Kollywood Discussion part 3 - Page 4

I saw some clippings of Sundar C new movie. My god, Nandiya looks so pretty in that movie. I mean, holding the character of mother, she looks more like the heroin of the movie its self 😳 She is really pretty. Is she married?? Does anyone know anything about this? If she is married, who's the guy? An Actor or director??

CL, Leena's words were 'the magic that Jo weaved on the audience'. Nobody said Mozhi was a hit because of Jo. On what basis could ahve they marketed Mozhi tht it became a huge hit? A hit director? A multi starrer? Prithviraj was no famous hero then;nor was the Prakash Raj-Prithvi combo known before. The only things that Mozhi had to talk abt was that its the movie Jo last acted in, and all articles and news abt it said' The mvoie has Jyothika's best performance ever'.I still say, as a viewer, that Mozhi's success was its script, ably assisted by the performances. Leena's words simply meant that If Asin had done Jo's role, it wouldn't have been half as good. Now you can contradict me on grammar basis, and word by word meaning of Leena's sentence, but I'm sure Leena's no fool to say Jo was the reason the movie became the hit.

Something else tht I fail to understand-you said on another topic that a movie with Rajni puts the actress on top; I wonder why Jo wasn't on top in 2005 , with the movie as a huge hit + a performance which was equally applauded as much as it was criticised

Jenim- Some well marketed and much hyped movies have been flops-eg, ATM; and movies which were neither marketed well nor hyped have been hits-Kadhal for an eg.

I'm stopping it here, but not ENDING it here. If anybody wants to reply, pls PM me, IF you respect the mods and viewbies.

ditty, you are right! you explained everything i wanted to say so well. thank you!😳😳 i never said that jothika was the reason for mozhi's success. i felt that IF asin had done the role of archana, it wouldn't have been as convincing as jothika doing it.😊 this is just my opinion & i'm not forcing anyone to accept it so everyone let's all relax.😛

on a side note, i've read quite a number of articles on mozhi and the scribes usually referred to it as jothika's swan song in kollywood.😊 i guess that's one of the reasons the film got some of it's hype from. of course, the story, screenplay & characterisation is what made the film a success. jo's not the only reason why the film became a hit BUT i'll give credit where it's due.. she's one of the biggest reason for it. at least for me.😊

Aii Aii Ditty.. Aasai Dosai Appalam Vadai 😛

What a clever chick you are! 😆
Enna knack aa pesudhu paathiya indha ponnu!
Nee mattum forum la post pannalam, aana naanga reply panna koodadha? Aiiiiii... A..D..A..V... 😛

I think as per rules, it's OK to discuss, as long as we are not posting offensive things. First, let me give you the "Lawyer of the Week" award, for puttu, puttu vachifying all the points! 👏

Secondly, I didn't know that Cinemalover was actually saying that about Mozhi/Jyothika, in response to Jiggly's post. I still doubt that, but may be he did. I thought he was going back to discussing things which were left off unfinished, when some threads were closed in the last couple of days.

My addition to his comment was b'cos there were posts earlier indicating that Mozhi was a hit b'cos of Jyothika alone, which in our opinion (incl. yours too, now) was not! If you recall, I even asked CL in one of my earlier posts, that there was a possibility that PRaj/Pyramid used the popularity of Jyothika whilst marketing the movie. After all, the only two *stars* in the movie were PrakashRaj and Jyothika. And of course the director! RadhaMohan is an esteemed director in the Tamil film circles, popular for making family entertainers. The PRaj + RadhaMohan combination is something that people look forward to. That also would have increased the saleability of the movie. In general, in Kolly, if it's not a action flick with big names, then the script becomes the star. To quote you,
Mozhi's success was its script, ably assisted by the performances.

And now for "Abhiyum Naanum" PR is trying to follow the same route. Except this time, the star he is cashing in on is Trisha.

And Yes.. there are several movies which failed miserably after spending millions on marketing, and there are countless others which succeeded only by word of mouth recommendations, with hardly any marketing - like Paarijatham. My argument about "June R" was based on the "Jyothika alone making it a hit" factor from certain discussions, before. So, now it's a moot point.

Still, you get the lawyer award!
BTW, I'm curious.. what do you do?

You are not bad either, Jenim. To be truthful, I'm a bit scared of you....maybe I really am not, but my heart skips a beat when I see you have made a post 😉 😆 Thanx for the lawyer award, anyway.
😊 Me, I'm only a +2 student, but cinema is a craze, thts all. Mal, Tamil, Hindi, English, and some Bengali movies;can't make head or tail of those, though they are all true beauties and owners of expressive eyes;only problem is you know they are sad, but you don't know wht they r unhappy for)

There are somethings that I want all to read, thts why I post and I request you all not to post 😆 . I mentioned you, Leena and CL in the post,didn't I? 😊

Arrghhhh Jiggs, you beat me to it (response to Ditty) 😆

I was going to post a reply to you about ARM (or MuRgAAAdoss as Aamir likes to call him 😆 ). I was ROTFL when I read ARM's interview, praising Asin like that. I get a feeling, ARM is very good at exaggerating things. And Asin makes such good friends with Directors (working with top stars) and with top stars also. Whereas, Trisha is *extremely* good at making friends with top stars alone, may be her Mom makes friends with Directors (as Dharani said in one of his interviews). Some suspect that her Mom was highly instrumental in getting her chance back for the movie Kuruvi, which had landed (almost) in Nayan's lap. But wait.. I'm getting sidetracked. 😆

In his interview, ARM was also praising Aamir right, left and center. He said, Aamir is the genius he has ever come across in filmdom. While answering a question asking him to compare Aamir vs. Surya in the role of Ghajini, he said, "I don't have any hassels saying this. Aamir is a legend and so I would say, while Aamir is a professor, Surya is like a student. The role is tailor-made for Aamir, but Surya had to try to fit in that role". He also said, he doesn't mind saying all this b'cos both Surya and him are in awe of Aamir, whenever they discuss him.

A couple of things that came to my mind while reading this:
* How dare you, MuRgAAdoss! 😆
* And, will Surya ever work with you, now that you've said it so openly (even if that was what Surya and you had discussed, privately)
* Surely, you will make Aamir's day, when some one translates this interview for him.. or may be, you are that someone.
* Are you looking for Aamir to recommend you to someone, for your next Hindi flick?

Jenim, I dunno if I was misinformed, but didn't Murugadoss also say something like he will someday launch Surya into bollywood and he feels surya is fully capable of making it big there? 😕 Anyways, after Ayan and Ghajini, they will be joining hands again.

Surya will have had to try anf fit into the role.....if he was a natural it wud have shown in his earlier movies.Thts why they say 'hardwork pays'.I've heard Asin, Jo and Trisha name Surya as the actor who works hard the most.
If Ghajini clicks, it'll be party time for Asin and MURGAAADOSS (😆), Asin knows to make it big,;as far as I've understood her, she's really ambitious;beats Ash.But there's already Katrina and Priyanka Chops to do the 'Asin roles'-laugh around, sing duets, dance around fields....

before i write this, i must say that i'm not particularly a surya fan or an aamir fan.😊 and i'm definitely not a murgadoss fan.😉😆😆

jenim.. goodness.. i can't believe this murgadoss!😡😡 just because he is doing the hindi version of 'ghajini' now doesn't mean he can forget the actor who immortalised the role of sanjay ramasamy. 'ghajini's success was mainly because surya's tremendous performance. now that murgadoss is in the shadow of the great aamir khan he is saying sanjay ramasamy's role was tailor-made for aamir?

if so, he should have approached aamir first with the role & not made surya do it. murgadoss approached surya because then only kollywood recognised him as a director. bollywood didn't give a damn about him.

now that he's in bollywood, murgadoss starts turning his back on kollywood & it's actors eh? did surya put in that much effort into the role only to be told now that the role was tailor-made for aamir & that surya just 'tried' to fit it into the role? i find it very unfair to surya. murgadoss shouldn't have made that remark.

ditty, you're right yaar. there are already lots of heroines in bollywood who are doing asin's bubbly roles. even better than she does them.😉😆😆 katrina & priyanka are also a lot more gorgeous than asin and have a firmer footing in bollywood so there's no question in whom those roles would go to.😛

Awww.. Ditty, you're only in your 12th?!!! Wow girl! Kutti ponnu like Jiggs and Meli.

Thanks, I didn't know my posts had *such an effect* on you 😆 ... You know, I'm just kidding 😉

Yes Ditts..
In the same interview ARM said, if possible he would like to launch Surya in Bollywood and hopes that Surya would make it big there. With a few exceptions, I think almost all directors really like working with Surya. (Oh..There seems to be some trouble between GM and Surya for VA due to GM taking forever to finish the movie, but since I read the news only once, I don't want to elaborate yet. If another mag also writes about it, then it will be more credible).

You know, I totally a-d-o-r-e Surya, but I think, for him to shine in Bolly, he should somehow learn to add a good number of inches to his screen height. 😉

But I was just thinking of the nerve of ARM, when he gives an interview like that comparing Surya and Aamir in the top Tamil mag, earning the wrath of countless Surya fans in Tamilnadu. You know, a number of people down South TN, hardly watch any Hindi movie, let alone know, how great Aamir is! For them, this interview would be a shocker! I already read a few feedback comments about this interview in the mag's online section where people didn't like what ARM had said:

* How could ARM call Aamir a genius/legend, when there is our own Kamal who is already all that?
* Surya fitting himself to that role is much more harder than Aamir finding it tailor made. So, isn't it Surya who did a better job here?

Those were the comments.
On a personal level, I like both the actors and I find ARM's comparison of these 2 stars, redundant.

And about Asin in Bollywood, you're right..She is highly ambitious (which actress isn't? 😆 ) ably assisted by her Dad, all the way. While it is the norm in the film industry for the heroine's Mom to tag along with the heroine, Asin is an exception with the Dad thingy. Her Dad fills the shoes of the Kolly/Tolly/Bolly star's Mom. There are things that her Dad seems to have done for her career growth, which are better left unsaid. And before all this, the news in Kolly was that, she was the richest girl in her district even before she got into the movies!! "Is it true?" I had always wondered. If she was such a big business magnet, what's she doing looking for film chances in late night Director's parties?

ARM said in his interview earliar,it is only b'coz of surya,he was noticed by Amir.About the particular statement we're discussing here,

ARM said Amir is a Professor & Surya is still a student.he was asked about his experience working with Amir now & Surya b4 for Gajini.adhukku he said,surya worked really hard 2 fit into my movie & did well whereas both of us(surya&ARM) knew Amir is a big actor,avarukagave panna character madhiri kachidhama porundhirukku.He is a professor himself.After watching his Taare Zameen Par,i was shocked,said ARM.

He didn't say anything bad about surya.u can check ananda vikatan's last week edition.he was simply amused & excited 2 work with Amir.