Top 10 Movies of 2007

As we close down on 2007, lets take a look at the movies that have met with success during the year and thereby analyze the mindset of the average Tamil film fan. As per the latest Sify box office report, 105 movies have released during 2007 and 10
have been declared super hits. Let's take a look at the top 10 movies of 2007.

1. Sivaji
2. Pokiri
3. Paruthi Veeran
4. Mozhi (Hit only in multiplexes)
5. Vel
6. Billa
7. Marutha Malai
8. Chennai 28
9. Polladhavan
10. Naan Avan Illai

Let's take a look at them one by one.

Sivaji
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What can you say about Sivaji? Leave your brains behind at home and watch the movie. Compared to other movies, Sivaji did not have violence or sex in excess but we cannot deny the fact that Shreya was skampily dressed in the songs.

Pokiri
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The second highest grosser of the year after Sivaji. Movie can be enjoyed only by Vijay fans. The hero just roams around with his friends and heroine falls in love with him and during the climax we come to know that the hero is a senior police
officer. Pokiri is one of the movies that showcases Tamilnadu Police in bad light despite our former CM during her regime asking film folks not to show policemen as villains in movies. In addition, not even an iota of logic in the movie.

Paruthi Veeran
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Critically acclaimed movie of the year. Good performances from the lead actors. Too much of violence.

Mozhi
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Nice one. A movie that can be enjoyed with family and kids around.

Vel
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Real crap. A recent report in Sify says that Surya has made inroads into B&C centers through Vel. So, is this the kind of movie that B&C audiences prefer? Bad taste.

Billa
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Another real crap. I spent 6 pounds to watch this movie in UK and was literally surprised to see box office reports in Tamilnadu saying that "Ajith is the king of opening and the movie is a superhit".
Ajith just cannot act/dance and looking at Ajith and Prabhu's performances, I am forced to think that Vishnuvardhan's expectations as a director are very limited. Dialogues are too boring with a lot of Malaysian words like "can", "lah" pulled in.

MaruthaMalai
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Didn't watch the movie.

Chennai 28
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Good one. Nostalgia is one of the main reasons for this film's success. Most of the Tamil audiences were able to relate to the movie since it portrayed something similar to what they were in their teens.

Polladhavan
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Excess violence and foul language. For example, one dialogue goes like this,

Local Don to his son: Dei, inna da kai ellam karuppa?
Don's son: Nai pee pa..
Don: Edhukku da?
Son: Nee dhana maanja poda nai pee venum nu sonna..
Don: Maanja ku kaanja pee venum da..idhu illa..poi kai kazhuvu..

The movie showcases gangsters/rowdies lives completely and passes a wrong message to the already violent youths of tamilnadu.

Naan Avan Illai
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Nothing much to say as it is a straight lift from the Gemini Ganesan classic. Jeevan cannot dance and his expressions in some scenes are funny..The film had 5 heroines to provide enough oomph and glamour...

Overall Verdict:
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Sex and Violence seems to be the need of the hour for Tamil audiences. People enjoy watching heroes as rapists, womanizer,murderer or rowdy in movies. With this trend in place, the next few years could bring in more movies of the same type. Censor might have to add words like "otha", "mayiru" etc in their dictionary to make them available for audiences to enjoy.

An Interesting note I read recently...
There is one being who cannot think-and cannot have a sense of humour.
That being is, of course, God.Thinking involves moving from one state of knowledge to a better one.Since God has perfect knowledge he is always there already. So thinking is not only superfluous but impossible.Nor can God have a sense of humour since there can be no surprise when the punch-lines have always been known.

Different duh....

Kamal,Radha Mohan,gautham menon ......

Seeing the photos you can think what is common between them...well the answer is quite short. Passion and courage in film making.
For the past 3-4 decades, the chastity (karpu) of heroines and other female leads of Tamil cinema were very pathetic. Very obsolete, superstitious and irrational notions were placed in Tamil cinema.
We can easily ignore Tamil cinema, as women's chastity were one of the poisons sowed by it, but this is special. This is special because, this is one of the most important psychological change that indian/tamil society need to undergo.
I can quote no. of. scenarios right from 70s (I am not going to sixties..) where heroines or other female characters who were raped by villain either has to marry the villain or better to die.
Or even worst, hero will go after heroine who happens to be a widow, but stop.....the first husband would have died or killed before the first night... That is she never had intercourse. Then hero and heroine will get married happily. This happened even in one karthik-ajith-meena movie (I forgot the movie name) and also repeated in Rhythm (directed by vasant).

Widow itself like this means, divorcee... chooop... please don’t ask. None of our Tamil heroines were divorcees. All are eligible bachelor girls...
Coming to my title, how kamalhassan,RadhaMohan (Mozhi director)and gautham menon are related with this issue..yes by all means,

First, kamal hassan , on an attempt to be true to his personal life(I guess so), he began depicting about widow/divorcee remarriage in his films repeatedly. Its like better late than never. His recent films like,
a.Vettayadu vilayadu(He marries a divorcee with child)b.Naladhamayandhi (Hero's sister after living with husband for some time, marries her old lover)c.Mumbai express (hero marries villain's concubine).

His repeated efforts, will definitely is a stepping stone in Tamil cinema. Slowly but steadily he is breaking Tamil cinema's opinion on heroine's hymen , which should be appreciated.

Another person to be quoted here is radha mohan. His movie 'Mozhi' is appreciated for many things, like jyothika,story,approach towards deaf and dumb etc. But prakashraj's love towards swarnamalya deserves good applause. Because, no nonsense of girl's virginity is specified in the film. It happens just like that, as part of the story.

Gautham menon, apart from vettayadu vilayadu, he travels further in this direction and tells about extramarital affair between hero and heroine in pacchai kili muthu charam.

Another director I would like to specify here is vasant, who directed 'Satham podadhe'.He didnt repeat his old mistake (Rthym) in 'Satham podadhe'.Here , hero marries heroine after she got separated from first husband.Really a good move!
All great long journey starts from single step!

It is these kind of individuals seems to be example for the word courage in the 'sentiment soaked' Tamil cine world.

Since tamilians are film crazy, any further step in the Tamil cinema will definitely change the mindset of tamilians in a huge way.