[Slonopotam845]

Omkara is a poor adaptation of hamlet. Does not deserve an award.

How ajay becomes suspicious of vivek is not convincingly told.

[S.T.D.]

I have seen many rocking polls in the hub. This one joins the list as well.
Thilak

[Fegasderty]

Omkara is a poor adaptation of hamlet. Does not deserve an award.

How ajay becomes suspicious of vivek is not convincingly told.

[HedgeYourBets]

Thilak,
what is your option?

[Drugmachine]

Originally Posted by selvakumar I have seen many rocking polls in the hub. This one joins the list as well.
Thilak

What do you think, Selva! Which option did you opt for?
btw, I donno on what basis this award was given. I donno anything about the other films that competed with PV. So, unable to comment

[LottiFurmann]

Thilak,
what is your option?

Haven't voted yet. If I had to, then I would go with 1. Because not everyday you see a thamizh film winning. It could be called 'bold', or could be called 'contrived'. I got to watch it again to judge it convincingly. But it isn't bad (I hardly come across a decent cinephile who blasts this completely). I don't mind seeing it win, to be honest!

[Lillie_Steins]

Originally Posted by joe Thilak,
what is your option?

Haven't voted yet. If I had to, then I would go with 1. Because not everyday you see a thamizh film winning. It could be called 'bold', or could be called 'contrived'. I got to watch it again to judge it convincingly. But it isn't bad (I hardly come across a decent cinephile who blasts this completely). I don't mind seeing it win, to be honest! Exactly ! I voted for option 1 too

[Lillie_Steins]

PV? Best film? IMO, Omkara was miles ahead of PV (though it wasn't as good as Maqbool). As if this wasn't enough, Priya Mani is to be given the best actress award . That jury sure has some sense of humour.

[radikal]

in what way omkara was better? Only saif's performance was worth a watch.

[Slonopotam845]

I also voted for Option 1

Like Kannan said, Omkara was miles ahead of Paruthiveeran. (IMO its difficult to decide between Maqbool and Omkara). VB definitely deserves an award for both these films.

That said, it's good that a film like PV from our land got recognized

Priya Mani - Best actress-a?

[PhillipHer]

http://mayyam.com/hub/viewtopic.php?p=1133074#1133074

Karthi has received best actor award in some film festival for PV, before catching what the festival name was, it was over. They showed it on CNN-IBN today, anyone knows what festival it was?

Any more news?

[Lt_Apple]

Haven't seen dor but I would say both omkara and PV are equally good. Maqbool was many times better than omkara though. But I thought PV karthik did a better job than Saif though they both literally lived their characters. But priya mani for best actress is a joke indeed. But she was pretty good in the climax and may be the juries fell for it :P

[HedgeYourBets]

Don't compare PV to Omkara.

In short: Omkara is a fascinating story, scrumptiously narrated and well crafted. PV is crafted with the climax with an (blatant)excuse of a cliched childhood romance and family feud! It just pales in comparison. But that said, the film had an impact. I understand why the jury fell for it. Even, I fell for it. But I have to watch it again to see how cleverly disguised and devised Ameer was.

About Omkara's acting - Heck, Kareena, Vivek oberoi, and Bipasha basu could express and play their characters! And what more, the film's cinematography, music, nuances, etc just knocks off PV! Neither does it flaunt about dealing with a rural 'issue' (while fiddling with it). So, whichever way you look at it, Omkara is the winner.

But...but...I'm glad PV won. Now would Thamizh directors get some inspiration for making films which doesn't have to stick to the routine 'formula'!

And yes, Jury could tell us why they chose Priya mani. Maybe they found her expressions to be good. I was irritated because there was an inconsistency in Muthazhagu's behaviour!

[Raj_Copi_Jin]

U are talking of performances only in omkara, but what abt the basis for ajay's suspicion.

They have not shown sufficient scenes to establish that.

Naseer appears ion hardly a couple of scenes, so where is the scope for a great performace here? Similar is the case with bipasha.

For that matter, saravan, ponvannan & a couple of others also gave good supporting performances in PV.

[radikal]

U are talking of performances only in omkara, but what abt the basis for ajay's suspicion.
They have not shown sufficient scenes to establish that.

Check out the scenes where Saif clearly sows the seeds, though he puts on an image of doing the opposite.
- Vivek hurriedly leaving in his bike as Ajay and Saif watch
- The stolen kudumba nagaigal
And quite a few other snippets

Naseer appears ion hardly a couple of scenes, so where is the scope for a great performace here? Similar is the case with bipasha.

adhanala enna?
Nagesh in Magalir Mattum, Rajini in 16 Vayadhinile, etc...

For that matter, saravan, ponvannan & a couple of others also gave good supporting performances in PV.

Saravanan - Yes, he was quite natural but Ponvannan - i'm not so sure. Infact, if i'm not wrong he speaks with a slight kongu (Coimbatore) accent - he is a native of that area - while the rest of the cast speaks in the local accent.

[9mm_fan]

And the supporting cast, including the guy who was supposed to marry Kareena (he was amazing, in fact),

Deepak Dobriyal
[Thanks to blogger Zero ]

[Big A]

Originally Posted by kannannn And the supporting cast, including the guy who was supposed to marry Kareena (he was amazing, in fact),

Deepak Dobriyal
[Thanks to blogger Zero ] Ah, another actor with roots in theater. It shows . I can't remember him from Maqbool though.

[Ifroham4]

i want to see Omkara..still haven't seen it......

[Slonopotam845]

as a tamil kudimagan, i proud that tamil film and tamilan winning awards but

osian award - how prestigous is that award?
what critera fr movies to enter?
award giving procedure?

cos priyamani award getting mean theres somthing fundamentally wrong abt jury and award system . also, movie had large holes in script .

[softy54534]

PV? Best film? IMO, Omkara was miles ahead of PV (though it wasn't as good as Maqbool). As if this wasn't enough, Priya Mani is to be given the best actress award . That jury sure has some sense of humour.

Haven't seen Omkara yet.

Muthazagu sometimes got on one's nerves because of some shades of KB style heroinism. But do you really think her performance was that bad ?

I saw it just once but I remember her expressions when the kid comes home to tell her Veeran has been released and she asks him if he knows about her suicide drama, the smile she breaks into when Veeran shows her his tattoo (he was terrible in just that one scene). Agree she did not nail the accent (like Karthi and Saravanan) but there several places where her expressions and diction were noteworthy. The way she says "indhEru" (a typical Madurai 'indho paaru') in the scene with Veeran near the kammAi is just the way it is spoken.

The smaller characters (from the kid to PoNanthinni to the Gusthi master's student) come out really well. The dialogues are among the best I have seen spoken in TFI in a long time. Film dialogues are not quotable quotes, they should feel exactly like the lines spoken by the character. On that count Paruthiveeran was great. Right from "veerapparambarai saar" to the very end the lines and way they are delivered are just perfect.

Hope this film garners more accolades.