It was reviewed by Ananda Vikatan well. AV had much better review system, but I guess they are now following suntv and all other media - give good ratings to * value movies.

I am surprised that AV gave only 50 to Thavamai Thavamirunthu - It should have been 60. It is no inferior to some of the movies that AV gave 60, including Aboorva Sagotharargal, Nayagan

Yep. In TT, last 15 minutes there were no dialogues. Only BGM and what happens - so I guess he decided to do find the balance at the end.

Shahran the DVD will be released by VGP in USA. Not sure who will release in UK. Most probably Ayngaran. Find out who released Ghajini dvd in UK. TT will most likely be released by the same folks.

I think more than the audience getting bored they are over-whelmed or perhaps just not ready - these directors expect the audience to constantly interact with what they see on screen, for them cinema is NOT a "passive entertainment” they push viewers to think/feel and react to what they see and very few want that ( esp. from an indian perspective watching movies is usually seen as a zero “brain-drain” exercise).

I can see you point and understand that most of Indian audience are not "ready" for it and still depend on spoon-feeding information via voice-over-narration, my problem with TT is that in certain situations it was just not needed - case-in-point --> when he starts the movie/story - people already know there is going to be flashback (btw – I loved the use of B&W for present and colour for past events ) - so why bother explicitly stating it! , I would also have really liked if he did not use VON during his fathers loneliness ( that could have done it for me )

Anyways - like i said before, if we want to Nit-Pick and/or rip this movie apart i am sure we can easily do it ..., but then I felt a special connection with this movie ( a very rare moment with Indian cinema) and really want to leave the movie quirkiness alone, I guess I just wanted it to unfold in front of me and I am glad I did.




I would like to see thi movie also (if possible)



Where did u get this quote ?? - seems like a very out-of-context godard talk (from what i know he respects the audience very much )

Hey Ram also used b/w for present day and color for the past.

I don't know if you guys have seen Paheli, but it was really bad about spoonfeeding. Things would happen, then two puppets would appear and recap what already happened. Ridiculous.

Link below. I actually read the actual "The masses are asses" quote elsewhere(can't remember exactly where?), but nonetheless found it again at another link.
http://www.etext.org/Politics/MIM/movies/godard.html


With regards to the use of voice-overs in Hindi and/or Indian cinema; as far as I'm concerned, Sanjay Leela Bhansali is the only one who seems to be on the right path with this skill. Mostly appearent in Khamoshi & Black and with rare moments in Devdas; Bhansali's use of voice-overs provide a basic narrative tie to combine a lot of his film's thematic complexities: the ton of his characters have ties to silent cinema, his films are surrounded with overwhelming visual imagery, in so doing, Bhansali animates some of the power of silent cinema, linking them to a more elaborated use of sound in voice-over narration and music.

I am lil confused [/i]DVD Collector[/i] - the quote you gave seem to indicate the JLG was infact bent on "defeating" the 'masses-are-asses' quote – eitherways i always felt he fought against the elite class and in that process ended up creating art for the intellectual elite !

I see your point dvdisoil, and thus I'm a bit confused myself actually. But than again, I beginning to think perhaps JLG never had any faith in the mass elite to begin with; considering this quote of his and his recent notion of "cinema is dead"(??)