Comments on: Guru http://indianwriting.blogsome.com/2007/01/15/guru/ "That was the beginning of the century; this is its end. I have been thinking not only of the people who lived there once, but also of the generations of dogs accompanying them in their everyday bustle, and one night— I don't know where it came from— in a predawn sleep, that funny and tender phrase composed itself: a road-side dog." - Czeslaw Milosz, Borderlines. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 03:45:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1-alpha by: Amitava Kumar http://indianwriting.blogsome.com/2007/01/15/guru/#comment-745 Thu, 25 Jan 2007 15:45:00 +0000 http://indianwriting.blogsome.com/2007/01/15/guru/#comment-745 Thanks, Uma. Here are my two cents (I say cents because I had to fork out $10.25 for a ticket) on the matter: http://amitavakumar.blogsome.com/2007/01/25/polyester-guru/ Thanks, Uma.
Here are my two cents (I say cents because I had to fork out $10.25 for a ticket) on the matter:
http://amitavakumar.blogsome.com/2007/01/25/polyester-guru/

]]> by: Bharath http://indianwriting.blogsome.com/2007/01/15/guru/#comment-732 Mon, 22 Jan 2007 08:50:15 +0000 http://indianwriting.blogsome.com/2007/01/15/guru/#comment-732 Guru may not be Mani Ratnam's best, but it is definitely miles above any other movie to come out of India in recent times... Sure, pardon Mani for not producing a movie on mindless partiotism, or a dont-know-whether-im-commercial-or-art-but-i-sure-am-confused adaptations of Shakespeare, or movies which supposedly preach through inane comedy... Pardon him for giving us the best ever shot song in Indian cinema.. Pardon him for giving us one of the best acting performances in recent times, miles above any of the National Award winners in recent times.. What he has given us is a mature, superbly edited film which cant be compared to Nayagan, Iruvar or Kannathil, but equally cant be compared to Lagaan, Omkara, Black or RDB for entirely opposie reasons.. Guru may not be Mani Ratnam’s best, but it is definitely miles above any other movie to come out of India in recent times… Sure, pardon Mani for not producing a movie on mindless partiotism, or a dont-know-whether-im-commercial-or-art-but-i-sure-am-confused adaptations of Shakespeare, or movies which supposedly preach through inane comedy… Pardon him for giving us the best ever shot song in Indian cinema.. Pardon him for giving us one of the best acting performances in recent times, miles above any of the National Award winners in recent times.. What he has given us is a mature, superbly edited film which cant be compared to Nayagan, Iruvar or Kannathil, but equally cant be compared to Lagaan, Omkara, Black or RDB for entirely opposie reasons..

]]> by: Bombay Addict http://indianwriting.blogsome.com/2007/01/15/guru/#comment-711 Tue, 16 Jan 2007 13:48:37 +0000 http://indianwriting.blogsome.com/2007/01/15/guru/#comment-711 <blockquote>disappointment </blockquote> - Whoo hoo ! someone finally used that word - and that too in in the first line ! - for describing this utterly ordinary movie. Thank you Uma. I agree with you on this post.

disappointment - Whoo hoo ! someone finally used that word - and that too in in the first line ! - for describing this utterly ordinary movie. Thank you Uma. I agree with you on this post.

]]> by: abhishek http://indianwriting.blogsome.com/2007/01/15/guru/#comment-709 Tue, 16 Jan 2007 02:42:32 +0000 http://indianwriting.blogsome.com/2007/01/15/guru/#comment-709 Hi, I usually never comment on someone's so called masterpiece. I wonder if we have stopped giving any importance to diction and pronunciations. Abhishek and Mother Teressa loving Aishwarya fail to speak proper hindi time and again. Rehman saab tried to delve into the simple chaiti(light classical genre from Banaras) inspired song called Tere Bina, and has failed to do so either. If you ever get your hands on Pdt. Channu Lal Mishra, do listen to his songs. cheers Hi,
I usually never comment on someone’s so called masterpiece. I wonder if we have stopped giving any importance to diction and pronunciations. Abhishek and Mother Teressa loving Aishwarya fail to speak proper hindi time and again.
Rehman saab tried to delve into the simple chaiti(light classical genre from Banaras) inspired song called Tere Bina, and has failed to do so either. If you ever get your hands on Pdt. Channu Lal Mishra, do listen to his songs.
cheers

]]> by: Apu http://indianwriting.blogsome.com/2007/01/15/guru/#comment-708 Mon, 15 Jan 2007 22:07:06 +0000 http://indianwriting.blogsome.com/2007/01/15/guru/#comment-708 Maniratnam is visually gorgeous, absolutely gorgeous, but other than that his movies leave me cold. Even Nayagan, which people are always talking about. I loved the first five minutes of Nayagan. The rest of the movie was... OK. He's not an actors' director and it shows. Also, parts of it are irritatingly similar to "The Godfather". For example, the killing of one of the Reddiars with a garotte in a car is quite identical to the killing of Connie's husband, down to the detail of how he kicks out the front windshield as he dies. My favorite Maniratnam movie is "Thiruda Thiruda". I think that kind of movie - a lavishly produced, fastpaced comedy - showcases him at his best. It's also my favorite A.R. Rahman soundtrack, perhaps for similar reasons. Maniratnam is visually gorgeous, absolutely gorgeous, but other than that his movies leave me cold.

Even Nayagan, which people are always talking about. I loved the first five minutes of Nayagan. The rest of the movie was… OK. He’s not an actors’ director and it shows. Also, parts of it are irritatingly similar to “The Godfather”. For example, the killing of one of the Reddiars with a garotte in a car is quite identical to the killing of Connie’s husband, down to the detail of how he kicks out the front windshield as he dies.

My favorite Maniratnam movie is “Thiruda Thiruda”. I think that kind of movie - a lavishly produced, fastpaced comedy - showcases him at his best. It’s also my favorite A.R. Rahman soundtrack, perhaps for similar reasons.

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