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ARR's MEENAXI RELEASED !!! ARR's MEENAXI RELEASED !!!

Topic started by Kabilan (@ 219.95.195.114) on Tue Jan 27 23:35:19 EST 2004.
All times in EST +10:30 for IST.

finally ...the most awaited arr's project "meenai released today....

source from rahmanonline.com

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From: C~P (@ 61.95.159.16) on: Mon Feb 16 11:31:38 EST 2004

curses,
Welcome! ;-)
From: curses (@ 61.247.246.175) on: Mon Feb 16 11:35:45 EST 2004

no no... well stay.. only water come.

kandukaadhe, edho ollaranamenu ollararen... jus justifying my prev post! :D
From: C~P (@ 61.95.159.16) on: Mon Feb 16 11:38:25 EST 2004

curses,
naethi varaikkum nalla dhaaney irundha?! :-)
From: curses (@ 61.247.246.175) on: Mon Feb 16 11:42:06 EST 2004

naan innilerundhu veeran! :)
From: C~P (@ 61.95.159.16) on: Mon Feb 16 11:44:32 EST 2004

*Engae selvaan indha curses, yaaro yaaro arivaaro*
*vithiii valiyadhu*

:-)
From: thiru (@ 210.214.132.214) on: Mon Feb 16 11:51:05 EST 2004

Meenakshi ya rasikarevan rasi gun
rasikathavan miru gum
From: C~P (@ 61.95.159.16) on: Mon Feb 16 11:54:46 EST 2004

Abhirami asin gum! :-)
From: C~P (@ 61.95.159.16) on: Mon Feb 16 11:55:18 EST 2004

Sivaji Nadichathu Sor Gam!
From: C~P (@ 61.95.159.16) on: Mon Feb 16 11:55:52 EST 2004

naan vaayila vechiruppathu Chewing Gum
From: C~P (@ 61.95.159.16) on: Mon Feb 16 11:56:45 EST 2004

sorry, ellam late flow of thoughts! Oru urgency-la gada gada-nu post click pannittaen!!
From: thiru (@ 210.214.132.214) on: Mon Feb 16 12:02:00 EST 2004

no problem CP because you dont pay for the stamp everytime you post.
From: C~P (@ 61.95.159.16) on: Mon Feb 16 13:14:43 EST 2004

Obviously! If I had to pay, no matter how urgent the thing was, I would have made sure that everything was in it! Honestly speaking, I would stop posting! :-)
From: KP (@ 68.69.212.93) on: Mon Feb 16 20:48:11 EST 2004

C~P why gunaa maadhiri abiraami abiraaminnu pulambings?enne vishayam?:))
(unnai vida abiraami pathi pes(th?:)aravan yaarumille yaarumille
thedi vara poraa abiraami
paarkathaan konjam ammaami
vaangikodu neeyum emami
cream potta muththal aagum kammi:))
From: C~P (@ 61.95.159.16) on: Tue Feb 17 13:06:43 EST 2004

KP,
hehe :-))
ellam indha Kamal aala varadhu pa...avarodu nadikkara oru oru heroine-ayum verukka vaendiyadha irukku pa...adanga maataengraar! ;-)
Abhirami evalo chinna ponnu theriyuma? :-( ... hehe!
From: curses (@ 61.247.245.248) on: Tue Feb 17 19:55:38 EST 2004

heroine-a verukariya?
Kamal-a paarthu poraamai padariya?
From: C~P (@ 61.95.159.16) on: Wed Feb 18 09:18:55 EST 2004

Obviously, Kamal-a paarthu poraamai! :-)
btw...I don't hate Abhirami!
From: gopsy (@ 61.11.64.195) on: Sun Feb 22 05:08:51 EST 2004

hey ambleen,

i never meant that ir was bad.iam just stating arr is better right now.i wud be glad if ir gives us a real great album.

so stop this chest beating and enjoy.
From: MusicIsLife (@ 170.146.91.6) on: Mon Feb 23 17:03:20 EST 2004

gopsy
When u come up with statements i guess u should not be utterly biased, in my opinion Virumandi and Pithamagan are two extremely good albums and i dont know abt Virumandi BGM but surely PM was a class by itself.

As i have mentioned earlier.. KKS and Meenaxi are good albums recently by ARR, whether they get the musical acclaim or not.. but i would not compare Boyz or ne other album with KKS or Meenaxi for that matter
From: V (@ 69.136.137.141) on: Mon Feb 23 18:42:17 EST 2004

Agree with MIL.

PM the music was good but I thought the movie was over-hyped. Anyway It was definitely a welcome change from masala movies.
From: rajesh (@ ) on: Sun Mar 7 12:08:28 EST 2004

This is great
From: Ferrari (@ 202.56.254.13) on: Fri Mar 12 01:26:09 EST 2004

http://www.hindu.com/fr/2004/03/12/stories/2004031201850100.htm
From: x (@ 128.88.255.122) on: Fri Mar 12 03:07:02 EST 2004

Released in water?
Is it given FREE WITH ANY other album soap or anything?
From: Keval (@ ) on: Sat Mar 27 09:12:40 EST 2004

pardon my ignorace, but what does noor-un-ala mean??
From: C~P (@ 61.1.200.212) on: Sat Mar 27 09:30:18 EST 2004

Kasaappu kadai Bai oda ponnu Noorjahan un aala (lover-a), appadinu short-a kaekkaraanga
From: rahmanian (@ 203.124.0.246) on: Mon Mar 29 03:37:29 EST 2004

isn't it newtfmpage.. aren't we supposed to talk bout tamil film n movies?
From: fmlover (@ 203.101.39.40) on: Mon Mar 29 04:03:55 EST 2004

dat was a brilliant joke :D:D:D
From: piratheepan (@ 66.142.142.117) on: Mon Mar 29 04:17:02 EST 2004

music has no language rahmanian
From: Ferrari (@ 202.56.254.13) on: Mon Mar 29 04:26:07 EST 2004

This weeks India Today has an article on meenaxi
From: MUSIC LOVER (@ 213.121.248.90) on: Tue Mar 30 18:11:01 EST 2004

ONE MORE FLOP ADDED TO ARR'S CAP..........BY THE WAY SOMEONE TOLD HE IS VERY BUSY COMPOSING FOR ENGLISH MOVIES,CAN YOU NAME ONE PLEASE........LAST WEEK ARR'S COMPOSITIONS WERE PLAYED BY A SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ANN THE TUNES WENT CONKY,FINALLY ARR PUBLICLY APOLOGISED ALL HIS NOTES WERE WRONG AND NEXT TIME HE WILL MAKE SURE HE WILL GET IT RITE....SEE ANANDHA VIKATAN TO CONFIRM THIS...ITHUKKU PER THAAN THARAILA IRUKARA KAMBILI POOCHI EDUTHU KADHULA VITTU KODAYUTHAE KADIKUDHAENU PULAMBARA KADHAI........WHY DO THINGS HE HAS NO CLUE OF AND APOLOGISE.........HE IS A DISGRACE TO INDIAN MUSIC AND HES GONE AND MADE A FOOL OF HIMSELF AND INDIA.......ARR IS GOOD IN COPYING ONLY........ALL U ARR FANS PLS TELL HIM DO JUS THAT
From: piratheepan (@ 68.90.49.101) on: Tue Mar 30 19:23:16 EST 2004

music lover get ur facts straight...obviously ur not a music lover but a hater.

one more flop?hahaha u have no taste in music my friend u could have called all the others crap and it would have made sense because while they were all above the rest as usual they were targeted at certain genres. but Meenaxi is classic.

as for u bashing his abt the symphony u are totally wrong my friend. He got up and did the conduction for one of the pieces and messed up. You fool he isnt a conductor he creates music. UR A DISGRACE TO ISAI RASIGANS MUSIC LOVER
From: rs (@ 203.101.36.24) on: Wed Mar 31 00:05:16 EST 2004

the fact that rahman apologised for a mistake which probably he is not fully responsible, underlines his very humbleness which many musiclovers and self proclaimed geniuses should be ashamed of... the tamil adage "nirai kudam neer thalumbaathu, kurai kudam koothadum" is cent percent correct

probably musiclover is a fan of ppl like anumalik, nadeem shravan who rave about their own compositions
From: C~P (@ 61.95.159.16) on: Wed Mar 31 06:28:29 EST 2004

Piratheepan and rs,
You perhaps haven't seen MUSICLOVER's postings earlier. They are always like this. I am actually surprised that he did not bring in his favourite, rendundant line - "Producers are on the Streets/Producers committed suicide because of ARR". Naattamai-ku "thundu" maathiri, ivarukku andha line. Changey aagaathu. So, take it in the right spirit! I mean, reply in the same funny manner in which he attacks! :-)
From: Cinefan (@ 61.95.200.150) on: Thu Apr 1 23:47:36 EST 2004

Film review of 'Meenaxi'

http://in.rediff.com/movies/2004/apr/01meenaxi.htm
From: ARRFAN (@ 68.126.197.158) on: Fri Apr 2 00:15:40 EST 2004

ARR full tamil collection is now online guys.

Grab it from www.tamilmp3site.com/forum :)
From: Nattamai (@ ) on: Mon Apr 26 10:13:23 EDT 2004

piratheepan:

Seems like the movie is back to the theaters now. But reviews suggest to stay away from the movie? Another thunda?

:)
From: dinesh (@ 210.186.42.58) on: Mon Apr 26 10:23:39 EDT 2004

dei naate pu,see this :
A R Rahman's score is excellent. No wonder M F Husain waited a year to get the music! Apart from Yeh rishta and Chinnamma chilakkamma, Do kadam and Noor-un-ala-noor are a treat to the ears. There are far too many songs in the film, though.

full review :
Tabu is GLORIOUS!

Ronjita Kulkarni | April 01, 2004 22:22 IST

Meenaxi is poetry in colour. Painter-director M F Husain's mastery over colours makes the film look captivating.

It is, of course, not just a canvas for Husain, like his earlier film Gaja Gamini. This one goes deeper.

Writer Nawab (Raghuvir Yadav) is facing a dilemma -- he cannot get the right subject for his next novel. He meets a stranger, Meenaxi (Tabu), who urges him to write a book on her. At first hesitant, he later agrees.

Now, Nawab needs a male character for Meenaxi. He zeroes in on Kunal (Kunal Kapoor), his drunken car mechanic, who once wanted to become a singer.

In the novel, the two meet for the first time in Jaisalmer. The chemistry between the two is shown well. Meenaxi is the mysterious beauty, while Kameshwar (Kunal's name in the novel), is the shy youth. He is intrigued by her and cannot seem to get enough of her. Soon, Meenaxi is drawn to him too.

That is when a third character Karanvir (Sagar Arya), the 'villain', comes in. Though the part when he dumps his girlfriend and proposes to long-time friend Meenaxi came out of nowhere.

Back in Hyderabad, Meenaxi taunts Nawab about the 'boring' story and, finally, burns the manuscript in disgust.

So Nawab starts a new story with the same characters. This time it is set in Prague.

Maria (Meenaxi's new name in the new novel) is a free spirit who walks everywhere with her cycle. Walks, because she doesn't know how to cycle.

She holds a placard with Kameshwar's name at the railway station. When they meet, they hit it off immediately. He comes to the city to meet a Dr Crass, who is never shown or explained.

This time, Nawab introduces himself in the novel too. When he asks Meenaxi if there is any romance between Kameshwar and Meenaxi, she appears vague. She is drawn to Kameshwar too.

The moments leading to the climax may seem confusing but the last few minutes of the film puts things in perspective. And the exceptional dialogues by Husain and his son Owais, who assisted him on the film, take the film to another level.

Besides the climax, there are some parts that are well done. Meenaxi, in Hyderabad, is never fully convinced about the story in Jaisalmer. She always feels that the story lacks punch. Or rather, the intimacy that she yearns for. She hints at it first and later, tries to spell it out to Nawab, who is uncomfortable with the idea.

Tension grips the scene in Jaisalmer, when Meenaxi tries to meet Kameshwar late at night. While Meenaxi tries to pull forward and meet Kameshwar, Nawab's ink does not let her get beyond the front door. Finally, Nawab wins.

Husain never really explains who his characters are. Who really is Meenaxi? She claims that she sells ittar [fragrance], though you never see her doing so. She hovers around Nawab and is adamant that he write an interesting story on her. It is never explained why.

Who is Kunal? He is a car mechanic whose dream of becoming a singer was never fulfilled and so he took to the bottle. But who is he? Husain never explains his roots except for a stray comment about his father.

The characters are just there.

Tabu is brilliant. The way she teases the two men in the film is spectacular. She is aided, of course, by Husain's knack of presenting his women beautifully, like he did to Madhuri Dixit in Gaja Gamini.

Tabu looks breathtaking. This is probably the best looking Tabu you have seen. The accent sat uncomfortably on her, so did the babyish tone she adopts in Prague.

Newcomer Kunal Kapoor is a pleasant surprise. His freshness adds appeal to his character, yet he emotes like a seasoned actor. He seems rugged, yet vulnerable, in Hyderabad; confident, yet shy, in Jaisalmer and Prague.

No wonder the actor is going places. He has signed his second film with Aamir Khan, for Rakesh Mehra's bilingual, Rang De Basanti (Paint It Yellow in English).

Raghuvir Yadav is just perfect in his role, portraying all the tension, conflict and dilemma that Nawab feels. Admittedly, it had traces of his performance in Prawaal Raman's Darna Mana Hai.

A R Rahman's score is excellent. No wonder M F Husain waited a year to get the music! Apart from Yeh rishta and Chinnamma chilakkamma, Do kadam and Noor-un-ala-noor are a treat to the ears. There are far too many songs in the film, though.

Husain seems to have incorporated all of his knowledge and experience into this film. Watch it with an open mind. This is not the usual Hindi film you are used to.

THUNDU FOR THE MOVIE??NO WAY,BUT THUNDU FOR U YES!
From: piratheepna (@ 67.65.161.88) on: Mon Apr 26 10:47:57 EDT 2004

dinesh,
whose gonna give him a thundu?he runs ard askign for thundus all the time.he must be poor paavam nattamai.pitcha edukareengala?

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