Another Life - Season 2 (Review)

 Another Life (Season 2)

The second season is mind blowing. Excellent. It continues of from season 1. As mentioned in season 1, we might just need to take some things for granted as a prerequisite, like for example shuttling between Earth and Immediate Space Range and few other advanced technologies. But from what I know their story telling on a complex subject  was done in a beautiful way. For a kid who watch this series for sure its 100 percent guaranteed the interest towards astroscience would definitely grow as the terms and technologies they mentioned are definitely amazes us and not unreal and something I believe is being researched and already exist.

Do watch is if you are interested in genre and it is a thriller as well for sure. One of the excellent portion of this season is fight between codes, ya programming codes fight against each other and explained in a very simple way for us to understand

Another Life - Season 1 (Review)

If you are a space sci fi movie fan, this is yet another good series. Another Life in Netflix ( English). Just had a chance to finish season 1 and its too good. Simple concept, but effective enough in convincing the AI developments that supports the plot and the travel into the space for a mission to save Earth.

Maanadu Review

 Maanadu is too good. The amount of writing and re-writing (in loop) which the director and his team has gone throughout the process is clearly evident from the output. Excellent screenplay

It is an example of how story telling needs to be done for a complex subject. Sometimes I feel Hollywood movies on similar theme it's tough to understand at least for me and had to look at the Wikipedia to understand. We might fall for the brand of the name of director and miss a chance the same can be conveyed in a simpler way like Maanadu. The need to carter all the audience like Maanadu does is very essential and this should be termed as world class film making.

Movies like this and especially directors needs to be awarded as this is a phenomenal effort for story telling, addressing most of loop holes. Awards shouldn't be restricted to dark/serious movies but VP deserves one and so does SJ

AtrangiRe Review

 AtrangiRe is an exclusive use of creative freedom, that if one takes it for granted, would definitely like the movie very much. Stupendous performance by Sara Ali Khan and Dhanush. Main back bone is music by ARR for sure and the twist in the tail was carefully crafted by Anand L Rai

Nevertheless, I feel this ain't a cup a tea for everyone but for those this is very tasty tea of Laughter, true excitement to the title mentioned (Funnily weird)

If you planning to watch, would suggest to watch in Hindi to get the real taste as 5% dialogues are in Tamil and it helps to get through actual story better

Dhanush is just fantastic and wonder how he truly adhere to the definition of an actor in his horizontal expansion of his growth across languages be it Tamil, Holywood, Hindi films and as he steps in direct Telugu

Break point on Zee 5 (my view)

 This isn't a review, but just my view

This is a 7 episodes ( 35 to 40 mins each) series which takes us through the journey of Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi across the world, I still remember the 1999 Wimbledon win which made the whole country happy, but the situations and circumstances preceded to that was just unbelievable and sad to hear. This is just a single incident, the series uncovers lots more on how the brotherhood relationship they had gone through and how a potential external factors influenced their decision making in the partnership. It's soo awesome to see how they blanked out all the disturbances and commotion as they enter the tennis court especially playing for India.

This is very healthy project to bring a series of this fashion and sharing the truth in an unbiased way and also helps a lot as an audience to diagonize what could potentially go wrong when all works out well and get prepared for an effective decision making. Wish they had the maturity to sort out all the troubles as they could have won together 15 to 20 grandslams and an Olympic Gold.

Could not be a taste of choice for all, but if you are interested in sports series and especially Tennis on Paesh & Bhupathi, a must watch and highly recommend it.. The last scene of the 7th episode 👌👌

Sarpatta Parambarai - My View ( Not a review)

Movie Name: Sarpatta Parambarai 

Language: Tamil

OTT: Amazon Prime

My view:

To start of, I will make sure to generalize my view as usual, without any spoilers. But still please feel free to skip the moment, you feel like the view below is revealing any spoilers. So if you are planning to watch the movie, yes its definitely worth and a decent investment of 2 Hours and 52 mins. Usually when the entire team does well, the visuals we see on the screen is quite natural and that's what this movie is about. Lots of very important characters and each and everyone has done extremely well. Not only that even the non main characters shedding tears and understanding the emotion elevates the film to another level of authenticity and sincerity. 

Salute to all the boxers (characters played), in the amount of effort they went through, to bring in front of us the reality of the sports without too much dramatization. The stars of the movie are Arya and Pasupathi and my personal favorite is John Vijay and Shabeer Kallarakkal. 

There will be dips and come backs in the movie like any other movies, but Ranjith made sure to not let the engagement factor of the movie fall below average at any point of time. He and his team needs applauds for the amount of ground work they did to take us back to the 70's.

Arya, what an excellent talent. He should chose movies like this. Be it Parithi of Madarasapatinam in 1940-50's, or Kabilan here in 1970's, Arya's and his choice of period films is being crafted extremely well with a wonderful team. Music, actors casting, direction, sets across and the intensity in the atmosphere of every scene, will make this movie a cult movie for sure. Though the pattern might be the same as previous boxing movies, the execution and perfection in this movie is way ahead of other movies of similar pattern.

The screenplay and the intensity will get into your nerves in many brilliant scenes of the movie and full kuods to Ranjith for that for bringing that engagement factor. So would suggest to get your best 3 Hour slots for this great movie (if you are a action drama movie fan). This is a very good movie, which is not to be missed. I would go with 90/100 for this movie.

Vaazhl | வாழ் - My view ( Not a review)

Movie Name: வாழ் | Vaazh (To Live)

Language: Tamil ( available in Telugu, Malayalam dubbed)

OTT: Sony Liv

My view:

I would make sure to not give any hints on the plot and hence I will not add any spoiler. One thing I could say about this movies is "Unexpected and Unpredictable" and its a journey which they take us through via the lead character. Most of the times you would feel funny and pity at the lead actor, and the scene where the lead character comes to know what is happening with the funny background music, makes us laugh and roll and feel pity at the same time.

Exceptional music and stunning visuals, and may the TN Tourism (also PNG) can get the permission from the producer and do their own editing for tourism promotion. Such is the beautiful screenplay ( thanks to the location and long shot) feathering the screenplay of the movie. So far the above is the observation and my view for the first one hour of the film. ( with 52 minutes to go).

Well, enter the second part of the movie, the movie still stands to this tag line "Unexpected and Unpredictable" . This tag line is justified to the core, with a brilliant non boring screenplay. "Yaatra's" rhymes, Prakash reaction + the music, is just another funny sequence of the movie. Prakash, portrayed by Pradeep Anthony has lived the character be it the expression or curiosity or fear. He is brilliant.

The way the later part of the movie, moves around PNG (again cinematography is brilliant) with another accompany, who helps understand Prakash, the way to live the life, is done well and you could compare that to the extended version of  "Life of Ram" from 96. I personally felt that you may like or not like the movie, but this is a quality content in terms of visuals for sure, which needs to be watched in big screen. Probably I felt the lag in the last 25 minutes, and may be I didn't get the context well and some concerns on the logical aspects, but still the movie ends of well back the square one, with now Prakash found the essence of life, i.e.., TO LIVE.

After watching the movie, I felt like if I need to summarize the movie, I would say it could be liked or not liked (  I am in the former category), but the directors idea and attempt to make a film completely different from the usual screenplay as this is more like travel, twits and turns with the tag line of "Unexpected and Unpredictable" at every scene definitely needs to be applauded. Though the engagement factor is much more in the first half, it doesn't mean the second half of the move is bad at all. It lived to the dream of the directors idea I believe.

I will go with 80/100, and probably one thing is for sure, the locations and cinematography over it is something very new in Indian cinema as I have not seen those locations in the second half in any of the movies I watched as of now.

FARGO SERIES - My View ( Not a review)

 FARGO

(Amazon Prime)

Season 1: 100/100

Season 2: 100/100

Season 3: 100/100

Season 4: 100/100

My View:

Brilliancy loaded all across the episodes all 4 seasons. Be it direction, music, screenplay and the required slowness, makes this a cult classic in Thrilling + Gangster genre. I personally liked the tone on of the series . All these seasons are independent and has different storyline. Also, all these stories were real life incidents happened in the past across Minnesota, Missouri, North Dakota

I really felt beyond brilliant in the way the story was narrated, music, acting, thriller and most importantly the slowness. Yes the slowness is the biggest advantage I felt for this series. It was beautifully articulated and if you start watching it, you would love this I hope. Most of the other movies/series, slowness is usually for build up for bigger fast pace scenes, but screenplay I felt is powerful because of the slowness added to it. 

Each and every season is independent (mostly) and it covers the real story happened in Minnesota, Missouri, North Dakota in the USA. I personally feel this as a cult classic and for sure you should give a try as it gets addicted to watch the next episode.

SUITS - My View ( Not a review)

 Series Name: Suits

OTT: Netflix (in India)

Language: English

My View:

Season - 1:

Excellent. The series is about how happenings in a prestigious NY Law Firm , where the key associates are from Harvard Law School, and this young guy who is extremely talented (but without a degree from Ivy League) joins his senior partner tackles the various cases. Too good, if you like this genre and the episodes are mostly independent. I would go with 95/100, as the 5 points reduction is for some technical terms regarding law which they use in the episodes.

Season - 2:

Brilliant yet again and much more interesting and fun compared to season 1. They indirectly educate us some of the terms in law firm in season 1 and that made much more confirmable in some technical aspects.. The lead characters "Harvey Spector" and "Mike Ross" give us such a confidence, that anything is possible . If you are here at the end of season 2, you would love much more on senior associate character "Louis", and what an excelling acting and he is the best of all. Though is not a lead, he blows away with his excellent performance

A City based genre, with lawyers and different battel they fight and how they good deep in finding a small evidence which would work them favor is the genre of the story. I felt, this is one series where episode is not getting bored and always my first one to select in my current watchlist . 95/100 yet again for me

Season - 3:

Extremely good and too brilliant. The first 2 season sets the stage to to grasp the way the law firm work and not worry about too much detailing and definitely addicted to it. I would go with 95/100 for third season

Season - 4:

The show only gets better, as this season had 20% of emotional battle happening between the well established character. Rick Hoffman in Louis Litt character is probably at the top of the league for the best actor in a series. He is just brilliant in the way he acts. Though he is not the main character, if you ever get a chance to watch SUITS, I would be jealous of you 🙂, as you get to watch his travel from episode 1 without knowing the plot so far. I would go with 90/100, as it was not racy compared in terms of speed with respect the first 3 seasons. But nevertheless, it is still engaging at its best in a different flavor.

 Season - 5:

I was pretty sure during the first couple of episodes, that this is gonna the bad season so far. But the screenplay, twists and turns, emotions, fight back in the next episodes proved me wrong. The later episodes were so racy as it didn't even made me realize it completed over the weekend's time. The last 6  to 8 episodes, is like a "tik tok" moments ( If you get a chance to watch this season, the wordings will be understood by that time) and its the best of of all in the entire 5 seasons. Nail biting thriller, in a drama genre series. I was wrong initially during my first season review that episodes are independent, rather its connected or used some way or the other. The final episode of this season tops all. I would go with 100/100 for this, for sure.

Season - 6:

I would go with 100/100 for season 6. Probably this the first season, where you could see lots happening outside the usual office. Lots of brilliant moments and the battle Harvey does for Mike. Oliver's character was beautifully done as we could see Mike in him, with the way he wanted to help people. The sequences in clinic was really interesting. Ton of emotions  with cards being played well in the screenplay to use the key character at the time time and right place.

3 more seasons to go...

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.

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

83rd Academy Awards Nominations - by Films

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

Nadunissi Naaygal trailer| Nadunissi Naaygal release date| Nadunissi Naaygal - a Thriller |Nadunissi Naaygal trailer Download | No Music Director for Nadunissi Naaygal

Nadunissi Naaygal trailer| Nadunissi Naaygal release date| Nadunissi Naaygal - a Thriller |Nadunissi Naaygal trailer Download | No Music Director for Nadunissi Naaygal :Nadunissi Naaygal is the upcoming film directed and produced by Gautam Menon.Not many knew about this film and the expectations was very less when compared to that of Gautam's previous release, due to lack of advertisements, but the true fact this may be a different strategy because everyone knew Gautam is a talented director.

The release date of the film is expected to be on the Republic Day, 26th January (2011) and the stars in this films includes,

• Sameera Reddy
• Veera Bagu - He is the assistant director of Gautam and also came in many ads, like Hero Honda Splendor with Prakash Raj

Another interesting thing about this film is that, it is believed that the film has no music director and no background score. Let us check it out, how it will be...

Nadunissi Naaygal trailer

Aron Ralston praises AR Rahman | Aron Ralston about AR Rahman | Aron Ralston about 127 hours - Aron Ralston praises AR Rahman music by saying "if only I had your soundtrack in the canyon, I could've lasted another 127 hours"

Aron Ralston praises AR Rahman:What a compliment to the king of Music and the Mozart of Madras AR Rahman, from another legend who survived 127 hours to save his life, Aron Ralston. Ya, one AR ( Aron Ralston) praising another AR (AR Rahman).

127 hours in a Dany Boyle film, based on the true story of the mountain climber, Aron Ralston, who survived 127 hours, by cutting his lower right arm. Aron Ralston recently wrote a note to AR Rahman and according to that note,

"For A.R, Thank you for bringing your amazing music to my story - if only I had your soundtrack in the canyon, I could've lasted another 127 hours. Best Wishes, A.R. (Aron Ralston)." 

Really 127 hours is a great experience and the music is really haunting and simply superb. one of the song, "If I Rasie", a combination of Dido and AR Rahman Work is mind blowing and it is a strong contender for Oscars. Just hear the sound track here,

If I raise:

127 Hours Trailer:

Manirathnam to direct Ponniyin Selvan| Ponniyin Selvan biggest budget movie in India, with more than 250 crores| Vikram in Ponniyin Selvan

All these information were becoming very popular in internet, i.e Maniratnam is all set to overtake Shankar, to direct the Highest Budget Movie in India and Asia and the film name is Ponniyin Selvan.

About the Novel Ponniyin Selvan

Ponniyin Selvan is the famous novel written by Kalki Krishnamurthy and it was released in 5 Volumes.This is considered as one of the Greatest Novel in Tamil and moreover this is also the favorite one for great legends like Rajinikanth, Kamalhassan etc. Ponniyin Selvan depicts the fortunes of the Chola Dynasty, during the 10th century.

Maniratnam to direct Ponniyin Selvan under Sun Pictures Banner?

This is a billion dollor question and no official confirmation is rleased so far. Various internet sources says the following,

1) Budget of the Movie: Rs.250 cores and above

2) Hero of the Movie: Vikram and Mahesh Babu

3) Music Director: AR Rahman and Ilayaraja

4) Producer: Sun Pictures

5) Writer/dialogue: Jayamohan

6) Release year: 2012

As I said earlier, all these are speculations in the internet about the budget and cast, but it seems Ponniyin Selvan will be Maniratnam's next movie.

Udayanidhi Stalin in OK OK(Oru Kal Oru Kannadi) | Udayanidhi Stalin to act as a hero in Rajesh film

Udayanidhi Stalin in OK OK(Oru Kal Oru Kannadi) | Udayanidhi Stalin to act as a hero in Rajesh film:Film Producer form the Political Background family, Udayanidhi Stalin will make his Debut film in Rajesh's third film OK OK(Oru Kal, Oru Kannadi). Successful director Rajesh, from the film of SMS(Siva Manasula Sakthi) and Boss engira Baskaran, will direct his third film, and Harris Jeyaraj will compose the music for this film.

Rajesh's favourite, Santhnam will also stare in this movie and the heroine of this film is, Hansika Motwani. OK OK(Oru Kal Oru Kannadi) is expected to be a 2011 release.

2011 Golden Globe Awards Nominations | Live timing and Channel

 Time: 8 PM EST, 16th January 2011( Indian Time around 6 AM, 17th January 2011)

 Cecil B. DeMille Award - Robert De Niro

Best Motion Picture - Drama

Black Swan
The Fighter
Inception
The King's Speech
The Social Network

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama

Halle Berry – Frankie and Alice
Nicole Kidman – Rabbit Hole
Jennifer Lawrence – Winter's Bone
Natalie Portman – Black Swan
Michelle Williams – Blue Valentine

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama

Jesse Eisenberg – The Social Network
Colin Firth – The King's Speech
James Franco – 127 Hours
Ryan Gosling – Blue Valentine
Mark Wahlberg – The Fighter

Best Motion Picture - Comedy Or Musical

Alice in Wonderland
Burlesque
The Kids Are All Right
Red
The Tourist

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Comedy Or Musical

Annette Bening – The Kids Are All Right
Anne Hathaway – Love And Other Drugs
Angelina Jolie – The Tourist
Julianne Moore – The Kids Are All Right
Emma Stone – Easy A

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy Or Musical

Johnny Depp – Alice in Wonderland
Johnny Depp – The Tourist
Paul Giamatti – Barney's Version
Jake Gyllenhaal – Love And Other Drugs
Kevin Spacey – Casino Jack

Best Performance by an Actress In A Supporting Role in a Motion Picture

Amy Adams – The Fighter
Helena Bonham Carter – The King's Speech
Mila Kunis – Black Swan
Melissa Leo – The Fighter
Jacki Weaver – Animal Kingdom

Best Performance by an Actor In A Supporting Role in a Motion Picture

Christian Bale – The Fighter
Michael Douglas – Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
Andrew Garfield – The Social Network
Jeremy Renner – The Town
Geoffrey Rush – The King's Speech

Best Animated Feature Film

Despicable Me
How To Train Your Dragon
The Illusionist
Tangled
Toy Story 3

Best Foreign Language Film

Biutiful (Mexico, Spain)
The Concert (France)
The Edge (Russia)
I Am Love (Italy)
In A Better World (Denmark)

Best Director - Motion Picture

Darren Aronofsky – Black Swan
David Fincher – The Social Network
Tom Hooper – The King's Speech
Christopher Nolan – Inception
David O. Russell – The Fighter

Best Screenplay - Motion Picture

Simon Beaufoy, Danny Boyle - 127 Hours
Christopher Nolan - Inception
Stuart Blumberg, Lisa Cholodenko - The Kids Are All Right
David Seidler - The King's Speech
Aaron Sorkin - The Social Network

Best Original Score - Motion Picture

Alexandre Desplat - The King's Speech
Danny Elfman - Alice in Wonderland
A. R. Rahman - 127 Hours
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross - The Social Network
Hans Zimmer - Inception

Best Original Song - Motion Picture

"Bound To You" – Burlesque
"Coming Home" – Country Strong
"I See The Light" – Tangled
"There's A Place For Us" – Chronicles Of Narnia: The Voyage Of The Dawn Treader
"You Haven't Seen The Last Of Me" – Burlesque

Best Television Series - Drama

Boardwalk Empire (HBO)
Dexter (SHOWTIME)
The Good Wife (CBS)
Mad Men (AMC)
The Walking Dead (AMC)

Best Performance by an Actress In A Television Series - Drama

Julianna Margulies – The Good Wife (CBS)
Elisabeth Moss – Mad Men (AMC)
Piper Perabo – Covert Affairs
Katey Sagal – Sons Of Anarchy
Kyra Sedgwick – The Closer (TNT)

Best Performance by an Actor In A Television Series - Drama

Steve Buscemi – Boardwalk Empire (HBO)
Bryan Cranston – Breaking Bad
Michael C. Hall – Dexter (SHOWTIME)
Jon Hamm – Mad Men (AMC)
Hugh Laurie – House (FOX)

Best Television Series - Comedy Or Musical

30 Rock (NBC)
The Big Bang Theory (CBS)
The Big C (Showtime)
Glee (FOX)
Modern Family (ABC)
Nurse Jackie (SHOWTIME)

Best Performance by an Actress In A Television Series - Comedy Or Musical

Toni Collette – United States Of Tara (SHOWTIME)
Edie Falco – Nurse Jackie (SHOWTIME)
Tina Fey – 30 Rock (NBC)
Laura Linney – The Big C (Showtime)
Lea Michele – Glee (FOX)

Best Performance by an Actor In A Television Series - Comedy Or Musical

Alec Baldwin – 30 Rock (NBC)
Steve Carell – The Office (NBC)
Thomas Jane – Hung (HBO)
Matthew Morrison – Glee (FOX)
Jim Parsons – The Big Bang Theory (CBS)

Best Mini-Series Or Motion Picture Made for Television

Carlos (Sundance C)
The Pacific (HBO)
Pillars Of The Earth (STARZ)
Temple Grandin (HBO)
You Don't Know Jack (HBO)

Best Performance by an Actress In A Mini-series or Motion Picture Made for Television

Hayley Atwell – Pillars Of The Earth (STARZ)
Claire Danes – Temple Grandin (HBO)
Judi Dench – Return To Cranford
Romola Garai – Emma
Jennifer Love Hewitt – The Client List

Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television

Idris Elba – Luther
Ian McShane – Pillars Of The Earth (STARZ)
Al Pacino – You Don't Know Jack (HBO)
Dennis Quaid – The Special Relationship
Edgar Ramirez – Carlos (Sundance C)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television

Hope Davis – The Special Relationship
Jane Lynch – Glee (FOX)
Kelly MacDonald – Boardwalk Empire (HBO)
Julia Stiles – Dexter (SHOWTIME)
Sofia Vergara – Modern Family (ABC)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television

Scott Caan – Hawaii Five-O
Chris Colfer – Glee (FOX)
Chris Noth – The Good Wife (CBS)
Eric Stonestreet – Modern Family (ABC)
David Strathairn – Temple Grandin (HBO)

KO Trailer - KO Tamil Film Trailer | KO trailer Download

KO Trailer - Download KO Trailer: Starring Jeeva,Ajmal Ameer, Pia Bajpai, Prakashraj and directed by KV Anand from Ayan.This film is also the debut Tamil film for Karthika Nair, the daughter of Tamil actress Radha. Simbu rejected this offer initially, which gave opportunity another talented hero Jeeva.Richard Nathan is the cinematographer for this film.The trailer got a huge response form the fans, and this trailer which was telecasted during the break of Manmadha Ambu  film, and got great response, proved that KO will be a huge film

Watch out for the last 30 seconds for excellent cinematography and beautiful locations.

It's a wonderful life: Best Inspirational Movie | Best Inspirational Movie | The film that makes you feel better | The film that gives you confidence | Top 5 Inspirational Movie | All Time Inspirational movie

It's a wonderful life: Best Inspirational Movie

It's a wonderful life: Best Inspirational Movie | Best Inspirational Movie | The film that makes you feel better | The film that gives you confidence

One of the best movie of the century, It's a wonderful Life is a confident booster. A must watch film for ever human being. With an IMBD rating of 8.7/10, this is and will be one of the best inspirational movie that the world has ever seen.

It's a wonderful life: Best Inspirational Movie | Best Inspirational Movie | The film that makes you feel better | The film that gives you confidence

Release year: 1946

Reference: Based on the story "The Greatest Gift" written by Philip Van Doren Stern. 

Director: Frank Capra

It's a wonderful life: Best Inspirational Movie | Best Inspirational Movie | The film that makes you feel better | The film that gives you confidence

Top 5 Inspirational Movie

1) It's Wonderful Life:

The story of the movie may be not possible practically, but the theme of the movie will definitely gives you a great deal of confidence.Directed by Frank Capra, this 1946 black and white film will makes our mind white and crystal clear and will give a morale booster, how to face the challenges of the life without getting demotivated.

The story goes like this when God in the space discuss and send an angel to help a person called George Bailey, who intends to commit suicide as he lost most of his money and need the insurance amount to overcome all his financial problems...oops.. but he won't be there because the amount will be given as insurance money only if he dies

At that time the angel from the Heaven comes and saves his life and also shows the world in such a way that the character called George bailey never existed. This angle of viewing life make George Bailey that he must definitely want to live his life, whatever may be the challenge he faces.I am sure that anyone who is very much depressed of their failure in life should watch this movie, as this is a great morale booster and also increase your confidence level to face the life.

2) Schindler's list: 

Directed by Steven Spielberg this 1993 film always tops the list in the category of best inspirational movies. To be frank, there will be an impact in you for few days after watching this film.The story of this film goes way back to the period of Second World War, when the cruel German dictator Adolf Hitler decided to capture Poland and torture the Jews.

When Poland was captured by the Germans, a man called Oskar Schindler, a German business man comes to Poland to start a business and slowly and steadily the film describes you how this man is responsible for saving more than 1000 lives. 

3) Remember the Titans

I would say this movie as the Denzel Washington's best movie This films is based on a true story where Denzel plays the character of the Herman Boone, the football coach

This is a story which describes how sports overcomes racism and also the spirit of playing as a team.This is a double treat for Sports fans as this inspirational movie is based on a sports film, but in general this is a great film to the human community so as to how to be united and face the life, irrespective of race, color and religion.This movie was released in the year 2000.

4) Anbe Sivam(Love is God)

Hardly you would have seen this film in the list because many wouldn't have watched this gem of a movie. This is an Indian film ( Tamil Language) released in the year 2003 featuring all time greatest actor of Indian Cinema KamalHassan.

The theme of the movie is universal i.e the person who helps others in considered as the God.The story takes place, when the actors travel from the Storm hit Bhuvaneshwar to Chennai, where Kamal Hassan, slowly and steadily makes his co passenger, Madhavan, understands what is life.

In short this is a master piece and all film fans must watch this, atleast with the help of subtitles.

5) La vita è bella(Life is Beautiful)

This is a 1997 Italian film, directed and acted by Roberto Benigni, who also won the academy award for best actor for this film. this film also won Academy award for Best Music, Original Dramatic Score and Best Foreign Language Film

Even though this film makes you cry at the end, this film has lot of humor and definitely credit must goes to Roberto Benigni, for a great performance. The story goes way back to second world war when the hero and his family captured along with others weer captured by the Nazi's as virtual slaves.

Roberto Benigni, hides his son from the Nazi's and explains that he is playing a game and if he wins he would get a tanker, so as to ensure that his son doesn't knew that they were captured.a sudden, unexpected but superb climax makes you feel.

 Do not take this list in order. Source Best Inspirational Movies Ever

Rajinikanth Song in USA | Balleliakka in USA | Tamil Song in USA | Tamil Song sung by US students | Balleliakka in US stage show | Thalaivar Song in America

This is a very good video where you can see our thalaivar's ( Super Star Rajinikanth from India) song was sung by American Students in a stage show. Thanks to the you tube user for this superb video.

Rajinikanth Song in USA | Balleliakka in USA | Tamil Song in USA | Tamil Song sung by US students | Balleliakka  in US stage show | Thalaivar Song in America

Video Description:

Balleliakka by A. R. Rahman, arr. Ethan Sperry
Lara Wolford, student conductor
Sam Mack, Jenni Cahill, Laura Mock, soloists
Miami University Collegiate Chorale under the direction of Jeremy Jones
Concert at Hall Auditorium, October 29, 2010

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