[Big A]

This year so far:

Thirupachi - Nee Entha Ooru
Ji - Vambu
Raam - Boom Boom

Years Past:
Kadhalan (all)
Mr Romeo - Romeo Attam
Love Birds - Sambha Sambha
Minsara Kanavu - Vennilave Vennilave
Thirumalai - Thamathaka
Gilli - Appadi Podu
Gentlemen - Chikku Bukku (changed choreography as we know it in tamil films today)
Boys - Saregame
12b - Love Pannu
Kadhal Konden - Thottu Thottu
KanduKonden x 2 - All songs
Thirudha Thirudha - Veerapandi Kottaiyilai
Indian - patriotic song
Alai Payuthey - Pachai Nirame
Aiyatha Ezhuthu - Yakkai Thiri & Jana Gana Mana
M.Kumaran - Chennai Senthamizh & First song in movie
Mounam Pesiyudhe - Adatha Attam

In my opinion as far as stars are concerned:
Prabhu Deva,Lawrence, Vijay, & Jayam Ravi are good to watch

As far as directors:
Mani Ratnam,Shankar, Rajiv Menon & Ameer take time with making their songs watchable

[Raj_Copi_Jin]

Songs in shankar and Manirathnam films have excellent choreography. All songs in 'Mudalvan' and 'alai Payuthe' stand out, in my opinion.

If I may add on irritating choreography as well, I simply hate those Bharathi Raaja songs with white angels dancing around the couples!! How unnatural!!

[Lillie_Steins]

Songs in shankar and Manirathnam films have excellent choreography. All songs in 'Mudalvan' and 'alai Payuthe' stand out, in my opinion.

If I may add on irritating choreography as well, I simply hate those Bharathi Raaja songs with white angels dancing around the couples!! How unnatural!!

Having group dancers around is an important phenomenon in Tamil films nowadays. But barathiraja type angels are irritating I agree I have a number of favourites when it comes to choreography. I usually enjoy songs without group dancers around. Of recent movies I loved the song sequence of 'ding dong kOvil maNi' in 'Ji'. Very pleasant , soothing and different. Let me try to give some of my favourites.

1.Chippi irukkuthu muththu irukkuthu - vaRumaiyin niRam sivappu - kamal/sridevi

2. poongkaatRu un pEr solla kEttEnE inRu - vetri vizha - Kamal/amala

3. vaanam enna keezhirukku boomi enna mEl irukku - kamal/prabhu - vetRi vizha (prabhu with his bulky body does a superb jot almost equal to Kamal)

4. nee oru kaadhal sangeetham - naayagan - kamal/saranya

5. anthi mazhai mEgam thanga mazhai thoovum - kamal and group- naayagan - excellent work by camera man P C Sriram

6. kaattukuyilu manasukuLLa paattukkenRum panjamilla - rajini/mammootty - thaLapathy

7. adi raakkammA kaiyya thattu - Rajini/shobana and co - thaLapathy

8. Ooooo lallallaa - kajol/nasar/prabhudeva - minsara kanavu - the song that makes me dance every time I see .

9. ninnukkOri varNam - amala/prabhu - agni natchathiram

10. rambambam aarambam - kamal/kushboo - mmk raajan

11. santhana thenRalai - ajith/thabu and co - kanukondEn2

12. sollaamal thottuchchellum thenRal - ajith - deena ( ajith lip-sync is great here)

13. sOnA ei sOnA I love you love you da - ajith/simran/jothika - vaali

14. uppu karuvaadu oora vechcha sORu - arjun/manisha koirala - mudhalvan - (again the camera work was excellent here.)

15 pachchai niRamE pachai niRamE - maadavan/shalini - alaipAyuthE ( superb cinematography)

More to come ...

[brraverishhh]

Salangoli - the song over the well when kamal is drunk simply superb.

There is a movie on classical dance with a little boy who dances on a plate and his feet start to bleed.Anyone know which movie this was?I watched it when i was like iono 5ish?which was abt 15 years ago.Dont know if the movie was new then.I believe Kamal was in it not sure.

[LottiFurmann]

KALAKUVEN KALAKUVEN- DUM
ALTHOTTA BOOPHATHI- YOUTH
MACHAN PERU - MADUREY
THAM THAKKA THIM - THIRUMALAI
SINGGARI SINGGARI - RAJA

[LottiFurmann]

Salangoli - the song over the well when kamal is drunk simply superb.

Yes great one !! but I loved the song sequence of 'naatha vinOthangaL nadana santhOshangaL' more. Superb dance by Kamal and J'pradha.

There is a movie on classical dance with a little boy who dances on a plate and his feet start to bleed.Anyone know which movie this was?I watched it when i was like iono 5ish?which was abt 15 years ago.Dont know if the movie was new then.I believe Kamal was in it not sure. I remember vaguely. Donno in which film it is

[Drugmachine]

THITRAGGE THITRAGGE SONG'S DANCE WAS REALLY DISGUSTING
PAAKE MUDILEA

[Lillie_Steins]

From Alaipayuthe, I like "Yaaro"

"Paartha Vizhi" from Guna.

"Rakamma..." Thalapathi.

"Viru Virumaandi (Andha Kandhamani)" - Virumaandi.

more later.........

[Slonopotam845]

One more example for most irritating choreography- Pani vizhum Malarvanam- Karthik and GG were dancing like robots and completely spoiled a very romantic song. So is the case with another melody - Poove, sempoove, un vaasam varum- Radharavi singing the song with a mike and the heroine dancing around - cant they think of something that fits better with the tune and lyrics?

[Ifroham4]

KALAKUVEN KALAKUVEN- DUM
ALTHOTTA BOOPHATHI- YOUTH
MACHAN PERU - MADUREY
THAM THAKKA THIM - THIRUMALAI
SINGGARI SINGGARI - RAJA

meganggal ennai tottu-amarkalam
savadi paduttule name irukire mathiri irukkum

[Ifroham4]

moongil kadugale vandu munagum paadalgale
samurai

iyerkai annayai appadiye kan mun kondu vanthu viduvargal

[Big A]

I like
1. Antha Arabi Karaiyoram(Bombay)
2. thottal poo malarum(New)

My choice of most irritating choreography will be from the movie Vellai Roja. Where Prabhu and Ambika will be dancing for the song "Oh Maane Maane, Unnei Thane"... personally i think that whatever movie with Prabhu's dancing is a total disaster. Whoever choreograph for Prabhu is a pathethic person, bcoz the steps will be same in all the movies

[9mm_fan]

"Viru Virumaandi (Andha Kandhamani)" - Virumaandi.

Well well ! It was grandly picturized. But best choreography ? The fire swingers (silambam) were not in tandem , you can see some of the silambams 'off'. The guys swinging the 'fire' from their hair (on the sides of the tank) were absolutely wayward.The choreography was natural in the sense that you don't see Thiruvizha dancers with German engineering precision.

The song had all the Madurai-Ramnad dance types brought in. It brought out cultural aspects never shown on screen before. But I would be reluctant to award synchronization points for it even though (or perhaps because) it was by best Tamil moviemaker who ever breathed air .

1.Chippi irukkuthu muththu irukkuthu - vaRumaiyin niRam sivappu - kamal/sridevi
4. nee oru kaadhal sangeetham - naayagan - kamal/saranya

What was that ? Isn't choreography about dancing (wiith our without group dancers) ?

Here are some Kamal favourites of mine:

1) Namma SingAri sarakku (Kakhi Chattai)
2) Kaalam Kaalamaaga (Punnagai mannan)
3) Oh Mariah (Saagar Hindi)

Of late he's stopped dancing. he's become bulky. I went to PKS expecting to see some great dances from the potentially great dancing pair Kaml and Simran. Was severely let down, same in Panchathathiram. Even Indian was very ordinary (the solo exercise routine in 'Telephone Manipol' was funny).

[LottiFurmann]

PR,

What was that ? Isn't choreography about dancing (wiith our without group dancers) ?

Yes I know but I was talking about 'best picturised' songs in general. I mean the song sequence not necessarily the dance or dance movements

[PhillipHer]

i very much agree with the prev. posted...Great examples
Kadhal Sadugudu in Alaipayuthe
Kannalanae in Bombay
Kaatre en vasal in Rhythm
The title group song in Kadhal Azhivathillai with Dhanush well choreographed
Ennai vilai in Kadhilar Dhinam
thats all i can think of now

[9mm_fan]

There is a movie on classical dance with a little boy who dances on a plate and his feet start to bleed.Anyone know which movie this was?I watched it when i was like iono 5ish?which was abt 15 years ago.Dont know if the movie was new then.I believe Kamal was in it not sure.

Isaikku oru koil starring Rajasekar ( Idhu thaanda police), sumalatha Dir K.Viswanath, I think!

[Raj_Copi_Jin]

Originally Posted by Kumar "Viru Virumaandi (Andha Kandhamani)" - Virumaandi.

Well well ! It was grandly picturized. But best choreography ? The fire swingers (silambam) were not in tandem , you can see some of the silambams 'off'. The guys swinging the 'fire' from their hair (on the sides of the tank) were absolutely wayward.The choreography was natural in the sense that you don't see Thiruvizha dancers with German engineering precision.

The song had all the Madurai-Ramnad dance types brought in. It brought out cultural aspects never shown on screen before. But I would be reluctant to award synchronization points for it even though (or perhaps because) it was by best Tamil moviemaker who ever breathed air .

Prabhu, that was why I was hesitant at first to write my whole list. I suppose I wanted to take the word 'coreograph' to mean picturisation, not limiting to dance steps, but cinematography, etc.
I like Virumaandi form the very reasons you mentioned- the lack of German precision. The dancers look like what they are- festival dancers and not film dancers. The dude with the fireworks hair is a great touch (he also had a few seconds in Dhevar Maghan. IF I SEE HIM IN ONE MORE MOVIE, I'LL START A FAN CLUB FOR HIM). It looks chaotic, unplanned, wild, frenzied!

LOVE IT!!!

[tgs]

Here are some of my favourites

1.Saathuryam pesaathadi -Padmini,Vaijayanthimala -vanjikottai vaaliban
2.Yaaradi Nee Mohini -Nadigar thilagam and others -Uththama puthiran
3.Unakenna mele nintrai-Kamal -Simla special
4.Kaala kaalamaga vaazhum -kamal,revathi -Punnai mannan
5.Raaja kaiya vacha -kamal &co -Apoorva sagothargal
6.Rakkamma kaiyya thattu -Rajini &Co -Thalapathi
7.Naatha vinothangal -kamal -salangai oli
8.Kaathal raagamum kanithamizhum -kamal ,vijayashanthi -Indiran Chandiran
9.Mukkala mukkapula -Prabudeva -Kaadalan
10.Vilakku vaippom -Vichithra -aathma
11.Veerapaandi kottaiyile -Sonu Agarwal -Thiruda thiruda
12.Thaniye thannnathaneye -Rytham.
13.Vaanamenna keelirukku -Kamal,Prabhu -Vetri vizha
14.Ponnu onnu naan -Vijay ,joythika -Kushi
15.Kamal's solo dance for a piece of music when he expresses his love to revathi(Wow!!!!)

[HedgeYourBets]

the last one is from Punnahai mannan

[S.T.D.]

There a quite a long list of songs in this category.. mostly from Kamalhaasan movies..

The ones that comes to my mind immediately are

Aval varuvaaLaa - Aasai
poovaasam purappadum peNNe - Anbe Sivam
Senyorite Senyorita - Poovellam kettu paar
kaadhal website - Dheena
kaadhal vandhadhum kanniyin uLLam - Poovellam un vaasam
Dhindhinna Dhindinna..Pudhu malar - Poovellam un vaasam
Mac Mac Macareena - Kushi
Megam karukkudhu - Kushi
Aasai Aasai - Dhool
...