Mallu heroes mammotty and mohanlal never allow youngsters to come up or their movies to be successful. In fact there also exists a unhealthy competition between both of them. They and their rowdy fans try to pull each others film down and all done in the name of competition. The same social behaviour can be noticeable in whichever corporate sector mallus work. They gang up with their brethrens and have this pull him down attitude towards others. They promote sycophancy or chamchagiri. Both Mamootty and Mohanlal should learn from tamil film industry, where exists a healthy competition between youngsters like surya, vijay, vikram, ajit, vishal and also between oldies like kamal and rajni.
RE:Mallu heroes
by Moviebuff on Aug 30, 2007 07:43 PM
Mr Palani. I wont waste my time answering all the nonsense you have written here (as i have better things to do in life). But lemme ask you one question (which i couldnt help asking) - how come u can spew so much venom on people living in ur own country ??? and that too in the name of some nonsense movies ??? U ll put even a KG student to shame. This is not the first time i m seeing ur ugly remarks on ur fellow country men. God save our country from people like u.
RE:Mallu heroes
by Narasimhan Srinivasan on Sep 21, 2007 12:38 PM
Dear Friends,
Of course, Senthil Palani has written something that is almost nonsensical and is certainly not based on either facts or understanding the dynamics of cinema, whether Malayalam or Tamil. In a way the reply to Senthil's arguments could be that what is happening in Tamil cinema also happens in Malayalam cinema (or vice versa) and it is not that one cinema is following another. It may only be that may be the commercial market (in revenue terms both in India and abroad) for Tamil cinema is larger than (probably) Malayalam cinema (but I don't claim to be 100% accurate - for this is only my perception) ... which probably explains the space and market being there for other heroes (whether young or old) in addition to Kamal and Rajini. But the reply of another participant was factually wrong in that there is hero worship in Tamil cinema. True, like may be any other cinema including Bollywood and indeed Hollywood, majority of Tamil movies are commercial in nature which I believe is also the trend now in Malayalam. So like other actors doing good and hit movies in Tamil, the biggest hits are recorded by Kamal/Rajini which explains their stature plus talent. Ditto that for Mohanlal and of course, the peerless Mammootty. I have seen him in a few Tamil movies and I thought he brought a lot of restraint and dignity to each character essayed by him. Mind you, Kamalahasan has recently done a movie called Vettayaadu Vilayaadu which was a very underrated movie.
RE:Mallu heroes
by on Sep 09, 2007 03:39 PM
you are wrong........................ no one in indian film is capable of defeating the big MMM'S in acting.film is not just to show heroism (which is happening in thamil films),it is about showing what life is. Since no youngsters are coming forward to do good roles, the BIG M's will continue to shine.
RE:Mallu heroes
by on Sep 09, 2007 03:40 PM
you are wrong........................ no one in indian film is capable of defeating the big MMM'S in acting.film is not just to show heroism (which is happening in thamil films),it is about showing what life is. Since no youngsters are coming forward to do good roles, the BIG M's will continue to shine.
RE:Mallu heroes
by satw on Aug 29, 2007 06:19 PM
People say that you are the perfect idiot. I say that you are not perfect but you are doing all right.
RE:Mallu heroes
by on Sep 09, 2007 03:41 PM
you are wrong........................ no one in indian film is capable of defeating the big MMM'S in acting.film is not just to show heroism (which is happening in thamil films),it is about showing what life is. Since no youngsters are coming forward to do good roles, the BIG M's will continue to shine.
RE:Mammotty
by alas jacob k on Aug 29, 2007 03:54 PM
By Age wise Mam is 55 plus and look wise 40 plus. Other Actors ,like Mohan Lal look wise 60 age wise 40
RE:RE:Mammotty
by Narasimhan Srinivasan on Sep 21, 2007 01:44 PM
Jacob,
Whether 55 or 95, age will not matter in the case of classy artists like Mammotty, Mohan Lal etc. As long as they put life into each character they play on the screen, nothing else matters. Period.
RE:RE:Mammotty
by Narasimhan Srinivasan on Sep 21, 2007 01:40 PM
wow neo max,
With your indecent reply, you successfully made Senthil Palani look like a very honourable character indeed! Shame on you... there was he, blindly yapping and criticising, but you completely overshadowed him with the kind of reply only a man of your class could make.
RE:Mammotty
by Zcabal India on Aug 30, 2007 11:02 AM
As I said earlier..
what do you feel the difference in vijay's films only song,dance and fight seens.. except this all r similar. In youngsters.. soorya and vikram has gr8 calibre which they hav shown multiple times.. which is the reason why they hav much gr8 respect in mallu audience.. so is kamal..
rajni may hav fan following but critically speaking he's not an actor but a showman.. so is vijai..
am not seeing much movies these days so cant much comment about other newbies..
well watever industry.. when actors, directors, technicians are ready to experiment and give back something to society.. its good..
How many places in India can you see women dressed as in movies.. (except bedroom/bathroom)
and how many places you see men roaming around girls less than their daughters age or vice-versa...
to understand difference in Ore kadal case you must watch movie... if possible learn language and watch it... thanks
RE:Mammotty
by Zcabal India on Aug 30, 2007 10:53 AM
ey annachi, Mammotty's character is an aged single man in this movie. He plays a economist.. meera's and naren's characters are younger than his. and BTW is nt better than having hoo-haa over a plastered rajni playing love interest of a girls same age as his grand daughter..
ITS ALWAYS BETTER ACTORS (he/she) PLAY ACCORDING TO THEIR AGE.
And you please tell me how many of mammooty/lal films has been a hit when they wer try out of their age..
AND LAST Tamil film is seeing a new breath because of a young breed of directors similar to what happened in early 80s in malayalam..
They are ready to experiment so are the youngsters..
similar thing happened in early 80s in kerala also which propelled mammootty/lal to big league of actors... rather than showmans of other industries..
RE:Mammotty
by Narasimhan Srinivasan on Sep 21, 2007 01:36 PM
Dear Zcabal,
I disagree with your statement that it is better if actors or actresses play characters according to their age. Wrong.... as long as you have talent, the agility and the willingness to portray any kind of characters convincingly, have the conviction that your performance in any form will be liked by the audience, then nothing prevents you from essaying any character that you want to play or portray. Your statement is conservative in the sense that if a hero is playing a chocolate sweet character, then he should not play the villain, rapist or any other negative or character artist of any age group... Please remember a movie is the following: a fictitious story, dramatization and picturization of that fictitious story, its final enactment and presentation on screen with fictitious characters by the production team. So when the characters themselves are fictitious, all actions of theirs, whether it is the dialogue, or actions such as leading 50 persons or leading none are all false and are to be seen only with the view point of getting entertained. Why the hell, are you getting so serious with cinema? When the whole of cinema, be it very realistic or even of the crass-commercial variety, having likeable or completely despicable characters portrayed by talented artists and filmed by expert craftsmen, the audience should not complain if they are satisfied. Why speak about young and old when every argues that it is talent and talent alone that counts?
RE:RE:Mammotty
by Narasimhan Srinivasan on Sep 21, 2007 01:38 PM
small correction: part of the last sentence should read as *when everyone (not every) argues that it is talent and talen alone that counts?*
RE:Malayalam films
by Hariharan Subramanian on Aug 29, 2007 01:54 PM
These tamilians only know abt Rajni and the likes. Some good skin shows and no acting capabilities and they say wow!! what a film... they are still at the preliminary stages of knowing what a good acting is all about.
RE:Malayalam films
by Senthil palani on Aug 29, 2007 02:01 PM
Inspite of being in the films for more than two decades mammotty is still earning peanuts compared to rajnikanth. Poor chap
RE:Malayalam films
by Hariharan Subramanian on Aug 29, 2007 02:08 PM
He might be earning peanuts but atleast he is acting in all the very best movies and not some copied movies from bollywood.
70% of the movies of Rajni or other heroes are taken from the bollywood movies.
RE:RE:Malayalam films
by Narasimhan Srinivasan on Sep 21, 2007 12:49 PM
Hello Hariharan,
The inspiration for many technically sound Tamil movies are hollywood movies and not the good for nothing, only popcorn eating American and West aping character-based movies which bollywood makes till our head aches. Fine, you like Malayalam movies, many Malayalam and Kannada actors not only act in Tamil cinema but also have a very good stature. This first of all shows only the broad mindedness of audiences for Tamil movies, which is completely contrary to popular perception. Mind you even MGR as a CM was not a blue-blooded Tamilian but a Nair from Kerala. Even Rajini is a Bangalore-based Maharashtrian. I have had occasion to see movies of Karthik, Vijayakanth, Vijay, Sarathkumar and Arjun which are mainly romance and action based and I can tell you not a single movie of theirs seemed remotely connected to bollywood movies, though those movies may themselves have been average, good or bad. Certain in Tamil Vikram, Surya, Rajini, Kamal, Vineeth and some youngsters coming in recently (Dhanush - son in law of Rajini excluded - he is terrible - in my opinion) plus many directors like Vasanth, Cheran, plus the oldies like P.Vasu, K.S.Ravikumar, plus the peerless Shankar, Mani Ratnam are all very talented in their fields. So it is wrong to generalize any cinema one way or the other.
Of course, what Senthil utters is nonsense. The wages of an actor have no relationship (unfortunately) with his acting skills. Ignore him totally.
RE:Malayalam films
by Aby Koshy on Aug 29, 2007 02:31 PM
Absolutely. Mammootty and Mohanlal are in films to act and they act superbly. Rajni, the Marathi, is in Tamil films to make money and he makes it superbly. You are absolutely correct Senthil.
RE:Malayalam films
by on Sep 09, 2007 03:51 PM
NO, we are not tired ........... arent you tired of watching stupid vijay dances. Hallo superhit Palunku superhit
RE:Malayalam films
by raghu vishnu on Sep 22, 2007 05:11 PM
even years after u get bored with seeing rajan's crap like shivaji, sensible audiences will continue to watch mamooty's and mohanlal's movies. If u want to, u can sharpen ur intelligence a lil by watching some worthwhile malayalam movies.......
