[Ifroham4]

Looking forward this Cheran movie as usual

[Drugmachine]

yes... everytime even i look forward for a cheran movie... so that i can take my whole family to the theatre... there is one another actors movies also for which i would take my family too...

but this cheran... is awesome in his films like autograph and thavamaai thavamirundhu.... i dono wat went wrong totally in maayakkannaadi...
yappaa.... naan cdla dhaan paatthaen....
padamaa adhu...i started hating navya nayar wherein i like her in "azhagiya theeyae"...

idhula yaaru heroine... looks like padmapriya.... these two make a good pair i believe...

any idea on whether this story will be another sentimental memories kinda story.... or something diff this time...

Cheran said that this movie is in the series of Autograph. yeah, this movie is also about memories :P

[Lt_Apple]

i prefer the movies directed by him to the ones in which he is just an actor... can onyone list all the movies directed by him...

i can only recall porkkaalam... vetrik kodikattu... dhaesiya geedham... autograph... TT... maayakkannaadi...

[S.T.D.]

Cheran is decent performer. He can do justice to given Charactors. Eg :- Solla marandha kadhai and Raaman thediya seedhai . These two movies are also close to my heart .
My top list cheran movies ( both as actor and director)
1. Autograph - memories not be forgotten
2. Thavamaai thavamirundhu - paasam
3. DhEsiyageedham - changes to be made
4. Porkaalam - udambil ulla kuraigal ellaam oonamilleeengO
5. Paandavar bhoomi - mini autograph
6. Vetrikodi kattu - velinaatu panamOgaththil kuruttuththanamaai yEmaaraadhE
7. Solla marandha kadhai - ego vEndaam
8. Raaman thEdiya seedhai - Vaazhkkai vaazhvadharkE
9. Bharathi kannamma

[Slonopotam845]

I missed his PirivOm sandhippOm and Maayakkannaadi . I guess PirivOm sandhippOm was a decent movie

[Beerinkol]

aiyo cheran. hero aasaiya vidungappa.. there are a lot of talented new faces dying to act in any movie.. make use of them pls..

aridhaaram poosikollum palar ariyanaikku aasaippadum indha kaalaththil, thiraikku pinnaal mattum dhaanE nadikka aasaippadugiraar :P thavarondrum illai

[Peptobismol]

yeah sarna.. how did i miss paandavar boomi... awesome movie... great piece of music as well...
and barathi kannamma... i did not watch cos of the heroine maybe...

and i watched pirivom sandhippom... really decent but really really slow... sneha did a better job in that...

[Lillie_Steins]

Originally Posted by Anban aiyo cheran. hero aasaiya vidungappa.. there are a lot of talented new faces dying to act in any movie.. make use of them pls..

aridhaaram poosikollum palar ariyanaikku aasaippadum indha kaalaththil, nadikkaththaanE aasaippadugiraar :P thavarondrum illai adhaanae... actors direct panna otthukurom... directors act panna mattum yaen ivlo edhirppu... its always good if the person suits the character...

[Ifroham4]

aiyo cheran. hero aasaiya vidungappa.. there are a lot of talented new faces dying to act in any movie.. make use of them pls..

Anban,
[This is a proposition I have in general with regard to people's criticism about Cheran's acting in his own or others' films. So I'm just picking on your post to give it the right context. Hope you wouldn't mind.]
I fail to understand people's grouse about Cheran acting in films. Many ask, why? Well, why not? He does mess up quite a bit in the emotionally charged scenes of his films, but surely he doesn't chew the scenery in all the films he acts in? He's quite competent for instance in 'pirivOm santhippOm.' There are several other actors in Tamil cinema, most of whom would either fall in the same ballpark as Cheran or in a much worse league, but we don't seem to harbour this sort of grouse with them.
To put it bluntly, I think the root cause behind this complaint is his everyman looks. At some level, there's a "wait, this was not supposed to be your domain" reaction we show towards actors like Cheran.

[Beerinkol]

yeah sarna.. how did i miss paandavar boomi... awesome movie... great piece of music as well...
and barathi kannamma... i did not watch cos of the heroine maybe...

and i watched pirivom sandhippom... really decent but really really slow... sneha did a better job in that...

thOzha thOzha thOlkodu konjam saanjikkanum
natpa paththi naama pEsi theeththukkanum
onna naan purinjukkanum
onnannaaa therinjukkanum

[softy54534]

Originally Posted by sarna_blr Originally Posted by Anban aiyo cheran. hero aasaiya vidungappa.. there are a lot of talented new faces dying to act in any movie.. make use of them pls..

aridhaaram poosikollum palar ariyanaikku aasaippadum indha kaalaththil, nadikkaththaanE aasaippadugiraar :P thavarondrum illai adhaanae... actors direct panna otthukurom... directors act panna mattum yaen ivlo edhirppu... its always good if the person suits the character... SS ungalOda ulkuththu puriyudhu

[Lillie_Steins]

Originally Posted by SoftSword Originally Posted by sarna_blr Originally Posted by Anban aiyo cheran. hero aasaiya vidungappa.. there are a lot of talented new faces dying to act in any movie.. make use of them pls..

aridhaaram poosikollum palar ariyanaikku aasaippadum indha kaalaththil, nadikkaththaanE aasaippadugiraar :P thavarondrum illai adhaanae... actors direct panna otthukurom... directors act panna mattum yaen ivlo edhirppu... its always good if the person suits the character... SS ungalOda ulkuththu puriyudhu adappavi sarna...
for this reason, i was so hesitant before writing that... but convinced myself thinking that people here are no kids...

"unnayellaam vechukittu... oru kolai kooda panna mudiyaadhu"

[9mm_fan]

I am big fan of Cheran too. My concern is that, ever since he started acting, his creativity has narrowed down to stories where only he can play the lead role, which is a big limitation. I am sure, if he had not been successfull with his acting, he would have surely casted someone else for an urban story like Maayakkannaadi (even then it would have failed!!).

I also have expectation for Pokkisham. Hope he can deliver.

[Beerinkol]

all the movie stills are designed like a postal stamp....
guess he acts as a post man in the movie...

[Drugmachine]

I am big fan of Cheran too. My concern is that, ever since he started acting, his creativity has narrowed down to stories where only he can play the lead role, which is a big limitation.

Omega,
Do you mean to say the lead roles in his earlier films (bArathi kaNNammA, poRkAlam, thEsiya gItham, veRRikkodi kattu, pANdavar bUmi) were actually "outside" what he could have played? Au contraire, I think he could have easily placed himself in any of these films and they would have been no different. (In fact, all these roles look quite the same to me! But that's for another day.)

I am sure, if he had not been successfull with his acting, he would have surely casted someone else for an urban story like Maayakkannaadi

This might be true, but doesn't explain why people don't want him to act at all.

[9mm_fan]

But My grouse is, Cheran is showing off the same character and attitude in all of his movies.. It is becoming a stereotype..

Ok. Perhaps that only means he needs to widen his horizon as an actor by taking up a wide range of roles (even if all of them are "everyman" in an overarching sense)? I thought his presence in pirivOm santhippOm was much more relaxed than his previous outings.

[LottiFurmann]

glad that someone started a thread for this one.
He was making message movies one time - since paandavar bhoomi - started settling into making somewhat subtler and dignified films. The thing I like about his movies are the 'sentiments' . He does not make them like 'P Vasu' sentiment films, but more like 'Bheemsingh' school of sentiment films. The sentiments are the foundation and the realistic crafting of the characters and subtle portrayals play out while the focus is always on the 'foundation' and a touching climax. Even the mediocre maayakannadi had a somewhat touching climax - if you leave out the lenght sermon at the end. Vetri Kodi kattu too had the lengthy sermon at the end. I watched that one with my friend who had made it big in dubai and he enjoyed every bit of it. his movies are like Visu's Arattai Arangam while a lesser director would have made the very same subject as Vijaya TR's arattai arangam!!

[Raj_Copi_Jin]

his movies are like Visu's Arattai Arangam while a lesser director would have made the very same subject as Vijaya TR's arattai arangam!!

Ha, that's a very interesting way to put it, Jaiganes! My problem with Cheran's films is not as much with their sentimentalism as their moralism. He's such a straight-shooting moralist that he designs his entire film to meet those ends. In this light, I think someone like a Thangar Bachaan is actually better than Cheran. The former has at least his "storytelling instincts" in place.

[doctorzlo]

In this light, I think someone like a Thangar Bachaan is actually better than Cheran. At least, he has his "storytelling instincts" in place.

Nevaire !
I know you mentioned in exactly one respect. But even then that is a tough statement.

In fact, after having been put through paLLikkoodam, I will object to Thankar and 'respect' being used in the same sentence.

Annan, oru Truffaut quote-Oda padaththai aarambikkiRArE pArkkaNum.

[Beerinkol]

Nevaire !
I know you mentioned in exactly one respect. But even then that is a tough statement.

Ok, my comment achieved its purpose! Yes, I mean exactly in this one respect. I've to admit I've not seen any of his recent films (saw a few scenes from 'paLLikkUdam' on local cable). Even 'azhagi', I've seen only parts of it when it was shown on television. (That is, I didn't see it when it was in the theatres and haven't seen it since in one sitting. In fact, 'thenRal' is the only film of his that I've seen in one sitting and that was on thiruttu cable too.) The main point I am trying to make is about his inclination in showing characters that are flawed in some ways or in depicting real conflicts between his characters and so on, even if all that doesn't add to much.