puli varudhu ( english : tiger is coming ) is a 2007 tamil film starring githan ramesh and mallika kapoor in the lead roles , directed by g. v. kumar .

puli varudhu

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aadi maasa from paayum puli ? and isnt it a roadaside song ? yeah paayum puli it is . the roadside rain song is pothukittu oothuthadi vaanam . aadi maasam takes place in a hotel urltoken ( arnd 59th minute )
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imo , andha padamdhaan thengaais career best . . . perfecta iruppaar andha character ' ku . . . enna nehrumaadhiri unakku posukku posukkunu kovam varudhu . . .
ilamai oonjalaadugiradhu - sridhar ' s crime rate starts with this . inga arambichu thandhu vitten ennai varaikkin crime rate - o crime rate . io apdinna ( yuck ) jayachitra image dhan varudhu . i have to go to the restroom now , excuse me .
yeah , nice location and of course , waaayy better than billa and paayum puli . what ' s your take on the music ? also , i fell for kamal ' s fight / dance / costume / good looks when i became hc fan thanks to ttt .
‘puli varudu’ is an idiom derived from a folk tale ( similar to that of ‘crying wolf’ in english ) . debutant director g . v . kumar has succeeded in narrating a wafer thin story based on the fear psychology in an entertaining manner . the proceedings are interesting and fast paced . the scene in the church is hilarious . the way the director gives ‘scientific’ reasons to the dreams looks silly .
` puli varudu ' is an idiom derived from a folk tale ( similar to that of ` crying wolf ' in english ) . debutant director g . v . kumar has succeeded in narrating a wafer thin story based on the fear psychology in an entertaining manner . the proceedings are interesting and fast paced . the scene in the church is hilarious . the way the director gives ` scientific ' reasons to the dreams looks silly .
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the title reminds of you a common adage in tamil referring to the impending danger but something that never really happens . if you thought that this story , common to all kids , is used as a sheer catch phrase , you are damn wrong .
in fact director gv kumar has gone a step further and tried to make sense of the superstition - that dreams one has during the day come true . jithan ramesh plays the lead and karunas and another newcomer form his group of friends . the story revolves around ramesh ' s scary daydream and how it impacts the lives of those around him . ramesh and his friends are traveling to his friend’s place to attend an engagement when ramesh dozes off in the bus and dreams of the bus meeting with an accident in which karunas , one of his friends gets killed , and the girl who is to be engaged to his friend has a dosham that will result in the death of the bride groom to - be and this forces him to marry the girl , played by mallika kapoor . shortly after their marriage , ramesh ' s father manivannan dies of a heart attack and mallika , out of guilt , that she was the one responsible for all the mishaps immolates herself . ramesh wakes up to this to try and stop this impending future that he believes will unfold before his eyes .
his efforts to stop this from happening forms the rest of the story and to everyone ' s surprise the major part of his dream does come true . but as is true for all tamil movies , the incidents don ' t culminate the way it did in his dream .
in an attempt to establish this trait of ramesh , the director has some funny scenes involving karunas with the latter trying hard to make sure that his dreams don ' t come true . these scenes do raise a few laughs and one particular incident while the two are traveling in the bus where ramesh screams on dreaming a deadly incident forces the driver , played by nellai siva , to stop the bus midway and grab a cup of tea thanking ramesh for waking him up , sends the audience into splits .
ramesh shows remarkable improvement in his performance but definitely hasn ' t reached there yet . karunas adds the necessary pep to the proceedings while saranya and manivannan as ramesh ' s parents carry off their role with ease . mallika kapoor doesn ' t have too much scope to perform .
srikanth deva ' s songs fail to stay on after you leave the theatre but his background score makes up for it . cinematography by c . rajasekhar and raja mohammed ' s editing do add some pace to the movie . director gv kumar comes in for adulations for having chosen a wafer thin plot and adding some interesting twists and turns to what is otherwise only an average fare . verdict : time pass , for those with plenty to spare
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it stars with a dream . the dream of the hero ramesh shows a mishap in a marriage hall . the ` thirumangalyam ' falls down in the fire . the marriage is stalled . ramesh comes forward to marry the girl . a friend is sent to get a new ` thirumangalyam ' but he dies in an accident . the second marriage too gets stalled . the bride is dejected and kills herself . the dream ends .
it is a dream that comes when ramesh is traveling in a bus to attend a marriage . he ignores it as just a dream . but he is in for a shock when he goes to the marriage hall . the friend of the bride is the same girl , whom he saw in the dream as bride .
the marriage goes on without any hiccup . our hero , meanwhile , keeps on seeing many dreams . in the dream he loves the girl , whom he saw dead in his first dream . he starts loving the girl in real life too . when the love develops and leads to marriage , he is afraid that the girl would die as seen in the dream .
` jithan ' ramesh has portrayed the fear over the dreams well . he as handled the dilemma between the love and the fear very naturally .
srikanth deva ' s songs are just about okay . the song ` ther varuthu ' is an enjoyable peppy song . sridhar ' s choreography too has come out well .
though the film has nothing special , it does manage to entertain with its fast pace and humour .
how do you digest a story where the hero ramesh ( ramesh ) an ordinary guy suddenly starts seeing things that are going to happen in the immediate future ? ramesh goes to a village for the wedding of a friend along with his buddy karupusamy ( karunas ) and he starts getting nightmarish dreams .
in his dreams he gets nightmares of his friend karupusamy , s death due to a lorry accident , his falling in love with chembakam ( mallika kapoor ) a village girl who is said to be unlucky and on his wedding day his father succumbing to a heart attack . some of his worst dreams come true , while others are averted due to a scientific approach . at the end of it everybody lives happily ever after !
there is absolutely no script or any logic . the height of absurdity is the heroine as a child was in love with an eight year old model who appeared in an energy drink advertisement who later after many years turns out to be the hero ! the acting is uniformly z grade and there is nothing to recommend in the film .
at one point in the film karnas mumbles ; ? this is sanely insane , who wrote the script ? ? quite right . it succinctly sums up this embarrassingly bad film and there ? s absolutely no reason why you should torture yourself through this one .
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a man has a crazy dream while traveling to attend his friend ' s wedding and this leads to plenty of changes for those around him .
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it stars with a dream . the dream of the hero ramesh shows a mishap in a marriage hall . the ‘thirumangalyam’ falls down in the fire . the marriage is stalled . ramesh comes forward to marry the girl . a friend is sent to get a new ‘thirumangalyam’ but he dies in an accident . the second marriage too gets stalled . the bride is dejected and kills herself . the dream ends .
‘jithan’ ramesh has portrayed the fear over the dreams well . he as handled the dilemma between the love and the fear very naturally .
srikanth deva’s songs are just about okay . the song ‘ther varuthu’ is an enjoyable peppy song . sridhar’s choreography too has come out well .
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ramesh ( githan ramesh ) son of manivannan and saranya . manivannan is the leading ad - film maker . karupa ( karunaas ) and other friends stay in ramesh ' s house as paying guests . ramesh ' s parents treat them as their own . manivannan and saranya desperately want their son to fall in love and get married . ramesh prefers arranged marriage . a mutual friend of ramesh and karunaas is getting a fixed marriage . along with karunaas , ramesh goes to their friend ' s village to attend the marriage . on the way there he dreams he meets a beautiful girl , but also that his friend would die in an accident . . . .
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played a pivotal role . the film released to negative reviews , upon release , the film was also criticized by critics for being
silly and ridiculous
. however , with the backing of
the film actually starts with kailasam ( ravi kale ) , the somber bigwig is performing the last rites of some one dear to him—but the appearance of kottai ( jiiva ) , first in the chaotic koovagam festival and later atop a veeranam pipe , swinging a scythe maniacally sets the tone for the rest of the film .
cut to the flashback a few months ago : in madurai , where kottai ' s mother ( saranya ponvannan ) is cutting down logs , and boasting about her son : he is a god who deserves to see the outside world and derive its benefits .
and so kottai journeys to big bad chennai in company with vellaiyan ( ganja karuppu ) , who dances with every karagattam dancer on the roadside , makes lewd jokes and appears to have only one thing on his mind . they end up at the massive home of kailasam , the local terror who slices up people whenever he can—only , our heroes are unaware of the fact .
kottai and vellaiyan thinks that all kailasam does is cut up trees , which is why he requires their aruvaal - making skills but kottai gets to know that kailasam hired him to make sickles to kill people . and so kottai goes to work . so you have kottai feeding crying children milk , helping men with epileptic seizures and falling in love with the first fair - complexioned , slim beauty he comes across , gayatri ( poonam bajwa ) .
naturally , gayatri , as the heroine , is also a wonderfully kind - hearted girl , who wears revealing saris , teaches music to students . kottai ' s logic for falling in love with her is that she treats him like his own family .
v . v . kathir who earlier worked as an assistant to seeman and suryaprakash narrated the script to r . b . choudhry and he liked it and jeeva also liked it .
was originally slated to be heroine but she left the film due to unknown reasons .
after this film , v v kathir was supposed to direct karthi ' s siruthai but didn ' t direct . he went to hibernation and had not directed any film so far . due to the film ' s poor response , antony stopped producing films . jeeva and poonam again paired in kacheri arambam .
behindwoods wrote :
thenavattu is for people who just adore illogical masala flicks
.
rediff called it
silly and ridiculous
and also added
culprit clearly is v v kathir , who ' s come up with a half - baked script that manages to destroy even jeeva ' s credibility . this flick is all aruvaal and no brains
.
indiaglitz wrote :
director kathir didn ' t experiment much and took the familiar path of commercial entertainer following the footsteps of his guru
.
nowrunning wrote :
thenavattu is a tale strictly for the brain dead
.
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the story revolves around the relationship of a mother and her son , set in kodaikanal . the movie commences with rama krishna ( jiiva ) and his mother saradha ( saranya ponvannan ) , a school teacher , lying in a pool of blood ; the police find raam is still alive and arrest him on charges of murdering his mother . police inspector umar ( rahman ) works on the case . the story is narrated in flashback .
rama krishna is an apparently mentally affected teenager ( later diagnosed as autistic ) , living dependent on his mother saradha ( saranya ponvannan ) . his overcompulsive adoration for his mother lands her in various problems . raam is provoked easily and tolerates little wrongdoing around him . next door lives karthika ( gajala ) , daughter of a police sub - inspector malaichamy ( murali ) . she falls for raam , but upon telling him how she feels , gets a blunt response from him .
one day , saradha is found brutally murdered . umar , interrogating various personalities for the case , grills each and every person possibly connected to raam and the teacher . every possible motive that raam might have for murdering his mother is explored . furthermore raam ' s neighbours , the sub - inspector malaichamy and his children are summoned by umar for interrogation , much to their irritation . the police eventually find out that it was karthika ' s brother ( kunal shah ) , who committed the murder , in fear that saradha would tell his parents about his drug addiction habits .
when umar confronts him and forces him to surrender , karthika ' s brother fatally wounds him and escapes , injuring his father in the process as well . he kidnaps karthika and takes her to a desolate location . however , raam , seeking vengeance as well as seeking to save karthika , follows the killer to the hideout . a brutal fight occurs between the two , and at the end , raam kills karthika ' s brother . the film ends as the police find the hideout , while raam is meditating on the dilapadated roof .
the music was scored by yuvan shankar raja , joining with director ameer sultan . the soundtrack , released on 12 january 2005 , features 7 tracks , including one instrumental . the lyrics were written by snehan . yuvan shankar raja fetched critical acclaim for his work , especially for the film score ,
resulting in a win at the 2006 cyprus international film festival for best musical score in a feature film , being the only indian composer to receive the award till date .
tamil drama film written and directed by newcomer ram and produced by n . shivaprasad and salmara mohammad sharief . it stars
in lead role and newcomer anjali and karunas in other major roles . the film was released on 5 october 2007 .
is a film about an ordinary young tamil - postgraduate , who , frustrated with the circumstances and futility of his job , slowly loses his mental balance and becomes a psychopath . the film , though commercially not successful , was critically acclaimed .
) is a tamil teacher in a private school in west mambalam area of chennai , who leads a lonely life in a lodge . he is frustrated and even tries to commit suicide , in a system where knowing your mother ' s tongue and teaching it is looked down upon by a society craving for material benefits and imbalance in pay structure .
quoting that it would show the
pathetic state of our mother tongue [ tamil ] in today ' s society
.
however she was later replaced by anjali , who debuted in tamil cinema with this film .
and ram ' s controversial statements at the film ' s soundtrack release , who cited that he had killed everyone who had hurt him during earlier days through the screenplay of the film .
jeeva had grown a full length beard for the character and cited the hardships during the shoots of the film , which he considered as his most painful experience and a
torturous affair
.
he revealed that he even had to undergo therapy to
come out of the character
as it was
too emotional
.
ram denied that the film was his autobiography , clarifying that , unlike the protagonist in the film , he went on to work as a media consultant and that the film is a biography of a fictional character named prabhakar .
the soundtrack was composed by noted music composer yuvan shankar raja to the lyrics written by na . muthukumar , which was released on 10 september 2007 under the film ' s previous title ,
it features five tracks , including one sung by his father , ilaiyaraaja , which was hailed mostly as the pick of the album .
noticeably , the album comprises only solo numbers and doesn ' t feature any female vocals .
the film gained highly positive reviews and met with critical acclaim upon its release . aspects as direction , writing , performance , music , cinematography and editing were immensely lauded and appreciated and expected to bag a bunch of awards .
gave the film 4 out of 5 , describing it as a
kurinji flower in indian cinema
, depicting that such a film seldom gets filmed in indian cinema and a
must - see film
.
it praised the direction and the acting and technical department , which were of
higher order
, pointing out the cinematographer , s . r . kadhir ' s and music composer yuvan shankar raja ' s work .
concerning the performances , actor jeeva , it is said , came up with a
performance of his lifetime
, while newcomer anjali was a
delight to watch and spellbinds the viewer with her beautiful fresh look and her performance
.
was a
hard - hitting film
, while giving it 3 . 5 out of 5 . she praised debutant director ram and actor jeeva ' s performance as prabhakar , who she says ,
leads you through dimensions that are frankly amazing
.
the film starts with kailasam ( ravi kale ) , the somber bigwig is performing the last rites of some one dear to him—but the appearance of kottai ( jiiva ) , first in the chaotic koovagam festival and later atop a veeranam pipe , swinging a scythe maniacally sets the tone for the rest of the film .
cut to the flashback a few months ago : in madurai , where kottai ' s mother ( saranya ponvannan ) is cutting down logs , and boasting about her son : he is a god who deserves to see the outside world and derive its benefits .
and so kottai journeys to big bad chennai in company with vellaiyan ( kanja karuppu ) , who dances with every karagattam dancer on the roadside , makes lewd jokes and appears to have only one thing on his mind . they end up at the massive home of kailasam , the local terror who slices up people whenever he can—only , our heroes are unaware of the fact .
kottai and vellaiyan thinks that all kailasam does is cut up trees , which is why he requires their aruvaal - making skills but kottai gets to know that kailasam hired him to make sickles to kill people . and so kottai goes to work . so you have kottai feeding crying children milk , helping men with epileptic seizures and falling in love with the first fair - complexioned , slim beauty he comes across , gayatri ( poonam bajwa ) .
. bhavana was originally slated to be heroine but she left the film due to unknown reasons .
but didn ' t direct . he went to hibernation and had not directed any film so far . due to the film ' s poor response , antony stopped producing films . jeeva and poonam again paired in
) is a 2009 indian tamil romantic comedy film written and directed by debutante rajesh . it stars jiiva and newcomer anuya bhagvath , a student of pune film institute , in the lead roles , with santhanam , urvashi and sathyan appearing in supporting and arya appearing in a cameo role . released on 13 february 2009 , becoming a commercially successful venture at the box office . the film met with mixed reviews upon release . the film was later remade in telugu as
with mahesh babu ' s brother - in - law sudheer babu and regina cassandra and released in february 2012 .
the main protagonists siva ( jiiva ) and sakthi ( anuya ) meet on a train from coimbatore and strike up a friendship . siva introduces himself as an army officer and sakthi as an air hostess . the two part ways on arrival in chennai , but siva promises to meet her soon . he pays a visit to the airline company where sakthi claimed to work , with his mother kalyani ( urvashi ) and best friend vivek ( santhanam ) tagging along . when asking for sakthi , they are instead greeted by another woman with the same name ( shakeela ) . siva realizes that he has been tricked .
in reality , siva is a courier deliveryman and sakthi , a radio jockey . when they learn of each others deception , they swear to get revenge on each other . a series of humorous incidents happen as siva teases sakthi live on her radio show and gets her in trouble with her father ; and she retaliates by tattling on him to his family and using him as a driver . when siva defeats a handful of goons in a tough fight to save sakthi’s brother ( sathyan ) and helps organize his marriage , sakthi develops genuine feelings for him .
she reveals her feelings by planning a surprise birthday party for siva , but learns that he had lied about his birth date . humiliated in front of his family , she leaves angry and bitter . siva learns of her true feelings for him and attempts to reconcile with her , but she ignores him . siva grows upset as well , fights with his mother and sister , and continuously destroys vivek’s new mobile phones ( they forgive him eventually ) . however at one time when he visits her office , he is drunk and misbehaves with the people around . he tells sakthi ' s assistant to call sakthi , but the latter , enraged upon siva ' s behaviour sends a man to beat him up and get him out , siva loses all his love and care for sakthi .
some time later , sakthi’s father arranges for her to meet a prospective groom arun ( arya ) . siva coincidentally runs into arun and is introduced as sakthi’s
close friend
. he proceeds to tell arun about all her good qualities , never mentioning anything negative . sakthi , realizing his true love , leaves arun and asks siva to marry her . he is still angry about the time she sent a man to beat him up and because he believed she accepted arun . she apologizes and siva forgives , but he asks her to go to a nearby temple where they can get married the next day . she visits the temple early the next day , but siva doesn ' t visit , calling her up and saying that he
refuses
to marry her . disappointed , sakthi returns home , but sees that siva organized a surprise birthday party for her . the two of them make love that night . the following morning he plays another prank on her ; she realizes that he will never take any relationship seriously and runs away from him .
some months later , siva arrives at sakthi’s house with his family , to formally ask for her hand in marriage . during this time , sakthi faints and is revealed to be pregnant ( as a result of sleeping with siva ) . when both their families learn this , they humorously surround siva and beat him up . as the credits roll , a scene set two years later reveals that siva and sakthi are married and have a son , to whom siva brags about how he successfully “got the girl” .
this movie ' s direction and screenplay received mixed reviews . yuvan shankar ' s music was praised .
the satellite rights of the film were bagged by sun tv . the film was given a
u / a
certificate by indian censor board
the soundtrack , composed by yuvan shankar raja , released on 25 january 2009 , featuring 7 tracks with lyrics written by na . muthukumar . thanks to the film ' s success , the album grew in popularity , with particularly the song
oru kal
getting widely noticed ,
whilst also garnering accolades and several awards and nominations for its composer yuvan shankar raja and its lyricist na . muthukumar .
yuvan had worked for 20 days on the re - recording at a state - of - the - art recording studio in malaysia .
during this time , he also composed an additional song
oru paarvaiyil
which was added in the soundtrack .
) is a 2011 indian tamil political thriller film directed by k . v . anand , starring jiiva , ajmal ameer , karthika nair and piaa bajpai . the film was released on 22 april 2011 to mostly positive reviews ,
based on an online poll conducted by the times of india , it won the best film award for 2011 .
, witnessing naxalites robbing a local bank . he chases them and manages to click photos of the robbers . when he tries to escape , he is stopped by a young woman renuka ‘renu’ ( karthika nair ) who assumes he is the culprit and helps the robbers to take his camera . however , he is able to secure the memory card of the camera . the police catch him , and to prove that he is a press photographer he shows the photos to the them , who identify everyone except the gang leader ( whose face is covered by a mask ) . at his office , he again meets renuka , who has newly joined as article editor . saraswathi ‘saro’ ( piaa bajpai ) also works in his office and has feelings for ashwin , who does not reciprocate .
settled in her new job , renuka writes a cover story about a politician aalavandhan ( kota srinivasa rao ) , describing his attempt to marry a minor . enraged by this , aalavandhan barges into the newspaper office and shouts at renuka . the audio recording of her interview disappears ( courtsey aalavandhan ) , and she is fired from her job for falsified reporting . ashwin later risks his life to capture the pictures of aalavandhan who actually engages in child marriage in a temple at midnight . later the story with the photos is printed in their newspaper and this makes renuka to fall in love with him , which ashwin reciprocates . saro is initially jealous of the love between ashwin and renuka , but later accepts it and gets over ashwin .
meanwhile , vasanthan perumal ( ajmal ameer ) , a recent graduate and engineer , strives hard to enter the politics by contesting the upcoming election . he is contesting against more experienced politicians who capture the people by giving freebies and money . no one cares about vasanthan and his team of graduates , who promise a healthy government to people . their party name is ' siragugal ' ( feathers ) . ashwin and renuka find out about vasanthan ' s election campaign , and they and the entire
team extend their support to the campaign , covering it extensively , much to the chagrin of aalavandhan and the chief minister yogeswaran ' yogi ' ( prakash raj ) .
one night , vasanthan ' s party organises an election campaign meeting . ashwin , photographing the event , receives a text message from saro that states there is a bomb underneath the stage where vasanthan is speaking . ashwin manages to save vasanthan just before the bomb explodes . later , ashwin finds saro fatally wounded near the blast site . saro struggles to tell something to ashwin and renuka before she dies . ashwin , through a video clip recorded by another photographer , finds out that saro was intentionally killed by someone . he later notices a resemblance between the leader of the bank robbery and this unknown killer , concluding that the naxalite leader killed saro .
a few days later , renuka notices that vasanthan ' s photo in their newspaper was cut from a college class photo , where ashwin is also present . confronted by renuka , ashwin tells her that he and vasanthan studied in the same college and were best friends . he also tells her that he is happy for vasanthan ' s success and is wholeheartedly supporting his election campaign .
meanwhile , vasanthan ' s party members arrive at the hideout on hearing the news that vasanthan had died . seeing their innocence , ashwin forces renuka not to reveal the truth about vasanthan because his party members would get into serious trouble and lose their seats just for supporting vasanthan . they did not know about vasanthan ' s true character and intentions and supported him , believing his false claims of a ' healthy government ' . instead renuka publishes an article saying that vasanthan had sacrificed his life fighting the naxalites and died as a martyr .
the film ends with ashwin and renuka submitting their resignations to the chief editor for falsified reporting , but he rejects their resignations and tells them to cover the upcoming election .
initially the film was rumored to have karthi in the lead . however , it was later officially announced that silambarasan would play the lead in the film ,
the lead female role was initially supposed to be enacted by tamannaah bhatia , who was replaced by actress radha ' s daughter , karthika nair .
the composition of the songs took place in macau . during diwali 2010 a short teaser was released which featured the song
enamo aedho
which received acclaim from critics and audience . another song ,
aga naga
, featured special appearances by several tamil film personalities , including composer jayaraj ( see under cast ) . the album was launched on 19 january 2011 in chennai .
gave 2 . 5 / 5 writing :
overall , harris has tried to re - create the ayan magic in kv anand ' s latest and has achieved it to an extent [ . . . ] there are a couple of songs that give bragging rights to harris but the others fail to scale the same height . ko is worth having in your personal collection !
pavithra srinivasan of rediff gave a 2 / 5 citing that
aside from the sweetly melodious ennamo edho , the other numbers are all mish - mashed versions of his earlier hits .
indiaglitz said
ko ' s music is vivacious with different genres of romantic songs , hip hop and nevertheless even poetic .
the satellite rights of the film were bagged by kalaignar . the film was given a
u
certificate by the indian censor board and released in nearly 2230 theatres worldwide , making it jiiva ' s biggest release ever .
it is also being released in multiplexes across metros like delhi , mumbai , pune , chandigarh , lucknow and vadodara with english subtitles to attract the non - tamil audience . ayngaran international released the movie on dvd and releasing soon on blu - ray .
described the film as a
tale with a realistic twist
and praised anand who
strikes gold with ko . blending the commercial with the realistic is a challenge , but k . v . anand proves adept at it .
, director anand gives notice of his immense talent once again , making a movie that is all set to lord over the box office this summer
.
national film award - winning critic , baradwaj rangan wrote :
if someone wants to make a case for the abolishment of song and dance from our cinema , ko would be exhibit a .
he also went on to state that
was
a series of big scenes with no transitions , no segues , no scenes that just stop to smell the scenery .
175 crore at the box office thus being biggest blockbuster ever in jiiva ' s career .
20 . 95 crore at the box office and also declared blockbuster , with distributors organized celebrations in tirupati on its 100th day of theatrical run .
by notable bengali director , raj chakraborty . it stars ankush hazra , srabanti and abir chatterjee in the lead roles played by jiiva , karthika nair and ajmal ameer respectively . the remake will be released on january 2013 .
) is a 2012 indian tamil superhero film , written and directed by mysskin that features jiiva , pooja hegde and narain in lead roles .
the film was an average , grossing around rs 55 crores on a budget of rs 20 crores , with additional revenues from music and tv sales .
the film is about a man who cannot tolerate injustice and corruption and hence turns into a vigilante to fight against it for a better society . this film was dedicated to bruce lee . with mixed critical response the film was released on 31 august 2012 , along with its dubbed telugu version titled
bruce lee ( jiiva ) is a martial arts specialist but unluckily he is unable to use those skills to make a living . instead , he falls in love with police deputy commissioner gaurav ' s ( nassar ) daughter shakthi ( pooja hegde ) , and tries to impress her and her elder sister ' s kids with his martial art skills . to make it more fun for them he pretends to be a superhero by wearing on a costume each time he visits . on his way back on one such visit , lee finds himself caught in between cops and robbers chase in the city . he decides to assist the police and manages to nab one robber from the gang and hands him over to the police . lee doesn ' t realize that by doing so he has asked upon himself the revenge of dragon ( narain ) who heads the same gang . as the police were involved too , dragon eyes to take revenge on police commissioner gaurav also . dragon then connives a plan that eventually frames lee as a robber and the attempted to kill the police commissioner . what lies ahead for lee now is to prove his innocence to the police , win his love back shakthi and more importantly bring dragon and his gang to justice .
( mask ) , and subsequently signed on leading actor suriya to play the role of the protagonist .
450 million with a . r . rahman as music composer and surya portraying a karate fighter in the film .
however in july 2009 , surya opted out and unsuccessful discussions were held with vishal to replace him , forcing myshkin to stall the project .
as the project remained dormant , myshkin temporarily shelved the project and moved on to script a horror film .
in october 2010 , arya signed on for the film with n . linguswamy ' s thirupathi brothers production house replacing utv as producers .
however within months arya had pulled out as had linguswamy . in june 2011 , a new mumbai based company had taken the production reins whilst jiiva , after the commercial success of his political thriller
, narain claimed that that his villainy in the film would be totally brutal . his character in the movie has no shades and is absolutely negative .
which the actress dismissed , with dhananjayan of utv also confirming that amala was not approached for the role .
pooja hegde , second runner up of the 2011 miss universe india beauty pageant was eventually finalized as the female lead .
( 2010 ) previously , was selected as the film composer over two other music directors , while madhan karky would pen the lyrics , associating for the first time with mysskin .
veteran telugu actor akkineni nageswara rao was added to the cast in november 2011 which proved false and he was replaced by girish karnad , while prakash raj was also reported to be playing an important role .
reports further claimed that both jiiva and narain would undergo special training in martial arts with experts from the shaolin temple in china being flown in . a large group of young aspiring artists were roped in to be part of the fight sequences which are touted be the highlight of the movie . the artists were trained for over 6 months at ymca , nandanam , chennnai rigorously .
high - end gadgets to be used in the film were reportedly designed by the indian institutes of technology ( iit ) , while teams from the national institute of fashion technology ( nift ) were roped in to create the costumes and looks of the characters .
furthermore , a los angeles - based firm would handle special effects , while action sequences are planned to be choreographed by stuntmen from hong kong .
costumes are designed by gabriella wilkins and it is said that jiiva ' s superhero outfit weighs more than 10 kg .
shooting of the film started officially on 12 december 2011 with the opening scene of kung fu as that was so spoken about .
the film was being canned in the nights in and around triplicane in chennai where the fight scene of jiiva and narain was shot in terrace .
mysskin is planning a 20 day schedule to shoot the climax at karaikal . the shoot concluded at karaikal where daredevil stunts were performed by the lead actor at an altitude of 180 feet high where in the karaikal port ` s conveyor belt passes over . many scenes were also filmed at avm studio where huge hospital set was erected and also at victoria hall , deaf and dumb school . ;
tony leung siu hung , a stunt coordinator from hong kong , has joined the climax shoot of the film that ' s being canned in a massive scale at karaikal .
as well . the soundtrack features eleven tracks including a number of instrumentals . the lyrics were written by madhan karky and kabilan .
the soundtrack album was released on 20 july 2012 at sathyam cinemas ; it was presented by vijay and received by kannada lead actor puneet rajkumar .
behindwoods wrote :
on the whole , the music has provided a good platform for the superhero to soar
.
the satellite rights of the film were bagged by sun tv . the film was given a
u
certificate by the indian censor board .
this film was released worldwide screens on 31 august 2012 and it would be the 100th film to be released in 2012 .
also , it is to be noted that the director has planned for upcoming sequels of mugamoodi . therefore , the director has planned to release a sequel every year .
the first look and trailer of jiiva ' s ' mugamoodi ' took place in a grand scale on 29 june 2012 at sathyam cinemas . the trailer was launched by suriya and received by director lingusamy while the first look was released by suriya and gautham vasudev menon .
released in over 500 screens in tamil nadu , and also opened in neighbouring states in good number of screens as well as in northern parts of india including delhi and mumbai . the film released simultaneously in sri lanka , malaysia , singapore , uk , canada , us and other parts of the world .
received mixed to negative reviews . ibn reviewed the film positive and cited that it had a
different flavour
further adding :
for those who loves the west and east ' s action films ,
behindwoods review board rated it 3 out of 5 stating that it had a
pacy first half , [ a ] slow second half but [ was ] compensated by the overall performance and effort of the cast & crew
.
noted that it
travels on a terrain that’s new to tamil cinema
and lauded mysskin , saying that his
effort to make mugamoodi appear as authentic as possible deserves to be commended
.


pit fighter is a 2005 action film directed by jesse v. johnson and starring dominique vandenberg , steven bauer and stephen graham and scott adkins .

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it ' s hard to imagine even the most hardcore action fan embracing pit fighter , a movie so incompetent that even the occasional moments of brutality come off as dull .
masahiko nakahira did four different street fighter manga series : cammy gaiden ( translated and released in english as super street fighter ii : cammy gaiden by viz media ) , street fighter zero ( translated and released in english as street fighter alpha ) , sakura ganbaru ! and street fighter iii : ryu final . street fighter alpha , sakura ganbaru ! and street fighter iii : ryu final have all been released in english by udon . two characters created by nakahira , evil ryu ( introduced in street fighter alpha 2 ) [ 27 ] and karin kanzuki have been integrated into the street fighter canon by capcom .
, in which the players pit combatants from around the world , each with their own special moves , against one another .
there have been various street fighter comic books produced , including masaomi kanzaki ' s street fighter ii manga ( one of the few street fighter manga titles translated into english ) , and a role - playing game adaptation released by white wolf in 1994 .
after the release of the street fighter live - action film , two video game adaptations were produced . though both used digitized graphics and featured the movie ' s cast , they were different in gameplay .
in 1971 , alanis completed her first film , christmas at moose factory , a film that reflects her attachment to the children of this remote cree village on james bay . she did this by presenting the drawings and paintings of the children and by giving them the opportunity to talk about these images and daily events in their community . her second film , mother of many children ( 1977 ) was a project alanis felt very strongly about from the beginning . in this film ,
chronologically set between the street fighter ii series and the street fighter v series , street fighter iv was initially meant as a return to the series ' roots , ie super street fighter ii turbo , which ono considers to be
the king of street fighter games
. thus , the experience provided by super street fighter ii turbo became the main influence for the street fighter iv development team , and all its characters were intended to be in the game . however , the four characters introduced in super street fighter ii were dropped for the arcade version of the game , so the final playable character roster became that of street fighter ii ' : champion edition , along with four additional characters , new to the series . despite this , cammy and fei long were added in the console versions of sfiv , while t . hawk and dee jay were added in the super update . additionally , characters from the street fighter alpha and street fighter iii series were added in later versions of the game , alongside seven more new fighters , bringing the total to 44 fighters by the time the latest update , ultra street fighter iv came out .
the tomatometer score — based on the opinions of hundreds of film and television critics — is a trusted measurement of critical recommendation for millions of fans . it represents the percentage of professional critic reviews that are positive for a given film or television show .
on late december 2014 , capcom revealed street fighter v . it was released in february 2016 .
in 2010 , actor and filmmaker joey ansah & owen trevor co - directed a live action short film called street fighter : legacy which stars jon foo as ryu and christian howard as ken . [ 24 ] [ 25 ]
the first two street fighter iii games were ported to the sega dreamcast as a compilation titled street fighter : double impact . ports of 3rd strike were released for the dreamcast as a stand - alone game and then included in the compilation street fighter anniversary collection for the playstation 2 and xbox .
after the release of the original street fighter , capcom produced an nes game known as street fighter 2010 : the final fight . this futuristic action game bore no real connection to the original street fighter or it ' s canon , although the english localization of the game changed the main character ' s identity from kevin to ken , implying that he is the same ken from the original street fighter .
it was a similar determination to succeed and become
the pit pony that won the grand national
he recognised in miss randles , 27 , from tenby .
the side - scrolling beat ' em up final fight was originally promoted with the working title street fighter ' 89 . while the game ' s title was changed due to its drastically different gameplay , final fight , unlike street fighter 2010 , does take place in the same universe as later street fighter games .
the third and final alpha game , street fighter alpha 3 , was released in 1998 , following the release of the original street fighter iii and street fighter iii : 2nd impact . alpha 3 introduced three selectable fighting style and further expanded the playable roster to 28 characters , including three hidden characters . [ 10 ]
the books published in the series are street fighter : the storytelling game , street fighter : player ' s guide , gm screen / shades of gray , the perfect warrior , contenders , and secrets of shadowloo . also see street fighter : the storytelling game characters for a list of fighters in the rpg series .
after finding her efforts to be involved in the industry blocked , she decided to find a character on which to base her own film .
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a 3d version of the series , street fighter ex , was released in the arcades in 1996 and was developed by the company arika . due to capcom only allowing the street fighter characters for license , these games are not a part of the official street fighter canon . it also introduced a cast of characters exclusive to this series .
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sequel to the 2002 film . this time , heavyweight champ george
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capcom has also licensed street fighter to developer daletto for a pc versus fighter , street fighter online : mouse generation . the game solely uses the pc ' s mouse for combat , and the characters are customizable to some degree . confirmed thus far are ryu and chun - li , as well as two new characters , hiko and teiran . [ 19 ]
dominique vandenberg served in the french foreign legion for five years , during which time he saw combat in africa and bosnia . after leaving the legion , he competed professionally in thailand and burma , and even took part in a few underground fights . he later came to america to break into the film industry . aside from “pit fighter” , some of his other credits include “the honorable” , “gangs of new york” , “beowulf” , “true legend” , and “ mortal kombat ” .
screenshots from various installments of the street fighter ii series . top to bottom : world warrior , champion edition and super .
the film stars dominique vandenberg as jack , a mysterious figure who wakes up after a fierce gun battle with a case of amnesia . with the help of a friend named manolo ( steven bauer ) , jack is soon making a living as an illegal ( and unstoppable ) pit fighter . but it ' s not long before jack ' s memories start flooding back , the majority of which feature him gunning down seemingly innocent people in cold blood . jack ' s pit fighting days come to an abrupt end , though , after refusing to throw a match for a powerful mob kingpin - leading to a confrontation between jack and about 100 of said kingpin ' s goons .
a notable similarity : the illuminati are both an organization in street fighter ( in the street fighter iii series ) as well as in marvel comics ( professor x is a member , and they are responsible for the events of world war hulk ) .
in october 2006 , hyde park entertainment and capcom announced its intention to produce a film adaptation of the game series in a joint venture , with the storyline to focus on the street fighter character chun - li . screenwriter justin marks was attached to write a script for the adaptation . street fighter : the legend of chun - li was released in 2009 to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the series . [ 21 ] the film adaptation was part of capcom ' s multi - platform launch for 2008 that would also launch video games and a potential tv series in 2008 . [ 22 ]
rumors of street fighter iv being in development were sparked in july 2005 at the san diego comic convention where a street fighter panel was held . representatives from udon comics and capcom usa said that there was something in the works . however , given the fact that street fighter alpha anthology was announced later on in the year , they might have been referring to that title . as hyde park entertainment and capcom announced a street fighter movie , the legend of chun - li , to be released in 2008 , capcom also stated a multiplatform to coincide with the 20th anniversary of street fighter which would include new games . on october 17 , 2007 capcom unveiled street fighter iv at a capcom gamers day event in london . the game would be in 2 . 5d .
numerous home versions of the game had been release for various platforms including the snes , sega genesis , pc engine , 3do , playstation , dreamcast , saturn and master system . the games has released individually or through compilations such as street fighter collection and more recently the capcom classics collection series . most notably , capcom released hyper street fighter ii : the anniversary edition , a modified version of super turbo that allows players to select characters from all five versions of the game , was originally released for playstation 2 and xbox and also saw a limited release in japanese arcades . [ 7 ] emulated versions have also been recently included in downloadable game services . the wii ' s virtual console received the snes versions of street fighter ii , street fighter ii ' : champion edition , street fighter ii ' turbo : hyper fighting and super street fighter ii , and the xbox 360 ' s xbox live arcade received an online - enabled version of street fighter ii ' : champion edition and street fighter ii ' turbo : hyper fighting .
in the channel 4 sit - com father ted , father dougal mcguire and father damien ( damo ) lennon play street fighter .
she also made the film for other children :
i want people who look at the film to have a different attitude next time they meet what is called a ' problem child ' , and develop some love and some relationship to the child — instead of alienating him .
( alioff and schouten levine , p . 12 )
there ' ve been a lot of bad straight - to - video action flicks over the years , but this is surely the worst . saddled with an uncommonly wooden leading man , an incoherent sense of style , and some genuinely awful dialogue , pit fighter never feels like anything other than a complete and utter waste of time .
but adrian came long before . his costumes might have inspired people like elton john and marc bolan ,
said the film ' s producer and director joann randles .
puerto rico : jack severino wurde von kugeln durchsiebt halb tot aufgefunden . er hat die erinnerung an sein früheres leben verloren . nur eines hat er nicht vergessen . . . wie man kämpft . unter dem pseudonym
yanqui
tritt er gegen die besten der pit fighter riege an und geht seinen weg unaufhaltsam bis an die spitze . -
but then again , there is little normal about the story of adrian street , the
pit pony who won the grand national
- the boy from brynmawr who ran away and became a wrestling star .
but poking fun at a movie like pit fighter is just too easy . i will say that if you ' re a big fan of the most mindless sorts of action movies under the sun , you just might have a half - decent time with this one . but don ' t come crying to me saying i called it a good movie .
capcom’s vice president of strategic planning and business development christian svensson has confirmed that there will be more street fighter films in development . [ 26 ]
under the direction of fight choreographer stephen “the fight professor” quadros , the fight sequences in the pit are in equal parts flashy and brutal . for jack’s first match , he takes the novel approach of allowing the reigning champion to pummel him for the first two rounds on the grounds that he’s “gotta let him have his time , out of respect” , before going for the knockout . he pretty much ditches that policy from there on , however , and mauls through every other contender in the pit , with his only serious opposition coming in the form of a brazilian fighter played by stuntman andre “chyna” mccoy .
jack severino has no memory , all he knows is the brutal sport of pit fighting . when his past catches him up , he realizes he is not who he thought he was . for some men must fight for redemption .
udon has been licensed by capcom to produce an american comic book based on the street fighter franchise , in addition to darkstalkers and rival schools . this series draws not only on the established street fighter canon , but also occasionally addresses various retcons , and even draws from fanon and non - official sources as well . in 2005 , udon released street fighter : eternal challenge , the first capcom series history and art book to be translated into english .
made for pennies and fueled by dual themes of pain and redemption , “pit fighter” is well worth a look by martial arts’ movie lovers and mma aficionados alike . those who have trouble with the sight of blood might want to sit this one out , but you’ll surely be hard pressed to find a harder head in all of martial arts cinema than the one belonging to jack severino .
steven , peter .
interviews : alanis obomsawin .
in brink of reality : new canadian documentary film and video . toronto : between the lines , 1993 , p . 176 - 186 .
in 2008 , capcom released a remake of super street fighter ii turbo for the playstation network and xbox live arcade service called super street fighter ii turbo hd remix . [ 8 ] it features fully redrawn artwork , including hd sprites , 4 . 5x the original size , done by artists from udon .
i was very pleased when the alberta government bought the rights to the film . many social workers in different departments see it now . one time i was in edmonton . . . and a man who had been the provincial ombudsman presented me with two new reports , saying that the richard cardinal film had helped force new policies and laws in alberta . young people in the audience said to him , ' why do you need a film to be made before you change the law ? ' he quickly replied , ' well , sometimes the government waits for the public to make a move , to push , otherwise they don ' t know . ' it was incredible . i was shocked but happy that the film was able to do that . but primarily , i made it for richard .
arika also released a spin - off of street fighter ex in arcades , called fighting layer . the gameplay was very similar to the ex games , and even featured two of the ex characters ( allen snider and blair dame ) , but was not an actual street fighter game , and was distributed by namco .
“the man running from his dark past” and “the man with no memory of his past” stories have each been done to death , but jesse johnson’s “pit fighter” crafts its own gimmick of merging both with vicious drug cartels and incorporates them all into the take - no - prisoners world of underground fighting , all the while centering on the redemptive story of a man with a pain threshold that wolverine would envy .
collegehumor contains a satire called street fighter : the later years , [ 23 ] a series documenting the fighters ten years after the game ' s tournament ended .
monk , katherine .
first takes : our home and native land .
in weird sex & snowshoes : and other canadian film phenomena . vancouver : raincoast books , ©2001 , p . 45 - 62 .
she had difficulty convincing others to fund the film . the topic was not of interest to the film board , nor did it garner the support of the department of indian affairs ( which had partially financed other films ) . alanis received letters telling her to
forget it
. at one point , she gave up but then reconsidered because of all the energy she had already invested into it . she went to ottawa and started knocking on doors until she came back with funding from the secretary of state . it was necessary for her to do one segment at a time and then go looking for more funding . when the film was finally finished , she received a letter from the secretary of state saying they had
never invested their money in a better way in any film up to that time .
( alioff & schouten levine , p . 14 )
former legionnaire and muay thai champion dominique vandenberg steps into the role of jack severino , an amnesiac pit fighter struggling to find peace in his life as fragments of his violent past continue to creep into his memory . steven bauer of “scarface” fame portrays manolo , an associate of the local mafia who becomes jack’s close friend and corner man , with fernando carrillo portraying the vicious mobster veneno who keeps both men on a short leash .
' ' olympia ' ' was not blatantly propagandistic . notably , it showed jesse owens ' s moments of victory , while hitler was seen for only 15 seconds on the single occasion that he visited the olympic stadium . although the film was widely praised , its reception in 1938 was muted by europe ' s gradual slide toward war . she was also met with hostility when she took the film to the united states in november 1938 .
still , while her documentaries continue to be studied in some film schools , ms . riefenstahl remained trapped in the shadow of her association with hitler . her repeated attempts to find financing for a new film always ended in failure , while public screenings of her movies and exhibitions of her photographs invariably prompted protests . as recently as last year she was briefly investigated in germany on accusations of race - hatred crimes , but no charges were brought .
the first set for street fighter featured cards for chun - li , dhalsim , ken , ryu , sagat and zangief . a later expansion , street fighter : world warriors , included the remaining characters from the street fighter ii series , blanka , balrog , e . honda , guile , m . bison and vega . another set , titled street fighter : the next level , was released in december 2006 , parallel with the snk release . the characters included are akuma , fei long , dudley , and cammy . a new expansion , street fighter : the dark path was released february 14 , 2007 along with the next soul calibur set , soul arena . characters include a new version of chun - li and ( evil ) ryu , along with adon , charlie , rose , sakura , t . hawk and twelve . a new set , entitled street fighter : extreme rivals , which was released in may 2007 , features cody , dee jay , ibuki , r . mika , and a new version of ken .
capcom would release a third marvel - licensed game , x - men vs . street fighter , in 1996 , a full - fledged crossover between characters from x - men and the street fighter alpha games that featured a two - on - two tag team - based system . it was followed by marvel super heroes vs . street fighter in 1997 , which expanded the roster to include characters from marvel super heroes ; marvel vs . capcom : clash of super - heroes in 1998 , which featured not only street fighter characters , but also characters from other capcom properties ; and marvel vs . capcom 2 : new age of heroes in 2000 , which was produced from the dreamcast - based naomi hardware .
the original ex game introduced super cancels and the guard break , mechanic . it was followed by street fighter ex plus , an update that made the secret characters and bosses playable from the start and expanded the roster . a playstation version , street fighter ex plus alpha added new game modes and two more characters from the main series : dhalsim and sakura .
and once again , both her filming and editing techniques broke new ground . to capture the drama of the pole vault and long jump events , she had holes dug beside the sand pit where the athletes landed . in the high - diving event , which dominated the second part of the film , ' ' festival of beauty , ' ' she used four cameras , including one underwater , to capture the movement of divers from all angles . then , in the editing room , she turned the divers into graceful birds .
so there ' s only the slightest remnant of actual plot , and the action scenes are pretty brutal . but what about the screenplay ? i ' ve transcribed my very favorite passage from the film right here . see what you think :
alanis obomsawin is a woman of complexity . her native culture is rooted in the beauty of her early childhood on the odanak reserve and the fight against discrimination and injustice of her teenage years . as a young adult , she became a singer , educator and activist . her work with the national film board , though not without its challenges to a woman and aboriginal filmmaker , has allowed her to further her role , through film , as an educator and advocate for social change , thus living up to her name as a
pathfinder
. she is a fighter who resonates with compassion and an understanding of the imperfection that underscores what it means to be human :
the characters and environments in the game are rendered as 3d models with polygons but use a stylized effect to give them a hand - drawn look , with certain select attacks displaying ink sprays during the fights . the art director and character designer is daigo ikeno , who previously worked on street fighter iii : 3rd strike aims at staying true to the street fighter ii style .
later , her films covered more political and social issues , beginning with incident at restigouche ( 1984 ) , a film about the two controversial raids by a battalion of 550 quebec provincial police of a small mi ' kmaq reserve on the restigouche river . the reason given for the raids was that the quebec ministry of fisheries needed to investigate alleged salmon overfishing on the reserve . this film was an important one for alanis because it was one of the first to demonstrate her strength of character . gittings calls alanis ' confrontation of the then quebec minister of fisheries , lucien lessard , one of the
strongest scenes
of any documentary film because she points out the
hypocrisy and short - sightedness of his position on national sovereignty
:
and his great grandfather , big jim arnold , an abertillery greengrocer and
mountain fighter
, who had one
anything - goes
contest which went on for more than a day .
early jesse v . johnson with a small acting role from scott adkins . this shows some of johnson’s potential early on but isn’t great . lots of well - staged action set pieces and , aptly , pit fights . lots of his signature themes . just not as good as he would later become .
living room games planned to release a d20 storytelling game based on the series in 2004 known as street fighter : capcom world tournament . the company planned to release a number of books linking various capcom fighting games related to street fighter such as final fight , darkstalkers , and rival schools . unfortunately the company was unable to release more than a demo and it current fate is on hiatus .
in 2010 , capcom announced marvel vs . capcom 3 : fate of two worlds for xbox 360 and playstation 3 . the game was released in 2011 . [ 14 ] on july 24 , 2010 , capcom along with namco announced two new fighting games , street fighter x tekken , which is being developed by capcom , and tekken x street fighter which is being developed by namco . [ 15 ]
the first official update to the series was street fighter ii ' : champion edition ( pronounced street fighter ii dash in japan , as noted by the prime symbol on the logo ) , which allowed players to play as the four previously non - playable bosses and also allowed two players to choose the same character with one character drawn in an alternate color pattern . [ 5 ] the game also featured slightly improved graphics including differently colored backgrounds and refined gameplay . [ 3 ] a second update , titled street fighter ii ' : hyper fighting , or street fighter ii dash turbo , was produced in response to the various bootleg editions of the game . hyper fighting offered faster gameplay than its predecessors and new special techniques such as chun - li ' s kikoken or dhalsim ' s yoga teleport . [ 6 ]
another trading card game , the now discontinued epic battles ( released by score entertainment ) , also featured street fighter characters , as well as characters from other fighting game franchises , such as mortal kombat .
yet it was not just the minister of fisheries that alanis took it upon herself to confront . it was also necessary for her to challenge certain people at the film board , who thought she shouldn ' t be interviewing
whites
. she responded to these individuals :
the gameplay was quite poor , but many of the data files were unoptimized and available for editing . after the game had proliferated to the west , derek liu and brian chan used this information to edit the files into sfliu , [ 30 ] the closest translation of street fighter ii turbo the game engine could allow . after adding in balrog and vega , they updated the files to super street fighter ii standards .
the first time the film showed in edmonton . . . i saw many people i assumed were social workers . their faces were severe and some took notes . they looked very unfriendly . i understood . i knew how they felt . after the film , i ' ll tell you , it was dead silence . but when i started to talk the atmosphere changed totally . i said to them , ' i know some of you think i ' ve made this film to point the finger at you . i didn ' t do that . i want all of us to look at what has happened to this child . i want to force the government to change the rules — to find better foster places for these children . ' . . . i wanted the feeling that this must not happen again .
a sequel , street fighter ex2 , was released for arcades in 1998 . it introduced the excel mechanic , similar to the custom combos seen in the alpha series . an update called street fighter ex2 plus made the excel combos easier to perform , and introduced much more powerful super combos that required all three levels of the super gauge : the meteor combos . ex2 plus , like its predecessor , also received a playstation version .
the film won ms . riefenstahl assorted german prizes , and although she again pledged to make no more party films , she then made an 18 - minute documentary , ' ' day of freedom : our army , ' ' about the wehrmacht in 1935 . soon afterward , she was commissioned by the german olympic committee to record the 1936 berlin olympics . to the end of her life , she insisted that ' ' olympia ' ' was not an official film , but ample evidence exists to suggest that it was indirectly financed by goebbels ' s propaganda ministry .
malibu comics launched a street fighter comic series in 1993 , but it flopped , lasting only three issues . [ 28 ] asian comic book publications outside japan were also available ; that contains canon - type storylines or totally unrelated to the official backgrounds from street fighter universe ( practically just borrowing characters and their special moves ) . these publications arose at the era when street fighter ii was popular in the asian continent , especially hong kong , singapore , thailand and indonesia ( the most popular publication was from jade dynasty which was based in hong kong ) . [ 29 ] most of these publications were not yet known to be legally licensed from capcom .
street fighter ii : the world warrior , released in 1991 , was the first true sequel to the original street fighter . it was one of the earliest arcade games for capcom ' s cps hardware [ 3 ] and was designed by the duo of akira nishitani ( nin - nin ) and akiman ( akira yasuda ) , who were previously responsible for final fight and forgotten worlds . notably , even when street fighter ii was released , capcom had no idea what sort of phenomenon it was about to create . it believed that the game would do somewhat ( but an unknown quantity ) better than its cps - based contemporary games , final fight and mercs .
in the brutal world of mexican pit fighting , every brawl could be your last , and even if you do win there ' s no guarantee of survival . few fighters can claim the endurance of mysterious pit - fighting champion jack , and though he may have no memory of his past that certainly doesn ' t hold him back from becoming one of the most formidable fighters that the underworld has ever seen . as his shadowy past is slowly illuminated by the growing recollections of the unsavory characters who populate this sordid universe , jack soon begins to realize that his past may be returning with a vengeance , and it may take every ounce of strength and courage to see the dawn of another day .
the film , which took almost two years to edit from 250 miles of raw footage , included such innovative techniques as moving cameras , including one on a tiny elevator attached to a flagpole behind the speaker ' s podium that provided sweeping panoramic views ; the use of telephoto lenses to create a foreshortening effect ( for example , when filming a parade of nazi flags ) ; frequent close - ups of wide - eyed party faithful ; and heroic poses of hitler shot from well below eye level . the film also used ' ' real sound ' ' but was accompanied by no commentary .
the on - rail sections don’t have the complexity or variety of sin & punishment but you’re not just controlling a gun sight and have to move main character pit around the screen to avoid attacks and looming scenery . the strict scoring system rewards precision attacks and punishes mindless blasting , with a charge attack that takes a couple of seconds to wind up .
gittings adds that
by the end of the interview and the end of the film , lessard makes a personal apology for any problems his actions may have caused .
( gittings , p . 218 ) this is one of the prime examples of alanis
fighting back
in her adult life .
after the defeat of germany in 1945 , she was pronounced a nazi sympathizer by the allies and never again found work as a movie director . but her revolutionary film techniques deeply influenced later generations of documentary makers and television commercial makers , keeping alive the debate over whether her talent could be separated from her prewar political views .
you like wwf ? your intelligence is 5 / 10 or less ? you like movies with the fat steven seagal ? you like movies with scenarios completely stupid ? more they are punch , more you like ? more there are ketchup ( blood ) more you ? in this case you ' ll love this
movie
crap . film was probably not written a monkey . it makes no sense . there are only fighting crap . i give him 2 / 10 . 1 for the technical ( sound , image , etc . ) . 1 for the very beautiful and sexy giselle d ' cole . to flee if you have intelligence higher than a monkey . otherwise , this film is for you .
obomsawin calls film a ' place ' where native people can talk to each other about their losses , their memories of injustice , their desire to share what is good about their way of life , and with that sharing as viewers of her documentaries perhaps arrive at a better appreciation of how the dispossessed , dislocated , and disoriented try to come out of the abyss . this social realism is what makes obomsawin narratives potent and cathartic ; they are like the axiom which says one has to deal with the poison before a process of healing can begin . to her as director / producer / writer , film must attempt to transform people and society ; it must be an artifice of social reform .
these films gave her the image of a romantic heroine in the wagnerian cast , in harmony with nature and bent on fighting evil . her often dangerous roles - - she climbed rock faces barefoot and was once almost swept away by an avalanche provoked by fanck - - also showed her to be fearless . in 1932 she directed her first movie , ' ' the blue light , ' ' another mountain film , in which she appeared as a warm - hearted peasant girl . ( the names of her jewish co - writer , bela balazs , and the film ' s jewish producer , harry sokal , were removed from the credits when ' ' the blue light ' ' was reissued in 1938 . )
the arcade version was developed by incredible technologies and had many alterations to the street fighter ii formula . most of the street fighter ii fighters were included , plus a couple of new characters : sawada , from the movie , and blade , a character with a bazooka , knives , and stun rod . the game also marked the first time akuma was selectable by default . some characters have new moves inspired by the movie , such as m . bison ' s lightning bolt fingertips attack , most of which were exclusive to this game .
rather than being a mere update , street fighter alpha 2 ended up being a full sequel ( to alpha ) , featuring all - new stages and endings for each character , some overlapping with those from the original alpha . [ 9 ] it also discarded the chain combo system in favor of custom combos , which required a portion of the super combo meter to be used . alpha 2 also retained all thirteen characters from the original , adding five new characters to the roster along with hidden versions of returning characters . alpha 2 was followed by a slightly updated arcade release titled street fighter zero 2 alpha and was released in japan , asia and brazil , was ported to home consoles as street fighter alpha 2 gold ( zero 2 dash in japan ) . the home versions added cammy as a hidden character .
the final game in the series , street fighter ex3 , was released exclusively for the playstation 2 and did not receive and arcade version . this game included team battle and tag - team modes , and ace , a character whose moveset could be customized by the player .
confessions of a pit fighter is a character driven action film about regret , consequences and the triumph of the human spirit . eddie castillo is a quiet man . he has survived seven years of incarceration in the state pen and wants nothing more than to live out his life in relative tranquility . he moves in with you younger brother david who as a kid , idolized him . castillo soon learns that the
tranquility
he was seeking is shattered by david getting involved in illegal underground fights , the same type of fights that coincidentally led castillo to prison . as much as castillo tries to get david to go straight , he has to make his own way . david eventually gets killed in an underground fight and this sets castillo on a collision course with destiny . having no other choice , castillo goes back into the underground fight game to find his brother ' s killer . castillo sets out for revenge and in the process forsakes it for redemption .
from the day i was born i had to fight to survive . i fought . . .
super street fighter ii : the new challengers , the third revision , gave the game a complete graphical overhaul and introduced four new playable characters : cammy , fei long , dee jay , and t . hawk . this game gave previous characters new basic moves , such as giving vega standing kicks , new special moves , such as vega ' s diving claw , and improvements to existing special moves , such as ryu ' s flaming fireball or ken ' s flaming dragon punch . it was also the first game for capcom’s cps ii arcade hardware . the fourth arcade version , super street fighter ii turbo , ( super street fighter ii x : grand master challenge in japan ) , brought back the faster gameplay of hyper fighting , along with a new type of special techniques known as super combos and hidden character akuma .
he and vandenberg first square off during the opening fight before meeting up for a rematch later on in the best , and most blood - soaked duel of the film . of course , jack is a man to whom pain means nothing , and he quickly heals up for the finale , where he single - handedly stands off against an entire platoon of veneno’s cartel enforcers . you may have to overlook the laughably bad marksmenship of jack’s foes , but it’s a pretty spectacular way to finish a flick with a modest $ 600 , 000 budget , and closes the film out on a fitting note ( especially with respect to the soundtrack of the final sequence ) that brings jack’s quest for redemption for his murderous past full circle .
if there’s any truth to the phrase “no pain , no gain” , then our anti - hero jack should be a millionaire . over the course of the film , he’s shot , beaten , stitched , healed , and beaten again so many times that you have to wonder if he’s ever gone a day in his life without pushing through some form of extreme pain .
white wolf released a storytelling game based on the series in 1994 ( featuring characters from super street fighter ii ) . the system used many of the game mechanics of the world of darkness games . the system is now out of print but retains a small following on the internet .
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from this film , obomsawin went on to create another important work , richard cardinal : cry from a diary of a métis child ( 1986 ) , a poignant look at the short life of a métis adolescent who committed suicide after having been shuffled in and out of 28 foster homes and institutions . alanis felt very strongly about what happened to richard , saying ,
i tell the kids to look at the loss that we have , what a poet he was . he ' s gone . it ' s too bad nobody realized , what happened , how he got there .
( steven , p . 182 ) the film also provided a penetrating look at the child welfare system in alberta at the time , and it brought about change . says alanis :
it is this combination of strength and courage to challenge intermingled with compassion that define her as a filmmaker of substance and integrity . similarly , alanis has never wanted to publicize her own challenges as an aboriginal woman filmmaker in the male world of film . rather than speak out on her personal struggles , her priority is to advocate for social change and to bring the voices of aboriginal peoples to the forefront :
of course , he gives just as good as he gets , and vandenberg delivers a well - rounded portrayal of a genuinely good - natured guy who can transform into an absolute beast at the drop of a hat . even when he’s out of the pit , you simply can’t help but marvel at the scenes of jack shadowboxing and how blindingly fast his hands are ; he’s basically taken muhammad ali’s saying “float like a butterfly , sting like a bee” and replaced the word “bee” with “wasp” .
since then , alanis has made several other films , including one on an addictions recovery center near edmonton , one on homeless people in montréal , and a film about a day care center in montréal — all about aboriginal institutions serving aboriginal people . then came the events at oka , and the series of films that evolved from behind - the - scenes film footage , including the arrest of one of the individuals involved in the stand - off and a personal look at one of the
warriors
, an iron worker who had worked on high rises in new york city . more recent films include is the crown at war with us ? ( 2002 ) , which depicts the violence and racial tension evident in the political events concerning the new brunswick fisheries near the mi ' kmaq community of esgenoopetitj ( burnt church ) .
obomsawin ' s films represent a corrective to the historical exclusion of native image in film , the vast majority of it has been created without the consent and most often without the control of the native person whose image is being taken and utilized in media . i really believe alanis is using a medium to provide a voice and a story for a lot of people who historically have not had that opportunity .
street fighter has been ported , without capcom ' s authorization , to the famicom in asia . it has appeared in several multicarts in china . one of the popular titles was known as master fighter , that had several sequels ( including one featuring nintendo character mario ) . due to memory limitations of the famicom system , the bootleg copy was unable to list all the available rosters ; the only characters available are ryu , guile , chun - li , zangief and non - playable m . bison ( his original japanese name vega , was misspelled as viga ) . another title is super fighter iii , and due also to hardware limitations , only nine among the normal roster of twelve are selectable characters ( missing were balrog , e . honda , and zangief ) . character names , captions and subtitles during the endings are also removed . chun - li ' s stage was redesigned as the forbidden city outdoors rather than one of china ' s busy streets .
stana katic plays marianne , a woman from jack’s past whose appearance jogs his memory , while stephen graham portrays her close associate harry . some of jack’s opponents in his underground fights including veteran stunt performers and martial artists like andre “chyna” mccoy , eric muller , and edwin villa , with even the incredible scott adkins showing up in the film , albeit in the non - fighting role of jack’s old ally nathan . go figure !
street fighter ii was the first one - on - one fighting game to give players a choice from a variety of player characters , an option which created hitherto unknown levels of depth and replay value for an arcade game . [ 3 ] each player character had a fighting style with roughly 30 or more moves , including previously nonexistent grappling moves such as throws , as well as two or three special hidden attacks per character . in the game ' s single - player mode , the player ' s chosen character is pitted against the seven other main characters before confronting the final four opponents , who were cpu - controlled characters that were not selectable by the player . like in the original , a second player could join in and compete against the other player in competitive matches , with the multiple available characters allowing for more varied matches . street fighter ii proved to be popular due to all these factors , eclipsing its predecessor in popularity , eventually turning street fighter into a multimedia franchise . [ 4 ]