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Prema

@Caryn

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Posted: 18 years ago

#71

You should see this movie Pat. Your darlin SRK looks different. I won't tell you what is it, but I doubt he looked like this in other movies. 😉

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271043

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Posted: 18 years ago

#72

Ammuvagiya Naan Movie Review

Ammuvagiya Naan - A touchy tale

Director Padmamagan, after a dismal outing in Pallavan, has come out with Ammuvagiya Naan. A movie on a bold theme narrated in an excellent manner.

Opting to go the K Balachander way, Padmamagan has touched up on a sensitive theme - life of a prostitute. At many places, Padmamagan quite typical to KB, allows the visuals to speak more than the dialogues.

The life and travails of a commercial sex worker has been etched out well. Parthiban, as a writer craving to pen the hardships of such women, has come up with a measured performance. Unlike is earlier movies, where he speak a lot, Parthiban this time has got into the skin of the character and delivered one of his best performance.

Be it anger, sympathy or love and affection, he expresses them with great confidence on screen. Bharathi playing the challenging role of a sex worker in her debut venture is a revelation. She is cool, suave and expressive. Padmamagan can take the credit for introducing an actress, who can not just ooze glamour but also emote and express herself on the screen.

The film revolves around Ammu (Bharathi), an orphan brought up in a prostitute's house. Brought up in such atmosphere, she develops a fascination for the world's oldest profession. She comes across a writer Parthiban, who comes to her place to pen a novel on the life of a commercial sex worker. Her childlike innocence wins over Parthiban's heart. He decides to marry her.

Parthiban's live and care brings a change in Ammu. She understands the value of family and the bond of togetherness. Parthiban completes his novel Ammuvagya Naan and hopes for a National award for it. But fate pays a cruel act in the form of Mahadevan, president of a literary association. He bargains for a night with Ammu to ensure the national award for Amuvagiya Naan. What happens next forms the climax. M S Prabhu's cinematography and the catchy musical background by Sabesh - Murali adds strength to the movie.

The prostitution house has been caught on a dignified manner in Prabhu's lens while Sabesh - Murali provides the right feel for such a serious film with their musical score.

Padmamagan has rightly lived up to the expectations created by the promos. Ammuvagiya Naan is a short and crisp poem on screen.

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pokkiri26

@pokkiri26

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Posted: 18 years ago

#73

Parthiban is a title crazy but it is a movie that is worthful to watch.

Thanks for Sri for the info 😉

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Meli/Melz/Aahanaa

@Aahaana

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Posted: 18 years ago

#74

Thanks Sri for the review...

I dont like much of Parthibans movie these past years..I think the last one I liked was vettikodi kattu 😆

hmm...Ammu movie seems to be okay... 😊

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Prema

@Caryn

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Posted: 18 years ago

#75

Guys, this movie is few months old. But if you get a chance, do see a movie called PROVOKED. Acted by Aishwariya Rai, Naveen (LOST fame) and Nandita Das. This movie is worthwhile to watch.

The laws of UK changed because of one abused wife Kiranjit. The movie is about trials and tribulations of Kiranjit as a woman. PROVOKED is based on true story.

Edited by Caryn - 18 years ago

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Meli/Melz/Aahanaa

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Posted: 18 years ago

#76

Movie review :

Sathum Podaathay

In these hard days when only larger than life heroes in outdated mass masalas work at the box-office, Vasanth has been bold to experiment with a subject that is daring. One of the major highlights of the film is the songs and background score of Yuvan Shankar Raja.

The story revolves around Bhanu (Padmapriya) who gets married to Ratnavel (Nitin Satya) a guy who works in railways as he is a sportsman. But soon the relationship turns sour, when the couple realize after a gynecologist ( Suhasini in a cameo) tells them that Ratnavel is impotent. In spite family pressures to get a mutual divorce, the old fashioned Bhanu decides to go ahead with the marriage by adopting a child.

But with the arrival of the baby, Ratnavel becomes more insecure and tells her that the child reminds him about his weakness! And all hell breaks lose when Bhanu realizes that her husband was an alcoholic who knew about his impotency and had betrayed her. She walks out on him. Bhanu meets Ravichandran (Pritviraj) a happy-go-lucky guy who proposes to her. But Ratnavel who had vowed to make life miserable for Bhanu returns. What next? You have to watch the film.

Songs like Azhagu Kutty Chellam…. and Pesugiren, Pesugiren… is class apart but their placement could have been better and they slow down the narration. The three hit numbers are slotted in the first half, and two of them end up with the same Bekal fort in the background! H.Sridhar's audiography and Yuvan's background score needs special mention as for nearly 20 minutes towards the climax, there are no dialogues which give the thriller the necessary eerie feel.

On the down side, there is nothing new in the plot of the film, as a lot of similar stories of women married tormented by an obsessive psyche characters ending up battered, bruised and kidnapped have appeared earlier ( Darr, Anjaane, Chellamay, Sleeping with the Enemy among others). The character of Ratnavel could have been better etched out as we do not feel sympathy or empathy to his anguish and actions. But what works largely for the film are the performances of lead actors especially Padmapriya, Nitin Satya who is promising and Pritviraj.

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Brintha

@brinny_g

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Posted: 18 years ago

#77

thanks for the review meli, i really want to watch that film.
ammu is also very good, though im not a big fan of parthiban. its very sensitive and different.

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Prema

@Caryn

Inactive

Posted: 18 years ago

#78

Thank you for the reviews Meli

I have to watch out for the movie then.

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jasunap

@jasunap

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Posted: 18 years ago

#79

Originally posted by: Caryn
Guys, this movie is few months old. But if you get a chance, do see a movie called PROVOKED. Acted by Aishwariya Rai, Naveen (LOST fame) and Nandita Das. This movie is worthwhile to watch.

The laws of UK changed because of one abused wife Kiranjit. The movie is about trials and tribulations of Kiranjit as a woman. PROVOKED is based on true story.

caryn, did you actually like the movie???? somehow it failed to impress me....i thought aish looked way too glamourous. the stint in jail was as if it was a piece of cake...i remember i was in london when kiranjit ahluwalia was released.....

nandita das would have made better kiran than aish. except for one or two scenes where aish did well...by and large i thought it was terrible case of miscast!!!