Ko

Ko in Tamil means King. I got to know this only today. Just as in most other movies, there is not even a mention of what Ko means and why the movie was named so. The movie is directed by K.V.Anand and music is composed by Harris Jeyaraj.

The movie revolves around Indian politics and the media. The movie depicts the rise to power of a political party Siragugal run by an enthusiastic leader Vasanthan, played by Ajmal, who dreams to change the world. The other political parties are brought down by a photo journalist Jiiva who manages to take crucial photos at the right time and promotes the work done by Siragugal. The main characters in the movie are Jiiva and Ajmal. Piaa has come up with a role that would be remembered for a long time. Karthikaa fails to create an impact. Others including Prakash Raj and Kota Srinivasa Rao, just manage to make a few appearances here and there.

The twist in the tale in the second half is the pillar on which this movie is standing. Though new to Tamil Cinema, such twists are ingrained in my mind by watching numerous American TV series like 24 and LOST which include much bigger twists as the season progresses. Maybe because of that, I felt that the movie was quite predictable.

Music by Harris was nothing special. Other than ‘Eno Kuviyamilla’ the other songs didn’t even make an impact. The timing of the songs are totally absurd and the feeling was reciprocated by almost everyone watching the movie. It was as if it were inserted just to make sure that the movie had 5 songs in all. Bad move by K.V.Anand.

Cinematography was amazing. The locations were amazing. Those huge valleys and spectacular waterfalls made me wish that I were there. I would definitely love to go to those locations at least once in my life. I am even ready to become a part of movie crew if I can go to such exotic locations.

In all, its a good Tamil film after a long time. Quoting Sudhish Kamath – “KO- A riveting political thriller even if a tad convoluted to preserve suspense. Jiiva, Ajmal and Piaa are brilliant, gunfire scene -WOW 7/10.”

Poi Solla Porom

Saw this movie yesterday…. It is a pleasant and charming movie. Selection of actors was the major plus for the movie. Each actor portrays his character in the best possible manner. Nedumudi Venu as the Victim, Om as Vicha, Karthik as Uppuli, Mouli as a drama artist, Nasser as the land shark, or Balaji and John Vijay(Son of Gun in Oram Po) as the PAs all are perfect for the roles.
The movie also emphasizes on the illegal land business going on in our society and how common people react to it. The good thing is that all these are done in a humor filled story and not like a story where the hero goes fighting the villains one-on-one.

Read the review of the movie at my Brother’s Blog. My verdict is that the movie is fun and is good for killing time.

Tamil Remix of the Year – 2007

2007 saw a lot of Remixes of old Tamil hits. Starting of the trend this year was Vasantha Mullai from Pokkiri. Then came remixes like Yeh Aatha in Malaikottai, Pon Magal in Azhagiya Tamil Magan, Engeyum Eppothum in Pollathavan, Andru Vanthathum in Kannamoochi Enadaa. The remake of 1980 classic Billa in 2007 had remix of two of the songs from the original – My name is Billa and Vethalaiya Pottendi.

“”The Verdict”"
My ranking of these remixes would be:

7. Andru Vanthathum – Ranked last coz of the blunder Yuvan had done in remixing this song.

6. Yeh Aatha – A lot of energy has been added to the song to make it great and entertaining.

5. Vethalaiya Pottendi - Shankar Mahadevan’s voice rocks.

4. My name is Billa – The original with some rap and guitar interludes.

3. Engeyum Eppothum – Yogi B has given the song a new feel. SPB is great in the song.

2. Vasantha Mullai – The tune of the original is maintained but lyrics of this song had been changed to suit the movie.

1. Pon Magal Vanthaal – A.R.Rahman’s magic has worked yet again. Though the song is just for about 3 mins, it has been mixed well and presented well.

Billa

The name immediately brings to our mind the smart Rajnikanth in the movie Billa released in 1980.. It was a film that made Rajni a mass action hero. It was his first double role. It was a roaring success.


Now the same movie has been remade with Ajith as the hero. As the stills n promos of the movie say it promises to be an stylish and entertaining movie. The songs of this movie are by Yuvan. Two of the songs in the original movie – ‘My name is Billa’ and ‘Vethalaiya Pottendi’ have been retained in the new one. The songs of this movie are cool. Lets hope that Ajith keeps up the style of the original movie.

ATM

ATM- Azhagiya Tamil Magan or Azhugiya Tamil Movie?!?!?!?

This could easily be the worst movie of the year … The movie had “nothing” except for the great ARR’s Music(which has been terribly wasted in the movie).
Having heard the music of ATM and reading the review given in “The Hindu” , I had a interest in watching this movie… Even though I was warned before, I saw this movie expecting atleast a few good scenes… There were none…

Cast : Good Vijay, Bad Vijay(lolz!!!), one dumb n idiotic Shriya,

NOT DECENT ENOUGH TO WRITE A REVIEW ON…!

Such directors should be banned from directing any movies…. especially directors like this guy n Perarasu should be…