Great flops.....

Hello i just want to share something about some of the flop movies which i have watched but actually they are masterpieces. Here you go....



I remember when i was in class VII, a movie directed by mani rathnam being released in anandh theatre. There is a lot of hype about the movie as it casts the miss world in her first movie. In those days i was not allowed to go to the theatre as i wish, as my parents are worried about my studies. After a few days when i enquired about the movie with one of my neighbouring friend, she replied that the movie was one of her worst movies she had ever seen. She also said that she was not even able to understand the story line and dialogues too. Then the movie went on unnoticed. A couple of years from then i came to know that the same movie was being played in one of the television channels. With much more anxiety and being a great fan of mani rathnam i starting watching the movie. Within 15 to 20 minutes after the movie started i lost my interest in it. I remember the previous movies directed by mani rathnam Roja, Bombay. I enjoyed the tmovies a lot especially the opening gun fight scene in roja, songs, back ground score, although i do not know about all these technical divisions in the movie at that age. And i am expecting the same sort of scenes in this film too. I think this would have added to my disappointment and i have lost the interest completely in the movie and went on to play withmy friends.

Somedays later i came to know that the movie was a biography of two prominent leaders in Tamil Nadu. And later too i never got a thought of watching that movie again.

In 2007 i have come to chennai as i was placed in TCS. After staying a few days in chennai i am hearing about two prominent politicians who are very famous here. When i have done some sort of research about these politicians i again got an anxiety to watch the movie again. The movie is none other than Iruvar(Tamil) AKA Idharu in telugu. It is about the story of MGR and karunanidhi.Over the years, the way which i watch a movie has changed completly. I came to know much about the direction, screenplay, background score, cinematography etc. Finally, i watched the movie one day. To my surprise it became one of my favourite movies all time. The best thing in the movie is its screenplay. Telling a life story of two friends who are very influential in the state is a very hard job and mani rathnam has done excellent job. The music album is excellent. The director has taken care of many things to illustrate the trends in those days and historical accuracy. One such example is the introduction song of aishwarya rai ( jaya lalitha ex- tamil nadu CM character) is a song which is kind of an audition. In that song you can see the logo of GEMINI films in the shots. This was the time GEMINI films came in to start a production house. There were many examples to say.

I would like to tell you there are many movies which have gone unnoticed but well made movies. To say some examples, SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION has bombed at the box office but it stands at rank 1 in imdb.com. The movie FIGHT CLUB which has brad pitt casted in that did not print his pictures in the promotional posters as it would mislead the people for a romantic movie. But the movie is actually a psychological thriller. The movie too was a flop commercially but after a couple of years has become very famous by DVD sales. RGV's SATYA movie has to be taken out of theatres in just three days in some northern parts of India. But the movie is one of the finest films done by him. Offcourse the movie was a late hit.

So friends who enjoy watching movies i am going to list out some famous flop movies to you. Please find some time to watch them...

Telugu - IDHARU, RATHRI ( directed by RGV horror ), Okkadunnadu, Satyame shivam, Drohi( starring kamal hasan and arjun )

English -

SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION

FIGHT CLUB