Prashanth Palanisamy

Pachaikili Muthucharam Music Review

// March 31st, 2007 // No Comments » // MUSIC

I dont know the meaning of the title…but i know one thing that if in the year-end count down if a song from this movie does not come first…the song that eventually comes first must be one helluva song…(read Sivaji..)….

1.)Unn Siripinil – Soumya Rao
The song starts with the tune which is being played in the trailor….the humming is sure to be the next ring tone for the season…Soumya rao…donno who she is but sure has got a soft mellifluous voice….esp the part when she goes oru murai ella….is really nostalgic…Nice feel good song….
percentile rating – 70%

2.)Kadhal Konjam – Naresh Iyer
Accordin to me the weakest track in the album…Naresh Iyer rendition being a lil different…good to know he is getting offers other than from Arr camp……it feels like Hariharan was suppsoed to sing this song…anyway not my favourite song…
percentile rating – 30%

3.)Karu Karu – Karthik,Chris ,Naresh Iyer…
The song starts with a cliched beat….never giving u an idea that its going to be rock song….
…another apprehension i have is that i donno how Mr Sarath Kumar is going to lip-sync these songs…i am sure its going to come in the background..it would be disastrous to see him do that ..Song is good…but still waiting
percentile rating – 50%

4.)Unnakkul Naan – Bombay Jayshree & Madhusree…
Song of the year…might be early…but the song is really really awesome….i am actually short of superlatives to describe the song….expect another partha mudhal (this song is better than suttum vizhi accordin to me….)reaction from this song from the audience …i dont whose lucky mascot is who…. Harris or Bombay Jayshree….
look out for…the violin interlude….the hola re chorus in the second stanza(i luuuvvvvv subtleities(no idea of the spelling!!!)!!!!!!!)….and btw the madhusree version sounded better to me…
percentile rating – highest

p.s – forgive the gramatical errors…

muvee REVU : Pokkiri Experience…

// March 31st, 2007 // No Comments » // OTHERS

Saw pokkiri today……
Movie is all about action…violence and all the gore which is consequential….
shd say…the movie is very stylishly shot….u really really feel sick when ppl die (and thats a lot of ppl in the movie…)…they could have avoided the silly graphics ….
Asin would mean a song in the movie….and btw she is insanely beautiful….
i saw more of Prabhudeva in Vijay ..from the dance to the acting it was all prabhudeva ….
hmmm…even though the choreography was good….it kinda got repititive…….
the song Vasantha Mullai was cool……..and dola dola was much better in telegu….
Vadivel almost gives u the sore thumb of the movie with his comedy…..but i think he made it up with the ghajini parody….man that was too too good……
Verdict…nuthin…just watch it if u have nothing else to do….simple….

muVee Revu : Guru

// March 31st, 2007 // No Comments » // OTHERS

I really think Mani should not have taken Nayagan for every movie i watch of his ..i try to measure with that all time gr8….its not fair on him….but isnt everything in this world relative…..Coming to Guru….its a well made film…but certainly not his best…..evrything about the movie seemed to be right except the feel of the movie….i.e i did not get the usual goosebumps after coming after his movie..

Story-wise the movie was brilliant …it cleverly avoided all controversies it COULD have attached itself to….

On a negative thought…the Mallika Sherawat number was totally inappropriate….it looked like it was cramped into the movie..which already had a “stuffed with songs” first half…Vidya Balan was terrible….no not her acting..she was extremely good for a nothing role….Another disheartening thing was the usually reliance ..er reliable Arr background score…other than Jaage Hain it just did not strike a chord… I actually expected the movie to be visually great but Rajeev Menon did nothing more than what his younger contemporary’s are doing now…(that is the problem with a lot of expectations.)Choreography sucked….seriously….picturisation of songs also did not measure up..(mani’s worst enemy :Mani)

Enough of bashing…Songs were really gr8…m actually one of the exclusive Ek lo Ek Muft Song Fan Club member….The introduction of Maddy ..the whole sequence of scenes just b4 the intermission were cult stuff(Ab Jr saying No one can stop him…was fantablous)….Aishwarya was gorgeous so was her looks(lucky……..)….The Kids singing Jaage Hain was one of the most touching moments of the movie….Also another aspect of this movie was the juxtaposing of the characters in such way that they were against each other but still like each other was a master stroke from mani…the only ubqitious good thing about the movie was the persona of Ab jr.. he carries the movie on his shoulder(maybe the only mani movie..)..ITS HIS MOVIE…WATCH IT FOR DHIRUBHAI er…GURUBHAI