Saturday, November 14, 2009

Milestones2


MILESTONES-2

















12) Dr kamal hassan is the only actor from india to win 18 film fare awards.

13) In bangalore - in second release- swathi muthyam- telugu film ran for 261 days at bangalore
menaka theatre.

14) Under AVM productions banner- dr kamal- thoongathe thambi thoongathe - became the first film to ran for 253 days in 3 shows at madurai- sugapriya theatre in tamilnadu in 1983.

15) In coimbatore- in 1978- dr kamal hasssan's telugu block buster marocharitra ran for 450 days housefull at kovai- royal theatre- 1100 seats in noon show- and it is the highest run in kovai till date.

16) In bangalore, in the 4th release- dr kamal- sigappu rojakkal- ran for 35 days in bangalore pallavi theatre and it is the highest in bangalore in re-release.

17) At bangalore- dr kamal telugu film marocharitra- ran housefull for 795 days- out of which 350 days ran for 3 shows and the rest of days till 795 days ran in noon show. This is the highest record in bangalore.











Sunday, October 18, 2009

Film statistics




















Statistics of Universal mega star DR. kamal hassan- Important films

1) Kalathur kannama - Chennai plaza and ceylon- 105 days

2) Sollathan ninaikeran - Chennai Pilot theatre- 105 days

3) Kokilla(kannada) - Chennai raj(leo) - 175 days

4) Rasaleela(Malayalam) - Chennai- new eliphensten - 112 days

5) 16 vayadhinillae - Chennai midland- 175 days, crown- 133 days, bhuvaneshwari- 105 days

6) Sigappu rojakkal- Chennai Deviparadise- 172 days, crown, muralikrishna- 105 days

7) Kalyanaraman- Chennai Alankar- 175 days, Uma and maharani- 105 days

8) Illamai oonjaladhugiradhu- Chennai- midland- 175 days, devi- 105 days

9) Guru- Chennai deviparadise- 105 days, Kovai irudhya -110 days and in ceylon 1095 days
in 3 theatres

10) Marocharitra(Telugu)- Chennai- safire- 596 days- housefull, krishnaveni- 175 days, tamilnadu- 129 days, Kovai royal(1100 seats) - 450 days, Mysore gayathri- 350 days,
Bangalore kalpana- 700 days(350 days - 3 shows- 350 days noon- housefull record)

11) Varumayin niram sivappu- Chennai safire, deviparadise- 119 days

12) meendum kokilla- Chennai emerald- 189 days, devi- 105 days

13) Ek duuje ke liye- (Hindi) - Chennai Alankar- 105 days - ran for 100 weeks in north india in 3 theatres, 100 days in 84 theatres, 25 weeks in 48 theatres, 52 weeks in 16 theatres and all over world.

14) Vazhve mayam- Chennai casino- 186 days, maharani- 200 days, roxy- 142 days, kamala- 175 days

15) Moondram pirai- Chennai subham- 47 weeks(4 shows), maharani- 218 days, ega- 211
days
16) Sakkalakala Vallavan- Chennai- Alankar, Annai abhirami, maharani, avm rajeshwari- 175 days(4 shows), Madurai central- 175 days, Salem oriental- 204 days, Trichy- wellington- 175 days, Kovai dhanam- 175 days

17) Salangai olli(dubbed fim) - Chennai sathyam- 98 days- shifted to chitra theatre- 100 days due to arrival of new film, Chennai kamala- 105 days, kovai dhanam- 112 days and 11 other theatres in tamil nadu and Bangalore

18) Thoongathe thambi Thoongathe- chennai - sathyam- 105 days, Srikrishna- 112 days,
sakthi abhirami- 189 days, Kovai dhanam- 105 days, Madurai sugapriya- 253 days
(3 shows)

19) Sanam teri kasam(Hindi) - Chennai star - 92 days- rest of india 25 weeks- bangalore
pradeep- 250 days.

20) Sadma(Hindi) - Chennai devibala- 112 days

21) Oru kaidhiyin dairy- Chennai- Anand- 119 days, Sangam- 112 days, Bangalore sagar- 105 days, Madurai cinipriya- 365 days, Kovai dhanam- 105 days, Tiruchi maris- 84 days

22) Kakki chattai- Chennai- deviparadise, abhirami- 126 days, srikrishna and udhayam- 105 days, Madurai ambigai- 154 days

23) Punnagai mannan- Chennai anand- 110 days, Madurai- ambigai- 126 days, bangalore- pallavai- 175 days

24) Pesum padam- silent film- chennai sathyam- 84 days, Bangalore sapna theatre- 512 days-
273 days(4 shows), Belgaum nardagi- 182 days, Hubli shingar- 175 days and all over world

25) Nayagan- Chennai anand, sakthi abhirami- 25 weeks, Crown- 133 days, Udhayam- 110 days, Bombay arora- 100 days, Mega hit in United states of amercia- in 13 theatres, Dubbed in Hindi as VELU NAYAGAN- 100 days, Dubbed as Nayakadu in telugu- 100 days,
bangalore Pallavi- 224 days( 3 shows)

26) Apoorva sahodrargal- chennai devi paradise- 199 days, abhirami- 232 days, agastiya- 140
days, Kasi- 197 days, and 100 days in 22 theatres, Madurai abhirami- 175 days, 25 weeks
dubbed in telugu, In hindi dubbed as Appu raja- 100 days mega hit, 50 theatres in 64
theatres, 25 weeks in 5 theatres, 23 weeks in bangalore- pallavi theatre- first tamil film to cross 50 days in 5 theatres in bangalore.

27) vetri vizha- Chennai shanthi- 105 days, Madurai sundaram- 181 days and 50 days in 71
theatres,

28) Saagar(Hindi) - chennai gaiety- 105 days


29) michael madana kamarajan- Chennai albert - 175 days

30) Devar magan- Chennai- devi- 110 days, annai abhirami- 175 days, sakthi abhirami- 81 days, Udhayam- 105 days, brinda- 117 days(morning show), agastya- 105 days, madurai
meenakshi paradise- 181 days and total 100 theatres in 16 theatres, 50 days in 87 theatres.

31) Indian- 100 days in 48 theatres- first film to cross- 25 weeks in 5 theatres, 25 weeks in
Hindi and telugu dubbed versions- LONDON, MALAYSIA, SINGAPORE- 75 DAYS, 50 days in 105 theatres

32) Avvai shanmughi- 25 weeks in kovai pallavi theatre, chennai deviparadise, udhayam, abhirami- 100 days.

33) Tenali- 175 days in chennai udhayam

34) dasavatharam- 50 days in 750 theatres worldwide, 100 days in 4 theatres in chennai
400 crore rs nett collection at box office- worldwide

35) Vettaiyadu villaiyadu- 100 days in 4 theatres in chennai- 80 crore nett revenue

Thursday, October 15, 2009

COLLECTIONS


BOX-OFFICE COLLECTIONS 2










Kamal’s Dasavatharam movie has incredible box office run. In US at the end of third week dasavatharam movie has grossed incredible box office collection of $14,683,762. However the collection doesn’t include collection from North America also few places in India. People have now understood the story better after knowing the butterfly effect and chaos theory. In Chennai city alone the collection is grossed Rs 6.5 crores without including the suburban.

U.K. BOX-OFFICE
Weekend: June 20 - 22, 2008.

* Mere Baap Pehle Aap [last weekend: No. 13, this weekend: No. 18]: In its second weekend, the film has collected £ 53,295 on 30 screens, with the per screen average working out to £ 1,777. Total: £ 2,06,272 [approx. Rs. 1.74 crores].
The breakdown:- Friday: £ 12,684; Saturday: £ 23,987; Sunday: £ 16,624.

* Dasavatharam [Tamil film; last weekend: No. 12, this weekend: No. 19]: In its second weekend, the film has collected £ 44,703 on 19 screens, with the per screen average working out to £ 2,353. Total: £ 2,16,031 [approx. Rs. 1.82 crores].
The breakdown:- Friday: £ 9,777; Saturday: £ 18,325; Sunday: £ 16,601.

* Sarkar Raj [last weekend: No. 15, this weekend: No. 23]: In its third weekend, the film has collected £ 15,715 on 26 screens, with the per screen average working out to £ 604. Total: £ 3,70,729 [approx. Rs. 3.12 crores].
The breakdown:- Friday: £ 3,038; Saturday: £ 6,610; Sunday: £ 6,067.

* De Taali has debuted at No. 25 position. In its opening weekend, the film has collected £ 10,264 [approx. Rs. 8.64 lacs] on 7 screens, with the per screen average working out to £ 1,466.
The breakdown:- Friday: £ 2,674; Saturday: £ 4,247; Sunday: £ 3,343.

THIS WEEKEND IN U.K.
[Based on screen averages]


RANK FILM AVERAGE
1 Dasavathaaram £ 2,353
2 Mere Baap Pehle Aap £ 1,777
3 De Taali £ 1,466
4 Sarkar Raj £ 604










box office


BOX OFFICE COLLECTIONS

The performance of Dasavatharam is very impressive not only in the domestic market but also in the overseas segment. As per the Malaysian Box office collections report for the period June 12 to 15, the films stands in second position having grossed $601,307, being screened at 58 theatres. At the first position is ‘The Incredible Hulk’.

Dasavatharam


In the United Kingdom, where generally Bollywood films rule the roost, Dasavatharam stands at 11th position having piped Ram Gopal Verma’s Sarkar Raj to 16th place in the period June13th to June 15th. The film has grossed $ 246,677. Though the film is being screened at a few theatres, it is reported to be doing well in terms of percentage collections.

This is a historic moment for all of us from South India to be very proud of. As Dasavatharam has placed 7th in the overseas weekend box office for the week ending June 13-15. This data is taken from a well known authentic infact one of the leading box office reporting sites in the world called Boxofficemojo.com. Dasavatharam is the First Time a Tamil Movie has ever been placed in the top 10 at the International Box Office chart being published in this website with a total collection of $4,632,719 (US Figures). The collection equals to approximately 19.7 Crores for 3 days.

In UK Box Office Dasavatharam on it’s 2nd weekend (June 20- 22) is in the 19th position with a collection of $88,311 (US Figures) or Rs.37.63 Lakhs. The drop of 64.2 % is the norm for all Tamil Movies being released there. It will without a doubt become the 2nd Highest Grossing Tamil Movie ever there by next weekend behind Sivaji and this will be the only “overseas” market where it has no chance of catching up to Sivaji’s gross. Dasavatharam is clearly way ahead in terms of “overall” collection in all other territories combined.

As you can see the collection figures of Sivaji was $3,705,252 (US Figures) or Rs. 15.8 Crore. Whereas the Box Office figures for Dasavatharam after the same time period from the same amount of territories is Rs.49.67 Crore. Therefore it can easily be proclaimed as the Highest Grossing Movie in the History of Tamil Cinema

Bad Reviews, Mixed Reviews or Excellent Reviews never decides the fate of a movie at the box office. It can certainly help or hurt it a little bit but it’s ultimately the paying public who are the judges when it comes to which movies becomes a BLOCKBUSTER or a Flop. In the case of DASAVATHARAM the public has given it two BIG thumbs up and welcomed it with open arms despite a continuous effort from a lot of people from different sectors to downplay it’s success at the Box Office….the actual numbers however tell an entirely different story altogether which cannot be ignored.



Wednesday, October 14, 2009

AWARDS

RECOGNITIONS
















National Film Awards

INDIAN PANORAMA

- NAYAGAN, PESUM PADAM, HEY RAM, ANBE SIVAM, SAAGARA SANGAMAM

ASIAN FILM FESTIVAL

- SAAGARA SANGAMAM. SWATHI MUTHYAM AND NAYAGAN- BEST FILM


Hindi

Kannada

Malayalam

Tamil

Telugu

Tamil Nadu State Film Awards

Nandi Awards


CANNES INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

- 2004- ANBE SIVAM- BEST FILM

LOCARNO FILM FESTIVAL - SWISS, HONULULU FILM FESTIVAL.
SAN FRANSISCO FILM FESTIVAL

- HEY RAM- BEST SCRIPT

MAURITIUS FILM FESTIVAL

- VARUMAYIN NIRAM SIVAPPU- BEST FILM- TAMIL

Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival

Star Vijay TV Awards

BEST FORIEGN FILM CATEGORY(OSCAR AWARDS)

SWATHI MUTHYAM, SAAGAR, INDIAN, HEY RAM, NAYAGAN, DEVAR MAGAN.KURUDHI PUNAL

TIME MAGAZINE: NAYAGAN-best 100 films of all time by the Time Magazine
- A terrific gangster epic in the Godfather style.

Special honours

FILM PROFILE

FILM PROFILE

Early career: 1960s – early 1970s

Kamal Haasan made his film debut as a 6-year-old child artiste, in the film Kalathur Kannamma, which was released in 1960, directed by A. Bhimsingh. He was cast along with the Tamil actor Gemini Ganesan in the film. He acted as a child actor in five other Tamil films in the subsequent few years co-starring with Sivaji Ganesan and M. G. Ramachandran.

Following a nine year hiatus from films, to concentrate on his education,Haasan returned with a series of low budget films in 1972, in all of which he played supporting roles. These films included roles in Arangetram and Sollathaan Ninaikkiren, both co-starring Sivakumar. His final supporting role before establishing himself as a lead actor was in Naan Avanillai. In the interim, he starred in numerous Malayalam films (41) and considers the Malayalam film industry as his Alma Mater. He admires the Malayalam film industry for nurturing thespians such as Satyan, Kottarakkara Sreedharan Nair, P.J.Antony, Aravindan, Adoor Gopalakrishnan, M.T.Vasudevan, Bharathan, Padmarajan, Lohithadas, Mohanlal, and Mammootty. It is here that he won his first acting award as an adult - Filmfare award for the best actor in Kanyakumari. He later won his second Filmfare best actor award in Malayalam for the I.V.Sasi film Eetta.

Late 1970s – 1980s

Kamal Haasan first received a regional Filmfare Award for acting for his role in the Malayalam film Kanyakumari (1974).

In the next four years, he won six regional Best Actor Filmfare Awards,including four consecutive Best Tamil Actor Awards. He acted in director K. Balachander's Apoorva Raagangal, an exploration of age-gap relationships. The late 1970s was a period that saw Kamal Haasan's frequent collaboration with K. Balachander, who also cast him in many of his socially-themed films such as Avargal (1977). The film won Haasan his first Filmfare Best Tamil Actor Award. In 1976, Haasan appeared in the drama Moondru Mudichu with Rajinikanth and Sridevi, another K. Balachander film, Manmadha Leelai, and Oru Oodhappu Kan Simittugiradhu, which won him his second consecutive Best Actor Award. 16 Vayathinile won him his third consecutive award, where he appeared as an mentally ill villager, once again alongside Rajinikanth and Sridevi. The fourth consecutive award came with Sigappu Rojakal in which he appeared as an anti-hero who is a psychopathic sexual killer. In the late seventies, Haasan appeared in other films such as the comedy Ninaithale Inikkum and the horror film, Neeya.

Haasan's pairing withactress Sridevi continued with Guru and Varumayin Niram Sigappu in 1980. Kamal Haasan also made guest–cameo appearances, such as in the Rajnikanth film Thillu Mullu; Rajinikanth had previously appeared in some of Kamal Haasan's previous films. Haasan's 100th career film appearance was in 1981's Raja Paarvai , which also marked his debut in film production.Despite this film's relatively poor reception at the cinemas , his portrayal of a blind session violinist earned him a Filmfare Award. His next acting role, in Ek Duuje Ke Liye, became his first Hindi-language film. It was the remake of his previous Telugu-language film, Maro Charithra by K. Balachandar. Following a year of starring in commercially-oriented films, Haasan won his first of three National Awards for Best Actor with his portrayal of a school teacher who looks after a mentally retarded girl in Balu Mahendra's Moondram Pirai. In 1983, Haasan appeared in Thoongadhey Thambi Thoongadhey playing a double role.

Till 1985, Haasan began to appear in more Hindi language films , including Saagar, for which he was awarded both the Filmfare Best Actor Award and the Best Supporting Actor Award, making him the first actor to win both awards for a single film.Saagar portrayed him alongisde Rishi Kapoor both of whom were pinning for a woman, but Haasan ultimately loses out. Haasan also appeared in Geraftaar. He featured in Tamil cinema's first sequel Japanil Kalyanaraman, which followed up his previous, Kalyanaraman as well as acting in Uruvangal Maralam co-starring Sivaji Ganesan and Rajinikanth.

In the mid-1980s, Haasan appeared in two Telugu language films, Sagara Sangamam and Swathi Muthyam with director, Kasinadhuni Viswanath. The latter film was India's representative for the Academy Award for the Best Foreign Language Film in 1986.Whilst, the former film portrayed Haasan as a drunkard classical dancer, Swathi Muthyam portrays him as an autistic person attempting to change society. Following Punnagai Mannan, in which he portrays dual roles including a satire of Charlie Chaplin and Vetri Vizha as an amnesiac, Haasan appeared in Mani Rathnam's 1987 film Nayagan. Nayagan portrays the life of an underworld don in Bombay. The story revolves around the life of a real-life underworld don called Varadarajan Mudaliar, whilst sympathetically depicting the struggle of South Indians living in Mumbai. Haasan received a Indian National Award for his performance and Nayagan was nominated by India as its entry for the Best Foreign Language Film for the Academy Awards in 1987 as well as being included in the Time top 100 movies list. In 1988, Haasan appeared in his only silent film to date; appearing in the black comedy, Pushpak. In 1989, Haasan played a triple role in Apoorva Sagodharargal. The commercial film portrayed him in a role as a dwarf. He then attempted dual roles in Indru Chandru and its Tamil remake, winning the regional Best Actor Award for his performance.

The 1990s

Kamal Haasan in his yet-to-be-completed Marudhanayagam

Michael Madhana Kamarajan in 1991 saw Haasan go one step further, acting in four different roles as quadruplets, the film started an ongoing collabaration for comedy films between Haasan and Crazy Mohan, a dialogue writer. Haasan won successive best actor awards for his portrayal of the protagonist in Guna and in Thevar Magan, where he played the son of actor, Sivaji Ganesan. After films such as Singaravelan, Maharasan and Kalaignan; Haasan began to appear in comedies such as Sathi Leelavathi, based on the English film She-Devil, as well as renewing his collobaration with Kasinadhuni Viswanath in Telugu language film, Subha Sankalpam. In 1996, Haasan starred in the police story, Kuruthipunal. His success in Kuruthipunal, was followed by his third National Film Award for Best Actor in Indian. Playing dual roles of a freedom fighter and his untrustful son, the film also won Haasan regional awards and plaudits for his portrayal.

Haasan appeared as a woman in Avvai Shanmughi. In 1997, Haasan began his first directorial venture, the biopic of Mohammed Yusuf Khan, Marudhanayagam which failed to complete its schedules with only half an hour and a trailer being recorded during its shoot Haasan soon made his debut as director with a remake of Avvai Shanmughi in Hindi titled Chachi 420.

2000s: Hey Ram and onwards

Kamal Haasan pictured with Manisha Koirala in Aalavandhan

Following a two-year hiatus in Indian cinema, Haasan opted against reviving his magnum opus, Marudhanayagam, and filmed his second directorial venture, Hey Ram, a period drama told in flashback with a semi-fictional plot centering around India's Partition and the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi. Haasan also took on roles as the writer, the lyricist and the choreographer as well as producing the film under his home banner. His following film was Aalavandhan, where he portrayed two distinct roles, for one of which he had his head tonsured and gained ten kilograms.

Following a series of comedies in Thenali, Panchathantiram and Pammal K. Sambandam and a couple of guest appearances, Haasan directed his third feature film in Virumaandi, a film about the death penalty. Haasan also appeared in Anbe Sivam alongside Madhavan. Priyadarshan, who started the film, departed allowing commercial director Sundar C to complete the film. Anbe Sivam told the story of Nallasivam, enacted by Haasan as an idealist, social activist and communist. Kamal Haasan's performance was highly lauded by critics with The Hindu stating that Haasan "has once again done Tamil cinema proud".

Haasan appeared in the remake film Vasool Raja alongside Sneha. In 2006, Haasan's long delayed project, Vettaiyaadu Vilaiyaadu emerged. Gautham Menon's Vettaiyaadu Vilaiyaadu was Haasan's first cop film since Kuruthipunal. In 2008, Haasan delivered Dasavathaaram playing ten roles. Pairing opposite Asin Thottumkal, Haasan reprises ten roles in the film. Currently, prior to Marmayogi, Haasan is producing and starring in a quick venture, titled Unnaipol Oruvan, co-starring him with Mohanlal in Tamil and Venkatesh in Telugu which is said to mark Haasan's fiftieth year of acting. Kamal Haasan's daughter Shruthi Haasan is the music composer of Unnaipol Oruvan. The movie got released in both the languages on September 18 2009 and received hit talk. The movie got good response from all the released centers.

Tuesday, September 29, 2009

FILM STATISTICS OF WORLD MEGA STAR DR KAMAL HASSAN













MILESTONES

1) In his first film "kalathur kannama"- Dr kamal won the president's gold medal for his role as best child artiste at the age of 5.

2) For the first time in the history of tamil cinema- in United states of america- Nayagan was screened in 13 theatres and it created a big record.

3) In Russia, Dr kamal- role in telugu film- saagara sangamam- became the first south indian film from india to be screened in 450 theatres and it created a massive record in Russia.

4) Dr kamal hassan was the first Indian actor to sing in all three languages - Tamil, telugu and hindi.

5) Dr kamal hassan became the first indian actor to won maximum number of filmfare awards- 18 film fare awards and more.

6) In srilanka- block buster tamil film -GURU -in which Dr kamal played as an action hero- in robin hood style ran for 1095 days -in three theatres- housefull for the first time.

7) Dr kamal hassan tamil film- panchathantiram- became the first tamil film from INDIA -to be screened in 62 countries including INDIA.

8) Presently Dr kamal hasaan's "Dasavathram"- in which the mega star played 10 roles - in his own magic style- collected RS 400 crores- worldwide. In America, alone the film was released in 60 cities- with 42 prints for the first time.

9) Dr kamal hassan did 14 roles in the blockbuster film dasvatharam- but only 10 roles were selected.

10) Ullaga nayagan Dr kamal hassan became the first actor in ASIA -to be offered a salary of Rs 44 crores for the blockbuster film- dasavatharam.

11) Ullaga nayagan Dr kamal's - pesum padam- the silent film was released in various languages liek- tamil, english, hindi, telugu, malayalam, kannada- sub titles. In bangalore pallavi theatre- PUSHPAK VIMANA in kannada version ran for 273 days for 4 shows and it ran up to 512 days in the same theatre. This is a RECORD IN SILENT FILM HISTORY AND A WORLD RECORD.