127 hours vs 95 minutes

It was 27th January 2011 10.15pm Indian Standard Time until which I didnt believe that a movie of 95 minutes could be portrayed only with a single face but Danny Boyle made me frenzied.Though I am not an English movie fanatic, was curious to watch the latest venture of Danny Boyle,Dod Mantle and our ARR who were tied in Slumdog Millionarie.

This is again a serial of movies based on a true story, the original hero is Mr.Aron Ralston a mountaineer(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aron_Ralston) who came across the most horrible situation by hitching in a boulder for 5days 7hours and eluded by cutting one his hands.

Danny boyle's 127 hours is more like a documentary shooted over the Canyonlands National Park at utah.Movie starts with a great invigoration as the hero(James Franco) starts cycling with a spree to feel the adventure.Once he returns home gets gimped in a boulder in which a lose rock locks his hand and he struggles over there with the final exit on cutting his own arms.The total movie is of 95minutes brings the real picturesque with an ebullient work of Dod Mantle and shows us how Aron would have spend his awful 127 hours.This movies no way lack the rooms for sentiments and love.Midst of this debacle Aron recalls the sweet memories of his parents, girl friend and video tapes all his actions.

A.R.Rahman is yet another hero behind the screens who moves the movie with his wizardly music and makes the spectators to bite their nails on exhilaration.

On the whole it is yet another successful adventure of Danny Boyle,ARR and Dod Mantle.

Madharasapatinam

Madharasapatinam portraits the plain old smell of Chennai, with an adoring love exserting beyond the lingual barricades.A rattling experience to see the nostalgic chennai.The movie picturesque archaic buckhiham canal(cooum), Spencer Plaza amaze the spectators.

Arya is getting tuned as a matured actor, Amy jackson who was crowned as Miss Teen World 2008 is simply superb, a good chemistry applies between the hero and heroince in the course. The fight between arya and AlexxO'Nell shows the audacious nature of tamilians and Nazzer with his manly voice boosts up the potential tenure. Hanifa's role shows the treacheric nature of the Indians serving the British.The best part is they made us to travel 60yrs back impelling an idea what would have really happened if a love blooms between a English woman and an Indian citizen during their reign.

Hats off to director Vijay for such an effort to make an anecdote which mimic titanic in its regurgitation. GVP's background score suits best for a period film.Pookal pookum tharunam song with Harini and Andereah blended with GVP's voice instigate the feel of love. Its pleasant to hear MSV's voice after a hiatus in megame megame song.Nirav shah's cinematography expolits all possible dimenions to limn the shape of this movie.Hope tamil cine industry is in quench of such trendy movies. The blemish part would be the attempt of graphics to depict few antique instance flaws.

Storyline : A black('s) and white('s) tragedic love story with the glimpses of preindependent india.

SilverScreen's Ramayan

An awesome work by Manirathanam, audacious effort to depict an epic in a magnificent way .The exact lookup of the epic like the presence of transgenders in raavana's place, their habitat, food culture shows this is not just a movie its aslike research person's documentary.

The best part of this making is to screen an epic without moulding it for cinematic ideologies.Its great to see antique artistis like Karthik after a hiatus.

Hope santosh sivan's cinematography would rejuvenate tourism in athripillay and hogennakal. Impressive shots like the conversation of raagini and veera besides the vishnu idol, the shelters with continuous drizzles, the introductory summer dive off a cliff made me insane.The enormity of water makes us to feel chill.

Back home ARR with Manirathanam gave us a musical treat. The background score threatens us with thriller and love. The song which comes at Priyamani's marriage shows the real beats of ARR. Kalvare songs deserves a good round of applause for choreography shobhana has discharged her duty well.

Vikram(Veera) fits best in his role, his silent heroism stuns the spectators.His body language, delivery and expressions are stunning.His expressive eyes give out varied feelings of angry, agony, lust, desperation and disappointment with amazing ease. Aishwarya Rai Bachan(Raagini) looks quite old but her eyes engulf us. Prithviraj(Dev) has flushed his utmost effort to show himself as a cop but he couldnot outsmart our surya this character be an apt role for him.riyamani(Vennila) in a brief appearance, is quite impressive. Her narration of the molestation in police station moves the audience. A potential flaw which bugged me is the orgination point of love between veera and raagini wasn't shown deeply may be its like he got impressed on her boldness.

Those who were ambivalent about the epical raavan's character may come to a conclusion. Manirathanam engraved a beautiful sculpture filming a history and posses all the attributes for the title as 'Silverscreen's Valmiki'...

Its a real visual feast for Cinema/Nature lovers.One among the must watch movie.

Vinnaithandiya Kadhal

"இந்த உலகத்துல எத்தனையோ பொண்ணுங்க இருந்தும் நான் ஏன் ஜெஸ்ஸியே லவ் பண்ணேன்". Film starts with these verse in a church where the herione stands as a bride and the hero one among in the crowd.Simbu has lived here as Karthik and i suggest Trisha to rename herself as Jessie since she suits best as a Christian girl looks awesome in the Saree.Karthik starts narrating his love with jessie.
It was when karthik shifted to house where jessie stays in the 1st floor.Its blatantly a love at first sight,i think love always comes in the first sight since because we dont want to look them again but want to live with.There begins an adhoc relationship between karthik and jessie.This is not an exception to any tamil cinema,usual things happen karthik proposes to her and asusual she rejects stating that we shall be good friends,but till today no tamil cinema has told what is meant by friendship after proposal.Jessie moves to allepey for her granny's home,karthik chases her back to get apologized for his proposal.Finally he catches jessie in a chruch and asks sorry by the way he comes to know about jessie's travel to Chennai ,karthik too travels in the same coach and speaks lotta things with her ,romantically he gets hold of her fingers like a sea serenading over the shores(Simbu has done his work perfectly).Few days later jessie says about her engagement which disappoints karthik but our hero travels all the way to kerala to attend her marriage and the narration at this point.

Karthik's prayer turns true jessie stops the marriage, after this incident he meets her personally and she too accepts her love.I couldnt stop speaking about Ganesh who is close with karthik and serves as a good mentor and friend and supports all his moves.As the time moves on karthik starts shaping his career joining as a assistant director to K.S.Ravikumar.In the fight between love and career , he looses his love.He achieves in his career and gets committed for his first movie.As a part of his movie shooting karthik travels to USA where he gets a chance to meet to Jessie and get married with her but its just a mirage since director ends his movie stating the happy note is nothing but the clipings on the movie directed movie but karthik himself bares a sad note with jessie.

Vinnaithandi varuvaya - Aaoromale Lyrics

I heard this song last night,even i didn't understand the lyrics but it serenade me into it,i guessed it as similar piece of Mangalyam song from Alaipayuthey.So I started my exploration over it and that phenomena ended me in writing this blog,

Mamalayeri Varum Thennal

(A breeze, which blows in through the mountains.)

Puthu Manavalan Thennal, ...

( A breeze, which is decked up like a bridegroom)

Palli Medayae Thottu Thalodi Kurushil Thozhuthu Varumbol,

(When it arrives after worshipping the cross at the altar..)

Varavelpinu MalayalaKara Manasammatham Choriyum,

( This land of Kerala will grant permission for a warm welcome )

Aaromalae, Aaromalae, Aaromalae, Aaromalae....

(O Beloved....O Beloved...O Beloved.....O Beloved...)

Swasthi Swasthi Su Muhurtham,

( This is a very auspicious occasion )

Sumungali Bhava, Manavatti

(O Bride, may you be blessed with a long wedded life)

Swasthi Swasthi Su Muhurtham,

( This is a very auspicious occasion )

Sumungali Bhava Manavatti

(O Bride..,May you be blessed with a long wedded life)

Shyama Rathri Than Aramanayil,

( In the inner sanctum of the dark night )

Mari Nilkayo Tharakame,

(O Star..why are you keeping away ? )

Pulari Manjillae Kathiroliyay,

(Like a ray of light in the morning mist,)

Akalae Nilkayo Penmaname,

( Are you standing afar, my lady ? )

Chanju Nilkuma Chillayil Nee, Chila Chilambiyo Poonkuyilae

(On the bough which is bent, O cuckoo bird, did you sing sweetly ? )

Manchiragile, Marayoliyae Thediyathiyo Poorangal

(Did the festivities come in search of the everlasting flame in the earthern lamp ?)

Swasthi Swasthi Su Muhurtham,

(This is a very auspicious occasion )

Sumungali Bhava Manavatti

(O Bride..,May you be blessed with a long wedded life)

Aaromalae... Aaromalae....

(O Beloved....O Beloved....)

Kadalinae, Karayodiniyum Padan Sneham Undo ?

(Does the sea still possess the love to serenade the shore ?)

Mezhukuthurikalayi Urukan Iniyum Pranayam Manasil Undo ?

(Is there still love in the mind..to be melted like candle wax ?)

Aaromalae.. Aaromalaeee.. Aaromalaee

(O Beloved....O Beloved...O Beloved.....O Beloved...)

Aaromalae.. Ohh.. Ho ! - (O Beloved....)