Navarasa : Fast Forward to last episode- Shringara - Gautham Menon- Suriya - Karthik (music) rocks

First go the last episode Shringara and then look for Roudhram directed by Aravind Swami. Only these two out of the 9 stories - 9 emotions that is tackled brilliantly.  Lets start with the best-

I feel that Gautham Vasudev Menon can be in his elements only if he gets the right actors. Guitar Kambi Mele Nindru, is one such .  For one Suriya works magic on screen as the musician  and the lover boy. Add to it the girl Prayaga Martin who  is just the kind of girl that a GVM film needs . The music is mind blowing. The scene where Suriya picks up the guitar to shift from Beethoven Fur Elise to a Tamil melody just leaves you stunned. The collaboration between Karthik ( also singer) and GVM elevates the film to a different level. Madan Karky lyrics is just the in thing. To those who say that the reason for break up should have been told- I think the lyrics of song that Suriya sings about their love and the time frame gives  hints. Visually we are taken back in reverse and stops just before they met for the first time.

The Roudhram episode is good in the only fact that it springs surprise on you in terms of a twist to the narration. The characterization is very weak . With a brother in jail and a mother whom she hates, the daughter becoming an police inspector is not explained anywhere. A shallow treatment.

Except for GVM who knows his terrain , and his characters well fleshed out, all others give a shallow treatment. Whether it be subjects in the backdrop of  Naxalism- Eelam conflict, or Brahman wedding the focus on the theme is lost. The guilt aspect or the fear have good starts but soon goes into a whimper. The Siddharth- Parvathy episode  start with the old man and young girl was good but soon gloss set in to take the punch out. Like GVM is to romance, Priyadarshan is to Comedy. Add to this Yogi Babu. What you get is a comedy skit !!!

False claim stalls Suriya's Soorarai Pottru ( Udaan in Amazon Prime) Hindi remake ( Update)

 2D Entertainments producers of Soorarai Pottru has issued a statement clarifying the High Court order -  We have paid Sikhya Entertainment a huge sum of 3 crores for facilitating the acquisition of the rights of the book “Simply Fly”, apart from the actual rights money and Sikkiya’s expenses that we separately paid. Therefore, there is no iota of truth in their claims made in the case filed against 2D," Rajsekar Karpoorasundarapandian said.

"They have filed a baseless case to unnecessarily cause delay and unlawfully enrich themselves. We have all the necessary records to show that we are in the right and we will defend this legally," he added . Close on the heels of Suriya announcing four film deal with Amazon, comes the news that his  Tamil starrer Soorarai Pottru remake in Hindi has been stayed by Madras High Court as co- producer Guneet Monga’s Sikhya Entertainment has cited violation of the agreement they had with 2D Entertainments owned by the actor. Sikhya was co- producer of the Tamil film based on the life of G. R. Gopinath, the founder of Simplifly Deccan, India’s first low-cost carrier. 

The reason for the company to move the Court was that 2D had without consulting it sold the rights to Abundantia Entertainment. Any remake of the said film has to be done only with both parties agreeing to it. The Hindi was to be directed by Sudha Kongara who directed the original and Akashay Kumar is tipped to reprise Suriya's role in the remake. Shahid Kapoor the first choice asked for Rs 30 cr and share in profits. Akshay charges Rs 1 cr per day and being a remake the days of shoot for him would be only less than 30.

The Tamil film angered exhibitors as it was the first major STAR film to release directly on OTT ( Amazon).  Suriya defended the decision saying - " Sometimes, people take extra time to understand. It’s only for the larger good that we have gone the OTT way. No one can compensate what the theatrical experience can give you. But, I’m thankful that we’re able to connect to fans via Amazon Prime Video."  The film's censor certificate was delayed as IAF clearance was needed due to some scenes shot in IAF airbases.

With a rating of 9.1, ‘Soorarai Pottru’ created history as the only Indian film to be listed third on IMDb’s highest rated films list only behind two legendary films – Shawshank Redemption (1994) and The Godfather (1972).