Now, who is Thilakan. Pl dont mind my ignorance but suddenly rediff brings out a actor from some remote place down south and there is a discussion on this. Has this guy done any movies in Bollywood or is he a state level actor only?
RE:Who is Thilakan??
by Bhaumik on Jan 26, 2008 07:58 AM
Michael With Cycle,
Thilakan is a world class actor whose main work is in Malayalam Cinema. Malayalam is a national language of India spoken by about 30 million people (roughly the population of Canada). The state of Kerala is situated at the southernmost part of India. With a very high literacy rate (96 %) people of Kerala can read/ understand, and enjoy good literature and cinema, among other forms of art. If Thilakan is considered a good actor in Keral, he must definitelty be one of the best in India, and in the world.
Probably you are that kind of person who enjoys SRK/ Amitabh movies and think them very good. A fan of old Dennis Wheatley would say he likes Wheatley better than Umberto Eco..
RE:RE:Who is Thilakan??
by joji john on Jan 27, 2008 07:16 PM
Hat abt you? I can see many from your state begging in our state and here i am staying (Kuwait) Get lost. Yesterday i gave Rs.300/- eqvlnt amt to one of your guys here. We are working and earn. don't bejelous
RE:Who is Thilakan??
by Brandon on Jan 26, 2008 10:24 PM
Hey michael. No offence. Instead of wasting ur precious time typin this question, you should have checked thilakan on wikipedia.org Afterall, doing your own research is better thn listening to other people and geting lured by their statements(good or bad).
RE:Who is Thilakan??
by Ashish Murali on Jan 27, 2008 06:39 PM
Mr. Michael, with due respect for your opininon which you have blatantly posted on this website, i would like to inform you that Mr. Thilakan is undoubtedly one of the best actors which indian Cinema as ever produced. The fact of the matter is that there are a handful of such actors from Malayalam Cinema who are just amazingly brilliant but have been denied their true credit just because they come from a small state like kerala. for that matter even Mohanlal has not been given his dues who not only according to me but thousands of other malayalees would concur to the fact that he's the best actor that india has ever produced. Even Mr. Amitabh Bachchan endorses a similar view. The problem with general public in india is that they like stars like Shahrukh and Hrithik who basically are only "stars". Whereas people like Mohanla, Mammotty , Thilakan have carved a niche for themselves only on the basis of their acting capabilities. Unfortunately the still remain in the oblivion for the many millions across India. But that is what makes them the pride of Keralites and our best kept secret just like a treasure vault which still remains to be unearthed. By Ashish Murali
RE:Who is Thilakan??
by mukesh kumar on Jan 27, 2008 06:14 PM
Mr. Michael, If I ask who is Rakhi sawant you will immediately reply. The generation like you have no knowledge at all . Now please keep quiet, Michaelji.
RE:Who is Thilakan??
by Sankalp on Jan 26, 2008 08:53 AM
Remote place down South? Time to educate these butterball Northies some geographical details of the nation atleast!It is not a surprise that you don't know Tilakan;but don't act as if North is the centre of universe.
RE:Who is Thilakan??
by asd jkl on Jan 26, 2008 11:28 AM
Thanks micheal!!! Now you South Indians(especialy namma jol*u b'loreans), treat micheals words as alrming call and try to uplift(rather save) your native languages and film industry. Sar*k is bollywood badshah in 5 yrs!!! how crazy it is. Dont fall trap to these idiotic movies.
RE:Who is Thilakan??
by Riley on Jan 26, 2008 09:56 PM
asd jkl The idiotic movies that u ar alrdy trapped in is bollywood. How ignorant some people from our own country that does not know and appreciates cinemas,languages, and states in their own country. When the caucasians call us third world country, we get alarmed and speak back. When our own people from other parts of india degrade certain states of india. Shame on people like you.
RE:Who is Thilakan??
by jegadeesan durai on Jan 26, 2008 07:18 AM
There are many better actors in South compared to Bollywood but not being projected by the media ? Do you think your blody shit bollywood is the only industry in the country ? Why do you expect an actor to do bollywood movie to reach lime light ? Please grow up or get buried into the world of AB/ARK etc., and sink.
RE:Who is Thilakan??
by The Literature on Jan 26, 2008 08:34 AM
Good time to know who is Thilakan is, Dude ! I feel sorry when i hear he lost to Big B. We have wonderful jury !
RE:One more false allegation against Big B
by Bhaumik on Jan 26, 2008 09:24 AM
D Kar, If I remember correctly, AB and Congress/ Gandhi family fell aprt in 1991-1992, and not in 1987. In 1990 Congress was still woeing AB.
RE:One more false allegation against Big B
by Brandon on Jan 26, 2008 10:34 PM
Wow, u can sense emotions right here on the computer. Maybe,u have your own theory-the asd jlk theory. It could be like this: india was recieving threats from the aliens in mars, and according to bachan's horoscopes, he was the the only person to stop alien invasion. By the way the alien invasion was ordered by hrithik roshan and jadoo to destroy congress.
So congress was wooing him to win the national award, so along w/bachan they could destroy hrithik,jadoo and company. SUCCESS.
RE:Saif Ali Khan
by Micheal with Cycle on Jan 26, 2008 07:01 AM
Saif is a typical nuthead who knows nothing better than chopping off his wrists for Kareena.He used to sound like a Gay in his earlier movies. Pl dont even talk about him.. Give some better comparisons
Thilakan is a great actor and a feast to watch in some of the roles which suit him. But unfortunately, he is mentally sick, like Australian cricketer Symonds. Although Symonds is a very good cricketer, for some reason he feels that he is racially abused all the time. Same is the case with Thilakan, he feels that he is sidelined in the name of caste. Malayalam movies has got a good number of actors from all castes. None of them, so far, has alleged that they are sidelined on the basis of caste. There are many directors trying out different formulas with newcomers. The point is most mallu directors are people with individuality. It is hard to believe that just because of pressure from some quarters, they will not cast Thilakan for a role which suits him. Malayalam do have the habit of keeping the stars for a long time (Eg: Prem Nazir). Although, Mohanlal and Mammootty are continuing for a long time, many others became stars in this time (like Suresh Gopi, Mukesh, Jayaram, Dileep, Prithviraj). The truth is that, although Tilakan is a very good actor (excels in certain roles), he have limitation in acting all types of roles. The same point he alleges about Mammooty and Mohanlal regarding the choice of roles is applicable for him too. For eg: Nedumudi is a much more versatile actor, when different types of characters are concerned. Shouting whatever that comes in mouth publicly shows his character. In any field, good behaviour and getting along with others is important.
RE:Thilakan is like
by anonymous anonymous on Jan 26, 2008 06:18 AM
r u telling that he is crazy and thilakan cant enact all roless.. hahahha/... be specific buddy what genre r ya talkin about.. he is one of the most versatile actors in the country .. having acted roles which display his character as a person...
to Thilakan Sir do not worry about streetlevell gimmicks and politics. By coming out into the open so brazenly u havce slapped these cheap actors in the faces.. ur comments are highly appreciated and we respect u as one of the finest actors this country as ever produced
RE:Thilakan is like
by on Jan 27, 2008 05:03 PM
Ajaya Mohan, You are naive if you think that there are no internal politics going on within the film industry.Why do you think there have been only 2 superstars for the past 20 -30 yrs?? Suresh Gopi, Mukesh, Jayaram, Dileep, Prithviraj are just that, stars... You say that Thilakan is mentally sick because he has spoken out about something he feels strongly. Will you say the same thing about Dileep too? If I remember correctly, Dileep once said that Mohanlal was trying to curtail his career. After the huge success of his film Meeshamadhavan, Dileep was then touted as the next superstar. There was even a movie where both of them were to star together, but Mohanlal pulled out at the last minute, giving no reason. Why, its very very difficult to even bring Mohanlal and Mammootty together in a film. That says a lot about their insecurity. Another great actor, Srinivasan, storywriter of a great Mallu flick, Udayanan Thaaram, starring Mohanlal, clearly stated that the role he[Srinivasan] portrayed in the film was actually poking fun of Mohanlal and his insecurity. Mammootty and Mohanlal are some of the greatest actors in India, but the fact remains...they don't like competition in their own backyard...
RE:RE:Thilakan is like
by Ajaya Mohan on Jan 30, 2008 03:08 AM
Hi ON, I do not intend to say that there is no internal politics in mallu cinema. I agree with you that superstar's are insecure and they may be involved in these politics. I am not trying to justify the superstars. But Thilakan's argument that he is sidelined based on CASTE is baseless. Bringing in caste in between these cinema politics is quite bad. As I said, it is hard for me to believe that all those directors and producers are not casting Thilakan based on his caste. Regarding Udayanannu Tharam, Mohanlal is the lead actor in that film. Do you think that Mohanlal is so naive to act on a role which pokes fun of "real life Mohanlal" ? And if he really knew that, he should be appreciated for acting in a movie which makes fun of him. And it also hints at the fact that he have selected the role based on the character only.
The truth is that both Mammooty and Mohanlal are very good actors and also stars. Although other stars including Sreenivasan are good, frankly they cannot be compared with these two guys. Prithviraj is a possible alternative but he need to concentrate on his acting skills. I like all of them and see most of the movies. All movie lovers like these actors for their acting skills and performance; I don't think anyone will care about their CASTE. Except for Thilakan.....
RE:Thilakan is like
by kumar mangat on Jan 26, 2008 05:57 AM
mallus are real sick people. they have destroyed the charm of working in gulf countries by recruting and promoting their good for nothing relatives and mallu freinds. moreover they have even followed the same pattern in india too. for mallus india means kerala
Leading tv journalists Barkha Dutt (NDTV), Rajdeep Sardesai (CNN-IBN) and Vinod Dua (NDTV-India), getting padma shri awardees. !!!!! no surprise, that they r always praising cong /cpm (or rather hiding their wrong sides).
It is a worst kept secret that National Film Awards, esp the best actor and actress, is decided based on politics rather than merit. It is no surprise that Rajiv Gandhi wanted his one-time friend to win the National Award in 1990, knowing that elections were around the corner. One have also heard of money changing hands to get Anil Kapoor the award for Pukar (a disastrous movie). And Raveena Tandon got it because one of her relative was in the jury. Deve Gowda ensured that Dr Rajkumar got Dada Saheb Phalke Award etc etc. It is sickening
RE:National Awards - a joke
by Riley on Jan 26, 2008 03:52 AM
The best thing that a person did in not accepting these politic run awards, is author arundhati roy. Arundhati rejected the Sahitya Akademi award given by indian goverment for authors stating these kind of awards have connection w/politics.
Their organization says tht its a fals satement tht Sahitya Akademi award is not politically involved, its only government funded.
RE:National Awards - a joke
by Sankalp on Jan 26, 2008 08:58 AM
Arundhati Roy is shit as an individual,but she did right rejecting an India Govt recognition.India Govt is sick from top to bottom.Just see the Padma list;they would have hired Statisticians to divide Padma awards among Hindus,Muslims,christians.Madam G would have had a role when so many Xians got into the list.
RE:National Awards - a joke
by Riley on Jan 26, 2008 10:06 PM
"they would have hired Statisticians to divide Padma awards among Hindus,Muslims,christians.Madam G would have had a role when so many Xians got into the list"
Now sankalp, you are worser than arundhati roy. You are talking on dividing the list among religions, grow up man. There are all people from all religions that are on the list. Don't just judge a person's religion status based on their name or from which state they come from, assuming tht state has majority of certain people who belong to a religion.
Learn and grow up, arundhati roy is the michael moore of india. Just because she degrades indian government and their views, doesn't been you shut her up.
You first learn to respect and be tolerant of all religions, and not be judgemental.
RE:National Awards - a joke
by Eagle on Jan 26, 2008 03:06 AM
Most of the awards gone to tamil actor as you said Mr Kamal brother also a very close to jury
RE:RE:National Awards - a joke
by Brady on Jan 26, 2008 03:36 AM
Tamil actor did not get most of the awards. The only cinema tht has most national awards are bengali cinema,hindi cinema, malayalam cinema. Tamil cinema closely follows tht.
RE:National Awards - a joke
by Riley on Jan 26, 2008 04:05 AM
Tamil actors who got national awards=5 -MGR: "rickshawkaran" in 1971 -kamal hassan: "moondram pirai" in 1982 -kamal hassan: "nayakan" in 1987 -kamal hassan: "indian" in 1996 -vikram: "pithamagan" in 2003
Hindi actor who got national awards -17 actors-i won't mention since list is long.
Malayalam actors who got national awards -12 actors
Bengali actors who got national awards -4 actors
Kannada actors who got national awards -2 actors
So what do you say eagle, tht most of the awards are gone to tamil actors. Even if its kamal hassan, he is the only one in tamil industry that has versatility until now. Also, tamil actors vikram and surya are coming up.
The major indian films could be rated (best to the worst) like this: 1.Bengali (the best) 2.Malayalam 3.Tamil 4.Kannada 5.Telugu 6.Mumbai (so called Bollywood - I hate the copy cat name )
RE:Indian films
by Samia Baig on Jan 26, 2008 03:00 AM
The old Bengali movies, esp Ray's, are classice. But can the same still be said of the current Bengali Movies??
RE:RE:Indian films
by Francis Josephkumar on Jan 26, 2008 03:22 AM
I appreciate your comments. I feel Malayalam movie makers make more classic films. I enjoy watching great Malayalam actors like Tilakan, Mammooty and Mohanlal
RE:Indian films
by Brady on Jan 26, 2008 03:39 AM
Eagle Hollywood knows abt bollywood, the reasons. 1)Song-dance 2)Colorful costumes and sets
Even irfhan khan said that hollywood does not know aamir,srk, and salman. In interviews catherine jones,clooney,kingsley,brad pitt,donald cheadle all know bollywood as ONLY the above 2 points noticed. Nothing else!!!
Thilakan,we the ordinary people can see through the games and politics played in the film field ,specially when it comes to awards.
To us,you are the BEST! Your are one of the finest actors India has ever seen.Your acting skills are unparallel.But alas,our mainstream cinema goes after song and dance and skinshow,so you are not given the rightful recognition.Let the superstars rule with sunglasses and suit,but most people like you and Nedumudi when it comes to acting.The caste politics played by the Trivandrum lobby is cheap and streetlevel.Doesn't suit 21st century chaps,but see from what backgrounds those fools come from.What else to expect from them?
RE:RE:Thilakan a fine actor
by george kurian thomas on Jan 26, 2008 03:03 AM
well said mate.. there has been no one in recent times to fit in his shoes... miss him from the big screens
There was news that mithun chakrabothy who was in National awards commitee wanted to give National award for Koi Mil gaya instead of vikram for Pithamagan and Kamal hassan for Anbe sivam .Finally some of the South indian commitee members have to interfere and award was aptly given to vikarm for pithamagan ..
If the award had gone to hrithik that would been biggest joke of the year ...Bollwood actors except few are waste
