Posts Tagged ‘Bala’

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    Is Bala “The One” of Tamil Cinema ?
    iView Author: Skanda Narayanan (City, Country) Email: skandarks@gmail.com Is Bala “The One” of Tamil Cinema ? Well, not yet. Sethu was a definite case of Bala’s holy arrival. Nandha discovered the actor in Surya, and Pithamagan saw Bala’s proteges (Vikram and Surya) coming together. With Naan Kadavul, Bala takes up the ultimate statement of...
    by PROJEKT iVIEW at March 23rd, 2009 at 09:03 pm
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    Naan Kadavul: Exterminate All the Brutes!
    Before I descend into the maddening chaos of Naan Kadavul and try to put into so many words the twisted, discordant scapes it evoked in my head, and lest I lose myself again somewhere between the nightmare and the ecstasy, I would like to declare the enigmatic Bala’s latest opus to be not just an instance of powerful even revolutionary cinema but of cinema itself...
    by Siddharth Pillai at March 6th, 2009 at 06:03 pm
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    Naan Kadavul: Oh My God!
    iView Author: R. Gayathridevi (Chennai/India) Email: gaya3ram83@gmail.com Naan Kadavul: Oh My God! Reams have been written about Arya’s beefed-up body, his whirlwind one-month yoga training to stand on his head, the supposed begging task given to Pooja before succeeding Meenakshi and Bhavana as the final heroine of the movie, how Ilayaraja developed goosebumps...
    by PROJEKT iVIEW at February 11th, 2009 at 02:02 pm
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    Naan Kadavul: Bala is back in style
    iView Author: Sethumadhavan (Vijayawada, India) Email: sethumadhavan.n [at] gmail [dot] com Naan Kadavul- Bala is back in style After a wait of around 3 years Bala is back with his 4th movie – Naan Kadavul. Riding on the commercial success and critical acclaim that his earlier movies- Sethu,Nandha & Pithamagan have garnered, Naan Kadavul had raised a lot of...
    by PROJEKT iVIEW at February 7th, 2009 at 04:02 am
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    Naan Kadavul : Review
    ‘Naan Kadavul’ (’Aham brahmasmi’ or ‘I am god’). Nope, but Bala is ‘Kadavul’ (god). For me, at least. One of the many gods in my pantheon of filmmakers. And even though I am Hindu, I have only a few comprising Bala, and not the many crores of gods as available in my religion. Trust Bala to come up with a tour de force. ‘Naan...
    by venky at February 6th, 2009 at 05:02 pm
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    Naan-Kaduval: Actor Arya
    Arya, the protagonist in Naan Kaduval speaks about his unique relationship with the director Bala. take this for instance He asked me, ‘can you play the protagonist in my film?’ And I said yes. The movie is slated to release on Feb 6th the same day as Dev.D. I know there are many Bala fans here. Ohh before i forget, the rumor that Arya eats the heroine Pooja...
    by OM at February 2nd, 2009 at 10:02 am
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    Naan Kadavul – music for the soul!
    The music for Bala’s much awaited Naan Kadavul came out three weeks back, a full week before the audio of Mysskin’s Nandalala. I have been hearing these songs for this entire period of time and yet could collect my thoughts only now to write a post on them. Unlike Nandhalaala these songs are not immediately likeable. These songs have so much of gravity behind...
    by V.P. Jaiganesh at January 26th, 2009 at 10:01 am
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    The transformation
    First there was… Vikram before Sethu happened Then Bala came … We saw the first transformation that shocked and put our generation into awe.. We couldn't recognize this guy post interval in Sethu!!! And he was not done yet… We saw this guy not as vikram, not as chiyaan . Only as … Pithamagan - a new man - entity never seen before. There was...
    by V.P. Jaiganesh at January 11th, 2009 at 06:01 pm
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    Bala’s Next Naan Kadavul
    VPJ points us to Tamil film director Bala’s [IMDB] next venture – Naan Kadavul, most of which was shot in Varanasi. The trailer hints at quite a unique storyline, except for some over the top eye-balling that may just make Chucky wet his pants.
    by oz at January 4th, 2009 at 03:01 pm
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    Surya- Underrated and Brilliant
     When  i saw his initial  movies, my  opinion  was just another star kid  trying  his luck in Tamil movies.  Nandha made me notice him for the first time as a good actor,  Kaakha Kaakha  increased my admiration for him,  and the way he managed to hold his own against Vikram’s  fiery  brilliance in Pithamagan made me like him even more.  Movies  like...
    by Ratnakar Sadasyula at December 29th, 2008 at 12:12 am
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    Four years and recounting – Pithamagan
    It was October 2003 when audiences in Thamizhnadu (Tamil Nadu for uninitiated) were swept away by cinematic brilliance of Pithamagan. Personally it was one movie that made me realize that movies need not be all beginnings, middle and endings, not to say that this movie broke any rules of cinematic grammar. There is more to a movie than scripts and lightings. There is more...
    by V.P. Jaiganesh at June 18th, 2008 at 07:06 pm
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    Bala’s next – whats cooking? probably someone you know
    Sensationalism of topics apart – Thamizh film director Bala is one who is never tired of chronicling people whom we dont want to notice in our daily life. He takes his audiences into the fringes of our society showing us people who are literally on their fringes. His latest journey is taking him to Kasi and to people whom we never ever care to notice that they exist....
    by V.P. Jaiganesh at May 20th, 2008 at 09:05 am
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