Thursday, February 28, 2008

Ilayaraja - 1 - Jotheyalli Jothe Jotheyalli

This song was composed for the Kannada movie, Geetha in 1983 and its still pleaseant to hear. And it has been used by Ilayaraja in Tamil and Hindi also.

But I find the original Kannada version to be the best.

Jothe Jotheyalli from Geetha, Kannada movie



Vizhiyile Mani Vizhiyile from Nooravathu Naal, Tamil Movie



Jaane Do Na , froom Cheeni Kum , Hindi Movie



Enjoy Ilayaraja at his best !!!

Thursday, February 07, 2008

Cinema Paradiso - 1988 - Italian

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This is a Italian film and is a tribute to the cinema industry itself.

A little boy without a father is bewitched by movies and befriends the cinema operator in his town. He sees all of the movies played in the theater and the cinema operator is godfather to him.

When the kid grows up to be a young man, his godfather asks hime never to return to his town and sends him to city for work. The kid grows up to be a big director and returns to his town for the funeral of his godfather. and reminisces about his childhood days.

A great movie.

The Pianist (2002)

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The Pianist directed by Roman Polanski is a war movies based on the often repeated tale of jews surviving Nazi. The Hero is a Pianist in poland and works for the National radio and when Jews are being moved out of their homes and sent to ghettos, he alone escapes and stays in the deserted ghetto for sometime till the war ends.

A good movie to see.

Mulan(1998) - Movie (Animation)

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Mulan from Walt Disney Pictures is the story of how a village girl in china saves the emperor and also defeating the Huns.

A good animation movie....

For more information on the movie, Mulan

Godfather - 1 - 1972

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This comes as the top in the IMDB Top 250 films.

A nice movie, I am not sure why most people put this as the best film of all times, but it was good.

The story in short is, A gangster has two sons, one who wants to become the DON like his father, and one who wants to become a good citizen unlike his father.

But circumstances force the second son to become the DON and how he becomes is the story.