The biggest Tamil movie of 2006
Rediff.com, among its year-end lists, has one on “Best of Tamil movies”. Guess which one topped the list?
Gowtham Menon is one of the hottest young filmmakers in Tamil. Kamal Haasan is an actor par excellence. As a school boy, Menon was enamoured of Kamal’s award winning portrayal of Velu Naykar in Nayakan. When the two decided to come together, and that too Kamal playing his age, as a middle aged cop, expectations were sky high. The film didn’t disappoint anyone. It turned out to be a blockbuster. Weak hearted men and especially women could not digest the raw violence in the film. But the film was appreciated by the mass and the class. It is the number one Tamil film of 2006.
That’s a terrific result after a lot of trouble that VV went through. Also, it was a suitable reply for those who had written off Kamal as a spent force in the box-office.
[Picture courtesy: BehindWoods]
January 5th, 2007 at 3:38 am
More confirmation from Sify.com…
January 6th, 2007 at 4:41 am
According to Sify, “The usual formulaic film with six songs, five fights and a larger-than-life hero plus a lot of glamour seems to be outdated this year”…but they themselves go on to say that Thambi was a money grosser! So not so outdated after all
January 6th, 2007 at 4:42 am
VV is out on subtitled DVD, so I am quite psyched, I should be receiving it in a week or so! yaaaaay!
January 6th, 2007 at 4:57 am
Qalandar: will await a DVD review from you…:-)