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Kuselan Movie Review

Posted by arunseeker on August 1, 2008 under movies

Starring: Rajini, Pasupathy, Nayanthara, Meena, Sona, Vadivelu, Vijayakumar

Direction: P Vasu

Music: G V Prakash

Production: K Balachander
Kuselan is 2 hours, 30 minutes long.

Rajinikanth appears twenty minutes after the movie begins.

And remains through the length of the film, though not in every single frame.

In all he appears for a total of 60 minutes.

And in 3 rocking songs.

Kuselan is a fun filled 2 hours, 10 minutes with about 20 minutes given over to emotional drama.
There are no real fight sequences, only the ones staged for this movie within a movie.

It has two parallel stories about two friends - one rich, one poor.

The highlight of Kuselan: 6 punch dialogue sequence filled with comedy that will delight not just fans of Thalaivar but everyone in the audience.

Rajini usually has one stand-out line in every movie -here he takes that old saying, “Matha Pitha Guru Dheivam” and turns it into a new saying about the importance of freindship: “Matha Pitha Guru Nanban Dheivam”. We can bet that this is going to be a catchy line that all of us will be repeating soon.

For many of us who have been wondering a lot about Rajini’s political ambitions and his sojourns into the Himalayas, he answers us all in Kuselan with such wit and tact that it will silence us from speculating anymore!

As in Chandramuki, where the Superstar gave equal screen presence to Prabhu, Vadivelu and Joythika, here, in Kuselan, he has given importance to other actors sharing the screen with him.
Kuselan

The climax, with Pasupathy and Rajini, is sure to melt hearts!

Pasupathy is marvelous; perhaps his best performance to date.

Comedy by Vadivelu is top-notch, rivaling his performance in Chandramukhi.

Nayantara simply sizzles effortlessly, proving why she is the numero uno.

Arivind Krishna’s camera work is prefect, matching the mood of the movie .

This is a Thalaivar movie, and yet it is also something completely different!
Thalaivar’s style here as he plays himself reaches a new high.

Dark Knight Movie review

Posted by arunseeker on July 18, 2008 under movies

The latest Batman flick-’The Dark Knight’  has hit theaters, and as usual Batman delves into the heart of darkness in a much awaited flick in the hugely popular Batman series.

The Dark Knight finally premiered in India and from what we saw, it was definitely a big affair with celebs and movie biggies making an appearance at the India premiere.

From the looks of things them ovie has made a big impression on those who attended the premiere.

When asked what they thought about the movie practically all the celebs seemed to be gushing about ‘The Dark Night’. Anurag Kashyap said, “I love Batman. I love the Dark Knight. It is the best comic. I love Chris Nolan . What more could you want in the movie?

Bollywood producer and director Onir, who also attended the premiere said, “Its always been great. I heard so much about it. I’m a great fan of Batman. I’m expecting to see a great performance from Christian Bale as well as Heath Ledger.

But the show stealer was definately Imran Khan who walked in with girlfriend Avantika. When we caught him during the interval and asked him what he thought of the movie, he said, “It’s amazing. It’s only the intermission so far but its spectacular. The film’s living upto my expectations. The advance booking records are broken.They’ve had to include two more shows.”

Pretty much everyone at the premiere had similar opinions

Looks like Dark Knight has become quite a favourite to the celebs here. But now the question remains as to what will the viewers’ verdict be? We’ll just have to wait and watch.