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Appreciating That Loveable Paranoid Schizophrenia: NANDHU

Topic started by non_schizo_paranoid (@ 202.88.152.159) on Thu Dec 6 05:27:11 EST 2001.
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OK. Now its been three times that i have seen the movie (don't look at me as if i were mad myself, i am not). IMHO, KAMAL has captured to stunning perfection what a PARANOID SCHIZOPHRENIA looks, acts & behaves like, of course with a tiny bit of cinematic exaggeration which is very much pardonable. Are there any soul out here who liked the movie? (By the way, SHANKAR-ESAAN-LOY have done perfect justice when it comes to music)..IMHO....KAMAL FANS (like me), anyone out there?

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• From: non_schizo_paranoid (@ 202.88.152.159) on: Thu Dec 6 06:39:28 EST 2001
  
  As far as subtleness in potraying the character is concerened, there are atleast 10 occasions in the film where you might see NANDHU (Schizo Paranoid)doing something irrelevant, but all are minute and calculated potrayal of the disorder that KAMAL has taken pain to learn. For instance, Schizo paranoids (in more than 50% cases) tend to loose focus in what they intially take up to do. This explains the sudden mind change in the climax.
  
  
• From: pardhu (@ 202.54.26.125) on: Thu Dec 6 06:40:06 EST 2001
  
  Yeah, ABHAY is a great venture. Kamal's excelled in portraying
  the psychopath's character obviously. Whatever SHANAKAR has
  given to the music of ABHAY is very good. The first song, KOYAL SE MILEE
  is simply heart-touching. The weary theme and Zingoria are also
  commendable. But I feel something is missing. he should have two more catchy numbers for an undoubted success of the
  audio as he gave for DIL CHAAHTHAA HAI.
  Anyway, good job by everybody , but surely not the best.
  
  
• From: non_schizo_paranoid (@ 202.88.152.159) on: Thu Dec 6 06:48:25 EST 2001
  
  
  >>//**Yeah, ABHAY is a great venture. Kamal's excelled in portraying the psychopath's character obviously.**//>>
  
  Ahh, at last..someone does seem to appreciate the stunning effort put forth by all the technicians in the movies.(including SHANKAR ESAAN LOY)
  
  
• From: non_schizo_paranoid (@ 202.88.152.159) on: Thu Dec 6 06:51:14 EST 2001
  
  :-)OOPS, TYPO..last sentence should read "movie" and not "movies"...anyways, the film did have the level of effort that can be easily distributed to ten other "RUN OF THE MILL" stuffs. (i mean, with the effort that has gone into ABHAY/ALAVANDHAAN, ten mediocre movies could have been made).So plural might be justified :-)
  
  
• From: Kumar (@ 139.85.222.72) on: Mon Dec 10 19:03:08 EST 2001
  
  I liked the movie too... but I felt maybe kamal
  spent too much time in explaining the physco
  attitude of nandhu.. but I guess this kindof
  attitude is not easily understood to the indian
  audicne and so he spent extra time in explaining
  it.. but I think the common man is not going to
  understand his expensive ways of story telling..
  I like such complicated movies and stories, so I
  liked this.. but the comments which i heard from
  my fellow movie watchers in the theatres were
  not so encouraging.. some just stood staring
  trying to think whether they liked the movie or
  not.. !!!
  
  :-)
  
  
• From: non_schizo_paranoid (@ 202.88.152.159) on: Tue Dec 11 02:00:41 EST 2001
  
  Kumar...a point to note here...many people ask why the cartoon sequence were lengthy? That is because when paranoid schizophrenics go into their dream lands (when they have visions or hear people talking), time and space does not exist...That is why that "shoping mall" scene too was very lengthy...
  
  
• From: non_schizo_paranoid (@ 202.88.152.159) on: Tue Dec 11 02:28:14 EST 2001
  
  he just wanted to show how "their" (schizo paranoids) world looks like.
  
  
• From: Pras (@ 193.56.241.19) on: Tue Dec 11 03:27:29 EST 2001
  
  Kamal is simply superb in the role of Nandhu ! A gret movie, and a new dimension in the cinema field ...
  
  
• From: non_schizo_paranoid (@ 202.88.152.159) on: Tue Dec 11 04:03:20 EST 2001
  
  yes pras...they say schizo paranoids find smells that are not there in air. Did u notice a small dialogue between NANDHU KAMAL and MANISHA, where he says,"i can smell her (RAVEENA) here. Damn it, somehow she has escaped. Where is she?"
  
  How many will relate & understand such extreme levels of effort that KAMAL has put in?
  
  
• From: ec (@ 141.14.139.162) on: Tue Dec 11 05:07:26 EST 2001
  
  Hi, I am not a kamal fan. Infact I criticised him several time for over acting. Many times I felt I see kamal in the roles he played. But in Nandhu I could see only the poor child, within a demon. Kamal has done that role excellant. It is true that many people will dislike the movie and guess the team also would have expected this. So I appreciate kamal and the team for taking the risk and making it a wonder.
  
  
• From: non_schizo_paranoid (@ 202.88.152.159) on: Tue Dec 11 07:15:09 EST 2001
  
  ..//",,only the poor child, within a demon..."//..
  
  ec...perfect words man...in fact that summarizes the character precisely...just a poor battered child that feels everyone out there is planning some conspiracy against him...In fact, vairamuthu could have even written,"kuzhandhai paadhi saathaan paadhi, kalandhu saitha kavithai naan..."
  
  
• From: sedhu (@ 161.142.100.86) on: Fri Dec 14 03:41:04 EST 2001
  
  After watching the movie for the first time, I gathered some info on paranoid schizophrenia, just to see to what length Kamal has gone to portray the role. The answer : Brilliant !! He has done cinematic and medical justice to the role. Kudos Kamal for your tireless journey in your quest for quality. We, your great fans, will support you all the way. We are feverishly waiting for more........
  
  
• From: non_schizo_paranoid (@ 202.88.152.159) on: Fri Dec 14 04:13:06 EST 2001
  
  ah sedhu..some good words to say to a man who has put in so much of effort into immaculate potrayal of a schizo paranoid...In this context, i wud also like to state that had the distributors of the film put up a small notice ( on what a schizo paranoid behaves like), people would have appreciated the movie a lot better...(like for hollywood movies like JURASSIC PARK, there were detailed storylines which explained how pre-historic animals were re-created from the fossil remains of a mosquito)...Had they done this small work, people (common man) wud understand the finer nuances & intricate details that have been taken care of in the movie ALAVANDHAN...I guess it is high time Indian movie viewers grew up from mudane 'run of the mill' stuffs...
  
  
• From: vch (@ 61.1.208.203) on: Fri Dec 14 04:29:39 EST 2001
  
  kamal is a remarkable genius.
  
  
• From: non_schizo_paranoid (@ 202.88.152.159) on: Fri Dec 14 04:44:54 EST 2001
  
  dear vch....we all know he is a remarkable genius indeed...he has proved it once again in ALAVANDHAAN...for the interest of those who are yet to watch the movie, here is a description (taken from a website) on "paranoid schizophrenia", a mental disturbance disorder. This has been brilliantly captured by KAMAL in the character NANDHU...here goes the definition...
  
  QUOTE:
  
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  Paranoid Schizophrenia (our NANDHU KAMAL)
  
  This is the commonest type of schizophrenia in most parts of the world. The clinical picture is dominated by relatively stable, often paranoid, delusions, usually accompanied by hallucinations, particularly of the auditory variety, and perceptual disturbances.
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  UNQUOTE
  
  In fact, seen in the light of this definition of the disorder, every single scene in the movie ALAVANDHAAN seems relevant and you understand the effort by KAMAL better...TOP CLASS performance.
  
  

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