I think shankar deserves the praise. This movie was diffeent in the sense that it did not have a serial killer lead role, a colledge student or an unlucky victim of sociopolitics like in Gentleman ect. It has a mature theme and social message. It could have gone down tamil film history as one of the best flms ever made but sadly it did not do so at least in that sense. Besides the music of ARR was not up to par compared to previous shankar/ARR combos like gentleman and khadalan. What exactly let down the movie was the wrong choice of actress for the marketing power. Manisha Koirala was losing her popularity in tamil in the late 90s after along absence after Bombay. Besides her overall aged dappearance was not good as to compared in Bombay... Rumours way back in 97 predicted Aishwarya Rai or Laila could have landed the role . Preferably Laila could have been a better choice
and the music of ARR which was in a grey area. Except for 2 tracks Shakalakka baby and Kurrukku sirtuhalavale, which both had an initial impact but not long lasting enough especially when in 99 there was competition from Yuvan Shankar Raja and Deva's projects wooing the filmgoers This movie may have been the weakest music link of ARR-shankar combo in their careers. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Know an art & music fan? Make a donation in their honor this holiday season! http://us.click.yahoo.com/VwqHaC/.VHMAA/n1hLAA/iyUplB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Explore, Experience, Enjoy A.R.Rahman - The Man, The Music, The Magic. Only at arrahmanfans.com - The definitive A.R.Rahman e-community. Homepage: http://www.arrahmanfans.com Admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/arrahmanfans/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
