Category Archives: Movies

Costumes in Mani Ratnam’s movies

Simple, Neat and Contemporary – That is how I will describe the costumes in Mani Ratnam’s movies. As far as his movies are concerned, you very rarely come across a costume that doesn’t suit the actors or that you don’t like. The costumes go well not only with the setting of the movie but also with the current trend and that makes you feel as though the characters are one among us. Though there is nothing extraordinary about the costumes in Mani Ratnam’s movies, the natural look and feel that they give to his movies is what makes it appealing and the costumes in his movies have always been an object of interest to me.

Guys, you can skip reading the rest of this post if you want to, since I am going to focus mainly on the costumes of the leading ladies of Mani Ratnam’s movies. 😉
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Shauk Hai

For those who haven’t listened to the full song yet, here it is:

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I am sure once you start listening to this song, you won’t have the heart to stop listening to it. 😉

Jeeva – Harris Jeyaraj combo

There are quite a few songs of Harris Jeyaraj that feature in my all-time favourite songs list. I started off writing a post on that but, as I started writing, I realized that most of them were the ones that HJ had composed for Jeeva. So, here’s a post on my 5 favourite songs produced by HJ-Jeeva combo. It’s sad that this combination is never going to happen again. 🙁
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Aayitha Ezhuthu VCD

I got the VCD of Aayitha Ezhuthu (seems DVD has still not been released) released by Moser Baer today. Neither the picture quality nor the sound quality is that good. 🙁 So, don’t buy it unless you very badly want to watch the movie.

Is Ajith so popular??

Everytime a song of Ajith comes in Sun Music (sometimes even when it doesn’t), lots of SMSes come on the channel saying ‘Ajith is the next Superstar’, ‘Thala Ajith rocks’, ‘Ajith is the Billa’, etc., etc. Even yesterday, ‘O Nenjae’ song from ‘Mugavaree’ came on Sun Music and I found so many SMSes praising the actor. I don’t think this happens when other actors’ songs come. Has anyone else observed this? Is Ajith so popular? Anyway, SMSes praising him are better than the ‘I love Sun Music’, ‘I Love you’, ‘I miss you’ SMSes!

Mani Ratnam’s movies

This post is actually a reply to Bharath’s comment here! Don’t scold me for posting continuously about Mani Ratnam’s movies. The reply to that comment ran for more than a page! So, I thought of posting it as a post. Read his comment before reading this post.

Agreed that the difference in style from Dil Se to Alaipayuthey is quite obvious. But, there lies the genius of Mani Ratnam. He can take any form of Cinema brilliantly. 😉 As Bharath has said, hasn’t he shown the complexities of relationships in such a simplified manner?
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Birthday Wishes!

Though I felt that it would be inappropriate if I wish Mani Ratnam on his birthday today, at this point of time, when he is mourning the loss of his brother, anyway, here’s wishing Mani Sir a long and healthy life. May no more untoward happenings occur in his life and May all the years to come be the best for him both personally and professionally!

Today is the birthday of another person, Music Maestro Ilaiyaraja. Wishing him a very happy birthday! Hope we get to listen to lots of wonderful compositions from him in the years to come!

Happy Birthday Madhavan!

Wishing my favourite actor, Madhavan a very happy Birthday! 🙂

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May he be blessed with a long and healthy life and may he get to do lots of good films in 2007 and all the years to come! 🙂

Alaipayuthey (The Grand Finale)

The wedding:

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If the wedding where Karthik and Shakti met first was so colourful and had a joyous atmosphere, their own wedding is not far behind in these aspects. Right from Madhavan’s blue shirt and Shalini’s maroon saree to the white garlands and the group of friends and Shakti’s sister pulling their legs and the Registrar making his presence felt through out his screen time, everything is picture perfect! Shot at Kapaleeswarar Temple, the wedding of Karthik and Shakti is the most beautifully picturized wedding sequence in Mani Ratnam’s films what with ‘Mangalyam’ scored by Rahman playing in the background. 🙂 After Karthik cleverly manages to dodge Mrs. Prema outside the temple and runs in, the beat of the song starts and you have Karthik taking the garland in his hand. If Mani Ratnam doesn’t utilize the songs appropriately, who else will? 😉
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Alaipayuthey (Part 4)

Here I am celebrating the movie Alaipayuthey and the producer of this movie is now no more! 🙁 I was shocked to read about the sudden demise of G.Srinivasan, Mani Ratnam’s brother cum producer of Alaipayuthey and all the other movies produced under the banner of Madras Talkies. 🙁 May his soul rest in peace.

Moving on to the post, starting with the first meeting of Karthik and Shakti, it couldn’t have been picturized any better what with the joyous atmosphere of a wedding, friends and relatives pulling the leg of the bride and the groom and an excellent song by Rahman in the background! There can’t be anyone who doesn’t enjoy the conversation between Karthik and Shakti. 🙂

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