kadal ( english : the sea ) is a 2013 indian tamil crime-drama film co-written , co-produced and directed by mani ratnam .

the film features debutantes gautham karthik , son of actor karthik , and thulasi nair , daughter of radha , in the lead roles , with arjun sarja and aravind swamy in supporting roles .

the music was composed by a. r. rahman .

the film revolves around life of christian fishermen who instill the fact that how faith can sometimes lead to the triumph of humanity .

the film was dubbed into telugu as kadali .

the film was released worldwide on 1 february 2013 in both the versions .

kadal ( 2013 film )

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mynaa has been chosen as the best kannada film at the 61th idea south filmfare awards 2013 .
drishyam has been chosen as the best malayalam film at the 61th idea south filmfare awards 2013 .
mumbai : reliance mediaworks has won the “best visual effects feature film studio india 2013
award for mani ratnam’s film kadal , at the 24fps awards 2013 . the 24fps international animation awards is recognition for animation talent from across india and beyond .
thanga meengal has been chosen as the best tamil film at the 61th idea south filmfare awards 2013 .
attarintiki daredi has been chosen as the best telugu film at the 61th idea south filmfare awards 2013 .
the release date of the much - awaited film kadal is scheduled on february 1 , 2013 . the film ' s release was initially planned for january 2013 but with the likes of kamal hassan ' s vishwaroopam also schedule for release around the same time ,
as of 8 june 2013 the song
kadal raasa naan
had topped all the radio fm charts in southern india .
for the premiere of the song
nenjae ezhu
on 3 may 2013 .
charts for the month of may and june 2013 . further , for the remaining months of 2013 , it maintained its position in the top 10 music album charts .
gautham karthik ( born 12 september 1989 ) is an indian film actor who works in the tamil film industry . he made his acting debut in mani ratnam ' s kadal ( 2013 ) .
the teaser of the song
nenje ezhu
was released on 26 april 2013 .
excellent article . . watched kadal 4 times already . . . its very very sad that a film like kadal got this fate
jayabharathi has been honoured with the lifetime achievement award at the 61st idea south filmfate awards 2013 .
review : kadal has nothing new to offer – urltoken movies . urltoken ( 2013 - 02 - 01 ) . retrieved on 2014 - 05 - 08 .
attends the gala presentation ' kadal ' at the shinsegae centumcity cultural hall during the 18th busan international film festival ( biff ) on october 6 , 2013 in busan , south korea . the biggest film festival in asia . . .
a r rahman talks about his new film kadal , his album infinite love and his working style .
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but unlike kadal , that 1981 film had a compelling narrative . maybe mani ratnam should revisit it . rediff review : also read : review : kadal has nothing new to offer
the duo split due to some creative differences after the film . for his next film
24 fps 2013 will host some exciting competitions and fun elements throughout the day , followed by much - awaited animation awards nite .
despite the terrific performances and the memorable music , kadal did not live up to the expectations from a mani ratnam film .
director mani ratnam attends the gala presentation ' kadal ' at the shinsegae centumcity cultural hall during the 18th busan international film festival ( biff ) on october 6 , 2013 in busan , south korea . the biggest film festival in asia showcases 299 films from 70 countries and runs from october 3 - 12 .
national film development corporation of india ( nfdc ) , directorate of film festivals ( 1988 ) .
on 13 may 2013 , worldwide . the music received extremely positive critical reception and overwhelming audience response after its release . it also topped the
rajeev menon has won the best cinematographer filmfare award for his tamil movie kadal .
kadal - moongil thottam tamil lyric | a . r . rahman | gautham karthik
kadal is at the center of controversy with distributors demanding compensation for its losses .
the film was ranked among the top 20 indian films in the british film institute ' s rankings .
so it was with a conflict of emotions and expectations that one sees mani ratnam’s latest film , kadal ( ocean in tamil ) .
as the hero of the film is an auto driver the makers of the film have hired auto rickshaws with banners of the film prominently displayed on it .
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it was an awesome experience watching kadal . superb review by baradhwaj rangan . i really enjoyed watching the film and songs are great . picturisation was sensational and i dont understand why kadal got average reviews in all webpages .
radhika rajamani says mani ratnam’s kadal has some great performances but lacks a good story .
counter - confirmed that he was the first choice for
kadal raasa naan
.
director mani ratnam attends the gala presentation ' kadal ' at the shinsegae . . .
nivin pauly and gautham karthik have shared the best debut actor filmfare award for their performances in malayalam movie neram and tamil film kadal respectively .
the hyderabad based vfx studio has been doing some good work down south , and one of those in the recent past was ‘attarintiki daredi’ , which was a 2013 telugu comedy drama film helmed by trivikram srinivas .
copyright ©2013 baradwaj rangan . this article may not be reproduced in its entirety without permission . a link to this url , instead , would be appreciated .
the complete track listing was revealed on a . r . rahman ' s official website on 4 may 2013 . [ 33 ] the complete soundtrack album was released at the composer ' s recording studio in chennai on 13 may 2013 . the album was also made available as mastered for itunes version . [ 34 ]
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kadal is an upcoming tamil romantic thriller movie directed and co - produced by mani ratnam .
was released worldwide on 1 february 2013 to mixed reviews from critics and became a box office failure . later the distributor of the film filed a police complaint against mani on account of the huge losses suffered by him .
maryan is the soundtrack album , composed by a . r . rahman for the 2013 tamil film of the same name directed by bharatbala . the film that is produced under the banner aascar films stars actor dhanush and actress parvathy in the lead roles . the album was released under the label sony music on 13 may 2013 , worldwide . the music received extremely positive critical reception and overwhelming audience response after its release . it also topped the itunes india charts for the month of may and june 2013 . further , for the remaining months of 2013 , it maintained its position in the top 10 music album charts . the soundtrack album was adjudged as
tamil album of year
in itunes’ best of 2013 . rahman won the norway tamil film festival best music director award and the siima award for best music director in 2014 . the soundtrack was nominated at the 2014 edison awards and vijay awards for both best music direction and best background score . rahman was also nominated for filmfare award for best music director – tamil but he won the same award for his compositions to kadal .
maryan is the soundtrack album , composed by a . r . rahman for the 2013 tamil film of the same name directed by bharatbala . the film that is produced under the banner aascar films stars actor dhanush and actress parvathy in the lead roles . the album was released under the label sony music on 13 may 2013 , worldwide . the music received extremely positive critical reception and overwhelming audience response after its release . it also topped the itunes india charts for the month of may and june 2013 . further , for the remaining months of 2013 , it maintained its position in the top 10 music album charts . the soundtrack album was adjudged as
tamil album of year
in itunes’ best of 2013 . rahman won the norway tamil film festival best music director award and the siima award for best music director in 2014 . the soundtrack was nominated at the 2014 edison awards and vijay awards for both best music direction and best background score . rahman was also nominated for filmfare award for best music director – tamil but he won the same award for his compositions to kadal .
alagappan n ( born 30 november 1957 ) is an indian cinematographer , film director and producer in indian cinema since active in 1977 . he made his directional debut through the movie pattam pole in 2013 . he received graduate diploma in cinematography from institute of film technology adyar chennai .
kadal
is the upcoming mani ratnam film that has been causing waves of expectation over the audience . this film has big names thrown in , like ar rahman , rajiv menon and mani ratnam himself .
it was a special occasion for maac , being the tenth 24 fps animation awards night , hosted at the lalit in mumbai on friday , december 6 , 2013 .
news has it , that bookings for ' kadal ' is to be open from january 30 .
excellent writing , loved every bit of it , my 2nd visit to kadal made more sense .
much awaited tamil movie ' kadal ' will feature actors karthik and thulasi in the lead roles .
2013 is shaping up to be a year of high profile indian directors making so - so films . a few weeks ago , i reviewed hindi auteur vishal bhardwaj ' s
on 31 march 2013 , a 40 - second teaser with a musical score of
sonapareeya
was released which showed dhanush with a spear in his hand , diving into deep sea in a breath and hunting on the seabed . [ 29 ] [ 30 ] the teaser of the song
nenje ezhu
was released on 26 april 2013 . [ 1 ] it crossed over three lakh views on youtube in less than two days . [ 31 ] a . r . rahman extended an invitation through youtube for the premiere of the song
nenjae ezhu
on 3 may 2013 . [ 32 ] the track was released as a single on 3 may 2013 . [ 1 ]
many fans were upset that mani rathnam released kadal when vishwaroopam was at the peak of its struggle . the fans felt let - down and thought that mani should have stood behind kamal by postponing kadal ' s release . many others were in no mood to watch kadal until viswhwaroopam ' s controversy came to a closure . this resulted in poor opening for kadal ( and also david ) .
maryan ( english : the immortal ) is the soundtrack album , composed by a . r . rahman for the 2013 tamil film of the same name directed by bharatbala . the film that is produced under the banner aascar films stars actor dhanush and actress parvathy in the lead roles . the album was released under the label sony music on 13 may 2013 , worldwide . the music received extremely positive critical reception and overwhelming audience response after its release . it also topped the itunes india charts for the month of may and june 2013 . further , for the remaining months of 2013 , it maintained its position in the top 10 music album charts . [ 2 ] the soundtrack album was adjudged as
tamil album of year
in itunes ’ best of 2013 . [ 3 ] rahman won the norway tamil film festival best music director award and the siima award for best music director in 2014 . the soundtrack was nominated at the 2014 edison awards and vijay awards for both best music direction and best background score . rahman was also nominated for filmfare award for best music director – tamil but he won the same award for his compositions to kadal .
national film development corporation ( nfdc ) backed gujarati film “the good road” shall be representing india in the best foreign film category at the oscars . the film federation of india’s sixteen member committee studied 22 films after which debutant director gyan correa’s film was finalized as india’s nomination for the academy awards . the film is about two children who’re lost in the great rann of kutch .
also , ar rahman ' s ' kadal ' have already topped the chart busters with overwhelming response .
ar rahman has got the best tamil music director filmfare award for his work in the movie kadal .
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gautham karthik ' s first public appearance ! thursday january 10 , 2013 gautham karthik will be making his debut with the mani ratnam directed kadal . this film’s telugu version , kadali , is also getting ready for release along with the tamil version and the audio launch of this film is slated to be held today in hyderabad . revealing about this , gautham karthik said that he will be participating in this event . he added that it will be his first public appearance and is quite excited and nervous at the same time . when mani began kadal , his first instruction to the lead pair – gautham and thulasi – was not to make public appearances or reveal their photos in public domain . but all these restrictions have come to an end with kadal due for release on february 1st , 2013 .
it ' s a great news for deccan cine buffs ! ! ! the release date of ' kadal ' is at last out . director mani ratnam who has made his ' yet another ' creation titled ' kadal ' in association with ar rahman and rajiv menon for the music and cinematography respectively has decided to release the movie on the 1st of february 2013 . the songs of the film has already gone viral among the youth since it ' s release . resultantly , the film is also likely to be a hit .
he biggest disappointments of 2013 were surprisingly from some of the most influential and popular filmmakers . being successful might not be easy , but maintaining success certainly seems to be a monumental task .
sorry mr . rangan you are a big hypocrite……how can you write good things about boring films like nep and kadal… alex pandian was much better film than this one… . .
mani ratnam ' s # kadal confirmed 4 february 1 . # gemini film circuit ( gfc ) who r marketing have informed their regular distributors 2day 2 block best screens .
thala
ajith ' s
arrambam
, which hit the screens in 2013 , won the vijay award for favourite film . ilayathalapathy vijay won the favourite hero award , while versatile actor kamal haasan bagged the best actor award for
vishwaroopam .
kadal review & budget report - a . r rahman , mani ratnam , gautham kartick , tulasi | tamiltalkies
coming back to kadal , the only glaring fact that stood out was the extent of coverage of christianity .
, n . g . john , a malayalam film producer , offered him a chance to direct a film in malayalam . scripted by
kadal is the story of a young direction - less man and the influences on his life with a fishing hamlet as the backdrop . however , the pivot is the conflict between arvind swamy and arjun which forms the warp and weft of kadal on which the entire film is woven .
we bring you the complete winners list of 61st idea south filmfare awards 2013 - 14 in four languages like telugu , tamil , kannada and malayalam . continue to see them in the slideshow .
jun robles lana is one of the philippines’ most accomplished and internationally acclaimed filmmakers . his multi - awarded film “bwakaw” became the philippine entry to the oscars in 2012 and was screened at many international film festivals including tokyo , toronto and new york . this was followed by “barber’s tales” which won the philippines’ first best actress award at the 2013 tokyo international film festival and the crystal mulberry audience award at the 2014 udine far east film festival in italy . his 2015 one - shot film “shadow behind the moon” won best director , best actress , fipresci critics prize and netpac best asian film at the pacific meridian film festival in vladivostok , russia and won best director at the international film festival of kerala . his latest film , “die beautiful” is one the highest - grossing filipino films of 2016 , and won best actor and audience award at the 2016 tokyo international film festival .
in 2013 , he made his directional debut malayalam romantic film pattam pole . the film tracks the relationship between a brahmin youth , karthik dulquer salmaan and a christian girl riya ( malavika mohanan ) . archana kavi , anoop menon , lalu alex , jayaprakash , seetha , leema babu , shraddha gokul , nandhu and ilavarasu play supporting roles .
shakthisree gopalan has bagged the best tamil playback singer ( female ) filmfare award for her song nenjukulla in kadal .
as usual , your review saves the day for kadal . awesome man . your best review after inglourious basterds .
lee soo - sung is executive producer , producer and film director based on seoul south korea and his first debut feature film , ’ mr . zombie’ was welcomed from audiences and film critics with its new film genre developing and innovating when it was theatrically released . also he was a executive producer of korea’s hit film , and is currently ceo of lee film . inc and a film producer in korea . for his festival award feature , lee took a famous traditional story and turned it into the erotic joseon era drama . the film screened at the bucheon international fantastic film festival in 2015 and awarded best asia feature at hong kong puff film festival . that same year he produced death in desert and amor .
2013 saw the debut of gautham karthik ( karthik ' s son and muthuraman ' s grandson ) and thulasi nair ( radha ' s daughter ) in the eagerly awaited mani ratnam film kadal . however , the film turned out to be a damp squib and sank badly . the lead pair failed to reproduce the enviable chemistry that their respective famous parents shared . though the film bombed , we hear that gautham karthik is working on three tamil films currently . thulasi nair has bagged the lead in yaan , an upcoming thriller film directed by ravi k . chandran . she co - stars with jeeva , with whom her sister karthika nair , produced the hit film ko ( 2011 ) .
ar rahman on the story of kadal [ img ] urltoken ar rahman had recently tweeted in his micro blogging page that the story of kadal is about a christian fisherman and how faith can win over humanity . ar rahman is always attached spirituality and is known for delivering such musical genre in style . this has made him endeavor with this album . the theatrical trailer of kadal will be launched on february 1 , 2013 followed by the release during the second week of the same month . only couple of posters of gautham and tulasi have been released till now .
ace cinematographer rajiv menon recalls the challenges of shooting a real storm for mani ratnam’s kadal . sudhish kamath is all ears
if you are expecting just a pure entertainer , ‘kadal’ is not for you . if you are someone who can appreciate a strong concept , characterization , good cinematography , exceptional performances , the interesting and intense ‘kadal’ is definitely for you .
saw your tweet and immediately bought the “kadal” chapter of “cwmr” on google play . can’t wait to read it tonight !
reliance mediaworks had worked on the visual effects of mani ratnam’s film ‘kadal’ , released on 1 february . the company provided end to end solutions for services in visual effects , digital intermediate ( di ) , elaborate colour grading and digital cinema mastering for the film . kadal , revolves around the life of christian fishermen who instill the fact how faith can lead to the triumph of humanity .
there ' s a striking image of a shipwreck in the film . its a beautiful image , but a surprisingly good metaphor for this entire film .
it is a tamizh comedy - drama film starring an ensemble cast from actors in the tamizh film industry and shot by a large technical team from the industry . the film was planned by giridharilal nagpal and brought together 14 major directors , 19 cinematographers and over thirty leading actors in the tamizh film industry .
however , sources say that ' kadal ' will be facing problems unless there are clarificationsregarding the status of ' vishwaroopam ' .
good review . . . loved kadal a lot . . & i loved the second half when i watched it the second time
mastering : louie teran at marcussen mastering studios , los angeles | r . nitish kumar for the song
kadal raasa naan
contrary to klta , kadal bombed at box - office resulting in distributors failing to recover even the 30 % of their investments with the film opening to lukewarm responses both in tamil nadu and in overseas markets .
the film rejected today will be accepted by tomorrow . and the film accepted in today may be get rejected in future . why should a really intelligent filmmaker care about success and failure ? both are accidents . kadal is a very unique movie . don’t compare that with any other mainstream movies
ozon ' s provocative film can do much to improve attitudes towards lgbti people .
the above three are the only reasons worthy of making you watch this film .
5 . aval appadithaan : this film made by mostly fresh film institute graduates was refreshingly experimental in all aspects of film making like theme , treatment , dialogues and shot selections . this movie remains a bench mark for good cinema till today .
the film marks the debut of salaam bappu as a director and releases today .
malayalam film rebecca uthup kizhakkemala is like a tv serial on the big screen .
the film portrays a special bond between a single father and his autistic son .
nagarjuna plays a nri in the film which is set to release in march .
the stars have sleep - walked through their roles resulting in a bad film .
a film about love letters going astray , galaate is just pastime for youngsters .
director v v vinayak has mixed in the right ingredients for this sankranthi film .
and his uncle
venus
krishnamurthy was a film producer . his elder brother
the film explored the relationship between a young man and an older woman . although an average grosser at the box - office , the film fetched mani ratnam the
gopalan , lalitha ( 2005 ) .
bombay : bfi film classics
.
. the film premiered at the soorya festival on 14 september 1998 . it stars
on 31 march 2013 , a 40 - second teaser with a musical score of
sonapareeya
was released which showed dhanush with a spear in his hand , diving into deep sea in a breath and hunting on the seabed .
the film also holds the guinness world record for casting the most stars in a film and also for being the quickest ever feature - length film made , with filming being completed in 23 hours and 58 minutes . the film released on 16 july 1999 , to positive reviews from critics , praising the intentions of the makers .
vikram prabhu made an impressive debut in kumki ( 2012 ) . following the footsteps of his grandfather , the legendary sivaji ganesan and his father , the versatile prabhu , could not have been easy but the youngster won over the critics with his portrayal of a mahout in the film . his new film ivan veramaathiri ( 2013 ) , too , has had a good opening at the box office .
yet there is another faith - based exercise in progress here . ratnam fans who were disheartened by his recent missteps , notably the bilingual raavanan / raavan , can take heart from kadal . the film - maker’s ability to lift ordinary stories with extraordinary film - making panache returns in satisfying measure .
[ … ] transpired outside the bounds of the play’s time and space . baradwaj rangan in what is a very rewarding piece on kadal highlights ratnam’s narrative ellipses in both the present film and his previous [ … ]
rangan sir… you should have released the book after this film . at least , mani ratnam would have explained the film which most of us have difficulty in comprehending .
kadal means sea lead roles are from debutantes gautham karthik , and thulasi nair , the music and background score for the film is done by a . r . rahman . the film is about the life of fishermen who instil the fact that how faith can sometimes lead to the triumph of humanity .
reason being , mani ratnam ' s ' kadal ' and bejoy manbiar ' s ' david ' will get released on february 1 .
this was a very well made period film , which got an award during the norway film festival screening . the movie was set to be explaining things mentioned in sangam literature happened during 300 bce . the director senthamizhan was débutante who made this film .
a romantic anecdote set in a coastal village backdrop , the film showcases the tensions prevailing over the missing fishermen in the high tides of the ocean . kadal was shot in the locales of andaman and southern tamil nadu .
eventually becoming one of the highest grossing films of the chennai film industry , the film was well - received both critically and commercially , and it was screened at many international film festivals including the philadelphia film festival in 1996 where it was an audience favourite . the film ' s soundtrack sold 15 million units , becoming one of the best - selling film soundtracks of all time , and earning composer a . r . rahman his fourth consecutive filmfare best music director award ( tamil ) . however , the film caused considerable controversy upon release in india and abroad for its depiction of inter - religious relations and religious riots . the film was banned in singapore and malaysia upon release .
the winners of the much - awaited 61st idea south filmfare awards 2013 - 14 were announced at a starry and glitzy event held at nehru stadium in chennai on july 12 . more than 45 stars from telugu , tamil , kannada and malayalam film industries walked away with black lady ( winners trophy ) at the grand gala event , which witnessed the presence of who ' s who of south indian film industry .
director pandiraj injects a good dose of humour and makes the film enjoyable to watch .
the film is worth watching should be watched for the performances by the lead actors .
the actor plays a guy with a cleft lip and defective voice in the film .
director ramesh ' s biopic on forest brigand veerappan makes for quite an engaging film .
the actor says that he is starting a second innings with his upcoming film charminar .
prakash raj and ajay are the other actors in the film which releases in january .
kamal hassan speaks about showcasing his new film vishwaroopam on dth before its theatrical release .
her name featured under the singer ' s list in the opening credits of film .
the film was well received among a variety of audiences , thus earning critical acclaim .
mani ratnam is married to tamil actress suhasini and has a son with her . he has won several film awards , including six national film awards , 7 filmfare awards south and three bollywood filmfare awards , and a few awards at various international film festivals .
new delhi : the first trailer of ' kadal ' is out . directed by mani ratnam , the film stars gautham karthik and thulasi nair in the lead roles . it will also feature arvind swamy in an important role .
mani ratnam has clarified that his production house madras talkies is not responsible for the losses incurred by the recent tamil romantic - drama kadal .
chennai , mar 25 ( truthdive ) : kadal , the beautiful romantic drama by seasoned director mani ratnam might be a forgotten movie now .
madhu eravankara is an internationally acclaimed filmmaker , film critic , film scholar and writer . recipient of the indian national film award with presidents gold medal , several state film awards and film critic’s awards , he has directed more than twenty documentaries both in india and abroad . author of a dozen books on cinema , madhu has served as a member of jury in many international film festivals . he was also credited with senior fellowships from national film archive of india and dept : of culture , govt . of india . he serves as faculty in cinema in many of the state and national institutions too . currently he is professor and head , dept . of film studies , thunchathezhuthachan malayalam university , kerala .
kadal
has a lot of major selling points , one of which is the fact that karthik ' s son and radha ' s daughter are pairing up as a debut couple in this film . production houses have been thriving to get hold of distribution rights for this sure to be hit flick . seems like the winner in some areas is thirupathi brothers . they have bagged the distribution rights for
kadal
in chennai , madurai and coimbatore . this production house recently released the superhit film
kumki
and their luck is indeed running well since they bagged
kadal
now too .
scheduled on december 6 , 2013 , the line - up of events will showcase the amazing talents of maac students . shortlisted students from all over india will flaunt their talent at the lalit , mumbai and win the coveted prize in the below competitions :
to encapsulate , the bar is always pushed several notches up when it comes to mani ratnam’s films and in that vein , kadal may disappoint the general audience whereas it would appeal to his fans who are still patiently waiting for his magical spell on them which is missing in kadal .
kadal is an upcoming tamil romantic thriller film being directed and produced by mani ratnam . the film features debutants gautham karthik , son of actor karthik , and thulasi nair , daughter of radha , in the lead roles director : mani ratnam cinematography : rajiv menon music : a . r . rahman production company : madras talkies
the track
kadal raasa naan
was initially sung by a . r . rahman but he felt his voice did not suit the track .
neelakasham pacha kadal chuvanna bhoomi is a malayalam language drama feature in which two friends take a road trip , all in the name of love .
newcomers gautham karthik and thulasi nair , who are making their debut in mani ratnam ' s kadal , has not only drawn attention with their looks in the forthcoming tamil film but also through their first - ever on - screen kiss .
nazriya has won the best debut actress filmfare award for her performance in malayalam film neram .
4 . 16 vayathinele : this debut film of bharathi raja had a village bumpkin for hero , and was the first tamil film to be shot entirely outdoors , without artificial lighting .
mamta mohandas , meera jasmine , padmapriya and mithra kurian play the heroines in the film .
the film does not make any sense if you want to take something back from it .
director s s rajamouli tops the list as he received phenomenal response for his film eega .
the film is a tad slow and long and cruises along without much of a story .
the film is a chain of interesting moments woven into the thread of a love story .
this article is about the film . for other uses , see bombay ( disambiguation ) .
won – tamil nadu state film award for best music director – a . r . rahman
, and the film became a huge success and brought him recognition at the national level .
that’s a shame . for kadal is one of the best movies to hit the screens in tamil nadu . long after vishwaroopam is forgotten ( except for the controversies around it ) kadal will be remembered , discussed , and recognised as one of the milestones in tamil cinema . for three reasons .
so who exactly are these christians with strange sounding foreign names ? thomas , beatrice , bergmans . how did this come about ? mani ratnam’s kadal needs this backstory of the fishermen community , to be understood in the christian context peculiar to this film . i am from there and i thought this would be essential reading for anybody trying to understand these hot - headed characters of kadal : urltoken
an interesting week ahead , mani ratnam ' s ' kadal ' and bejoy manbiar ' s ' david ' will get released on the same day .
behindwoods quoted ,
kadal is salt of the earth stuff from a . r . rahman that is rewarding of your time spent on it .
the film was completed with in two months and got released in april 1984 . mani ratnam attributed the failure of the film to the conflict of interests that he and the producer had .
mani ratnam will be reportedly filming the first schedule of the movie in kashmir . in the film , karthi plays a pilot and aditi plays the role of a doctor . ar rahman has scored music for the film . the film will be jointly produced by madras talkies and thenandal films
1 . andha naal : this whodunnit directed by the maestro s . balachandar was inspired by the cinematic technique introduced in the japanese film rashomon by the legendary auteur akira kurosawa , and this film was the first one in the annals of tamil film history without any songs or dances .
essentially , kadal moves back and forth between being a tender love story and a revenge drama , heavily leaning towards the vendetta angle in the second half . one has seen the trajectory this film takes before , the only difference being the milieu .
gautham karthik ' s yet another face jan 08 , 2013 gautham karthik is all set to make his debut as hero with mani ratnam’s kadal . the young actor is ready for stardom but very few people know that he is very skilled in repairing bikes . even on the sets of the film he was working , gautham took the opportunity to repair bikes that needed his attention , say sources . gautham , son of ace actor karthik , is reportedly in talks with prabhu solomon for his next venture , we hear .
directed by mani ratnam , the film stars gautham karthik and thulasi nair in the lead roles .
as they were shooting , rajiv menon created what he calls a look book for the film .
malayalam film rose guitarinaal doesn ' t offer anything new to viewers , writes paresh c palicha .
the film also brings together mani ratnam and oscar award - winning music composer ar rahman . the music of the film is getting superb response and a few tracks have already topped the chartbusters .
being a satisfiable film ; the rest three were done with a lot of
compromises
.
. it was also the first indian film to focus on marriage between hindu and muslim people .
. the film focussed on marriage and explored relationships and their consequences , and garnered critical recognition .
kadal is an upcoming tamil romantic thriller movie directed and co - produced by mani ratnam . kadal means sea lead roles are from debutantes gautham karthik , and thulasi nair , the music and background score for the film is done by a . r . rahman . the film is about the life of fishermen who instil the fact that how faith can sometimes lead to the triumph of humanity . directed by mani ratnam produced by a . manohar prasad mani ratnam written by jeyamohan screenplay by mani ratnam jeyamohan stor
kadal maybe not mani sir ' s typical movie , but its worth to watch . i really njoy it from the casting till the music . thumps up
verdict : with a beautiful story and an imaginative screenplay , kadali is a breathtaking film topped with fine performances which convey a range of emotions ; the film weaves a number of immensely watchable scenes .
on the other hand , distributors of ' kadal ' are facing a hard time booking theaters as most of them have ' vishwaroopam ' running at big screens .
kadal hits the screens on february 1st gemini film circuit & madras talkies ' kadal ' - a mani ratnam film | music by a . r . rahman starring : gautham karthik , thulasi , arvind swami , arjun & lakshmi manchu . crew : produced by : manohar prasad & mani ratnam directed by : mani ratnam written by : mani ratnam & jeyamohan music by : a . r . rahman cinematography by : rajiv menon art direction by : shashidhara adapa film editing by : sreekar prasad lyrics : vairamuthu & madhan karky visual promotion by : deepak bhojraj connect with us on facebook - urltoken subscribe to our youtube channel - urltoken
the film has an intelligent story , a multi - layered screenplay , excellent cinematography and powerful performances .
made at a small budget of 6 crores , the film achieved widespread critical acclaim and commercial success .
will undoubtedly end up being one of the best indian films of 2013 . the cinematography , the music , and the performances by veterans and debuting actors alike are all fantastic . this is a film that just wasn ' t quite as good as the sum of its parts , in spite of the impressive pedigrees of those parts . this may be a film i warm up to on repeated viewings . after the initial experience , however , i can ' t help feeling that it was compromised .
the audio composed by oscar award winner has impressed the audience and has created more hype on kadal . the film has seven songs and ' adiye ' , ' nenjukkulle ' , ' moongil thottam ' and ' anbin vaasale ' have got thumbs up from tamil audience .
“kadal” pulled me out the established comfort zone and yes i didn’t like that experience . one goes to watch a mani ratnam film expecting “excitement” but this film is devoid of it . i felt ratnam could have lingered more on thoma’s spiritual crisis after he sides with bergmans . nevertheless , i will watch it again as i could not easily put away this film ! there is something in it , which is hard to place and makes me want to watch it again ! !
mani ratnam’s kadal hasn’t turned out to be a profitable experience for any of the stakeholders concerned . the movie has also been receiving mixed reviews from day 1 . and with vishwaroopam practically cornering all the theaters , kadal is left in the lurch with just a handful of theaters despite this being just the second week of its run .
kadal is not a perfect storm , but it’s far from a sinking proposition . it floats comfortably midstream , coasting along on the strength of attractive actors and visuals .
the biggest drawback of kadal is that mani ratnam was never able to get me hooked into his tale . drawing parallels with mythology and archetypes would increase curiosity only if i was engaged to the script in the first place . i think that is where kadal was a epic let down . i was appalled by the visuals of “adiye”
kadal kadannoru mathukutty directed and scripted by renjith , the movie will have mammootty in the title character as an nri who moved on to germany after marrying a nurse .
vinod sukumaran is an indian filmmaker who has won the national film award for ‘best non - feature film of a director’ for his film ‘diary of a housewife’ ( 2001 ) . he is an alumnus of the film and television institute of india . he has won the award for best editor in 2007 for the malayalam movie ore kadal ( kerala state film awards ) . vinod holds a master’s diploma in film making with the specialisation in film editing from film & television institute of india ( ftii ) , pune . vinod has actively worked with the theatre groups for many years . his major works are involved with well - known theatre luminaries like kavalam narayana paniker , b . v karanth , alakananda samarth and s . ramanujam etc . vinod has worked in bollywood as an editor for films like papa kahte hain , is raat ki subah nahin and pardes . his idea and screenplays of 90 second themed films were selected for commonwealth vision award in 2003 and in 2005 and awarded 1000 pounds for each screen play . he has worked with veteran director shyamaprasad as an associate director for the film ‘agnisakshi’ . the pair has since worked together on several other projects . in 2015 vinod directed ‘haram’ a feature film in malayalam .
who is this condescending
filmmaker
hiding behind a pseudonym and pontificating as to who should be qualified to review a film ? it is people’s prerogative to talk , write , discuss about a film once it is released in theaters . by the way , tom & jerry is a work of sheer brilliance . by equating the flamboyant cartoon series with “kadal , ” the
filmmaker
is inadvertently admitting that the film is also brilliant - - contrary to what he wanted to say .
kadal was not a glamorous film to shoot . “it ' s a hard film set in a hard landscape . most of the film had to look barren initially , so we had to pull up and accentuate the sand by muting the colours of the costume to show the boy grow up in a hostile environment . manappad , near tiruchendur , where we shot most of the film , is a lot like spain or portugal . it doesn ' t have much of vegetation and there are big churches . so we focussed on breaking the sky with the crucifix since there are no trees . ”
i come to this place as a ritual to see how like minded kadal belivers like me muse . . great insight from br , kutty and others… . reverse crusifixion man that is good… br more stuff for your next interview with mr… i am glad mr is back in tamil . . ravanna and kadal is a new mani fr tamil cinema…
tamil filmmaker mani ratnam is maintaining a low key profile for his forthcoming film kadal as he wants to keep the details of the shooting of the movie a secret . the director has already released the first look of the movie , but it does not show any actor clearly .
sid : see am aravind’s comment . probably have to see the film again for some of this stuff .
you’ve done an excellent job of elaborately analyzing a film that struggles to rise above the tide of mediocrity .
debutant director jayan cherian ' s had a tough time getting past the censor board to release the film .
the film is about a day in the life of four perfectly etched characters who give a flawless performance .
director g n r kumaravelan talks about his film about the relationship between a father and his autistic son .
the film is set in the early 1950s , became a box office success , and received critical acclaim .
indian film major eros international media on friday reported improved financial results for the fiscal year ended march 31 .
kadal was shot on 35mm , and not only for sentimental reasons . “one reason is the film’s ability to take a battering—the cameras are so solid , ” menon explains . “the horizon blows out in digital camerawork , it becomes white and the sea and the sky become one . ”
karthik ' s son gautham and samantha are playing the lead roles in the movie kadal , which was previously titled pookkadai . others like arjun , aravind swamy and pasupathy are in the supporting cast . the film is expected to hit the screen by the end of the year 2012 .
as for the film , it was a good watch . i being a mani ratnam fan , have to say that it was a good effort by the film - maker . the camera and the music were excellent .
couldn’t agree with you more… the film needs some time to digest . . if you overlook the details then the film doesn’t make sense as what people have been syaing in almost all reviews ! i really enjoyed it !
so if mani ratnam wasn’t wielding the megaphone , arjun would not have played the antagonist in kadal ? “exactly , if it hadn’t been a director i was confident about i would not have gone ahead . the character is one that wishes his wrongs had been forgiven . i loved my role in kadal . ” despite unique casting and his brilliant performance , kadal hasn’t exactly set the box office on fire . “that’s something i feel sad about . it should have done much better . yet accolades continue to come my way . ”
all the songs marked their position in the top ten songs category on itunes . this made kadal ' s soundtrack enter into number one soundtrack album of india by december 2012 .
mani ratnam’s 2013 box office disaster and regarded as one of his “not so great films” ( i also thought that 4 years ago ) watched it again after his new film kaatru veliyidai , just to see if i could warm up to it a little more . and i did . kadal is a biblically inspired tale set in the backdrop of the lives of christian fishermen in southern tamil nadu , ratnam seems to be asking some questions throughout the film… when faced with the
antagonist
destroying everything you stand for , which path would you choose ? what leads to spiritual enlightenment , following a preacher formally educated in a religious discipline , or a peek into a heart filled with childlike innocence . can a human…
speaking to the times of india , ratnam ' s wife suhasini denied the reports , saying :
no , it ' s wrong . mani is currently focused on kadal , which still has seven days of shoot left . he will decide on his next only after this film releases .


battle of neretva ( serbo-croatian : bitka na neretvi / битка на неретви , slovene : bitka na neretvi , ) is a 1969 yugoslavian partisan film .

the film was written by stevan bulajić and veljko bulajić , and directed by veljko bulajić .

the plan was also known as the fourth enemy offensive and occurred in the area of the neretva river in bosnia and herzegovina .

battle of neretva is the most expensive motion picture made in the sfr yugoslavia .

it was nominated for the academy award for best foreign language film , the year after sergei bondarchuk ( playing the role of martin in neretva ) won the honour for war and peace .

the score for the english-speaking versions was composed by bernard herrmann .

its soundtrack was released by entr ' acte recording society in 1974 .

it was re-released on southern cross records on cd .

one of the original posters for the english version of the movie was made by pablo picasso , which , according to bulajić , the famous painter agreed to do without payment , only requesting a case of the best yugoslav wines .

battle of neretva ( film )

the battle of neretva was nominated for an academy award for best foreign language film in 1969 , but lost to the algerian film z .
according to news items , working titles for the american version of the film included the battle of the neretva , the battle on the river neretva and the battle of the river neretva . many of the names credited onscreen were spelled differently in other sources . several of the main characters are shown briefly in the beginning of the film in battle scenes and conferences with officers , but do not figure into the story until later in the film .
world war two drama about the 1943 battle around the neretva river between axis forces and yugoslav partisan units .
today , there is a museum dedicated to the battle in the town of jablanica .
the battle of neretva
is actually the second world war 2 film that herrmann supplied a scored ( in this case , an alternate score ) , after
the naked and the dead
.
pablo picasso designed poster for a bosnian ww2 movie
the battle of neretva
. . . i ' d kill for a copy , or even a better resolution photo . . . .
the cd
battle on the neretva
is well done and well acted with major world stars in leading roles , e . g . yul brynner , orson wells . .
. many of the names credited onscreen were spelled differently in other sources . several of the main characters are shown briefly in the beginning of the film in battle scenes and conferences with officers , but do not figure into the story until later in the film .
battle on kozara known as the ' third offensive ' is the hardest and most tragic battle led by the yugoslav partisans in world war ii . in june of 1942 germans and their collaborators decide . . . see full summary »
orson welles in f for fake ( 1974 ) , a film essay and the last film he completed .
battle on neretva known as the ' ' fourth offensive ' ' the most humane battle in world war ii led by yugoslav partisans . in january 1943 german army , afraid of allied invasion of balkans , launched great offensive against yugoslav partisans in western bosnia . they encircle the mountain and begin the mop up operation . out gunned and outnumbered the partisans must not only take care of themselves but try to protect thousands of refugees too . providing a heroic resistance , multiple superior enemy partisans advancing towards the only remaining bridge over the neretva river , through which they intend to transfer himself and wounded at free territory . therefore , all the shock decision of the supreme headquarters to demolish the bridge , but it is just as foolish ruse to weaken the enemy forces on the other side of the river . movie battle of neretva is usually the most famous work by the yugoslav film industry has produced .
the battle of neretva had a long and complicated production and distribution history that resulted in variations of running times and credits for the two different versions . because of the difficulty in obtaining funding for such a large - scale film , initial funding was provided by united yugoslavia producers film production organization , a consortium of yugoslavian film production companies including jadran films of zagreb and bosna films of sarajevo . according to a 16 nov 1968 variety article , six yugoslavian film production companies were involved in the consortium , each one representing a different republic in the country ; however , no additional yugoslavian film companies were listed in reviews and news items . additional funding was provided by eichberg films of munich and igor films of rome .
the battle of sutjeska known as ' ' fifth offensive ' ' is the hardest , most tragic and the greatest battle that was led yugoslav partisans in world war ii . chaos , hell , fates , suffering , . . . see full summary »
the axis powers tried , ultimately unsuccessfully , to annihilate the partisan guerrillas in a series of fierce military operations . at times , the axis powers came quite close to annihilating the resistance , especially during what would be later known as the battle of neretva , which was the culmination of an operation codenamed fall weiss .
as described in the film’s narration , marshal josip broz tito ( 1892 - - 1980 ) ruled over yugoslavia , a country formed out of various independent states , during world war ii . the partisan guerrilla tactics and maneuvers lead to the defeat of nazi forces after several battles , including the battle at the neretva river , which lies in southwestern yugoslavia .
as described in the film ' s narration , marshal josip broz tito ( 1892 - 1980 ) ruled over yugoslavia , a country formed out of various independent states , during world war ii . the partisan guerrilla tactics and maneuvers lead to the defeat of nazi forces after several battles , including the battle at the neretva river , which lies in southwestern yugoslavia .
although tito is not pictured onscreen , his orders for the partisan forces are referred to throughout the film . at the close of the film , voice - over narration dedicates the film to all of the people who made the defeat of the nazi forces possible , explaining that out of the thousands of deaths , the new nation of yugoslavia was born .
in january 1943 german army , afraid of allied invasion of balkans , launched great offensive against yugoslav partisans in western bosnia . the only way out for partisan forces and thousands of refugees was the bridge on the river neretva .
the most expensive yugoslavian production of its day ( $ 12 million ) and an oscar nominee for best foreign - language film , the battle of neretva is an international war epic that was originally to have run 240 minutes , was cut to 175 minutes for its ( successful ) yugoslavian run , and emerged at 106 minutes on videocassette . set in early 1943 , as the yugoslavian . . . read more
at the neretva in occupied europe , we fought one of the most celebrated and the most heroic battles for the wounded . here was decided the fate of the revolution . here was victorious the brotherhood and unity of our peoples . tito
106 minutes on videocassette . set in early 1943 , as the yugoslavian partisans are battling the onslaught of german and italian troops , the film focuses on a group of local resistance fighters who struggle to cross the neretva river and reach a mountain stronghold . determined to destroy this
in january 1943 the german army , afraid of an allied invasion of the balkans , launched a great offensive against yugoslav partisans in western bosnia . the only way out for the partisan forces and thousands of refugees was the bridge on the river neretva .
resistance movement is german general lohring ( curt jurgens ) and his aide , col . kranzer ( hardy kruger ) . after intense battling and severe losses , the partisans make it to the neretva , only to learn from demolitions expert vlado ( yul brynner ) that marshal tito has ordered the neretva valley bridge
the battle of neretva ( original title : bikta na neretvi , 1969 ) was a multinational coproduction . many countries ended up with different edits of the film , running anywhere from its original 175 mins , down to 102 mins . most countries saw it with its original music score by vladimir kraus - rajteric . the british and american edits featured a different score by bernard herrmann . for a moment , let’s concentrate on the bernard herrmann version .
had a long and complicated production and distribution history that resulted in variations of running times and credits for the two different versions . because of the difficulty in obtaining funding for such a large - scale film , initial funding was provided by united yugoslavia producers film production organization , a consortium of yugoslavian film production companies including jadran films of zagreb and bosna films of sarajevo . according to a november 16 , 1968
the battle of neretva ( original : bitka na neretvi ) is a 1969 yugoslavian war drama recounting the largest combat encounter between the axis occupiers and the partisans in the territory of the former yugoslavia during world war ii . the film was an italian - german co - production directed by veljko bulajic and was the most expensive film produced in the country of what was then still yugoslavia . the international cast included yul brynner , orson welles , sergei bondarchuk , hardy krüger , curt jürgens , franco nero and sylva koscina and is also notable for the massive amount of soviet - made armor used in the production .
reported on december 8 , 1969 that brynner and other members of the cast were in dubbing and looping sessions for the american version of the film .
as the leader of the partisan fight against the nazis during the second world war , tito was not only involved as a supporter of the ‘gibanica’ westerns , but also as a character in some of these stories . cinema komunisto documents how important tito would find the information disseminated from these films , from the historically accurate recreation of situations to the correct serial number on his car . as a unifying patriarchal figure for the country , the representations of tito on film as a national hero are given great importance , including the choice of actors to portray the character of tito on film . for sutjeska the actor chosen to play tito is richard burton , who is given marshall tito’s original uniform jacket in order to increase the authenticity of the portrayal . this idea of authenticity is further reinforced by the blowing up of a real bridge at jablanica during the filming of battle of neretva , which tito authorised himself . nowadays this is still a tourist attraction , where the yugo - nostalgic communities reunite to sing partisan songs and throw red carnations into the river neretva below . thus the blurring of fiction and reality , the yugoslav illusion and that which remains , meet in this significant location , in an act of commemoration of the past .
at a crucial point in the battle , the partisans found themselves surrounded in a narrow pocket on the west bank of neretva river , near the town of jablanica , herzegovina . with their backs to the river , they faced the advance of main the german force , supported by several panzer brigades . the opposite side of the river , the east , was guarded by far inferior chetnik forces . despite this , the partisans didn’t have enough time to force their way across the river . the neretva is a swift river , flowing through mountainous terrain and impassable at most places . the only link to the other side was a single railway bridge heavily guarded by chetnik forces .
tilva ros ' ' is a serbian coming - of - age film about skateboarding teenagers in a depressed mining town .
“i hope that , despite what happened , people will still want to shoot here , ” said ms . zbanic , a co - founder of the film production company deblokada in sarajevo , who has lobbied officials on behalf of the bosnian film industry .
review , commonwealth was responsible for increasing yul brynner ' s participation in the film .
in 1943 , hitler orders the final destruction of the yugoslav partisans . the partisans and thousands of refugees begin a trek northward to the bosnian mountains ; their goal is to cross the treacherous neretva gorge over the one remaining bridge in order to get to safety .
although the film ' s credits include a 1970 copyright statement for commonwealth united entertainment , inc . and yugoslavia film , the picture was not registered for copyright at the time of its release . however , commonwealth united entertainment ' s video edition of the film was registered for copyright on 14 oct 1994 under the number pa - 769 - 128 .
during his years in power , important film studios in belgrade and zagreb had their heyday and local films like “the ninth circle” ( 1960 ) “tri” ( 1965 ) and “the battle of neretva” ( 1969 ) were all nominated in the best foreign film category at the academy awards . meanwhile , foreign productions like “sophie’s choice , ” “fiddler on the roof” and “the trial” — directed by orson welles — were shot in the country . hollywood a - listers like richard burton ( who played tito in the 1973 biopic “sutjeska” ) , clint eastwood and yul brynner all came to make movies .
although the film ' s credits include a 1970 copyright statement for commonwealth united entertainment , inc . and yugoslavia film , the picture was not registered for copyright at the time of its release . however , commonwealth united entertainment ' s video edition of the film was registered for copyright on october 14 , 1994 under the number pa - 769 - 128 .
after the war , a new railway bridge was built on the same spot . the events of the battle were depicted in a 1969 yugoslavian movie which featured well - known hollywood actors yul brynner and orson welles , the latter in the role of a chetnik commander .
every film that has ever been nominated for an academy award in any category . enjoy !
the academy award for best foreign language film is handed out annually by the u . s . - based academy of motion picture arts…
this yugoslav film was probably the most shown yugoslav film of all times , but for the most westerners is still unknown ! produced by anthony b . unger , henry t . weinstein and steve previn , written by stevan bulajić and veljko bulajić , who was the director , it was starring sergei bondarchuk , yul brynner , anthony dawson , franco nero , milena dravić and orson welles . a real second world war epic with outstanding cinematography of tomislav pinter . it is based on the true events of world war ii . the battle of the neretva was due to a strategic plan for a combined axis powers attack in 1943 against the yugoslav partisans . the plan was also known as the fourth enemy offensive and occurred in the area…
the partisans for disposal of bridge or stockpiles of enemies weapons use a unidentified bombs .
josip tito , marshall of the former yugoslavia and kim’s fellow cinephile ( his personal projectionist reported that he watched more than 8 , 000 films in 30 years ) , fared better . he was seeking to distance himself further from the more severe soviet form of communism , as well as bulk out his country’s sagging foreign - currency reserves , when he began to encourage international productions to come to belgrade in the early 60s . since the 40s , the yugoslavian industry had pumped out “partisan films” glorifying tito’s struggles against the nazis . but familiar faces later began appearing among the whiskery slav regulars : yul brynner , franco nero and , inevitably , orson welles in 1969’s battle of neretva , the most expensive yugoslavian film ever made ; then richard burton , who was paid $ 1m to play tito himself in 1973’s the battle of sutjeska .
my guess would be that herrmann ' s original recording session tapes may entangled ( perhaps lost ) amidst international rights / storage / transaction issues . that entr ' acte ers 6501 lp album was copyrighted 1975 and released 1976 , so herrmann most likely re - recorded a half - hour ' s worth of material from his manuscript for listening purporses rather than deal with whomever had distribution rights and so forth regarding the original soundtrack for
battle of the river neretva
. . .
article , six yugoslavian film production companies were involved in the consortium , each one representing a different republic in the country ; however , no additional yugoslavian film companies were listed in reviews and news items . additional funding was provided by eichberg films of munich and igor films of rome .
one of the best war films to come out of continental europe . - - film4 . com
now that the region is relatively stable and most of the countries of the former yugoslavia are moving toward european union membership ( slovenia already joined in 2004 ) , the film industry has begun to blossom again — not only in terms of the number of films being made but also in subject matter .
according to mila turajlić , the film addresses the trajectory of the film industry in yugoslavia as a metaphor for the creation and the breakdown of the country ( van duijnhoven , 2010 ) . between 1945 and 1990 there were 890 completed films in yugoslavia ( janković piljić , 2009 ) , out of which 350 were partisan films ( goulding , 2002 ) . thus , these propagandistic narratives are central to the construction of a national identity , and thus are a central part of the cinema komunisto film . these productions of historical epics , meant to create a sense of national identity for a newly formed state , use historical fact and creative embellishment to instil a sense of national pride and move the viewer towards creating a shared collective memory . contrary to the situations in other eastern european countries during the second world war , in yugoslavia the liberation of the country happened not through the intervention of either the soviet or western allied forces , but rather through the fight of the partisans . the representations of these stories in film have become essential to the establishment of a foundational myth for the young country of yugoslavia .
last point : are the original tracks for this film still in existence ? it would be nice to hear exactly what herrmann recorded for the film , including all the cues that didn’t make it to the cd .
the film , which won best documentary at the chicago international film festival , tells the story of the golden years of the yugoslav film industry , from the 1950s to the 1980s . ms . turajlic , however , believes that the best days of filmmaking for the countries of the former yugoslavia — serbia , croatia , bosnia , slovenia , macedonia , montenegro and kosovo — may still lie ahead . “i think there is a fresh energy in the balkans in terms of filmmaking , ” said ms . turajlic , sipping her tea . “so this is an exciting time . ”
note that the submachine gun seen is a soviet pps - 43 , a gun not seen in the film .
i’ve got a lot to say about this film and its score . i will try to keep it coherent .
while it might be premature to claim that there is a second new wave of western balkan cinema ( the first new wave — or “novi film” — movement happened in yugoslavia in the 1960s ) , it can be said that a large group of talented young filmmakers from the region are making an impact on the international film circuit .
no one is quite sure of the origins of these idyllic natural hot springs at an abandoned mountain resort .
the sad remains of a monument to martial arts legend and movie star bruce lee—in the middle of balkans .
this is the best place to attempt to hear bernard herrmann’s score as heard in the film itself . i say “in the film itself” , because it appears to be a different recording than the one released on lp and cd by john lasher under various labels through the years . i say this because there are cues in the film which do not appear on the cd , and conversely , there is music on the cd which is not in the film , or if it is , it’s a different version . many cues in the film are truncated or buried under effects .
nothing pertaining to the score proper here , but i had a friend in the 70 ' s who persisted in calling this movie the battle of ner - tava - even when i corrected him , he still said it . he was an idiot , but a lovable one . . . .
the battle of neretva was originally released in yugoslavia in 1969 under the yugoslavian title bitka na neretvi , which had a running time of 175 minutes . after extensive editing , a 102 minute american version in the english language was released in the u . s . by american international pictures and opened in los angeles on 30 apr 1971 . that version was produced by steve previn with a new score by bernard herrmann , which was played by the london philharmonic orchestra . the print viewed was a video release of the american version . most american reviews combined credit information for the yugoslavian and american versions ; the credits above reflect onscreen credits for the american version .
in order to realistically depict the battle’s climactic scene in the movie’s finale , director veljko bulajic decided to blow up the actual bridge . he expected that the remains of the bridge would become a tourist attraction . but none of the actual shots made it into the final cut , as thick clouds of black smoke obscured the view . the scene was finally shot with a scale replica on a sound stage in prague .
“you do not have a serbian film any more in terms of production , ” said bojana bandic , the artistic director of serbia’s cinema city international film festival . “there is always a part of the money , for example , from croatia , bosnia or slovenia , because the only way to find enough money to make a decent film is to connect all these countries and their budgets . ” co - productions also make sense for balkan filmmakers because some countries — like bosnia and macedonia — lack infrastructure , including equipment , crews and post - production facilities . renting a camera from serbia , doing editing in croatia or having a star from serbia appear in a bosnian film have again become a normal part of filmmaking .
the film opens with footage reminiscent of home movies , where a statue of tito’s head is being placed on a table , while the view is turned upside down and right again . as such the sense of constructing / depicting a repository of personal memory is established , as is the underlying idea of deconstructing and reconstructing nostalgia . alongside the tone of personal memory , this idea of recherche as the mode of memory is most felt when viewing cinema komunisto . the sentiment of nostalgia , then , is reinforced by the use of melancholy music and the feeling is further evoked by the recent footage of abandoned state film studios , avala film , in belgrade . music has been found to be essential in eliciting feelings of nostalgia , a bittersweet emotional state which combines positive affects ( love , pride and joy ) as well as negative ones ( sadness , disappointment , suffering ) , in creating affective and mnemonic experiences . empirical research has shown that autobiographical contexts ( familiarity of the song , memory linked to the song and previous affective experiences ) is fundamental to the eliciting of feelings of nostalgia ( janata , et al . , 2010 ) . it is thus important to underline that the reception of the film and the nostalgic responses are dependent on the spectator’s familiarity with that which was ( and is virtually being recuperated on film ) yugoslavia . moreover , cinema komunisto showcases how a nation can be constructed through images and how cinema functioned as a propaganda tool , as yugoslavia , the country , and its idea , a concept of socialism ( brotherhood and unity ) , seemed to have existed only in images of fiction films produced under the state , especially after its collapse and the recent war .
group of petty criminals is trying to make some money under the disguise of musical band in nazi - occupied serbia .
the late marshal josip broz tito is a huge cinephile who watches hundreds of movies a year , invites the likes of hitchcock and sophia loren to his compound to mingle , being best buds with orson welles , and even built his , i mean his state ' s premier production company avala film , which churned a lot of high quality films and numerous international co - productions , putting yugoslavia in the map of cinema . he was basically living the dream of every 80s film aficionado . it helps when you ' re a powerful dictator of the most prosperous socialist country of that era , but hey , if you had that power you ' d do that too
i have a hard time believeing that herrmann would go back and actually
re - record
this music after the original recording sessions for the film . i ' m sure that the soundtrack release was made up of cues strung - together from the original recording sessions for the film . . . . .
at the end of the well - known and highly controversial film , underground ( 1995 , dir . emir kusturica ) , the wedding party in the last scene is floating away on a piece of land separated from the river bank , symbolically representing yugoslavia and the end of a myth . cinema komunisto seems to continue where underground left off , in the opening sequence of the film one of the images used is the animation of the now former yugoslavia’s map , divided into individual states floating away from each other . mila turajlić , the director of cinema komunisto , takes the viewers on a journey through personal and collective memories to that imaginary island , where it all began .
article noted that more than 150 , 000 extras were used in the making of the film , along with 6 , 000 yugoslavian troops . modern sources add the following persons to the cast : faruk begolli , vasa pantelic , bozidar smiljanic , abdurrahman shala , demeter bitenc , ranko gucevac , milos kandic , zaim muzaferija , tomaz sarc , goran smigic , risto siskov and antun tudic . an ampas document found in ampas library file on the film lists studio barrandov , a czechoslovakian film studio located in prague , as a participant in the film ' s production , but the exact nature of the studio ' s involvement remains undetermined .
‘gibanica’ westerns are local versions of the red ( ostern ) western , which refer to partisan films of the 1960s , 1970s and 1980s , and which retain some of the same characteristics of the western genre , especially the binary positions of the loyal and courageous partisans who fight for the freedom of their people , and the villainous figures of the enemy ; the climactic fights between the two sides ; the figure of the hero as a figure commonly motivated by a sense of justice ; and the symbolic value of the landscape—these films generally being situated in the mountains and outside of the realm of civilization . these characteristics are exemplified in cinema komunisto , through the montage of a series of selected scenes from partisan films , reminiscent of spaghetti westerns , or rather ‘easterns’ here , where the embodiment of the yugoslav national hero of the partisan , bata živojinović , is shown killing the nazis in spectacular ways . furthermore , the fictionalised persona and mythicized figure of this actor , is reinforced by the inclusion of a popular joke , which bata živojinović recounts in the interview himself : “what’s the last thing hitler said before he died ? – kill bata živojinović ! ”
the battle of neretva was one of those big war movies – like the longest day and a bridge too far - that ended up being as big a logistical nightmare as the campaign it was portraying . shot in 1969 on a state - sponsored budget in what was then yugoslavia , it included yul brynner and orson welles among its mostly indigenous serbo - croat - speaking cast . dubbed into english for an international release in 1971 , it provided herrmann with a vast canvas to work on , even though its original three hour running time had been whittled down to 102 minutes . herrmann , in fact , compared the film to “a great big roast beef” , overdone in parts and undercooked in others . if his music was to be the gravy , then he poured it on thick .
article , columbia pictures was considering u . s . distribution of the film , which had been shooting throughout 1968 , with yugoslavian and american versions being made simultaneously . on november 13 , 1968
quality of movie was very poor and nobody spoke a word of english . i would not recommend this title to anybody .
director mila turajlić has constructed in this film an imaginary museum of collective memory for a country , yugoslavia , that no longer exists , but that has left traces , however faint , on the consciousness of some 23 million ex - citizens . by collating images from fiction films made in yugoslavia ( 1945 – 1991 ) , cinema komunisto exemplifies the capacity and power of film to make visible that which is no longer there . for many post - yugoslavs , the film holds cathartic value , as it attempts a reconstruction of the collective cinematographic memory of yugoslavia , a nation that no longer exists and has gradually been erased from the newly constructed national memories of each successor state . cinema komunisto is a daring film addressing a sensitive issue – the socialist pasts of the new successor states . its main achievement is the effort to illuminate some aspects of yugoslav history and cultural memory which have not been dealt with in recent films , and it stands as a small torch in a fog amongst the barren landscape of filmmaking in the post - states , as contemporary films often focus on the conditions and effects of the recent war , forsaking their socialist pasts .
the wars that tore apart yugoslavia in the 1990s also destroyed its film industry , which , according to ana ilic of the serbia film commission , was in the 1960s and 1970s second only to britain for the number of foreign - shot hollywood productions . foreign filmmakers stopped coming , and despite notable exceptions like emir kusturica “underground” ( which won the palme d’or at cannes in 1995 ) and danis tanovic’s “no man’s land , ” which won best foreign film at the 2001 oscars , the local industry all but dried up .
what appear to be tiger i tanks are also seen used by german forces in the film . in reality , these were t - 34 ' s with modified turrets to resemble the tiger . these mockups were so well detailed that three of them were eventually reused in the 1970 clint eastwood war film kelly ' s heroes .
music : citizen kane , the devil and daniel webster , the magnificent ambersons , jane eyre , hangover square , anna and the king of siam , the ghost and mrs . muir , the day the earth stood still , on dangerous ground , white witch doctor , five fingers , the snows of kilimanjaro , beneath the 12 - mile reef , king of the khyber rifles , garden of evil , the egyptian , prince of players , the trouble with harry , the kentuckian , the man who knew too much , the man in the gray flannel suit , the wrong man , williamsburg : the story of a patriot , a hatful of rain , vertigo , the naked and the dead , the 7th voyage of sinbad , north by northwest , journey to the center of the earth , blue denim , psycho , the three worlds of gulliver , mysterious island , tender is the night , cape fear , jason and the argonauts , the birds , marnie , joy in the morning , torn curtain , fahrenheit 451 , the bride wore black , twisted nerve , the night digger , battle of neretva , endless night , sisters , it ' s alive , obsession , taxi driver , the twilight zone , the alfred hitchcock hour
on 27 nov 1967 , daily variety reported that bulajic had also originally considered van heflin for a role in the film and planned to begin shooting that dec . according to a 14 aug 1968 variety article , columbia pictures was considering u . s . distribution of the film , which had been shooting throughout 1968 , with yugoslavian and american versions being made simultaneously . on 13 nov 1968 hr reported that commonwealth united entertainment , inc . , a company owned by henry t . weinstein and anthony b . unger , had secured u . s . distribution for the film and was involved in its production . according to the 10 dec 1969 variety review , commonwealth was responsible for increasing yul brynner’s participation in the film . hr reported on 8 dec 1969 that brynner and other members of the cast were in dubbing and looping sessions for the american version of the film .
except , of course , when they do . most totalitarian regimes have understood the propagandist value of cinema . hitler and stalin both tightly controlled film production – inglourious basterds even mentioned the attempts to create a star - studded rival to hollywood at german studio ufa .
there are , however , still issues in some countries in terms of logistics — and bureaucracy . bosnia does not have a cohesive strategy for luring in foreign filmmakers , which was an obvious problem last year when ms . jolie wanted to film in the country . her permission to shoot in sarajevo was briefly revoked because the subject matter of the film — about a love affair between a serbian prison guard and a muslim woman in a war camp — stirred up ferocious controversy . in the end , most of the film was made in hungary , though there were still several scenes shot in bosnia .
clap your hands at the base of the pyramid , and the song of a sacred mayan bird will echo through the air .
with the openness towards the western world , and the distancing from the soviet influence , one of the things that had changed was the fact that soviet film productions were no longer circulating in yugoslavia , and thus the film industry had oriented itself towards the west , circulating especially hollywood productions . not only did it reorient itself towards hollywood mainstream cinema , but yugoslavia became a coproducing entity for historical epic films and a tourist destination for some of the stars of the period .
slovenia , an e . u . member and therefore a more expensive filming locale , has recently reorganized the slovenian film center and is campaigning for tax rebates . macedonian film advocates are also hoping to get a new law for tax incentives soon , and the government recently announced plans to invest in a film studio . there is also talk of creating a regional database that will make it easier for foreign filmmakers to scout locales , find crews and production facilities in the various countries .
tiger i tanks are also seen used by german forces . these were modified t - 34 ' s and were subsequently reused in the film
in 1984 , nta video released a 106 min . version , or so the box says , i haven’t checked out the running time on my vcr . ( it was also later released on a bci / eclipse vhs , and in a horrible transfer on a pal region 2 dvd ) . this is the american cut of the film . this is the best place to attempt to hear bernard herrmann’s score as heard in the film itself . i say “in the film itself” , because it appears to be a different recording than the one released on lp and cd by john lasher under various labels through the years . i say this because there are cues in the film which do not appear on the cd , and conversely , there is music on the cd which is not in the film , or if it is , it’s a different version . many cues in the film are truncated or buried under effects .
news item noted that the film was to be directed by veljo bulajic with the advice of italian screenwriter and director elio petri and italian screenwriter sergio amidei ; however , no additional information about the involvement of petri and amidei has been determined . the article also noted that kirk douglas , ugo tognazzi , curt jurgens and romy schneider were to star in the film , but douglas , tognazzi and schneider were not in the completed version .
at one point in cinema komunisto gile đurić in an interview introduces a wall of photographs of foreign celebrities in the lobby of hotel metropol in belgrade , and at several points in the film it is mentioned that famous film stars have visited and spent time on tito’s private island , brioni , off the coast of croatia . the bourgeois luxury and celebrity status that josip broz tito and his wife jovanka broz enjoyed during his role as leader of yugoslavia seems to come in stark contrast to the socialist ideology . cinema komunisto uses the news footage of richard burton and elisabeth taylor spending their holidays in tito’s exclusive summer villa on the highly coveted brioni islands , exposing this increasingly contradictory situation of the country in an ironic way . the glamour of entertaining movie stars on his private island or yacht seems incongruous with the position of a communist leader , however it is undoubtedly one of the elements which have constructed a positive , benign image of tito in the west , one which was more open towards cultural and economic cooperation and less entrenched in the strict codes of communist ideology . the film uses a clip of an interview with orson welles , evoking tito’s cult personality , in which the famous filmmaker stated : ‘since we judge greatness in a man— usually— by leadership , it is a self - evident fact that the greatest man in the world today is president tito’ .
endless night was a british movie based on an agatha christie whodunit set in an isolated house on a stretch of remote english coastline . the film was given a theatrical release in the uk in 1972 , but its poor reception led it to being sold directly to american tv . murder on the orient express was still two years away , and producers had not yet twigged to the fact that agatha christie adaptations always worked better as period pieces . the grand dame of crime fiction did not care for the modern tone of the film and was shocked by the inclusion of nudity .
in 1999 , a poll of croatian film fans found it to be one of the best yugoslavian films ever made . people still enjoy it and it is prasised for being historically correct and entertaining at the same time . it still has fans all over the former sfry . ( wikipedia )
the unmodified t - 34 russian tank is the most widely seen armored vehicle in the film , which was typically seen utilized by the german forces .
perhaps we should be thankful that cinema can be a playpen in which godlike dreams of creation and destruction can be reduced to manageable size . it’s bertolucci who hit on the deepest kinship between dictator and director . the film - maker , stalking the chambers of the forbidden city in the 80s , imagining himself in the shoes of his child emperor pu yi , saw the powerful as continually compelled to re - enact an “ecstasy of omnipotence” . the director writes : “the child starts running from the amniotic shadow of the hall of supreme harmony toward the yellow silk curtain that will birth him to the world outside , billowing in the wind like a sail which will cast him adrift on a sea of omnipotent fantasies . ” maybe that’s how film - makers feel on the red carpet , too .
the battle of neretva , an epic world war ii movie from 1969 , with epic tank scenes , no cgi back then , a whole mechanized regiment of jna army , 10000 people strong took part in making the movie ; ) . what is funny is that axis side is using sherman and t - 34s tanks as well as few t - 34s that were fixed and prepared in such way that they resemble tiger and panther tanks , i guess back then they counted on ignorance of viewers , the tanks were later used ( as well as other props from this movie ) in making kelly ' s heroes . tanks that were really used during this axis operation were panzer iii and panzer iv as well as some self - propelled guns and armored vehicles . the scenes in this video are from the german cut of the movie and it is probably the most preserved and already digitally remastered version of this world war 2 classic . imdb : urltoken historical background : urltoken
along with brynner , the film featured an international cast that included russian director and actor sergei bondarcuk , italian actor franco nero , yugoslavian actress silva koscina , american director and actor orson welles , british actor anthony dawson and german actor hardy kruger . the 14 aug 1968 variety article noted that more than 150 , 000 extras were used in the making of the film , along with 6 , 000 yugoslavian troops . modern sources add the following persons to the cast : faruk begolli , vasa pantelic , bozidar smiljanic , abdurrahman shala , demeter bitenc , ranko gucevac , milos kandic , zaim muzaferija , tomaz sarc , goran smigic , risto siskov and antun tudic . an ampas document found in ampas library file on the film lists studio barrandov , a czechoslovakian film studio located in prague , as a participant in the film’s production , but the exact nature of the studio ' s involvement remains undetermined .
the soundtrack is available on the southern cross label ( b000056wod ) . one of the cues is also available on the ghosts of bernard herrmann ( ill 313002 ) , a compilation of the composer’s greatest hits arranged for solo piano – a curio of an album , but highly recommended .
he assembled an army of musicians to play the most bombastic score of his career , a huge fortress of sound that towered over the film . among the themes he included was the unused murder music from torn curtain ( it’s not recorded whether hitchcock ever saw the picture ) and a delicate melody from souvenirs de voyage , a clarinet quintet he had written for his wife in 1967 . it’s unlikely that anybody but herrmann was aware of these self - borrowings at the time . one of the stand - out tracks is “the retreat” , which captures the futility of war with a slow deliberate march set against a long yearning melody for strings . i’m listening to that cue right now on the bernard herrmann at the movies disc ( label x atm cd 2003 ) . the tribute film classics label are bringing out a re - recording of the score in the summer of this year .
lost in karastan is a comedy about washed - up british director creating the hagiography of tinpot ruler of a fictional asian republic . photograph : pr
during the opening credits , partisan troops and innocent civilians are being slaughtered by dozens of bombs . the battle scenes continue as voice - over narration explains that the partisan forces led by marshal josip broz tito are attempting to prevent the german invasion of the balkans during world war ii . the narration adds that nazi forces supplemented their 200 , 000 troops with italian soldiers and serbian chetniks and other pro - nazi bolsheviks , outnumbering the partisan forces ten to one .
“i feel this is a time of big things happening in terms of expression here , ” said teona strugar mitevska , a macedonian director whose latest film , “the woman who brushed off her tears , ” will hit the festival circuit in early 2012 . “for many years we went through wars , we made films about war but now , more and more , we are speaking of other things . we are becoming more universal in terms of the message . ”
reported that bulajic had also originally considered van heflin for a role in the film and planned to begin shooting that dec . according to a august 14 , 1968
the seventies saw the rise of a new breed of film makers – once dubbed the movie brats , or , as billy wilder called them , “the kids with the beards” – a cine - literate generation who had grown up on movies and tv . they formed the vanguard of a new hollywood , and , although they initially rejected the old studio system in favour of independent guerrilla - style film making , they were respectful of those that had gone before them . steven spielberg , martin scorsese , john milius , george lucas , francis ford coppola and brian de palma were starting to make names for themselves , and for a few brief years – before corporate merchandising tempted many of them over to the dark side – hollywood was an exciting place to be a movie maker .
an 11 aug 1967 hollywood review ( hr ) news item noted that the film was to be directed by veljo bulajic with the advice of italian screenwriter and director elio petri and italian screenwriter sergio amidei ; however , no additional information about the involvement of petri and amidei has been determined . the article also noted that kirk douglas , ugo tognazzi , curt jurgens and romy schneider were to star in the film , but douglas , tognazzi and schneider were not in the completed version .
ben hopkins , co - writing with oscar - winning ida director pawel pawlikowski , says the film is based on their experiences working abroad and hob - nobbing at “white elephant” film festivals hosted by questionable regimes eager to flex cinematic pecs . pawlikowski also chronicled men with overweening ambitions in his early career : politician radovan karadžic and rightwing russian demagogue vladimir zhirinovsky . but the main inspiration was sinister rumours about what happened to peter webber , director of girl with the pearl earring , when he headed for qatar in the mid - noughties to make an emirate - sponsored film about their founding sheikh .
indeed , according to press articles and reports , the film has screened widely throughout the ex - yugoslav states , receiving very positive feedback but having also been accused of yugo - nostalgia . for instance , the journalist nenad polimac reports in the croatian daily press jutarnji list that the premiere of cinema komunisto in sava center in belgrade , serbia’s capital , had a turnout of 3500 spectators , while at the premiere in the cinema europa , in zagreb , croatia’s capital , members of the ‘older generations’ were seen with tears in their eyes at the end of the screening . mila turajlić attempts to explain this underlying feeling of negotiating with the past , in her note : ‘i enter this story as a member of a new generation of yugoslav filmmakers , one that has hazy memories of a country that no longer exists . we come of age surrounded by the ruins of something that is nostalgically referred to as a golden era , but no one has yet offered me a satisfactory insight into how it was all thrown away . ’ ( 2010 ) cinema komunisto offers the possibility to travel back and fictionally inhabit old yugoslavia , even if only for the time space continuum of its screening , and functions as a contemporary site of memory , where each spectator of the fragmented nation can negotiate their past .