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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: gayathri (@ 202.188.20.131) on: Mon Mar 29 23:11:31 EST 2004
  
  boys r just superb..........excellent...no word 2 say.....
  
  
• From: MJ rulez (@ ) on: Tue Apr 6 01:41:22 EDT 2004
  
  gayathri, hmm....I'm slisha surprised to find a girl/woman saying such nice things 'bout Boys! LoL!!! If u mean 2 say such things r superb, would u think so if U faced similar experiences of those poor ol' Aunties whom the Boys harass in the movie?? *smirk*....think 'bout it....u gotta be a bit more honest here ;-)
  
  
• From: Hey Hey Jaykay (@ 202.172.58.250) on: Tue Apr 6 01:53:37 EDT 2004
  
  Piratheepan,
  not intendin to create misunderstandings but I mean to say even if ya're right in sayin its normal for guys to be attracted to gals, streakin to impress a girl does sound abnormal in a country like India.....even for a movie! Shankar made that guy look more like a gay by such an act! Like wat the others say, it wud've made more sense even if he'd committed suicide.
  
  
• From: ranny_dasse (@ 61.247.254.60) on: Tue Apr 6 02:09:00 EDT 2004
  
  this newtfmpage.com is a stuped website attracting stupids from all o'er the state.The site keeps repeating the same old topics and discussions again anmd again. Nothing new. So many wrong informations. All the people who pass comments are stupid. The topics are too stupid. Please make attempts to make the site more interesting.Give more news. Dont repeat old topics for discussions until and unless it is really needed.Please keep these points in mind and act accordingly. And dont make a fool out of this site. Thank you.
  
  
• From: no tell (@ 61.95.159.19) on: Tue Apr 6 04:48:08 EDT 2004
  
  "this newtfmpage.com is a stuped website attracting stupids from all o'er the state."
  Hi there. Weclome to newtfmpage!
  
  "All the people who pass comments are stupid."
  Thanks a lot for your comments.
  
  Comments are welcome. But have you ever heard of the English word "polite"? A nice term.
  
  
  
• From: piratheepan (@ 66.142.142.95) on: Tue Apr 6 08:31:27 EDT 2004
  
  ranny dasse,
  
  first thing we can do is throw out sumone boring like you...*yawn*
  
  
• From: From myself (@ 203.123.19.130) on: Wed Apr 7 09:48:06 EDT 2004
  
  An open letter to Shankar the gr8-
  
  1. Your four year labor of love sucks big time! It’s so similar to THULLUVATHO ILAMAI (TI) that you have had to rework and try and ’’disguise it’’ which hasn’t been very successful. Vivek as Mangalam is so similar to Ramesh Khanna in TI that I don’t think you even bothered to write new lines. You probably stole Selvaraghavan’s script.
  
  2. Why can’t you choose a subject that’s not as ancient as the Hanging gardens of Babylon?? We’ve seen it in American pie, Yeh kya ho raha hai and in TI so why not try something new? Your last five movies were hits coz they had something different working in all of them, they were ’’fresh ideas’’.
  
  3. BOYS is rumored to be "inspired" from real life....gawd, gimme a break ! I have been thru, seen and heard stories of adolescence but some of the incidents depicted in your movie are cheap, kitschy and give me the creeps!
  
  4. Somebody in your scripting team must have been watching MTV too much. Running naked in Mount Road to prove your love - Ha! U’ve lost your marbles and need to visit a mental institution soon...(Sorry for disclosing this secret but I cudnt hold back!) Oh and, when two lovers are separated by their families and forbidden to meet each other, do you need an EARTHQUAKE so that people leave their houses and in the ensuing confusion the two lovebirds can meet?? Is it bcoz ur producer was AM Ratnam ? How much more ludicrous can you get? Some of the best scenes in the movie are the unintentionally rip roaring, rib tickling comedy scenes - The climax, for one, where the judiciary is depicted as one big joke.- the jail sequences and the POTA case - LOL !
  
  5. The characterization of the support characters is extremely one-dimensional and single layered. Most of them are cause and effect depictions. The parents abuse and harass the kids but feel proud of them when they make it big. Mangalam listens to the sob stories of the parents and advices the BOYS to give up their romances but then makes a flip flop and helps them elope....why the contradiction?
  
  6. Lets get technical now. Mr. Ravi K Chandran claims to have used technology a la MATRIX to film the song ALE ALE(?) Mr. Sabu Cyril has used scrap material to make up the set for the song BOOM BOOM(?) And computer animated gimmicks for GIRLFRIEND. Nice, laudable experiments but for the common man, he aint bothered. All he wants is a good visual treat and we had it much, much better in JEANS, MUDHALVAN and INDIAN. If you thought having 2000 people dance for MAARO MAARO would make it WOW, sorry!! Pls have a look at CHANDRALEKHA’s drum dance. That’s much much more appealing and we are talking of a movie which came ages back. There’s so much we can learn!
  
  7. BGM is just about passable, Sujatha’s dialogues range from the sublime to the exasperating - probably a reflection of the diff times when he sat down to pen them. Choreography is above average. Costume design is fantabulous.
  
  8. Lets talk some positives now. The 6 leads are all amazing finds. Siddharth as Munna is the find of the last 5 years for me. (Ya, Maddy did a million serials before he got ALAI so he had to be better) He emotes very well, oozes boyish charm, shakes a leg well and can thankfully speak good Tamil too. Btw, I cud be biased since Sid was my senior at B school :-)) Harini is pleasing to the eye and is sure to go places. Bharath as Bob Galy dances amazingly well and underplays his ''English speaking Tamilian Peter'' character very well. Nakul as Juju is a scream and comedy comes naturally to him. Sai as Krishna is watchable while Manikandan as Kumar is just about Ok since his character is underdeveloped. Anita Ratnam and the clown who plays her brother are robotic while AV Ramanan and Annu Mohan are average. In short, BOYS is a big big let down. Give it a pass. All you can do is watch the songs on telly, catch the jokes (the actual ones) on cable and dream abt Harini by looking at the movie posters. :-P
  
  
• From: I speak (@ 202.172.58.250) on: Tue Apr 13 02:13:28 EDT 2004
  
  hey u guyz.......
  I don't see y neone shud be against 'Boys' at all.......c'mon watever scenes r shown there IS actually wat happens in reality in this gr8 country of ourz....inspite of ppl. tellin tat we indians r proud of our culture, we follow it etc. etc. if u keep ur eyz open u'll find tat most if not all the incidents depicted in Boyz happen in real life! the thingz tat most indians r not mature enuff to accept this 'cos of their strong belief tat such perversity can't exist in our 'culture'......and not only among teens, do ne of u in india know for eg., abt the dirty stuff tat goes on in sum of the air-india flights?? tat oughta tell u how much indians respect their 'culture'!!
  
  
• From: ?? (@ 165.21.154.10) on: Wed Apr 14 04:26:21 EDT 2004
  
  e songz r e best
  
  
• From: Ferrari (@ 202.56.254.13) on: Wed Apr 14 05:30:35 EDT 2004
  
  I speak,
  
  You goto tolilet everyday. Will you enjoy that if they show in the movie?
  Just because something is happening doesnt mean that it has to be shown on the big screen.
  Stop talking tabout this cultural perversity and all nonsense..
  
  
• From: piratheepan (@ 67.65.165.25) on: Wed Apr 14 07:43:11 EDT 2004
  
  Ferrari,
  
  u just proved his point =P
  
  
• From: Ferrari (@ 202.56.254.13) on: Wed Apr 14 07:51:56 EDT 2004
  
  See piratheepan,
  
  I never said such things dont happen in Indian society. Same with everyone who is criticising the movie.
  We are saying, just bcos of crap is happening around you, you dont need to make a movie showing that everyone is like that.
  
  Think before you write anything....
  
  
• From: piratheepan (@ 67.65.165.25) on: Wed Apr 14 08:10:44 EDT 2004
  
  i do but ur relationship between bathroom and this movie is quite absurd.and film is the best way to bring to society's eyes what is the truth.
  
  if you just close ur eyes (like u) and just try and shut it off it isnt like its going to way.
  
  athu pointu
  
  dont think ur smart with ur lil reply.ahem everyone tinks before they write...*yawn* it doesnt come to the keyboard unless ya think.and whose this "we" im not saying n e thin ur saying and ur the only one that said, "We are saying, just bcos of crap is happening around you, you dont need to make a movie showing that everyone is like that. "
  
  most people like u have chosen to ignore ignore ignore.i guess ignorance is bliss right?
  
  _/\_ nandri vanakam
  
  
• From: Ferrari (@ 202.56.254.13) on: Wed Apr 14 08:18:41 EDT 2004
  
  i never knew you were so dumb,
  
  let me give you some info. I neevr did anything like what they showed in the movie. nor did my class mates. ask the people over here. like C~P, curses,dhanya and some more who are at college right now...no one dare to do such nonsense.
  but at same time i am not sying we r saints. we do discuss abt se-x and b-f in school and college. thats it...
  we means like minded people,excluding dumb tube lights like you....
  I do not need to think I am smart, because I very well know I am...
  
  Running naked in middle of road is the best way to bring out whats happening in society?
  
  Brining a pros home is the best way to make parents realise that their child is interested in se-x.
  
  grow up....
  
  

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