Friday, December 31, 2010

Top 5 Madisars

I recently saw ''Seetha kalyanam'' and there were only 2 reasons for it - a traditional 7 day brahmin wedding and Jo in Madisar...although the movie moved at a snail's place and the ending was too predictable, it did do justice to the 2 things I looked for.

The ''bough'' vecha kai is adorable while the maroon with double side jari makes it very authentic !

That also got me thinking about other heroines in madisar and here is my countdown.

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5. Bhanupriya in Aahaa


It looks like someone drew a madisar on her (video from minute 8.35). To quote my paati ''Onbadhu kajam evalo paandhama irukku avaluku'' !

4.Urvasi in Micheal Madana kamarajan


"Sundari neeyum'' is an amazing song and the venpattu Thittusundari, I mean, Thriupurasundari wears will remain etched in my memory forever !

3.Padmini in Vietnam Veedu


The only reason Padmini is pushed to place 3 is because she is slightly plump when compared to the gorgeous ones in 1 and 2 and that makes a difference.

2.Sridevi in Meendum Kokila
sridevi
I couldn't find a proper madisar pic from the movie but found another one and that one's pretty too ! There is no better combination than madisar with temple jewelery and she is wearing my favorite color combo, the mambhazha yellow with maroon !

and the undisputed number one position goes to

1.Sowkar Janaki in Edhir neechal


As long as I live, I will love ''Adhuthathu Ambujatha parthale''. The ettukal mookuthi, the jimiki, the long plaited hair with flowers, her beautiful eyes that look even more pretty with kaajal, all together make her the best velli thirai mami.

Special mention should go to Hemamalini in Hey Ram, the only reason she is not on the list is because her screen presence is very limited to actually include her in the contest !

An extra special mention goes to the invincible Shanmugi mami but she is out of the contest because of the mama/mami questions that might eventually be raised !


The scene with Gemini Ganesan that follows this song is the one that takes Shanmugi...err..kamal to a thani level....the body language, the blushing, the whimpering.....chancea illa !

On behalf of all mamis - Indha pudhu varusham ellarkum amogama irukattum bhagavane !

Ippadiku,
nammathu mami














PS: Please do not suggest Asin in Madisar as one of the contestants, she wears it like a ready-made pant suit and it only ends up looking weird !

PPS: Did I miss someone else ??

Disclaimer: All pics (except the last one ofcourse) and videos belong to the respective production houses. I am not responsible for any copyright violation in the embedded videos.

9 comments:

  1. I appreciate the earnestness which prevents you from nominating yourself... and in reply to your PPS...... yeah! yeah! go ahead and tell us where the maami in the last pic stands in the list.... she is being hereby officially nominated.... :D

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  2. @viki
    Since I was only discussing velli thirai mamis, I never actually considered nominating myself...you see, am a real one :D ! The PPS was just to ask readers if they thought that any other cinema mami deserved recognition.

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  3. How about Meena in this song from Veera, (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TsWoA476jQM)? But, i think it should be hard to categorize this amongst your top 5 list. :)
    But, considering thalaivar's presence on screen, maybe you can consider. :)

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  4. last one....lol......

    jokes apart....enga akka kooda azhagu than.....

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  5. i feel trisha looks good in a madisar.

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  6. @Shruti
    thanks for the compliment ;), but when did Trisha wear a madisar in a movie?

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  7. @Shruti
    really ? When ? Since she marries Vikram, who is not a brahmin, I didn't think she wore one in the movie

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  8. she does! twice in that movie...she looks good too :) she is an iyengar...naturally suits her...

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