[doctorzlo]

selvaraghavan - reminds me of the yesteryear BaluMahendra...........for a fact, i havent enjoyed both of these guys movies.......PP was unsittable esp if u have seen technically superior RGV's don movies..........Kadhal Kondein was again crass at some places........reminded of Guna atleast at 10 places while watching the movie..........i'm fortunate enuf not to have seen 7GRC.........TI, IMO is the pick of his movies...... ......at first i thot it was a C-centre blue film but after watching it on SUNTV once, i was amazed........

selvaraghavan's narration style is somewhat unique and Dark ............which makes him stand out from the rest.........

(wat happened to his hindi venture?? ......hope it never materialises )

[9mm_fan]

SELVARAGHAVAN-GOT HIS WN STYLE!

[S.T.D.]

lyrics in selvaraghavan movies are of top class

[TorryJens]

Sorry if that sounded like a statement against ARR.

Normally, an average moviefan will go to a movie based on director / MD / Hero / Heroine etc !

so, A film from Shankar + ARR combo will generate much hype and my point was even such a big budget combo film couldn't beat this one It was one the combo & the film and not against ARR

Selva - ARR combo is an interesting one. Selva is known for extracting good music and I am sure the songs will be top-class.

yea, it was almost like history repeated itself with Pattiyal beating the daylight out of pudhupettai........ppl. were sorta bored already with blood and gore in pattiyal and when PP released they were like ........Vishnu did to selva wat selva did to shankar......

but still i dont understand y Selva didnt take U1 for his hindi movie????

[Peptobismol]

A very good director (atleast for me !!) . I have watched and liked all his movies and i liked his latest movie Pudupettai.....It was an excellent film for me......

I want Ajith to act with him as he knows how to bring the best from an actor

His Profile : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selvaraghavan

Discuss!!

[Ifroham4]

Kamal with selvaraghavan should be a mouthwatering combo :P

[TorryJens]

Good Director!

Ive watched 2 of his movies, I liked both.

[Beerinkol]

Any one knows about his latest Telugu release?

[S.T.D.]

What can I say :P He is the most exciting director around. 7G was a bit of a downer after Kadhal Kondein, but Pudhupettai made up for all his previous shortcomings. Too bad it didn't do well when released. Namba makkalin rasanaikku matroru eduthukkattu

[NeroASERCH]

The Movie has opened up with a good response as far as my friends say here
http://www.idlebrain.com/movie/archive/mr-amav.html

Any one knows about his latest Telugu release?

[tgs]

After multiple viewings of all his movies, 7GRC is my favorite. The acting was pathetic though. OTOH acting was terrific in kAdhal koNdEn. I still cant convince myself that PP is a great movie. The screenplay kind of wobbles here and there and the director sure got confused as to how to end the movie.

[HedgeYourBets]

After multiple viewings of all his movies, 7GRC is my favorite. The acting was pathetic though. OTOH acting was terrific in kAdhal koNdEn. I still cant convince myself that PP is a great movie. The screenplay kind of wobbles here and there and the director sure got confused as to how to end the movie.

ditto (gonna start counting the number of times I say ditto to Nerd's posts ).

In PuduppEttai he seemed very conscious of making a classic. It really dragged towards the end. Characters were wasted and some scenes were there really for show (like the celebrated aruvaal training scene).

OTOH 7G was pretty disturbing. Ravikrishna still doesn't get that his is a one-role career. Even in absolute lack of modulation in his nasal voice fit the character well. The movie got really sappy towards the end and could ended way earlier. But that criticism applies to several better films too.

Kaadhal Kondein was novel and interesting. Some of the visuals and scenes make you sit up and take notice. But it didn't raise the expectations too high, so I enjoyed 7G. Perhaps it was because of the high expectations post 7G that I didn't enjoy PP that much.

[Fegasderty]

After multiple viewings of all his movies, 7GRC is my favorite. The acting was pathetic though. OTOH acting was terrific in kAdhal koNdEn. I still cant convince myself that PP is a great movie. The screenplay kind of wobbles here and there and the director sure got confused as to how to end the movie.

7G was a pretty straight forward movie. It was an overdose of emotion. OTOH PP was raw and complex. Right from the starting green tinged prison scenes (mudhal kola pannum bodhu udambula appadiye oru vesha bodhai erum. Naan dhaan ellamnu) to the end where he waits for his rival to finish his last meal, PP tied me to my seat. It is a movie that works on different layers - all of them waiting to be peeled and analysed. Every time I do that I am left spell-bound. Be it the split-screen effects or the map showing Kokki Kumar's expanding region of influence, Selva Raghavan's genius shines through. Not to mention his tribute to film makers from Coppola (PR, that's probably the aruval training scene you are talking about) to Tarantino .

[Ifroham4]

Any one knows about his latest Telugu release?

yep...AMAV is good and i liked it.....Selvaraghavan is a successful director and he has proved it again with this movie

[Big A]

Originally Posted by Nerd After multiple viewings of all his movies, 7GRC is my favorite. The acting was pathetic though. OTOH acting was terrific in kAdhal koNdEn. I still cant convince myself that PP is a great movie. The screenplay kind of wobbles here and there and the director sure got confused as to how to end the movie.

7G was a pretty straight forward movie. It was an overdose of emotion. OTOH PP was raw and complex. Right from the starting green tinged prison scenes (mudhal kola pannum bodhu udambula appadiye oru vesha bodhai erum. Naan dhaan ellamnu) to the end where he waits for his rival to finish his last meal, PP tied me to my seat. It is a movie that works on different layers - all of them waiting to be peeled and analysed. Every time I do that I am left spell-bound. Be it the split-screen effects or the map showing Kokki Kumar's expanding region of influence, Selva Raghavan's genius shines through. Not to mention his tribute to film makers from Coppola (PR, that's probably the aruval training scene you are talking about) to Tarantino . I watched the film just once and your post made me delve into the archives and see what my initial reaction was.

Am still not sure I'd use the word complex wrt PP. I am quite a miser when using the word wrt Tamil films

The aruvaal-training was a Tarantino tribute eh ? Should have guessed. enna padam ? But with Tarantino, you are kind of put in a different world. There is no attempt to reconcile with the logic and worse still morals, of the world as we know it. But I just didn't think Selvaraghavan pulled it off.

And, glad to know atleast one of us found the last meal scene riveting

[doctorzlo]

the next movie of selva raghavan is with vikram

[PhillipHer]

The aruvaal-training was a Tarantino tribute eh ? Should have guessed. enna padam ? But with Tarantino, you are kind of put in a different world. There is no attempt to reconcile with the logic and worse still morals, of the world as we know it. But I just didn't think Selvaraghavan pulled it off.

And, glad to know atleast one of us found the last meal scene riveting

Uhh!! I meant Coppola. The scene is very similar to the one where Clemenza teaches Michael how to execute (do I sound violent?) his first kill in Godfather. Of course, not to mention the court scene, where Kokki Kumar has his wife's family menacingly surrounded by his men - a direct reference to Michael bringing the brother of one of the witnesses from Italy during the Commision's hearings in Godfather II.

[9mm_fan]

Feddy machi Thanks for opening a thread for my favorite director

I thought of starting a thread for him with a title "New Releases of SELVA" :P

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What to say. One of the directors who is known for simple yet powerful narration. He never uses animated graphics to show the majesty of a scene. He hardly uses foolish dialogues to portray the intensity of a scene.

Even in a simple setting, he can create scenes which will be in your mind for a long time. Just have a look at the scene in 7GRC in which Kathir speaks to his beloved who is now visible only to him.
The intensity is something unexplainable.
ONly a director like SELVA can create such kind of magic.

The scene in which Kathir's father breaks out when he sees the offer letter of his son and the dialogue.. " Ini oru paya solluvaan.. en pulla kaiyaalaagaathavannu "

I watch his movies in the first week itself. I travelled for more than 2 hours just to watch 7GRC.

The ONLY director who is known for bringing the best out of YSR

TI - Donno how many times this album was played in our college hostels.
"Adi 15 ponathu 16 vanthathu thaavani paarthaen
Meesai vanthathu, thadavi paarthaen parukkal irundathu.. Unnnlae"
Vayathukku vantha pennae vaadi munnae
Ilavasamaai tharuvaen endran idayam thaanae"

After this, SELVA & YSR became the hot favorites for the MIDDLE CLASS & C CENTRE youth as well A class guys

The GAP between the audio release & the movie release was high. But yet TI became one of the trendsetters of tamil cinema. HOw many movies followed TI and ended up as crap.
Even a COMBO like Shankar + ARR couldn't beat this movie in TN

I watched TI after its 125 days celebration in Kamala theatre. Even at that time, it was 75% FULL
One director who makes even STONES to ACT !

Having said that,
My favorite movies would be TI and 7GRC :P
I donno.. but i didn't like KK as much as I loved TI & 7GRC.

Songs like "Ninaithu Ninaithu", "Devathaiyai Kandaen" still looks fresh and I never get tired listening to them.

Having said that, PP was a complete let down for me. I expected a lot from PP. I went to this one in the second day itself. After the 3.75 hours, I ended up with a great disappointment. EXcept the first 90 mins, I didn't like anything in this movie. It was one of the biggest disappointments for me. Even I didn't like the songs in the movie. But felt glad when I read lot of appreciation for that from the critics.

One of the directors who will make you to watch the movie many times.

He is now planning to enter HINDI film industry. :P All the very best SELVA. Rock on !

[radikal]

Wealth Kumar Talks about Wealth Raghavan

[PhillipHer]

My Ratings on his films :

THulluvadho Ilamai -->


Kaadhal Kondein -- >


7G Rainbow Colony --> Mega Waste Film i found it to be very very boring


Pudupettai -->