Can this 'Vallavan' hit the bull's eye again?

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When 'Manmadhan' won the race finally, due to its story content, I thought this guy is upto something in his subsequent movies. (inspite of his earlier continuous flops like Kathal Azhivathilai, Dham, Alai, Koil, Kuthu etc.,). He didn't cross his limit in 'Manmadhan' and didn't play the larger-than-life role, which allowed him to hit the bull's eye. May be, it was the screenplay which helped him to achieve it.

At this juncture, it became obvious that he has got tired of shunning the director role for so long. Now as everybody is aware, he is given the megaphone for the new movie 'Vallavan', in which he pairs with Nayantara, Sandhya & Reema Sen. The twist is coming now ....

In addition to taking charge of the direction, story, screenplay, he has taken up 4 roles in the movie. (given an interview in the latest Vikatan). As per the interview, he is doing roles of a school student, a college student, an unemployed youth and another mysterious one (unrevealed). He has also assured that all the 3 heroines hv good roles in the script (!!!).

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I am posting the main content of the interview (in tamil), which compelled me to write this post.

Vikatan: "என்ன திடுதிப்னு டைரக்டராகிட்டீங்க?"

Simbu: "நான் 'மன்மதன்'லயே பாதி டைரக்டரா தானே இருந்தேன். இப்ப முழுவீச்சில் டைரக்டரா வந்துட்டேன். சிம்பு என்கிற நடிகனை நிரூபிப்பதற்கு தான் நான் டைரக்டராகிறேன். நான் ஹீரோவா நடிக்க வந்ததும் பண்ணின முதல் மூணு நாலு படங்கள் பெரிசாப் போகலை. எனக்கு இருபது வருஷமா சினிமா தெரியும். நான் கருவிலேயே 'ஆக்க்ஷன் - கட்' கேட்டு வளர்ந்தவன்.....



.......'நியூ' படத்தில் வர்ற SJ.சூர்யா உருவத்தில் சின்னப் பையனா, ஆனா மனசளவில் பெரிய ஆளா இருப்பாரே....அது அப்படியே எனக்குப் பொருந்தும். பிஞ்சிலேயே பழுத்தவன் சார் நான்! 'தலைக்கனத்தில் ஆடறான், ஓவரா பேசறான்'னு என்ன வேணா சொல்லிட்டுப் போங்க. எல்லா விஷயத்திலேயும் நான் பத்து வருஷம் advance maturityயோட தான் இருக்கேன். அதான் உண்மை...."



Eventhough, I could appreciate his confidence level in taking up challenges, I didn't like personally the way he delivered the message - I mean, the arrogance. Except Kamalhaasan, who delivers his messages confidently, I hv not seen any young actors talk this way in the recent past. This made me little to analyse the guys who did it earlier in the big screen (3 roles & more).

Only Sivaji & Kamal had scored here for their roles in {Navarathiri, Theiva Magan, Thirisoolam...any more??} & {Michael Madana Kama Rajan}. Satyraj failed to entice the mass miserably, with his 3 roles in 'Villathi Villain'. Ajith is yet to prove, as to whether he can succeed in his 3 roles, in his upcoming 'Godfather'.

Eventhough, few other movies had come out with the actors taking away paychecks for 3 roles, like Kamal in 'Apoorva Sagotharargal ' (his own production), Rajini in 'Moondru Mugam', all the 3 characters didn't feature in the story at the same time.

Now, we need to wait & see if Simbu can really deliver what he is talking. Can he double the success result of 'Manmadhan' in 'Vallavan' also, as he had doubled the no. of characters? A big question mark, to be answered by Simbu...(so called 'Great Simbu' as self-proclaimed by him !!!!)

BTW.. he intends to compose music also for his future movies, like his dad. Hope he plays within a limit while taking up so many roles, which was not followed by his dad TR since the target audience of those years were different from the current scenario.

Read my previous posts as well, relating to the above post (if you hv not read them before)
Dual Role - Is it simply for double pay check?
Manmadha graph ^^^^^^^