vidiyum munn ( tamil : விடியும் முன் ; english : before dawn ) is a 2013 indian tamil thriller film directed by balaji k. kumar .

the film stars pooja umashankar as rekha , a prostitute trying to rescue a 12-year-old girl , played by malavika manikuttan , from the clutches of prostitution .

vidiyum munn was the fifth indian film to be released in auro 3d 11.1 surround sound system .

the film was released by pvr pictures on 29 november 2013 to critical acclaim but below average grosser at the box office .

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vidiyum munn aka vidiyum munn is a tamil movie with production by javed khayum , direction by balaji k kumar , cinematography by sivakumar vijayan , editing by sathyaraj natrajan . the cast of vidiyum munn aka vidiyum munn includes malavika , pooja , vinoth kishan .
vidiyum munn ( aka ) vidiyum munn is a tamil movie with production by javed khayum , direction by balaji k kumar , cinematography by sivakumar vijayan , editing by sathyaraj natrajan . the cast of vidiyum munn ( aka ) vidiyum munn includes malavika , pooja , vinoth kishan .
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vidiyum munn inspired from british thriller “london to brighton” , to which the makers have not given due credit , “vidiyum munn” stands out as one of the better thrillers of the recent past .
vidiyum munn , starring pooja of
naan kadavul
fame , has won positive reviews from critics .
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balaji makes his debut in tamil cinema with vidiyum munn starring pooja umashankar and child artist , malavika manikuttan .
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the music was composed by girishh gopalakrishnan . vidiyum munn was the fifth indian film to be released in auro 3 .
vidiyum munn is a step closer to alternate tamil cinema which majorly caters to those with some intellect and not to entertainment seekers .
the movie vidiyum munn , released in 2013 , features 6 songs from artists like tanvi rao , girishh gopalakrishnan , nazar , ramshankar s & sai krishna kumar , susheela raman , ramshankar s & shilpa natarajan and girishh gopalakrishnan . what is your favorite song from vidiyum munn ?
a gold medalist from sathyajit ray film and television institute , vijayan made his debut as a cinematographer in vidiyum munn . he also worked with p . c . sreeram for a couple of years before kumar spotted him as the right person to handle the camera for vidiyum munn .
vidiyum munn ( tamil : விடியும் முன் ; english : before dawn ) is a 2013 indian tamil thriller film directed by balaji k . kumar . the . vidiyum munn tamil movie online - pooja umashankar , malavika manikuttan and vinoth kishan . directed by balaji k . kumar . music by girishh gopalakrishnan .
vidiyum munn - wikipedia , the free encyclopedia . vidiyum munn ( tamil : à®µà®¿à®ÿà®¿à®¯à¯à®®à¯ à®®à¯à®©à¯ ; english : before dawn ) is a 2 . indian tamil thriller film directed by balaji k . kumar . the film stars pooja umashankar as rekha , a prostitute trying to rescue a 1 . malavika manikuttan , from the clutches of prostitution .
vidiyum munn is a suspense thriller that revolves around a sex worker who puts her life in danger to protect an innocent 12 - year - old from the clutches of pimps and prostitution .
vidiyum munn cast : pooja umashankar , malavika manikuttan , vinoth kishan , john vijay and amarendran director : balaji k kumar rating : * * * films on child trafficking usually throw at us startling facts and numbers in an attempt to emotionally hijack us but debutant balaji k kumar ' s vidiyum munn avoids all such genre cliches and sticks to presenting a well executed thriller that intrigues with suspense from start to finish . although inspired from british thriller london to brighton , to which the makers have not given due credit , vidiyum munn stands out as one of the better thrillers of the recent past .
redemption ( soundtrack )
0 . total length : 2 . 4 : 1 . reception [ edit ] vidiyum munn received positive reviews . [ 5 ] baradwaj rangan wrote ,
balaji k .
kumarâ€™s vidiyum munn is the most excitingly staged movie since mysskinâ€™s onaayum aattukuttiyum . rajasekar of cinemalead wrote
vidiyum mun is a perfectly executed riveting thriller which is sure to be in the top ten best films ever produced in tamil cinema . [ 6 ] ians gave the film 3 stars out of 5 and wrote ,
vidiyum munn is a step closer to alternate tamil cinema which majorly caters to those with some intellect and not to entertainment seekers . vidiyum munn stands out as one of the better thrillers of the recent past
. [ 7 ] sify wrote ,
debutant balaji k kumarâ€™s vidiyum munn is one of the best new generation thrillers in recent times . it is not the usual masala thriller , but something different that grabs you with its taut narration , superb performances , great background score and a riveting climax
. [ 8 ] behindwoods gave it 3 . rediff gave 3 . 5 stars out of 5 and wrote ,
the stark simplicity of the dialogues , the well - etched characters , the intriguing plot , the captivating music , the cinematography , but most of all the brilliant twist at the end makes director balaji k kumarâ€™s vidiyum munn a must watch
. [ 1 .
films on child trafficking usually throw at us startling facts and numbers in an attempt to emotionally hijack us but debutant balaji k kumar ' s vidiyum munn avoids all such genre cliches . the film intrigues with suspense from start to finish .
the stark simplicity of the dialogues , the well - etched characters , the intriguing plot , the captivating music , the cinematography , but most of all the brilliant twist at the end makes director balaji k kumar’s vidiyum munn a must watch .
vidiyum munn is an tamil thriller movie directed by balaji k . kumar . the film stars pooja umashankar and malavika manikuttan in the lead roles . the music is composed by girishh gopalakrishnan . british musician susheela raman lent her voice for the music .
greed , lust and anger collide and threaten to rip apart the lives of two disparate women on the run to seek refuge . vidiyum munn explores the darker side of life and the emotional imbalance it can create in the hearts of those who succumb to it .
vidiyum munn , a dark suspense thriller by director balaji k . kumar , will premiere in theaters across india in auro 11 . 1 by barco . kumar says he discovered the capabilities of auro while watching vishwaroopam , the first indian movie to feature the new format .
vidiyum munn was released in the year 2013 , some songs of the official soundtrack are theeradha mounam ( reprise ) by girishh gopalakrishnan , penne by susheela raman , rage ( soundtrack ) by girishh gopalakrishnan , redemption ( soundtrack ) by girishh gopalakrishnan . listen the soundtrack online !
vidiyum munn ( vm ) directed by first - timer balaji k kumar , begins with pooja and malavika manikuttan running hysterically on an eerie night to reach a railway compartment apparently to undertake a journey . the director sets the tone of the film from this frame and the audience starts experiencing all the emotions of the characters on screen from this point onwards .
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has been termed as a well - made thriller film that grips the audience attention . critics have appreciated the performances of the lead actors - pooja and malavika . the film ' s other cast members include vinod kishan , john vijay , amarendran and lakshmy ramakrishnan . background score is by girishh gopalakrishnan , cinematography is handled by sivakumar vijayan and editing is done by sathyaraj .
we are subjected , so often , to flat staging and the dialogue - over - all - else style of filmmaking that when someone makes a movie that actually looks like a movie , a piece of cinema , the question of how good it is becomes secondary to the sensory experience of it . balaji k . kumar’s vidiyum munn is the most excitingly staged movie since mysskin’s onaayum aattukuttiyum .
for not giving credit to the original , vidiyum munn will lose some respect from the audience . although it ' s not a frame - to - frame copy , but those who have watched the british thriller can find a few similarities in the remake . nevertheless , it ' s a bold film that doesn ' t hesitate to tread a path very few filmmakers even aspire to walk on .
balaji k . kumar , who has made many ad - films in hollywood for the past many years , debuts in tamil as director with vidiyum munn . kumar says that he has taken pains to record the dark side of the society and the troublesome moments of human lives as seen in real life . kumar’s nine lives of mara has won accolades and awards at many film festivals around the globe .
vidiyum munn is the first tamil production by kumar , a writer , director and visual designer . the movie tells the dramatic story of four men hunting down two women , each for their own perverse reasons . kumar’s twelve twisted tricks won the golden trailer award in 2002 . in 2007 he received a host of awards for 9 lives of mara , a cult hit featuring shakespearian plot twists and a film noir screenplay .
chennai ( india ) , november 29 2013 – november , vidiyum munn , a dark suspense thriller by director balaji k . kumar , will premiere in theaters across india in auro 11 . 1 by barco . the highly anticipated tamil picture is the latest in a series of top productions to be mixed with auro 11 . 1 immersive sound technology and is testament to the success of the platform in the indian movie industry .
pooja , who had been waiting for a plum role after naan kadavul , gets one in kumar’s vidiyum munn . artistes such as vinod kishan ( of naan mahaan alla fame ) , actress - director lakshmi ramakrishnan , john vijay , muthukumar amarendran have portrayed significant roles in the film . malavika manikuttan , winner of the ‘best actress’ award at a reality show on the television channel asianet , plays a significant role along with pooja .
i ' m convinced audio plays an important role in any movie . it can really change the dynamics and accounts for 50 per cent of the total experience ,
said kumar .
during the post - production of vidiyum munn , i studied different alternatives for the 5 . 1 channel audio . auro really stood out . i was impressed by the sound quality , its simplicity and the added value it brings to the entire cinematic experience .
it’s not the usual thriller flick that you watch and forget as you walk out of the movie hall . “vidiyum munn” lingers on in your head for a long time . cut from the same cloth used to produce thrillers such as “pizza” and “yuddham sei” , it’s the suspense that guides the film to the finish line . that suspense , with the help of a few characters , is strongly weaved into a labyrinthine story that you will only appreciate when it reaches its climax .
slim and svelte pooja uma shankar , the actress with indo - lankan roots , is back in tamil films after a long hiatus . the actress , who played to perfection the role of a blind beggar girl in bala’s naan kadavul managing to win many awards for the same , is back in tamil films with vidiyum munn , which seeks to narrate the events happening in a day in the lives of two women whose lives are under threat for three reasons from four men .
it ' s not the usual thriller flick that you watch and forget as you walk out of the movie hall . vidiyum munn lingers on in your head for a long time . cut from the same cloth used to produce thrillers such as pizza and yuddham sei , it ' s the suspense that guides the film to the finish line . that suspense , with the help of a few characters , is strongly weaved into a labyrinthine story that you will only appreciate when it reaches its climax .
pvr pictures joined as the release partner and vidiyum munn was the first south indian feature film to be distributed by pvr pictures . [ 2 ] soundtrack [ edit ] the music is composed by girishh gopalakrishnan . british musician susheela raman lent her voice for the song
penne
, marking her debut in tamil cinema . [ 3 ] the lyrics were also penned by girishh . the audio was launched on 1 . august 2 . 01 . 3 , at prasad studios , under sony ' s saregama label .
balaji k kumar took 6 weeks to write the script in english and more than a year to transcribe the same in tamil . naan kadavul released in the year 2009 was the last film by pooja in tamil . in the next few years she became a very popular actor in srilankan film industry . after three years she decided to act in vidiyum munn since the story and screenplay impressed her a lot . first feature film to be produced by khayum studios . 4th indian film to be released in auro 3d 11 . 1 sound .
producer javed khayam : i am in the real estate business . when the director outlined the story of vidiyum munn , i realised it had a lot of interesting elements . i thought why not produce the film myself ? it is also one of the few indian films to use auro 11 . 1 3d sound . i am also glad that acclaimed british indian musician susheela raman makes her debut in tamil cinema with our film . the background score was performed by the bbc philharmonic and halle orchestras , conducted by brian morell , the piano and strings arranger for the likes of elton john and sting .
director balaji kumar : i am a student of cinematography from ucla , usa . i am also a writer , director , visual designer and artist and started my career as a storyboard consultant for advertising firms . then i started directing advertisement films for various brand names in the us and europe . my “twelve twisted tricks” won the golden trailer award in 2002 and 9 lives of mara became a cult hit and went on to receive a host of awards including best film at the hp lovecraft film festival in 2007 . vidiyum munn is my debut movie in tamil made with hollywood techniques but with an indian sensibility .
the times of india gave 3 . there are some nail - biting moments and an uncomfortable one , and director balaji kumar extracts some fine performances from the cast . he is aided by the moody visuals of his cinematographer sivakumar vijayan [ 1 . girish gopalakrishnan , and manages to maintain the suspense and keep us engrossed as the past and present unfold . there ) are small lapses that we can willingly excuse in a film that is otherwise terrific
. [ 1 . the new indian express wrote ,
vidiyum munn is a tastefully and a sensitively crafted depiction of the sleazy side of society
. [ 1 .
khayum studios’ vidiyum munn is a thriller produced by javed khayum and written and directed by balaji k . kumar . the line on the cd cover says : “four men , three reasons , two women and one day . ” the film examines the reasons why the four men pursue the two women during the course of a day . the cast includes pooja , malavika manikuttan , vinoth kishan , lakshmi ramakrishnan , john vijay , r . amarendran and muthukumar . sivakumar vijayan has handled the camera ; girish gopalakrishnan has scored the music besides writing the lyrics . sathyaraj natrajan is the editor ; jayalakshmy sunderasan is the costume designer ; and kannan kesavan , the vfx supervisor .
vidiyum munn is about a sex worker named rekha ( pooja umashankar ) who is on the run with 12 - year - old nandita ( malavika manikuttan ) as various men chase them , and the who - what - why scenarios suggest , at first , a nail - biting thriller . there are thrills , notably in a superb sequence in a house in srirangam where a former sex worker ( lakshmi ramakrishnan ) is menaced by a couple of thugs ( john vijay and amarendran ; i had a knot in my stomach about when , exactly , they’d unleash violence ) — but the film is really a mood piece ( suggested , apparently , by the british thriller london to brighton ) .
girishh gopalakrishnan is the music director while sivakumar vijayan has cinematographed the film . edward kalaimani and sathyaraj have functioned as the art - director and editor ( in that order ) in vidiyum mun which has been produced by javed khayum on behalf of his khayum studios . the film is likely to hit the screens in a few weeks’ time from now .
sivakumar vijayan worked as the audiographer for vidiyum munn .
balaji k . kumar wanted the sound of the film to be very dynamic , as it has tense moments throughout ,
explained sivakumar .
it had to be an immersive soundscape , enveloping the audience from all directions . in mixing the film ' s audio and music , i used the auro - matic plug - in – a set of upmixing algorithms – quite extensively . even after folding the audio down to 5 . 1 , it gives you an impressive , enhanced result . i have been in the industry for twenty years and so far i never came across a plug - in capable of doing this . it made my job a whole lot easier and definitely added to the intensity of the scenes .
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music production , recording and mixing and background score for this film were done in the u . k . international singing sensation susheela raman makes her debut in tamil cinema with the song ' penne ' , a down tempo electronica track . tanvi rao from sulk station , a band from bangalore , sings ‘theeradha mounam’ , a haunting melody .
‘vidiyaadha iravu’ , sung by the composer , is a progressive rock track which is good . there is another version of ‘theeradha mounam’ , this time rendered by the music composer . ‘rage’ and ‘redemption’ are two soundtracks that give the audience a taste of the film’s background score .
music director girish gopalakrishnan : my first film was marina , from which the song ‘vanakkam vaazhavaikum chennai’ went viral on youtube . with a masters in film composition from leeds college of music , i did my best to make my compositions sound unique . after the audio release of the film , i am getting appreciation from different quarters .
the tamil thriller flick has been directed by debutant balaji k . kumar . the plot revolves around two women - commercial sex worker rekha ( pooja ) and 12 - year - old - girl nandini ( malavika ) . rekha tries to save nandhini from child prostitution . they flee by boarding a train to escape from the clutches four men who are desperate to hunt them down for various reasons .
according to sify ,
it works big time due to characterisation , milieu and the suspense factor that the director is able to create and a great unexpected twist in the climax . the music and background score by girishh gopalakrishnan heightens the suspense and in sync with the theme of the film . sivakumar vijayan ' s camera especially the night effects give it that eerie thriller feel .
according to behindwoods review board ,
the suspense element is maintained throughout with unpredictable twists being reserved for the post - interval session . the slow and enticing narration keeps you glued to the seats and towards the climax , when the knots are being untangled sans elaborate dialogues but with terse frames , you can almost hear your heart beating loudly .
rajive menon of desimartini says ,
the film ' s narrative is slow but the suspense which i think was brilliantly managed throughout the film keeps you hooked from start to finish . while most thrillers across any language tend to break the suspense right before the interval bang , vm steers away from such clichés and unveils the suspense only at the later stage of the film .
appreciating the performances of the actors , indiaglitz says ,
for pooja who has been missing in the k - town circuit for quite a while now , her movie is a comeback as it has spotlighted her expertise and acting forte . known to essay intelligent and off - beat roles , pooja has taken up the challenging role of a prostitute and performed with class . however , her dubbing could have been taking care of a little better .
malavika manikuttan on the other hand is an expert for her age . handling such complex emotions with such conviction , she is truly a child prodigy ! john vijay has carried himself with great confidence and aids in making the screenplay racy . and the real show stealer is vinod krishnan , which unfolds in a lauded climax .
tracks 00 : 00 theeradha mounam ( tanvi version ) 04 : 46 vidiyadha iravu 10 : 33 penne 15 : 01 theeradha mounam ( girishh version ) 19 : 19 rage 22 : 28 redemption cast : pooja umashankar , malavika manikuttan , vinoth kishan music : girishh gopalakrishnan lyrics : girishh gopalakrishnan director : balaji kumar producer : s . prabhakaran banner : khayum studios private limited for more updates : subscribe to us on : urltoken follow us on : urltoken like us on : urltoken
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pooja , a commercial sex worker , sheltering the young malavika , takes on a journey , and the reasons behind her run , her relationship with malavika and the ramifications and the culmination of her act are being narrated in a gripping manner by balaji in this two hour twenty minute tale .
what sets vm different from other films is its lack of a male protagonist or in other words the absence of the ingredients of a normal film viz . romance , inane comedy , liquor parties and sermons . despite all this , balaji has given an engaging product that is satisfying in many respects .
he has handled a very sensitive and stigmatized subject in tamil films with a lot of maturity . it sure is a tightrope walking for the director as a little slip on any side would have rendered the film a different hue .
there is freshness in balaji kumar’s execution with a three - act structure of his story . he establishes his characters , puts forth their conflicts and their final resolution . to balaji’s credit , he has focused mostly on his theme with no distracting unwarranted elements in the narration . the young director is a talent to watch out for .
the suspense element is maintained throughout with unpredictable twists being reserved for the post - interval session .
to the seats and towards the climax , when the knots are being untangled sans elaborate dialogues but with terse frames , you can almost hear your heart beating loudly .
pooja who makes her comeback after three years owns the screen with her body language and emotion laden voice . her vulnerable face and trembling voice add a lot of depth to her characterization .
spontaneity marks the portrayal of the young malavika manikuttan . subtle and natural reactions , effective silences and poignant expressions - malavika achieves it all ! the best example is the scene in the railway compartment when pooja questions about her family . the adolescent brings a range of emotions all in quick flashes and is easily the find of the season .
john vijay is a revelation with his fantastic mercurial emoting skills who brings in a lot of joie de vivre in his scenes . vinod kishan’s steely eyes and expressions are apt for the creepy feel and lakshmy ramakrishnan and amarendran are effective in their respective roles .
humor runs through serious situations via john vijay and amarendran , with the latter at the receiving end mostly . the casual manner in which john handles situations which are ostensibly clever are well brought out .
technical team has lent its right kind of support to balaji kumar . songs of girishh gopalakrishnan blend unobtrusively as short montages while his bgm enhances the feel and mood of the scenes . a great work indeed by the musician ! cameraman sivakumar vijayan’s contribution to the film with his dusty brown , sepia and steel grey toned visuals is quite significant . his camera angles and light capture are imaginative .
in sum , here is a work of a debut director which is gripping , hard hitting and even shocking but all the same , well made to give the right kind of viewing experience .
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rtist , photographer , visual designer , writer , director and producer , balaji k kumar is a man of many talents . this chennai - born , los angeles based filmmaker is already a name to reckon with in hollywood . his
, a cult classic , received a tremendous response and went on to receive a host of awards .
rekha ( pooja umashankar ) , a professional sex worker , is brainwashed by her pimp singaram ( amarendran ) , into getting hold of a 12 - year - old to service a high - end client . though reluctant at first , she is lured by the money and the prospects of a better life .
but even as she escorts an unsuspecting nandhini ( malavika manikuttan ) to the client , she is filled with guilt . her conscience troubles her so much that she decides to save the girl and escapes from the city with her , but not before something goes terribly wrong .
now a bunch of ruthless killers want to hunt them down . who are these men and why are they chasing two hapless females is what forms the rest of the story .
pooja , who was last seen as a blind beggar in bala ' s naan kadavul makes her comeback in tamil cinema after a four - year hiatus . she once again proves her versatility by her realistic portrayal of a seasoned sex worker who is resigned to her fate .
but it is young malavika manikuttan , who steals the show . her character is quite complex , requiring her to be bold , street - smart and defiant , while at the same time appearing vulnerable and innocent too .
there are no dramatic flashback scenes to explain how pooja and malavika manikuttan are caught in this dangerous web , but their quiet acceptance of the most horrifying events perhaps reveals even much more .
vinoth kishan , as chinnaiah , one of the villains , appears absolutely terrifying with his compelling eyes and just a handful of monosyllabic dialogues . then there is mani ( muthukumar ) , devanayagi ( lakshmi ramakrishnan ) and john vijay as lankan , every one fits into their role perfectly and the results are impressive .
music by girishh gopalakrishnan is sensational ; it helps create the atmosphere heightening every emotion , and maintaining the suspense and thrill . cinematographer sivakumar vijayan , a debutant , has shot most of the scenes at night in dimly lit locations that intensify the story and provide the right ambience .
the only minus would be the length and the lack of pace , despite of the deadline of 24 hours , you don’t feel the clock ticking , the sense of urgency is missing . but that takes nothing away from the anticipation and thrill you feel as each scene slowly unfolds itself .
director balaji undoubtedly is at the top of his game , narrating a tale filled with emotions ; greed , lust , fear and desperation set in the backdrop of a cruel and aggressive world , where people only look out for themselves , it is either kill or be destroyed yourself .
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it ' s about four formidable men , who , for three different reasons are chasing after two women in one day . who are these men ? how are they connected to each other ? what are their reasons to track down the two women ? how are these women connected to the men ? will they get caught ? if they do , who among the four men will wind up catching them ? and , what will happen to them ? these are the many questions that will get answered during its course . the plot unfolds as a taut thriller that examines the characters ' vulnerability and strengths . the subplot , however , explores a relationship between a woman and a girl ; rekha , the protagonist , is a sex worker who tries to rescue nandhini , a twelve - year - old girl , from the clutches of prostitution . the journey takes us through the brutality and the hypocrisy that surrounds us , which we deliberately choose to ignore - - broken homes , abuse , unfulfilled dreams , manipulation , blackmail , threat , hopelessness and paranoia . it ' s a dog - eat - dog world where . . .
as the plot of this neo noir thriller says : 4 men , 3 reasons , 2 women and 1 day , the narrative , having the backdrop of human trafficking brilliantly blends three reasons in the form of the stories , with some great twists and some high intellect content , having shades of films like alfred hitchcock ' s
psycho
, sujoy ghosh ' s
kahaani
and the recent malayalam hit
thira
by vineeth srinivasan . the film ' s pace gets hampered because of the emotional quotient ( the same with its malayalam counterpart
thira
) and the cg work in some scenes is actually not upto the mark . the film scores because of its screenplay by the director balaji k . kumar which grips you quite well with a shocking climax , the cinematography by sivakumar vijayan which gives you a great noir touch in every frame , the music score by girishh gopalakrishnan and the performances by pooja umashankar , vinoth kishan , john vijay and malavika manikuttan , which are brilliant and worth looking for . overall , despite rare loopholes , hollywood returned debut director balaji ' s narration succeeds in making you grip , giving you good thrills and chills , making the film coming in the list of films like
aaranya kaandam
and
onaiyum aatukuttiyum
giving tamil cinema a new level . a must watch . my rating would be : 3 . 5 / 5 .
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this isn’t about frames filled with pretty pictures , which we usually hail as great cinematography , but about mood and texture and disorienting canted angles and all those things that affect us at an almost subconscious level . it’s about the prostitute walking away from us in lipstick - red high - heeled shoes , the long shot of a wheelchair - bound man being led to an suv , the view of a bedridden villain through the mosquito net that falls around him like a shroud , and above all , the superb gallery of unique - looking men and the close - ups they’re captured in , sometimes in front of an old - fashioned table fan , sometimes near a hissing cobra .
the pace is deliberate , and the subject matter is bracingly adult . no attempts are made to dilute the mood with comedy or romance , and except a stray line about all of us housing both god and satan , or a veiled threat in the form of a fable , there’s none of the dime - store philosophising that frequently taints our films .
the director is right to stylise this material — presented more “realistically , ” the narrative may have come off as too thin , too familiar . ( or put differently , the style becomes an indispensable part of the narrative . ) still , there are times i wished he’d held back . a lurid montage set to r . d . burman’s ‘duniya mein logon ko’ feels out of place in this milieu . ( why not something by m . s . viswanathan or ilayaraja ? ) and a slow - motion stretch in the climax is a mistake . we’re meant to be squirming with dread , and instead we seem to be viewing an arty music video .
but the performances carry the film home . pooja , with her thin , tremulous voice , is very effective as the kind of beautiful woman so battered by life that she only sees the ugliness inside her . and as her underage companion , malavika is excellent . we may wonder , at times , if she is a little too composed for someone so young , but then we remember that she’s seen and been through things that have made her grow up in a hurry .
and mercifully , her horrific plight isn’t used as an excuse for a lament about social ills . the director understands that it’s not his job to be stuffing our heads with explicit messages . he makes us think . he makes us feel . that’s all that’s needed , really .
storyline : a sex worker is on the run with a 12 - year - old girl , chased by a number of thugs . . .
when rekha ( pooja ) , a hooker , flees town with 12 - year - old nandini ( malavika ) after committing the biggest mistake of her life , her pimp ( amarendran ) is given the ultimatum to produce her along with the girl in the next 24 hours to avert a threat to his own life .
having worked in hollywood for over a decade , balaji , who had earlier directed english thriller nine lives of mara , gives the film a treatment that ' s akin to the west in terms of the overall presentation .
one of the concerns of the film might be its slow narrative that runs a little over two hours . the film could ' ve been shorter , considering its genre and the not - so - popular star cast . but thanks to the hypnotic soundtrack of girishh , the music keeps you hooked for the most part . his music not only heightens the suspense in the story but also serves in building the mood of the film .
instead of wasting time on explaining circumstances that led rekha to become a prostitute , balaji focuses only on the plot which is the hunt for two characters . this is very smart of him and proves that he knows how to use his craft effectively . he also avoids too many characters and throws the spotlight on only those that are linked to rekha and nandini .
pooja umashankar in her comeback role is good but she easily gets superseded by child artist malavika , who acts effortlessly as the runaway kid .
john vijay gets a little irksome at regular intervals especially with his style of dialogue delivery but he also provides the occasional laughs with his witty one - liners while vinoth kishan plays a powerful baddie with very few dialogues .
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it ' s about four formidable men , who , for three different reasons are chasing after two women in one day . who are these men ? how are they connected to each other ? what are their reasons to track down the two women ? how are these women connected to the men ? will they get caught ? if they do , who among the four men will wind up catching them ? and , what will happen to them ? these are the many questions that will get answered during its course . the plot unfolds as a taut thriller that examines the characters ' vulnerability and strengths . the subplot , however , explores a relationship between a woman and a girl ; rekha , the protagonist , is a sex worker who tries to rescue nandhini , a twelve - year - old girl , from the clutches of prostitution . the journey takes us through the brutality and the hypocrisy that surrounds us , which we deliberately choose to ignore - - broken homes , abuse , unfulfilled dreams , manipulation , blackmail , threat , hopelessness and paranoia . it ' s a dog - eat - dog world where nothing is as simple as it appears .
the plot unfolds as a thriller that examines the characters ' vulnerability and strengths . the subplot , however , explores a relationship between a woman and a girl ; pooja , the protagonist , is a prostitute who tries to rescue malavika manikuttan , a twelve - year - old girl , from the clutches of prostitution . the journey takes us through the brutality and the hypocrisy that surrounds us .
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it ' s about four formidable men , who , for three different reasons are chasing after two women in one day . who are these men ? how are they connected to each other ? what are their reasons to track down the two women ? how are these women connected to the men ? will they get caught ? if they do , who among the four men will wind up catching them ? and , what will happen to them ? these are the many questions that will get answered during its course .
the plot unfolds as a taut thriller that examines the characters ' vulnerability and strengths . the subplot , however , explores a relationship between a woman and a girl ; rekha , the protagonist , is a sex worker who tries to rescue nandhini , a twelve - year - old girl , from the clutches of prostitution .
the journey takes us through the brutality and the hypocrisy that surrounds us , which we deliberately choose to ignore—broken homes , abuse , unfulfilled dreams , manipulation , blackmail , threat , hopelessness and paranoia . it ' s a dog - eat - dog world where nothing is as simple as it appears .
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the thriller , directed by balaji k kumar is unanimously received well by critics but the movie could only muster a below average opening . this gritty tale about a prostitute trying to rescue a 12 year old could find some patronage in the following week if fortunes favor it .
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allegiance is an american adaptation of the israeli spy drama series the gordin cell .

the series premiered on february 5 , 2015 , on nbc .

on march 6 , 2015 , nbc canceled the series after five low-rated episodes .

on march 12 , 2015 , nbc confirmed that the series would move online , and a new episode premiered in the u.s. via hulu and nbc.com .

the final episode of the series was released on april 30 , 2015 .

allegiance ( tv series )

allegiance series premiere review : the family that spies together . . . - urltoken
nbc is pledging little allegiance to its rookie spy drama , cancelling the series after five low - rated episodes .
according to variety , the studio has yet to pitch the project or spinoff series to tv networks or streaming services and it’s currently unclear when the series will make its swan song .
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the south park stick of truth is a recent example on how you can extend the tv media into a game without losing the essence of the tv show .
nbc sets debuts for new dramas ‘allegiance , ‘a . d , ’ and ‘odyssey , ’ event series ‘the slap’ and new comedy ‘one big happy’
the final installment in the “divergent” franchise , “ascendant , ” will be downgraded to a tv movie in order to launch a spinoff series , variety first reported .
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allegiance will not be a hit . but its crash won’t have any effect on mass interest or awakening - to the americans . allegiance won’t be ‘hated’… it’ll be ignored and forgotten .
the title of the series as it morphs into russian in the opening credits does not exactly translate as ' allegiance ' but rather can be translated as ' devotion ' .
. # allegiance shooting last scene of season . # brooklynrocks # saveallegiance @ realhopedavis @ gavinstenhouse urltoken
because the golden age of tv ( that alan says start with the sopranos ) would never have existed .
but see , jason , i think that’s where a lot of us feel a disconnect . life’s certainly too short for people to watch tv they dislike for pleasure ! but you’re talking about your profession here . you get paid to watch and analyze and teach tv , and i’d argue that includes tv you don’t like .
based on an israeli tv series and from the writer / director of
the adjustment bureau
comes a pulse - pounding thriller that makes the family home look more like enemy territory .
how about……you get it , well i hope you do . if great tv only belongs to networks or shows or studios that are already doing it or invented it then we would have basically no tv at all , lol .
the presentation of all the types of anti - heroes is really interesting , very helpful to tv character analyses .
nbc announces midseason schedule : premieres of ‘allegiance’ , ‘a . d . ’ . ‘odyssey’ , ‘the slap’ & ‘one big happy’ ; ‘the night shift’ takes over monday 10pm timeslot – page 338884 – tv by the numbers by urltoken
allegiant , the penultimate film in the divergent series , is out in theaters today .
tv show description : this thriller tv series revolves around the o’connor family and their son , alex ( gavin stenhouse ) . he’s a young idealistic cia analyst who specializes in russian affairs . unbeknownst to him however , both of his parents and his sister are part of a dormant russian sleeper cell that has just been reactivated .
“the blacklist” will serve as a lead - in to the new spy thriller “allegiance” from writer - director george nolfi ( “the adjustment bureau” ) . “allegiance” will air thursdays at 10 p . m . beginning feb . 5 .
nbc ' s new espionage drama allegiance has already drawn comparisons to fx ' s cold war era series the americans over the soviet spies living among us and being forced to recruit their offspring premise . yet the more apposite comparison is to the israeli show the gordin cell , the acquired format from which allegiance originated .
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did you watch nbc’s allegience tv show last night ? nbc’s allegiance was horrible and embarrasing , besides being a patent rip - off of “the americans” , all the actors were the worst i’ve seen in broadcast television in a very long time .
netflix series
lilyhammer
: if silvio dante was living undercover in norway . . .
' allegiance ' ( . . . ) doesn ' t have the writing or the acting chops to compete with its fx counterpart . the series is , however , entertaining on its own merits .
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undateable , the night shift return ; allegiance , a . d . , odyssey , the slap , one big happy debut
@ sepinwall the nbc promo for allegiance might as well say , “we literally just ripped off the americans from fx . ”
a series you can sink your teeth into .
- boston herald . watch now .
: a theme of the series , with each
chapter
so far ending in one .
this is how a series is made . dialogues that are especially credible , well - sounding back - and - forths and excellent physical choreography make this series an excellent television project .
no ending : ascension is obviously meant to be a backdoor pilot for a tv series , or at least another miniseries . hence , it doesn ' t really end so much as just stop , leaving lots of unanswered questions .
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allegiance is an american adaptation of the dramatic israeli spy series “the gordin cell” . the series stars gavin stenhouse ( alex o’connor ) , hope davis ( katya o’connor ) , margarita levieva ( natalie o’connor ) , morgan spector ( victor dobrynin ) , kenneth choi ( sam luttrell ) and alex peters ( sarah o’connor ) .
the fundamental joke of tagliano basing such a life - changing decision on the postcard - perfect lies of tv is yet another bit of clever cultural criticism — this one of american tv and its audience , the way it sells false images and how we lap them up .
and now this . either allegiance will be a hit , in which case “the americans” will forever be the obscure little piece that gave rise to the juggernaut ( such shows always remain footnotes ) , or allegiance will crash , in which case “the americans” will be the artier , earlier version of that series you hated . not a great selling point .
allegiance , which has drawn mixed reviews , airs thursdays at 10 p . m . on nbc , beginning feb . 5 .
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e street band guitarist steven van zandt is not one of the first people i ever thought of in connection with the future of tv .
cohen has the chance to explore that question and many other psychological and political ones in his new series
allegiance .
equal parts espionage thriller and family drama , the cable - style nbc series — which also stars hope davis — will debut feb . 5 after the network ' s similarly oriented hit
the blacklist .
i wonder if a differentiation between actor / producers involved in the conception of a series ( dern ) and actors who are added as a producer later in a series’ run as a result of contract negotiations .
scott cohen on twitter :
. # allegiance shooting last scene of season . # brooklynrocks # saveallegiance @ realhopedavis @ gavinstenhouse urltoken
’s hal , but at the start of walt’s journey that association was crucial to forge allegiance and a positive emotional connection with the character .
and if i’ve gone on for 900 - odd words about the history of this tv imitation game rather than talking about the merits of “allegiance , ” it’s because i found the show itself so much less interesting than the thought process that may have gone into making it in the first place .
“allegiance , ” too , improves after the first episode . it turns out shows don’t always have to be original to be good . “allegiance” may not be the best show on television about russian spies , but it could well turn out to be one of the better network dramas .
i think why is just because nbc gets more viewers than fx . a lot of people don’t have cable and still think tv is synonymous with a major network . people who like blacklist will be lazy to switch off when the next show comes on ( i don’t understand this myself–it’s as if people rather watch tv , even bad tv , rather than do anything else ; i guess it’s just using tv as a relaxer at the end of the tough day ) . what i hope it isn’t is liking dumb over smart , action over character , mediocre over good . but i hope the ratings aren’t good .
the game is made by the same creators that does the tv show . trey parker and matt stone and voiced by the same actors . the game is writen like a new season of material with the same character from the show and because its a animated show the art style can be exactly replicated . and in contrast to other games based on tv show or movie the gameplay in the stick of truth resonate with the tv show and is actually fun to play . thus making the transition from a tv show to a video game very rewarding to those who partake in it but dosent punish those who dont .
let ' s get this out of the way up front : allegiance is not the americans . allegiance will never be the americans . fx ' s ' 80s - set drama about kgb spies is one of the best series currently on television , if not the best . so in a way , it ' s incredibly ballsy of nbc to put out a drama that so obviously wants to be the americans while the americans is not only still on tv , but at the top of its game and telling a very similar story regarding the soviet union / russia recruiting the children of current / former spies . but it would be ballsier if allegiance wasn ' t so . . . generic ?
the series stars peter sarsgaard , uma thurman , thandie newton , melissa george , zachary quinto and thomas sadoski .
there is also a synchronicity between that ideology and the technology and marketing that drives netflix . while american tv criticism is mainly focused on u . s . and british audiences , netflix is thinking globally with a series like
lilyhammer ,
which is seen in 50 countries .
while baltimore - made
house of cards
is the series that generates most of our future - of - tv talk because of its digital and on - demand distribution model ,
lilyhammer
has all that and more . it preceded
house of cards
as the first original series from netflix to drop a full season all at once and be accessible 24 / 7 for streaming .
' allegiance ' takes a potentially preposterous situation and makes it provocative . ( . . . ) rating : ★★★ ( out of four )
“allegiance” was ten times more realistic than the weak serie’s of the american’s . why does this channel drop the ball , , , ! everytime , , they get a extremely interesting serie’s , just can’t get it right . i watch . tv 24 / 7 and i know what people want . shame in you fool’s !
imitations rarely improve on the original , and “allegiance” is no exception : russian characters sprinkle their conversation with russian words , but this espionage thriller is still a fairly conventional network series and not nearly as subtle and complex as “the americans . ” that doesn’t mean the nbc version is unwatchable , though , just more homogenized and predictable . “allegiance” is a contorted spy story with a slavic kick to it , and it’s kind of fun .
this link between character and performer sets major storytelling constraints , especially when extratextual factors emerge , or what the invaluable tv tropes website calls “real life writes the plot . ”
— get a first look at allegiance with this special sneak peek . genius , idealistic cia analyst alex o’connor ( gavin stenhouse ) has no idea that his paren
the heroine of “allegiance” has a brilliant son who works at the c . i . a . and has no idea that his mother is a russian spy .
i could rewatch repeatedly until all becomes more clear like wilson , but i think that’s a difference in medium ( as music demands frequent relistening much more than any narrative form ) and serial vs . stand - alone ( rewatching lost in translation is a bounded endeavor compared to a tv series ) .
the segment on vaccines included a tv news report titled
swapping spit & passing pus .
however , on the title graphic , the word
pus
was spelled with
of course , the lillehammer in which he arrives under a new identity as giovanni
johnny
henriksen is far from the postcard version shown in network - tv olympics coverage .
nbc ' s new series focuses on a young new cia agent who doesn ' t know his parents are russian sleeper agents .
@ scottecohen @ realhopedavis is it the last inning in a season ? though i became the environment that at last can watch # allegiance , i ' m sad .
i don’t know why this show was abruptly cancelled allegiance” last year– it was so well done and the plot was great and unexpected — not easy to anticipate . .
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“most of you who think this was some sort of brilliant move or something don’t understand the difference between a book audience and a tv audience… . tv audiences need to invest in characters . most of the other characters i don’t care much about . while the show will probably still appeal to the ‘wow’ crowd , it’s [ sic ] mass appeal just got beheaded . ”
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nbc announces midseason schedule : premieres of ‘allegiance’ , ‘a . d . ’ . ‘odyssey’ , ‘the slap’ & ‘one big happy’ ; ‘the night shift’ takes over monday 10pm timeslot
universal city , calif . — dec . 12 , 2014 — nbc has announced premiere dates for its burgeoning midseason schedule — dramas “the blacklist , ” “allegiance , “night shift , ” “a . d . ” and “odyssey , ” event series “the slap , ” and comedies “one big happy” and “undateable . ”
one thing that is kind of unspoken within this conversation is the set of assumptions we all have about mad men’s importance as a tv text . yes , it is the job of a tv scholar to watch tv shows , not necessarily just ones they enjoy . but why is it jason’s job to watch mad men specifically ? i don’t think this argument would be made in the same way if he said , for example , that he didn’t like two and a half men or the vampire diaries and didn’t want to watch more than one season of those shows .
see scott meslow , “as tv evolves , a glaring problem : characters who don’t change , ” the atlantic , february 22 , 2012 , urltoken for a brief journalistic discussion of character changes .
nbc isn’t making “allegiance” because they’re trying to clone a hit . they’re likely doing it because they like the idea behind “the americans” ( and / or behind the israeli series ) and think they can make a glossier , more commercial version of it that can be a hit airing after “the blacklist . ” ( * )
ballad celebrating his mythic exploits , but we know that heisenberg is a shallow put - on rather than an authentically awe - inspiring figure . while other antiheroes gain our allegiance through the attitudes of other characters , walt might be the least respected or admired ongoing character on the series , despite its clear alignment toward him .
additionally , the studio , along with wolf films , produces law & order : special victims unit , which is part of the most successful drama series brand in television history , and is currently in its 16th season . new and upcoming series from universal television include dramas state of affairs ( starring katherine heigl ) , allegiance , and odyssey . new comedies include unbreakable kimmy schmidt ( from tina fey and starring ellie kemper ) and mr robinson ( starring craig robinson ) .
, so to explore its remarkable approach to television characterization , we need to examine an important dramatic staple of many complex series : the antihero .
van zandt says the series tries to have
fun with the norwegian bureaucracy ,
while also respecting how
complicated
the culture is .
but it wasn’t all good luck . spielberg was not happy when stock footage of both vehicles was later used in an episode of the television series
former attorney general alberto gonzales talked about his book true faith and allegiance : a story of service and sacrifice , a personal history of his time in the george w . bush administration .
' allegiance’s ' real mission , like ' the americans ' , is to draw us into a believable family crisis and , in that regard , the show’s results are mixed .
nbc had big hopes for their all - drama thursday night schedule . unfortunately , the ratings have been dismal and now the network has cancelled their new drama , allegiance , after five episodes .
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on the allegiance tv show , katya and mark o’connor ( hope davis and scott cohen ) and their daughter natalie ( margarita levieva ) are part of a dormant russian sleeper cell that has just been reactivated . their mission is to turn their son alex ( gavin stenhouse ) , an idealistic cia analyst , into a spy . others in the cast are morgan spector , kenneth choi , and alex peters .
allegiance is also trying really hard to be a family drama , like cbs’s madam secretary or nbc’s own the mysteries of laura . but allegiance doesn’t do it well . it packs the hour with lots of chases , close calls and intrigue but doesn’t bother to draw us any characters that are interesting or sympathetic . it’s hard to care about this family when we know so little about them .
this was followed by her recurring role in another show ‘revenge’ . from 2011 to 2014 , levieva did a number of movies like ‘the lincoln lawyer’ , ‘the stand up’ , ‘for ellen’ , ‘knights of badassdom’ and ‘sweating in the night’ . she also started doing the show ‘the blacklist’ around this time . in 2014 , the actress did the flick ‘the loft’ as well as ‘skoryy moskva - rossiya’ . a year later , she had a main role in the tv series ‘allegiance’ . levieva also did the films ‘boys i used to babysit’ , ‘the diary of a teenage girl’ and ‘sleeping with other people’ that year . then she was featured in an episode of the tv show ‘we bare bears’ . in 2017 , she appeared as ingrid in the movie ‘l . a . times’ .
allegiance premiered last month to sub - parenthood numbers — 5 million total viewers and a 1 . 1 demo rating — and at last tally mustered just 3 . 4 mil / 0 . 8 .
united space of america : not surprising , since the us built ascension . they recite a modified pledge of allegiance and use a modified us flag featuring a ring - like formation of 34 stars .
given your use of “alignment” above , maybe it would be more accurate to say the structure and style of the series “invite” or even “all but require” viewers’ alignment with dexter ; i know several people who won’t watch it because they don’t want the constant invitation to identification with a serial killer the series promotes .
they went to the advertisers ( who were only interested in the overall viewers ) and worked out a way to make the tv landscape a little more varied and beneficial to viewers who were dedicated to a specific show .
i might actually agree with that argument , but it does strike me as a rather strong one to make without any references or examples . why couldn’t long - form tv narrative be , say , about the plot ?
it’s a tv show . get over it and rewrite war and peace or whatever it is that you really want to be doing . i am certain that the gods of literature await your next effort with breathless anticipation .
ascension was originally broadcast as three consecutive double - episodes , december 15 - 17 , 2014 , on syfy . canada ' s cbc played the series as six episodes , airing once weekly , and online streaming services display the series in the six episode format , each named after parts one and two of three distinct
chapters
in the show . despite decent ratings and some critical attention , the show was not renewed as a full series , like battlestar galactica was .
the network has now decided to pull the plug on allegiance . they’re moving the slap to 10pm for the remainder of its short run and will fill the 8pm timeslot with special editions of dateline nbc .
in the series premiere of this drama , a cia rookie gets his first case and unknowingly investigates his parents , who are part of a russian sleeper cell .
the sun ' s david zurawik talks about season 3 of the netflix series , ' lilyhammer , ' on wypr fm ' s ' take on television . '
instead of relationships cuing our allegiance or numerous flashbacks to his originating backstory , we instead have our own memories of who walt used to be , as long - term viewers can recall him as decent and moral , if boring and depressed . our serial memories help sustain lingering allegiance , despite his irredeemable acts along the way . such memories help us understand the characters in micro - moments as well , given that
to try and shore up its flagship drama series , already renewed for next season , nbc is yanking allegiance from the schedule effective immediately . it is not an official cancellation but is as close as you can get to one without announcing it . there are no immediate plans for the eight unaired episodes of the russian spy show . limited series the slap , which has aired four episodes of its eight - episode run , will move to the 10 pm slot beginning next week . between the two , it makes sense to keep the slap as it is a short - run series and has received enough critical praise to make it a possible awards contender in the long - form arena .
now , i took two and a half man out because i think types of television do make a difference . i think it’s much more easily possible to write on episodic tv without full source text knowledge and i don’t necessarily expect someone to write on luke and laura or on the tenth doctor to have screened 60s eps from either show . which is where i think the quality tv argument comes back into play , because at least in the way jason has often argued it ( and i have deep sympathies with that , trained modernist that i am : ) , quality tv is connected to narrative complexity , and those tend to be more predominant in serial televisual forms .
a steven spielberg movie , made in the 1970s , about an unstoppable force and the regular american guy trying to stop it—no , we’re not talking about jaws . in 1971 , the legendary director was just a twenty - something directing tv shows and looking to break out with his first movie gig . he eventually found it in the tv movie duel , about an anonymous truck driver stalking a hapless businessman driving around the lonely canyon roads of california .
allegiance
is a particular example of film personalities migrating to tv . davis , a queen of indie drama for many years , said she decided to sign on for the show because she wasn ' t reading film scripts she liked . nolfi said he was skeptical of making the jump to television until he was assured by nbc executives that the limited run of 13 episodes and larger budget would give it a more cinematic feel .
only know scott cohen as max medina on “gilmore girls”… wish hope davis’s series with campbell scott , “six degrees , ” had lasted . that as some worthy material .
think
northern exposure ,
the 1990s cbs series that starred rob morrow as a new york - loving columbia medical school graduate sent to cicely , alaska , to work off his school loans . i loved that series for its wise exploration of jewish identity , but it never worked on as many levels as
lilyhammer .
one of the largest and most successful television production companies in the u . s . produces primetime series , late night and reality programs for a variety of platforms .
as a kid - focused ecosystem with great tv content at the center , universal kids is programmed for the 2 - 12 year old audience , with a fresh mix of animated content , unscripted entertainment , and proven international hits .
one good thing for constantine is that allegiance ' s premiere ratings were lower than constantine ' s . even worse is that it dropped half of its lead - in and it ' s not on a friday . ratings tend to drop as a series goes on , and this premiere is not much above constantine ' s average ( 1 . 1 vs 0 . 95 ) .
. the
boring
solution ( pre - trial services ) leads to a much more efficient outcome for most nonviolent crimes , but the
cool
solution ( bail bonds and bounty hunters ) gives us lots of tv shows .
i24 runs programming based in israel in french , english and arabic . it has been available online and on tv in europe and the us , but a law that passed in may would allow it to also be broadcast in israel .
this is why i never watch nbc shows or any network that would cancel a tv show in the middle of the season . it becomes a waist of time to start watching something just for it to be cancelled a few weeks later .
it’s unclear how many episodes of allegiance will be left unaired or when / if they will see the light of day . whatever happens , it looks unlikely that the show’s relatively small audience will get any kind of closure .
on march 12 , 2015 , nbc confirmed that the series would move online , and a new episode premiered in the u . s . via hulu and nbc . com .
okay , you ' re right , but targaryen bloodline * bastard or not . but it ' s tricksy to talk about it in book and tv terms in one , considering they don ' t show any of that in the show at all
tedy productions ' the gordin cell , distributed internationally by israeli tv giant keshet international as mice ( an acronym for money , ideology , coercion and ego ) , premiered three years ago on local satellite tv provider yes to universal critical acclaim . a second season recently concluded locally . critics hailed the spy drama as feeling and looking “american , ” with news of the hit show being piloted by nbc coming as early as september 2012 — with peter berg then attached to write and direct the pilot .
besides allegiance is set in current day and is focused on the presenent russia that has present problems that has present world consequences ( which i will not go into as alan will delete this faster than road runner escaped wille coyote ) .
the heraldry of house frey is somewhat different in the books than it is in the tv series . in the books , it is the two towers and bridge of the twins colored blue , on a silver - grey background . the tv series made the towers stone grey , and over the same dark grey field as in the books , but now above a blue escutcheon which is drawn to resemble the waves of the green fork of the trident river . the color change may be because after the blue river was added as an escutcheon at the bottom , it would have been visually confusing to have the castle be the same color as the water . unfortunately , reversing the colors like this makes it vaguely resemble the reversed colors used in heraldry by bastard children ( though in such cases , without the ecsutcheon , the entire background field is blue , not just the escutcheon ) .
but it also tries for a certain timelessness . in setting up competing agendas between mother and son ,
allegiance
looks at problems that bedevil even the most ordinary families , a shot of
parenthood
amid the robert ludlum twists .
metastasis will be the first completely remade version of the series , though breaking bad has previously sold in over 140 countries worldwide and largely failed to stick ; in the united kingdom , the series lasted just two seasons before being moved to netflix . however , guerra remains optimistic about the fate of metastasis : “ breaking bad is a fantastic series that wasn’t seen widely in latin america , partly because cable doesn’t yet have full penetration in the region . [ but ] there is a universality to the story and its characters that we recognized could work very well . ”
for more on lifelong soap opera characters , see abigail de kosnik , “ one life to live : soap opera storytelling , ” in how to watch tv , ed . ethan thompson and jason mittell ( new york : new york university press , 2013 ) .
the slightly unusual thing involves # 2 , though . i love “the americans , ” and think it is one of the very best shows on television . but it’s also among the lower - rated shows on fx , and if the first episode of “allegiance” were to draw “americans” - level ratings , the second episode would be burned in a furnace , much like a living , screaming man is in this series’ unpleasant opening scene .
allegiance
differs somewhat from its israeli progenitor , called
the gordin cell .
that show has a more immigration - themed bent , landing differently in a country with a large population of russian émigrés . the hebrew - language series also lacked the device of parent and child engaged on the same mission ; nolfi tightened the web so that the o ' connors will at times directly have to choose between country and family .
i dont think allegiance is trying to be the americans . the americans has 2 main characters in phillip and elizabeth . and it shows them being spies whilst also maintaining their cover , managing their kids etc . allegiance tho its only 1 episode old has imo 4 main characters with the parents and sister trying to protect their son / brother . granted they ' re playing the same type of music with the similar concept as the americans but its not looking to me like the same song .
5 . 3 no politician may be used as a newsreader , interviewer or reporter in any news programmes unless , exceptionally , it is editorially justified . in that case , the political allegiance of that person must be made clear to the audience .
the series also stars margarita levieva ( natalie o ' connor ) , morgan spector ( victor dobrynin ) , kenneth choi ( sam luttrell ) and alex peters ( sarah o ' connor ) .
whatever signs you saw that the americans was about to break through just became meaningless with the ratings for episode two , which sank 50 % from last week and hit a new series low .
’s slow - burn narrative style , see anthony n . smith , “putting the premium into basic : slow - burn narratives and the loss - leader function of amc’s original drama series , ”
olympic channel : home of team usa is a partnership between the international olympic committee , the united states olympic committee , and nbcuniversal . the tv network offers fans year - round programming of olympic sports from around the world , highlighting their favorite american athletes and teams .
roberta pearson , “anatomising gilbert grisson : the structure and function of the televisual character , ” in reading csi : crime tv under the microscope , ed . michael allen ( london : i . b . tauris , 2007 ) , 39–56 , p . 55 - 56 .
i accept that the lack of a readily apparent direction to the series , along with the old - fashioned tv show pace ( things unfold about as glacially as a roy huggins “maverick” ) and more or less despicable characters , can be off - putting . i guess i was inoculated early by reading lots of super - villain team up , where the closest thing to a hero was dr . doom , and that’s just because the red skull was in the room .
the family ' s complicated loyalties quickly end up on a collision course , as an agent from the russian security agency svr seeks to reactivate katya and conscript her for a massive terrorist attack on her adopted country . meanwhile , alex is assigned to root out the very plot that his russian - spy mother has been tasked with carrying out .
allegiance ,
in essence , is a post - 9 / 11 series with a cold war spin .
“as directed by schwentke , who did the more involving insurgent but won’t be returning for the final film , allegiant has its share of brisk action and high - tech gizmos like drones that obey finger commands . but because the series’ plot reveal turns out to be more confusing than compelling , and because turning a novel into two films invariably leads to inflated productions , only the most devoted fans of the book will pledge allegiance to what’s on the screen . ”
not as bad as the review makes it out to be , but the americans isn ' t as good either . far from the best thing on tv if you ask me , but i watch a fuckload of tv so there ' s that . . . if americans is an 8 , this for me was a strong 6 . kinda feels more like crisis meets blacklist to me than the americans . other than the obvious way in which it is a rip , it ' s really a completely different thing when you look at it ' s bones .
although most of vermeule’s examples are not antiheroes , we can see such traits prominently within many complex television series focusing on amoral figures , suggesting that machiavellian fascination is a key component driving the antiheroic boom .
wait , this isn’t the americans ? it’s a very similar premise , but allegiance is set in the modern day and the family are reluctant spies rather than full - on devotees of mother russia . executive producer george nolfi has addressed the differences in the past .
odsacre eventually pledged allegiance to the empress and vowed to help the ice warriors forge a new world . but where ? and what about the rest of the regiment’s survivors ? in the scramble to tie up the story , loose ends were left a - dangling .
. this is an important element for antiheroes , as we remember that their hideous acts are fictional , which margrethe bruun vaage argues is essential to enable allegiance with characters doing horrible actions , with the fictional frame allowing us to suspend moral judgments and rationalize behaviors .
the series is executive produced by writer jon robin baitz , the team of walter f . parkes and laurie macdonald , director lisa cholodenko , tony ayres , helen bowden , michael mcmahon and chris oliver - taylor
but with the third season of his netflix series ,
lilyhammer ,
about to drop friday , i am here to tell you he has become indispensable to any discussion of where the medium is headed .
at the end of most episodes , blowing a bunch of hbo ' s money on ridiculous stuff like japanese mascots or a decently star studded trailer for a fake film about infrastructure or buying up $ 15 million dollars in medical debt and forgiving it all in the biggest tv giveaway in history .
what’s working “sunday night football” is still the no . 1 rated show on tv , and “the voice” continues to plug along . the network is seeing solid returns from the nbc stalwart dick wolf ( “law & order” ) and his chicago franchise , “chicago fire” and “chicago p . d . ”
i believe there is ample evidence in the series for parallels between don’s constant re - invention of himself and the ad agency and the long arc of american history — of the countries attempts at re - invention .
telexitos is the telemundo station group’s national multicast network that serves as a destination for viewers who want to watch their favorite action and adventure television series and movies from the 1970s to 2000s in spanish and without subtitles .
however , the combination of nostalgia tv about the american dream plus mass social networking participation ( in the us at least ) of those historically excluded from that dream–that seems new to me . and i think as cultural studies folks , we should probably be writing about it more often than we do .
while allegiance unfolds the story in numerous realms — the family drama , the soviet operators and the young protagonist ' s cia work — it might have benefited from using two additional aspects that are used in the gordin cell . the series starts with an overall investigation conducted by two government officers , hence a separation between the cia , supposed equivalent of the son ' s army work , and the fbi . this allows another sphere of continuous mystery not reliant on the protagonist ' s secret mission .
in the series finale , natalie and sarah finds themselves in danger with the svr . meanwhile , victor has a showdown with the rezident ; and the o ' connors try to beat the clock to halt black dagger .
no matter what country you are in , there are so many different languages spoken among the characters that you can ' t view the series without subtitles . ( i tried and missed a lot of the jokes . )
i love the americans but allegiance hits the ground running admirably in a way the former couldn’t . to go as extreme as claiming there’s not ‘an iota’ of credibility makes it hard to avoid brushing your words off as anything more than the americans favoritism . allegiance has its credibility , even if its validation comes in the form of another criticism ; sepinwall stating : ” there are too many characters — including various hierarchies in the cia , fbi and svr ( the latter - day kgb ) ” sounds like something that would’ve been said about the wire’s pilot episode .
based on the trailer , i thought that the mom would be the most interesting character , but i actually liked the dad better , and the sisters were both good too . alex , though , i found to be somewhat annoying . the last two acts of the episode were more interesting than the rest of the episode , but overall it was fairly mediocre . also i want to mention that allegiance is not a rip - off of the americans , it is actually based on an iraeli series .
’s jack shephard offers an example of a long - arc character education , spending most of the series struggling with his role as a reluctant leader , his need to fix situations , and his inability to see beyond his own rationality . the series shows his gradual acceptance of irrational phenomena and coming to terms with his lack of control , an arc that enables him to ultimately fulfill his destiny to save the island and his friends . similarly ,
often these connections between viewers and characters are termed “identification , ” but i agree with smith that this term is inadequate to convey the complexity of the viewing process ; instead , he proposes that engaging characters involves the three practices of recognition ( as discussed above ) , alignment , and allegiance ( discussed below ) . smith’s notion of alignment helps explain the connections viewers feel with characters , both within the storyworld and parasocially outside of it , as a series manages what we know about and experience with characters .
in fact , israel has only won three prizes in the history of the awards . in 2013 , the best documentary award went to 5 broken cameras , an israeli - palestinian film about palestinian protests in bil’in . the documentary was listed as french , however , due to some of the funding coming from there . in 2010 , the israeli tv show ramzor ( “traffic light” ) won in the best comedy series category , and in 2000 , the film kapo , produced in conjunction with germany , took the best documentary film award .
at 8 / 7c , nbc will air dateline : the real blacklist , a new investigative series hosted by richard engel that focuses on conspiracy - themed investigations and crimes that involve larger - than - life perpetrators and circumstances .
the eight - episode event series “the slap , ” written by pulitzer prize finalist jon robin baitz and executive produced by the team of walter f . parkes and laurie macdonald ( “gladiator , ” “men in black” ) and director lisa cholodenko ( “the kids are all right , ” “olive kitteridge” ) , will air thursdays at 8 p . m . beginning feb . 12 . the series stars peter sarsgaard , uma thurman , thandie newton and zachary quinto .
series creators anne bjornstad and eilif skodvin say they conceived of van zandt ' s frank
the fixer
tagliano as a
fish out of water ,
a safe and reliable comedic device . but in the musician ' s performance and his own scripting for the character , tagliano has become a way for millions of viewers to symbolically explore american cultural imperialism as well as the pluses and minuses of a belief system that privileges individual ethnic , racial and religious identification over any allegiance to a national system of values .
in other words , this nbc drama that begins on thursday is a nervy rip - off of “the americans , ” the fx series about soviet spies posing as ordinary suburban parents in the era of reagan and the evil empire .
the americans fx ' s ' 80s - set drama about kgb spies is one of the best series currently on television , if not the best . - if that is the case , why is it bleeding viewers every single week
i’ve been anticipating this essay — and we’ve gone back and forth on several of its points on the twittersphere — and really appreciate the nuanced and incredibly well - thought out way in which you’ve approached your reaction to the series .
arya stark killed lord walder frey in the season 6 finale , along with his two most prominent sons , lame lothar frey and black walder rivers . lord walder had several dozen descendants , about a dozen of whom are prominent recurring characters in the novels , but their actions were massively condensed into just these two in the tv version . lame lothar was the steward of the twins and his father ' s right hand , coordinating the day to day activities of the castle ; black walder frey and walder rivers are two of their prominent army commanders ( condensed in the tv version into just one character ,
black walder rivers
) .
and while it ' s somewhat unfair to compare allegiance to the americans when the two shows are so clearly on different playing fields , it seems nbc made a pretty big mistake in greenlighting this knock - off version . so much of what makes the americans great—the acting , the writing , the ' 80s setting , the wigs , the constant threat of being exposed—is missing from allegiance . the show has a lot of work to do if it wants to emerge from the fx drama ' s looming shadow , but i ' m not very confident that it will last long enough to try .
nbc , please bring back allegiance because most of your new shows suck like hell . it should be allowed to play out for a second season . read the great comments and ignore the negative ones because the negative feedback is ill - informed , biased and not real tv buffs . try it for another season , with appropriate advertising of course ( to rally the troops and bring back the supporters ) and you won’t ever regret the second chance . it has enough background and real material for at least six seasons , probably ten seasons ( 100 episodes ) before sending it to pasture . thank you and god bless .
the continent , however , is no longer unified . the reach and dorne have pledged allegiance to would - be conquerer daenerys targaryen , while jon snow has been declared king in the north . likewise , euron greyjoy , king of the iron islands , is also intent on seeking power for himself .
for the past few weeks , my twitter mentions have been filled with indignation over the existence of “allegiance , ” the new nbc drama starring hope davis and scott cohen as russian deep cover agents who are pressured to recruit one of their kids to the cause . most of them go something like this :
c - span ' s steve scully ,
the most patient man on television .
there ' s an entire series of
and now . . .
compilation segments which gets laughs out of his unflinching reactions to bizarre callers .
learning to adapt to their new superpowers . in almost all of these series , the characters who follow such growth arcs are contrasted with stable adults whose personalities and actions are much more static , highlighting how character change is far from universal .
5 . 6 the broadcast of editorially linked programmes dealing with the same subject matter ( as part of a series in which the broadcaster aims to achieve due impartiality ) should normally be made clear to the audience on air . [ 1 ]
allegiance , nbc ' s knock - off of the americans , has been bumped from the thursday lineup , the network announced friday . starting march 12 , dateline : the real blacklist will air at 8 / 7c , leading into the blacklist at 9 / 8c . the slap , which currently airs… read more
margarita levieva made her acting debut in 2004 in a short film named ‘billy ' s choice’ . after this , she appeared in an episode of ‘law & order : trial by jury’ . then she was cast as marcy collins in the tv series ‘vanished’ . in 2007 , levieva did three movies , namely ‘david ' s apartment’ , ‘the invisible’ , ‘salted nuts’ and ‘noise’ . two years later , she appeared in the movies ‘adventureland’ and ‘spread’ and also in the television show ‘kings’ . then in 2010 , the russian - american actress had a recurring role in ‘how to make it in america’ .
viewers of
allegiance
might also make the comparison to another post - 9 / 11 show based on an israeli format ,
homeland ,
which similarly explores the murky 21st century business of rooting out those who would do harm to american citizens . ( the properties originated with the same israeli production company . )