Topic started by Karthik Krishnan (@ krdlfirewall.krdl.org.sg) on Thu Aug 2 23:04:09 .
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Nominees

Roja
Nayagan
Alaipayuthe
Agni Nakshatram
Thalapathi
Anjali
Mouna Ragam
Bombay
Thiruda Thiruda

Responses:

• Old responses
  
• From: srinivas (@ 61.17.31.2) on: Tue Jun 8 09:34:40 EDT 2004
  
  my vote is for Bombay.Dare thinking from Maniratnam with good romance and clear picture of
  communal clashes .Everybody narrated excellent
  
  
• From: pissu (@ someone.aub.auc.dk) on: Wed Jun 9 04:14:08 EDT 2004
  
  Nayagan is the best movie, he directed.
  
  But im not impressed with his movies after Bombay. Maybe im tasteless. Alaipaayuthae was one of the worst. They said this was a different love story.
  
  
• From: gayathri (@ adsl-68-23-32-174.dsl.chcgil.ameritech.net) on: Wed Jun 16 14:16:56 EDT 2004
  
  hi
  
  can anyone tell me where i can dowload the songs of the movie - THIRUDA THIRUDA.
  
  
• From: Kavitha (@ tide74.microsoft.com) on: Wed Jun 16 16:15:35 EDT 2004
  
  In my book, Iruvar is the best MR movie till date. After Iruvar, my vote goes to Nayagan.
  
  
• From: Kumar (@ 203.63.55.177) on: Thu Jun 17 20:02:58 EDT 2004
  
  Kavitha,
  You're one of the few who actually think that Iruvar was a good movie. So do I; I think this movie was a daring step for MR as this kind of story line had never been explored by any other film maker. I especially liked the song scene "Udal Mannukku,Uyir Thamizhukku". The cinematography and the use of black and white made that scene alone one of the best song sequences in Tamil movie history.
  
  
• From: anand (@ 210.18.90.1.sify.net) on: Wed Jun 23 06:57:15 EDT 2004
  
  Maniratnam is a highly over rated director. His films offer highly simplistic solutions to compound problems (Roja, Bombay etc). Now, coming to his other flims :
  1.Nayagan- It glorified use of violence via the character of Velu Naicker.Also, remake of Godfather.
  2.Alaipayuthe - A love story lacking depth.
  2.Agni Nakshatram - Purely commercial.
  3.Thalapathi- Succumbed to rajini's image.
  
  
• From: anand (@ 210.18.90.1.sify.net) on: Wed Jun 23 07:00:08 EDT 2004
  
  4.Anjali & Mouna ragam were plausible.
  5. Iruvar - Confused view of the dravidian movement.
  6.Thiruda Thiruda - No storyline whatsoever.
  
  Mani ratnam owes a lot of success to his technicians (P.C.Sriram, Madhu ambat etc.,) & A.R.Rahman. The comedy in is movies is downright hopless. Classic eg. is agni nakshatram.
  He glorified use of violence
  
  
• From: anand (@ 210.18.90.1.sify.net) on: Wed Jun 23 07:03:31 EDT 2004
  
  Radha,
  U seem to only talk of "collections" always.
  Kavitha,
  seems U are a simbu + maniratnam fan. Strange combi.
  
  Coming to aayidha ezhutthu, surya's character is not properly etched. He does not even bother about the man who shot him. All he wants is to stand in elction & win. The message that youngsters should join politics is not told in a convincing manner.
  
  
• From: Indian in America (@ x130-65-37-145.sjsu.edu) on: Mon Jun 28 18:52:56 EDT 2004
  
  Thalapathy and Nayagan were the best ones .... It's really hard to make big superstars fit to a different storyline, forgetting the image factor. And I think no one except ManiRatnam could have been better to use the legends the way he did ... The other movies were exceptional too, but these 2 at the top ..
  
  
• From: Muthu (@ pcp09677411pcs.brlngt01.nj.comcast.net) on: Mon Jun 28 21:50:26 EDT 2004
  
  It was sensational to see all the responses, having been mani fan for ever. As i lived in alwarpet/mylapore, i always sensed the intellectuality of the guys out there, especially mani and kamal, and others in various fields (Kris Srikanth for instance)
  My best movie
  
  I agree with Kavitha and Anand
  Numero Uno
  IRUVAR - what a representation of MGR/Kalaignar era - u should have lived in TN/ know TN politics to appreciate the movie. Udal mannuku, uyir tamizukhu..my best verses always
  Second
  ALAIPAYUTHAE - Right time right movie, this came once i got married. Sensational movie for newly weds
  Third
  Agni Natchathiram - Those end school days...was a great fan of Karthik
  Fourth
  Nayagan - Can watch it always.With the generations..
  Fifth
  Anjali - What a way to get the kids into a movie
  Sixth
  Mouna Ragam - Mr Chandramouli fame Kartick and the great relationship projections of newly weds
  
  ...oh all of the other movies
  
  

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