A scene in the 1964 tamil comedy film "Kadhalikka Neramillai".
Many wouldn't be able to forget the scene, in which, our Kalamamani NAGESH cast as an aspiring film director and trying to get some money from his father to produce it (Oho Productions). He tries to say the story to his 2 sisters (the actual heroines of the movie), who have just arrived from college, with a motive to get their support.
But his sisters say - "We don't see Tamil Movies. We see only English movies"..
Nagesh replies back - "Oho.. Idhe ippo ungalukku vazhakkamaa pochu la.. En padam mattum release aagattum.. Irukkara vella kaaaran poora 'we don't watch english movies! we watch only tamil movies' nu solla poraan" ("This is the trend now right? All you tamil people, say 'we dont watch tamil movies, we watch only english movies'! Let my film get released! All the Englishman will start saying 'we don't watch english movies! we watch only tamil movies'")
Though it was a script intended for pure comedy, I have this feeling that Tamil cinema today , along with other south-indian cinemas, is really grown up so well to catch up with the English.
While the Hollywood have enough money to use almost all possible technologies, and luxury of spending as much money for the perfection of a single scene in their movie, they still seem to run out of innovation and out-of-the-box scripts, over the last few years.
But over the past 10 years, there has been an excellent growth in the creativity-sector of Tamil Cinema and other south-Indian Cinemas. Though we lack the budget (or rather, luxury) to bring in the on-screen perfection in terms of the graphics or some other aspects, Tamil Cinema is no short of ideas over the last few years.. The low-budget movies are the better box-office-collectors these days.
The way some of these low budget movies gives a pleasant feeling, I don't think even a Shankar movie can give these days. (thanks to the limited expectation b4 starting to watch these movies)
In some of the low-budget movies, last few years have seen some nerve-wracking thrillers including Mishkin's Anjaathey, Yutham Sei, Chennayil Oru Naal, Neram, and some very good reality comedy-movies like Kadhalil Sodhappuvadhu Yeppadi, Naduvula Konjam Pakkatha Kaanom, Sudhu kavvum and some love stories, friendship stories (like Kalluri) and many other very good movies in several other genres.
What a transformation from the late 90's to mid 2000's where almost all movies are of same genre, a hero and a villain. The way tamil cinema is now transforming, I love it :) I would really love to spend my money seeing 2 or 3 low-budget movies on their first week, rather than trying to spend it for one big star's movie on its first week, and feeling bad with its failure!
Many wouldn't be able to forget the scene, in which, our Kalamamani NAGESH cast as an aspiring film director and trying to get some money from his father to produce it (Oho Productions). He tries to say the story to his 2 sisters (the actual heroines of the movie), who have just arrived from college, with a motive to get their support.
But his sisters say - "We don't see Tamil Movies. We see only English movies"..
Nagesh replies back - "Oho.. Idhe ippo ungalukku vazhakkamaa pochu la.. En padam mattum release aagattum.. Irukkara vella kaaaran poora 'we don't watch english movies! we watch only tamil movies' nu solla poraan" ("This is the trend now right? All you tamil people, say 'we dont watch tamil movies, we watch only english movies'! Let my film get released! All the Englishman will start saying 'we don't watch english movies! we watch only tamil movies'")
Though it was a script intended for pure comedy, I have this feeling that Tamil cinema today , along with other south-indian cinemas, is really grown up so well to catch up with the English.
While the Hollywood have enough money to use almost all possible technologies, and luxury of spending as much money for the perfection of a single scene in their movie, they still seem to run out of innovation and out-of-the-box scripts, over the last few years.
But over the past 10 years, there has been an excellent growth in the creativity-sector of Tamil Cinema and other south-Indian Cinemas. Though we lack the budget (or rather, luxury) to bring in the on-screen perfection in terms of the graphics or some other aspects, Tamil Cinema is no short of ideas over the last few years.. The low-budget movies are the better box-office-collectors these days.
The way some of these low budget movies gives a pleasant feeling, I don't think even a Shankar movie can give these days. (thanks to the limited expectation b4 starting to watch these movies)
In some of the low-budget movies, last few years have seen some nerve-wracking thrillers including Mishkin's Anjaathey, Yutham Sei, Chennayil Oru Naal, Neram, and some very good reality comedy-movies like Kadhalil Sodhappuvadhu Yeppadi, Naduvula Konjam Pakkatha Kaanom, Sudhu kavvum and some love stories, friendship stories (like Kalluri) and many other very good movies in several other genres.
What a transformation from the late 90's to mid 2000's where almost all movies are of same genre, a hero and a villain. The way tamil cinema is now transforming, I love it :) I would really love to spend my money seeing 2 or 3 low-budget movies on their first week, rather than trying to spend it for one big star's movie on its first week, and feeling bad with its failure!
