Kollywood and the changes its going through

True that I am a big fan of legendary Kamal Haasan. It took me a lot of pain to make sure, the UNKH fan inside me is hidden while writing this article.  Hope its appreciated….

The year 2001 marked a new era in Tamil cinema. The new stars started to shine. Vijay, Ajith, Surya and Vikram were reaching a new heights in terms of fan following, and the way business looking at them. Kakha Kakha brought Surya as well into the race. With consecutive hits like Dhil, Dhool and Samy, Vikram was certainly the top star. Ajith’s miserable run at the box office took a ‘u’ turn with Villain while Vijay saw his own share of succes with Kushi and other super hits.

On the other side of the card, Prabhu, Murali, Karthik saw their end. Sathyaraj was in and out for some time before completely fading out. Vijayakanth was made to see one disaster after the other with only Ramana being the lonely hit. Kamal Haasan saw disaster in the form of Aalavanthan and Anbae Sivam while Panchathanthram, Pammal K Sampantham and Virumandi were considered just Hits or Super Hits rather than being a blockbuster or mega hit. Big directors Shankar and Mani Ratnam faced flops in the form of Boys and Aayutha Ezhuthu. Ajith and Vijay who transformed from rising star to top star saw their own falls later onwards..

 

The era between 2000-2004 could very well be called as an era of Small Budget Movies with absolutely no big budget movies being box office grossers. The two possible exceptions here could be Thenali and Vasool Raja, both had Kamal Haasan but still made on comparatively lesser budget but ended up big in box office.

 

This trend contined to an extent that even Rajnikanth and Kamal Haasan were releasing their movies in a comparatively lesser budget in 2005 with the former having a good run in box office while the other was disaster. But it’s really Vikram’s Anniyan which had put the alarm and the high budget movies again started to come.

 

Vettaiyadu Vilayadu and Dasavatharam for Kamal, Billa and Varalaru for Ajith, Shivaji for Rajni all being super Blockbuster, the producers started to cash on big budget movies heavily. But the last two years saw more and more big budget movies being disasters, but still going unnoticed. With Dasavatharam and Ayan being the lone exceptions, we saw more and more and more disasters in the form of Bheema, Kuselan, Sathyam, Sarvam, Naan Kadavul, Kanthasami, Aadhavan, Aegan, Villu all being huge let down. Though Kanthasami and Aadhavan could be considered as average grossers.

 

Already Karthik is involed in a 32 crore-budget movie, Airathil Oruvan, which is unable to get released! When will this sitauation change? Saroja, UPO, Nadodigal, Eeram all made in very small budget made their marks on the box office!! The days are over where people watch any movie for their hero. Guys like Barath, Vikram, Surya wanted to transform themselves into mass heroes has been shown door to exit by people. We hardly seen any complete pure masala movie doing well in box office in the recent time!!

 

Are we going see the era of small budget movies yet again?  Are we coming out of this hype driven era in Tamil cinema?  What ever be the answer, the movie makers just cant get away with a stupid because of the star power or because it has enough masala or because of super hit songs. We want content —- says the general public.

Dasavatharam breaks TV records….

Dasa telecasted from 6 PM – 11.10 PM = 310 mins

After deducting the 30 mins news , we hav 280 mins.

Film is about 190 mins long….so approximately minimum of 90 mins (5400secs) Ads were shown by Kalaingar TV.

For 10 seconds of AD, if we put 2L , Kalaingar TV could hav collected 10.8 Crores ( i remember they got DASA rights for 5 Crores )

Also this is the first ever Tamil telecast…..a long way to go as well…

Credits : UNKH community in orkut

Dasavathar opens BIG in Hindi

The Dubbed version of the Tamil-Telugu blockbuster opened huge in Hindi as well.. The multiplex issue favoured the movie and it opened with full houses on most of the multiplexes this friday. 

 

The out and out pacy entertainer proved to be a big paisa vasool despite the almost null publicity.. This would prove to be a huge relief for the hindi industry which is continously facing flop after flop… 

 

Kamal has done a huge job of doing 10 roles and administered all the characters…

Dasavathar — the Hindi version of Historic Blockbuster

An year before, when the theatres are the empty halls due to the effect of IPL, there released a movie, that remembered the audience that the theatres exists … 

The movie opened with full, making more than 100 crores with in 10 days of its release… It went on to become the biggest blockbuster in the history of India Cinema… 

 

Months later, the Hindi speaking people has now got the chance to watch Kamal Hasan spun the magic, in a way as only he can do… 

Yes, the Hindi Version of Dasavatharam, Dasavathar, will be hitting screen tomorrow, and we would be more than happy to get your review and comments.. 

IPL around the corner, no promos, no publicity, no what so ever for a movie of this great heights, no idea what Kamal Hassan has in his mind leading to the release of his biggest release ? 

Will Dasavathar become the magical time again or will it become the fourth flop for Kamal in hindi following Hey Ram, Abhey, Mumbai Express…

We believe Hindi guys will see back their mass hero, as they have seen in Ek Thujae kaliyae, Appu Raja, Hindustani , Chachi 420…

Dasavatharam makes 225 crores collection

Sources say that Dasavatharam box office  Collection would have crossed 225 crores by now(5th week). Kamal’s salary has been fixed as 7 crore plus 26% profit share.

With that being said Kamal would beat Rajni for the highest paid salary in Indian Cinema

Kuselan Delayed

The much anticipated Rajni Kanth Starrer Kuselan release has been delayed by a week.

Well, with the way dasa is creating waves, its almost impossible to get theatres in India now..

so better back up from the race

Thunderstorms in Chennai Box office

The second weekend collection of Dasavatharam has beaten the collection record of first weekend collection of the same movie in chennai.

 

It is to be noted that the collection in terms of revenue remains the same all over the world and the reports say that overseas collection of the movie (Excluding Tamil Nadu) has crossed 50 crores by the end of sunday.

With that said, we can expect Dasa team announcing ” the collection has crossed 100 crores” shortly..

The budget of the movie has been pushed up as 165 crores though initial report stated it as 65 crores only..

The team knew 165 crore is going to be up shortly…

With the Hindi version yet to be released, well we can say the movie is going to make huge records shortly

 

Why 10 avatars ? A small comparison

A small comparison between the ten roles in dasa and the ten avators of lord Vishnu

Matsya Avatar- Nambi Rangarajan, the ardent Krishna devotee, thrown into the unfathomable depths of ocean in his attempt to save Lord Ranganada.

Kurma Avatar – The character of George Bush, may not look like a Kurma physically but on a closer look, the real Kurma aids in churning out Amruth, thereby triggering a war between Deva and Asura. In the present day context, Bush is also instrumental in such activities.

Varaha Avatar – Grandmom Krishnaveni mimics a Varaha in the shadow puppetry in the Mukunda number and she conceals the dangerous germs to protect human race just like the Varaha Avatar who hides the earth to save lives.

Vaaman Avatar- After scaling the three lokas or the worlds, Lord Vishnu takes Vishwaroopam and here the giant Kalifulla Khan emulates the same.
 
 
 
Narasimha Avatar- Shingen Narahashi, the Japanese Martial Arts Exponent. Here the connection is simply revealed by the name- singa or Sinha is lion and Nara means man. Lord Narasimha took to the form of half lion and half human to kill Hiranyakashipu with bare hands. Here Shingen Narahashi is on a mission to kill Fletcher with his Kung fu skills, using only hands.

Rama Avatar- Just like how Rama stands for commitment to marital relationships, Avatar Singh follows the same axiom and is devoted to his wife. Look at the name, AVATAR singh…

Balarama Avatar- No marks for guessing this. Balram Naidu is a simple and linear connection.

Krishna Avatar- Boovaragan, the dark dalit just like the dark skinned Yadava who saved Draupadi. Here he saves Asin and his death is very similar to Lord Krishna’s death- a metal rod striking his leg.

Parasurama Avatar- American Christian Fletcher who goes on a killing mission with modern weapons unlike the original Parasurama who with his bow and arrow killed twenty one generations of Kshatriya Vamsa.

Finally the Kalki avatar, who is only Govindaraj on a mission to save the human race.

Though these characters cannot be matched perfectly with the original ones, deep research has certainly gone into their characterization that reiterates the legendary nature of Kamal again and again.

MarmaYogi is Next

After a huge Box office success of Dasavatharam kamal announced the launching of his next venture Marma Yogi, to be written directed and acted by himself and to be produced by walt disney.

The success of dasa is all the momentum kamal needed and it seems that his salary for this marmayogi is going to be the highest for any indian hero.

the movie will be launched in Mumbai just 30 days after dasa release, remember dasa is expected break records in 25 days.

Well, Kamal has openly stated that after Marma Yogi , its his Dream Maruthanayagam…

Well, lets hope Marma Yogi follows the path of Vasool Raja, Vettayadu Villaiyadu and Dasavatharam

 

Dasavatharam re-written The box office records

Well, its monday, and last weeks collection details are not yet announced, but still it is told that the collection of dasavatharam has crossed 35 crore with in its first week and after the week end its more than 50 crores.

Considering the fact that the movie tickets are already reserved for the next week the movie is expected to break into 100 crore collection with in its 25 days.

Also, just an info that in its first weekend it came on 2nd in malaysia box office and with in 15 in US and UK box office and 7th Overseas for tha tweekend collection.

The First weekend collection is 21 crore, while the previous first week collection was 25 crore by Shivaji .

 

No more words, Hats off Kamal