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AR Rahman's Tamil Blockbuster "BOYS"

Topic started by Theepan (@ 209.197.167.70) on Tue May 6 23:23:20 EDT 2003.
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Rahman's much anticipated "Boys" is set to release soon and everyone is keen on finding out more about this album. Who are the singers? What are the soundtracks like? When is the release date? Will the album be delayed? If anyone has any idea; please post here....

Also; use this thread to discuss this album..

Here is what i found::

Typical of Shankar, the director is not prepared to say much about the film at this point. However, it is known that the film will be very youthful, almost teeny-bop, in content, with the majority of the cast being in the 16-23 age group.

Shankar, apparently, has decided to cast all new faces in his film – and the younger the better.

In fact, a mention in various Tamil periodicals, and an accompanying advertisement to the effect that Shankar was looking for new faces, has created a headache of sorts for the producers. Curriculums vitae have been pouring in to the Surya Movies post box ever since the ad and the story ran in the vernacular press – and last heard from, the flood shows no signs of abating.

Curiously enough, the ad appears – thanks to emails and discussion groups – to have reached an audience abroad as well, with the result that newer batches of applications have US, British and suchlike stamps on them, which suits the producer and director fine since the film does incorporate a lot of NRI faces.

For Shankar, Boys will be a return to romance after Kadhalan, and to comedy after the Aishwarya Rai-Prashanth starrer Jeans. Though the film will feature fresh – and ergo, inexpensive – faces, Shankar maintains that the film will be typical of his style, which means lavish budgets, and expensive production values.

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• From: * (@ 161.114.1.182) on: Wed Apr 14 13:36:14 EDT 2004
  
  Looks like Boys will continue to be hammered down the ages for being crap. Anyway good lesson for Shankar. Oops, he shud change his name to Junker, thats wat he is
  
  
• From: thiru (@ 210.214.131.96) on: Wed Apr 14 13:49:10 EDT 2004
  
  C~P,
  What ever you are saying is correct like
  why it flopped
  shankar has a better market
  and all those things
  But why do you attach a value to Shankar, that is the reason that is irking you like "Shankars film can't have this and that"
  Yes, Shankars earlier movies were surely watchable with parents but not Boys.
  Can somebody watch Hey ram with Parents?
  It became a flop, but his next movie Thenali is a huge hit, Just like how people accept Kamal hassan why not you accept Shankar.
  
  
• From: C~P (@ 61.95.159.19) on: Wed Apr 14 14:03:01 EDT 2004
  
  Thiru,
  As I said, I condemn such stuff irrespective of the director. It is not that Shankar has a tag attached to his name that he should follow the same style or anything. He took the risk and found it out for himself that people aren't welcoming such movies. He had bear the impact more because his films normally have a good family crowd. There is nothing more to it in my opinion.
  
  Hope I got clearly what you are saying?
  
  And I never said I am not looking forward to Anniyan or something. I am sure that Shankar would be extra careful to make it a hit movie by avoiding all the aspects that earnt him a bad name. So, I definitely will watch Anniyan. But the only thing that hurts me in Anniyan is that there is no ARR :-(
  
  See, back to music! :-)
  
  
• From: Thiru (@ 210.214.131.96) on: Wed Apr 14 14:12:26 EDT 2004
  
  Ya you got what i meant :-)
  
  I am not too bothered about ARR's absence in Anniyan, i believe HJ would beg borrow or steal :-) get some tunes charting.
  As long as ARR works with Maniratnam that is good enough for me, plus his hindi projects.
  I am looking forward to Rising 1857 as ARR and Aamir khan seem have the chemistry.
  
  
• From: thiru (@ 210.214.131.96) on: Wed Apr 14 14:15:35 EDT 2004
  
  And C~P did you observe his interview?
  He said one guy needn't occupy all the space to make routine tunes.
  Shankars movies have a pattern to attract all a,b,c centers.
  While Maniratnam gives him more scope by the nature of his scripts.
  
  
• From: C~P (@ 61.95.159.19) on: Wed Apr 14 14:20:26 EDT 2004
  
  Thiru,
  
  Appadi!! I can now go to sleep in peace! :-)
  
  HJ doesn't beg, borrow or steal. Appadi ellam thappa pesaatheenga avara paththi. Avar urimayoda thankitta irukkara ARR cassette-a vechu recording seivaar. Basically, idhaan matter...
  http://newtfmpage.com/forum/15721.04.43.30.html
  
  Raathiri nerathula Copy paste seyya somberithanam. Sorry! :-)
  
  Btw...I did feel Shankar and ARR were at ease too. I mean, they got along really well. They knew what to give and take. ARR music was a support to Shankar in all his films. I would surely miss that combo.
  
  
• From: C~P (@ 61.95.159.19) on: Wed Apr 14 14:22:20 EDT 2004
  
  Thiru,
  I missed that part in his interview perhaps. As I said, I was watching the Aayidha Ezhuthu thingy too.
  
  Neways, gudnite! :-)
  
  
• From: jacky (@ 61.1.201.151) on: Wed Apr 14 15:51:44 EDT 2004
  
  cp,
  vitta neyum oru MD ayiduvey pola eruku :)
  
  
  
• From: Thiru (@ 210.214.132.83) on: Wed Apr 14 17:13:44 EDT 2004
  
  C~P,
  By knowing all the tricks you can sure have a bright career as MD.
  btw, i hope HJ works in the night too, just like his master :-)
  
  
• From: C~P (@ 61.95.159.19) on: Wed Apr 14 22:47:44 EDT 2004
  
  MD..adhu standby plan-a vechirukkaen. I will surely refer to that thread if I get any such chance. Ellam kalandhu poattu, pudhu style uruvaakki revolutionise pannuvaen! Hairstyle MD-ku romba important. David Beckham style-la edhaavadhu onnu vecha hit aagum.
  
  Thiru,
  I don't know how HJ works. But don't you think he would have got used to it? I mean, ARR kitta vaasikkara keyboard night time-la vaaschu pazhakkam aagi irukkum. Adhunaala raathiri-la dhaan avarum compose pannuvaar ninaikkaraen.
  
  
• From: Hey hey Jaykay (@ 202.172.58.250) on: Thu Apr 15 22:52:02 EDT 2004
  
  Hey ya guys,
  I'm back......say, I've a prob. here- I just bought a new VCD here in Singapore of what was supposed to be the PG version of BOYS, w/ sum of the scenes cut from the original....an watching it I found it did have sum cut scenes, like the 'experiences' of each boy w/ the pros....none of that is shown here so its not the original movie for sure....however, I find the scenes that r even more obscene, viz. the boy Krishna rubbing his backside against an aunties' an so on (Girlfriend song) r still very much there in it! Damn I feel cheated.....if they cud cut short the pros. scene, how come they didn' cut out these scenes as well since they're far more grosse!! X(
  Anyone else out there w/ similar prob.??
  
  
• From: Dr Krishnasamy (@ 202.56.254.13) on: Thu Apr 15 23:10:17 EDT 2004
  
  I also faced the same problem. Come to theni. We shall solve it.
  
  
• From: Paattali Machi (@ 61.95.159.19) on: Fri Apr 16 00:09:05 EDT 2004
  
  Krishna pondravargalai paarthu dhaan ilaignargal kettu pogiraargal. Krishna inimae Cinema-la idikkardhai niruththi kolla vaendum. Illayendraal enga Paataali Machigal idippargal.
  
  Shankar thambi aduththu endha padam eduthaalum muthalil enakku poattukattanum. Appo dhaan naan paeru vaanga mudiyum. Indha murai Dr.Krishnaswamy paer vaangittaru, next time appadi nadakka engal paatali machigal vida maataargal.
  
  Stalin enna sonnar? Lenin in sonnar? Churchill enna sonnar? Hitler enna sonnar?
  
  Yaar enna sonnalum Rajni cigarette pudikka koodaadhu.
  
  
• From: saraswathie (@ 168.209.98.67) on: Fri Apr 16 03:41:45 EDT 2004
  
  Hi Alll
  
  I have just on this site, as I was looking for transliterated lyrics for Boom Boom from Boys, I have read your reviews and everything saod about Shanker, but I can honestly tell you, that this movie is the Biigest thing here in South Africa amonhgst the Tamil community. This songs gets played everywhere, its appealing to a market that is key to the future of Tamil people. Belonging to a lot of youth organisations, there has been a demand for this song to be transliterated.
  
  Can anyone help
  
  
• From: yamuna (@ 165.21.154.15) on: Fri Apr 16 04:26:23 EDT 2004
  
  does anyone knows where to get the profile of munna frm boys
  
  
• From: yamuna (@ 165.21.154.10) on: Fri Apr 16 04:27:38 EDT 2004
  
  does anyone knows where to get the profile of munna frm boys
  
  
• From: thiru (@ 210.214.128.138) on: Fri Apr 16 04:29:55 EDT 2004
  
  come to chennai call madras talkies.
  Sidd was an assistant to MR.
  they will give you.
  
  
• From: Ferrari (@ 61.11.56.47) on: Fri Apr 16 05:59:58 EDT 2004
  
  sorry. thiru gave wrong information.
  
  Goto mumbai. Get down at dadar station. get out. take a cab and get down at sion. from sion catch a auto for dharavi. get down at dharavi. ask for munna bhai..in mumbai they call boy as bhai.
  you will get all the profile you are asking for.
  
  rush..the next train for mumbai from chennai leaves at 9.50 PM IST.
  
  
• From: thiru (@ 210.214.128.163) on: Fri Apr 16 06:27:57 EDT 2004
  
  Haha you are on a roll!
  
  
• From: C~P (@ 61.95.159.19) on: Fri Apr 16 06:57:41 EDT 2004
  
  Munna from BOYS? Full Name : Kunjappan. 20 years old. Nandanam Arts College, I think. Got married to Harini (St. Mary's college) at Thirupathi with the help of Vivek and his friends. Was sent out of class for singing "Mariyamma". Arrested under POTA act. Jailmate of Vaiko. Won the MTV Award for Best Singer and Best Lyricist from Hariharan. Last scene-la Harini-oda lived happily.
  
  Padam paakaliya neenga?
  
  Btw..Munna pinna theriyaadha Munna-oda profile edhukku? He is married. I don't think you wud look forward to his profile now!
  
  
• From: ARR-Fan (@ 203.145.186.2) on: Fri Apr 16 07:04:09 EDT 2004
  
  Is the failure of Boys at the box-office because of its vulgarity alone? Dhool had equally double entendres and more visual vulgarity. But it became a huge hit. So what does that prove?
  
  Its basically the inherent hypocrisy in each one of us. Each parent is apalled at the fact that his son could even be thinking about such things (leave alone speaking). But he has no qualms with Dhool comedy.
  
  Atleast Boys stressed upon the values pretty forcibly in the 2nd half and brought out the point that one needs to strive hard to succeed in life. It was a very good movie..but didnt run for the simple reason that ppl maintained their double-standards.
  
  If you think that guys this age do not know/speak about all the stuff that caused problems, dream on!!!
  
  
  

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