Right from the days of MGR till Surya, atleast in one movie the hero must be a sportsman. Or atleast a single scene/song where the physical activity(in sports) is exhibited. If MGR was an expert in playing ball badminton (mixed singles with saroja devi. Who can forget the parakkum tok pandhu parakkum tok song?) the current generation is obsessed after football. Maybe not cricket, since everyone will start a debate on cine cricket?
Ok. Coming back to football, here are some observations. Some movies follow all the below, or just a few.
1. In cine football, there is no concept of defender, midfield player or striker. All 20 players(except the goal keepers) will run after the ball at the same time.
2. The heroine will watch the game from stands
2a. If the hero and heroine havent fallen in love yet, then she will be impressed with the hero’s game and that will be a catalyst for the love.
2b. If they are already in love, then the hero will be hurt during the game. Or there will be a dream song in which the hero will be playing football
3. Cine hero MUST score a goal, even if he is a goal keeper!
Having said all that, watch this video between 1 and 1.33 minutes. Good fun, I say! If you have video links under ’sports in film’ category please post the link
13 Responses to “Sports Redefined”
on 15 Sep 2006 at 2:23 pm # ramya
haha! good observation! the funny part is that in the background they are playing ‘rango rangoli kolangal nee pottal’ while he is playing football…
hey by the way, i havent yet watched the movie…waiting to watch it…:)
on 15 Sep 2006 at 2:34 pm # Karthi
what is that mixed singles..LOL;-)
on 15 Sep 2006 at 2:59 pm # Arvind
Good One Prabhu! LOL
on 15 Sep 2006 at 4:22 pm # Bindu
@ramya - Yeah, I too didnt like the football scene for that ‘rango rangoli’ bgm. The fact is, I have listened to ‘munbe vaa’ too many times that when I watched the song yesterday, I felt like puking. Hell, I could have directed it better.
@prabhu - Surya pathi edhavadhu sollala naa ungalukku thoookam varadhaa? Ennada, thiddernnu sports-movie mela akkarinnu nenachan. Ippo le theriyudhu.
on 15 Sep 2006 at 7:44 pm # arjun
If you think the edited version was funny… watch this… Some of my protege’s in my college took this when they were shooting…
this is how its taken!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tx605-Z4eJE
on 15 Sep 2006 at 7:45 pm # selvi
//Cine hero MUST score a goal, even if he is a goal keeper!//
LOL…
on 15 Sep 2006 at 8:11 pm # vid
Truly enjoyed it!
Good one seriously consider getting a writer job in a magazine
vid
on 15 Sep 2006 at 10:27 pm # Adiya
MGR/Saroji devi mixed singles is awesome..
Tok Tok BGM later continued by
our beloved sambar aka gemani ganesan
thenagathu jamesbond - jaishanker
etc.
pavam pa surya !!!
-A
on 16 Sep 2006 at 6:02 am # Bala.G
Hero-na apdithaan irupaanga…100per vandhaalum sandai podara thirama avanga kitta irukum
on 16 Sep 2006 at 8:55 pm # Citric Acid
‘2a. If the hero and heroine havent fallen in love yet, then she will be impressed with the hero’s game and that will be a catalyst for the love.’ ?? Tch tch… A catalyst can just accelerate or decelerate a reaction..never initiate it. Chemistry!!!
on 18 Sep 2006 at 1:25 pm # F e r r a r i
ramya,
Watch at your own risk
Karthi,
Err. Male vs Female enna category la podaradhu theriyalai
Arvind,
Bindu,
Naan MGR pathi kooda sonnen. Surya pathi mattum sollalai
arjun,
Hilarious!!
selvi,
vid,
Err. Thanks!
Adiya,
Paavam? onnuku rendu heroine. paavama?
Bala.G,
Yep!
Citric Acid,
Err. Psst. kandukka pdaadhu. Oru flow la oLaritten
on 18 Sep 2006 at 2:22 pm # Maverick
Heroes mattum illai. Heroines kooda tennis aadraa maadhiri yelaam neraya scenes vandhu irukku.
I can remember Khushboo smashing a few balls into orbit with her forehand smash in some movie
Prashant and Karan playing a tennis match in ‘Kannedhire Thondrinaal’. Karan’s shots there could give Federer, Nadal a run for their money
on 18 Sep 2006 at 2:25 pm # Maverick
Naming Prashant when talking about heroines playing sports in movies - That was unintentional.