Topic started by laila (@ 219.94.62.233) on Wed Oct 29 21:13:53 EST 2003.
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Wat do u'll think abt these movies? For me i think Pithamagan was the best.followed by anjeneya and lastly thirumalai..vikram ,surya and also laila's acting was superb.....good job....

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• From: feroz (@ 210.195.54.26) on: Wed Nov 12 15:36:16 EST 2003
  
  It was a really good film. Great acting from Vikram. It had a really touching story.
  Overall Grade: A
  Story: A
  Acting: A
  Direction: A
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• From: feroz (@ 210.195.54.26) on: Wed Nov 12 15:40:30 EST 2003
  
  PITHAMAGAN
  It was a really good film. Great acting from Vikram. It had a really touching story.
  Overall Grade: A
  Story: A
  Acting: A
  Direction: A
  
  
• From: Tamil Nutz (@ 203.81.110.43) on: Wed Nov 19 14:58:24 EST 2003
  
  Music is not bad, but looks realistic with no songs to disturb the scenes as Joe said.
  
  Yes, Vikram wants to prove in all varieties. In the Indian Cinema Induntry one cannot survive the competition if he sticks with Quality movies only. SO its not wrong to do masala movies in the middle.
  
  BUT i really hope, he continues to give films like Kaasi and Pithamagan.
  
  
• From: shern (@ ppp-219.65.106.165.chn.vsnl.net.in) on: Wed Nov 19 15:40:52 EST 2003
  
  Vikram fights with director Bala!
  
  http://www.cinesouth.com/masala/hotnews/18112003-2.shtml
  
  
• From: shern (@ ppp-219.65.106.165.chn.vsnl.net.in) on: Wed Nov 19 15:45:27 EST 2003
  
  Who dunnit this diwali!!
  
  All holds barred results!
  
  It has been a week after the release of films during Deepavali. We have been given with the results of the films performance in theatres.
  
  http://www.cinesouth.com/masala/hotnews/29102003-3.shtml
  
  in tamil http://tamil.cinesouth.com/masala/hotnews/29102003-3.shtml
  
  
• From: madras maamu (@ www2.mocat.gov.my) on: Thu Nov 20 01:44:34 EST 2003
  
  Haiyoooooooooo....
  
  How could u compare Pithamaghan with that two lousy films !
  
  Yuckssssssssssssss....
  
  Pithamaghan Rules man !
  
  
• From: chitaan's brother (@ www2.mocat.gov.my) on: Thu Nov 20 01:47:06 EST 2003
  
  I agree with u Madras Maamu !
  
  Pithamaghan is the best !
  
  
• From: Roshan (@ 220.247.242.30) on: Thu Nov 20 08:17:10 EST 2003
  
  I think the Cine South Article regarding the problem between bala and Vikaram is somewhat true. Because in the latest "Kungumam" issue there's an interview of Bala's. He has said Surya is the ultimate winner in 'PithA Magan'.
  
  
• From: raghu (@ 62.172.72.131) on: Thu Nov 20 10:43:52 EST 2003
  
  Surya and Vikram are very good actors amongst the actors around now, no doubt! But please do not bring legends like Rajni , Kamal into the discussion!!
  
  some one mentioned about music, Dr.Illaiyaraja's music is sad, wow, did not know that, what next!!
  
  
• From: Mannan, Kadhal Mannan (@ cpe00045a9a59bb-cm014080203566.cpe.net.cable.rogers.com) on: Thu Nov 20 21:52:33 EST 2003
  
  What U talking Guys Anjaneya Was #1 Movie For Deepavali. Nasty Movie Pithamagan You can watch it only once the movie. But Anjaneya You can watch it over and over Great Songs and performance by Ajith Really Great. Overall Anjaneya was best than thirumalai and pithamagan
  
  
• From: Pras (@ 195.88.203.62.dial.bluewin.ch) on: Fri Nov 21 13:46:11 EST 2003
  
  #####Overall Anjaneya was best than thirumalai and pithamagan
  
  Ya I know, anjeneya was the best flop movie of dipawali !
  
  
• From: Tamil Nutz (@ 220.247.234.15) on: Sun Nov 23 12:38:58 EST 2003
  
  Anjaneya the best? man, i cannoy stop laughing :-) I still cant believe there r such CHILDREN among us.
  
  Best movie is not about how many times u can watch pal. Its about quality. May be u r too young to understand these things :-)
  
  
• From: Tamil Nutz (@ 220.247.234.15) on: Sun Nov 23 12:41:02 EST 2003
  
  Mr. Kadhal Mannan,
  
  Dont make people think that Ajith fans r Idiots :-)
  
  Talk honestly, and prove Ajith fans r worth watching.
  
  
• From: muralivenki (@ 61.1.201.218) on: Mon Dec 1 02:53:01 EST 2003
  
  is vikram next kamalhasan?????????
  
  
• From: mazeen in red (@ public4-bexl3-5-cust251.lond.broadband.ntl.com) on: Wed Dec 3 17:53:08 EST 2003
  
  KADALAKKU MANNAN
  EDIRIKKU VILLAN
  ENDEND RUM AJITH
  AANJANEYA IS ALL WAYS HAHAHAHAHAHA HAHAHAHAHAH JANA IS ON THE WAY
  GOOD LUCK FOR RACING IN LONDON
  
  
• From: Will (@ 61.1.203.72) on: Thu Dec 4 01:52:32 EST 2003
  
  This is my personal review of Pithamagan:
  
  Actually, I hadn't yet seen Thirumalai, but, I had seen Pithamagan long before.
  
  And, I just couldn't help but comment that it would have been better had I seen a BBC Documentary instead of this film.
  
  Let me back up my comment:
  
  First of all, I shun the very idea of the director Bala's self-escalating his directorship.
  
  It was hard to watch the Pithamagan Promotional Piece on SunTV on Diwali day, with everybody praising Bala for his perfectionism. For, every person who had tried to achive it knows that it is impossible to be perfect. A famous scholar (whose name I currently don't remember, but I will tell you if you insist) once told "Don't worry about perfectionism. You will never achieve it". And, everybody in that episode were commenting that Bala took shots UNTIL "he" was satisfied that it was "perfect". Well, well, well!
  
  Very Next thing was, I couldn't see a single of that thing in that film (in settings, etc.). Only the camera showed some touches of professionalism but, that could well have been that of the cameraman!
  
  Moving onto the film itself, first thing you note is the vulgarity depicted in the film. The times when Vikram fights with people (especially him trying to tear the mouth of a jail-worker), and women being beated thrice in the movie (especially Laila being beaten by Surya).
  
  Immediately follows, is the vulgar dialogues of Surya (thank god, atleast Vikram had almost no dialogues in that film, or Bala would have urged the writer to include vulgar dialogues for him too). This is especially evident when Surya goes as a pedlar and also when he speaks to Laila at the jail.
  
  Those were the things you notice on first look. If you look a bit more deeply, you can find that the film has absolutely no story line at all! Two friends meeting, and one takes revenge for the murder of another. That is the story? Well, again!
  
  The only appreciable fact is the bondage between two friends of different bringing-up, being shown in a sort of different but adorable fashion.
  
  And, of course, not to mention about the screenplay. Now, people are comparing Bala with Shankar and Manirathnam! Definitely, anybody who knows what screenplay are would not say anything of this sort! Atleast anyone who had admired the "screenplay" of films like Roja, Nayagan, Agni Natchatram (wow! what a screenplay that was!), Indian, Gentleman, Mudalvan, would never even compare them with the screenplays of Sethu, Nandha, and Pithamagan.
  
  The screenplay was, at the best, sluggish! How did Laila and Surya start loving each other? Or, how did Laila like Surya, when he insulted and badgered her at every given oppurtunity? And that too, immediately after that jail scene! Maybe, the director thought that the audience would understand something that he doesn't depict in the film or he thought people would concentrate on the main part (surya+vikram friendship) and leave the other minor parts, I do not know!
  
  It is concentrating on every minor aspect that makes a "good" director.
  
  And, finally, people are talking about excellent characterisation. This is agreeable to a certain extent, but still, this could be done with a "little" bit of imagination or by actually visitng places like lunatic asylum, or even some really OLD villages or the like places, watching many people there, merging their characters and going on from there.
  
  But, definitely, Vikram's acting was simply excellent. Three cheers to him! In this thing, I will appreciate the director a little, cause he is the one who usually influences in(or even makes) artiste's acting.
  
  So, finally, I give a rating of 5 Stars for Vikram, 1 Star for Bala (for the daringly different way he had shown the bondage between friends + for making Vikram act the way he had), and 1 Star for the film itself.
  
  Thanks, and I would like very much to hear your comments. Please post them in this thread: http://forumhub.com/tfilms/18008.01.40.02.html , for this is where I will be checking back for replies. Thanks again.
  
  
• From: mazeen in red (@ public4-bexl3-5-cust251.lond.broadband.ntl.com) on: Fri Dec 12 17:24:25 EST 2003
  
  anjaneya on top
  ajith in action
  
  
• From: ~~ (@ ) on: Thu Jan 8 14:20:26
  
  Mazeen in red..you suck!
  
  Will..Your review response is only attempting to try to show some maturity , but it completely lack it. You've got to work on it.
  
  
• From: joe_gal (@ 203.127.190.20) on: Sun Jan 11 20:00:45 EST 2004
  
  anjeyna no much votes...
  thirumalai was a hit movie...
  pithamagan was also a hit movie...
  vijay and vikram did a gd job...
  sorry ajit better luck next time....
  
  
• From: vinodh (@ ppp-219.65.111.60.chn.vsnl.net.in) on: Sat Jun 19 05:26:01
  
  This Film is very good, especially the direction and music.
  
  

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