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Topic started by ssanjinika on Wed Dec 14 15:12:24 2005.

Hi everyone.
Have you ever watched a movie and afterwards felt "Had I directed the movie I would have changed this portion or I would have altered the climax this way".
I have done it many times..so why not discuss that
in this thread.
One movie which comes to mind is Kadhal Kottai.I really liked the movie but I hate the way the fall in love.
Ajit will tell his friend "Naan aval-a pakamaye kadhalikka poren".Had it been upto me I would have
had them write a few more letters and gradually fall in love with each other.It def would have had more impact IMO.
Anyone else felt something like this at sometime?
Comeonn dont be shy!!Let your creative juices flowing..afterall you have a story ,you just need to make some changes to it Wink

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From: ssanjinika on Wed Dec 14 15:24:36 2005.

Ajit padatha sollitu Vijay padatha vida mudiuma..

Movie : Poove Unakkaga.
Actual story : World knows.
My Version

Everything is the same..except..
Sangeetha does not arrive at the time vijay is staying in the house.
She comes sometime in the flashback.
The flashback is as follows..
Vijay a successful singer is married to sangeetha(the actual granddaughter)
They have a small daughter.Sangeetha in a freak accident dies,but before dying she tells Vijay that she always wanted a large family,
but since her parents married without their family's consent she didnt get to know her grandparents,uncles or cousins.Now that she is dying she wants that kind of family atleast for her daughter.
And its upto Vijay to unite them and then procure that family for their daughter and hence "poove unakaga".
The actual love story can be somekind of side story.

(I really hated the fact that Vijay ended up alone!!)
From: vetrivendan on Wed Dec 14 16:20:55 2005.

Its nice thread to discuss about, SS. You have good imagination.

I never thought of altering the story. For some films, I had thought the movie would have been good, if different actor has acted.

One of recent I felt so was 'Ji'. I thought Vijay would have better suited for that role. Ajit/Vijay fans, It just my opinion. I dont mean to ignite a fight.

From: Kollywoodfan on Wed Dec 14 17:33:32 2005.

ssanjinika wrote:

Ajit padatha sollitu Vijay padatha vida mudiuma..

Movie : Poove Unakkaga.
Actual story : World knows.
My Version

Everything is the same..except..
Sangeetha does not arrive at the time vijay is staying in the house.
She comes sometime in the flashback.
The flashback is as follows..
Vijay a successful singer is married to sangeetha(the actual granddaughter)
They have a small daughter.Sangeetha in a freak accident dies,but before dying she tells Vijay that she always wanted a large family,
but since her parents married without their family's consent she didnt get to know her grandparents,uncles or cousins.Now that she is dying she wants that kind of family atleast for her daughter.
And its upto Vijay to unite them and then procure that family for their daughter and hence "poove unakaga".
The actual love story can be somekind of side story.

(I really hated the fact that Vijay ended up alone!!)

Me too, I was like, "Be with her"!! Sad

However his words were realistic and touching and it gave a lasting effect that he didn't!

From: Shakthiprabha. on Wed Dec 14 23:40:35 2005.

PUNNAHAI MANNAN.........

I would have made those 2 poor things LIVE HAPPILY EVER AFTERRRRRRRRR

SETHU.......... (Ive never watched the movie)

But I would have married them off and blessed them with happiness ever after........

(Guess I am happier directing FAIRY TALES)
From: Alien on Wed Dec 14 23:51:58 2005.

Shakthiprabha wrote:

SETHU.......... (Ive never watched the movie)

But I would have married them off and blessed them with happiness ever after........

What ? U've never seen the movie, but suggesting to change somthing U r ineligible to do so.....
BTW Sethu was better off that way !! I love that scene in Sethu where Chyaan explains to Abitha kujalaambaal abt his love, in a ruined place, then the following..... ....Ilayaraja's music was haunting and pained the hearts of viewers too
From: Shakthiprabha. on Thu Dec 15 0:21:54 2005.

haunting. yes. My friends keeps singing that...

"engE sellum intha paathai..
yaaro yaaro arivaaro! "

Is her name ABITA KUCHALAMBAAL
From: Justice on Thu Dec 15 0:25:08 2005.

the last scene was

Bala's best so far
From: Alien on Thu Dec 15 1:15:28 2005.

Shakthiprabha wrote:

haunting. yes. My friends keeps singing that...

"engE sellum intha paathai..
yaaro yaaro arivaaro! "

Is her name ABITA KUCHALAMBAAL

In the movie , yes her name was Abitha kujalaambaal !
That song was haunting too, but I meant the scene where Vikram tells her abt his love in that ruined building ! That BGM too was very haunting and it was an awesome scene ! Must watch !!

yeah justice, undoubtedly Bala's best !
From: mirattalji on Thu Dec 15 2:46:26 2005.

but then had the climax been changed we wudnt be talkin abt sethu today...

From: Avenger on Thu Dec 15 3:45:40 2005.

Poove unakkaga and Sethu had very good climaxes.
If Sethus climax was altered.Vikram wud notve been here!

Shakthiprabha wrote:

PUNNAHAI MANNAN......... Evil or Very Mad

I would have made those 2 poor things LIVE HAPPILY EVER AFTERRRRRRRRR

SETHU.......... Very Happy

(Ive never watched the movie)

But I would have married them off and blessed them with happiness ever after........

(Guess I am happier directing FAIRY TALES) ROTFL

From: Avenger on Thu Dec 15 3:47:55 2005.

Movie:Ghilli

The idea of entering the finals after losing the semis was ridiculous.It cudve been made as somethin like a best of 3.
From: Shakthiprabha. on Thu Dec 15 4:28:52 2005.

What u all say reg Sethu is true. I guess I am too sensitive to such climax
From: Avenger on Thu Dec 15 4:55:58 2005.

Deleted!
From: Shakthiprabha. on Thu Dec 15 5:02:01 2005.
From: Avenger on Thu Dec 15 5:03:15 2005.

Shakthi akka.Sry I deleted it
From: Justice on Thu Dec 15 6:37:00 2005.

in all vijay movies, somebody should've acted
From: Shakthiprabha. on Thu Dec 15 7:05:55 2005.

justice wrote:

in all vijay movies, somebody should've acted

Ur wit wins again

From: ssanjinika on Thu Dec 15 9:46:30 2005.

vetrivendan wrote:

Its nice thread to discuss about, SS. You have good imagination.

I never thought of altering the story. For some films, I had thought the movie would have been good, if different actor has acted.

One of recent I felt so was 'Ji'. I thought Vijay would have better suited for that role. Ajit/Vijay fans, It just my opinion. I dont mean to ignite a fight.

Thanks Vetri..just wanted a thread to vent frustrations.

.
And I agree about Ji..it was not a good career move for Ajit at that point of time.He looked too tired and haggard(considering the pain he went through)to pull off a college guy.
Another thing..Ajit should def grow back his mush

.
Trisha should have had a better role in the movie.What was that vellakku scene about..did she go off her bonkers?

From: vetrivendan on Thu Dec 15 10:03:46 2005.

ssanjinika wrote:

vetrivendan wrote:

Thanks Vetri..just wanted a thread to vent frustrations. Razz

.
Trisha should have had a better role in the movie.What was that vellakku scene about..did she go off her bonkers? Rolling Eyes

I totally agree...

From: swathy on Thu Dec 15 10:12:36 2005.

mm I would have made little changes in

Mudhalvan

No Manisha Koirala . Rani is ok
Movie starts from arjun's padhavi pramanam as CM. traffic scenes, interview, one day CM everything will be flashback

Story goes in this way . Arjun as CM- non stop torcher from raghuvaran - then flashback how he becomes CM - then same climax
From: Shakthiprabha. on Thu Dec 15 10:28:15 2005.

Then I can talk bout SUVARILLATHA SITHTHIRANGAL.

IF I was a director, I WOULD NOT HAVE done that movie at all

Also mouna geethangaL....

I would changed the lady char say, couple of sharp dialogues and walk out royally off wedlock

ANTHA 7 NAATKAL

Too much to digest those dialogues on THALI importance and picturisation of the same.

I would have directed CHANDRAMUKHI much more SENSIBLY.

It would hv been out and out a thriller, devoid of all dumb fights or stupid comedies which has NO PLACE whatsoever in a thriller movie. Also Rajnikant would not be singing duets with young things anymore.

In rajapart rangadurai

I would have blessed shivaji with lots more years of happy life.
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Thu Dec 15 23:59:50 2005.

Whats wrong in Andha 7 Naatkal climax..perfect one Kichadi mam neenga yenna puratchi pennO?
From: Shakthiprabha. on Fri Dec 16 2:12:56 2005.

hmm well beckham, yes, I am a revolutionary thinker.
VERY REVOLUTIONARY infact.

(only thinking part...hehe, In practical life I am much different though )

yes, considering that climax, dont u think ITS DUMB?

She stays back FOR THE SAKE OF A THREAD, not because she is in love or because she cares for him.

And even more sick is the dialogue which says "ithaan thamizh panpaadu....thaali, namba thamizh peNGaL" etc!!! Nah. not my cup of tea.

From: nilavupriyan on Fri Dec 16 2:21:30 2005.

Shakthiprabha wrote:

hmm well beckham, yes, I am a revolutionary thinker.
VERY REVOLUTIONARY infact.

(only thinking part...hehe, In practical life I am much different though Laughing

)

yes, considering that climax, dont u think ITS DUMB?

She stays back FOR THE SAKE OF A THREAD, not because she is in love or because she cares for him.

And even more sick is the dialogue which says "ithaan thamizh panpaadu....thaali, namba thamizh peNGaL" etc!!!
Nah. not my cup of tea.

kichadi madam!......the main dialogue was "enda lover unga manaiviyaayitu varum......unga manaivi enda loveraaittu varadhu sare!".....anything wrong in his idea?

From: Sanguine Sridhar on Fri Dec 16 2:24:03 2005.

Pesuradhu ..yaar veynaalum pesiralam Kichadi mam...but practical andha ponnu edathula yosicha ...it is perfect
From: Shakthiprabha. on Fri Dec 16 2:32:03 2005.

beckham, nilavu (ungalukkum 'kichadi maam' aa ),

I think yes ITS A WRONG IDEA. The whole culture is in the NICE SHUDH pure heart

Relationship is MIND BASED. heart based. love based. NOT ANY RITUAL BASED.

Beckham,

MAY BE that char was a coward. sHE CAN always go out of wedlock and live a life which she wants(not ncessrily go behind that good for nothing lover).

How can RELATIONSHIP BE forced upon an indivudual?????????????

Its exasperating!

From: swathy on Fri Dec 16 3:31:35 2005.

Shakthiprabha wrote:

PUNNAHAI MANNAN......... Evil or Very Mad

I would have made those 2 poor things LIVE HAPPILY EVER AFTERRRRRRRRR

SETHU.......... Very Happy

(Ive never watched the movie)

But I would have married them off and blessed them with happiness ever after........

(Guess I am happier directing FAIRY TALES) ROTFL

I like vikram very much even before Ullasam. Sethu was my first vikram movie in theatre. I don�t know anything about the movie before.

I was really shaken by the climax. Though it is a tragedy that�s the best one. I feel only tragedies will make people to feel the movie and make them think about it for a long time at least a day.

If it were made like getting recovered and marrying the girl, then it would have become an ordinary one. I was really touched by this movie and became Bala�s fan.

Bala tries his best to bring reality in his films. No exposing No foreign dance. Even the songs come in background. When I heard that simran for a song in Pithamagan. I felt very bad. I expected it to be an item number as in other movies. But simran without make up, in her casual dress just enjoying the dance.

From: Pras on Fri Dec 16 3:48:51 2005.

ssanjinika wrote:

that's another movie of Vikraman ... kokulam with arjun (flashback dies) and banupriya (who comes to arjun family to help them) ....

From: ssanjinika on Fri Dec 16 9:10:35 2005.

Pras wrote:

that's another movie of Vikraman ... kokulam with arjun (flashback dies) and banupriya (who comes to arjun family to help them) ....

True..totally didnt remember that movie .It made so much impact on me .
Anyways appadi partha our film industry churns out soo many movies per year that there are bound to be some movie or other where the stories somewhat interlap .
From: P_R on Fri Dec 16 12:10:41 2005.

Mahandhi is (one of) the best scripts written in Tamil.Mahanadhi's climax is what I suggest a change. But before I get sacriligeous I shall share the positives:

Kamal is perhaps the only writer to make active use of symbols and cross-references in his films. The severing of the arm is a potent image , rich in its "message" that tries to answer the moral questions the movie raises throughout.

"Nee endha poNNOda appan ?" is among the most horrifying lines of the film.

However, hardcore fan as I am I admit that on the whole, the climax sequence looks more like retribution than deliverance. I don't know why I am supposing that it was meant to be anything more than plain retribution. But Krishnaswamy talks like a "representative of many" in the climax.

The scuffle, the armtwisting and killing of Dhanush seemed to have been written with a view to please people who want to see "evil getting its due" and "dharmam vellum" etc. This is an undoing of the several layered story told till then.

The explanatory dialogues leave a bad taste

Avan supplier need dhaan demand

Worst of all the last scene with Krishna's daughter married and the happy Pongal back home really jar me every time.

The movie dwelt on righteousness as a commitment not as an eventual achievement or victory. So I found the climax very disappointing.

Here is what I propose:

The scene I begin is the one with with Yamuna where Krishna asks her if she can wait and arrests her panic with the kiss. She opens her eye speechless and he is gone (till here it is unchanged, Now...)

Krishnaswamy is out of the house and is walking fast in a lonely Mylapore lane. We see someone (Yamuna) pop out of the balcony making only half-hearted shouts asking him to stop.

Krishna, in that T-Shirt and jeans,band-aid and cuts in the face has an angry but purposeful expression. The camera walks ahead of Krishna maintaining a close up and Yamuna is always seen as a fuzzy outline in the background. We hear Kamal's voice-over going "Pirar vaada pala seyalgaL seithu"

By the time it reaches " naan veezhvEn enRu ninaithaayO" the point-of-view shifts over Yamuna's shoulder (in the balcony. She is no longer shouting out but merely watching him go) and we see Krishna walking away. From over the shoulder the view moves ahead.

The last shot ("sandhOsham kondu irukka cheivaai") has only Krishna in the frame briskly walking away from the camera.

Perhaps we can add a couple of dogs the rummaging the roadside garbage, looking up at the walking Krishna. (Sheesh symbolism is infectious )

Credits.
From: Shakthiprabha. on Fri Dec 16 12:39:07 2005.

Did the silver screen miss out on a kamalhassan? or a balachandar?

I like ur climax, except for the fact, I would be wetting my pillows for 2 nights thinkin of the same

I loved esp the DOG symbolism. Takes it closer to a well communicated novel
From: ssanjinika on Fri Dec 16 12:41:38 2005.
From: great on Fri Dec 16 12:45:07 2005.

wish vadivelu changes his pattern of comedy ...its boring and repetative
From: Shakthiprabha. on Fri Dec 16 12:52:01 2005.

PR,

Now that many agree with u, DONT FEEL U ARE WRONG

great,

I WISH THAT TOO. Boring, repetitive, JARRING.
From: nilavupriyan on Fri Dec 16 12:58:54 2005.

pr...ur climax is poetic.!

but doesnt fit tamil audience!
From: ssanjinika on Fri Dec 16 13:13:10 2005.

nilavupriyan wrote:

pr...ur climax is poetic.!

but doesnt fit tamil audience!

Thats probably true..cant expect the front benchers and to a certain extent the others too to get it.They would probably feel the film was incomplete(not enough imagination to understand whats happening I would suppose )
From: Shakthiprabha. on Fri Dec 16 13:14:20 2005.

aw... is not that the reason GUNA failed to reach the mass
From: Justice on Fri Dec 16 13:16:15 2005.

it actually reached me

Shakthiprabha wrote:

aw... is not that the reason GUNA failed to reach the mass
From: Shakthiprabha. on Fri Dec 16 13:20:12 2005.

U are not amongst the MASS
U are not amongst the CLASS too

THEN WHAT ARE U

kiddin justice. relax
From: Justice on Fri Dec 16 13:24:39 2005.

I'm mass+class=glass

Shakthiprabha wrote:

U are not amongst the MASS
U are not amongst the CLASS too

THEN WHAT ARE U

kiddin justice. relax

From: Kollywoodfan on Fri Dec 16 16:49:31 2005.

Shakthiprabha wrote:

PUNNAHAI MANNAN......... Evil or Very Mad

I would have made those 2 poor things LIVE HAPPILY EVER AFTERRRRRRRRR
SETHU.......... Very Happy

(Ive never watched the movie)

But I would have married them off and blessed them with happiness ever after........

(Guess I am happier directing FAIRY TALES) ROTFL

Due to popular demand, another version with a different ending was released!!!

I'm guessing you didn't see it, maybe it's available or something...I haven't seen it either...their haunting fate is still what I remember

From: Kollywoodfan on Fri Dec 16 16:51:25 2005.

Iyarkai...I wish Nancy had ended up with Shaam...and that the would have gotten captain lost and got amnesia or something!!) I felt so bad for Shaam!!
From: ssanjinika on Fri Dec 16 17:13:41 2005.

Kollywoodfan wrote:

Iyarkai...I wish Nancy had ended up with Shaam...and that the would have gotten captain lost and got amnesia or something!!) I felt so bad for Shaam!!

and here I was rooting for Arun kumar!!Though I would have changed a few other scenes also.The scenes just before the climax...
Of course I felt bad for shaam..but u cant have a guy come back from the dead for this girl and then not give him the girl .

From: Justice on Fri Dec 16 17:15:58 2005.

same here.

I was hoping that arun comes back, he did. then why not give her to him?

ssanjinika wrote:

and here I was rooting for Arun kumar!!Though I would have changed a few other scenes also.The scenes just before the climax...
Of course I felt bad for shaam..but u cant have a guy come back from the dead for this girl and then not give him the girl Smile

From: Roshan on Sat Dec 17 10:55:57 2005.

Prabhu Ram wrote:

However, hardcore fan as I am I admit that on the whole, the climax sequence looks more like retribution than deliverance.

Agree 100%

Quote:

Worst of all the last scene with Krishna's daughter married and the happy Pongal back home really jar me every time.

Agree 200%. Totally disappointing. It was just like a "saraasari sentimental thamizh padam"

Quote:

The scene I begin is the one with with Yamuna where Krishna asks her if she can wait and arrests her panic with the kiss. She opens her eye speechless and he is gone (till here it is unchanged, Now...)

Krishnaswamy is out of the house and is walking fast in a lonely Mylapore lane. We see someone (Yamuna) pop out of the balcony making only half-hearted shouts asking him to stop.

Krishna, in that T-Shirt and jeans,band-aid and cuts in the face has an angry but purposeful expression. The camera walks ahead of Krishna maintaining a close up and Yamuna is always seen as a fuzzy outline in the background. We hear Kamal's voice-over going "Pirar vaada pala seyalgaL seithu"

By the time it reaches " naan veezhvEn enRu ninaithaayO" the point-of-view shifts over Yamuna's shoulder (in the balcony. She is no longer shouting out but merely watching him go) and we see Krishna walking away. From over the shoulder the view moves ahead.

The last shot ("sandhOsham kondu irukka cheivaai") has only Krishna in the frame briskly walking away from the camera.

Perhaps we can add a couple of dogs the rummaging the roadside garbage, looking up at the walking Krishna. (Sheesh symbolism is infectious Smile

)

Credits.

From: swathy on Sat Dec 17 11:02:49 2005.

kalakki prabhu

Prabhu Ram wrote:

Here is what I propose:

The scene I begin is the one with with Yamuna where Krishna asks her if she can wait and arrests her panic with the kiss. She opens her eye speechless and he is gone (till here it is unchanged, Now...)

Krishnaswamy is out of the house and is walking fast in a lonely Mylapore lane. We see someone (Yamuna) pop out of the balcony making only half-hearted shouts asking him to stop.

Krishna, in that T-Shirt and jeans,band-aid and cuts in the face has an angry but purposeful expression. The camera walks ahead of Krishna maintaining a close up and Yamuna is always seen as a fuzzy outline in the background. We hear Kamal's voice-over going "Pirar vaada pala seyalgaL seithu"

By the time it reaches " naan veezhvEn enRu ninaithaayO" the point-of-view shifts over Yamuna's shoulder (in the balcony. She is no longer shouting out but merely watching him go) and we see Krishna walking away. From over the shoulder the view moves ahead.

The last shot ("sandhOsham kondu irukka cheivaai") has only Krishna in the frame briskly walking away from the camera.

Perhaps we can add a couple of dogs the rummaging the roadside garbage, looking up at the walking Krishna. (Sheesh symbolism is infectious Smile

)

Credits.

From: P_R on Sat Dec 17 23:44:42 2005.

Thanks SP,ssanjinika,nilavu, swathy and Roshan (hey long time No See).

ssanjinika wrote:

nilavupriyan wrote:

pr...ur climax is poetic.!

but doesnt fit tamil audience!

Thats probably true..cant expect the front benchers and to a certain extent the others too to get it.They would probably feel the film was incomplete(not enough imagination to understand whats happening I would suppose Wink

)

Why are you eager to suppose this ? When the audience comprehends the multi-dimensional storytelling for Virumaandi it is not necessary to underestimate them.

KB had a lot of 'life-goes-on' kind of endings in the 70s: AvargaL, AvaL oru Thodarkathai. They did work, right ?

From: Kumar on Sun Dec 18 2:46:03 2005.

Finally, I've managed to get in. Hi guys; I've been away for a while due to work commitments, my house being robbed and the great Forum Hub Lockout of 2005 (finally followed the Hub instructions and deleted the cookies, etc).

Now this is an interesting thread. PR, not bad at all. Love the dogs symbolism. Sounds gritty and hard. Good stuff. And this doesn't sound like your run-in-the-mill symbolism.
From: RATHEESHAJITH on Sun Dec 18 3:01:23 2005.

NEW PADATHULA OOSI POTTU
PERIYA AAL AAKKURAANGHA
From: P_R on Sun Dec 18 6:33:19 2005.

Shakthiprabha wrote:

PR,

Now that many agree with u, DONT FEEL U ARE WRONG

Aha ! Signature maathittEn okay a ?

From: P_R on Sun Dec 18 6:36:22 2005.

Kumar wrote:

Finally, I've managed to get in. Hi guys; I've been away for a while due to work commitments, my house being robbed and the great Forum Hub Lockout of 2005 (finally followed the Hub instructions and deleted the cookies, etc).

Now this is an interesting thread. PR, not bad at all. Love the dogs symbolism. Sounds gritty and hard. Good stuff. And this doesn't sound like your run-in-the-mill symbolism.

Hi Kumar. That was quite a break. No sign of you. Was wondering if you were silently reading. I even tried posting something a bit uncharitable with Virumaandi hoping it would make you spring into action. Nope. Welcome back.

btw House being robbed !

From: Sanguine Sridhar on Sun Dec 18 9:51:24 2005.

PR Excellent climax
From: Shakthiprabha. on Sun Dec 18 11:28:34 2005.

hello mr. kumar,

I dont know u, but just basic courtesy demands me to enquire if ALL AT UR HOME ARE FINE? good luck and welcome back.

From: swathy on Mon Dec 19 0:37:37 2005.

ssanjinika wrote:

Kollywoodfan wrote:

Iyarkai...I wish Nancy had ended up with Shaam...and that the would have gotten captain lost and got amnesia or something!!) I felt so bad for Shaam!! Sad

I like the movie Iyarkai especially the climax.

In tamil films heroes will succeed in their love always even if they love the girl who is already engaged or don't love him (Ex: Aval varuvala,Kadhal mannan,youth,vaseegara) but this is the only movie that made a girl's love to succeed.

From: Justice on Mon Dec 19 0:40:27 2005.

I think raja was another movie where heroine's love succeeded but Iyarkai deserves National award, super movie
From: Roshan on Mon Dec 19 1:41:50 2005.

Prabhu Ram wrote:

Thanks SP,ssanjinika,nilavu, swathy and Roshan (hey long time No See).

Totally held up at work PR.. Once in a while I do manage to peep in to a few threads and this particular thread is one among those few.

Quote:

Why are you eager to suppose this ? When the audience comprehends the multi-dimensional storytelling for Virumaandi it is not necessary to underestimate them.

Naan nenechEn neenga solliteenga !!

Quote:

KB had a lot of 'life-goes-on' kind of endings in the 70s: AvargaL, AvaL oru Thodarkathai. They did work, right ?

Yeah!! Certainly !!

Unga puthu signature-a click panni paarthEn. I need some time to go through it leisurely.

Hi Kumar !

Good to see you Your house being robbed was not a good news though. I hope everything is fine by now.
From: Kumar on Mon Dec 19 8:48:30 2005.

Hi PR, Roshan, Sakthi, nila, etc,
This is a digression, but allow me to vent and explain what had happened. A few weeks ago, I returned home from the gym (this is on a Saturday at 12 noon) to find an intruder in my home. As I walked in the front door, he made a dash for the back door, unlocked it, and escaped. I briefly gave chase and yelled out to him (my first public expletive!). He turned around to see if I was giving chase. I got a good look at his face, and since I draw as a hobby, I sketched his face as best as I could while waiting for the plice to arrive. He didn't take much; took 3 of my rings, a chain which my mum gave me, 2 brand new still-in-the-box mobile phones and a small crystal jewel box. He didn't manage to swipe the more expensive stuff. The police have managed to get a good finger print and have been visiting me regularly to make sure I'm satisfied with the comfit. I'm just thankful that my family was not in that day. The whole incident has left a very bitter aftertaste in my mouth and I've been swaying in and out of frustration and paranoia for a while. I'm doing much better now.

Now if THIS was a movie, I would direct it as such; I come home and I find Pasupathy robbing my house. I yell out "Dei!! Neeya!?? Nandri katta NAIYEA!!!" You see, Pasupathy use to be a worker in my instant rasam factory until I sacked him for being funny with the cleaning lady (Disco Shanti in her comeback role). We fight while Ilaiyaraaja conducts his orchestra. He temporarily blinds me with my isotonic drink....b*&%$#d! But I remember the training I received from a Tibetan monk (who can speak Tamil and looks surprisingly like Vijayakumar) which includes fighting blindfolded. I subdue Pasu and tie him with my gym towel. I whistle for my goat Ramu, who jumps over the front fence and through the window. (Note to self: remind the folks at Dhevar to train their livestock to enter via the front door). Ramu stands guard while I call the cops. (The hindi version has Ramu talking -thank you Hritik for the voice-over). The police arrive (Delhi Ganesh) and justice is served.

Cue theme song and credits.

Apart from that, work commitments and the Great Hub Lockout of 2005 delayed my re-entry into the hub. (I actually tried to post something in the Nambiar thread, but couldn't do so. I've only done the 'cookie' thing at my home, so I still can't post from work during lunchbreaks).

I'll need a few days to go through the various threads before I get back into the swing of things. It's good to back and among friends though.
From: Shakthiprabha. on Mon Dec 19 13:37:26 2005.

Kumar,

Thats sad to hear. We very well understand the bitter taste and trauma such incidents leave behind. I supp cops are doing better jobs in less populated countries unlike INDIA.

Though I would like to say, ur scripting was good, its sad that ur talent waited for such a shocking real time experience to happen, so that it unleashes itself.

I liked ur dialogue "dei neeya...nandri ketta naye"

humour hidden amidst bitter lessons

From: P_R on Mon Dec 19 15:11:22 2005.

Kumar a very Wilde imagination this. Seeing love and sorrow as but material for film Smile

Kumar wrote:

Now if THIS was a movie, I would direct it as such; I come home and I find Pasupathy robbing my house. I yell out "Dei!! Neeya!?? Nandri katta NAIYEA!!!" You see, Pasupathy use to be a worker in my instant rasam factory until I sacked him for being funny with the cleaning lady (Disco Shanti in her comeback role).

Aren't we cutting to a smutty rain-song here between Pasupathi and Disco. Lots of lyrical scope with Instant Rasam and Thakkali. I see Vaali rubbbing his hands and getting ready.

Kumar wrote:

We fight while Ilaiyaraaja conducts his orchestra. He temporarily blinds me with my isotonic drink....b*&%$#d!

It's been a long time I say !

Kumar wrote:

But I remember the training I received from a Tibetan monk (who can speak Tamil and looks surprisingly like Vijayakumar) which includes fighting blindfolded. I subdue Pasu and tie him with my gym towel.

You must also comb your wet hair back and say: "........Naan thunda eduthu un kaiya kattina......pattaiya kalappa pOrennu arthham"

Kumar wrote:

I whistle for my goat Ramu, who jumps over the front fence and through the window. (Note to self: remind the folks at Dhevar to train their livestock to enter via the front door). Ramu stands guard while I call the cops. (The hindi version has Ramu talking -thank you Hritik for the voice-over). The police arrive (Delhi Ganesh) and justice is served.

Was waiting for this. Is there a design behind picking Pasupathy ?

From: ssanjinika on Mon Dec 19 16:46:49 2005.

Another movie where I felt somethings were different is Kannathil Muttam ettal.
I found the handling of telling Amudha the truth about her birth a bit stark.It could have been handled with a little bit more sensitivity.Another thing which I thought was missing in that movie was the actual feelings between Simran and Amudha.For eg.after Amudha comes to know that Simran is not her birth mother,she starts to distance herself from Simran.Simran in that movie just didnt seem to be too much bothered by it..agreed that this is a 9 year old child,but because of this 9 year old child they goto a place where there is war going on.Simran just goes along with what ever Madhvan decides.I found that really bugging.Had it been my movie these are the changes I would have made.
Simran is against going to Srilanka in the first place.She dosent want her child amidst all that fighting but when Madhvan still decides to go,simran goes along with him.She wonders if Madhavan will leave Amudha with her birth mother if she wants it..afterall he gave in to her demands togo srilanka in the first place.
Avanga renduperru-kullayum edhunalla oru chinna manasthabam.
Amudha slowly starts distancing herself from simran,this emotionally starts affecting her and that inturn comes out as anger towards madhvan.
Then simran gets hurt and amudha gets spooked by it,thats when both of them realise the bond they share and the entire thing stops being a tug of war...
The relationship beween madhvan and amudha is always fine because madhvan is the only father amudha has/will ever know so theres no conflicting feelings out there.
But the presense of 2 mother has gotto raise some feelings of insecurity in Simrans case as and some unsure emotions in amudha's case because there are so many conficting feelings there.
From: interz on Mon Dec 19 18:26:53 2005.

I was dissapointed about Mugavari ending, they should have kept it real and make people understand sometimes you fail and you have to try again to succeed, it was really stupid of the director of mugavari to change the ending.

From: Justice on Mon Dec 19 19:47:20 2005.

didn't Ajith come back as a successful music..... and gets jo? I think so. but that was in just a minute so many didn't get it? Rolling Eyes

interz wrote:

I was dissapointed about Mugavari ending, they should have kept it real and make people understand sometimes you fail and you have to try again to succeed, it was really stupid of the director of mugavari to change the ending.

From: Surya on Mon Dec 19 21:10:53 2005.

INTERZ,

Maddy in ur avatar is freaking me out man!!!!!

From: great on Mon Dec 19 22:18:38 2005.

interz wrote:

its reality many ppl sacrife the ambition for the family ...tell me how
many assistant director are becoming director ....btwn Mugavari had
2 climax one he would become MD in another he would go to work

From: ssanjinika on Mon Dec 19 22:27:42 2005.

It could be reality that many people dont pursue their dreams but its so disheartening to see that.I like to see movies where the protagonist against all odds wins in life .Call me a dreamer..but thats what I like to see .

From: Roshan on Tue Dec 20 2:10:46 2005.

Prabhu Ram wrote:

Kumar a very Wilde imagination this. Seeing love and sorrow as but material for film Smile

Kumar wrote:

Aren't we cutting to a smutty rain-song here between Pasupathi and Disco. Lots of lyrical scope with Instant Rasam and Thakkali. I see Vaali rubbbing his hands and getting ready.

Kumar wrote:

We fight while Ilaiyaraaja conducts his orchestra. He temporarily blinds me with my isotonic drink....b*&%$#d!

It's been a long time I say !

Kumar wrote:

You must also comb your wet hair back and say: "........Naan thunda eduthu un kaiya kattina......pattaiya kalappa pOrennu arthham"

Kumar wrote:

Was waiting for this. Is there a design behind picking Pasupathy ?

From: Roshan on Tue Dec 20 2:13:28 2005.

Kumar,

I envy your sense of humour !!!

I am still laughing after reading your post and PR's comments
From: rachel on Tue Dec 20 2:33:21 2005.

Surya wrote:

INTERZ,

Maddy in ur avatar is freaking me out man!!!!!

From: Kumar on Tue Dec 20 7:22:18 2005.

Prabhu Ram wrote:

Kumar a very Wilde imagination this. Seeing love and sorrow as but material for film Smile

Well, you know what they say about art imitating life imitating art imitating life imitating........

Anyway, there was no pun intended with Pasupathy and Ramu the wonder goat; all animal references were purely coincidental, and no animals were hurt in the making of this feature- just a few bruised egos.

Sakthiprabha wrote:

Thats sad to hear. We very well understand the bitter taste and trauma such incidents leave behind. I supp cops are doing better jobs in less populated countries unlike INDIA.

For a couple of weeks after the incident, I suffered frequent headaches. I discovered that the cause was my gritting my teeth every now and again when I recall how close I was to the robber, and the possibility of the whole incident not happeing had I just stayed at home. Bitter indeed. I'm coping with this now; thenka for your support. As for the cops, I'm pretty surprised myself; the police here have received a bit of flak lately for not responding soon enough after a call, but the officers working on this have been very helpful.

Roshan, I suppose humour is one way of dealing with issues like these. Thank you all for your support.

Now on with the show.

From: ssanjinika on Tue Dec 20 9:20:46 2005.

Kumar how awful for you.
But its a good thing that the bugger didnt hurt you.You do loose your sense of security after an incident like this.I remember when a thief managed to enter our house in chennai a few years back how we couldnt wait to shift houses.Our sense of security was so damaged that we couldnt sleep for days after the incident.Kudos to you for trying to handle this with humour.

From: great on Tue Dec 20 10:58:44 2005.

ssanjinika wrote:

It could be reality that many people dont pursue their dreams but its so disheartening to see that.I like to see movies where the protagonist against all odds wins in life Smile

.Call me a dreamer..but thats what I like to see Razz

but reality are hard to digest

From: Shakthiprabha. on Tue Dec 20 11:40:02 2005.

ssanjinika wrote:

It could be reality that many people dont pursue their dreams but its so disheartening to see that.I like to see movies where the protagonist against all odds wins in life Smile

.Call me a dreamer..but thats what I like to see Razz

From: great on Tue Dec 20 11:52:43 2005.

Shakthiprabha wrote:

ssanjinika wrote:

It could be reality that many people dont pursue their dreams but its so disheartening to see that.I like to see movies where the protagonist against all odds wins in life Smile

.Call me a dreamer..but thats what I like to see Razz

vikraman movie

From: ssanjinika on Tue Dec 20 12:11:01 2005.

great wrote:

Shakthiprabha wrote:

ssanjinika wrote:

It could be reality that many people dont pursue their dreams but its so disheartening to see that.I like to see movies where the protagonist against all odds wins in life Smile

.Call me a dreamer..but thats what I like to see Razz

vikraman movie Laughing

GOD!!!Not as sweet as that..so much sweetness is bound to give "Sakara vyadhi "

From: Shakthiprabha. on Tue Dec 20 12:31:14 2005.

:hehe:

I remember 'HUM AAPKE HAIN KAUN' (hindi)

It was too sweet to be serious, (for which they had to kill the sis char :grrr: ... nevertheless I enjoyed it. Thats the kinda movie which makes one relax. paisa kuduthuvtittu etharkku AZHUTHUTTU VARANAM?

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