RAJA INDIAN CINEMA

Hidup menjadi perhentian, waktu produsen film Sivaji, mengumumkan pengeluarannya. Tidak tepat di Tamil Nadu, tetapi di semua kota di mana film melepaskan. Dari New York ke Jepang, India ke Afrika Selatan, orang berkelahi untuk membeli tiket untuk film ini. Rajnikanth super-bintang, adalah satu-satunya aktor di sejarah dunia bioskop yang bisa menarik orang banyak ke bioskop seperti Tuhan.

Keluarga pertama pun India bioskop Bachchans, melakukan oleh sebab itu. Buatan yang mana laki-laki ini gejala seperti itu? Kami bisa memaafkan penggemar karena mencurahkan liter-liter susu dan bir di atas gambar guntingannya, sewaktu super-bintang bersahaja bukan main. Dia menamai sendiri boneka, dan mengatakan bahwa direktur membuatkannya bintang film.

Dia benar-benar mesti mengangkat setelah punggung jari atau main salto rambutnya, dan laki-laki dan wanita sama mempunyai orgasme di tempat duduk teater. Selain tiket yang terjual habis untuk yang pertama sedikit minggu pengeluarannya, hadirin di setiap bioskop menjerit dan disoraki di seluruh film seluruh. Tak seorang pun bisa menjadi rata mengikuti dialog dengan baik. Tetapi ini tidak berarti.

Ini akan memberi mereka kesempatan kedua untuk menjaga kekasih mereka super-bintang di atas layar perak. Dia menonjol dari aktor lain karena dia mempunyai unik “style”, dan hampir saja apa saja dia menjadi kemarahan di antara yang tua muda sama. Film ini mempunyai sahamnya hype di media karena tim terdiri dari semua wig besar industri film Tamil.

Detik paling besar Direktur South Indian Shankar (sebelah kanan di belakang Maniratnam), musik genius A.R.Rahman, nasional pengahargaan pemenang “Padmashri” Thota Tharani untuk pola produksi, dan nasional pengahargaan pemenang K.V.Anand untuk sinematografi, selain Anthony karena menyunting dan South India’s paling besar produksi rumah AVM, membuat film ini satu kali di pengalaman seumur hidup.

Untuk ganti di film Rajnikanth, ada kecerdasan teknik.

Cerita berputar mengelilingi Sivaji, seorang arsitek perangkat halus, yang kembali ke India setelah tugas panjang di Amerika. Sudah menyanjung uang, dia memutuskan menanam uang dalam beberapa yayasan, rumah sakit dan sekolah untuk memenuhi keperluan yang bebas sama sekali yang miskin berharga. Namun dia menghadapi persaingan dari individu jaringan tinggi lain, yang tidak inginnya menyelesaikan proyek karena dia akan kehilangan investasi darinya sendiri.

Sivaji mendekat dan jabatan pemerintah sedih, untuk mendapat izin untuk proyeknya dan malah suap mereka untuk mendapat pekerjaan dilakukan. Lawannya tetapi menolong berganti menteri di menyerang dengan memompakan uang ke dalam perkemahannya. Mereka menarik bulu burung dan menghancurkan Sivaji’s hampir selesai proyek, dan Sivaji dibiarkan tak beruang dan di jalan dengan keluarganya.

Dia melakukan balas dendam di samping jiplakannya opponent’s rekening uang hitam, dan palka mereka tebusan untuk harga tinggi. Dia kemudian mulai melakukan yang sama dengan semua tempat rekening uang hitam di negara. Dia terus membangun yayasan di seberang negara bagian dan tawaran secara gratis pendidikan dan servis ke yang miskin.

He is taken into police custody, when his wife hands over his laptop with all the crucial information related to the money to the CBI. He is almost killed while in custody, but a few good souls get him out of the situation. He returns as Sivaji’s look alike friend to continue the man’s saga, to throw his enemies off his track.

There is absolutely no logic in the entire film, but the superstar carries it off with style and aplomb, you believe that it is possible for him to achieve what he does. With every step he took, and every dialogue he spoke, he sent the audience into frenzy. He also looked super cool with his new savvy get up.

What was the director thinking when he cast Shreya in the film? She has no role, and does not perform, but just pretends to act. Her expressions were totally artificial from the first frame to the last. Thankfully now, we appreciate comedians and Vivek is given a meaty role, which he of course delivers as expected, and he captures the audience’s hearts with some cheeky dialogues.

The superstar trying to woo a girl did not go down too well with the audience, as they only want people following him like lambs. Cinematography by K.V.Anand is exotic, and he has given us some beautiful frames, especially in the songs. This film was a great milestone in Thota Tharani’s career.

He delivers astounding creations on the sets, especially the songs. “Athiradee” and “Sahana” were of such sheer opulence, which of course reflected on his perfect architectural and creative sense. Editing by Anthony was crisp, and it lends good mileage to the loose screenplay. Speaking of screenplay, there was none in the first half.

Though the second half did pick up pace with meaning, the climax dragged. No one was even interested in the story, all they wanted was the superstar speaking and moving with style. A.R.Rahman proves that he is a genius once again, and he has composed some mind blowing numbers especially “Athiradee’ and “Style”. He has also given a dynamic background score, and this is also probably the reason why the superstar looks more charismatic.

The songs are stunning visually, with also very interesting choreography. “Athiradee” stands out for its class act. The crowd went crazy when the superstar arrived in a cool outfit, posture and bike. The gripping screenplay and dialogues that are normally a part of Shankar’s films, is missing here.

Sujatha does a fairly decent job with the dialogues, and many of the scenes are a repeat from the normal Tamil cinema category. The film belongs to the superstar all the way, and even the technical brilliance takes only the second place. He also calmly claims that while he is only the King of Indian cinema, Amitabh Bachchan is the emperor and that he does not know why the crowd follows him.

Now we know what makes him a superstar! Way to go “Boss”, way to go!

Watching a Rajnikanth film on a first day first show, is probably the most euphoric experience in the history of world cinema. Fire crackers, screams, whistles, dancing, jumping, shouting, complete madness…this mass hysteria makes your heart beat fast for the entire three hours of film time.

He has made “cool” the coolest word in English, and has made baldness, dark glasses and a thin lined beard a trend. The audience reaction to his name being spelt at the beginning, and also to the scene where he exits from a helicopter sporting the bad guy look, is going down in history as the greatest moment in cinema.

Tickets were sold out for the first three weeks in India, New York City, London, California, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore and even Ireland! While Shah Rukh Khan can pull in about 60 crores to the box office from worldwide collections, and Amitabh Bachchan has now become a laughing stock for his dances with younger girls, the superstar collected a whopping 130 crores for his producers (complete distribution), just with his phenomenal screen presence.

The producers are now laughing all the way to the bank, and so are distributors and theatre owners worldwide. For those who just do not get the point, this is the biggest blockbuster in the history of Indian cinema, and there will be none to compete in a long time to come. Long time? Never…would probably be the right word.


Swarupa Pillaai
Copyright 2007

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