"Tamil Padam" cuts the ribbon for a new genre in Tamil Cinema. Sitting in front of the big screen with loads of expectations due to reviews and promos, still the film satisfies you, what more do you need as a movie freak. Probably the first of its kind, a spoof movie in tamil cinema which has laughed its way to the banks by continuously keeping the cash register ringing. Yes, the film has succeeded at the Box-Office as well.
What is in the Movie?
It is very easy for a Tamil Cinema fan to understand the story. The film is all about a Mass Hero in Tamil Cinema. The hero is born like Thalapathy and reaches Chennai where he grows up into a Pokkiri in a single shot by riding a cycle, he targets 4 baddies in Chennai like in Thirupachi and executes it the Style of Anniyan and finally escapes from the law like Citizen. Apart from this they have targeted all the commercial hits in Tamil Cinema for the spoof ride. The concept of Villan flying 300 feet against the theory of gravity, the hero turning rich in a single song, the supporting characters who act as college students even at late 40s (Vivek Vadivelu) are exaggerated to make it look funny and it works out as well. Shiva does a fantastic job, especially two scenes, the Bharathanatiyam scene (Kadhalan Spoof), Interval Scene (Run + MGR Spoof), the advantage Shiva has is his expression which is being expression-less. The Director seems to have interpreted the audience pulse perfectly in comedy, this is proved by his selections of scenes spoofed on screen and the way it is portrayed. Though, the film has a producer who cannot be troubled by the any other actor or director for making their film’s spoof the team has ensured that they do not go to the extent of hurting anyone except the “Nattamai” insulting Silambarasan. The unknown language of Music directors in Tamil Cinema are all used in one song “Omaha Zeeya” even it does not fail to impress the audience.
The music was okay for this script as it does not demand importance for music. There are no songs which would impress you to the extent of listening every day. Venniraadai Murthy, M.S.Bhaskar and Mano Bala were not used properly. The heroine was beautiful , but CENSORED. The second half was slower and least impressive when compared to the first half. Probably the director was carried away with the screenplay in the first half, the climax again was a big letdown except the finishing slide.
Would this movie make any difference in Tamil Cinema?
Tamil Padam escapes because of a rib-tickling first half. In my opinion, we have not had a full length comedy movie since Ullathai Alli Tha by Sundar.C. Tamil Padam is not a totally impressive product but a saleable one because of its first half. Tamil Cinema badly needs another Ullathai Alli Tha.
I doubt if another spoof movie would become a hit. This film is lucky enough not to face a tough competitor,if Aasal and Goa were up to the mark the result of Tamil Padam would be the other way around. Though we truly need to boost up the Director for a new effort in big screen, I do not recommend the director to try Tamil Padam-2.
I hope that the elements spoofed in this film would be as a list of DONTs for the mass-masala directors and actors in future.
MY CLAPS TO: Shiva, Screenplay First Half, Kuppusamy (Kandhasamy’s Spoof)
Verdict: Laugh it out in the first half, sleep it out in the second half but don’t miss it.
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Monday, February 1, 2010
Tamizh padam Review
“Tamizh Padam” was promoted as one of its kind, a full length spoof movie first time in Tamil cinema. The posters where Shiva were seen donning the attire of the heroes of so many well known movies raised the expectations for the movie. I had my won apprehensions. Spoofs primarily work brilliantly well as a short or even as a series (Lollu Sabha) but as a movie it might be too stretched and would fizzle out (Quick Gun Murugan a classic example for this).
So how well does this movie turn out. Sadly the movie suffers the same problem of being too long for a spoof. Half an hour into the second half we slowly get a sense of restlessness. Another reason for that might be because of the fact that it has smashing first. The first half is a complete laugh riot. They have made fun of everyone and everything related to cinema. The absolute ridiculous self praising opening songs, gravity defying stunts, crappy punch dialogues, a nobody turning into a successful person just over a song, sentimental soppy sequences and we even have a ridiculous climax twist and the list is endless. All this and so many other clichés have been ridiculed. The first half is primarily several sequences lifted from many famous movies and it is a joy to any Tamil movie buff. The dialogues where so hilarious in these parts. The one involving Kandasamy cracked me the most. Absolutely brilliant.
As much as the first half is so full of industry in jokes and spoofs, the second half is filled with silly jokes and gags and not an imitation of any other famous movie. This was puzzling as it was a huge let down which turns the second half into a very boring stretch with few bright moments (like that English film song - top notch). As a result the movie looks really stretched and we end up exhausted when the film finally ends. For a team which has put it in so much efforts to be different and funny ( right from the title cards, end credits, song lyrics all seem to be carefully rolled out to mock our filmy clichés )they seem to have missed the trick in the second half.
But one trick where they hit the jackpot was in casting Shiva as the lead. He is so tailor made for the role, can’t imagine anyone else who could have suited this role better. It’s hard not to like him. Nevertheless the entire team has to be appreciated for trying out something like this in Tamil cinema even if they have only partially succeeded in what they had promised to deliver.
So how well does this movie turn out. Sadly the movie suffers the same problem of being too long for a spoof. Half an hour into the second half we slowly get a sense of restlessness. Another reason for that might be because of the fact that it has smashing first. The first half is a complete laugh riot. They have made fun of everyone and everything related to cinema. The absolute ridiculous self praising opening songs, gravity defying stunts, crappy punch dialogues, a nobody turning into a successful person just over a song, sentimental soppy sequences and we even have a ridiculous climax twist and the list is endless. All this and so many other clichés have been ridiculed. The first half is primarily several sequences lifted from many famous movies and it is a joy to any Tamil movie buff. The dialogues where so hilarious in these parts. The one involving Kandasamy cracked me the most. Absolutely brilliant.
As much as the first half is so full of industry in jokes and spoofs, the second half is filled with silly jokes and gags and not an imitation of any other famous movie. This was puzzling as it was a huge let down which turns the second half into a very boring stretch with few bright moments (like that English film song - top notch). As a result the movie looks really stretched and we end up exhausted when the film finally ends. For a team which has put it in so much efforts to be different and funny ( right from the title cards, end credits, song lyrics all seem to be carefully rolled out to mock our filmy clichés )they seem to have missed the trick in the second half.
But one trick where they hit the jackpot was in casting Shiva as the lead. He is so tailor made for the role, can’t imagine anyone else who could have suited this role better. It’s hard not to like him. Nevertheless the entire team has to be appreciated for trying out something like this in Tamil cinema even if they have only partially succeeded in what they had promised to deliver.
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