Movies that I am looking forward to

I am sure at any given point of time, we all are looking forward to movies that are in various stages of production for a variety of reasons. And those reasons are usually the track record of the artists - be it the leading actor, the music director or the director in many cases - involved in the making of the movie. While I was thinking of such movies that I am truly looking forward to, there were just too many movies I am looking forward to and hence thought I will post the top 10 movies as an entry.

10) Dasavatharam - This movie has the number 10 in its name and has Kamal donning 10 roles in it and hence I thought 'OK...let me give it the 10th slot in this list'. I don’t understand why Kamal fans are placing their hopes on this movie, as though they are going to get another Anbe Sivam. Seriously, has there been any quality & worthwhile movie from the Kamal - KSR combo? I mostly think that this movie will act as a sort of propaganda vehicle to show off Kamal's acting/ film making/ make-up skills. A rapidly declining Himesh Reshamiyya as the MD surely appears to be a misfit. I still can not understand WTH is he doing in a Kamal movie?

9) By2 - The beautiful music is the sole reason for myself looking forward to this movie. Another reason would be that the entire movie has only 2 characters in it. Sounds a hell lot interesting...

8) Veyil - Now that Shankar's success as a producer has spanned to 3 consecutive super hits, I am assuming Veyil should be no different. Apart from the fact that it is produced by Shankar's assistant, the realistic stills that have been released so far, the presence of the versatile Pasupathy and the musical debut of by ARR's nephew, G. V. Prakash are other factors that make me await the movie’s release. BTW, I heard the director of this movie was the one who made Album. I haven’t seen the movie yet. Was that any good? Another personal reason to await this movie – parts of the movie have been shot in Madurai, just like Kaadhal.

7) Satham Podaathey - Vasanth is one of my favorite directors who has IMHO failed to live up to his tremendous potential. Sure, there has been an Aasai here and Rhythm there but he has failed to be consistent. Given his immense skills, I would expect each movie of his to be outstanding, which frankly has not been the case. But inspite of all this, I am still looking forward to this movie. Yuvan's music in this is another reason I am looking forward to this bcos the last time, they joined together they produced some mind-blowing music.

6) Mozhi - Radhamohan is director who impressed everyone with his very first movie Azhagiya Theeye, which ranks one of the best movies of the last couple of years. Inspite of his second film turning out to be not so good (the hero and his producer dad had a lot to do with that), I am eagerly awaiting this movie, now that he has joined hands with his mentor Prakash Raj again. The talented cast of Prithviraj, Padmapriya, and Prakash Raj, apart from the fact that this could be Jyothika’s last movie are other reasons which you can count on.

5) Paruthiveeran - Main reasons for looking forward to this movie would be Ameer and Yuvan. Ameer is one director who gets the best of Yuvan and being the big Yuvan fan that I am, that alone should be a big reason. But even more than that, Raam again is one of the very good movies that we have seen in the last couple of years. So, naturally my expectations went up when this movie was launched. Surya's brother who is making his debut with this movie and Priya Mani an outstanding student from the Balu Mahendra school of acting are other reasons I can’t wait to see the movie.

4) Maayakkannaadi - Alright, if you have followed my blog for a while, you should know that I am a big time Cheran fan and hence it is only natural that his latest venture finds itself in this list. Music by Maestro is always a highlight and another reason enough to expect this movie. But I have to say that the new hairstyle that Cheran is sporting in the stills looks quite artificial and naive. I am just hoping that Cheran has a valid reason to explain that.

3) Film by Balaji Shakthivel - Well, you got to look forward to the next movie from the man who gave us Kaadhal, my nominee for the best movie since Pithamagan. He has taken an unusually long time to get started on this film but the last I read was that it is nearing completion. Does anybody know if the movie has been given a title yet and who is scoring music for this movie?

2) Naan Kadavul - It is not very often that Bala makes a movie. In fact, it has been a good 3 years since that classic Pithamagan was released. Bala is easily my most favorite director in Tamil cinema right now and all these are reasons enough to look forward to the movie, though it has just been started. I am surprised by the lack of coverage for this movie from bloggers, particularly after an interesting set of shooting pictures were released last week. Then, you have the Maestro in the scheme of things. Pithamagan was just pure divine music and there is no reason not to expect anything different this time around.

1) Sivaji - Well, this should be a no-brainer. I don’t think there is any other movie that can even remotely come close to the expectation levels that this movie has, with not just me but among Tamilians the world over. I seriously doubt even if any of Thalaivar's future movies will have this kind of a buzz & hype surrounding it. Sure, each and every Thalaivar movie has its own unprecedented levels of hype around it. But Thalaivar with Shankar is what makes this movie easily the most looked forward movie in the history of Tamil cinema :) After the initial set of stills & shooting spot photos, Shankar has managed to completely shut down any information about the film to the media. From news items like ‘the song Sahara Pookkal is being shot on Thalaivar & Shreya in Spain’, we have gotten down to news like 'Thalaivar getting relief from the hot sun by standing in front of the fan!!' Shankar sure is the biggest torturer/ dictator on earth. அப்புறம் என்னங்க, தலைவர் படத்தோட shooting start பண்ணிட்டு , to say that we have to wait for 1.5 years to see it and that in the meanwhile, he will not release any other official photo / news about the movie, hasn’t he given us enough reasons to complain him to the human rights commission? :)

Am I missing any promising movie from this list? Here is a thing to ponder upon: my track record in this is pretty good :) The last time I did a similar post, I only listed 2 movies and they both turned out to be good movies which also did decent at the box office. The movies - Kanda Naal Mudhal and Thavamaai Thavam Irundhu.

Also, planning to do a similar post on movies that I am NOT looking forward to. Now, that should be an interesting list.