Madharasapattinam (2010)

 

Madharasapattinam a great movie by Vijay. Just like the tag line says it is truly a journey from Chennai to Madharasapattinam. I had a good opportunity of watching this film in 70mm and man I should say that I was happy to have watched it that way. The actual story starts in Madharasapattinam during the pre-independence period. The time when the British were almost ready to quit India. A lovely love story place in the era between Arya (playing Parithi, a dhobi) and Amy (who plays Amy, the Governor's daughter). The story line, very simple they meet, they fall in love and they do all sorts of things as in any Tamil movie to keep their love alive. The exceptional beauty and extraordinary feel comes from the sets. The visuals are mind blowing and to see the old Madharasapattinam the same place we live in some 5 decades back was really a treat. The places drawn just like from an old album was sheer brilliance. CG and camera giving the most support that is required for a film such as this. Music throughout the film is a very big added advantage. Amy should be credited for her exceptional lip movements while her dialogues are in Tamil. Even in the songs Lip movements sync a lot better than our Indian Kollywood actresses. The whole team has done a spectacular job in bringing this alive. They did also do mistakes like whatever they copied from non Tamil movies were very obvious and we did notice it at first. Also a chase sequence placed in this film was too long which gets us go tired at some point. Other than these a wonderful movie, wonderful script and wonderful execution from the cast an crew.

Note: Special request to all who will watch this movie hereafter. Please watch this in theatres. Don’t miss out the visuals by watching it in the small screen. 

IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1365030/

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Taking Chance (2009)

 

Taking Chance a beautiful story told in a very impressive manner. The story line is very simple and straight to the point. It is about an officer who offers to escort the remains of his deceased fellow man to his relatives.  I should say but the fact that all comes in to create a sense of awareness that a soldier dead or alive is treated with honor and patronage where ever he goes. The movie shows the escort being treated with all dignity and it also goes on to show how his fellow man who is now deceased and is carried around in a coffin is also given greater respect by people from all over. The officer after reaching his destination and amidst the family and friends of the deceased discovers something that he had been searching for all his life. Kevin Bacon has shown exceptional acting skills and should really be credited for the same. Every time he gets near the coffin his reactions and the way he moves are very much telling us exactly how and what was really going on in his head. The director should also be credited for bringing such a nice artifact to us. Nothing big been worked on the visuals nor the sounds. For people who love fast movies this is not really for you. The movie stands for human as well as marine values.

IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1019454/

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