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Masala Entertainer with some excellent scenes
Sep 04, 2004 12:51 AM 8700 Views

This year saw the fight for stardom in Kollywood with almost all the younger generation stars giving a hit or a dud. We had Gemini for Vikram, Youth for Vijay etc. Madhavan was waiting patiently for a hit and Run may deliver him a much needed hit. Directed by Lingusamy and produced by Surya Movies, Run is an all out entertainer with no room for logic or messages.


The movie starts with the best song Theradi Veediyil which is picturised in a better manner than other songs. Madhavan gets a seat in a unknown college for an unknown degree but when he lands up in Chennai he meets his dream girl Meera Jasmine. Maddy lives with his sister Anu Hasan who has done a terrific job with Raghuvaran who happens to be her husband. Maddy starts following Meera all the way till he gets bashed up by her brother Atul Kulkarni who is supposed to be the most feared goon in town. Rajya Sree plays the wife of Atul and she is wasted. In between we have another song.


All this time Maddy is like Karthick in Alaipayuthey but in a subway scene he decides enough is enough and becomes the real action hero. Fresh stunt direction by Peter Hain has really helped Maddy. He appears to be in ease and it is up to his fans to accept him as an action hero. After the interval the movie loses direction and the climax is a bloody mess with logic no where to be found. During the second half Meera Jasmine gets some scope for acting and she does it with ease and Raghuvaran comes good. Some interesting scenes follow and Lingusamy has proved again that a good screenplay can make a ordinary story, extra-ordinary. After some dhishum dhishum Maddy gets Meera Jasmine with her brother's approval. Hey can anyone say why in the whole blue world, we have a guy scaring Maddy at the college and what happens to him after the bashing by Atul's gang.


Maddy has given a stellar performance in all the departments except dancing, which still he has to improve but Raju Sundaram has to be patted for the first song and for making Maddy dance a bit rather jump. Jeeva silently rules the entire movie and it is better that he stays with Photography where he is better. Background score is average with some excellent bit songs during the first half , Vidyasagar's songs are a treat to watch in the screen especially Minsaram Enmethu, Theradi and Icchutha. Other songs could have been done in a better way.


Finally Vivek has done a separate comedy track rather than sticking with the hero. He is wonderful at times and awful at times. Lingusamy could have worked a bit more in the songs and in the climax but still Run is a good effort by him and it is sure to be a hit.


APPLAUSE : Maddy, Stunts, Music , Camera and Screenplay


AHEM! : Not Much.


VERDICT : Masala Entertainer with some excellent scenes, aka Gemini and may be a better hit than Gemini.


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Total time pass flick
Dec 17, 2002 11:14 PM 8196 Views

RUN-The recent tamil Madhavan starrer was named as the only hit tamil movie of year..so I decided to rent the movie to see what made the movie that special..it is a typical Tamil(indian) movie about a boy meeting girl,falling in love with her,finds her brother as a major hinder and in the end all ends well..


STORY


Madhavan comes from a small town to chennai to pursue higher education..on his first very day in the city he meets this beautiful girl priya and he falls in love with her instantly..he stays in his sisters house and his relationship with his brother in law is not all that cordial as he does not like his looks..funny isn't it??well a few more meetings with the girl and she also falls in love with ever smiling Madhavan..but she is scared of her big bro who is a major criminal in the city..so from here starts the cat and mouse story,where the hero pursues the heroine and her bro pursuing the hero..the comedy sequences by vivek are extremely hilarious though a bit irritating at times..


ONSCREEN ACTING


as far as the acting goes the movie gets full marks..everyone have performed extremely well .Madhavan plays his role as a college going boy perfectly.he has such a charming face that no one can hate him.and wonderful fighting sequences by him has stunned the audience as he was considered as actor who could do only romantic roles..raghuvaran has played his role as his brother in law efficiently..meera jasmine still has long ways to go though her acting is not bad for a first timer in cinema.neverthless a good effort.vivek has done well but if you have watched him other movies you get a bit bored.


But Atul kulkarni takes the cake as the heroine's brother.acting in a movie whose language you do not know is very dificult to say the least.but he has made it look so easy.a great actor in the making.


BEHIND THE SCREEN


the movie was directed by linguswamy who has a done wonderful job for a debutant.he transformed a ordinary script into a sort of a nice package of action-love story.he has got the best out of all the actors ..the music is not all that bad but neither is it great.none of the tunes are catchy.perhaps you may not remember them after coming out of the theatre.


on the whole if you have three hours tokill without any job go rent this movie..take it from me from a person who is extremely critical about love stories.it cannot be termed as a great movie but it is 'total time pass' and as you call it 'paisa vasool'..happy viewing.


reavanMouthShut Verified Member
Coimbatore India
Just = Jackpot
Dec 14, 2002 05:03 PM 7827 Views

When the woods in India are amidst the woods in a quest to find that one formula that would impress the diverse Indian Audience,RUN runs away with that audience without trying a thing new.The film is the regular three hour movie with the songs,comics,fights and all that masala and since it is in the right mix,it has found favour from the audience.


The story is nothing new.The same story of two lovers who meet one day and fall in love the next day, find their love beautiful the day next,then the heroine's brother finds them the other day and they RUN from pillar to post to save the wrath and finally the love in them sees the better of all difficulties.


The story has Madhavan and Meera Jasmine in the lead pair and both of them go well with the young audiences.Meera Jasmine has shown sparks of a good future, and Madhavan surprises everyone with his action sequences.Perfomance wise Raghuvaran plays his charecter with much ease.Though you yearn that the charecter should have been more potent,Raghuvaran makes the charecter more powerful.For the versatile Vijayan,he could have had a better comeback,but does his role neatly.Atul Kulkarni does a wonderful job as well, and full marks to his dubbing artist.Anu Hassan,Rajshree and a host of others are also in the cast.Vivek who gathered more applause than the hero Madhavan should have done a more fulfilling job.Though the stereotype irritates you at times,it helps the story move ahead with liveliness.


It was the crew rather than the cast that had performed admirably in the film.Jeeva leaves no stone unturned in his cinematography.As for Vidyasagar,it is one of his milestones.The songs which were an instant hit were one of the decisive factors that made the film.The duo of Jeeva and Vidyasagar,who are underrated in the industry have stamped their authority all over the film, the highlight being the ''Minsaraam'' song.The dance troupe of Raju Sundaram capitalise wonderfully on the foot tapping music and have made the songs visually appeasing.


The surprise packet in the whole film was director Linguswami,whose debut film Anandham potrayed him as a director of family subjects.Frankly speaking no one would have expected him to be this versatile in filmmaking


So there is nothing for the critic to lash upon.In the same vein,there is nothing for the fan to boast about.It is just and therefore the justice is on its favour.And unexpectedly it won the jackpot


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RUN - SWEET ENTERTAINER
Nov 06, 2002 01:52 PM 12891 Views

“Hysteria behind Movies…”


You must be thinking Asyis is on a Tamil Movie watching spree. Yeah, that’s true, because since last 6mths, have been staying in the Coimbatore and now spending time in Chennai.


One thing is really true that, people down south are really crazy about movies and their stars. I was in Chennai for a few days, and a friend of mine advised me to watch Run. I instantly asked him, is it yet another Ram Gopal Varma movie, he laughed and said no, its not a RGM movie. Hence at, 3.00, I landed at the Sathayam Theatre (Same theatre were I saw Triple XXX (Don’t have bad ideas….Its a Vin Diesel Movie) at Chennai. As usual like most Tamil movies, there was heavy crowd in spite of the movie in its 50th Day.


Though, I am a bit ignorant about Tamil movies but my parents always insisting that Tamil movies are superior in story line and script. But for me, I don’t care whether it is superior story line or script, for me the 3hrs should be total entertainer.


After the hysteria of watching Baba in theatre, I was really keen for the response they give, other stars apart from Rajnikanth. Hence, started my 3 hrs saga of sitting in a full crowded theatre for an another RUN of watching a Tamil Timepass movie.


RUN…


The screen goes of after loads of Sari advertisements (Man so many sareee and jewellery shops ads) and there is a huge cheer from a major section of crowd full of College girls and guys cheering for Madhavan as he flashes into the screen running and people behind him, hence begins RUN…


Run, starring, Hritik of South, Madhavan and Meera Jasmine is a total Romantic, Action & Comedy movie, directed by Linguswamy. As I mentioned earlier, the movie starts with Madhavan and people running behind for a song sequence in a village where he stays with his mother and a 2min (Because this is the first and last we see his father…No!! No!! He doesn’t die) Strict father. Our hero gets an admission in a College in Chennai for a degree (Who cares for what degree), and lands in the city, were he is going stay with his sister (Anu Hassan) and (Raghuvaran) brother-n-law. Though he doesn’t speak to his brother-in-law for a strange reason, as he doesn’t like his face. It’s been more of a comic relationship between these two and it’s really funny at times. But Chennai doesn’t land our Maddy a degree but a beautiful girl Meera. Hence, starts his funny run chase behind Meera and very funny situations behind it. But Meera avoids Maddy because she has a Big Bad Brother (Atul Kulkarni..Chandni Bar fame…) who cuts the hands of guys who gives her sister a love letter.


This fear of her brother makes Meera avoid Maddy. But as every Indian movie, our Hero bashes Big Brother’s goons and then starts a Run chase between our Hero and Meera’s bro’s Goons.


As most of the Indian movie, the picture ends finally after a long brawl maddy gets his love.


Verdict…


Hence, this movie is a regular story about a Boy, meets girl and the girl has a big bad brother. But the movie sets apart on many counts and must watch because…




  1. Amazing Comic timing of Madhavan, especially when he enters the lady’s Compartment and the lady’s start shouting, he immediately says.. ”You all are wearing jeans hence thought it as a Gents Compartment”




  2. Madhavan’s response to the fight by Big Bro’s Goons. Especially, in the subway, After seeing these goons he runs out towards the entrance of the subway and reaching their he pulls the shutter to fight with them.(Crowd in the theatre cheering every moment.)




  3. Comedian, Vivek is extremely good, his dialogue delivery and the timing of comedy is amazing, really makes you laugh.




  4. Raghuvaran is still alive and kicking, no doubt he is known for his Negative rolls, but he is one of those polished actor in Tamil, liked by most of the Classes then the masses. His attempt to comedy is really refreshing.




  5. Finally, Atul Kulkarni, once again shows that why he is suitable for a mean character and really does justice to the role.






Overall, this movie is a total time pass and every bit of money is worth it. The script, the flow and the direction is really worth every penny. Music by Vidyasagar is not great but there are some good hummable numbers.


This movie is really for all of the masses irrespective whether you understand Tamil or not, you will really enjoy this movie. At least, I got my full money worth.


©Asyis …2002


Bangalore India
A Cool Action Romance
Oct 18, 2002 07:44 PM 7417 Views

Romance, Action , Fun - Run can be described as a good mixture of these in right content and sure a good time pass for viewers. The music is fantastic with some foottapping and melodious numbers. The story, uh forget it, it is very normal - Boy loves girl, Boy fights, Boy runs with the girl and wins. The screenplay, now that's interesting. The director is sure got some talent to weave such simple story into a thrashing screenplay. Its a job well done. On the cast side, R Madhavan has a done a good job in his new flavour, he deserves a round of applause, especially when he runs to close the shopping mall gate - simply awesome. Meera jasmine is cute and looks a newbie to acting. Raghuvaran has done another best performance, this guy is immense and speaks his way for the character. Overall, a good 2 and a half hour entertainment and a sure hit.


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