Changes between Initial Version and Version 1 of Kadhalan

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Jul 3, 2012, 4:36:20 PM (12 years ago)

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Trupti

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+'''Kadhalan'''
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+1994 168’ col/scope Tamil
+d/s/co-lyr Shankar pc A.R.S. Films
+p K.T. Kunjumon dial Balakumaran
+lyr Vairamuthu, Vali c Jeeva m A.R. Rehman
+lp Prabhu Deva, Naghma, Girish Karnad,
+Vadivelu, Raghuvaran, S.P. Balasubramanyam
+
+
+Tamil megahit and trendsetter continuing the
+90s phenomenon of big budget musicals,
+associated mainly with composer Rehman,
+reaching an audience far exceeding the
+traditional scope of ‘regional’ cinemas. The film
+established the breakdancing Prabhu Deva,
+known until then mainly as a choreographer
+(e.g. the Rukmini song in Roja, 1992). He
+plays Prabhu, the son of a policeman
+(Balasubramanyam) and a student leader who
+falls in love with Shruti (Naghma), daughter of
+Kakarla Satyanarayana, the corrupt Governor
+of Tamil Nadu (Karnad). The reference is
+evidently to Tamil Nadu’s controversial
+governor M. Chenna Reddy, who had a public
+feud with the state Chief Minister Jayalalitha
+(to whom the film is dedicated). The love story
+develops alongside the Governor’s nefarious
+plans to bomb various public places. From the
+opening number, ‘Take it easy Urvashi’, set
+partly in an illuminated glass vehicle, the film
+announces its ‘postmodern’ intentions using
+computer-aided animation and elaborate
+special effects as well as costumed dance
+numbers, all of which set the stage for
+numerous comments on contemporary politics
+and the new mass culture. The heroine,
+resembling sketches from a book on traditional
+norms of Indian beauty, falls out with her
+beloved when his breakdancing comes into
+conflict with her devotion to the Bharat Natyam
+dance form. During their motor-cycle escapade
+to the temple town of Chidambaram, they foil
+the Governor’s plan to bomb the place, after
+which the hero is incarcerated and tortured by
+a female cop. His release triggers a wild west
+dance number and the film’s megahit, Mukkala
+muqabala. The film makes several references
+to earlier Tamil hits (e.g. to the Roja star
+Aravind Swamy) and Prabhu on one occasion
+pretends to be N.T. Rama Rao (leading to an
+extract from the latter’s Lavakusa, 1963).
+
+[[Film]]