Ennathan Mudivu, Tamil Movie, one of the Kamal's seventy favourite Indian movies

Thematically, another interesting take on Forgiveness. The Youtube version is with a lot of cuts. 

With twists and turns, the story travels at quite some space, halted a bit by two or three poor songs!!!. The last song though was just brilliant.

Interesting to note that in the sixties, people were still were worried about the consequences of their actions!!!! Crime Led to punishment. The sin did weigh at the back of the mind!!!

With Baliah and V.K. Ramaswamy around, the acting quality are of international standards. 

K.S. Gopalakrishnan, was famous for his long dialogues. Surprisingly keeps the dialogues short. 

Quite engaging. however young people, may  not quite be able to sit through.

Thanks, Kamal. Enjoyed the suggestion.

'Thala' Ajit kumar

One of the thrilling moments of my life was meeting Ajit, along with my colleagues at grt, late 1998/99, after Amarkalam was released. The prized photograph has somehow gone missing. 

Many of the stars gladden your heart immeasurably just by their presence. Ajit's charisma endures.

Travelling to Coimbatore last January, there was  a three year old who went into the 'Aluma Doluma' chant all through the seven hour journey. Such was the influence of Vedhalam and Ajit.

Ajit has stayed in my heart not only as a star, but also because he had the guts to take on the political establishment, if memory serves me right refrained from endorsing soft drinks. 

But it gives me a heavy heart when he wastes his talent by doing stupid cinema. 

'Thala', we would love to see you in some great roles. Meaningless cinema is like a daylight robbery, where crores of rupees are siphoned and invaluable manhours lost. It is as bad as the money made by the soft drink manufacturer's or by the political establishment you do not endorse.

Taramani

A master class in 'shots'.

So much of imagination and so much of experimentation, takes your breath away!!!

A brilliant first half, let down by an overwhelming urge to preach, in the second half. Curse of Indian Cinema. 

Technically we are there. We however still remain a prisoner of our mindsets or may be the box office. 

A simple law for any film maker with an urge to preach, he must fall back on the wisdom of Iranian film maker, Farhadi!!!!.