Friday, February 18, 2011

Anis Birthday

Feb 18... Today Anis had turned 20.. He is not a teen anymore. I too am gonna miss my sweet teen in another 35 days ;)

Deciding the Undecidable:
Today is the release of Gowtham Vasudev Menon's new ('A' certified) movie Nadu Nisi Naaygal. I, Arun and Muthu decided to give him a surprise by taking him to the theater. We booked for the movie evening show (330pm) in Sangam Cinemas couple of days before. We didn't tell him about it. Anis asked us last nite whether shall we go for the movie. We told tickets would have been already booked out so we will go on sunday. Today morning after classes over at 1030 am (due to Techofes 11), Anis told we will go today outside for lunch. Before our ever busy Muthu came and we decided of what hotel to go, time turned 1240. We decided to start in ten minutes to have lunch at Adyar Sangeetha hotel. It became1'o clock when we started and Anis still dint know about  the movie.

Funny without a penny:
Before mentioning about the lunch experience in Sangeetha, i gotta write the funny comedies that had happened today. We walked till CLRI where we decided to catch a bus. The hotel is at the next stop in Gandhi Nagar. A MTC bus came. I thought i will ask the conductor whether the bus will stop at conductor. It was my mistake that i got into the bus without informing the other 3, for what purpose i am getting in. They thought since i got in the bus will stop there and they too got in. When i asked the conductor, and when he is about to reply that it wont stop there the bus had just started. I asked him to whistle to stop but he didn't. Meanwhile Muthu got down from the running bus and i too did. Anis got down third when the bus changed to 3rd gear. It was nearly impossible for Arun to get down then and he didn't. He travelled alone in that bus looking at our faces. But the most funniest part of this is that he had had not even a penny in his wallet. There is some problem with his debit card and so his wallet was empty.  Finally he got down in the next stop when the bus slowed down a little due to some traffic. We walked eventually to the hotel. It would have been better if we had decided that earlier.

The Lunch:
In the hotel, we had a nice lunch. I and Arun decided to take North Indian Thali and Anis too already had decided the same. Muthu (who never knows to make an order of his own) too ordered for the same. We had a nice lunch except for the fear in my mind that clock is ticking and with every tick, the probability that we will be late for the movie got increased.  We already had told Anis that we will go to a church in Egmore. We told him we will go to Sangam Cinemas first and we will book tickets for sunday for the movie and we will go for the church. We unduly had the advantage that Anis will believe whatever whomever says. He is too lazy to think or analyse what we are saying and he is ready to accept it rather than analysing it.  When we had finished our lunch it was 230pm already. We had two options either to take bus route or train route.

The Strike:
Gowtham, my school friend, who then just entered the hotel, suggested me to take 29C bus. It will take only 20 to 25 mins to the theater and we walked till Malar Hospital stop to get that bus. When we boarded into the bus it was 250pm and Muthu told we will be in theater by 315pm. Yeah he was rite on any day except for today which was destined already to make as much fun as possible on us. The bus reached Sterling Road by 305pm. The theater was mere 4 kms away and 3 stops away. So on any other day the bus would have reached there by 315pm. But today, as if it was to be happened for us, there was some college strike near KMC and traffic is blocked. We dint know the reason of the traffic and stayed in bus for next half an hour when the bus just had travelled a mere 100 metres. At 345 we were not too far from Sterling Road.

BUN:
We decided to go by walk and for next half an hour it was just walking and joggin before we reached the theater at 415pm. Once again we unduly had 'Anis Advantage'. He did ask why we are running for just getting a ticket but he asked that only after running 3.5 kms already. We were close to the theater by then. But what is the point in still hiding it from him. After all we got a big BUN(Big Unexpected Nosecut) in our student's language. 10 mins before reaching the theater itself (at 4.05pm) Vicky Vijay called me from theater and told me to get back and not to come to the movie. He told the movie is so far so mokka and so its better if we dont come to theater only.  But we decided to give a go for it.

The Movie:
So we were in the theater at 415 already having missed half of the movie as this is a short movie for around 90 mins. We just heard what had happened in the first half during the interval from other friends in the theater. They said nothing much had happened and we watched the second half. I, Anis and Arun kinda liked the movie but others felt it very worse to sit in the theater. But i was satisfied that Anis finally liked the movie much(but note that we watched only the second half.. Had we watched first half our view would have been different too).  Followed by the movie was Arun's comedy once again when he took us to the railway station from the theater with the help of a photo of google map in his mobile. Actually he took us in the wrong turn but for God sake it turned to be a shortcut. Everyone was praising him for taking in shortcut but only we two knew that it was by a mistake. At 645 we reached Guindy, where it is time for me to make the next fun. I got into the running bus and others dint get in and as Arun travelled alone in the morning, this time its my turn.

But overall, this was a nice day and we loved it this way despite we got big BUNs and everything. In the evening was a concert from 'Thaman' in our college where many singers and actor 'Nakhul' came. Nice enjoying day again. And the swear that i did yesterday that i will study today surely had again gone in vain ;)

நடு நிசி நாய்கள்


CAST

  • Veera Bahu as Veera (Samar)
  • Sameera Reddy as Sukanya
  • Deva as Vijay
  • Swapna Abraham as Meenakshi
  • Ashwin Kakamanu as Arjun
  • Samantha in a guest appearance



First of all before writing a critique about this movie i first have to admit that i hadn't watched the complete movie. I have missed out the first 40 to 45 mins of the movie. So i am not gonna write about the complete movie. I am just writing how i felt in the rest of the movie i had seen.



Nadunissi Naaygal (English: Midnight Dogs; Tamil: நடுநிசி நாய்கள்) is a 2011 Tamil Psychological Thriller written and directed by Gautham Menon that stars Sameera Reddy, Veera Bahu and Deva in the lead roles. The film is simultaneously released in Telugu as Erra Gulabilu. Another notable feature is that the film does not feature any kind of background film score or music.


First of all, if you are a weak hearted person, dont go to watch this movie. The movie is taken completely under the midnight sky. And if you are not a weak hearted person, and if you had already decided to go for this movie, just give it a shot(atleast watch the second half like me). People may say that it is not worth watching and everything but there are many good aspects in the movie. If you are looking for some nice songs or some funny comedies it is not the right movie. If you are looking for a nice screenplay, again it is not a the right movie. Yes, the movie is not fit with an amazing screenplay, yet it is worth watching once.  If you are good in admiring one of the best cinematography or good camera skills, this movie is worth giving a shot. Veera Bahu gets applause in his acting considering this is his debut film. Except for these three, otherwise the movie may not be a favourite for anyone.






‘Nadunisi Naaygal’ is the story of a boy who turns a psychopath with multiple identity disorder. Gautham has stuck to the theories of this disorder perfectly. But a placid narration is bound to test your patience. Veera Bahu as the psychopath is there in almost every scene. He gets a fairly long solo sequence at the climax to perform. His ‘Anniyan’ acts there of course are déjà vu. Considering he is a new comer, Veera passes with above average marks.



Sameera Reddy as Sukanya takes the seco
nd half along with him. As a traumatized girl waiting to be killed by a psychopath, Sameera has shown fear good. She can claim to have acted in this film as she is better off than her earlier Tamil films. Veera Bahu can be given 4.5 marks while Sameera is worth for 4 marks for the scenes in which she had shown fear.


Technical department as always prove big strengths to Gautham Menon. Manoj Paramahasa’s cinematography is worth writing. The climax sequence where light and rain play games together is at his best. As almost the entire film was shot at night it gives the cameraman the challenge. Another notable act is the re-recording. 4 marks can be given for Manoj Paramahasa's cinematography.


The movie resembles an old tamil movie Sigappu Rojakkal (சிகப்பு ரோஜாக்கள்) directed by Bharathi Raja in 1978 starring Kamal and Sri Devi, except for that there is an included multiple disorder masalas and improved tricks in cinematography. The movie overall can be awarded 2 marks out of 5.


Gautham Menon's earlier claim that this film is for the multiplex audience only  is a good foresightedness. May be he knows already that this movie is not going to get any repeated audience or going to bring as much collection as his earlier movies. It is just that he had taken a movie in the way he wanted to. 


In simpler words, another English movie in Tamil in the direction of Gautham Menon.