the thin yellow line ( spanish : la delgada línea amarilla ) is a 2015 mexican drama film directed by celso r. garcía .

it was one of fourteen films shortlisted by mexico to be their submission for the academy award for best foreign language film at the 88th academy awards , but it lost out to 600 miles .

the thin yellow line

the title is an obvious reference to the crime documentary the thin blue line .
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a scene from director celso garcia ' s
la delgada línea amarilla
or
the thin yellow line
.
la delgada línea amarilla / the thin yellow line saturday , sept . 23 @ 7 : 00pm fine arts hall , santa fe college
the thin yellow line
is the twenty sixth episode in the seventh season of adventure time . it is the two hundred twenty fifth episode overall . [ 2 ]
the tucson cine mexico film festival presents
the thin yellow line
on saturday , april 23rd , at the harkins spectrum 18 . tickets are free , but online registration is required .
the thin yellow line is the journey of five men who are hired to paint the median line of a road that connects two villages in mexico . on board of an old truck , they do the job : more than 200 kilometers that they have to complete in less than fifteen days under a burning sun . five solitary men that will acknowledge that there is a thin line between right and wrong ; between laughter and crying ; between life and death . the challenges they face will change their lives forever . the thin yellow line is a story of smooth roads and bumpy rides , with unexpected twists and turns… like life itself .
besides its flaws , the thin yellow line is a movie you can watch easily , has a great sense of humor and also great moments of sincerity and humility from all the characters . [ full review in spanish ]
la delgada línea amarilla
, or
the thin yellow line
, tells the story of a small group of impoverished men who take on the dangerous and backbreaking job of painting the yellow line on more than 100 miles of desert highway in only a few days . mclemore begins by asking director celso garcia why he chose this story to tell in his first feature film…
the thin yellow line is the journey of five men who are hired to paint the median line of a road that connects two villages in mexico . on board of an old truck , they do the job : more than 200 kilometers that they have to complete in less than fifteen days under a burning sun . five solitary men that will acknowledge that there is a thin line between right and wrong ; between laughter and crying ; between life and death .
after its montreal premiere and rome official selection slot , this small , heartwarming number could paint a thin line beyond its mexican homeland , aided perhaps by guillermo del toro’s involvement as one of three producers . however , the predictability of the story and gentle dramatic pacing will probably confine the thin yellow line to arthouse runs in spanish - speaking territories , plus perhaps a minor small - screen afterlife .
flute spell : jake learns that finn ' s been having clandestine meetings with a powerful wizard . but what are they up to ? / the thin yellow line : finn and jake infiltrate the banana guard ranks and stumble upon a conspiracy .
for his debut feature called the thin yellow line , writer - director celso r . garcia has bravely tackled this neglected topic . his story is about some of the most humble and least noticed workers you can imagine—the guys that paint the yellow dotted lines down the center of the highway . and along this journey , the film celebrates the people who persevere through poverty and struggle in mexico .
since 2004 , the hanson film institute has presented the united states ' longest running and most prominent showcase of mexican films , the tucson cine mexico film festival . this year , the festival features the first film from director celso garcia ,
la delgada línea amarilla
, or
the thin yellow line
.
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the film wins when it empties itself of rhetoric and crosses the line into melodrama . [ full review in spanish ]
original title : la delgada linea amarilla produced by guillermo del toro , bertha navarro and alejandro springall synopsis : the thin yellow line is the journey of five men who are hired to paint the median line of a road that connects two villages in mexico . on board of an old truck , they do the job : more than 200 kilometers that they have to complete in less than fifteen days under a burning sun . five solitary men that will acknowledge that there is a thin line between right and wrong ; between laughter and crying ; between life and death . international sales : latido films urltoken urltoken urltoken latido @ urltoken
five financially strapped men are hired to paint the center stripe along 120 miles of mexican state highway in “the thin yellow line , ” an appealing dramedy from debuting feature helmer - writer celso garcia . the good - looking , movingly thesped , bittersweet tale will strike some as too reminiscent of icelandic helmer hafsteinn gunnar sigurdsson’s road crew pic “either way” [ … ]
setting out with four novices and a rolling spray - paint machine , the men start the job of laying down a dashed yellow line on a 217 - kilometer stretch between two small towns . while on the road , a spectrum of hardships and triumphs will force the unlikely team of misfits to unexpectedly bond .
as a rookie filmmaker , garcia sometimes falls into predictability in his situations , and a psychology that can sometimes seem a little too pat . but his skill at evoking the lives of poor people , their humor and self - respect , along with an excellent visual sense for the desolate yet beautiful landscape , makes up for any flaws . the thin yellow line is an authentic and down - to - earth portrait of working people .
five financially strapped men are hired to paint the center stripe along 120 miles of mexican state highway in “ the thin yellow line , ” an appealing dramedy from debuting feature helmer - writer celso garcia . the good - looking , movingly thesped , bittersweet tale will strike some as too reminiscent of icelandic helmer hafsteinn gunnar sigurdsson’s road crew pic “either way” and its u . s . remake “prince avalanche , ” but garcia’s underlying theme of economic crisis makes his pic far more poignant . although it may seem overly familiar to arthouse buyers , there’s no denying it is a crowdpleaser . after its world preem at the guadalajara fest , “yellow line” nabbed the audience award and several other kudos , and montreal’s public voted it best latin american film .
garcia , who participated in screenwriter labs at cannes and sundance , started developing his script in 2010 so any resemblance to sigurdsson’s work is purely coincidental . his tight screenplay mirrors both the road and life itself , with straight lines , curves and potholes . as in the best road movies , the journey of the workers changes their way of seeing and understanding life . for them and us , the line they paint comes to symbolize the thin line between right and wrong , laughter and tears , and life and death .
the thin yellow line opens with a melancholy older man named toñio getting laid off from his job as a watchman at a junkyard . to misfortune is added the indignity of being replaced by a dog . toñio then travels around in his chevy truck looking for work . the economy is bad everywhere . finally he manages to get a job pumping gas , but the boss has a habit of being late with the paycheck . at night , sad and reflective , toñio looks through a little box of photos and clippings . we find that at one time , he had a wife and a son , but what happened we don’t know .
a road movie in the most literal sense of the label , celso garcia ' s the thin yellow line follows the efforts of a handful of workers to finish painting a long stretch of mexican road before a rainy season makes their work impossible . as straightforward in its action as in its conceit , the film hits very familiar beats but does so in unusually credible fashion , thanks in part to the moral gravity of taciturn leading man damian alcazar , as a washed - up loner for whom even this menial job represents a chance at dignity . modest but affecting , the pic will play very well with spanish - language auds stateside ; though not unusual enough to draw much attention from anglophone art house patrons , the film ' s reach is enhanced by the presence of guillermo del toro in one of the producers ' chairs .
toño ( damián alcázar , magallanes ) lives an aimless life drifting from one job to the next , but when his gig as a junkyard night watchman quite literally goes to the dogs , he’s really up against it . a chance encounter with a former boss brings a ray of hope : two weeks in charge of a road crew painting the yellow center stripe down 120 miles of harsh desert highway . his team of rookies includes an ex - con , an almost - blind truck driver , a circus stagehand and a rebellious teen , but mile by mile , line by line , the gig becomes an unexpectedly life - changing journey for each of them .
the scene in which the banana guards step forward and claim to be banana guard 16 is a reference to the scene from the 1960 stanley kubrick film spartacus .
it was a waste of time , the movie sucks . bad acting , weak story , boring . for the every day movie watcher this will be a boring movie . the story about a group of guys painting a line has no point , there is nothing interesting about it . i expected to see something good but that never happened . very disappointed .
there is a flyer for lsp ' s play summer showers from the titular episode in the alley where the graffiti is .
shot with the delicate precision of a nature documentary , the film plays engagingly on its title and thematic guide by picking out splashes of yellow in gorse , bulldozers and sunsets , while dan zlotnik’s brass - dominated soundtrack marches at the slow pace of the hand - operated road - painting machine , keeping sentiment at arm’s length . not everything works : a romantic interlude in a remote hacienda never rises above the level of cliché , and the dramatic finale is a little too hurried to deliver the emotional closure the script is chasing . but it’s easy to forgive these mis - hits in such a likeable elegy for a time when real jobs existed , and there were lines in the middle of the road against the chaos .
a shadowy silhouette appears from the corner and whispers
i love you
to jake , freaking him out . jake runs after it , but loses sight and asks a banana guard if he saw something . the guard just says himself and the door to the showers are the only thing there . jake enters the shower , while the guard smiles and the shadowy figure creeps out from behind the guard .
he is to go out with four novices and a rolling spray - paint machine to lay down a dashed yellow line for a 217 - kilometer stretch between two small towns . a tedious job ( and , with the rainy season due soon , one with a time crunch built in ) , but antonio takes it very seriously :
your flag is our life ,
he warns the men who will stand a few yards away from the paint machine to wave down cars . but whereas this seriousness doesn ' t keep him from being a good boss ( he shares the work and reward equally ) , antonio is strangely short of temper when it comes to 20 year - old pablo ( americo hollander ) , a distracted but generous - hearted kid who doesn ' t deserve the grief .
the film has been recognized with 14 nominations in the upcoming ariel awards , presented by the mexican academy of motion picture arts and sciences .
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in the shower room , jake hears someone singing . jake enjoys it and asks who ' s singing and says that he likes it . the source of the song turns off the shower then rushes out of the shower room with incredible speed . jake chases after him but loses sight , as the previous guard runs into the shower with the shadowy figure and whispers
i love you
again before closing the door . the horse is heard again when jake order the guard out of the shower room . jake freaks out and assumes there is some huge conspiracy afoot .
the slow - burn bonding of a band of hard - up misfits who have been assigned the task of painting the centre line on a 220km - long stretch of rural mexican road makes for an old - fashioned bittersweet buddy trip in celso garcia’s debut feature . moments of melancholic truth , drama and comedy are coaxed out of the contrast between ordinary people and a big landscape , and working - class male emotional reticence drives a plot that dips lightly into a series of slowly revealed backstories .
even before we realise that toño has his own wayward son issues , the potential for father - figure bonding is obvious , like much in a film that uses campfire stories and the metaphor of a life - saving line in the road to tell a tale of lonely men thawing into camaraderie that we’ve seen so often before . but there’s a real satisfaction in the reliable solidity of garcia’s film , which backs up its nostalgic , mexican western glow of nostalgia for simpler times with a firm commitment to the dignity of men who have been cast aside by families , personal failures or the economic downturn .
the road through the harshly beautiful desert landscape becomes an equally important element of the tale . from the oversized bull sign that offers them some relief from the scorching hot sun to the rundown hacienda where they shelter from a storm and receive a welcome meal and a place to bed down , to the sweetly singing religious procession that magically emerges out of the dusk , the road provides some bounty . but it is also a source of danger ; of flash floods and drivers who don’t respect the crew’s flagmen .
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he gets a break when an engineer from a former construction job stops for gas and recognizes him . eventually the man offers him a job : to paint the yellow lines on a long country highway for 210 kilometers , about 130 miles , and to finish in 15 days , before the rainy season starts . the engineer gathers a motley crew for toñio to supervise : an out - of work truck driver , a former circus handyman , an ex - con , and a sullen teenager . they are walking through the desert of san luis potosi in east central mexico , most of the time in the full sun , performing a dull and repetitive task that wears down their minds as the heat wears down their bodies . and although two of them wave warning flags at each end of the procession , the few passing vehicles often go by at top speed , posing considerable danger .
princess bubblegum allowing the banana guards to express themselves rather than re - write their brains for absolute conformity is a sign that she changed greatly during the time king of ooo was the illegitimate ruler of the candy kingdom .
following several weeks of screenings and voting , this morning the mexican academy of cinematographic arts and sciences announced that the film “ 600 miles ” ( 600 millas ) will represent mexico in the best foreign language film category at the 88th academy awards . the selection was made from a list of 14 tittles that included
the actress and director both love the genre , but as they told indiewire , they also knew it needed to be retrofitted to tell the true story of catherine weldon and sitting bull .
the episode starts off with finn and jake walking in the dead of night in the candy kingdom after a get together . jake is upset over a game they played called
pilgrims of the land ,
as well as people not eating his homemade guacamole . finn remarks that he is probably upset because peppermint butler kept beating him , and then tries to comfort him by expressing his love for jake ' s guacamole . as the two continue walking through the city , they begin to notice graffiti painted on the buildings . jake thinks the art is beautiful while finn expresses concern that the art is disrespectful . as finn touches the art he notices that it is still wet , and then the two hear noises from around the corner . they discover that the painter is a banana guard , but when they try to confront him he runs into the guard barracks and they lose track of him .
the director and dp emiliano villanueva are appreciative of the hard , often desolate landscape this road winds through , and paired with dan zlotnick ' s not - quite - sentimental score , the movie ' s sense of place convinces thoroughly . it ' s the perfect setting for antonio , who long ago had stopped looking for anything good in life , to achieve the kind of small satisfaction that might nudge him back into the company of the living .
during the scene where banana guard 16 shows finn the room where he does all of his art , it shows a certain piece of art that highly resembles uboa from the game
yume nikki
.
a tiffany graffiti implies he survived the battle against the queen worm during
dentist
. this is later confirmed in
preboot
.
the ensemble of veteran mexican thesps and newcomer hollander evince credible chemistry , while the tip - top tech credits , led by emiliano villanueva’s gorgeous wide screen lensing , make the film a palpable pleasure to watch .
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directed by gabriel ripstein the film stars tim roth as an american atf agent that gets kidnapped by a young mexican man who works smuggling weapons across the u . s . / mexico border . the odd friendship that develops between them attempts to humanize the complicated relationship between the two countries . ripstein’s debut feature won the best first feature award at this year’s berlin international film festival and has screened at numerous other festivals to great reception .
the emotional journeys of two women victimized by corruption and injustice in mexico and of the love , dignity and resistance that allowed them to survive .
the pilgrims of the land
is probably a reference to strategy boardgame
settlers of catan
, a complicated game devoted to resource management .
her own brother neddy , she imprisoned him beneath the great tree
- this fact is false , as in the beginning and end of
bonnie and neddy ,
both times neddy was never chained down beneath the tree , instead willingly staying there to provide life to the candy kingdom .
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in the main office , finn sees jake run down the hall babbling and writes an arrest report for jake , the reason being jake is
being a wiener .
finn doodles a crude dog - like cartoon character with a crown on the report . another guard notices and suggests to finn that he should shade it better , make sure the light source is obvious to the viewer . finn does so and the dog / wolf with a crown is now significantly more realistic and well sketched . finn suspects that this guard might be the culprit and tries to pry more info from him , asking if he has any of his own work to show him to draw inspiration off of . the guard says his name is banana guard # 16 . the guard asks finn to follow him . he leads finn to a vent which ends up leading to a cavernous area full of paintings of pb , lemon grab , the gumball guardians , and various other characters on the wall done by banana guard # 16 . finn embarrasses him by revealing to know about the paintings outside in the candy kingdom and suggests he put it up in a gallery . # 16 is horrified by the idea since it would mean pb would take him apart and dissect him in order to find out why this guard deviates away from the rest of the guards . the guards are under the notion that pb is a warlord of sorts who turned the first candy peoples into horrible monsters and imprisoned neddy against his will when they rebelled . finn assures # 16 that pb is nice , but # 16 is still uneasy . jake enters , tackling the guard and telling finn that they can now turn him into the princess .
even though it has its fails , this film works thanks to an amazing production and the chemistry between the cast members . [ full review in spanish ]
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naturally , the five men get to know each other well , and there are conflicts . at times there are breaks in the work , for instance when they go to town for supplies and end up at a little carnival , or when they ask for shelter at a hacienda during a rainstorm . in these scenes we learn the back story of each character . these are ordinary , decent men , with wounds from the past that have brought them to this point in their lives . the film creates a special dramatic tension between toñio and the rebellious teen pablo—the older man’s strict demeanor towards the boy reflecting a secret grief .
five men are hired to paint the lines of a road . painting 1 km / hour is slow enough to learn the lines between good and evil , laughter and despair , life and death . the challenges they face will change their lives forever .
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finn and jake discover a conspiracy after infiltrating the banana guard ranks . [ 3 ]
this is the first appearance of uncle gumbald , although it is in a flashback .
when they go to meet the banana guards at night , finn and jake ' s mouths don ' t move as they talk before the spotlights are turned on them .
five men try to paint over 200 kilometers of road before the rainy season starts .
mirrors both the road and life itself , with straight lines , curves and potholes .
according to banana guard 16 , in the past princess bubblegum abused her power on the candy people , essentially being a cold - hearted dictator hiding behind the façade of a benevolent princess . this is further proven by her admitting she has done things in the past that she is not proud of . although some of the recollections from banana guard 16 ' s story aren ' t true , possibly due to general fear of his creator .
this is the second episode to show a dedication card at the end . the first being the season 5 episode ,
shh ! .
this episode was dedicated to mandy long , a talented musician and artist , and a student of bridgewater - raritan high school . she passed away on september 24 , 2015 after a long battle with brain cancer .
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eventually , the rookies learn the work and as they share more of their backstories , they develop a genuine admiration for each other’s skills , wisdom and judgment . garcia illustrates this beautifully in a scene where a rattlesnake glides over mario’s legs and atayde comes to the rescue .
but for no - nonsense loner antonio , the responsibility for the crew — and the job — weighs heavily , especially because of an incident in his past . moreover , he finds himself frequently locking horns with young pablo , who continues to challenge his authority and advice .
the banana guard rumors of pb are technically true , though overly embellished to the point of being innacurate . the first candy people ( uncle gumbald , cousin chicle , and aunt lolly ) did rebel against her , as shown in
bonnibel
, to which she transformed them into
monsters
, the low - intelligence candy people . her brother , neddy , is underneath the candy kingdom , though not as a prisoner , but by choice . and the rattleballs were , in fact , destroyed en masse for being too violent . [ 4 ]
two banana guards deliver finn and jake , still in disguise to princess bubblegum . she sends them off as she tells finn and jake to be more subtle . jake thinks that the guards will be onto them since they know their faces . pb introduces them as new recruits to the guards posted outside and they let them right in . this time , they split up to look for clues , going around offices and different halls to investigate . jake heads down a hallway and hears a horse neighing . he enters the office he heard it from to see a banana guard closing a drawer . the guard says he heard nothing . jake turns away for a second and hears the horse again , and when he turns around he sees the guard closing a file cabinet , who still denies a horse being in the office . he sits down and asks the disguised jake to leave . jake exits and hears the horse again as the door closes behind him .
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in the next scene , finn is now dressed as and jake uses his powers to morph into banana guards and are waiting in bushes for the guard change to take place . as the guards are changing , the guards all slip and end up in a massive pile while finn and jake just walk right into the barracks . they fit in , following the orders of colonel candy corn . they try to find out which guard could have done it in the gym . jake suggests that they lure the culprit out with enticing suggestions to commit crime . he approaches two buff guards working out , and wraps his arms around them . one is smiling while the other appears uncomfortable . he suggests that they commit a crime to know what true crime is . he points to a wall and says to meet there with a couple of buckets of paint . finn and jake tiptoe around the wall and jake assures finn that the plan will work . suddenly , a spot light catches them as a whole company of banana guards surround them . they two buff guards point them out , saying they wanted to commit crimes while a normal banana guard approaches jake and punches him in the face .
this episode is considered to be the season 7 finale ( and all the episodes in season 7 after this are considered season 8 ) by the adventure time : the complete seventh season dvd , urltoken [ 5 ] , and hulu . it is unclear if it is an error on cartoon network ' s behalf since
preboot
and
reboot
are actually the season finale ( according to adam muto [ 6 ] ) . despite this ,
preboot / reboot
( along with several episodes between ) do not appear on the dvd and are listed as season 8 on urltoken .
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when princess bubblegum is shown the graffiti , she remarks that it is
very interesting
, and tells finn and jake to go back to the barracks to find out which guard did it . finn asks why she doesn ' t just ask them to which she responds that she thinks the guards are secretly afraid of her . she then gives finn a banana guard costumes and says they can slip in during the guard change .
mexico was last nominated in the category in with alejandro gonzalez iñarritu’s “biutiful . ” the latin american nation has never won the award , though it’s been nominated a total of 8 times . despite this , mexican talent has been recognized at the oscars with wins for iñarritu ( “birdman” ) , alfonso cuaron ( “gravity” ) , emanuel lubezki ( “gravity , ” and “birdman” ) , and eugenio caballero ( “pan’s labyrinth” ) , in recent years .
during the changing of the guard scene , a banana guard walks through announcing that he is carrying
10 whipped cream pies
and then falls down . this is quite possibly a reference to an original , iconic & often parodied , series of sesame street sketches called
numerosity
in which a baker would announce what baked goods he is carrying ( example : 9 coconut custard pies ) and then prat fall down the steps dropping the baked goods .
a darkly poetic fable that begins with a little girl drawing figures of people with chalk on the cement of a playground . she takes notice of an unusual crack in the pavement that is seeping . . . see full summary »
a road movie in the most literal sense , celso r . garcía’s dialogue fosters an easy , earthy camaraderie between the men , delivering both sadness and pure joy , and making this an irresistible journey in which audiences will delight .
la delgada línea amarilla is a movie starring damián alcázar , joaquín cosio , and silverio palacios . five men are hired to paint the lines of a road . painting 1 km / hour is slow enough to learn the lines between good and evil , laughter and despair , life and death . the challenges they face will change their lives forever .
the road will explain this friction eventually , of course , but well before that happens , it will dish out some hardships that force the unlikely team to bond . garcia ' s dialogue fosters an easy , earthy camaraderie between them , with enough jokes to make this a believable low - wage workplace but not enough to make the film a comedy .
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in the alley with the graffiti , by the flyer for summer showers , there is a flyer with a picture of a hat reading ,
have you seen my hat ?
this may be a reference to the
hat
trilogy of children ' s picture books by jon klassen ( i want my hat back , this is not my hat , and we found a hat ) , which are darkly - humored tales about animals dealing with hats that are lost , stolen or found .
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the enigmatic damián alcázar is antonio , a onetime construction foreman who fell off the grid decades ago and is now a night watchman living in a junkyard . well , not any more : business is bad , and the scrapyard’s owner just replaced him with a guard dog . jobs are scarce in this corner of rural mexico , and antonio has to settle for pumping gas for pittance ; but when an old co - worker stops by for a fill - up , antonio once again gets the chance to lead a team .
for most of us , work takes up the majority of our lives—forty hours a week or more . and yet , it is rare for a film to focus on this pervasive reality . the general opinion is that there’s not enough drama or excitement there , which is what we usually look for in an entertainment . no doubt there is also a desire to avoid the painful aspects of work .
a film that will make you come out of the movie theater with a smile on your face . [ full review in spanish ]
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a romantic thriller about a construction worker in hiding for killing his foreman who hides in the mansion where his girlfriend works as a maid .
its original story and valuable message makes it one of the best films of mexican cinema in recent times . [ full review in spanish ]
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the story shines on its own because it has something very hard to find : a simple and honest tale . [ full review in spanish ]
garcia potently expresses the tough economic climate that his characters must survive in the very first scene as antonio ( damian alcazar ) , a melancholy blue - collar worker , is dismissed from his night watchman’s job at a junkyard and replaced by a ferocious dog . left with only his 1976 chevy truck and a box of well - thumbed photos and clippings , the aging antonio finds work hard to come by and payment for honest labor even more so . luckily , he crosses paths with an engineer ( fernando becerril ) who remembers him as the best construction crew chief he ever had .
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for three consecutive years , english language films from mexican directors including gravity , birdman , and the revenant have scored big at the academy awards . mark mclemore talks with celso garcia , a mexican filmmaker whose debut feature film is getting a lot of attention in his home country , and here in tucson .
a pewter water jug and a hummed song in the opening scene , set in a wrecker’s yard , neatly establish the film’s credentials as a low - key contemporary western . ageing protagonist toño , lent a quiet strength by damian alcazar’s magnetic performance , is a private man of few words who pretty much sleeps in his straw stetson . when he’s laid off from his job as custodian of the scrapyard – to be replaced by a guard dog – he drives off in his battered pickup truck and begins a job search that takes him into the dusty , desertified heart of the state of san luis potosi . a fortuitous meeting with a civil engineer he knew years before reveals what’s gnawing at toño’s soul : his failure to prevent a fatal accident when he was foreman of a road gang .
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the guards and the colonel gather as finn and jake hold # 16 in order to turn him into the princess . finn has a change of heart and trips , causing jake to let go of # 16 and pushes a different guard for jake to hold . jake says it ' s the wrong guy but pb enters and asks # 16 to emerge . finn says he made a mistake and was confused but # 16 cuts him off and proclaims he is # 16 , and ready for punishment . finn is worried but then another guard steps up to say he is # 16 . more step up as pb steps down to them , and says she is not there to punish him , she wants him to paint a mural in the banquet hall . the banana guards are surprised that their brother was spared and all bow down as colonel candy corn brings forth a shrine of pb in order to thank her . she says that she ' s just a person who has a past she ' s not proud of but today she is there to celebrate . one guard approaches her and shows her his ventriloquist doll and says
i love you
while another guard is shown riding a jelly bean horse . pb is amazed at the guards , and another one approaches her with crop he grew
hydroaplonically .
a different guard who has a trumpet plays it very well as the singing banana guard begins to sing along with the tune . another guard walks up to her and says he has no special talent , to which she says
that ' s ok , too .
that banana guards cheers right before the end card
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fades in and out .
an employee about to retire and the young man who is to take over share five days on a work site , an enormous empty warehouse where apparently nothing ever happens .
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alcazar is antonio , a onetime construction foreman who fell off the grid decades ago and is now a night watchman living in a junkyard . well , not any more : business is bad , and the scrapyard ' s owner just replaced him with a guard dog . jobs are scarce in this corner of rural mexico , and antonio has to settle for pumping gas where he ' s not even sure he ' ll be paid ; but when an old coworker stops by for a fill - up , antonio once again gets the chance to lead a team .
and the rattleball boys ; she iced all those guys !
- this fact was previously confirmed in
rattleballs ,
as princess bubblegum killed them all since they were too violent .
esmeralda is a lonely teenager with a strange obsession : she gathers lost or left behind objects and keeps them in a box underneath her bed . this story tells the backgrounds of these objects .
when don servando villegas gets expelled from his retirement home , his younger son francisco takes him in . don servando is about to find out the truth about his son and his way of living .
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takes us on eligio ' s quest to find and recover his wife , susana , who without a word , left mexico city behind for a writer ' s conference held in the chilly u . s . heartland .
the engineer puts antonio in charge of a highway maintenance project in san luis potosi that needs to be completed in 15 days and gives him a crew of four vastly different rookies . there’s short , stocky atayde ( silveiro palacios ) , a motor - mouth former circus stagehand ; hulking gabriel ( joaquin cosio ) , whose failing eyesight forced him to stop driving big rigs ; rebellious teen pablo ( americo hollander ) , who is saving to join his brother in chicago ; and cynical ex - con mario ( gustavo sanchez parra ) , who turns out not to have left his thieving ways behind .
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a good - looking , movingly thesped , bittersweet tale that should go over like gangbusters with spanish - speaking audiences .
damian alcazar , joaquin cosio , silveiro palacios , gustavo sanchez parra , americo hollander , fernando becerril .
reviewed at montreal world film festival ( competing ) , aug . 30 , 2015 . ( also in guadalajara , chicago international ) running time : 95 min . ( original title : “la delgada linea amarilla” )
production : ( mexico ) a springall pictures production in association with fidecine , eficine , mexichem derivados , mexichem amancho holding , aeropuerto de cancun comex , gobierno del estado de san luis potosi , estudios churubusco azteca . ( international sales : latido films , madrid . ) produced by guillermo de toro , bertha navarro , alejandro springall .
crew : directed , written by celso garcia . camera ( color , hd , widescreen ) , emiliano villanueva ; editor , jorge garcia ; music , daniel zlotnik ; production designer , ariel margolis ; costume designer , gabriela fernandez ; sound , gabriel coll , sergio diaz .
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mexico , 2015 ( 95 min ) spanish with english subtitles • rating : 18 + director : celso garcia cast : damián alcázar , joaquín cosio , silverio palacios , gustavo sánchez parra , américo hollander , fernando becerril , tara parra , sara juárez , enoc leaño , fermín martínez film introduction and follow up q & a with dr . emily hind dr . rebecca janzen and film director celso garcia .


kuruthipunal ( river of blood ) is a 1995 tamil / telugu neo-noir action thriller film cinematograph and directed by veteran cinematographer p. c. sreeram .

the film stars kamal haasan in the lead role , with arjun and nassar in supporting roles .

the film featured songs and the background score was composed by mahesh mahadevan .

produced by kamal hassan , the story is a remake of govind nihalani 's hindi film drohkaal , the film met with critical acclaim upon release and became a trendsetter for action films during that period of time .

the film was india 's official entry for the 68th academy awards best foreign language film category , but was not nominated .

the film was simultaneously made in telugu as drohi .

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kuruthipunal ( river of blood ) is a 1995 tamil action thriller film directed by veteran cinematographer p . c . sreeram .
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kamal haasan is an indian film actor , who works mainly in the tamil film industry .
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kuruthipunal cast list , listed alphabetically with photos when available . this list of kuruthipunal actors includes any kuruthipunal actresses and all other actors from the film . you can view additional information about each kuruthipunal actor on this list , such as when and where they were born . to find out more about a particular actor or actress , click on their name and you ' ll be taken to page with even more details about their acting career . the cast members of kuruthipunal have been in many other movies , so use this list as a starting point to find actors or actresses that you may not be familiar with .
so let’s take the time to celebrate 20 years of kuruthipunal , a true classic that’ll remain to be our favourite .
in spite of everything , this film never reached common audiences . this film is only a discussion among hard core movie lovers , critics and film fraternity .
this is a filmography of kamal haasan , an indian film actor who primarily works in the tamil film industry .
kuruthipunal is the first tamil movie to use dolby sound . the movie was a remake of the govind nihalani directed film drohkaal . the film was released in 1995 . directed by p . c . sriram , the movie starred kamal haasan and arjun .
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kuruthipunal had its successful run at box - office and also earned a number of awards with the most prestigious being the official entry into 68 th academy awards for the ‘best foreign language film’ category . this was also the first film to use the dolby surround sr technology .
produced by raaj kamal films international , kuruthipunal hit the screens in 1995 and was a trendsetting action - drama directed by cinematographer pc sreeram . the film based on terrorism was an intriguing one and strictly not for the light - hearted .
kuruthipunal became the first indian film to enter into the 68th academy awards for the best foreign film category but did not get nominated . the film ' s action sequence and the amount of detail which was used in the film cannot be found in many films even now . a film really which did justice to the plot and with much detail given to interrogation methods , especially the way kamal looks before he dies . such gruesomeness ! the way he finishes the film is trademark kamal leaving an open question to the audience and a good social message to the government and the next generation . truly one of the best action films till date .
vaanam vasappadum is a 2004 tamil film directed by p . c . sreeram .
a tragic film , which was depicting the black sides of society and men .
thoongaavanam suffers from an identity crisis in its effort to come close to the original . when haasan decides to remake a film , one expects the product to be nothing less than excellent . this reminds us of the kamal haasan starrer tamil film kuruthipunal , which was based on govind nihalani’s drohkaal . now that is a faithful adaptation . although haasan bought the rights to the film , he ensured that both its versions were poles apart .
r . s . prasanna directed kalyana samayal saadham , a film about an arranged tamil brahmin wedding . he is currently in the process of making the film’s hindi version . would a film with such a strong cultural setting translate to another language ? “beyond the setting , kalyana samayal saadham is a film rich in emotion . emotions are universal and will appeal to all as long as we don ' t lose what we ' re trying to convey in translation . in fact , one should look at a remake as an opportunity to make a better film . kuruthipunal , for instance , is better than its original drohkaal . ”
kuruthipunal ( river of blood ) is a tamil action thriller directed by veteran cinematographer p . c . sriram . it is a remake of the hindi film drohkaal by govind nihalani . starring ace actors like kamal hassan and nasser the film is about an infiltration operation which the police have on a terrorist organisation and how it turns out to be . as you may know if kamal acts in it then obviously there is a lot of influence on the direction and on the film as such . kamal hassan has also the credits for the screenplay and dialogues in the film .
makkal aatchi is a 1995 tamil language indian film directed by r . k . selvamani .
is another film where the plot is ambitious and paper work is good but falls short in execution . acting in most parts is acceptable but the film never manages to captivate its audience .
arvind krishna is an indian cinematographer , who has worked in the indian film and television industry .
a list of films produced in the tamil film industry in india in 1995 by release date .
every body who worked for this film did beyond the conventional , and created one wonderful movie .
arjun sarja ( born 15 august 1962 as srinivasa sarja ) is an indian film actor and director .
raaj kamal films international is an indian film production and distribution company founded and headed by kamal haasan .
urltoken is a website devoted to providing authentic bollywood news , box - office reports and film reviews .
kamal haasan ( born 7 november 1954 ) is an indian film actor , screenwriter , director , producer , playback singer , choreographer , lyricist , philanthropist and dancer who works primarily in the tamil film industry .
yet another brilliant film from the mastermind kamal hassan . from story to music , everything was top notch .
pc sreeram says , “it is enriching to understand that audiences remember the film even after 20 years . this is the victory to art more than to an individual . we were very confident while making this film , but i am quite surprised with the kind of response it is garnering amidst audience even now . kuruthipunal is not a movie but a record of iconic performances of kamal , arjun , nasser , gautami and arvind krishna in close proximity of lens” .
nassar ( also spelled nasser , naasar or nazar ) ( born mehaboob nassar ) is an indian film actor , director and producer , known for his works in the south indian film industry , and few bollywood films .
nammavar is a 1994 tamil language film k . s . sethumadhavan and starring kamal haasan and gouthami in lead roles .
a historic period film , which depicts the olden sangam period of tamil and its different landscapes and people in it .
kuruthipunal had the legendary director viswanath playing an important role along with cameraman arvind krishna who was then the assistant of pc sreeram doing a cameo . the even more interesting trivia is , chiyaan vikram dubbed for john edathattil who did a role of narasimhan , nasser’s assistant commander .
ajay rathnam is an indian film and television actor known for playing supportive or villain roles in tamil films / television serials .
the cinema express best film award is given as a part of its annual cinema express awards for tamil ( kollywood ) films .
the filmfare best actor award is given by the filmfare as part of its annual filmfare awards south for tamil film lead actors .
as the film ? s backdrop is goa , it gives us a feel of watching a dubbed hindi film . may be a typical north madras setup would have made it more beleivable . bubbly hansika looks cute and she shines in a well - written role .
while visaaranai may not necessarily be the best film india has submitted to the oscars , there’s not much doubt that it’s the best from tamil cinema . there are no forced love tracks , no item songs , no comedy tracks… the film is devoid of artificialities .
india has submitted films for the academy award for best foreign language film since 1957 , a year after the incorporation of the category .
this film largely went unnoticed . it was a flop in tamilnadu and the dubbed version ( iddaru - in telugu ) is also a flop in andhra pradesh . this film raised controversy in tamilnadu for having the story of m . g . r - karunanidhi and jayalalitha .
andha naal ( that day ) is a 1954 indian tamil mystery - thriller film produced by a . v . meiyappan and directed by sundaram balachander .
gautami is an indian film actress whose main contribution to tamil films , she even appeared successful films in telugu , malayalam , hindi and kannada cinema .
drohkaal ( times of betrayal ) is a 1994 indian crime drama film directed and produced by govind nihalani which deals with india ' s fight against terrorism .
k . t . balasubramaniem ( born august 18 , 1966 ) is a well - known cinematographer from karaikudi , tamil nadu who completed schooling and college in thirupattur under the tutelage of p . c . sreeram for nearly 5 years , he worked in award - winning films such as ' thevar magan ' , ' thiruda thiruda ' and ' kuruthipunal ' .
movie title - - - kuruthipunal its ranked number 1 tamil movie in the year 1995 in imdb . cast - - nassar as badri nizhalgal ravi subhalekha sudhakar as suri movie details - - running time - 143 mins story - - two brave police officers infiltrate a terror group in order to bring it down . director p . c . sreeram directs actor kamal haasan for 1st time . director p . c . sreeram and music director mahesh mahadevan joins for 1st time . imdb rating - - 8 . 6 mile stones - - the film won the cinema express award for best film tamil while kamal haasan won filmfare award for best actor tamil for his portrayal of adhi naarayanan .
kasinathuni viswanath ( born 19 february 1930 ) is an indian film , sound designer turned director and actor known for his works in telugu cinema and hindi cinema .
mozhi is funny , emotional and had good screenplay . still this movie is underrated and also the director who directed this film ( radha mohan ) is unrecognized too .
to read my description , you might not think much of this film , but it is so incredibly good , that my words can only hope to do it justice .
but remakes come with their own challenges . says shaheed , “i had watched the original dozens of times and while i was working on chennaiyil oru naal , i realised that all the shots and faces from the original film were playing in my mind . i feel i faithfully recreated the film in tamil but it did not satiate my creative urges . ”
this movie was not in the theatres for even a week but later drew lots of appreciation from experts of the film industry . this movie marked the changing face of kollywood !
pudhupettai ( 2006 ) : a raw gangster film that shows the transition of a school boy who ends up being a ruthless gangster . what makes this movie interesting is how the main character changes , the lives of these gangsters and how gangsters are used in politics . although the film is quite violent it also has its moments of humor ( especially the “yaar ya bomb pottadhu” scene which was absolutely brilliant ) . the film underperformed at the b / o though ironically that was one of the most accurate depictions of a gangster’s life . m
kamal haasan’s latest outing thoongaavanam , an adaptation of the french thriller sleepless night , is easily the most stylish tamil film one has seen in a long time . there are absolutely no second thoughts about that . in fact , the film is so stylishly presented that it’s almost at par with the original . however , in its attempt to one - up sleepless night , the film has ended up imitating the french original quite literally . thoongaavanam , helmed by haasan’s erstwhile assistant rajesh m selva , doesn’t quite qualify as the actor’s best work so far .
vetrimaaran , the director of visaaranai ( india’s submission this year ) , when once talking to me about the appeal of kaaka muttai , said , “the more ethnic a film , the more international its appeal . ” in other words , make films drawn from the stories of your world . make them fiercely local . this can’t quite be said of a few of our films over the years . the climax of kuruthipunal , india’s oscar submission in 1995 , has kamal haasan playing a cop , saying , “shoot me… shoot me , my man . it’s a bloody order ! ” in an accent that’d put an englishman to shame .
vikram dharma ( born as r . n . dharmaseelan in 1961 ) was an indian fight master / action choreographer in the tamil film industry ( also known as kollywood ) in indian cinema .
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one needs to be careful about choosing a film for a remake . success cannot be the only criterion . “ subramaniapuram , for instance , despite being a great movie , cannot be successfully remade elsewhere , ” feels rosshan . “it’s a film so true to its south tamil nadu setting that one cannot replant that story in another land . in comparison , themes like love or horror are easier to adapt . ”
its almost the end of 2017 and after a list of many disappointing films for several months aruvi 2017 has cleared the dry spell with its completly fresh screenplay and crisp storyline . except for lakshmi gopalakrishnan all the cast members are debutants but we don ' t get this feeling while watching the movie . actually , in half way through the film i could understand that this could never be a work of a seasoned director but i think the way the director tells the story ( which needs a special mention because of the non linear way the story goes forward ) , the attention he has given to detail ( to pull the logic for the story line ) and finally how he has made things relatable tells that he knows his craft . i watched this film several times , not only because it was that good , but i could find new elements in the film which supports the events . it is quite difficult to give an absolute simple plot of the film without telling spoilers . but i can tell how the plot goes about in the film . th…
technically , cinematography by sr sathish kumar is good while editing by nb srikanth could have been better . many portions needed trimming and a better editing style would have helped for the film ? s pace and flow .
mani ratnam who is regarded as one of the finest film makers with films nayagan , bombay , roja etc . , not only evolved as one of india ' s best but also went on to gain international exposure .
kuruthipunal ( 1996 ) is a tamil drama and action film directed by veteran cinematographer p . c . sriram . the film starts with two sincere police officers adhi narayanan ( kamal hassan ) and abbas ( arjun ) . abbas sends two secret vigilance officers , named anand and shiva on an operation called operation dhanush , to mingle with a terror group headed by badri ( nasser ) , with the task of providing updates about the movements of the group , then later sending it back to abbas . in an accidental encounter , adhi happens to get the opportunity to arrest a terrorist even without being aware that the captive is none other than the terrorist head badri . there is an interesting mental battle between adhi and badri . threatening to bring harm to adhi ' s family if kept in police custody , badri displays his power by demonstrating how he is able to sneak in members of his group anywhere , including police protected headquarters . adhi , afraid for his family ' s safety , gives in and lets badri escape .
visaaranai , the first tamil film to be submitted at the oscars this millennium , stands a strong chance because it is devoid of the frills of indian commercial cinema . of course , the oscar panel also generally laps up stark ethnic tales .
the first question is usually get ,
how did you get into bollywood ?
that answer is pretty easy . like many of you , i ' ve spent years seeking out films from all over the world ; asia , europe , south america , you name it , i was trying to find the local flavor . one day it occurred to me that the one nation on earth with the biggest film industry was completely foreign to me , so i popped in a film called
rosshan andrrews , the director of how old are you and its tamil remake 36 vayadhinile , feels producers have begun to rely more on the creative team behind the original film . “every film has a soul and people who’ve worked closely on the original version understand the importance of staying true to it . good remakes aren’t mere frame - by - frame copies for a new audience . they need to be treated with the same sincerity as an original . my first film udayananu tharam , which was a superhit in malayalam , failed as velli thirai in tamil . at times , we assume we know what the audience wants . but nobody knows what will work and what won’t . all one can do is be faithful to the script . ”
producer g . dhananjayan goes even further . he believes remakes should retain their original directors . “both papanasam and 36 vayadhinile were directed by those who made the malayalam versions . even when krish was retained to remake vedam to vaanam , the film proved successful . when a person not associated with the original begins working on a remake , they bring in their own ideas and assumptions on how to adapt it . in this process , the film loses the essence that made the original a hit . ”
bommai ( 1964 ) : s . balachander the veena vidwan directed a lot of crime movies most notably “andhal naal” . bommai as the title suggests is about a doll which moves from one person to another and a couple’s attempt to find this doll . quite a suspenseful film and probably one of the most interesting credits i have with the director introducing all the cast and crew who worked on this film ( note a young kj yesudas who actually sang his first tamil song in this movie ) .
it has been 16 long years since a tamil film was chosen as india’s submission for the academy awards . when it last happened , madhavan had just made his debut , s . j . suryah’s kushi had just been released , and prashanth was still ruling at the box office . just let that all sink in for a moment . in stark contrast though , during an earlier decade , between 1990 and 2000 , as many as six films that had gone all the way to the oscars belonged to tamil cinema . if representation at the oscars is indicative of a film’s worth — a presumption many film personalities , including kamal haasan , are up in arms against — it appears that tamil films have somehow stopped being noteworthy since the dawn of the new millenium .
the following 41 films , all from different countries , were submitted for the 68th academy awards in the category academy award for best foreign language film ( release at the country of origin november 1 , 1994 - october 31 , 1995 , ceremony 1996 ) .
. this film has everything , and it is a perfect example of why i love indian cinema . these reviews will be peppered with editorializing , photos , video clips , and less than formal writing , but i hope that i can convey the joy that
the first and second half of the film is complete opposite of what you would expect , aadi succumbs to badri and there is a very good drama going on in the thriller . kamal proves once again his mettle , they way he is unable to confront his commander srinivasan ( played by k . vishwanath ) when he finds out that he is the traitor in the department and when he faces his friends death near the end of the film . at the end after a bloody torture he too to carry out the mission . it is really unlike for a film to take all the lead characters out both the protagonist and the antagonist , which proved to be really off - beat . very convincing performance by gowthami as aadi ' s wife , very real and very authentic .
director hari ' s debut movie and it is an amazing movie with plot , dialogues and comedy sequences . songs were also amazing but the film was not received well . clearly it is an amazing commercial movie and you will not be bored even in a single scene .
, and a new film coming in 2013 . khan ' s lovelorn rahul was a strange character in that he elicited more sympathy from viewers as a starstruck , sad , lonely boy in love than sunil ' s hero did . this was among khan ' s final villain roles in the ' 90s before he took on the mantle of full - fledged film hero . khan ' s success was a big bummer for sunny deol , who was supposed to be the sympathetic character , but deol ' s wooden delivery and inability to emote sunk his performance in
the film starts with adhi narayanan ( played by kamal hassan ) and abbas ( played by arjun ) , both honest police officer plotting a secret operation
dhanush
( not to be confused with the the one referring to the actual events ) to infiltrate the a terrorist group , they train two men - aravind and siva and send them undercover . the story begins to unravel when accidentally badri ( played by nasser ) , the commander of the terrorist group gets caught by adhi . the rest of the film is if the operation succeeds or not .
i really did not expect aadi to die in the end , up until that point i had a very strange thought in my head , why can ' t kuruthipunal be a prequel for vishwaroopam , i mean it is a very strange thought but why not both the film had an agent and both had a lot of intriguing characters . wasim ahamed kashmiri , could very well be aadhi , i got this thought when i saw srinivasan die in the film , just before he commits suicide he says
you know nothing about me or what i had been through
a similar line in vishwaroopam . but aadi does die in the end . but i still could not shake the thought . then if you watch real closely , the last undercover agent siva could be wasim , yeah it is really preposterous right , but it makes sense in a way . wasim ' s character in viswaroopam is one which is the most difficult to understand , one who has so much pain inside , i could find that same character in siva . he buries his two senior officials finally so thats should sum up what kind of hardships he goes through which i think is similar to wasim . just a theory ! : d
dhananjayan adds , “even naadodigal ( remade to hindi as rangrezz and in malayalam as ithu nammude katha ) was not a story other audiences could relate to . it’s almost like conditioning . we’ve had so many films about friendship with the whole ‘nanbenda’ sentiment that a film like naadodigal becomes instantly relatable in tamil . similarly , when we adapted delhi belly to settai , we assumed that bringing the film’s comic elements alone would be enough for it to work here . but the audience were expecting the same explicitness as the original and they were disappointed with the sanitised version . ”
the entire film unfolds in a night club , fittingly called insomnia , and the plot revolves around a missing bag of cocaine and a few ‘grey’ characters . the good thing about the film is haasan , who is in terrific form and has been consistently reinventing his persona since vishwaroopam . he no longer plays to the gallery , prefers realistic stunts over exaggerated action blocks and doesn’t mind trading blows with the heroine either . in an outstanding fight sequence , haasan and trisha almost knock each other down . she’s terrific and holds her ground against the veteran actor quite confidently .
shaheed khader thinks differently . he was entrusted with the adaptation of the malayalam film traffic into tamil . he made chennaiyil oru naal , starring sarath kumar . he says , “i told rajesh pillai ( the director of traffic ) even during the scripting that i would love to remake it in tamil . i loved the script and as a director you have your own ideas on how to treat it visually . instead of making a carbon copy of the original , a director could choose to add his own elements by using the screenplay as the source material and not the film itself . ”
is a milestone in many careers , and one that everyone involved can look back on with pride . the film has everything a bollywood masala feature needs to succeed . it has strong leads , fantastic songs , beautiful locations , action , romance , violence , and plenty of sex and blood .
this film got 2 national awards , prakash raj as supporting actor ( who was only 32 years old then ) and santosh sivan for cinematography . every body including mani ratnam thought mohan lal would get national award for best actor , unfortunately he didn ' t get it . he completely deserves it .
a police officer ( kamal haasan ) must choose between his family and duty , when members of a terror group take his wife and child hostage and pressure him to betray officers from his department . good thriller , arguably better than the film it was remade from , govind nihalani ' s droh kaal .
visaaranai , thankfully , is as far removed from sivaji as hans zimmer is from deva . i still recall the palpable dread that held me prisoner as i walked out of visaaranai . vetrimaaran’s film made me feel exposed and powerless . suddenly , my eyes were opened to how vulnerable we are , how the system towers over us all ; how injustice is egalitarian . while visaaranai may not necessarily be the best film india has submitted to the oscars , there’s not much doubt that it’s the best from tamil cinema . there are no forced love tracks , no item songs , no comedy tracks… the film is devoid of artificialities . it is , as vetrimaaran would say , ethnic . of course , it also comes with the added bonus of painting a sombre picture of life here , a depiction that is likely to be in sync with the west’s understanding . surely , we haven’t already forgotten the rousing success that was slumdog millionaire .
performance wise arya has given his best as an undercover cop and ruthless gangster . his cool dude attitude fits the bill perfectly . the way he is presented is one of the highlights of the film . also other artists like ashutosh rana , sudhanshu pandey , ramana and anupama kumar have done their job with sheer perfection .
ravanan ( 2010 ) : not mani ratnam’s best work but i quite enjoyed this modern day interpretation of ramanayam . the visuals and photography in this movie are execptional and also has some really really good songs too . but for me the highlight of this film would be vikram’s performance and the amount of life he infuses into the character of “veera”
) - a wonderful , out of the box thinking done by the director , a time where the film contained 10 songs and running time of more than 4 hours , a bold attempt , which was not accepted well by the people at that time and the event of audiences starting to leave the theatres in the first scene , where the protagonist getting killed .
apart from making changes to suit a new audience , shaheed feels a remake presents an opportunity to fix mistakes spotted in the original . he says , “for instance , in traffic , we mentioned rain as a reason a helicopter cannot be deployed in a crucial scene . but the film looked very sunny . we shot a few scenes in the rain to fix that error in chennaiyil oru naal . ”
is a brilliant film than anyone can enjoy , and is easily among my top five favorite hindi films of the ' 90s . it may not be the craziest , it is actually very well put together and avoids some of the more hyperbolic indian action i ' ll tackle later in the column , but it is certainly one of the most engaging and entertaining films i ' ve seen from india .
just like any other undercover mission , this one too is filled with intelligent treatment and unexpected twists but that is not adequate for an edge of the seat entertainer . the basic problem with the film is that everything is well written on paper but on screen , there are only few towering moments . most of the time , the screenplay looks shabby and the treatment doesn ? t arouse any interest .
when rahul hears that sunil and kiran are engaged , he doesn ' t take the news well . one day when they are out ring shopping , rahul takes a shot at sunil from what he believes to be a safe distance . unfortunately for rahul , he misses , and their are , once again , off to the races in one of my favorite cinematic chase scenes from any film , ever .
i remember when an english friend of mine once insisted on accompanying me to a screening of shankar’s sivaji ( 2007 ) . i was hesitant , unsure if the film would paint a wrong picture of indian cinema . after some thought , i relented . shankar’s one of our most reputed filmmakers , after all ; rahman , one of our best composers ; and rajinikanth is , well… rajinikanth . i quickly noticed that my fears were unfounded — the englishman , to my astonishment , seemed to thoroughly enjoy the film . as we were walking out , he said as much . i brimmed with pride , and pointed out that shankar was indeed known for making entertaining films , that veteran filmmaker balachander had dubbed him our own james cameron . the englishman looked a bit taken aback . “wait , sivaji isn’t a spoof ? ”
remakes have become a staple diet for bollywood these days . we have seen quite a lot of bollywood films , that are officially remade from south films and have become superhits . but we have little knowledge about bollywood films that have been an inspiration for the south film industry . koimoi reader arindam kar wrote to us an interesting compilation of bollywood films that have resulted in remakes in the south . take a look :
and i was hooked . since then i ' ve been digging deeper and deeper into the cinematic culture of india . there are thousands of gems waiting to be discovered by film fans in the west , and i ' ve only scratched the surface myself . this column seems like a good way to explain why i love these films so much , and also , a way to help answer the second question i get most often .
is also very easy to find , as the film is available via the streaming service mela , on youtube for a small rental fee , and also on netflix streaming in the us . pretty much everyone has access to one of those , i ' d think , and if not , just buy the damn thing , bollywood dvds are super cheap . i will , however , suggest that if you want the full experience , yash raj released
cast : dhanush , sneha , sonia aggarwal , bala singh , azhagam perumal , bala singh etc . plot and summary : pudhupettai is a tamil gangster drama flick directed by selvaragavan . it is about the life of ' kokki ' kumar , his rise from a beggar to a political leader told as a retrospective from a jail cell , the film starts with kokki kumar ' s ( dhanush ) narration . kumar is a school kid who returns one day to find his mother murdered by his dad , afraid of his dad he flees his home and starts to beg in a railway station . suddenly he is caught by the police for cocain trafficking , which leads him to join anbu ' s ( bala singh ) gang . the rest of the film follows kumar ' s life , how he transforms from a kid , to a man who is respected and feared by all and finally into a mad man .
the interrogation which aadhi has with badri forms the most pivotal part of the film , introduced as an interrogation expert aadi ' s conversation and the way he gets truth out of badri is quite interesting to watch , i would say such kind of scenes where unheard of even now . but kamal hassan ' s touch to the dialogues and the subject he chooses to speak with nasser is what makes this really unique . we know that kamal is know for introducing his point of view on matters regarding to god , ideology and social issues in his films and he does it so well that we believe that this is part of the character her personifies . the way he discusses the ideology of the terrorist leader and how his followers who are just mear disciples of television and not an idea as such ( the word he uses - sidhantham , proves to be typical kamal ) . there are some dialogues which have become really timeless from the film
aval appadithan ( 1978 ) : kamal hassan , rajinikanth and sripriya at their casual best . the film was shot in the 70’s and it has a documentary style vibe to it but the performances ( notably the conversations between rajini and kamal are soo natural it would relate to us when we talk with friends ) . some of the themes and content such as women’s liberations , feminism , sexism etc were addressed in this movie and it definitely should get more attention than it has .
selvaraghavan’s mayakkam enna is one such underrated film . the emotional trauma and journey of a boy door - next door in pursuit of his dreams which the movie dealt with was indeed path - breaking . laced with a blissful background score by gvp , the movie was one of a kind . the sad part is that it didn’t get due recognition and appreciation from the audience it deserved at the time of it’s theatrical release in terms of both box - office numbers and critical acclaim .
adhi narayanan ( kamal ) and abbas ( arjun ) take up ‘operation dhanush’ to curtail and excavate the terrorist activities plaguing the society . nasser in the role of badri , the head of the organization pulled off a great performance of a horrifying villain . the film was praised for its dialogues , explicit content , action sequences , suspense elements and of course the ending . written by kamal himself , mahesh composed the music and the story was by govind nihalani who originally directed it in hindi titled drohkaal .
shaheed , on the other hand , made changes to both the acting style and the dialogues . “our dialogue writer ajayan bala gave us three to four variations for every dialogue from the original , and we would choose one . since the original lines were imagined by malayali writers for malayali characters , we needed to re - imagine them for tamil characters . apart from making certain scenes dialogue - heavy , actors too were asked to be a bit more dramatic for it to feel like a tamil film . ”
what about the underwhelming jeans — submitted in 1998 — in which prashanth and aishwarya inexplicably dress up as michael jackson at the end , and dance with a skeleton to a track that sounds suspiciously similar to ‘blood on the dance floor’ ? even worse in the same film is that patched up tyrannosaurus rex , seemingly inspired from jurassic park , that wishes the couple a happy married life . if you listen carefully , you can still hear echoes of the laughter that no doubt once filled the halls of the academy awards nomination complex .
i observed a moment of silence , as it dawned on me that he’d enjoyed the film , thinking it to be a hilarious spoof on bad commercial cinema . “so , when that hero throws his gun in that song and it boomerangs back to him , that’s a serious scene ? ” no , i said , that was meant as a joke . “what about when his hairstyle changes as he shakes his head near the interval ? that’s a joke too ? ” i’d had enough and gave up on trying to make him understand our commercial cinema .
starring madhavan and sangeetha in lead roles , it depicts the day to day routine of a lower middle class family in chennai . madhavan is a honest person who does not yeild to the demands of the wrong - doers . being a banker , he gets angry when a higher official uses illegal means to secure the loan , gets angry when asked to give a bribe to the munipal corporation guy to provide water and so on . sangeetha being irritated with his behaviour and the way it causes problems in the family urges him to stop ranting and if he really has problem with the people to sort it using authority and force . his mind undergoes a change in perception and he tries to take the matter in his own hands by using violence against the everyday happenings . the igp played by siman finds madhavan not to be on the wrong side . in an attempt to save the face of the city police , the commisioner orders him to execute madhavan and with a heavy heart siman executes him when he is on his way to meet his family . a brilliant film with exceptional acting by the star cast that portrays a day to day happenings in a common man ' s life and the conflict of interests that springs up . watch this film if you have not done till now .
while the happy couple has been off forgetting their woes , rahul has been back at home trying to figure out where exactly they went . he befriends kiran ' s brother and through some rather devious means he learns of their honeymoon in the alps and decides to join them . when he turns up at their hotel , he is surprised to find that kiran recognizes him from school and welcomes him to join in some of the festivities . his identity safe so far , rahul decides to take a chance and ask kiran to dance , a request to which she happily acquiesces , resulting in the most famous piece of music from the film , the delightfully creepy
welcome to masala madness , a new column at screenanarchy in which i give regular folks a peek at some of my favorite crazy indian films . i ' ve been writing about indian cinema here since 2010 , and i ' ve gotten a lot of the same questions over and over again , and this column will be my way of answering those questions . indian cinema is as varied as any other regional cinema in the world . if you want action , romance , thrillers , horror , drama , they ' ve got it , and most likely all in the same film . i don ' t hesitate to answer questions when they are posed to me , but i thought that this column would be a better way to both give out recommendations and shine a light on the best of indian films .
thoongaavanam , on the contrary , is neither satisfactory nor excellent . it falls somewhere right in between . most scenes in the film for instance , have been lifted from the original and have been recreated for the indian setting , lacking the creative touch that haasan usually brings to his projects . in one of sleepless night ’s best scenes , a young boy is kidnapped and held captive in a room with a leaking roof , from which water drips into a champagne bucket placed below . at regular intervals , we get a glimpse of the bucket filling up , highlighting the passage of time . it’s disappointing too see that whole scene being lifted as is in thoongaavanam , especially when haasan has taken credit for penning the screenplay . although the makers were adamant about calling this an adaptation , in reality it’s a frame - by - frame remake .
this movie is a masterpiece . the screenplay is pacey and excellent by the fact that the entire movie revolves around the sufferings of police men . you can catch the best of india ' s finest actor ( kamal hasan ) . equivalent to kamal ' s performance , naser ' s performance will be breathtaking . he plays the perfect role of a rebel leader . the most important part of the movie is when kamal pleads his fellow cop who acts as a rebel and ask him to shoot himself in order to keep the secret identity of dhanush . though the end is sad , the way it has been handled is touching . all credit goes for the director of the movie for choosing such a fantastic script . it is a true classy film and a must watch for all classical movie lovers . watch this movie and enjoy the experience of thrill . . .
i ' ve always wanted to check out bollywood , but there ' s just so much , where do i start ?
well , you can start here . i was a reader of screenanarchy long before i was a writer for the site , so i think i have a pretty good grip on what we like . the films i feature in masala madness will be the best , craziest , most absurd and / or best of indian cinema . bollywood , kollywood , tollywood , they ' ll all be represented here . i ' ll try to seek out the best of all of the industries , and highlight independent films when appropriate . india cranks out upwards of eight hundred films every year , so i know it can be intimidating , but let me be your guide , and i ' ll help make the impossibly overwhelming a bit more doable . if you ' re avoiding indian cinema , you ' re missing out on a wealth of fantastic film , and i can ' t have that .
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picking ten standouts from 30 years worth of cutting edge performances is a thankless task . to figure out how subjective this list is , check out a very short list of the films i’m leaving out :
( 1996 ) , which won kamal his third national award . and more .
the list is obviously subjective , not definitive . it is influenced by personal taste . in some instances , it has even been influenced by what i glimpsed of his work behind the scenes .
whatever . it is my list . and your turn . pick your favorite kamal movie ( s ) and
perhaps , between all of us , we will manage to capture a feel , a flavour , of a unique talent .
while bollywood veers off from remaking tamil films after underperformers such as gabbar is back , shortcut romeo , pizza and holiday : a soldier is never off duty , the trend of remakes shows no signs of slowing down in kollywood . recent releases 36 vayadhinile and papanasam have become hugely successful and have cleared the decks for future releases , which include the much - hyped remake of the malayalam blockbuster bangalore days . so what , really , does it mean to make a remake ?
while translating dialogues from one language to another might be critical for the success of a remake , directors feel sensible alterations need to be made to suit local culture . rosshan andrrews says , “ 36 vayadhinile is about 20 minutes shorter than how old are you . i felt the tamil audience prefers a more direct approach to storytelling , compared to the slower , heavy - on - detail narration style of malayalam . ”
hyderabad : while refusing to grant stay on the decision of the telangana government to reorganise the districts in the state , the hyderabad high court on thursday made it clear that any further action of the state government with regard to formation of new districts in the state would be subject to final outcome of the petitions pending before it .
justice a rajasheker reddy was dealing with a petition by g padmavathi , chairperson of gadwal municipality , and others challenging go 366 and form - i notification to proceed with formation of mahbubnagar , nagarkurnool and wanaparthy districts .
the petitioners’ counsel told the court that gadwal area is bigger than mahbubnagar with 1 . 50 lakh population and there was a long pending demand of the area people that gadwal should be made as a district . there was more than 200 acres of government land available in the area to establish the government offices and a railway line was also in existence since last 100 years , they added .