COMPARISON OF KEERTHICHAKRA WITH OTHER MILITARY MOVIES
CMPRISON OF KRTICHAKRA WITH OTHER MLTRY MS. SCANNED SINEMA MANGALAM REVIEW KEERTHICHAKRA PAGE 13
YESTERDAY I SAW KEERTHICHAKRA . ITS GOOD MOVIE WHICH IS BEAUTIFULLY PICTURISED. MOHANLAL'S PERFORMANCE AS MAJOR MAHADEVAN IS EXCELLNT. JEEVA'S PERFORMANCE IS NOT UPTO MARK BUT HIS ACTIONS ARE IMPRESSIVE THAN ALL OTHER ACTORS IN THE MOVIE. MAJOR RVAI,( DIRECTOR) MADE A LOT OF COMPROMISE IN THE FILM FOR GLORIFYING JEEVACHARACTER, SON OF RB CHOWDRY ( PRDOUCER OF THIS FILM). THAT COMPROMISE BADLY AFFECTED THE MOVIES BEAUTY. ANOTHER EXCELLENT PERFORMANCE IN THE MOVIE IS SHAMMI THILAKAN. HIS CHARACTER HAVING ALERGY TO BLOOD IS PICTURISED VERY NICELY AND SCENE IN WHICH HE IS KILLING TERRORIST NICELY SHOOT BY DEBUTANT DIRECTOR MAJOR RAVI. I THINK ONLY A MILITARY MAN CAN CAPLE OF MAKING THIS TYPE OF MOVIE WITH THIS MUCH REALITY.
COMPARISON OF THIS MOVIE TO OTHER MILITARY MOVIES AND DRAWBACKS OF THIS MOVIE
I READ SOME OF THE HARD CORE MOHANLAL FANS COMMENTS ON THIS FORUM STATING THAT KEERTHISCHAKRA IS BETTER THAN NAAIRSAAB BECUSE ALMOST CHARACTERS IN NAAORSAAB IS MALAYALEES AND MOST OF THE TIME THEY ARE SPEAKING MALAYALAM. BEFORE STATING THAT TYPE OF COMMENTS THEY HAVE TO REALISE THE FACT THAT NAAIR SAAB SHOOTED IN 1988 & 1989 AND RELEASED IN 1989.THAT MEANS 16 YEARS BEFORE , AT THAT TAMILA ND HINDI CINEMA IS NOT THAT MUCH POPULATR AMONG PUBLICS, SO ITS VERY DIFFICULT FOR PUBLIC TO UNDERSTAND THE LANGUAGE . ALSO IF THEY WRITE MALAYALAM IN THE SCREEN, UNEDUCATED PEOPLE CANNOT READ ( NOW LITERACY RATE CHANGED.)ALSO NOW A DAYS TAMIL AND HINDI MOVIES POPULAR AMONG COMMON MAN IN KERELAA. SO IT IS EASY TO UNDERSTAND NOW A DAYS.
AND MY QUESTION TO MOHANLAL FANS WHY LIKE THAT OF NAAIR SAAB ALSMOST ALL TOP OFFICIALS IN KEERTHICHAKRA ALSO MALAYALEES. LIKE SAIKUMAR, SPADIKAM GEORGE. AND SANSUSHA'S CHARCTER WHO IS KASHMIRI IS SPEAKING MALAYALAM FLUENTLY. IT S MENTIONING IN THE FILM THAT BY COCHIN HANEEFA THAT HE IS PERSON WHO TAUGHT MALAYALAM TO SANEESHA. EVENTHOUGH IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO BELIEVE A KASHMIRI IS SPEAKING MALAYALAM THIS MUCH FLUENTLY. ONE MORE QUESTION NORMLAY PUNJABI'S ARE MAJORITY IN MILITARY. BUT WE CANNOT SINGLE PUNJABI IN KEERTHICHAKRA. SO MOHANLAL FANS PLEASE AVOID CRITICISING NAAIR SAAB.
CHARCTERS COMPARISON
I THINK MAJOR RAVI COPIED MOHANLAL'S CHARACTER MAJOR MAHADEVAN FROM HINDI FILM BORDER THAT OF SUNNY DEOL. IN THAT MOVIE SUNNY'S FATHER IN LAW TRYING TO TRANSFER SUNNY TO ANOTHER PLACE TO AVOID RISK OF BEING AT WAR. SAME SCENE IS REPEATING KEERTHICHAKRA ALSO. ONLY DIFFERNCE IS SUNNY'S WIFE TABU IS NOT DYING IN BORDER WHERE AS MOHANLAL'S WIFE IS MURDERED IN THIS MOVIE
SHAMMI THILAKAN'S CHARACTER ALSO COPIED FROM JP DUTTA'S HINDI FILM BORDER THAT OF AKSHAY KHANNA. IN THAT MOVIE SOME SCENES FIRST 30 MINUTES SHOWING THE FEAR OF AKSHAY IN KILLING TERRORISTS. AND SUNNY IS CHANGING HIS ATTITUDE SAME ALSO HAPPENING IN KEERTHICHAKRA ALSO. MOHANLAL,S CHARACTER CHANGING SHAMMI THILKAN'S ATTITUDE
THE SCENE IN WHICH MAJOR MAHADEVAN AND HIS TEAM KILLING TERRORIST USING MIRROR IS COPIED FROM ENGLISH MOVIE , SAVING THE PRIVATE RYAN
BUT MAJOR RAVI IS FAILED TO PICTURISE THE BEAUTY OF KASHMEER. IF WE COMPARE KEERTHICHAKRA TO OTHER MOVIES LIKE THUSARAM AND NAAIR SAAB , TECHNICALY KEERTHICHAKRA IS NUMBER ONE BUT WE HAVE TO CONSIDER THE YEAR IN WHICH OTHER FILMS SHOOTING IS FINSHED. NAAIRSAAB AND THUSARAM IS SHOOTED IN TENSED SITUATION.NOW CONDITION IS BETTER. IF WE CONSIDER ON ENTERTAINMENT BASIS NAAIR SAAB AND THUSARAM IS FAR BETTER THAN KEERTHICHAKRA. HINDI SONG IN KEERTHICHAKRA IS VERY GOOD BUT ITS PICTURISATION IS NOT UPTO EXPECTATION
EVENTHOUGH AFTER WATCHING MOHANLAL'S ACTING SOME VIEWERS IN THE THEATRES ARE MURMERING THAT MAMMOOTY IS MORE SUITABLE FOR MAJOR MAADEVAN'S CHARACTER DUE TO HIS BODY STRUCTRE AND DUE TO HIS BRILLIANT ACTING IN PREVIOUS MILITARY MOVIE AS ARMY OFFICER (ONLY HIS MILITARY MOVIE PATTALAM FAILED IN BOX OFFICE)
ANOTHER DRAW BACK OF KEERTHICHAKRA IS SOME CHARACTERS IN THE FIRST HALF IS MISSING IN THE SECOND HALF FOR EG TAMIL COMEDY ACTOR IN MILITARY
ON THE WHOLE. KEERTHICHAKRA IS GOOD WATCHABLE MOVIE
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