Friday, June 27, 2008

TR is god

Kamal Haasan in his latest movie has tried real hard to emulate what TR has been doing all his life i.e not just sticking to "what one does best", but doing every damn thing. And as they say, jack of all arts and master of none.. rule applies to both Kamal and TR. Both incredibly talented but superbly disappoint all by trying way too many things and end up killing their invention too.

Another commonality is their pride. They seem to be overly arrogant when they market their movie. And never miss an opportunity to indicate that in the "they are the best and in the case of TR he also adds that Simbu is god's gift to mankind".

4 comments:

prasie said...

did u just say...what i think u did...?

sanchapanzo said...

sadly.. yes..
kamal is talented - agreed.. but he is just overdoing stuff..
i wish he plays his roles within himself..

Anonymous said...

I thought the screenplay was brilliant.
You wouldn't say the same if George Clooney wrote, directed, produced and acted in a movie, right? I don't blame him for trying to direct, or write. Even you want to do these things, right?
I'd be happier if he didn't do every damn role in the movie, but for most part I didn't feel that most of the actors were Kamal.
And as Balram Naidu, the Dalit guy and the 12th century guy, Kamal was great.
He's proud all right. I cringed when 'Ulaga nayakane' played at the closing credits. But I don't know if he could be held responsible for all this. He claims credit for acting, screenplay, story etc. and I found his performance is all these roles amazing.
I thought casting was a bit terrible in some places.

Anonymous said...

Loved your post - it was an interesting observation, nice comparison... although everyone knows that kamal is far more talented than t.r. It was wonderful that you had never mentioned that part. Nowadays kamal is just hype, poor fellow he takes himself so seriously and he is not very intelligent either, and very rarely original. And im sure there would have been no dasavatharam had there been no navarathri. Most scenes in kamal's film seems to be so forced, these days he is so crappy that even an oscar award would'nt be enough for him; he deserves a guiness straight. - rangalaaraa