Rahul Bose’s Fired has some interesting posters which are annoyingly familiar.
On one poster, the tagline is borrowed.
“Heads Will Roll” is the line used in the Tim Burton version of Washington Irving’s Sleepy Hollow. “Bruce Dickinson” plays the Headless Horseman and Johnny Depp plays the role of Ichabod Crane.
The movie sank without a trace!
But, not before having liberally borrowed the poster concept from a few posters – The Game, Split Second & Gamer. See for yourself.
You normally see a few jokes here and there in Tamil movies.
A reasonably intelligent movie like Chennai 600028 trips on Chandramukhi
Venkat Prabhu’s own Saroja trips on Chennai 28
Thalaivar Rajini’s Sivaji tripped on so many movies - Tamil & Telugu (a la Om Shanthi Om’s intelligent spoofs)
But, this movie, as described by the director is possibly Kollywood’s answer to Scary Movie, Hot Shots & Naked Gun.
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Says Dhayanidhi, “Tamil Padam is the first ever full length spoof film in Tamil. The story is a humorous take on the predictable Tamil formula films.”
CS Amudham the director of the film says: “ In Hollywood the spoof is a popular genre and there has been films like ‘Scary Movie’ a spoof on horror films. Similarly we are spoofing the Tamil mass film. You will laugh your guts out. In short it’s celebration of Tamil cinema.”
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Everything I have seen and heard so far is mega-spoofy. The director, C S Amudhan has an ad agency called Winds of Change which does Outdoor (Hoardings, Banners, etc). Pulli Raja, Prime Roaster and those atrocious Fitness One ads were all his creations… So, it figures.
Take the Soundtrack. The song “O Maha Zeeya” is one great spoof of all the nonsense which goes on in the name of lyrics in a lot of Harris Jeyaraj songs… The title refers to the gibberish heard at the start of “Uyirin Uyire” in Kaakka Kaakka
Spoofs in the O Maha zeeya song (or This)
Uyirin Uyire- Kaakka Kaakka
Hasili Fisili – Aadhavan
Randakka – Anniyan
Naakka Mukka – Kaadhalil Vizhundhen
Dailamo Dailamo – Dishum Dishum
Balailaka – Sivaji
Ohi lohi mahi lohi ya – Beema
Osaka Muraiya – Alli Arjuna (Rahman’s One 2 ka 4)
Shakalakka – Mudhalvan
Ullahi ullahi – Lesa Lesa
And the best one .. Laalaakku Dol Dappimma – Suriyan
Spoofs in the Trailer (or This )
Absurd Action packed Vijay Intro Sequences (Camera from Top in this case)
Dasavatharam (The US President and all)
Nayagan (Inime appadithaan with Nayagan theme in the background)
Boys (4 pairs of legs dangling from a wall)
Sivaji (2 hand signing)
Baadsha
Simbhu (Style)
Billa (cooling glass scene)
Run (subway sequence)
Kaaka Kaaka (aerial shot)
Thalapathy
And the coolest : The town is called Cinema Patti… How cool is that!!
Spoofs in Movie Stills
In addition to the movies mentioned above,
Roja (The couple inside the same sweater)
Annamalai (The brown suit and low camera angles)
Uyire (The mail poster)
Sathya (The hospital sequence)
Baba (trips on the Baba mudra)
Poster Spoofs
Ramki’s Dafli Song in Senthoora Poove (Image, Video) and the Poster (The exact frame appears exactly 60 seconds into the video)
Singaravelan’s Pudhu Cheri Kacheri (Image, Video) and the Poster (Note the tongue in cheek ad)
Enga Ooru Paattukaaran’s Senbagame (Image, Video) and the Poster . (Ramarajan is just awesome fun as he is trying to sing when he is busy milking the cow (See this to believe it) . Shanthipriya coyly watches the sequence (Guffaw!)
Rajini’s Konji Konji from Veera and (Image, Video) and Poster
Thillana Mohanambal (Image 1,Image 2 ) and Poster with M.S Bhaskar playing Balaiyya’s Thavil Vidhvan’s role
Pre-Release Concept Posters
The first one which came out talked about the movie not being a “Different one”
One more poster of the movie takes Gap10’s trip by using the MS font Jokerman (LOL) and says a sorry before that by asking for the only word in tamil which Gap10 does not like
Another poster spoofs the typical rape scene in tamil movies by showing a male hand forcing a female hand in front of a painting showing a tiger slaying a deer
One is a preachy Gap10 kind of dialogue referencing Gandhiji, etc and at the same time referring to tons of Punch Dialogues
One features the 10 commandments of Tamil cinema (Commandment 9 is Thou Shall single-handedly take on & eradicate all the evil in the world and commandment 10 is Thou shall have a six-pack) … There are some really nice differences between the Tamil & English versions.
Enjoy all the posters at one place!
Poster design in Bollywood is getting slicker .
For the rustics, there is always a primer on how to create banal posters - whether it is for a political party or for a movie.
Then, there is the standardised poster version of the Four Step Plan. Lift Karadey!
Some original creations exist; Interesting perspectives & colourscapes used. You can see hints of “borrowing”, but overall, as the Fab 4 would have put it, it is getting better All the time.
The next 3 posts have 3 movies which have various degrees of inspiration.
One of the most Iconic Genre-defining Books of all time is Truman Capote’s In Cold Blood. It heralded the arrival of the Non-fiction Novel.
The 1967 Movie Version of this book has a unique poster. The eyes in the movie poster are actually those of the real-life killers Dick Hickock & Perry Smith (and not of the actors).
The 2007 Film An American Crime is based on the real life murder of Gertrude Baniszewski, a housewife. So, aptly, the poster pays a tribute to In Cold Blood.
Get a life Bollywood!!
1. Nagesh Kukunoor’s Aashayein and Indiana Jones (The Whip, The Fedora & the Satchel) – Ridiculous. Really hope this is an intentional in-joke .
2. Click and Disturbia / Grudge
3. Flat and Ring / Grudge (Again) / 1408 (Updated)
Sunil Shetty is the Bakra for poses which are ripped off
I have been able to ID the sources for 3 of the 4 posters which the makes of this movie have released. Shame.
1. The pose is originally from Flashdance and then Sharon Stone’s Basic Instinct 2 repeated the same. Now, a downcast Sunil shetty churns out the same pose.
2. This borrows from 2 posters – The top half which shows Sunil Shetty’s face peeking out is from a poster which I am unable to place . The soldiers walking silhouette is from Band Of Brothers / Passchendaele and even Platoon.
3. The pose is a side view of the classic “Platoon Pose”. The Platoon movie poster is itself a recreation of a 1968 photograph by Art Greenspon. This photograph was recognized as the 13th greatest military photograph in a Sept 2000 issue of the Army/Navy/AF Time.
The One for which I could not ID the source looks familiar.
Some of the contents below are slightly NSFW
Rishi Kapoor in Chintu Ji Vs Dita Von Teese’s Trademark act. Well Tried!
Claim to Fame of Dita Von Teese : Marilyn Manson’s ex-girlfriend; She has contributed a lot to “revive the dying art form of burlesque”
From the Wikipedia Article on Dita Von Teese :
” Cameron Diaz performed a tribute to Von Teese’s martini glass routine in the film Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle. Von Teese’s name appears in the credits, listed under “Special Thanks.” It is rumored that this was only added after Dita threatened to sue the film makers for stealing her idea.”
IMDB confirms the Thanks bit
Dita’s Official Website says: (WARNING: LINKS ARE VERY NSFW)
” Dita’s signature martini glass act is vintage pinup art come to life! After an utterly dreamy striptease, Dita bathes in the giant glass with an olive sponge! You may have seen Cameron Diaz’s tribute to Dita’s act in the film Charlie’s Angels 2 “
6 Quick Side By Side comparisons of Original Movie Poster and the Homage
This movie was supposed to be a take-off on Indie movies on the lines of Scary Movie, etc. The movie failed miserably and I guess even the film’s crew refused to buy tickets.
The good part is that they came out with 8 Posters – each one spoofing a famous Indie movie Poster – My Big Fat Greek Wedding, Clerks, Secretary, Amelie, Memento, The Good Girl, Swingers and Reservoir Dogs.
