Sadma....just to mention a few.

why do you have to act at home, blwe? about what? is mrs.blwe reading this forum? 

sometimes, I need to put on the act of a very patient listenner at home( absolutely Oscar level performance, I tell u).

If they awarded an Oscar for that.. half the world would qualify for it

only 49% (women constitute 51%)

[RicePlateReddy]

I think the Chennai Kings should make Benny Lava their official song:

(caution, this may be deemed not safe for work)

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/ZA1NoOOoaNw&rel=0" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/v/ZA1NoOOoaNw&rel=0</a>

[Blwe_torch]

I think the Chennai Kings should make Benny Lava their official song:

(caution, this may be deemed not safe for work)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZA1NoOOoaNw

not safe for work and home too..........and that covers almost everything in the middle.

[LosingNow]

I think the Chennai Kings should make Benny Lava their official song:

(caution, this may be deemed not safe for work)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZA1NoOOoaNw

AWESOME!!!!

[CLR James]

I like a lot of Tamil films. What is wrong if they are melodramatic (not more than many other Indian cinemas)? Our culture is not prone to realistic representation. Our indigenous theatrical traditions are not realistic. A form of representation that is hyper real can actually deliver, at its best moments, something that realism cannot. Some of the best films in the world are not realistic.

[RicePlateReddy]

I like a lot of Tamil films.

What films did you like CLR, that you would seriously recommend.

[CLR James]

I like a lot of Tamil films.

What films did you like CLR, that you would seriously recommend.

I will send you a list soon ShortSquareLeg. I am afraid some of them will be pretty old films.

[pipsqueak]

I like a lot of Tamil films. What is wrong if they are melodramatic (not more than many other Indian cinemas)? Our culture is not prone to realistic representation. Our indigenous theatrical traditions are not realistic. A form of representation that is hyper real can actually deliver, at its best moments, something that realism cannot. Some of the best films in the world are not realistic.

i agree. they are as bad as hindi movies and most likely the same holds good for telegu/kannada etc. it isn't just the lack of realism but more about bad acting, bad direction, overt preaching and moralising. i am most familiar with tamil actors and for some reason, people like sivaji, kamalahasan etc. think that the more they contort their faces, the better actors they are. masses love them - what do i know!

[CLR James]

I like a lot of Tamil films. What is wrong if they are melodramatic (not more than many other Indian cinemas)? Our culture is not prone to realistic representation. Our indigenous theatrical traditions are not realistic. A form of representation that is hyper real can actually deliver, at its best moments, something that realism cannot. Some of the best films in the world are not realistic.

i agree. they are as bad as hindi movies and most likely the same with telegu/kannada etc. it isn't just the lack of realism but more about bad acting, bad direction, overt preaching and moralising. i am most familiar with tamil actors and for some reason, people like sivaji, kamalahasan etc. think that the more they contort their faces, the better actors they are. masses love them - what do i know!

Precisely the point. How do you define bad acting? Bad direction? What is the standard? Would Lawrence Olivier be able to do what Shivaji Ganeshan did in Parasmani? Would Dustin Hoffman be able to emulate the nautanki style Naseer adopted in Mirch Masala or Bhavani Bhavai? I am sure Ganeshan or Dilip Kumar would be great King Lears, but could Marlon Brando play Bachchan's role in Amar Akbar Anthony? Some of the best films of Hollywood overpreach and moralize more ferociously than any Indian films do. It is just that we have to adjust to an Indian idiom of doing the same.

[LosingNow]

I like a lot of Tamil films. What is wrong if they are melodramatic (not more than many other Indian cinemas)? Our culture is not prone to realistic representation. Our indigenous theatrical traditions are not realistic. A form of representation that is hyper real can actually deliver, at its best moments, something that realism cannot. Some of the best films in the world are not realistic.

i agree. they are as bad as hindi movies and most likely the same with telegu/kannada etc. it isn't just the lack of realism but more about bad acting, bad direction, overt preaching and moralising. i am most familiar with tamil actors and for some reason, people like sivaji, kamalahasan etc. think that the more they contort their faces, the better actors they are. masses love them - what do i know!

Precisely the point. How do you define bad acting? Bad direction? What is the standard? Would Lawrence Olivier be able to do what Shivaji Ganeshan did in Parasmani? Would Dustin Hoffman be able to emulate the nautanki style Naseer adopted in Mirch Masala or Bhavani Bhavai? I am sure Ganeshan or Dilip Kumar would be great King Lears, but could Marlon Brando play Bachchan's role in Amar Akbar Anthony? Some of the best films of Hollywood overpreach and moralize more ferociously than any Indian films do. It is just that we have to adjust to an Indian idiom of doing the same.

Marlon Brando as Anthony Gonsalves ...

[pipsqueak]

I like a lot of Tamil films. What is wrong if they are melodramatic (not more than many other Indian cinemas)? Our culture is not prone to realistic representation. Our indigenous theatrical traditions are not realistic. A form of representation that is hyper real can actually deliver, at its best moments, something that realism cannot. Some of the best films in the world are not realistic.

i agree. they are as bad as hindi movies and most likely the same with telegu/kannada etc. it isn't just the lack of realism but more about bad acting, bad direction, overt preaching and moralising. i am most familiar with tamil actors and for some reason, people like sivaji, kamalahasan etc. think that the more they contort their faces, the better actors they are. masses love them - what do i know!

Precisely the point. How do you define bad acting? Bad direction? What is the standard? Would Lawrence Olivier be able to do what Shivaji Ganeshan did in Parasmani? Would Dustin Hoffman be able to emulate the nautanki style Naseer adopted in Mirch Masala or Bhavani Bhavai? I am sure Ganeshan or Dilip Kumar would be great King Lears, but could Marlon Brando play Bachchan's role in Amar Akbar Anthony? Some of the best films of Hollywood overpreach and moralize more ferociously than any Indian films do. It is just that we have to adjust to an Indian idiom of doing the same.

it is Parashakti.

anyway, hollywood movies are not the standard for "good" movies. i don't enjoy/watch most of them.

i don't deny that there are a few good movies and a few good actors. naseer is one. but the whole package, more often than not is pathetic, imo. most indian movies are good, if viewed as slap-stick comedies.

[pipsqueak]

adding on, take for example a movie like Taare Zameen Par, lauded all over india. what was so great about that movie?

i found TZP a typical formula film churned out to tug at the heart strings of the viewers. yes, the topic is something serious but i felt the simplification of the whole thing with the typical bollywoody ending made it all very trite and oh-so-predictable.

the nasty portrayal of the various teachers, the buffoonery towards the end, amir khan, of course, being the sole saint amongst them...cmon!

in short, a feel-good/feel-sad movie with quite a fairy-tale, FAR from reality ending. also, why should winning a competition be so important? contradicts the earlier point of the movie where it was in some sense, showing the pressure on children, say, his elder brother and his failure to win the championship in tennis.

the only redeeming features, imo, are (1) the kid's acting (2) maybe, maybe, this movie will result an awareness of dyslexia among the masses but it also sends a wrong message of it being cured overnight.

on a related note, i found the movie "i not stupid" by the singaporean director, Jack Neo, a far more interesting portrayal on children and the academic/parental pressures on them.

[CLR James]

I like a lot of Tamil films. What is wrong if they are melodramatic (not more than many other Indian cinemas)? Our culture is not prone to realistic representation. Our indigenous theatrical traditions are not realistic. A form of representation that is hyper real can actually deliver, at its best moments, something that realism cannot. Some of the best films in the world are not realistic.

i agree. they are as bad as hindi movies and most likely the same with telegu/kannada etc. it isn't just the lack of realism but more about bad acting, bad direction, overt preaching and moralising. i am most familiar with tamil actors and for some reason, people like sivaji, kamalahasan etc. think that the more they contort their faces, the better actors they are. masses love them - what do i know!

Precisely the point. How do you define bad acting? Bad direction? What is the standard? Would Lawrence Olivier be able to do what Shivaji Ganeshan did in Parasmani? Would Dustin Hoffman be able to emulate the nautanki style Naseer adopted in Mirch Masala or Bhavani Bhavai? I am sure Ganeshan or Dilip Kumar would be great King Lears, but could Marlon Brando play Bachchan's role in Amar Akbar Anthony? Some of the best films of Hollywood overpreach and moralize more ferociously than any Indian films do. It is just that we have to adjust to an Indian idiom of doing the same.

it is Parashakti.

anyway, hollywood movies are not the standard for "good" movies. i don't enjoy/watch most of them.

i don't deny that there are a few good movies and a few good actors. naseer is one. but the whole package, more often than not is pathetic, imo. most indian movies are good, if viewed as slap-stick comedies.

Yes it is Parasakti. Pretty late in the day.

[RicePlateReddy]

Our culture is not prone to realistic representation.

Our indigenous theatrical traditions are not realistic.

A form of representation that is hyper real can actually deliver, at its best moments, something that realism cannot.

I think the 3 characterizations hold perfectly for our cricket too.

[LosingNow]

Our culture is not prone to realistic representation.

Our indigenous theatrical traditions are not realistic.

A form of representation that is hyper real can actually deliver, at its best moments, something that realism cannot.

I think the 3 characterizations hold perfectly for our cricket too.

Specially the last one