It
is always more interesting to compose the list of worst films than the ones
that made a good watch. Here are five Tamil films that were released in 2012 2
which simply failed to justify the hype that surrounded it. Maybe it was the
publicity that led to its downfall.
5.
‘3’ – When the Kolaveri song
became a raging hit, it was almost a foregone conclusion that the film would
flop. The question was a mere how colossally. It all began when the Kolaveri
song surfaced on the internet. Honestly, even the claim that someone else had
leaked the song online was attributed to publicity stunt. But, yes, the song was
catchy. The lyrics held your attention even if it was merely out of curiosity.
When the film finally arrived, everybody went to see how the song was
picturised. Now when I try to recollect it, I can’t remember the visuals. Ewww…
Killing Dhanush so early in the film was
a very, very bad idea. Having to watch Shruti trying to act as an innocent
school girl - that was a torture too. She looks young enough, but is just not
convincing in those segments.
More than the song, I loved the “it’s a
medical miracle” line.
4.
‘Billa 2’ – Why on earth cant
Ajith’s films have good songs with nice lyrics? Or a taut screenplay. Or,
actors who stop acting only AFTER the director calls a cut.
‘Billa 2’, the
prequel of ‘Billa’ was a very ambitious project.
Friends of mine in the film industry
always tell me that Ajith works mostly in films that his friends make and that’s
why he thinks it is impolite to point out the flaws in the script. Everybody
loves Ajith and so many idolize him. Therefore it is in a way his duty to give
his fans films that they would love to watch over and over again.
Some of the dialogues in the films
reeked of over-smartness. The songs were simply terrible. The chemistry with
the heroine was non-existent.
3.
‘Thandavam’ – Whenever I watch
Vikram’s films, I have this nagging doubt that something had happened to his
health post ‘Anniyan’. The playful charm that bubbled on the screen before it
had completely vanished. ‘Thandavam’s story was actually interesting. There was
love, action and loads of sentiments, but Vikram looked very exhausted and tired
throughout the film.
Seriously, it is about time he stopped
playing physically/mentally challenged characters.
2.
‘Maattrraan’ – There is something
so clinically perfect about the way Suriya goes about handling his assignments.
The problem with this film was the untimely release of another flick about
conjoined twins. This one was a horror number inspired by a foreign film about
conjoined twin sisters. Priyamani had played the lead role.
Suriya went about playing the role of
conjoined twins with his usual clinical perfection. All his expressions were
more than perfect. So were his mannerisms. Kajal Agarwal – she looked good but
her eyes remained vacant. You can’t see any thoughts or emotions flicker by in
them.
The film reminded a lot of ‘7-aam Arivu’
which started brilliantly but then got paralyzed.
1.
‘Saguni’ – Everybody talked
about the film before its release. Some big films chose to postpone their
releases because they didn’t want to clash with this one. Initially all the
posters carried the images of Karthi and Santhanam together. As the release
date neared, Santhanam disappeared from the poster. Finally when it hit the
screens, you wondered what the fuss was all about.
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| The poster of Karthi's 'Saguni' |
The hilarious fact was that Karthi’s
onscreen chemistry with Radhika was much warmer than the one that he shared with
the heroine (what was her name?). The story was a very ambitious one. It opened
interestingly enough and then lost steam.
Maybe this was an attempt to sabotage
Karthi’s career, but he is intelligent enough to survive this.
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