No, it is a romance. I included romances in my little rant :)
--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, "Shah Navas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>
> SOK is a masala movie????????
>
> On 1/14/08, Tapey3 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > Also he has done the music for Sakkarakatti. I believe the director
> > is a first-timer.
> >
> > The problem is that there really are no strong directors in Tamil
> > cinema of the current generation. No Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra, no
> > Ashutosh Gowariker. Nobody with any freshness. Everyone is making
> > the same old action/comedy/romance masala movies or boring old
> > romances. Nothing invigorating. So how, in this climate, is ARR
> > supposed to be inspired to create something brilliant?
> >
> > Even the so-called "rustic" or "realistic" films in Tamil cinema these
> > days are the same old stories with similar song situations as well.
> > There have been far too many Tamil films where there is a montage song
> > of various scenes of the boy and girl doing cutesy things like walking
> > along the beach, talking, etc.
> >
> > --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com
<arrahmanfans%40yahoogroups.com>, "
> > prashanth.palanisamy"
> >
> > <prashanth.palanisamy@> wrote:
> > >
> > > hi vithur,
> > > hmmmm...its been a while since kadhir made a movie and mani also
would
> > > take a long time to make a tamil movie .considering his time b/w
> > > movies and his next being hindi...when he works with big
directors its
> > > fine......m talking about the small time budding directors...balaji
> > > sakthivel,vishnuvardhan et al....well i think ATM was his foray into
> > > this but with vijay ...he would have constraints in experimenting as
> > > well.....anyway i think the point about him making the movie more
> > > viewable might be true..but that sounds like being commercial to
> > > me....viewable or not....it should gel into the movie....
> > > thanks,
> > > prashanth
> > > --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com
<arrahmanfans%40yahoogroups.com>,
> > Vithur <vithurm@> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Hi Prashanth
> > > >
> > > > I also read the same article.. What U are saying may be true. But
> > > according
> > > > to me, I think ARR sees the script, and if he is convinced
that he can
> > > > transform the movie by making it more viewable through his
Music, he
> > > takes a
> > > > film.
> > > >
> > > > well, there are films done by ARR in Tamil, which do have a good
> > > screen play
> > > > like Ayidha Ezhithu or for that matter any Maniratnam film.
even dir
> > > Kadhir
> > > > does a good job in his films, and ARR is favourite for Kadhir .
> > > >
> > > > Very rarely, ARR does masala movies in Tamil. ATM was also lil
> > > different for
> > > > it was a sure different film even for Vijay. SOK may be a
different
> > > case.
> > > >
> > > > ARR is big and grand and there is no need for his work to get
> > > related to a
> > > > success of a film in Box Office. Irrespective of a film not doing
> > well,
> > > > there are films which run only for the sake of ARR's Music,
BGMs etc
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On 1/13/08, prashanth.palanisamy <prashanth.palanisamy@> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > hi one and all,
> > > > > well i was reading a article in hindu today morning...in the
sunday
> > > > > supplement there was an article about the changing times for
both
> > > > > kollywood(yuch!!!!).... and bollywood(yuch yuch!!)....and
how cinema
> > > > > with strong content and screenplay were doing well rather
than inane
> > > > > movies with big stars....all the movies they spoke about were
> > actually
> > > > > good....like paruthiveeran,mozhi,kallori,chennai 600028, etc
> > etc...my
> > > > > issue is that one common denominator missing was -ARRs
name......i
> > > > > think in hindi he has no problem..the movies ARR does are really
> > > > > good..successful or not...but in tamil he does only masala
> > movies(now
> > > > > i.e)....like say SIVAJI,SOK and ATM ..im not against the actors
> > or the
> > > > > movies ....i just think ARR should also work with the lesser but
> > > > > talented directors ....what say????
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > regards,
> > > > Vithur
> > > >
> > > > A.R.RAHMAN - THE ABODE OF DIVINE MUSIC
> > > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
>
