Maddy - His plus point?
Topic started by Indian Gal (@ solar.zapsurf.com.sg) on Mon Oct 22 22:32:31 .
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His cute look and smile.....!
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- From: Rames (@ 202.188.134.61)
on: Mon Oct 22 22:35:12
What if he don't smile....
then look at him....see what you think..
A person must be cute, even when he/she is sad,laughing,crying or anything....
- From: latha (@ bkj-cache83.jaring.my)
on: Tue Oct 23 02:29:04
maybe..he will look nice also.
- From: ush (@ inktomi2-lut.server.ntl.com)
on: Tue Oct 23 08:56:09
when he cries .. he's cute
when he smiles he's ssssssssssso cute
when he does anything he's cute...
what else
- From: osama bin ladin (@ 212.2.14.241)
on: Tue Oct 23 09:43:04
even vivek looks better than him, heheheh hehehehhhahahahah
- From: Azhar (@ 203.115.24.188)
on: Fri Nov 2 04:03:13
Seldom have I looked at a newcomer with so much confidence and said, "My God, now here's a star."
It happened to me when I was watching Kareena Kapoor in Refugee. Even with eyes closed, you needed glares to watch her dazzle and razzle. Now it's Madhavan's turn. I don't care what the bitchy brigade in amchi Mumbai has to say about how South Indian Madhavan looks. The audience loves him. And that's what counts.
Strangely, while some critics in Mumbai have found Madhavan's presence and performance over-the-top, elsewhere he's being hailed as the Next Best Thing. How do we explain this dichotomy except by resorting to a conspiracy theory.
Damn! I hate those. But what to do? All indications are that there's a massive plot to keep Madhavan out of the rat race. Don't ask why or how. Okay go ahead, ask me. I'll tell you.
It's to do with a queer bias in certain sections of the media and industry in Mumbai. Any 'outsider' is seen as a threat. At one time, the Punjabi lobby spearheaded by the Kapoors and the Khannas epitomized that balle-stic stronghold. A man called Amitabh Bachchan broke that mundas' monopoly.
Then came the Khans. Suddenly you had to be either a Khan or a star-son to get a foot into the door to stardom. Until recently, we had the most mediocre species of both genres getting into the portals of success by dint of being at the right place at the right time.
I think Madhavan has the potential to disprove the naysayers who have been telling us for ages that South Indian actors don't stand a chance in hell. For one, he has the right attitude. He doesn't think of himself as God's Chosen One. Nor is his signature tune, "I'm the best, I'm the best." It's "I'm the best... if you say so."
But when you speak to him, you instinctively know he knows he's got it in him, and he's going to make sure everyone around him recognises his potential. There's the nervous energy and oodles of elan. But it's not the oh-I-know-it-all energy and elan of a jaded star who wants to convince he is still the best.
It's a few days after the release of Rehna Hai Terre Dil Mein. For some strange reason, Mumbai's biggies are in a jubilant mood. They never wanted Madhavan around. "He's got a paunch and double chin," they would carp unkindly. "Besides if Kamal Haasan couldn't make it in Hindi cinema, how can Madhavan?"
Yeah, how? They can't believe he's in their midst now. They can't believe how hysterical the crowds at Minerva cinema in Mumbai were getting on Sunday evening when suddenly the film did a turn-around. They just can't believe kids up North (including my 9-year old daughter) think he's the Next Best Thing after Hrithik Roshan and that Shah Rukh is kinda... well, gone beyond.
As late as Monday morning I had a star son dismissing Madhavan as a no-no. "He's going to be like Kamal Haasan and Arvind Swamy." Correction, my dear naysayers. Madhavan is going to be like Kamal Haasan and Shah Rukh Khan.
He blends the insightful characterisation of the former with the anxious exuberance of the latter. And he's still a fully certifiable trueblue original. That's what makes Madhavan the most memorable mover in maiden-e-jung (aka, the debutant's circle) since... well, since.
As I watched him go through those marvellously adrenalised but superbly controlled motions in RHTDM, I wondered where the astonishing confidence level comes from. "It comes from doing 2000 episodes on television," says Maddy's best friend in Mumbai, television theatre and film actor Anoop Soni.
I think it goes deeper than that. Madhavan proves actors are born, not cultivated. I feel the same way when I watch Hrithik Roshan glide angelically in the Jaisalmer deserts in his father's Coke ad. I felt the same way when I watched Madhavan in the wonderful autorickshaw sequence in Rehna Hai where sweaty with ardour, he nervously asks the auto driver, "Don't you have a.c?"
Like Sridevi, Kareena Kapoor and of course the great Amitabh Bachchan, Madhavan is a born scene-stealer. He chews up every single member of the cast. Well, almost everyone. There's only one sequence where Maddy gets tit for tat. It's the one where at a friend's wedding reception he sidles up the groom to plead for an intro with the lady of his dreams. That unknown actor who plays the groom is also a born scene-stealer.
"Yes, I know," grins Madhavan. "He's my Man Friday Rafiq. Isn't he simply amazing? Would you believe he knew nothing about acting until I coached him how to do that scene. I hope he becomes a major star after this cameo."
Maddy isn't in Mumbai to receive the bitching or the wah-wahs. He's flown back to Chennai to shoot for K Balachander's Tamil film while his wife holds fort in Mumbai checking out the collections and reviews on her star-husband's behalf.
In Chennai, the revered movie moghul K Balachander has triggered off a chain reaction by declaring in an interview that Madhavan is the best actor he has worked with. This, coming from a doyen who discovered groomed and immortalised Kamal Haasan and Rajnikant!
What do I say about Madhavan when I already know he's going to change the way screen heroism is defined. A bit of James Dean, a bit of Rajesh Khanna and lots and lots of Madhavan.
Huzoor, khana tayaar hai? Who's coming for dinner? Shah Rukh Khan?
--Subhash K Jha
Review: Rehnaa Hai Terre Dil Mein
The SKJ Column: Yeh Tedha Ghar Yeh Medha Ghar
Diya is Madhavan’s Jiya
While we are still on switching loyalties, how can we miss out the sensuous Ms. Asia Pacific Diya Mirza? The last time we reported that Diya was keen on lighting Arjun’s heart. But now she seems to prefer the Hrithik Roshan of South India, R. Madhavan! It is heard that during the shooting of Deewanapan, with Arjun Rampal as her co-star, she often left the sets without completing her shots, as she had important meetings. Well, she was apparently spotted with Madhavan in his car at late nights. Thought the truth could not come out form this mare’s mouth, industry sources reveal she also threatened the veteran filmmaker Vashu Bhagnani of not signing his next venture, if she did not have Madhavan as her co-star! To find out, where else does Diya spread brightness, just wait and watch.
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- From: Sona (@ spc-isp-tor-58-21-490.sprint.ca)
on: Sun Nov 11 16:15:07
He is not cute!! maddy is yuck!
- From: arif (@ )
on: Wed Dec 18 17:16:45
diya and madhavan should love each other and marrie.
- From: arif (@ 195.229.241.232)
on: Wed Dec 18 17:18:52
diya and madhavan should marrie each other and marrie
- From: saranya (@ 202.1.59.220)
on: Thu Dec 19 00:42:30
Vikram and Maddy are the only actors who give their fans different movies each time. The other actors play the same role over and over again. Vikram's roles have always been different Kasi, Sethu, Dhill, Samuri, King. Only Gemini dissapointed me. But i guess it was a hit so thats okay.
I can always trust Maddy to choose different roles
like alaipayuthey, minnale, kanthil mutuaamital and run. There were some shades of the alaipayuthey in Run's character at first (maybe because of the running around meera Jasamine like for shalini)but as the movie progressed i saw his role was a complete contrast to alaipayuthey.
Hopefully both these actors continue to give us variety!
- From: shhaa,k (@ 210.186.28.248)
on: Fri Dec 20 04:12:55
maddy is different acting in priyamana thozhi
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