It is well-known among the Telugu audiences that Prince Maheshbabu is endorsing several products like ThumsUp, Provogue, Navaratna Oil and powder and few more.The latest addition is Idea Cellular Ltd for Andhra Pradesh. It appears that he had struck a deal with Idea recently.
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Film: 'Theeradha Vilaiyattu Pillai' Cast: Vishal, Neetu Chandra, Tanushree Dutta, Sarah Jane, Prakash Raj, Santhanam, Mayilsami and Sathyan; Director: Thiru; Music: Yuvan Shankar Raja; Rating:**
'Theeradha Vilaiyattu Pillai' (TVP) is Vishal's attempt at a new genre - that of a light entertainer - after his actions flicks failed to evince much interest.
'TVP' could have been a sure-fire entertainer but the director (newcomer Thiru) fails to exploit the plot to make it a smart movie. He has chosen a storyline laced with romance, glamour and fun but has failed to present it in a convincing and interesting manner.
Karthik (Vishal), a carefree youth belonging to an upper middle class family, likes having many choices in whatever he does or buys. And he wants to apply the same approach
to select his life partner. He wants to love three girls at a time and select the best after interacting with them and knowing them better...It does sound ridiculous.
Karthik identifies three girls, fools them, and finally wins their hearts. Tejaswini (Neetu Chandra), a millionaire, Jyothi (Tanushree Dutta), an athlete who hates guys, and Priya (Sarah Jane), a student who wants to avoid an arranged marriage are the girls that fall in Karthik's love trap.
The director makes it look so easy that these young woman fall for the guy without any strong reason. The film moves on with the love escapades of the protagonist.
But he gets caught by Tejaswini. Agitated at being fooled, she wants revenge by exposing him and his plans.
Karthik outsmarts her in every move but finally he learns a lesson the hard way.
Director Thiru disappoints in the first half as he fails to make the proceedings look convincing. He takes everything for granted in his pursuit to give Vishal a new image and make an entertaining movie.
The way Vishal cons the three girls leaves much to be desired. The dialogues on the ways of women and their integrity in love are highly immature.
The narrative gets somewhat interesting after Vishal is exposed but the movie's length in the second half mars the impact. The predictable climax and the silly twist that comes as anti-climax fail to make any impression.
Vishal manages to do justice to his role of a casanova. He emotes well in the funny scenes and also flexes his muscles in a couple of sequences. But many of his mannerisms resemble Vijay's acting in certain films.
The comedy trio of Santhanam, Mayilsami and Sathyan provide laughter throughout. In fact, the first half would have been rather dull but for these three actors.
Neetu stuns with her good looks and impresses with her acting skills. In fact she outsmarts Vishal in many sequences. And she certainly sizzles in the songs.
Tanushree Dutta look cute and does try to act. Sarah looks a little fatigued. And veteran actor Prakash Raj has been wasted in this movie.
Yuvan Shankar Raja's music passes muster with the title number standing out. Arvind Krishna's cinematography is top class.
The unconvincing script and immature presentation have made the potential entertainer an ordinary fare.
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From '3 Idiots' to 'Teen Patti', R. Madhavan is surely doing a different kind of cinema but he doesn't want to experiment with the genres. The multilingual actor says he just wants to work on good scripts but rues that these are hard to come by.
'I don't want to experiment with genres, I just want to work on great scripts. I wish I had the luxury of saying that I have six scripts that are fantastic and let me see which one I want to do,' Madhavan told IANS in an interview.
'Finding one good script is a huge challenge. So I do a film whose script comes and grabs me. Once I finish that, I look forward to the next movie,' he added.
Madhavan admitted that he follows his instincts while shooting although he goes through the necessary preparation to get under the skin of a character.
'I take all the information, I do all the rehearsals and the positioning and then I switch myself off completely. I forget whatever I have learnt and let the instincts take over. Sometimes it is the cumulative effects of all but sometimes it is natural and totally different from what I have rehearsed to be,' said the actor, who shares screen space with Amitabh Bachchan in 'Teen Patti'.
He is a huge fan of Bachchan and has become his devotee after working with him.
'I was a huge fan of Mr. Bachchan and now I am his devotee. It's his personality that made him stay in the industry for 40 years,' he said.
Directed by Leena Yadav, 'Teen Patti' is an emotionally riveting and razor sharp thriller about greed and deception. Releasing Feb 26, it also stars Hollwyood veteran Ben Kingsley.
Asked about his character in the film, Madhavan said: 'I play a professor who wants to have the luxuries of life as soon as possible. So he makes certain compromises for which he has to make a lot of sacrifices.'
The actor was recently seen in the super duper hit '3 Idiots'. After the film, Madhavan, who has always been choosy about his movies, would go even slower.
'I am very choosy about my films. I don't do a film just for the sake of money. I will continue to be choosy and I will go even slower now. I will wait for movies that are of equal calibre or have something, at least little bit, in respect to '3 Idiots'. 'Teen Patti' is one among them.'
Talking about his transition from a student in '3 Idiots' to a professor in 'Teen Patti', he said: 'Actually, I did the role of the professor first and then became a student. We actually finished 'Teen Patti' before '3 Idiots'.'
Madhavan's next project is director Aanand L. Rai's 'Tannu Weds Mannu'. It is a romantic movie and he has teamed up with Kangana Ranaut in it.
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Film: Tamizh Padam; Cast: Shiva, Disha Pandey, Vennira Aadai Murthy, M.S. Baskar, Manobala, Paravai Muniamma and others; Director: C.S. Amudhan; Music Director: Kannan; Rating: **1/2
The film is the 'first-ever' full-length spoof on Tamil movies. The promos of the film gave enough indication about the content. In fact, it was one of the most-awaited movie and enthusiastic movie-goers were eager to watch it.
How the film has fared?
To some extent, it has turned out to be good.
We have seen 'Cho' S. Ramaswamy, S.Ve. Shekhar, Goundamani and Vivek making fun of the tried and tested typical 'Tamil film formulae'. Even on television, many programme poke fun at the way Tamil films are made. 'Tamizh Padam' is an extended versions of those TV programmes, to put it mildly.
Amudhan roped in a handful of talented actors like Shiva, Shisha, Murthy, Baskar and Muniyamma.
When a newborn baby utters actor Vijay's 'punch-dialogues', the audience appreciates the idea behind it.
When a 10-year old asks his grandmother when would he be old enough to fight injustice, she tells him to get on the top of a cycle. As the wheels roll on, the the 10-year-old turns into grown up guy within seconds.
From the 'entry song' of hero, his 'punchy' dialogues, sequences and dialogues from 'Thalapathi', 'Apoorva Sagodharargal ', 'Anniyan', 'Kakka Kakka', 'Sivaji', 'Mozhi' and the inevitable climax fight sequence at the Binny Mill - nothing has been spared.
The appearance of 40 plus actors appearing as college students in Tamil films have been vividly ridiculed too in the movie.
Simbu, Vijaya T. Rajendhar and K. Bhagyaraj are not spared either.
The film moves at a brisk and interesting pace with sequences imitating the Nattaamai style, the 'eternal' family song and the many unbelievable fight sequences.
The song 'O Magaseeya' makes fun of the songs that has meaningless words in the name of catchy words.
Climax and the sequences preceding that are boring.
Working in the film was a cakewalk for Shiva whose character in the film ridicules almost every old and present hero in Tamil movies. Other actors too have done their respective roles nicely. Like a a typical (commercial) film, the heroine has noting to do.
Nirav Shah's cinematography is very well indeed. If you want a hearty laugh, go for it!
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