Thursday, February 17, 2005
Ji !
It was because of a friend of mine that I went to see "Ji" movie on a Sunday again(You will understand this line, if you read my previous posts. Dont mind! Uh!). When compared with Ajith's previous flops, "Ji" is much better(only for Ajith). But for the audience, it is the same old story, same old plot and presentation.
But the movie opening(where Ajith walks slowly to a cycle workshop and the next scene with Manivannan) does make you sit up and expect something new is going to surprise you from the director. But thanks to screenplay, the director loses grip on the movie as it moves towards the interval and finishes with the climax with the usual stunts.
I was just comparing some scenes from "Ji" with some good old movies. The scene in which Ajith's flash back starts with a song(traditional) and the way the flash back starts in "Oorkaavalan", a Rajinikanth starrer and the flash back in "Anbe Sivam" by Kamalhaasan(this also opens with a song).
And the scene in which Ajith comes back to Trisha after his jail term and when they embrace all the lamps are lit automatically.(I tell you there was a such a laughter in the cinema hall that would make a vivek or vadivelu comedy go unnoticed) and the scene in which Kamalhaasan proposes to Sridevi in "Varumai Niram Sigappu" in the song "Sippy irukkudhu" (Boy! can you ever forget that song and its picturization?)
...and the scene in which Sridevi proposes to Rajinikanth in "Johnny"...and oh, there are still a lot.
After "Anandham" multi-starred by Mammooty, Abbas, Murali, Sneha etc. and "Run" starring Madhavan and Meera Jasmine(yes! the national award winner this year for the malayalam movie Padam Onnu Oru Vilapam) which did reasonably well in all centres, I expected "Ji" also in the same level if not much better. I think that Ajith's star value forced the director to make adjustments in the screen play. Hope Lingusamy has another ace up his sleeve and he will not disappoint in his next film.
But the movie opening(where Ajith walks slowly to a cycle workshop and the next scene with Manivannan) does make you sit up and expect something new is going to surprise you from the director. But thanks to screenplay, the director loses grip on the movie as it moves towards the interval and finishes with the climax with the usual stunts.
I was just comparing some scenes from "Ji" with some good old movies. The scene in which Ajith's flash back starts with a song(traditional) and the way the flash back starts in "Oorkaavalan", a Rajinikanth starrer and the flash back in "Anbe Sivam" by Kamalhaasan(this also opens with a song).
And the scene in which Ajith comes back to Trisha after his jail term and when they embrace all the lamps are lit automatically.(I tell you there was a such a laughter in the cinema hall that would make a vivek or vadivelu comedy go unnoticed) and the scene in which Kamalhaasan proposes to Sridevi in "Varumai Niram Sigappu" in the song "Sippy irukkudhu" (Boy! can you ever forget that song and its picturization?)
...and the scene in which Sridevi proposes to Rajinikanth in "Johnny"...and oh, there are still a lot.
After "Anandham" multi-starred by Mammooty, Abbas, Murali, Sneha etc. and "Run" starring Madhavan and Meera Jasmine(yes! the national award winner this year for the malayalam movie Padam Onnu Oru Vilapam) which did reasonably well in all centres, I expected "Ji" also in the same level if not much better. I think that Ajith's star value forced the director to make adjustments in the screen play. Hope Lingusamy has another ace up his sleeve and he will not disappoint in his next film.
// posted by JVC @ Thursday, February 17, 2005 
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