We’re all Devils when given a chance. – Ulaga Nayagan Madayan Kamal Haasan in an interview with Indian TV channel NDTV Lord, is there a more dreary way to begin a cold, winter morning than to watch an interview with Kamal Haasan blah blah blahing about his upcoming film Vishwaroopam. The aging, fading, hair-dyed star, […]
Kavitha oru kavithai. Aval adhu kathai oru thodar kathai (Kavitha is a poem. Her story/struggle/sacrifice is never-ending) Aval Oru Thodar Kathai Cast – Sujatha, Jaiganesh, Kamal Hassan, Fatafat Jayalakshmi, Sripriya, Vijaykumar Music: M.S.Viswanathan Director: K.Balachandar In some respects, the 1974 Tamil film Aval Oru Thodar Kathai is junk. The story is wildly implausible, the acting […]
As longstanding Kamal Haasan fans, we’re extremely disappointed with recent developments concerning his mega-budget upcoming film Viswaroopam. It seems the versatile South Indian actor will only be responsible for the following activities in the action film Viswaroopam – acting (the hero), direction, story, screenplay, lyrics and dialogs. The depressing and terrible news for all of […]
(For SI Blog Reader and ardent Kamal Haasan fan prasath.j) There was a time, really, when Ulaga Nayagan Kamal Haasan attracted crowds for his movies. Even in America, Tamil movie fans lined up to watch Kamal’s movies. We still remember going to Clearview Cinemas (now Anil Ambani’s Movie City) on Oak Tree Road, Edison (NJ) […]
(For Racer44 who first alerted us to Romance on the High Seas) Everything I’ve ever said about women like you on boats like this with men like me certainly turned out to be true. – Jack Carson’s character Peter Virgil to Doris Day’s ‘Elvira Kent’ It’s 11:12PM on the East Coast and after watching two […]
Romance on the High Seas Review – Ulaga Madayan is a Shameless Thief Gun, knife, rope, the sea or the Annanagar Tower, take your pick, Kamal. Folks, Kamal Haasan’s Manmadhan Ambu has fared worse than Vijay’s Sura, the colossus of nonsense, at the UK box office. Bollywood Humgamma has put out the Manmadham Ambu U.K. […]