Thread by @Satishisk, A thread on a decade of my fav Director. IMO, Mysskin had [...]

A thread on a decade of my fav Director. IMO, Mysskin had his ups & downs this decade..exploring different themes in his own (and often mocked) style and dabbling in singing, acting (love him in & #39;Savarakathi& #39;) as well as Music (did the music for trailer of & #39;Pyscho& #39;) 1/n

Yudham Sei still stands out for its taut screenplay, the terrific BGM (K) & the gorgeous cinematography (Sathyan Sooryan).Cheran is apt as the Mysskin protagonist who races against time & increasing no. of & #39;vetta patta kaigal& #39; to find the killers.The nail-cutter fight is

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Yudham Sei still stands out for its taut screenplay, the terrific BGM (K) & the gorgeous cinematography (Sathyan Sooryan).Cheran is apt as the Mysskin protagonist who races against time & increasing no. of & #39;vetta patta kaigal& #39; to find the killers.The nail-cutter fight is https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable=

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Then with Mugamoodi he attempted to scale up but couldn& #39;t. A solid origin story of a common man turned hero could not translate as needed on screen (far too many commercial elements which the recently-released & #39;Hero& #39; also suffers from). K& #39;s songs and BGM are still

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Then with Mugamoodi he attempted to scale up but couldn& #39;t. A solid origin story of a common man turned hero could not translate as needed on screen (far too many commercial elements which the recently-released & #39;Hero& #39; also suffers from). K& #39;s songs and BGM are still https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable=

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Mugamoodi& #39;s failure hit real hard. But he is usually in terrific form when pushed to a corner: he wrote Anjaathey in anger when he found no takers for Nandalala and then, after Mugamoodi& #39;s failure he silently returned with a bang through Onnayum Aatukutiyum (OA) 4/n

OA unfortunately did not get the footfall it deserved (probably due to & #39;Raja Rani& #39; <Atlee

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https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😑" title="Ausdrucksloses Gesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Ausdrucksloses Gesicht">> releasing at the same time). The critics however loved it to bits. It is immensely memorable for Raja sir& #39;s BGM and the super stylistic fight choreography 5/n

In OA, Mysskin made quite an impression as the antagonist who is on a path of redemption amidst all odds. The single-shot & #39;animal story& #39; narrated by wolf & the climax fight are standouts. OA is his best along with Anjaathey (at least imo) despite so many years having passed 6/n

Then came Pisaasu, which is a personal favorite. I traveled all the way from Hyderabad to Chennai with my wife for the FDFS at Satyam. This film got a standing ovation when the credits rolled and I was lucky enough to meet & talk to him after the show. 7/n

Guess no one expected a love story when the film& #39;s promos focused only on the horror element. Once again, Mysskin was able to extract a great score from his MD (debutante Arrol Correli this time). On a lighter note, the film made me realize the value of haircuts

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Thupparivalan, though a tad long, is a solid Sherlock-ian inspired whodunnit. And, like Yuddham Sei, Mysskin weaves an intricate web of a screenplay which starts with a puppy& #39;s death on a beach and... 9/n

...ends with the antagonist& #39;s final breath on a lake sitting beside the protagonist (2 sides of a coin??!!) after a breath-taking climax fight sequence. This was also Simran& #39;s return to the silver screen in a brief role :) 10/n

All in all, his hyper-stylized character reactions do not work all the time (e.g. Kaniyan& #39;s outburst after a character& #39;s death)..but film after film he has excelled in bring out solid musical work from his MDs (all his films), ... 11/n

.. fantastic cinematography (all his movie Climaxes except Mugamoodi,..), amazing fight choreography (all his films), philosophical undertones (Wolf& #39;s redemption arc in OA, & #39;Judas& #39; being the one who & #39;betrays& #39; the killers in YS,..) .. 12/n

.. coupled with his Mysskin-isms (a severed head among water melons in YS, the auto driver & his reveal in Pisasu, the bald guy in Anjaathey whose face we never see, various characters shouting out various God names when they die in OA..) 13/n

All said and done, Mysskin is a Director whose films I will watch irrespective of the genre or cast. 2020 has & #39;Psycho& #39; and & #39;Thupparivalan 2& #39; (thematically his strong points) planned for release & I hope both enjoy the amount of financial and critical success & #39;Anjaathey& #39; did <fin>

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