Billa 2 – First Review from a fan in Chennai!

The reason why ajithkumar accepted to act or to even think of a prequel is evident. It has strong-hitting script.
And the film starts with a voice from behind re-visiting an ordinary coastal men’s life. Ajith as an ordinary coastal man starting to live his life pretty simple with his region people..He gets introduced to a drug and weapon dealers by his coastal head , he agrees to work for them considering the poor livelihood of his family, as predicted he was being cheated by the dealers and whole kundos captured him and his coastal people and made them to Agathigal for money which they gonna get later !

Thereby, heroeines enter and fall for ajith’s pity situation and bad lights he undergo , how ajith learns all the arts from them and transform as an Underworld don who gets control of entire network after the death of Sudhanshu Pandey form a rest of the Story.

You would have known this is a simple story and coming to the performance by lead artists.

Ajith (david) when reforms as don shown with his slick and style appearance and dialogues, but failed to justify the character when being Agathi. He looked unselected for the refugee role no offence meant, he still has not come out of Mankatha hangover. He could have reduced his weight though. And he excels in transforming show and in some places he over acted and emoted in poor sense. Bruna Abdullah & Parvathy appeared too much sexy and too much show off and nothing more for their role. Some scenes should’ve been deleted for adult content .

Vidhyut as side-villain rocked in looks. But his voice dubbing was not matched.

Music was good in parts. Madhurai Ponnu and Unakule Mirugam were poorly picturised. Other three was good. BGM had no new compositions, Yuvan just re-used the old_billa part 1 themes here.

Cinematography was Awesome. Red Epic worked to some extent but in some places it looked so contrast and dull grey which harms some audience..

There were lots of violence scenes present and some sexually explicit content could have been avoided although it rated Adultery film.

climax was not convincing and they’ve missed the point what makes Ajith as David Billa and less was said on it. The film is noway near to entertaining mankatha in terms of content and scenes. I did not enjoy the film as i enjoyed Mankatha.

Positives :-

-Ajith’s performance as Transforming a Don(david billa)

–Songs

-2nd half locations

Negatives :-

– Ajith as coastalman(David) was miscast

-1st half was so dragging

– Dialogues given to other non tamil artists except Ajith were pretty rubbish.

-mindless violenc scenes and back sound

-Adultery scenes in some parts were used extreme

-Climax so illogical and not convincing.

-Predictable Scenes towards the end.

Billa II – Teaser Promo

Ajith is back with Billa II after the successful 2007 flick Billa which was directed by Vishnuvardhan. Expected to release on 25th May, Billa II is supposed to be a prequel to Billa ( unlike Don-2 which was a sequel ) and talks about how David, an ordinary man from coastal Tamil Nadu becomes the dreaded don Billa. Directed by Chakri Toleti  and also starring Parvathy Omanakuttan, Bruna Abdullah, Vidyut Jamwal and Sudhanshu Pandey in supporting roles who all make their debut in Tamil cinema, the film has music by Yuvan Shankar Raja and R.D.Rajasekharis the DOP.

Expected to be the big ticket summer Tamil release, watch this interesting teaser for now.

Mankatha Preview

Banner:	Cloud Nine Movies
Cast:	Ajith, Arjun, Trisha, Lakshmi Rai
Direction:	Venkat Prabhu
Production:	Dhayanithi Alagiri
Music:	Yuvan Shankar Raja

There is a lot of anticipation, there are a host of stars, then there is ‘Thala’ and this will be his 50th innings in Tamil!

Venkat Prabhu’s ‘Mankatha‘ has raised expectations by leaps and bounds among Ajith fans and film buffs. The film sees Ajith in a first-time ever full-fledged negative character, suggest reports closely associated with the film. Trisha will play female lead with Arjun chipping in as a CBI officer.

Andrea Jeremiah, Lakshmi Rai, Premji Amaran, Vaibhav, and Anjali will be seen essaying important roles. Even the smallest incident from the sets of ‘Mankatha’ has garnered a lot of media attention and we have updated you regarding many interesting aspects which took place on-location as well as while the shooting was going on.

A single from the music album ‘Vilayadu Mankatha…’ which released on the eve of Thala’s birthday was lapped up by Ajith and Yuvan fans alike and is topping music charts. Now the team has confirmed that the rest of the songs, nine tracks on the whole, will see a grand release on July 18!

The fans expectations are mounting, and with Yuvan scoring the music we can expect some chartbusting numbers on its way.

Ajith committed himself for a rigorous 90-day shooting schedule. The actor has done a lot of hard work for this film which is evident from the way some scenes have shaped up. The racer has also performed some hair-raising car chases without using a body-double (do you remember the 360 degree rotation he did on a Swift?).

Another aspect that has received a lot of attention is the look that ‘Thala’ will sport in this film. The actor has decided to have a natural hairdo sans any colour-the salt and pepper look which Ajith will be seen sporting in ‘Mankatha’ will urge many men to shun hair colour, reveals the director of the film.

The film has been shot extensively from Chennai, Mumbai (particularly Dharavi), Hyderabad, Bangkok, and Macau. Ajith wrapped up his final day shooting from Hyderabad.

Even before the release of ‘Mankatha’ there are some rumours doing the rounds that some producers are eager for a Hindi remake, though nothing regarding this has been confirmed yet.

The film which deals with the gambling game will have the IPL matches as the backdrop and is expected to hit theatres around the Independence Day weekend.

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‘Avan Ivan’ thrills Yuvan

Yuvan Shankar Raja, who is composing tunes for national award winner Bala’s ‘Avan Ivan‘, is all thrilled. The movie, supposedly a comedy caper, features Arya and Vishal together.

On working for the movie, Yuvan opened up saying, “Working for ‘Avan Ivan’, the track sounds new to me! but Indian nothing western for this film!”. Oh doesn’t that remind of his sensational village tunes for ‘Paruthi Veeran’.

Yuvan also says, “We have recorded live for ‘Avan Ivan’. The songs have come good”. Meanwhile, the music composer has denied reports that he is working in a Hindi film. He quickly says “’I’m not doing AAKROSH BGMs!”.

The younger son of maestro Illayaraja is riding high on a success wave with his songs turning out to be chartbusters right from the beginning of the year. ‘Goa‘, ‘Paiyaa‘ and the recent ‘Naan Mahaan Alla‘, to name a few.

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Naan Mahan Alla Movie Review

NAAN MAGAN ALLA Naan magan alla is an intense thriller. Keeps us at the edge of our seats through out. The film has a very simple storyline but the making is what that makes it a must watch.

The film starts off by showing a group of college students indulging in anti-social activities. They take drugs and even rape a girl. Then jeeva (karthi) life is shown. He hails from a middle class family. His father is a call taxi driver, mother’s a housewife and has a sister too. He is unemployed. In a marriage he see’s priya (kajal agarwal) and instantly falls in love with her. She also starts loving him in a while. There love goes smoothly for a sometime. Then her father comes to know about their love. Jeeva immediately meets her father and talks about their love. But priya’s father doesn’t get convinced. So he tries to warn karthi with his hardcore rowdy friend. On the other hand the group of college students end up murdering a girl and they cut her body into pieces throw it away. Then the life of jeeva and the college students collide and what happens next is for you to watch.

The film has good music by yuvan shankar raja. Good acting by the group of college students. They are good finds. This film is not usual run of the mill kind. It has a realistic feel. Karthi has acted well. In the first half he makes us laugh at a number of places. Kajal agarwal is sure to make an impression this time. She looks very charming in the film. Jayaprakash is turning out to be a very good character artist. Hope the film creates an awareness among young lovers. Thanks to the director for a different kind of a film. Hope to see more such stuff from him. The film has good cinematography. On the whole the film is a must watch.