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Reviewer: Secret of success (talk · contribs) 04:32, 20 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Early life

For a start, these issues need to be fixed. Secret of success (talk) 04:32, 20 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for reviewing the article. Awaiting further comments from you. —Vensatry (Ping me) 16:12, 22 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Comment "Ratnam has two brothers..." This should be in past tense, "had". Both of them are dead. Also, "The former is a prominent personality who produced..." It should be in the past tense as well.--Dwaipayan (talk) 01:51, 23 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

 Fixed. Thanks for pointing out this blunder. —Vensatry (Ping me) 03:14, 23 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: Have cleaned references part. -- ♪Karthik♫ ♪Nadar♫ 06:56, 23 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

More issues

Secret of success (talk) 06:14, 1 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

  • "Ratnam took a more light-hearted approach with his next film —Thiruda Thiruda. Scripted by Ram Gopal Varma, it explored the action and thriller genres, was a departure from Ratnam's previous style, and fared less well at the box office. In 1994, a retrospective of Ratnam's Tamil films was shown at the Toronto International Film Festival." - Unsourced
  • "Ratnam produced and co-wrote his wife's directorial debut film, Indira, and the critical success Iruvar, his next film as director. Iruvar won the Best Film Award at the FEST film festival held in Belgrade." - Unsourced
  • "Dil Se.. gained cult status just after it released" - These kind of things CANNOT be stated without a source.
  • Alaipaayuthey was acclaimed critically? Direct sources or some reviews?
  • "The Tamil version received critical acclaim in America, Europe and southern parts of India." - Unsourced
  • "Unlike most of his contemporaries, Ratnam neither assisted in film-making nor worked as a cinematographer before entering films.[22]" - Repeated statement.
  • "Ratnam is well known as a director who strikes a balance between arthouse and commercial cinema. He has admitted that he makes each of his films by keeping the audience in mind." - WP:NPOV
  • "Ratnam has given a new dimension to the Tamil film industry" - Not encyclopedic at all
    • Changed it to "Ratnam was referred for bringing new dimension to the South Asian film industry..." Fine?
  • Dead links found and tagged.
  • "The plot of the film was loosely based on the 1972 American epic crime film, The Godfather.[4] The film was based on the real-life story of underworld king Varadarajan Mudaliar,[27]" - So it is based on both? Not clear at all.

Secret of success (talk) 16:23, 24 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I have struck out most of the comments above, if I feel that they have been addressed. I shall go through the article thoroughly once more, before deciding on whether to fail or pass it. As it stands, all major issues have been taken care of. Secret of success (talk) 06:27, 1 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

As the article satisfies all points of the GA criteria, IMO, I have passed it. If someone feels that there are more issues left, don't hesitate to take it to a GA reassessment, but consider posting it on the talk page and waiting for response before doing so. Thanks. Secret of success (talk) 14:59, 1 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Just a general quip in regard to the filmography - the film's which he has directed should possibly be listed separately from those he has produced/written. Not only are the films he has directed a different quality to those he has produced, they blur his real contribution to films (ie directing). Also Bloody Paki seems to have been dropped from production a long time ago, having never made it to the filming stage and Five Star is omitted from the table totally! Editor 2050 (talk) 12:16, 2 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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