I promise you, I am not going to bash any one in favour of the other. Most kids tend to have some liking towards me (because I can talk very childish at times) and one my favourite cousin who is about 14 years old asked me this,
"Neenga Vijay fana Ajitha fana" ["Are you a Vijay fan or a Ajith fan"]. I could think of only one answer
"Theriyalaye pa theriyalaye" (Classic "Nayagan" movie isshtyle)
I have been denying this for years to come since I was an ardent fan of both Rajini and Kamal . A few years back a girl asked me the same question about Vijay/Ajith and I said "Naan Kamal Fan" (I am a Kamal fan). No wonder that girl did not talk to me after that (That was the time when Hey Ram, Aalavandhan and Baba had come and Kamal-Rajini were considered dead)
But having spent 26 years in this world I started questioning myself about 2 years ago if those days of IR, Rajinikanth, Kamal, KB, S.Janaki, SPB are over. Fair enough, my father would have felt the same thing when MSV, TMS, MGR, Sivaji gave way to these people. I kept away from discussing movies for the last year or so, fearing I might sound outdated.
But I need to adapt now. I have to identify myself with a bunch of people so that I can follow the next generation of movies involving Vijay, Ajith, Yuvan, Hariharan, Goutham Menon, Myskin, Rahman, Bala, Ameer etc. While I feel that Vijay is the most talented among the present lot and has the most graceful dancing and histrionic skills, I feel he hasn't delivered enough depth/variety. The fact that he wanted to do a set pattern of movies right from his early days makes me feel that as an audience I am manipulated. I was amazed when I saw Ajith 's interview a while back and how upright he was when he said things like "My body is stiff, So I cannot do standup comedy like Kamal/Rajini. So I attempted a slapstick sort of comedy in the movie Villain" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZpC0Pwz8GI). To know your strengths is good but to know your weaknesses is great. He has also expressed his desire to act in experimental films if the right script is presented to him (Hmm I hated him in Asoka though). Surya and Vikram are acting in far less number of movies these days to even pass a judgement.
Yuvan seems to impress me only in every one out of three albums. AR Rahman seems to do justice only if he is presented with ample time. Harris Jayaraj falls flat and Hariharan-Sankar Mahadevan-Unni Krishnan-Anuradha Sriram all sound trite to me. Agreed they may be musical greats and I am by no means good enough to judge them but to put it simple "Their voice do not strike a cord in my soul like may be S.Janaki did".
There are far too many directors right now and I dont know who is my favourite. To make it to my elite list one has to direct atleast 20 movies on a broad variety of subjects with atleast 50% success rate. So I dont know who among Mysskin, Simbu Devan, Goutham Menon would be the next KB, Barathiraja or so on (Shankar will have to show some variety and depth if he has to go into the next level).
Ok enough of confusions. I know there is a fairly intelligible crowd who read this blog (who by all means know more than me). So movie buffs please suggest? Whom should I become a fan of or associate myself with so that I can enjoy the next generation of tamil cinema? May be pick good directors, cameramen, actor, actress (???), technicians, music directors, singers of the current era who have variety, depth and longevity to take me through for the next five years atleast :)
"Neenga Vijay fana Ajitha fana" ["Are you a Vijay fan or a Ajith fan"]. I could think of only one answer
"Theriyalaye pa theriyalaye" (Classic "Nayagan" movie isshtyle)
I have been denying this for years to come since I was an ardent fan of both Rajini and Kamal . A few years back a girl asked me the same question about Vijay/Ajith and I said "Naan Kamal Fan" (I am a Kamal fan). No wonder that girl did not talk to me after that (That was the time when Hey Ram, Aalavandhan and Baba had come and Kamal-Rajini were considered dead)
But having spent 26 years in this world I started questioning myself about 2 years ago if those days of IR, Rajinikanth, Kamal, KB, S.Janaki, SPB are over. Fair enough, my father would have felt the same thing when MSV, TMS, MGR, Sivaji gave way to these people. I kept away from discussing movies for the last year or so, fearing I might sound outdated.
But I need to adapt now. I have to identify myself with a bunch of people so that I can follow the next generation of movies involving Vijay, Ajith, Yuvan, Hariharan, Goutham Menon, Myskin, Rahman, Bala, Ameer etc. While I feel that Vijay is the most talented among the present lot and has the most graceful dancing and histrionic skills, I feel he hasn't delivered enough depth/variety. The fact that he wanted to do a set pattern of movies right from his early days makes me feel that as an audience I am manipulated. I was amazed when I saw Ajith 's interview a while back and how upright he was when he said things like "My body is stiff, So I cannot do standup comedy like Kamal/Rajini. So I attempted a slapstick sort of comedy in the movie Villain" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZpC0Pwz8GI). To know your strengths is good but to know your weaknesses is great. He has also expressed his desire to act in experimental films if the right script is presented to him (Hmm I hated him in Asoka though). Surya and Vikram are acting in far less number of movies these days to even pass a judgement.
Yuvan seems to impress me only in every one out of three albums. AR Rahman seems to do justice only if he is presented with ample time. Harris Jayaraj falls flat and Hariharan-Sankar Mahadevan-Unni Krishnan-Anuradha Sriram all sound trite to me. Agreed they may be musical greats and I am by no means good enough to judge them but to put it simple "Their voice do not strike a cord in my soul like may be S.Janaki did".
There are far too many directors right now and I dont know who is my favourite. To make it to my elite list one has to direct atleast 20 movies on a broad variety of subjects with atleast 50% success rate. So I dont know who among Mysskin, Simbu Devan, Goutham Menon would be the next KB, Barathiraja or so on (Shankar will have to show some variety and depth if he has to go into the next level).
Ok enough of confusions. I know there is a fairly intelligible crowd who read this blog (who by all means know more than me). So movie buffs please suggest? Whom should I become a fan of or associate myself with so that I can enjoy the next generation of tamil cinema? May be pick good directors, cameramen, actor, actress (???), technicians, music directors, singers of the current era who have variety, depth and longevity to take me through for the next five years atleast :)
3 comments:
Hahaha..Kannan Dunno whether u r asking seriously or jus kidding.Becoming a Fan is pure Gut Feeling which is very natural IMHO It shouldn't be persuaded by others i guess.though i like selvaraghavan,gautham movies am not much impressed with them..To be frank Maniratnam thavira oru payalayum i cant accept as director Agreed many good script writers are there like ameer,Bala,Selva..
but these guys cant be called as good director...director its a total diff from script writing..the way they present a scene which is only possible for mani unlike others..
@ Any day these guys cant deliver like nayagan,Iruvar,Agni Natchathiram
In the Same Way Raja i think we no need to listen the craps which are chartbusters like saroja sakkarakatti,satyam..(FYI till last year naannum enjoyed all these craps but 2008 changed into raja fanatic..vayasahuthulla..:-) LOL)
For people us Raja has used 4000 songs ithukku mela nammaku enna gooud music venum...
WE want music for soul not for ears thats only given by Raja.
wats ur Mail.Id Kannan?
Thanks Mahesh,
I generally wanted to know who are the most talented people in current era. And ya, I have been IR fan for the last 15 years or so.
my mail id is kannan[pulli]ekanath[shift+2]gmail[pulli]com
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