Kamalhassan, Celebrating Kamal Hassan

It was such a pleasure to see Kamal participate, recently in the Super Singer contest

In an era where people go through the motions of their work, it is a pleasure to see a professional, so involved in all the areas of his chosen field.

Kamal truly stays invested in learning, experimenting and enjoying every bit of everything he does.

While we all know that Kamal is dear to all the muses, the hard truth which hit me during the program, that his genius is a result of remarkable application. 

Kamal, is a role model, for any professional in quest for excellence. 

Kamal, May your journey of excellence rub on many more of your countrymen

Kumki, Proud to be an Indian

The visual grandeur of Kumki matches that of  The Life of Pi!. 

A lovely world full of verdant fields, blooming flowers, cascading waterfalls, towering trees, earnest human beings and a lovable elephant with soulful music blissfully transporting the viewer to a haunting journey. 

It kicks of with assualt of Komban, the rogue elephant in 'Spielbergian' fashion reminding of you a shark attack of Jaws and the glare of the dinosaur's eye in Jurassic park and Komban's exit coincides with a scintillating chime from Old Clint Eastwood western. Exhilarating stuff.

The high point of this ballad is when the viewer is taken to the top of a waterfall along with protagonists and the cinematographer circumambulates the waterfall in anticlockwise and keeping the viewer transfixed and mesmerised allowing sheer intensity and energy of the waterfall to sink into you. This is divine stuff.

Wish. the verbal chatter of Thambi Ramiah could have been cut down. 

One of the most poignant moments of the film is when Manickam, Kumki tries to save the Komban, the rogue elephant gets lost in some mediocre CG. While the climatic fight may have last only a few minutes, the quality of CG distinctly stands below par and from the rest of the movie. Inexplicable.

Hats of to a work of excellence!!!!

Naduvula konjam pakkatha Kaanom, (NKPK), roughly translates into English as 'A few pages missing...'...

Well new pages are being written in Tamil Cinema. No stars, No Masala, No Duets, No foreign location, No fights, looooow budgets but pure entertainment!!!! Way to go..guys. This is change.

What Aravaan, VE 18/9, Attakathi, Pizza, Neerparavai, Raatinam and NKPK has done for Tamil Cinema this year is path breaking. We hope this inspires Tamil Cinema to evolve further.

Tamil Cinema, take a bow

Neerparavai

The vast expanse of  ocean, the unending horizon, and a  magnificent church form an exquisite backdrop to this universal story of love. Seenu Ramaswamy and writer Jeyamohan take their time to narrate a the story with a lot of taste. You almost get a feeling that you are reading a novel. But when the protagonist feels the first touch of his lover or the father laying the biggest fish that he can carry to lay at the feet of the doctor who cures his son there is no doubt you are watching cinema. I doubt if there is any other film which has captured the lives of fisher folks with so much detail and authenticity. The Climax seems to have been inspired from the Azhagan song, "Kozhi Koovum NeramAchu..". Strong Contender for the National Award for the Best Price for National Integration. A special note of appreciation for Jeyamohan, for the splendid dialogues and the intense Mr. Samudrakani, who intoxicates you with his mere presence.