Re: Hariharan's class film
by avin on Oct 22, 2009 04:39 PM
Hi people. Just ignore this guy. Cant understand how he can degrade such artists for the only reason that they don't belong to his state...
Re: Re: Hariharan's class film
by anto on Oct 22, 2009 07:43 PM
Yes Avin you can ignore me. It's ur choice!!! I've seen great mallu movies directed by John Abraham, Adoor, Arivandan, Padmarajan, Bharatan etc. As far as this director is concerned what is your ur opionion about the fims I've mentioned!!...He is having glory only on the basis of a strong script by the Great MT Vasu....accept the reality!!! & don't package it as history ...basic courtesy is to show a message that the story is fictious.. This is the normal formality which is practiced all over the world.
Re: Re: Re: Hariharan's class film
by sanath on Oct 24, 2009 12:40 PM
anto, again i am challenging u, prove that this story is fictitious - I have proved already that this is not a fictitious story and this is history.
Either u shud have the guts to prove or else keep quiet - that is decency.
Re: Hariharan's class film
by Akshay Kumar on Oct 22, 2009 04:10 PM
Your intensions are clear. u r writing crap just to defame Malayalam movies and stars. Hariharan has also directed Panchagni, Amritham Gamaya, Parinayam, Oru Vadakkan Veeragadha, Sargam, Nakhakshathangal most of which got Naional awards and screened in International film festivals. Don't show your ignorance in this forum just for argument sake.
Re: Re: Hariharan's class film
by anto on Oct 22, 2009 07:39 PM
Mr.Akshay kumar I've seen great mallu movies directed by John Abraham, Adoor, Arivandan, Padmarajan, Bharatan etc. As far as this director is concerned what is your ur opionion about the fims I've mentioned!!...He is having glory only on the basis of a strong script by the Great MT Vasu....accept the reality!!! & don't package it as history ...basic courtesy is to show a message that the story is fictious.. This is the normal formality which is practiced all over the world.
Re: Re: Re: Hariharan's class film
by sanath on Oct 24, 2009 01:01 PM
anto, basic courtesy is to place facts and evidence before terming history as fictitious.
I wonder how u r able to talk about courtesy when u urself are not following it.
Too many oldies trying to fight against a powerful enemy with bows & arrows as if their are no youths in waynad at that time. It is an insult to other people in India who are genuinly fought against British.
Re: Genuine
by avin on Oct 21, 2009 07:31 PM
and subhash chandra boss who was the gr8st fighter was in 20s when he fought against british. If u want to present an argument, make it a good one.
Re: Re: Genuine
by sajan moh on Oct 21, 2009 07:41 PM
Subhash Chandra Bose organised YOuths of that that period and with the help of Japanese gave training in modern warfare & weapons so don't compare this oldie with the Great Subhash Chandra Bose who is well respected throughout India unlike this dude who is known only in kerala!!
Re: Re: Re: Genuine
by alwin mathew on Oct 22, 2009 07:15 PM
what you are trying to insult one of the greatest forgetted hero of indian history. being young doesn't mean you can win battles it is not just strength, fool...
pazhassi raja is one of the greatest films of indian history, foolish people like you wont understand it, go and watch english films and don't even look to indian films if you don't like it,otherthan just making foolish comments.
Re: Re: Re: Genuine
by avin on Oct 21, 2009 07:50 PM
Pazhassi organised not only youths but also every person who could fight and gave training in gurilla warfare and even guns which were the most modern weapons at that age. And oldies that you were saying are the leaders of pazhassi's army while Subhash chandra bose was also the leader of his army. Those who know history respect pazhassi if he is an INDIAN.
Re: Re: Re: Re: Genuine
by sajan moh on Oct 21, 2009 07:57 PM
Kerala is a part of India not the other way around. There is no one called Pazhassi in Indian history.
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Genuine
by avin on Oct 21, 2009 08:14 PM
So u know kerala is a part of India. So a freedom fighter in kerala means he is a freedom fighter in India. And we INDIANS are to repect our freedom fighters. U just google and wiki about pazhassi raja. U ll get a lot of proofs and books of historians (not only indians but also foriegners)that say he was one of the 1st freedom fighters in India who adopted gurilla warfare in India. And also that east india company suppresed all the info about pazhassi fearing that it may become a inspiration to all Indians.
Re: Genuine
by sanath on Oct 24, 2009 12:52 PM
Sajan, this shows ur lack of knowledge. Read more. I had given a site earlier which is authored by the direct descendant of Thomas Baber the collector who was instrumental in killing Pazhassi Raja. You should know that the actual exploits of the Raja started after age 50 when the British imposed more taxes.
I again suggest, it is better to gather attention by ur knowledge rather than by the lack of it.
Ppl like u and anto are only proving how ill-read you are by posting such comments.
Rating - 9/10. Why it got only 9 and not 10, I will explain.
Pacing - During the 1st hour of the film, v will surely feel that the film is being dragged and ofcourse will fear that whether the whole film will be the same way. Answer is NO. Film starts gaining speed after the 1st hour and then accelerates in such a way that u wont get time to take your eyes off the screen or to yawn. In total it's just excellent.
Acting - As a king, mamooty has done justice to his role. He is calm and composed and gives away little about his emotions like a true king and stays as an inspiration and caretaker for his people. the man who amazed me was sarath kumar. I prefer to call him as "Edachena kunkan". Didnt know this guy had so much potential in him. Felt like he is just living the character. His expressions and dialogues are just awesome. Yes, Manoj.k.jayan and PadmaPriya are a real surprise. These guys are prodigies when it comes to acting(action more). Suresh Krishna shud also get a special mention. Last but not the least, each of the english actors have delivered an excellent job.
Story and Script - Story as u all know is a historical one. So nothing as twists and turns
But yes they have done justice to the event. MT just delivers one of his finest jobs in this movie. Even though heroic dialogues were less compared to veeragadha, maintaining a good job for 200minutes is just beyond what i can explain to u all.
Music - Hats off to Ilayaraja for the two superb meaningfull songs and for all the background music he is provided.
Sound - It will be less if i say anything about what rasool pookutty has done in this movie. Watch out for the sword swings, rain drops , water sounds etc etc etc...
Action - This is the one area where I complaint. Yes, the film is full of good action scenes and the war at the night and forest are just excelently taken, just excellent. But the individual fights where the strings are used, they just failed terribly. When they have spent this much money for this film, Y cant they send 1 r 2 crores 2 bring a bollywood stunt artist to make them fine?? I dont get it. Apart from that the action was above class. When it comes to action special mentioning should be done about kunkan, chanthu and neeli(exceptional).
The film was a bollywood(70%) hollywood(30%) standard. They could have just changed the final fight of pazhassi to somewhat similar to The Last Samurai. Instead they tried to make him a kerala tippu. It was ok but It couldnt be in tandem with the whole movie.
A should watch movie for every malayali. This is completely my opinion and if anyone felt offensed by it, I dont care.
Re: Pazhassi Raja - REVIEW
by Ajith PR on Oct 22, 2009 12:21 AM
Yes i agree to you Avin, that werent much dramatic situations and Killer dialogues compared to Veeragadha. But dont forget that Veeragadha was more or less based on folkfores, not on historical scriptures. So MT had lots of freedom exploring his creative space. Not in the case of Pazhassi Raja, where the most of history is well documented, he simply had to follow it, rather not going for blaschemy, and still delivered the best. Seriously Avin, According to me MT vasudevan nair is the real hero, i saw lots of fans here and there mentioning about Mammotty acting and others, yes he did an excellent job. But the platform was already laid by MT. Well for last 6 months, we had Daddy Cools, Pattanathil Bhoothams and lots of Gibberish from the same actor. We saw a rather weak actor in those movies just cos there werent any stable platform for this class actor to perform. Anyways am so happy that, atlast we have made a world class movie ( we have lots of world class movies, but am considering technicalities of filmmaking).
out of nowhere and freaking out the british. Sarath Kumar for me, delivers some Cracking Matierial, he really looks like an Army chief, very manly, and he has done justice to his charecter. Another surprise package in the movie is Manoj K Jayan and Padmapriya as tribal Leaders. i dont want to explain too much things, and it will spoil the surprises. Technically the movie is at its best, can be comparable with international movies. The camera work is stunning and visuals just take u along with the movie to the 18th century. Well another hero, though dont have any screen presence is our Resul Pookutty, his samples of sounds make the movie quite realistic. Watch out for the fight sequences. The background score is Brilliant, a different work form Illayaraja. For me the most creative scene of the movie, is when , the pazhassi army performs a well calculated surprise raid during night on british camp, and captures it. Meanwhile Pazhassi, sitting on horse from a high altitude hill, quite bothered about the outcome. When the army set the british arm-stockpile on fire, pazhassi gets view of a small rising flame far away, in the moonlight. Oh boy, that express in Mammotty face is priceless. This should be an inspiration for other indian directors, who believe that, giving an ambience of king, queen and war can yield a classic movie. Once again my Pranamam to guru, MT vasudevan Nair. Overall my Verdict : Excellent.
Hi! Watched this movie yesterday! To tell you the fact, i dont have enough vocabulary to express my feelings about this movie. Its simpy EXCELLENT. Be it be for acting, cinematography, standard of story telling, historical accuracy, sound effects, this movie excels in all departments. For me, such a movie has never been taken( in all respects) in india( bollywood can inspire a lot from the movie). To start with, Kudos to MT Vasudevan nair, the Jnana peedam award winning literary giant , he is the backbone of the movie. No one apart from him could have written such a script maintaining historial accuracy and attention of viewers. Only a man who has mugged up history and mythologies, epics can write such a commendable script. Then hariharan, the director of the movie , has done a remarkable job. I guess he is booming with confidence when he find MT working with him. Well in the acting department, i have to say that every actor in the movie has done an amazing job. For me it has got more do with the right casting(most of our directors dont even give a damn about casting anyways). Mammotty..Oh boy..he is simply exhilarating portraying the charecter of Pazhassi raja. He has perfectly understood the mood and mindset of the charecter. He is quite subtle, yet showing his adrenaline rush whenever required. I had goosebumps during the scene when he is tactfully captured by the British and pazhayaveedan chandhu, and his wife offering him water on a copper plate hiding a mighty Urumy
