மணிரத்னம் : தலைகீழ் ரசவாதி -B.R மகாதேவன்

This book discuss(criticize!!!)  some of Manirathnam's movies in a very detailed manner. First one must have great courage  being in the industry to write like this about a well known cinema director. As mentioned in the book, he might not get any chance in the industry after this book. And its true he never did.

I'm not a big fan of Manirathnam's movies , so I did not feel upset about the comments made in this book , in fact ,after watching many of his movies I felt that Manirathnam missed golden chances specially movies like "Kannathil Muthammittal" and " Roja".  This author says Manirathnam is good at marketing his products and I have to agree with him.  Almost all his movies songs are mega hit - meaning the director spent more time and energy in songs than the story.

சாதாரண தமிழ்ப்  படத்தில் பாடல்கள் இடம்பெறுவது வேறு . சீரியஸான முயற்சி ஒன்றில் பாடல் இடம்பெறுவது வேறு.

The cinematography in all Manirathnam movies looks good and colourful but in many scenes in many movies it doesn't make sense to the story.

வெறுமனே பிரேம் பியூட்டி என்பதற்கு மட்டுமே முக்கியத்துவம் தராமல் காட்சியிலும் பொருத்தமான விஷயத்தை கொண்டுவந்தால் படத்தின் தரம் நிச்சியம் உயரும் .

 The author gives a long list of cliches in Manirathnam's screenplays in his movies discussed in this book. Most of them are valid and these cliches make Manirathnam just like another masala director - may be talented one.

The biggest drawback of this book is the authors  proposed alternative stories and scenes - for me the authors stories too looked typical formula ones.  In fact its irritating. The author has all the rights to criticize the work of an another artist in public domain but it seems like he went bit too far.Personally after watching "Kadal" I felt disappointed , the story is neither fully nor correctly told.

Any one can read this book just for understanding missed opportunities in Manirathnam's movies.