elaboration went on to become a movie. I
went ahead and watched the movie and within
first 30 minutes I realized I have either
heard or something similar to this. Went
to Wikipedia, movie sites and bang there
comes a movie - "JUDGEMENT NIGHT"
by Steve Hopkins. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judgment_Night_(film)
This basic movie plot, ideas and several
scenes were a direct DVD pick from here.
There is nothing wrong is making an Indian
version of a Hollywood or any international
movie... Maniratnam took the entire idea
of Ayudha Yezhuthu from Amores Perros and
there are so many such examples. The team
can openly say that it was inspired rather
than claiming to be a *original* path breaking
idea. Everybody is praising Venkat Prabhu
for pushing Tamil cinema into new stage
with the plot and narration. Today, the
Tamil movies are being watched across the
sea in many continents. People are aware
and can clearly differentiate between the
original and an inspired or remake film.
So the directors can clearly say, "I
was completely blown by this international
movie and I am trying to do an Indian version,"
I am sure things will improve. To start
with Chennai-28 was an original script and
it had every element of excitement, narration
and fun. With the days of many original
ideas like Anjathey, Subramaniyapuram, Guru,
Veyil, Paruthi Veeran etc., Tamil cinema
is moving to a different genre and these
directors are taking it to places. I am
sure Venkat Prabhu, as a director, now has
the expectation and is emerging into top
directors of Tamil cinema...
Wish him all luck for next movie. FYI,
I thoroughly enjoyed Saroja.
Regards,
Sri.
vijsrini.s@rediffmail.com
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