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neena
fav film...
by neena on Jun 16, 2010 03:52 AM  | Hide replies

fav mani filM???? nyone???

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manjunath
Re: fav film...
by manjunath on Jun 16, 2010 01:43 PM
Nayagan....

Truly a world class movie!!!!

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greatguy gret
mouna raagam
by greatguy gret on Jun 15, 2010 03:32 PM

not a word about mohan's brilliant portrayal of a silent man with a golden heart! revathy was good but the movie is worth remembering because of mohan's understated performance.

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jolly
GURU
by jolly on Jun 15, 2010 01:32 PM  | Hide replies

1997... mohanlal (iruvar) missed national award to kamalhaasan (indian).. just like wen he missed in 2006, he (thanmatra) lost to amitabh bachhan (black)... it's difficult to say which was better.. many might have different views.. but for me.. one of his biggest fans.. he lost to worthy opponents.. n worthy performances..

secondly... it would have been good if they mentioned the little girl in kannathil muthamittal.. she was outstanding.. abhishek in guru n madhavan in its tamil version...

PS: when the national awards hurt me the most was in 2005... Saif ali khan for HUMTUM!!! :( :( :( .. i mean .. he was outstanding in omkara... but humtum?? really.. there was shah rukh's swades.. mammootty's kazhcha... surya's perazhagan... vishnuvardhan's apthamitra... saif ali khan wasn't even nominated for filmfare that year!!! i really think it must have somthing to do with his MOTHER being the head of the award committee.. that one REALLY hurt when there were so many worthy winners...

n lastly.. if anyone intends to have comments.. please keep it logical n critical.. no south - north bashing... please..

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syed ahmed
Re: GURU
by syed ahmed on Jun 20, 2010 03:36 PM
it's a high time now tamil films get a global exposures.bala, vasantha balan,
and experienced mani sir,priyadarsan talents have to be recognised.i think north indians not treat south indians equally

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MEENAKSHI SUNDARAM
Ilayaraja
by MEENAKSHI SUNDARAM on Jun 15, 2010 12:22 PM  | Hide replies

Mani needs Illayaraja to establish himself in kollywood. After earning lots of Money he left ilayraja

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Gallant
Re: Ilayaraja
by Gallant on Jun 15, 2010 02:31 PM
Is it not right to give a break for an upcoming musician like Rahman?. Actually Mani was taking a big risk by leaving a popular music director like Ilayaraja.

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koushik debnath
Re: Ilayaraja
by koushik debnath on Jun 15, 2010 01:08 PM
Don't you think A.R Rahman was a better option than Ilayraja?

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jaapaal maatre
Re: Re: Ilayaraja
by jaapaal maatre on Jun 15, 2010 01:36 PM
u must be kidding, AR rahman has miles to go b4 he can even think of coming close to illayaraja. I dont know what is so good abt "jai ho".

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Sriram Govindarajan
Re: Re: Re: Ilayaraja
by Sriram Govindarajan on Jun 15, 2010 03:56 PM
with all due respect to illayaraja ar rahaman has already achieved a lot..he has 2 oscars under his belt and he is more internationally recognised than illayaraja...coming to jai ho, it may not be his best, but defn better than the the other nominations at tht time...

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ravi shankar
Re: Re: Re: Ilayaraja
by ravi shankar on Jun 16, 2010 11:15 AM
There is nothing good abt Jai Ho. ARR has done better songs himself, let alone Ilayaraja. Rumour has it that Jai Ho was actually made for a Salman movie named Yuvraj or smthin, but the makers chose not to go for it. Jai Ho would not have been noticed, had it not for Slumdog millionare.

PS: I feel the Pussycat dolls version of Jai Ho is much better than the original.

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Satya Chakravarthy
Re: Re: Re: Ilayaraja
by Satya Chakravarthy on Jun 15, 2010 02:44 PM
In an interview AR Rahman humbly said about Ilayaraja "I may be a tiger but a lion is a lion"

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sairadevishah
pls dont omit these actors...
by sairadevishah on Jun 15, 2010 12:07 PM  | Hide replies

We cant forget Maneesha Koirala in Bombay which made her one of most wanted actresses in b-town.. And the child actress in film 'Kannathil Muthamittal'. I dont know her name.. But she delivered great perfomance at this young age.. Abhishek and Rajini Kanth showed their talent first time in mani's moovies.. And Shahruk was not much irritating in 'Dilse' as compared to his other movies.. Mani is unbetable..We are really proud of him..

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Kingsly Rajkumar
Re: Re: pls dont omit these actors...
by Kingsly Rajkumar on Jun 15, 2010 12:42 PM
You are spot on!
I was blown away by Rajni's performances in his early day's films.

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raghaa
Re: Re: pls dont omit these actors...
by raghaa on Jun 16, 2010 04:56 AM
this guy would have noticed for the first time ;)

Pls do not keep RAJNI and small AB in one level dude. RAJNI is a great actor, go watch his movies between 1975 and 1985. Very few will attempt what he did in early career.

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raghaa
Re: Re: pls dont omit these actors...
by raghaa on Jun 16, 2010 04:58 AM
good reply. Rajni's thalapathy performance is a epic too. "Thodra pakkalaan thodra pakalaan" mani did do something different with Thalaivar.

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sairadevishah
Re: Re: pls dont omit these actors...
by sairadevishah on Jun 16, 2010 06:20 PM
rajini is an average actor..its the dirty inferiority complex of tamilians made him superstar. He just showed a below average person work outs which only happens in somebodies dream - throwing enemies like apples, cutting bullets with blade, romancing with fare-gud looking-young gals and many many non-senses , unbelievable stuff.. There s no reality in his films or acting..Movies like Chandramukhi and Sivaji were of gud story base but spoiled in presentation..Only ur audience will love it. if you guys r so much fond of unrealistic-nonsenses; watch cartoons like waltdisney,tom n jerry, shrek etc..u will get more fun.. We respect realistic performers like Kamal hasan, Vikram, Surya, Arjun, madhavan etc.. This generation lives on earth not on sky.. (and i know one thing - climax of Dhalapathy was changed because panic tamil audience couldn't bare death of Rajini's charactor which was original in story.. and u made film maker substitue with Mammootty's death!!! pitty on u guys:-)

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ravi shankar
Re: Re: pls dont omit these actors...
by ravi shankar on Jun 16, 2010 11:17 AM
Absolutely right. Rajini was awesome in Thillu Millu. Have not seen other movies u mentioned above besides bits of 16 vayathinile.

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vibi nair
Very good article after long time..
by vibi nair on Jun 15, 2010 11:01 AM

Thanks Rediff for this wonderful article...
To me i am always confused who was better kamal in nayagan or Mohanlal in Iruvar..Both were amazing....
Another was revati in mounaragam where she did that character perfectly.

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bijo m
THE BEST - KAMAL / LAL
by bijo m on Jun 15, 2010 10:33 AM  | Hide replies

When Kamal Haasan was brilliant in Nayakan, Mohanlal was just outstanding in Iruvar. It was only because of dirty politics that he never won the national award on that year. Maniratnam still feels sad that Lal never won the coveted award.

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Rahul Balan
Re: THE BEST - KAMAL / LAL
by Rahul Balan on Jun 15, 2010 11:36 AM
actually Kamal's inclusion mite b justified since 95% consider Nayakan as his best performance...But Mohanlal's best in Iruvar?....I believe there are at least 3-4 movies ahead of Iruvar...I preferred Abhishek Bachchan in Guru or Yuva in this list since only these two films shown some signs of promise!!!

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xyz xyz
Missed
by xyz xyz on Jun 15, 2010 05:55 AM  | Hide replies

Missed "Pallavi AnuPallvi" Kannada movie - Mani's and Anil Kapoors 1st move

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jaapaal maatre
Re: Missed
by jaapaal maatre on Jun 15, 2010 01:39 PM
though the story was mature, the performances apart from laxmi were aweful. the movie survived only bcoz of music thnx to illayaraja.

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Srinivas Kumar
Nagarjuna from Geethanjali
by Srinivas Kumar on Jun 15, 2010 04:06 AM

One of his best performances

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