After
my take on Top 10 Worst Tamil films of 2012 in the previous article, here is
the list of Top 10 best films of 2012.
Hundreds
of films are made each year but only a fraction of them stay in our hearts in
the long run. Some may be commercially successful but they wont stay in our
hearts, the typical example for this theory is Vikram’s Kandasamy. On the other
end very few films are liked by us and in our friends’circle, but they wont be
a box-office kingpin due to lack of promotions.
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10 : THAANDAVAM
CAST : Vikram, Anushka, Amy Jackson, Santhanam
MUSIC
: G. V. Prakash
DIRECTION
: A. L. Vijay
RELEASED
ON : 28th September
Vikram’s
lattest offering promised top notch cinematography and music right from the day
of announcement of the movie. Thaandavam certainly lived up to the hype, though
not entirely engaging. Scenes involving Vikram and Anushka seemed very gentle,
lovable and breezy. Presence of Amy Jackson is the one thing to question about
the characterization. Other few drawbacks’ are the lack of proper reasons for Jagapathi Babu to
betray Vikram and certainly the pace of the screenplay is bit daunting.
PROS:
Vikram
Anushka
Cinematography
Music
CONS:
Slow Narration
CAST: Ajith, Parvathy Omanakuttan, Bruna.
MUSIC:
Yuvan Shankar Raja
DIRECTION:
Chakri Toleti
RELEASED
ON: 13th July
Billa
2 is not as good as Billa 2007. Without comparing with the older version, Billa
2 is certainly a great movie with brilliant music and visuals. Ajith looked
every inch a Billa with great aura and charisma, none of the present generation
heroes can be thought of in Billa avatar. All 6 tracks from the movie showed
the level of commitment Yuvan had shown for the script. But the movie is
clearly let down by inappropriate action sequences and climax. Parvathi and
Bruna never really had a damn chance to act and their presence is easily questionable.
PROS:
Ultimately Ajith
Music
Cinematography
CONS:
Dodgy climax
Screenplay
CAST: Sasikumar, Lakshmi Menon, ‘Parotta’ Suri
MUSIC:
Raghunathan
DIRECTION:
Prabakaran
RELEASED
ON: 14th September
Sasikumar
is well known for his take on friendship and love in all his movies. But he
came out of that shell and did a great entertainer for his assistant
Prabakaran. it technically had all Sasikuar elements like Madurai, Friends,
Love etc., but the perspective in which these elements are shown made the movie
to stand and deliver at the box office. Climax is one of the best in recent
times,Lakshmi Menon is here to stay for a long run and Parotta Suri is surely
in the lines of Goundamani- Vivek- Vadivelu- Santhanam.
PROS:
Engaging storyline
Rib tickling comedies
Thrilling Climax
CONS:
Music (R R)
7. LEELAI
CAST: Shiv Pandit, Manasi Parekh, Santhanam
MUSIC:
Sathish Chakravarthy
DIRECTION:
Andrew Louis
RELEASED
ON: 27th April
One
of the best movies that went unnoticed in 2012. Manasi and Shiv were perfect for
the roles and Santhanam plays a decent hand as Manasi’s friend. Songs were
mystical especially ‘Jillendru Oru Kalavaram’ and ‘Oru kizhi’ along with superb
BGM throughout the movie. Leelai portrays the current trend in IT industries in
a brilliant, decent and lovely manner.Title may look awkward but certainly it
is not a movie to be missed.
PROS:
Manasi
Music and R R
Screenplay
CONS:
Lack of publicity
Playboyish Title
CAST: Udayanithi Stalin, Santhanam, Hanshika Motwani
MUSIC:
Harris Jeyraj
DIRECTION:
M. Rajesh
RELEASED
ON: 13th April
A perfect holiday
entertainer to say the least. What to expect from Rajesh – Santhanam duo is
well known to everyone following kollywood industry. OkOk just offered that
magic of humour along with beautiful songs. Uday looked a 10 movie old actor
and the performance from Santhanam is never in question. Hanshika without being
a glam-doll, got involved in comedy sequences and the one featuring the three
in the Kingfisher plane can easily reach the cult status in tamil cinema. The
story can easily be written in back side of a bus ticket, but the way
screenplay is made makes us clamped to the seats. Result- Hattrick for Rajesh
in the cards.
PROS:
Santhanam
Music
Screenplay
CONS:
Story
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CAST: Siddharth, Amala Paul
MUSIC:
Thaman
DIRECTION:
Balaji Mohan
RELEASED
ON: 17th February
A
clean college romance film after many years. Siddharth after boys, shines in
KSY.Amala Paul’s image makeover was carried forward perfectly and
cinematography by Nirav Shah was the best in business. Balaji Mohan’s short
film of the same title received a luke warm welcome from youngsters and that is
enough to modify the script for a full length feature film, Which too mesmerizes
with brilliant characterization and songs.
PROS:
Screenplay
Amala Paul
Siddharth
Songs
Cinematography
CONS:
Gets quite daunting after regular interaction
by Siddharth to viewers.
4. NAAN Ee
CAST: Nani, Samantha, Sudheep
MUSIC:
M. M. Keeravani
DIRECTION: S. S. Rajamouli
RELEASED
ON: 6th July
India’s best movie utilizing CG till
date, some may argue Enthiran or Ra One but both of them had brilliant CG works
but the action sequences tell the quality of CG easily. It not only had a great
CG but also a cute love story between Samantha - Nani and Samantha Nane, good
music tracks to back up, and wonderful antagonist portrayal by Sudheep. Naan EE
had already received the cult status in south india. If you imagine that Fly as
a human, then it is a regular tollywood masala. But there lies the directors
touch, which transforms the movie altogether to a different league.
PROS:
CG works
Samantha
Sudheep
CONS:
Age old revenge story
3.THUPPAKI
CAST: VIJAY, Kajal Agarwal
MUSIC: Harris Jeyraj
DIRECTION
: A. R. Murugadoss
RELEASED
ON: 13th November
Much anticipated Vijay film of the year, finally turned into a blockbuster perfection. ARM's last offering 7aam arivu generated great hype, although it had a successful run disappointment was always in question. But ARM didn't want any stones unturned other than phenomenol success in Thuppaki and it offered a trusty story,racy screenplay, fantastic visuals, smartest looking Vijay- ever and peppy music. Logic cannot be found in 9 in 10 Vijay's films but Thuppaki is that One film that made sense in every logic - No gravity defying stunts,no street smart hero taking revenge on a kingpin etc., Thuppaki is more of a honour to the Indian Army. Kajal and Jeyaram did what they can do best, Romance from Kajal and humor from Jeyaram. Satyan is having a dream run after Nanban and Harris Jeyraj's BGM was at its best after Varanam Ayiram, though some songs could have been better. Final word : Ghilli...Pokkiri...Thuppaki
PROS:
Vijay
Story and screenplay
Cinematography
CONS
None
2. NANBAN
CAST: Vijay, Jiiva, Srikkanth, Ileana, Sathyaraj
MUSIC:
Harris Jeyraj
DIRECTION: Shankar
RELEASED
ON: 12th January
Remake
of 3 idiots, multi starrer involving Vijay & Jiiva, directed by Shankar –
this is well enough to tout Nanban as a ‘Blockbuster in the making’. Vijay
really came out from his usual masala avatar and boasted a new makeover of
image, Jiiva is as usual at his humoric best, Satyaraj can really be called as
the USP of the movie and last but not the least- Satyan, portrayal of a Nerdy
Silencer is the best performance from this man till date. Harris came out with
beautiful songs and Shankar did his first remake of his carrer which
incorporates a 100% track record in success.
PROS:
Superb message
Vijay
Music
CONS:
Screenplay could have been altered atleast
fractionally from 3 Idiots
CAST: Mithun Murali, Manisha Yadav, Urmila Mahanta, Sri
MUSIC:
R. Prasanna
DIRECTION:
Balaji Shakthivel
RELEASED
ON: 4th May
Balaji
Shakthivel is wellknown for his bold take on the dark side of our society in
his previous movies – Samurai, Kaadhal & Kaloori. He did a commendable job
with vazhaku en 18/9, be it the title or the characters or the story or the
music everything boasted a fresh tone with almost maintaining perfection in
everything. Though it is based on a true story, it never compromised to give
space for regular kollywood ingredients for the sake of business. Fine movie
from the heart to say the least. Mithun Murali as a innocent youth can be seen
in every streets as so is the cunning Sri. Manisha’s expressions in the car
back from resort outing speaks off her talent. Urmila Mahanta portrayed a poor
yet stubborn girl against Mithun in earlier portions and in the other hand fighting
at her atmost ability to save Mithun from jail sentence, thereby leaving her
life in cession. It required a performance of the year to handle these sequences
and she did it with ease. Music made us travel to the glorious old days of
Ilayaraja where re recording itself speaks the story. A great film by a great
margin.
PROS:
Brilliant characterization
Engaging story
Music
CONS:Documentary feel in screenplay
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