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The manager gave me two envelopes and some money to give to two Tamil newspapers. They were press releases. They read: ‘After the ‘super hit’ (movie name), the ‘actor’ will next be seen in ‘upcoming movie’. I just couldn’t take it! I turned to the manager and asked if he has a heart and how he can call this movie a super hit. For that, he told me not to worry and that the papers will change it.”
Additionally, he emphasized that not a solitary word underwent editing in the press releases. He went on to add,
I was furious. It was such a bad film and these papers were doing this!”
Blue Sattai Maran’s YouTube Channel
Anti Indian film poster
I couldn’t even say ‘Welcome to Tamiltalkies.net. But I managed to do something.”
When we decided to do it, I knew I had to do reviews every week. So this meant 52 shirts in a year. It was too expensive, and plus I’m not worth all that effort. So we made it a uniform. Now seven years later, I wear the same Derbin shirt every week. I have only one of it. It was Rs.1500 when I bought it.”
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சென்னை: அசோக் செல்வன், கீர்த்தி பாண்டியன், சாந்தனு நடித்துள்ள ப்ளூ ஸ்டார் திரைப்படம் நேற்று வெளியானது. பா ரஞ்சித் தயாரித்துள்ள இந்தப் படத்தை ஜெயக்குமார் என்பவர் இயக்கியுள்ளார். கிரிக்கெட்டை பின்னணியாக வைத்து உருவாகியுள்ள ப்ளூ ஸ்டார் படத்துக்கு ப்ளூ சட்டை மாறன் கொடுத்த விமர்சனத்தை இப்போது பார்க்கலாம்.
ப்ளூ ஸ்டார் ப்ளூ சட்டை மாறன் விமர்சனம்: அரக்கோணம் பகுதியை பின்னணியாக வைத்து உருவாகியுள்ள ப்ளூ ஸ்டார் திரைப்படம், கிரிக்கெட்டில் நிலவும் ஜாதிய பாகுபாடு குறித்து பேசியுள்ளது. இந்தப் படம் குறித்து விமர்சனம் செய்துள்ள ப்ளூ சட்டை மாறன், ப்ளூ ஸ்டார் இன்னும் நல்லா வந்துருக்க வேண்டிய மூவி என கூறியுள்ளார். அவரது விமர்சனத்தின் படி, "அரக்கோணத்துக்கு பக்கத்துல இருக்குற ஒரு சின்ன கிராமத்துல இரண்டு கிரிக்கெட் டீம் இருக்கு."
"ஊர்க்காரங்க சேர்ந்து விளையாடுற ஆல்ஃப் டீம், இன்னொன்னு காலணி பசங்க சேர்ந்து விளையாடும் ப்ளூ ஸ்டார் டீம்... இந்த ரெண்டு அணிகளும் பல வருடங்களா மோதிக்கொண்டே இருக்க, இதுக்கு தீர்வு காண ஒரு மேட்ச் ஏற்பாடு செய்யப்படுது. இதுல ஆல்ஃபா டீம் கேப்டன் லோக்கல் கிரிக்கெட் போர்டுல இருந்து கெஸ்ட் பிளேயர்ஸை கூட்டி வந்து ப்ளூ ஸ்டார் அணிய ஜெயிச்சிடுறாரு."
"அப்புறம் தான் அந்த லோக்கல் கிரிக்கெட் போர்டு பத்தி அவருக்கு தெரிய வருது. அவங்க எல்லாருமே ஜாதி ரீதியா மத்தவங்கள மதிக்குறது கிடையாதுன்னு தெரிஞ்சுகிட்டு ஒரு முடிவு எடுக்குறார். அதன்படி ஆல்ஃபா, ப்ளூ ஸ்டார் ரெண்டு கிரிக்கெட் டீமும் சேர்ந்து கிரிக்கெட் போர்டுக்கு எதிரா மேட்ச் விளையாடி ஜெயிக்கணும்ன்னு முடிவு எடுக்குறாங்க. அப்புறம் என்ன ஆச்சுங்குறது தான் கதை" என ப்ளூ சட்டை மாறன் கூறியுள்ளார்.
மேலும், முதல் பாதியில் நல்ல சுவாரஸ்யமாக இருந்தாலும் இரண்டாம் பாதியில் அந்த வேகம் இல்லை. பொதுவாக கிரிக்கெட்டை பின்னணியாக வைத்தும் விளையாட்டில் இருக்கும் ஜாதி அரசியல் பற்றியும் நிறைய படங்கள் வந்துவிட்டன. உதாரணமாக அமீர்கானின் லகான், தங்கல், பா ரஞ்சித்தின் சார்பட்டா பரம்பரை உள்ளிட்ட படங்கள் தனித்துவமாக வெளியாகின. அப்படி எந்த தனித்துவமும் ப்ளூ ஸ்டாரில் இல்லை என விமர்சித்துள்ளார்.
அதேபோல், இரண்டாம் பாதியின் நீளம் படத்துக்கு பெரிய மைனஸ் என்றும், நடிகர், நடிகைகளின் மேக்கப் பெரிதாக கனெக்ட் ஆகவில்லை எனவும் தனது விமர்சனத்தில் குறிப்பிட்டுள்ளார். மொத்தத்தில் ரொம்ப நல்லா வந்திருக்க வேண்டிய ப்ளூ ஸ்டார், ரொம்பவே சுமாரா இருக்கு என விமர்சனம் செய்துள்ளார் ப்ளூ சட்டை மாறன்.
Blue Sattai Maran is an Indian film director, social commentator, and film critic, who is known for his unique style of film reviews in the Tamil cinema. He is also known for wearing his trademark blue shirt during his film review sessions.
C. Elamaran [1] The Times of India , also known as Ilamaran, was born in 1969 ( age 54 years; as of 2023 ) in Pudupettai, Chennai. He was thrown out of school when he was in class 8. In an interview, while talking about it, Maran said,
I was brought up in Pudupettai in Chennai and was studying at a school there. But they couldn’t handle how incorrigible I was and threw me out when I was in the eighth grade.”
Subsequently, his father gave him two choices- to join a different school or to join his uncles who were in a film distribution business in Madurai. Since he adored films from a young age, he chose to join his uncles.
Height (approx.): 5′ 8″
Hair Colour: Black
Eye Colour: Black
Not much is known about his parents. He has three brothers.
He is married.
Blue Sattai Maran entered the Tamil film industry at the age of 15, working for his uncles’ film distribution company. Soon, Sattai and his three brothers also ventured into the film distribution business and started their own company. However, they could not sustain themselves in the market. Maran then tried his hands at several businesses, but they all failed. Later, he worked in the production teams of various Tamil films like Vel (2007), Seval (2008), and Lingaa (2014). He also joined Ram Babu Productions and worked in their team for 23 Kannada films. He has also briefly worked as an assistant to the personal manager of a popular Tamil star. On 27 January 2012, he created a YouTube Channel named Tamil Talkies on which he uploads his film reviews. The channel has 1.63 million subscribers on it.
Blue Sattai Maran’s YouTube Channel
In 2021, Blue Sattai Maran directed and acted in the Tamil-language political satire film Anti Indian. He played the role of Basha, a painter, in the film. Maran also worked as a writer for the film. The film performed average at the box office.
Anti Indian film poster
Accused of blackmailing.
In 2019, after Blue Sattai Maran slammed the makers of the Tamil-language film Charlie Chaplin 2 for treating the audience like “fools,” a police complaint was lodged against him by Shakthi Chidambaram, the director of the film. The filmmaker accused Sattai of trying to extort money from him and blackmailing him. In his complaint, he said that Maran approached him to advertise his film in exchange for money and when he (Chidambaram) refused the offer, Maran provided a negative review of the film in a derogatory manner. [2] Cinema Express
In 2022, R Parthiban’s Tamil-language film ‘Iravin Nizhal’ was acclaimed as the world’s first single-shot non-linear film and received positive feedback from the audience. However, Blue Sattai Maran refuted that the film was the world’s first single-shot non-linear film and also gave critical reviews about the film. Maran’s comments did not go well with Parthiban’s fans who burned Blue Sattai Maran’s effigy, to express their disagreement. [3] The Times of India
In 2023, before the release of Rajinikanth’s Jailer, Blue Sattai Maran gave negative reviews to the film, which did not go well with some of Rajinikanth’s fans who gave death threats to Maran. [4] Chennai Memes Maran took to X to reveal the same and wrote,
Tamil Nadu Police, please take action against the person who is making death threat in this audio and also take action against the administrators who are responsible for instigating violence in this twitter space discussion.”
He further wrote,
CM Stalin Sir, I hope you will maintain law and order by taking action against the persons who make death threat and the administrators of this twitter space. The same person who made death threat and instigated others to involve in violence in a public place has spoken in this audio.”
When we decided to do it, I knew I had to do reviews every week. So this meant 52 shirts in a year. It was too expensive, and plus I’m not worth all that effort. So we made it a uniform. Now seven years later, I wear the same Derbin shirt every week. I have only one of it. It was Rs.1500 when I bought it.”
The manager gave me two envelopes and some money to give to two Tamil newspapers. They were press releases. They read: ‘After the ‘super hit’ (movie name), the ‘actor’ will next be seen in ‘upcoming movie’. I just couldn’t take it! I turned to the manager and asked if he has a heart and how he can call this movie a super hit. For that, he told me not to worry and that the papers will change it.”
He further mentioned that not a single word was edited out in the press releases. He added,
I was furious. It was such a bad film and these papers were doing this!”
I couldn’t even say ‘Welcome to Tamiltalkies.net. But I managed to do something.”
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Popular YouTube reviewer ‘Blue Sattai' Maran has turned director with a Tamil film Anti Indian. However, it looks like Maran may face a battle for releasing his film, since the Central Board of Film Certification has refused to certify his film. Maran submitted his film to the board for review on April 5, Monday, and their decision was conveyed to him on the same day.
Speaking to TNM, Maran says, “Usually filmmakers hope that their film would receive ‘U’ certification but they will be given ‘A’. The Board would have its reasons and a compromise would be struck. In my case, they said they are straight away refusing my film and that I could file my appeal.”
Maran will have to reach out to the revising committee of the CBFC in Chennai. Among its board members are actor-politician Gautami Tadimalla.
While Maran is popular among his audience for his often scathing video reviews, the Tamil film industry has objected to his reviews several times. He has also been targeted by angry fans for his reviews. He's known as ‘Blue Sattai’ for using the same coloured shirt in all his reviews. Saying he cannot divulge much about Anti Indian , Maran said that the film is his take on the current political situation in the country, particularly religious politics.
This film stars Narain and Radha Ravi in lead roles. According to reports, Maran is also in talks with OTT platforms to take his film to the audience.
In an interview with TNM in 2019, Maran had said that he would soon be directing his own film. “I’m going to start shooting my own film in April, so at the end of it, you will get to know what a good movie is,” he had said. A good movie, according to Maran, is one which makes the viewer believe in what they see. “Or teaches you something at the end of it. It could even be an old concept but should be executed in an entertaining manner,” he had said.
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Anti indian cast & crew.
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In this Anti Indian film, Blue Sattai Maran , Muthuraman played the primary leads.
The Anti Indian was released in theaters on 10 Dec 2021.
The Anti Indian was directed by Blue Sattai Maran
Movies like Maharaja , Garudan , Suriya 44 and others in a similar vein had the same genre but quite different stories.
The soundtracks and background music were composed by Blue Sattai Maran for the movie Anti Indian.
The cinematography for Anti Indian was shot by Kathiravan .
The movie Anti Indian belonged to the Drama, genre.
'anti indian' shows the courage of the director for bold dialogues and jabs at religious or political leaders. however, it lacks 'entertainment'..
Film: Anti-Indian (Playing in theatres). Duration: 123 minutes.
Director: Blue Sattai Maran.
Cast: Blue Sattai Maran, Radha Ravi, Naren, Vazhakku En Muthuraman, Vijaya Mami and Jayaraj.
IANS Rating: ***
'Anti-Indian' stands as a testimony to Director 'Blue Sattai' Maran's courage. Not many would have chosen to do what he has done -- respond to a challenge thrown at him by those offended by his reviews and accept to make a film to show that it is not as difficult to make a meaningful film as it is made out to be.
Not just that. Maran's courage is again evident from the sensitive subject he has chosen to deal with in his debut film. 'Anti-Indian' shows up unapologetically the manipulative games religious and political leaders play for their selfish gains.
The film starts off with a murder taking place in a constituency that is gearing up for a by-election. The murdered man is identified as Basha (Blue Sattai Maran) and we are told that while Basha's late father is Ibrahim, his mother Saroja (Vijaya Mami) is a Hindu.
Interestingly, Saroja has now converted to Christianity and has changed her name to Lourdu Mary. The problem starts when Basha's body is taken for burial.
His body is not permitted in the Muslim burial ground because he was not a practising Muslim. The Hindus refuse his body as it is that of a Muslim. As the body is taken from place to place, religious leaders of all hues, with their own agendas, begin to play manipulative games. Even as this continues, politicians who are looking to win the election, join in with their own deadly plans.
The film takes hard shots at everybody without holding back anything. From religious leaders of all denominations to political bosses, everybody's agenda is exposed. The film's biggest strength comes from its script and its dialogues, some of which really stand out.
For instance, there is this scene towards the end where a commoner says: "You had one body and you killed 13 people with it. Now, you have 13 bodies. One wonders what all you are going to do now."
Technically, 'Anti-Indian' is below par. It has no entertainment value. Its visuals aren't great. The only songs in the film are 'gaana' songs, which, after a point, become annoying.
Granted, the director is trying to showcase the exhaustion that even 'gaana' singers who are brought in to mourn experience because of the delay in burying the body. But for the viewers, it becomes a tad too much.
As a story, 'Anti-Indian' has a very pertinent point to make. But as an entertainer , it has almost nothing to offer. If you are the sort who enjoys a story that is radically different from your regular kind of films and don't mind sacrificing commercial elements for a strong message, then 'Anti-Indian' is likely to work for you.
But with all its flaws, one must still say that 'Anti-Indian' works for the simple reason that this is a brave new attempt into unchartered waters by a debut director.
‘Anti-Indian’ stands as a testimony to Director ‘Blue Sattai’ Maran’s courage. Not many would have chosen to do what he has done – respond to a challenge thrown at him by those offended by his reviews and accept to make a film to show that it is not as difficult to make a meaningful film as it is made out to be.
Not just that. Maran’s courage is again evident from the sensitive subject he has chosen to deal with in his debut film. ‘Anti-Indian’ shows up unapologetically the manipulative games religious and political leaders play for their selfish gains.
The film starts off with a murder taking place in a constituency that is gearing up for a by-election. The murdered man is identified as Basha (Blue Sattai Maran) and we are told that while Basha’s late father is Ibrahim, his mother Saroja (Vijaya Mami) is a Hindu.
Interestingly, Saroja has now converted to Christianity and has changed her name to Lourdu Mary. The problem starts when Basha’s body is taken for burial.
His body is not permitted in the Muslim burial ground because he was not a practising Muslim. The Hindus refuse his body as it is that of a Muslim. As the body is taken from place to place, religious leaders of all hues, with their own agendas, begin to play manipulative games. Even as this continues, politicians who are looking to win the election, join in with their own deadly plans.
The film takes hard shots at everybody without holding back anything. From religious leaders of all denominations to political bosses, everybody’s agenda is exposed. The film’s biggest strength comes from its script and its dialogues, some of which really stand out.
For instance, there is this scene towards the end where a commoner says: “You had one body and you killed 13 people with it. Now, you have 13 bodies. One wonders what all you are going to do now.”
Technically, ‘Anti-Indian’ is below par. It has no entertainment value. Its visuals aren’t great. The only songs in the film are ‘gaana’ songs, which, after a point, become annoying.
Granted, the director is trying to showcase the exhaustion that even ‘gaana’ singers who are brought in to mourn experience because of the delay in burying the body. But for the viewers, it becomes a tad too much.
As a story, ‘Anti-Indian’ has a very pertinent point to make. But as an entertainer, it has almost nothing to offer.
If you are the sort who enjoys a story that is radically different from your regular kind of films and don’t mind sacrificing commercial elements for a strong message, then ‘Anti-Indian’ is likely to work for you.
But with all its flaws, one must still say that ‘Anti-Indian’ works for the simple reason that this is a brave new attempt into unchartered waters by a debut director.
Movie: Anti-Indian Duration: 123 minutes Director: Blue Sattai Maran Cast: Blue Sattai Maran, Radha Ravi, Naren, Vazhakku En Muthuraman, Vijaya Mami and Jayaraj
–By Manigandan K R
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Nevertheless, Blue Sattai Maran contested the claim that the film held this distinction and provided unfavorable evaluations of the movie. Maran's remarks were poorly received by Parthiban's supporters, leading to the symbolic burning of an effigy representing Blue Sattai Maran as an expression of their dissent. [5] The Times of India Received ...
Blue Sattai Maran Blue Star review: (ப்ளூ ஸ்டார் ப்ளூ சட்டை மாறன் விமர்சனம்) அசோக் செல்வன், சாந்தனு, கீர்த்தி பாண்டியன் நடித்துள்ள ப்ளூ ஸ்டார் திரைப்படம் நேற்று வெளியானது.
Blue Sattai Maran Lashes Out Maamannan: He said, Mari Selvaraj insists that if you are affected by casteism, fight with those who oppose you without considering all the efforts made by Ambedkar ...
However, Blue Sattai Maran refuted that the film was the world's first single-shot non-linear film and also gave critical reviews about the film. Maran's comments did not go well with Parthiban's fans who burned Blue Sattai Maran's effigy, to express their disagreement. [3] The Times of India. Received Death Threats
07 Apr 2021, 1:00 pm. Popular YouTube reviewer 'Blue Sattai' Maran has turned director with a Tamil film Anti Indian. However, it looks like Maran may face a battle for releasing his film, since ...
Anti Indian Tamil Movie: Check out Blue Sattai Maran's Anti Indian movie release date, review, cast & crew, trailer, songs, teaser, story, budget, first day collection, box office collection, ott ...
Anti Indian is a Tamil political drama movie directed by Blue Sattai Maran. Here is the public review for the movie Anti IndianSubscribe - https://goo.gl/AUJ...
Movie Review: "Anti-Indian", a bold film on politics of religion though lacks tech edge ... Cast: Blue Sattai Maran, Radha Ravi, Naren, Vazhakku En Muthuraman, Vijaya Mami and Jayaraj. IANS Rating: *** 'Anti-Indian' stands as a testimony to Director 'Blue Sattai' Maran's courage. Not many would have chosen to do what he has done -- respond to a ...
Technically, 'Anti-Indian' is below par. It has no entertainment value. Its visuals aren't great. The only songs in the film are 'gaana' songs, which, after a point, become annoying ...