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Uttama Villain (2015)
Are you kidding me?
I cannot believe that so many of the past reviewers have called this piece of crap a 'masterpiece', etc. I tried but could not get past half way thru this utter nonsense. After almost 75 years of film making in Tamil, "Uttama Villain" is an absolutely vindication of the fact that movie making in India is still in amateurs' hands. Their only qualification is that they have access to money (illegal funds I am sure) and no one deserving really cares about film making. Kamal Hassan had his good performances in the past but with this film, he has lost all of the respect that I had for him. About direction, the less said the better. Ramesh Arvind is either crazy or unbelievably stupid; perhaps both. I pity the investors and distributors for this film. They must be all in dire financial straits for sure
Banco à Bangkok pour OSS 117 (1964)
I loved this movie
This movie was released in India as 'Panic in Bangkok' around the same time that Goldfinger became a raging hit. Panic in Bangkok was a big hit too and it launched a huge following for the OSS 117 franchise, which went on to star Fredrick Stafford. This movie was so popular that it was remade in Tamil as 'Vallavan Oruvan' which made actor Jaishankar a star. I loved this movie and although I was hooked to Sean Connery's Bond franchise, I found the OSS 117 series equally credible and most of them were good. Panic in Bangkok was the best and Kerwin Mathews was one of the popular stars of the time with his other movies like 'Viscount' also doing great business. I have been trying to get hold of DVD's of the OSS 117 films, which unfortunately are never played on TV in the US.