ISAIPRIYA…A MELODY THAT ENDED WITH A SCREAM When we were shooting for the Movie Aanivaer, we were in look out for an artiste who could do the role of a Rape victim in Srilanka. We were shooting in Kilinochi, where we came across girls who were more tough and masculine, […]
Kamalhaasan….Unedited Chapter A Star in real and reel life named KamalHaasan I like God but I don’t like his fan clubs… Same can be said about our stars. I find it funny the way the fan clubs goes on war every time a movie of their favorite Hero gets released. […]
Filmmakers are always looking for ways to create exciting and dramatic moods to heighten the drama of a movie.One of the most effective and available tools we have at our disposal is the tried and true Rain Sequence. Filming a rain sequence here at India is one of the daunting […]
பிரபஞ்சத்துடன் போட்டியில்லை (Painting : Nude, Green Leaves and Bust by Pablo Picasso, 1932) கடந்தகாலம், நிகழ்காலம், எதிர்காலம் எனும் மூன்று காலங்களையும், அதில் தோன்றும் வெளியினையும் அதில் நிகழும் நிகழ்வுகளுக்குமெல்லாம் சேர்த்து நாம் கொடுக்கும் பெயரே பிரபஞ்சம். ஒரு மிக மெல்லிய பரப்பினைகொண்ட மலரின் இதழை இந்த பிரபஞ்சம் படைக்கின்றது, ஒரு மாபெரும் நீர்விழ்ச்சியையும் இது படைக்கின்றது, சூரியனைபோன்று 50,000 மடங்கு பெரியதொரு நட்சத்திரத்தையும் அது […]
Munnariyippu Silence has answers. Every time my phone rings at wee hours of a day I will be sure my Dad (Director Mahendran) would have watched some amazing movie and would want to speak to the Director immediately and appreciate him. This time it was the Malayalam movie Munnariyippu, directed […]
In between lines… Real life conversations can never become Movie Dialogues…its altogether a different ball game. I have been always fascinated by movie dialogues, especially the magical moment when you actually forget that you are watching a movie and the actor is just rendering the lines of a writer, yet […]
