http://www.allthingskamal.info/blog/2007/01/16/vettaiyaadu-vilaiyaadu-kamal-salvages-gauthams-lapses/ The Kamal Haasan Blog Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:53:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1 http://www.allthingskamal.info/blog/2007/01/16/vettaiyaadu-vilaiyaadu-kamal-salvages-gauthams-lapses/#comment-1287 randramble Tue, 16 Jan 2007 08:24:05 +0000 http://www.allthingskamal.info/blog/2007/01/16/vettaiyaadu-vilaiyaadu-kamal-salvages-gauthams-lapses/#comment-1287 Gautham has pre-empted you by saying that only the first half is what he wanted. So, he escapes partly from your criticism... Gautham has pre-empted you by saying that only the first half is what he wanted. So, he escapes partly from your criticism…

]]> http://www.allthingskamal.info/blog/2007/01/16/vettaiyaadu-vilaiyaadu-kamal-salvages-gauthams-lapses/#comment-1286 Qalandar Wed, 17 Jan 2007 06:33:11 +0000 http://www.allthingskamal.info/blog/2007/01/16/vettaiyaadu-vilaiyaadu-kamal-salvages-gauthams-lapses/#comment-1286 Not really, because he should learn to make "compromised" films that are more seamless! Heck if Bala could make commercially successful films with Sethu and Pithamagan, if even Pattiyal made some money, and GIVEN that Kaaka Kaaka was a big hit already, he has no excuses! :-) Kidding aside, I will say that Gautham is like RGV for me, in that neither one is especially interesting as a director (RGV had some films/moments, but those are basically long gone), Gautham's sensibility is often too "Hollywoody" for me (I'm no xenophobe; but if thats what they're gonna make, I'll just watch a H'wood film instead). Directors like Ratnam and Kamal show that one can be technically and visually sophisticated without being merely derivative. Not really, because he should learn to make “compromised” films that are more seamless! Heck if Bala could make commercially successful films with Sethu and Pithamagan, if even Pattiyal made some money, and GIVEN that Kaaka Kaaka was a big hit already, he has no excuses!
Kidding aside, I will say that Gautham is like RGV for me, in that neither one is especially interesting as a director (RGV had some films/moments, but those are basically long gone), Gautham’s sensibility is often too “Hollywoody” for me (I’m no xenophobe; but if thats what they’re gonna make, I’ll just watch a H’wood film instead). Directors like Ratnam and Kamal show that one can be technically and visually sophisticated without being merely derivative.

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