Saturday, December 17, 2011

Best Tamil films of 2011 - Top 10 Tamil films of 2011

Top 10 Tamil films of 2011: Here is the list of Top Tamil films of 2011 - Best Tamil films 2011.

1) Aranya Kandam

Thiagarajan Kumararaja, is the director of the film and believe it or not this is this debut film for him. When all people take gangster movie, with an inspiration from Godfather, this Tamil film, to be specific this Indian film, is all set to turn the things around to set a new dimension of Gangster Movie, and as an acknowledgement by receiving award @ South Asian International Film Festival, New York.



This film might not rocked the box office, but for all film experts and true film fans, this is the best ever film that will come out of the loop of Godfather loop.

2) Ko

In 2011, if a film is said to had very less negative points and it is definitely KO. Some sequence of the film, like unnecessary songs, is the only minor negative aspects of the film, and more than 95% of the film is pakka entertainer, with a strong message.


The climax of the movie will make people fool, when they come to know about the truth, but that is where KV Anand, believed in the brilliance of the people. Jiiva slammed the trend of Tamil Cinema by accepting this strong and powerful script, which made almost everyone in Tamil Nadu love him, and also in Andhra Pradesh, where the dubbed version rocked @box office.

3) Vagai Sooda Va

First credit to the music director Girban, who can easily fetch a National Award for his stupendous music. But total credit to Sargunam, the director of the movie, who made us to see the 1960's and most importantly the value of education.


This problem prevails in modern world also, and this is an eye opener film. Vimal who acted in Sargunam's debut film Kalavani, made sure that their chemistry works very well. Iniya is a new find to Tamil Cinema. All the kids in the film have done a fabulous job.

4) Engeyum Eppothum
Another debutant film in top 3, and this time it is director Saravanan, assistant of AR Murugadoss. Probably the real hero of the film is the screenplay, which is for sure to win many awards. There was a famous saying by a famous director "Its a boring job to direct, when you have a perfect screenplay" and that's the power of screenplay. Added to this is the stupendous acting of all characters and a strong message.


5) Poorali
When you can take a movie with strong message with great humor, then it wins the critics and also the box office, and Poorali fits in this category. Great message said in a violent cum humor way. Another crown for Samuthrakani and Sasikumr combo and they set to be the deadly pair, who produce and direct great film. An eye opener film to all.



6) Mayakkam Enna + Aadukalam
This lad is known all over the country, thanks to Why this Kolaveri, but what people outside TN doesn't know is that Dhanush is such a wonderful actor.


To be specific, he is smart in choosing the role which suits for him. It is a known fact that no one in the film industry could have done the role of Karthik@Mayakkam Enna. All this credit goes to one and only man director Selva Ragavan. He called it as next gen love story, but this is what people expect. Richa, the heroine of movie equally competed with Dhanush and won all appreciation.Dhanus's Aadukalam also finds its place in this list, which won 6 National Awards.

7) Azhagarsamiyin Kudhirai
We can easily identify the film, whether it is  Baharathiraja/Maniratnam/Shankar/Myskin movie, by seeing the film, and that is because all tend to have their own style, whose impact can be easily realized in the screen.


 But for a person who watches movies like Vennila Kabadi Kuzhu, Naan Mahan Alla and Azhagarsamiyin Kudhirai, without knowing who is the director, they find all the films are different and yet in different style. Suseenthran is turning out to be a director, who is unique and changing is style to maintain the consistency. Azhagarsamiyin Kudhirai has a strong message on superstitious belief, in a comic way.

8) Deiva Thirumagal

Time is set for Vikram to grab his second National Award for DTM. Inspite of a Holywood remake, Iam Sam, DTM is an asset to Indian cinema, mainly due to the efforts of Vikram and Vijay, with the efforts of GVP. No one can easily forget of Nila's character of Sara, who is also ins strong contention of National Award. The one cinema which made most of the audience cry after a very long time is DTM.

9) Avan Ivan and Yutham Sei

The one man who can compete Vikram of DTM is Vishal. The one negative aspects is the sudden entry of villain and the climax. Apart from that the film is a treat for all fans, but the reason why it is in this list is due to the awesome performance of all characters and excellent comedy tracks, throughout the film. As usual Bala has torchered all in this film to bring a very good product.

Myskin's Yutham Sei also joins 9th position

10) 7aam Arivu
7aam Arivu is the most expected movie of the year, yet it can't find No. 1 slot in this list, thanks to some sequences in the second half. If the Hypnotism fighting was trimmed, followed by choosing some other actress instead of Shruti Hassan, and Music Director Harris Jayaraj, would have made this film one of the best in Tamil Cinema and Indian Cinema. Yet no one in India, would try to do a brave and effective script like ARM.



Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Oscar Nominations 2011 List : 2011 Oscar Nominations List - List by Maximum number of Nominations

Oscar Nominations 2011 List : 2011 Oscar Nominations List - list by Maximum number of Nominations: AR Rahman Nominated for 2 Oscars in Best Origina Score and Best Song - "If I Raise" from 127 hours

                                 83rd Academy Awards - Nominations by Category


Actor in a Leading Role

  •  Javier Bardem in “Biutiful”
  •  Jeff Bridges in “True Grit”
  •  Jesse Eisenberg in “The Social Network”
  •  Colin Firth in “The King's Speech”
  •  James Franco in “127 Hours”

Actor in a Supporting Role

  •  Christian Bale in “The Fighter”
  •  John Hawkes in “Winter's Bone”
  •  Jeremy Renner in “The Town”
  •  Mark Ruffalo in “The Kids Are All Right”
  •  Geoffrey Rush in “The King's Speech”


Actress in a Leading Role

  •  Annette Bening in “The Kids Are All Right”
  •  Nicole Kidman in “Rabbit Hole”
  •  Jennifer Lawrence in “Winter's Bone”
  •  Natalie Portman in “Black Swan”
  •  Michelle Williams in “Blue Valentine”


Actress in a Supporting Role

  •  Amy Adams in “The Fighter”
  •  Helena Bonham Carter in “The King's Speech”
  •  Melissa Leo in “The Fighter”
  •  Hailee Steinfeld in “True Grit”
  •  Jacki Weaver in “Animal Kingdom”

Animated Feature Film

  •  “How to Train Your Dragon” Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois
  •  “The Illusionist” Sylvain Chomet
  •  “Toy Story 3” Lee Unkrich

Art Direction

  •  “Alice in Wonderland” Production Design: Robert Stromberg; Set Decoration: Karen O'Hara
  •  “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1” Production Design: Stuart Craig; Set Decoration: Stephenie McMillan
  •  “Inception” Production Design: Guy Hendrix Dyas; Set Decoration: Larry Dias and Doug Mowat
  • “The King's Speech”Production Design: Eve Stewart; Set Decoration: Judy Farr
  • “True Grit”Production Design: Jess Gonchor; Set Decoration: Nancy Haigh

Cinematography

  • “Black Swan” Matthew Libatique
  • “Inception” Wally Pfister
  • “The King's Speech” Danny Cohen
  • “The Social Network” Jeff Cronenweth
  • “True Grit” Roger Deakins

Costume Design

  •  “Alice in Wonderland” Colleen Atwood
  •  “I Am Love” Antonella Cannarozzi
  •  “The King's Speech” Jenny Beavan
  •  “The Tempest” Sandy Powell
  •  “True Grit” Mary Zophres

Directing

  •  “Black Swan” Darren Aronofsky
  •  “The Fighter” David O. Russell
  •  “The King's Speech” Tom Hooper
  •  “The Social Network” David Fincher
  •  “True Grit” Joel Coen and Ethan Coen


Documentary (Feature)

  •  “Exit through the Gift Shop” Banksy and Jaimie D'Cruz
  •  “Gasland” Josh Fox and Trish Adlesic
  •  “Inside Job” Charles Ferguson and Audrey Marrs
  •  “Restrepo” Tim Hetherington and Sebastian Junger
  •  “Waste Land” Lucy Walker and Angus Aynsley

Documentary (Short Subject)

  •  “Killing in the Name” Nominees to be determined
  •  “Poster Girl” Nominees to be determined
  •  “Strangers No More” Karen Goodman and Kirk Simon
  •  “Sun Come Up” Jennifer Redfearn and Tim Metzger
  •  “The Warriors of Qiugang” Ruby Yang and Thomas Lennon

Film Editing

  •  “Black Swan” Andrew Weisblum
  •  “The Fighter” Pamela Martin
  •  “The King's Speech” Tariq Anwar
  •  “127 Hours” Jon Harris
  •  “The Social Network” Angus Wall and Kirk Baxter

Foreign Language Film

  •  “Biutiful” Mexico
  •  “Dogtooth” Greece
  •  “In a Better World” Denmark
  •  “Incendies” Canada
  •  “Outside the Law (Hors-la-loi)” Algeria

Makeup

  •  “Barney's Version” Adrien Morot
  •  “The Way Back” Edouard F. Henriques, Gregory Funk and Yolanda Toussieng
  •  “The Wolfman” Rick Baker and Dave Elsey

Music (Original Score)

  •  “How to Train Your Dragon” John Powell
  •  “Inception” Hans Zimmer
  • “The King's Speech” Alexandre Desplat
  •  “127 Hours” A.R. Rahman
  •  “The Social Network” Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross

Music (Original Song)

  •  “Coming Home” from “Country Strong” Music and Lyric by Tom Douglas, Troy Verges and Hillary Lindsey
  •  “I See the Light” from “Tangled” Music by Alan Menken Lyric by Glenn Slater
  •  “If I Rise” from “127 Hours” Music by A.R. Rahman Lyric by Dido and Rollo Armstrong
  • “We Belong Together” from “Toy Story 3" Music and Lyric by Randy Newman

Best Picture

  •  “Black Swan” Mike Medavoy, Brian Oliver and Scott Franklin, Producers
  •  “The Fighter” David Hoberman, Todd Lieberman and Mark Wahlberg, Producers
  •  “Inception” Emma Thomas and Christopher Nolan, Producers
  •  “The Kids Are All Right” Gary Gilbert, Jeffrey Levy-Hinte and Celine Rattray, Producers
  •  “The King's Speech” Iain Canning, Emile Sherman and Gareth Unwin, Producers
  •  “127 Hours” Christian Colson, Danny Boyle and John Smithson, Producers
  •  “The Social Network” Scott Rudin, Dana Brunetti, Michael De Luca and Ceán Chaffin, Producers
  •  “Toy Story 3” Darla K. Anderson, Producer
  •  “True Grit” Scott Rudin, Ethan Coen and Joel Coen, Producers
  •  “Winter's Bone" Anne Rosellini and Alix Madigan-Yorkin, Producers

Short Film (Animated)

  •  “Day & Night” Teddy Newton
  •  “The Gruffalo” Jakob Schuh and Max Lang
  •  “Let's Pollute” Geefwee Boedoe
  •  “The Lost Thing” Shaun Tan and Andrew Ruhemann
  •  “Madagascar, carnet de voyage (Madagascar, a Journey Diary)” Bastien Dubois

Short Film (Live Action)

  •  “The Confession” Tanel Toom
  •  “The Crush” Michael Creagh
  •  “God of Love” Luke Matheny
  •  “Na Wewe” Ivan Goldschmidt
  •  “Wish 143” Ian Barnes and Samantha Waite

Sound Editing

  •  “Inception” Richard King
  •  “Toy Story 3” Tom Myers and Michael Silvers
  •  “Tron: Legacy” Gwendolyn Yates Whittle and Addison Teague
  •  “True Grit” Skip Lievsay and Craig Berkey
  •  “Unstoppable” Mark P. Stoeckinger

Sound Mixing

  •  “Inception” Lora Hirschberg, Gary A. Rizzo and Ed Novick
  •  “The King's Speech” Paul Hamblin, Martin Jensen and John Midgley
  •  “Salt” Jeffrey J. Haboush, Greg P. Russell, Scott Millan and William Sarokin
  •  “The Social Network” Ren Klyce, David Parker, Michael Semanick and Mark Weingarten
  •  “True Grit” Skip Lievsay, Craig Berkey, Greg Orloff and Peter F. Kurland

Visual Effects

  •  “Alice in Wonderland” Ken Ralston, David Schaub, Carey Villegas and Sean Phillips
  •  “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1” Tim Burke, John Richardson, Christian Manz and Nicolas Aithadi
  •  “Hereafter” Michael Owens, Bryan Grill, Stephan Trojanski and Joe Farrell
  •  “Inception” Paul Franklin, Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley and Peter Bebb
  •  “Iron Man 2” Janek Sirrs, Ben Snow, Ged Wright and Daniel Sudick

Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

  •  “127 Hours” Screenplay by Danny Boyle & Simon Beaufoy
  •  “The Social Network” Screenplay by Aaron Sorkin
  •  “Toy Story 3” Screenplay by Michael Arndt; Story by John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich
  •  “True Grit” Written for the screen by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
  •  “Winter's Bone” Adapted for the screen by Debra Granik & Anne Rosellini

Writing (Original Screenplay)

  •  “Another Year” Written by Mike Leigh
  •  “The Fighter” Screenplay by Scott Silver and Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson;Story by Keith Dorrington & Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson
  •  “Inception” Written by Christopher Nolan
  •  “The Kids Are All Right” Written by Lisa Cholodenko & Stuart Blumberg
  •  “The King's Speech” Screenplay by David Seidler

The King's Speech - 11 Nominations

1) Colin Firth - Actor in a Leading Role
2) Geoffrey Rush - Actor in a Supporting Role
3) Helena Bonham Carter - Actress in a Supporting Role
4) Art Direction
5) Cinematography
6) Costume Design
7) Directing
8) Film Editing
9) Original Score
10) Best Picture
11) Sound Mixing
12) Original Screenplay

True Grit - 10 Nominations
 
   1) Jeff Bridges - Actor in a Leading Role
    2)  Hailee Steinfeld - Actress in a Supporting Role
    3)  Art Direction
    4)  Cinematography
    5)  Costume Design
    6)  Directing
    7)  Best Picture
    8)  Sound Editing
    9)  Sound Mixing
    10) Adapted Screenplay

Inception - 8 Nominations

    1) Art Direction
    2) Cinematography
    3) Original Score
    4) Best Picture
    5) Sound Editing
    6) Sound Mixing
    7) Visual Effects
    8) Original Screenplay

The Social Network - 8 Nominations

    1) Jesse Eisenberg - Actor in a Leading Role
    2) Cinematography
    3)  Directing
    4)  Film Editing
    5)  Original Score
    6)  Best Picture
    7)  Sound Mixing
    8)  Adapted Screenplay

The Fighter - 7 Nominations

    1) Christian Bale - Actor in a Supporting Role
    2) Amy Adams - Actress in a Supporting Role
    3) Melissa Leo - Actress in a Supporting Role
    4) Directing
    5) Film Editing
    6) Best Picture
    7) Original Screenplay

127 Hours - 6 Nominations

    1) James Franco - Actor in a Leading Role
    2) Film Editing
    3) Original Score - AR RAHMAN
    4) Original Song - “If I Rise” - AR RAHMAN
    5) Best Picture
    6) Adapted Screenplay

Toy Story 3 - 5 Nominations

    1) Animated Feature Film
    2) Original Song - “We Belong Together”
    3) Best Picture
    4) Sound Editing
    5) Adapted Screenplay

Black Swan - 5 nominations

    1) Natalie Portman - Actress in a Leading Role
    2) Cinematography
    3) Directing
    4) Film Editing
    5) Best Picture

Winter's Bone - 4 Nominations

    1) John Hawkes - Actor in a Supporting Role
    2)  Jennifer Lawrence - Actress in a Leading Role
    3) Best Picture
    4) Adapted Screenplay

The Kids are all right - 4 Nominations

    1) Mark Ruffalo - Actor in a Supporting Role
    2) Annette Bening - Actress in a Leading Role
    3) Best Picture
    4) Original Screenplay

Alice in Wonderland - 3 Nominations

    1) Art Direction
    2) Costume Design
    3) Visual Effects