Tamil Movie Schedule - Kiran
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1. Kiran TV
On October 10, 2009 ,Saturday Movie @ 07.30 pm -Thirumalai (Released on: 24 Oct 2003 ).
Written and Directed by: Ramana
Produced by: Pushpa Kandaswamy
Director of Photography: R.Rathnavel
Music by Vidyasagar
Editor: Suresh Urs
Art Direction: K.Kathir
Starring: Vijay, Jyothika, Vivek, Raghuvaran, Kausalya
Story and Review
Yet another poor-boy rich-girl romance with parental opposition and mafia interference. Vijay plays Thirumalai who runs a two-wheeler mechanic shop. He has this chance encounter with Shweta on New Year's Day, and she wishes him success in all his future endeavours. Thirumalai, finding positive things happening in his life, attributes it to her wishes and falls for her.
He relentlessly woos her and she finally reciprocates. Her furious father - who owns half-a-dozen TV channels or so - hires the services of Arasu, the local don, with whom he was having a running feud, to put Thirumalai in his place.
The main flaw is in the scripting where the debutant director tries to depict a love story on the one side, and the politician-cop-media-underworld nexus on the other. While the hero gets involved with the first, he's not bothered about the second, till his love life is threatened.
The script is not focussed. The thrilling opening scene of a videographer taking compromising shots of a murder, running for his life and is fortuitously saved by the hero; followed by the repetition of a similar scene later is a wasted effort. For, the director makes no use of it to develop the plot. Scenes like Shweta's father's sudden volte face when he approaches Arasu, with whom he was at loggerheads, to thwart the romance is not convincing either.
Again, scenes like Thirumalai walking into a meditation hall to express his love for Shweta, and then making a mockery of the spiritual guru, the people and the place, is in bad taste, considering that the guru was depicted as a saintly, sober figure.
Recent films of Vijay had the hero indulging in violence for most part of the film, and suddenly espousing the cause of non-violence in the closing scene! Puthiya Geethai had Vijay giving a long sermon to hardened criminal Thilakan that makes him give up violence, one suspects, in sheer exhaustion on hearing the hero's long monologue. Here too, the hero's long lecture on humanity and non-violence makes the cold-blooded killer Arasu throw away his arms, probably out of sheer frustration of having to hear the hero's long lecture! Arasu pays for it when his henchmen, and partner, not quite convinced by the hero's lecture, try to lynch Arasu!
Manoj K. Jayan as Arasu makes the most of his role, except in the scene where he plays the reformed man. Kausalya and Raghuvaran as Vijay's neighbours bring some sobriety to the proceedings. Vivek's comedy is a total waste and so is the sizzling 'item' number by Kiran.
There's nothing fresh here that we haven't seen in an earlier Vijay film. The Vijay-Jyotika pair, after their successful combination in Khushi, was expected to re-create the same magic on screen. But it doesn't happen.
Tamil Movie Schedule - Kalaingar TV
2. Kalaingar TV
WATCH MUNIYANDI TODAY EVENING AT 7.30PM IN KALAIGNAR TV
Starring: Bharath, Poorna, Ponvannan, Vadivelu
Direction: Thirumurugan
Music: Vidyasagar
Production: Datho Durai Saingam, Ayngaran Karunamurthy
Banner: Lotus Five Star, Thiru Pictures
Story and Review
Director Thirumurugan and Bharath come together after the success of Em Magan, and expectations are naturally high for their second outing together. Interestingly, Muniyandi Vilangiyal Moondram Aandu is a departure from the kind of movie the duo had created earlier. This is not as much a family film as Em Magan. Set in a rural part of Tamil Nadu, the story revolves around the life of a college student and how trapped he feels when he becomes caught up in a battle of egos between two men.
Bharath is a college student in a typical rural institution where modern facilities are yet to reach. The director has brought out this setting well - the students, professors, their accents and attires look straight out of life. As is the norm in any college story, there is a love track in this one too, but the romance remains low key for the best part of the movie. The crux of the story lies in showing us how ego clashes can affect the lives of people. Here, two senior men of the village, one of whom is Bharath’s father, are constantly at loggerheads. This rivalry threatens to snuff out the hopes of love that Bharath has. Bharath’s father tries to make his son understand the seriousness of the matters, and while Bharath can see that he is playing a dangerous game (that has cost lives before), he is not ready to give up on his hopes of finding love.
The screenplay is choc-a-bloc with twists and turns that keep your interest sustained. The rich experience that Thirumurugan
has in giving twists on a regular basis on TV shines through here, and he has handled all of them extremely well. Bharath’s character goes through an emotional roller coaster: there’s a point in the movie where he loses his temperament and sets out on things that could ruin his life but is saved in the nick of time by what could only be providence. The most beautiful part of the movie is the climax, where the lead pair acknowledge their love for each other- a bit late, perhaps, for a conventional Tamil movie but here it gels well with the story.
Muniyandi Vilangiyal Moondram Aandu on the whole is a positive experience, and quite different from Em Magan. The focus shifts from family to love and rivalries. Thirumurugan, who was a favorite with the women in the audience for serials and movies laced with sentiment, has gone in for a bit of a change. This does not mean that this movie is not for the family. It just means that the director has kept a tab on the proceedings and prevented any element from going over the top.
Bharath & Poorna
The cast has done a neat job without being spectacular. Bharath gets into his role comfortably and gives us glimpses of his acting prowess, especially in the scenes with his father played by Ponvannan for whom roles in a rural milieu are a cakewalk. Poorna, the heroine whom Vijay had compared to Asin, lives up to the comparison! The biggest disappointment of the movie is Vadivelu’s comedy track (one of Em Magan’s strongpoints) which fails to evoke any laughter. A bit more care in this department could have earned the movie a lot more points.
Technically, there is nothing much to mention. The scenic greenery of rural Tamil Nadu that has been well captured is a treat to the eye. At the box office the movie has a good chance of staying on for some time on its merits. The team’s reputation of creating good family entertainers ought to sustain the movie well in the B and C centers.
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