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A while back i stumbled upon this word "aficionado" while watching the movie "Django Unchained". Christoph Waltz who play Dr Schultz uses this word after freeing Django in the opening scene. He looks at the rest of the slaves and says any astronomy aficionados , north is that way. That is the beauty of Quinton Tarantino. He is the epitome of mashability. Bringing two different worlds in the same place. I am a big fan of Tarantino. I am yet to watch his Hateful 8. Must watch it for at-least Samuel Jackson's dialogue delivery and the spaghetti western theme of the film. It was shot in 70 mm film. Ennio Morricone won the Oscar of best Music. I love watching the oscar ceremonies. The emotion, the wit , the inspiring speech after the acceptance .... it just keeps getting bigger and bigger. Every aspect of film making is appreciated and recognized. One thing that i have observed is ... it is art that is taking technology forward. Everytime they want to experiment new abstract ideas they push the boundaries of technology to achieve them. Art might be abstract but that is what shows the way. So dream big ... 

Jigarthanda

Probably the awesomest tamil film i have seen in years.  I felt every thing was original in the movie. The director is a very young guy and this happens to be his second movie but what a piece of work.
The famous director Mani Ratnam once said " An Artist is someone who expresses his thoughts and feelings in his own way" This director's screenplay and story telling is case in point for the quote.

THe movie cannot be characterised into a specific genre but every frame entertained me . My favorite scene was the one where the villan gets ready for a sambavam to uncover the rat in his team. He stands in front of all the deities  and prays for a while.

I am not sure what the director was trying to convey but i was spellbound after seeing the scene. Every character has done full justice to the assigned role. Set in Madurai , the film captures many elements of life in and around the place. I could see shades of Quintin Tarantino like storytelling and BGM  in this movie. The BGM was very unique with a mix of classical and contemporary tunes.

It is nice to see young directors taking bold risks in new ventures like this. I feel this a one pathbreaking film in the history of Tamil Cinema. Hats off to the crew.