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Here are a few pics from tonight’s one-night-only NY screening at The Imaginasian of Evano Oruvan, the Tamil remake of the Marathi film Dombivli Fast.   The actor/co-producer was present, as well as the director, Nishikant Kamat, and Maddy’s leading lady, Sangeetha.   The event was sponsored by HSBC’s NRI division.

For those who hadn’t seen the original (myself included), it’s the story of an average guy, who’s married, has  two kids and works in a bank.   He does the same routine over and over,  and his anger at the injustices of day-to-day life boils over and he acts out.   The majority of the film deals with what happens in 3 days of Vasu’s life after he crosses a point of no apparent return.

As we already saw in  Aayitha Ezhuthu, Kannathil Muthamittal and Guru, Madhavan is now easily able to glide away and  temporarily leave behind the  purely commercial masala, mainstream cinema (Priyasakhi anyone?) for  the other one (however you wish to call it).   A detailed review will follow.

Co-star Sangeetha:

And yes, it’s true, women really do notice a man’s shoes:

He was so good in Kannathil Muthamittal, and tonight he’s hosting  a special one-night-only advance screening of his December release, Evano Oruvan, a Tamil remake of the Marathi hit Dombivli Fast that he stars in and also co-produced.

What better way to spend a Friday Eid and Navratri afternoon than at the spacious  AMC cinema at the Jersey Gardens Outlet Mall, just down the road (literally) from Newark Airport and IKEA, to see Laaga Chunari Mein Daag?

The managers at the theater must have decided to try screening some Hindi movies to see if it’s favorable for them.    During the summer they were showing Heyy Babyy.

Well, I hope they keep it up – what a fantastically comfy place this is…. and it’s a massive cinema (20 screens, huge concessions area, and stadium seating).   And the tickets were only $7.50 because it was an afternoon screening.   Excellent.

If you’re in the area, please patronize the place, and hopefully they’ll turn enough of a profit to consider it worth their while to keep showing the big ticket films (they were handing out postcards of Saawariya today, and there was a trailer for Aaja Nachle).

If you’re in Manhattan, you can get to the mall or the airport with public transportation (then connect at the airport with a shuttle bus to the mall).  

The movie itself?   Enjoyed it quite a bit, thank you.   Review to be posted shortly…

courtesy of Bombay Addict: a shot from last week of a Bombay hoarding for Laaga Chunari Mein Daag…looking forward to Friday…

(PS – if you look closely below the main feature, you’ll also see a snippet of a smaller ad for the new Indian Vogue)