Was watching "Chandramukhi" the other day..and was stuck by the changes that were made to the movie from the original mallu version, just so as to appeal to the type of audience the tamil audience are..no offence meant of course!For instance, there is the famous "Vidamatte" scene done by Shobana where, at the end of the dialogue, she lifts a double-cot bed in fury (posesses by Nagavalli) with her single hand and the scene is conveyed so powerful, albeit in a subtle way.
The same scene in Tamil version, in order to convey the power of the character, they had to have a scnene in the beginning of the movie where 4 people are shown carrying the cot and the heroine asking the hero why 4 people are required to carry a cot and the hero saying that it was a very heavy one and 2 people cannot carry it!! That way, people would be able to understand the power of Chandramukhi when she lifts the cot up with her hand!!
Another instance is when Thilakan (the famous astrologer in the movie whom the elderly folks trust more than the psychiatrist-protagonist) makes his entry and the way in which he recognizes Mohanlal. It was done in an almost natural way!Here, the parallel character had to be shown as having hatred of Rajni and then he had to be convinced of Rajani's power (seeing a "Jyothi" on his face) before he could do some research and be aware of Rajni's powers!!
And what has Jyothika done? maybe she should watch the original..but then she is going to get so depressed when she comapres her performance to Shobana's that she might just decide to quit acting!
We had started watching the movie with the mindset that its going to be a combination of the mallu movies "Manichitrathazhu" and 'Aaram thamburan".But then it turned out to be a mix of the one's above plus ..........The Anaconda, Crouching Tiger...etc!!!
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eda carrying this forward, did you notice how they showed Jyothika's eyes illuminated whenever she turned to Nagavalli. Also the scene back in time when Nagavalli's lover is beheaded. Chandramukhi is supposed to have made it to the Top 50 top grossers ever - and I mean internationally.
I think it is higly unfair comparison.
The kind of actors and actresses who did Manichitrathazhu are not only veterens in the field , but awesomely talented too : any usually the malayali audience is a much more mature and educated audience than most others.
So I guess , there would be obvious shortcomings in the 'remake'.
mridul lOvs jyotika.. fanboy!! :P
Hey nice post. And now I am happy that I decided not to watch Chadramukhi. Manichitrathazhu is one of my all time fav, show me anytime movies and I couldn't bear to see it done the tamil way!
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