Good Movie. Everybody acted good in the movie. Songs and BGM in the movie were good. The movie did not lagged a lot. The movie somewhat lagged a lot at some scenes in 1st half. This movie is one of the Best Movie of Kamal Haasan. Good Movie.
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Karan & Nagesh justify their roles
chandru-maveric14 September 2009
Karan as the villain or impudent college guy irritates that you feel like hitting him. Thats where he scores as the real baddie. In the encounters between Karan and Kamal, Karan scores more than Kamal. No wonder why Karan can bag good roles today.
Nagesh at his best with comedy as well as his solo dance mourning over the death of his daughter. Kamal as the College Professor fits in perfectly. Gautahami and Srividhya as usual do their role as a piece of cake. A little exaggeration on the how the college is run by the baddies. Mahesh as the music director scores in "Sorgam Enbathu" & "Poonkuil Paadinal" Song. Good movie. Worth a watch.
Nagesh at his best with comedy as well as his solo dance mourning over the death of his daughter. Kamal as the College Professor fits in perfectly. Gautahami and Srividhya as usual do their role as a piece of cake. A little exaggeration on the how the college is run by the baddies. Mahesh as the music director scores in "Sorgam Enbathu" & "Poonkuil Paadinal" Song. Good movie. Worth a watch.
A masterful movie
rajvignesh-6014013 November 2022
Warning: Spoilers
This is some movie with intent and how the students behaving a good life lesson for all the students. A fine travel with pc selvam . Kamala oh man he is a gift to tamil cinema his timming story and screenplay and of course the acting is world class. An osm performance. Gauthami oh boy i just fell for her the chemistry between her and kamal is surreal and so good. If I was in 90s at a teenage and i am sure will be a fan of gauthami, her performance was soo good. She was so beautiful. There r many other characters who did their roles to perfect. This is the universe of master who was inspired by loki. Nagesh, there was one scene which i was in literall tears that how the intense nagesh was in that scene i was mindblowing. How do we forget to celebrate this master piece. Overall an osm movie. Could have removed some commercial elements like songs which was lagging , it was a small minus. Pls do watch in youtube.
Good movie
rums_fun4 June 2004
I would recommend this movie to all Kamal fans. This movie certainly is a good watch.
The performances of Kamal, Gautami and Nagesh are simply superb. Kamal comes as a young professor who wants to make a difference and deliver a moral message to his students. The film gives a good picture of the problems faced by today's students.Kamal's character "Selvam" is certainly the dream-professor of any college student(including myself). His cool attitude and straight-forward talk is admirable.The professor himself battling a deadly disease wants to lead a meaningful life, though short and strives to put some sense into everyone he meets. The music is OK. I wouldn't call it the best movie of Kamal, but You can watch it just for the character "Selvam".
The performances of Kamal, Gautami and Nagesh are simply superb. Kamal comes as a young professor who wants to make a difference and deliver a moral message to his students. The film gives a good picture of the problems faced by today's students.Kamal's character "Selvam" is certainly the dream-professor of any college student(including myself). His cool attitude and straight-forward talk is admirable.The professor himself battling a deadly disease wants to lead a meaningful life, though short and strives to put some sense into everyone he meets. The music is OK. I wouldn't call it the best movie of Kamal, but You can watch it just for the character "Selvam".
If you don't see this film....it's a huge loss for yourself.
nickraman8 March 2009
Warning: Spoilers
I don't where to start. From Kamal sir to direction to acting to story to performances. I'm speechless as your's truly writes this down.
Story: When Nirmala (Choreographer Brindha) wins the college election over college rowdy Karan, son of the influential Velusamy, a civil war erupts. Once a young history professor, Dr. Selvam (Kamal Haasan) enters the fray, big changes happen around the college. From segregation of males and females to life lessons, Selvam teaches everyone in his own unique matter. But the rowdy Karan isn't happy with his teachings and tries several ways to sabotage his life. At the same time, a undisclosed secret of Dr. Selvam is reluctantly kept for the sake of others.
You know what? Even after viewing this wonderful movie of Kamal sir's, I feel like a lot of the elements was later re-told in Anbe Sivam. Like Anbe Sivam (2003), I felt that Kamal sir ghost-directed the film and I think it was a brilliant job. Even idiots like Rajnikanth, Vijaykanth, Vijay, etc should learn from acting and making movies like this. But (they) still continue to show rather than act, which is rather displeasing and useless.
Watch it for Kamal and everyone else, Nagesh sir (Rest in Peace), Gauthami, Santhana Bharthi, and others.
Story: When Nirmala (Choreographer Brindha) wins the college election over college rowdy Karan, son of the influential Velusamy, a civil war erupts. Once a young history professor, Dr. Selvam (Kamal Haasan) enters the fray, big changes happen around the college. From segregation of males and females to life lessons, Selvam teaches everyone in his own unique matter. But the rowdy Karan isn't happy with his teachings and tries several ways to sabotage his life. At the same time, a undisclosed secret of Dr. Selvam is reluctantly kept for the sake of others.
You know what? Even after viewing this wonderful movie of Kamal sir's, I feel like a lot of the elements was later re-told in Anbe Sivam. Like Anbe Sivam (2003), I felt that Kamal sir ghost-directed the film and I think it was a brilliant job. Even idiots like Rajnikanth, Vijaykanth, Vijay, etc should learn from acting and making movies like this. But (they) still continue to show rather than act, which is rather displeasing and useless.
Watch it for Kamal and everyone else, Nagesh sir (Rest in Peace), Gauthami, Santhana Bharthi, and others.
ANOTHER CLASSIC
sunilaas17 August 2020
Awesome movie!! Kamal sir shining in every scene,characterization is perfect in this movie...gowthami,Karan,nagesh (national award winner for this character) ,Sri vidya,brinda master.. everyone perfect.. especially nagesh sir awesome performance and karan...Karan is a step over in karan & Kamal combo scenes... finally Worth watch..
Lousy film
sksanjaykumar-6994118 May 2022
Nammavar is like a documentary. On top of it, you have kamal hamming all the way through. It requires lot of patience to sit thro; this film. NO wonder, it was a huge flop at the box office.
Nagesh is the only saving grace of this film. Music is ordinary. There were reports that kamal ghost directed the movie since the director Sethumadhavan & the producer had some differences.
Kamal himself said later that this movie was "6 months waste of time" while reviewing his movies in the tamil mag "Bommai".
Nagesh is the only saving grace of this film. Music is ordinary. There were reports that kamal ghost directed the movie since the director Sethumadhavan & the producer had some differences.
Kamal himself said later that this movie was "6 months waste of time" while reviewing his movies in the tamil mag "Bommai".
Kamal at his unbearable worst
chembai11 January 2002
This is the kind of film Kamal should have steered clear of, but instead he revels in it. Simply unbearable as the smart-alec professor, Kamal's character is in terrible cliche mode right from the word go. Gautami is sweet, as always, perhaps one reason you should sit through. Music by Mahesh sucks.
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