fan post!

my two weekends alone have become a private film fest..

and it just so happens that i have become a fan of mani rathnam.. all i knew before that he was a good director whose movies where tasteful.. but having seen some of his movies several times (i saw in the last 10 days, 7 of his movies) and focusing on specific scenes, i have come to appreciate his thinking.. and what it takes to make those poignant scenes come alive to haunt the audience again and again.. you can never get tired of his movies..

there are several patterns.. i am sure i will add on to this post in the future.. the one that struck me were his female protagonists.. almost all of them, look their best and prettiest in his movies.. simran in kannathil muthamitaal and srividya in thalapathy is motherhood incarnate.. revathi in mouna raagam is the woman with spunk.. manisha koirala in dil se will forever be the suicide bomber in my mind.. but the way they have been portrayed and cast.. it's as if the director has seen through these actors to understand their essence and has helped them bring this out in his movies.. it doesn't feel like acting at all.. how can 1 man have so much imagination.. he has introduced some of the best music directors, cinematographers, actors (madhavan, arvind swamy) and actresses (aishwarya rai, preity zinta included)..

having never been a very creative person, i am baffled at what enables people like mani rathnam to do this!

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