Photo Captions: The first picture is of Dinesh Kamath, the writer of this piece. The second picture is of Al Pacino as Tony Montana and the third picture is of James Caan as Sonny Corleone.
Today I'll talk about two Hollywood film characters who impressed me immensely. They are Sonny Corleone and Tony Montana. Sonny Corleone was the character played by James Caan in the film 'Godfather' while Tony Montana was the character played by Al Pacino in the movie 'Scarface'. Both of them are impressive characters. It is difficult to say who between the two is better.
First I'll talk about Sonny Corleone whose role was played by James Caan very convincingly and impressively. He was a dynamic character who was responsible for making his father Vito Corleone the topmost Godfather in the city. Sonny had played an instrumental role in making the Corleone family the topmost among the five families of New York. He got the opportunity to play the role of acting Godfather when his father Vito was shot and had to be hosptialised in an injured state. It was then that Sonny got the opportunity to show his skill in playing the role of Godfather. He became a terror to all the other mafia families of New York. This particular sequence was not shown in the movie Godfather. But I came to know about this after reading the book 'Godfather' by Mario Puzo. Had the filmmaker cared to show this sequence in the film Sonny would have appeared still more impressive and heroic. The movie just depicted his hot tempered nature, his flirting acts and his suicidal tendency. The movie didn't depict his total military achievements. Actually it is his powerful military brain that makes him the most impressive hero the Hollywood films have ever depicted.
Tony Montana was another impressive character depicted in the film 'Scarface'. His role was played by Al Pacino. Tony Montana is one hero who can compete with Sonny Corleone. Tony was supposed to be a refugee who migrated to America from Cuba. He got converted from a nobody to one of the most dreaded gangster in a very short span of time. Tony Montana and Sonny Corleone share a lot of common traits. Both are hot tempered, ambitious, powerful military brains and passionate lovers. Both got terrific body language and fantastic style of delivering dialogues. Both of them live and die in the most heroic style. It is extremely difficult to judge as to who between the two is better.
The movie 'Godfather' was released somewhere in 1972. James Caan had become very popular with the world movie lovers after the release of the film. 'Scarface' was released in 1983 and this time it was the turn of Al Pacino to earn the kind of world recognition that James Caan had got after the release of the film.
Both James Caan and Al Pacino will ever be remembered for the fantastic way in which they played the roles of Sonny Corleone and Tony Montana respectively. Both of them are two of the best actors the world has ever witnessed. Bye!
Tony
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