Who is better - Barathiraja or Balachander

[Sanguine Sridhar]

hello,

Why there are no takers for KB ???

Nobody seems to be in support of KB .

Can we conclude that BR is better than KB ???

KB movies are weird sometimes....very hard to accept his concepts in reality...for eg...kalki,vidukathai...so and so.....

even pudhu pudhu arthangal...i find it wierd...becoz...they show as if rahama and sitara are lovers...then at last they get separted and start to live with their spouse....

I think vidukathai is by agathiyan?

Kalki is a horrible movie by KB

[S.Balaji]

Yes Kalki is a horrible movie.

I cannot imagine an Indian Woman sacrificing her virginity and piousness for another woman just because her life is at stake.
In fact this movie should have been censored .

[alwarpet_andavan]

Though KB is great and he is my thalaivar's Guru, i think he got stuck in one genre. Maybe its a bit unfair considering that though his main theme was women-oriented, the stories were different.
Mani Sir is i think the best in terms of versatility and BR was not bad either, as pointed out by Balaji here.
However, when we talk of crap movies by KB, we should also not forget that BR made "Kodi Parakkudhu" and "Daaj Magaal"

[S.Balaji]

Dear Alwarpet,

I agree with you that BR also made Kodi parakkuthu but at that time it was needed for him to pull on the industry otherwise public will forget BR. Besides, it was needed commercially for BR to be in the industry.

[svaisn]

I think they both two pillars of Tamil Film Industry....

But Balachander.... has a directorial Touch which BR lags.......

[Sanguine Sridhar]

I dunno what directoral touch is lacking in BR's....Manvaasanai,Karuthamma,Tik tik tik...all are gr8 movies...Even kadal pookal was a gr8 movie....

[S.Balaji]

Dear Karthik,

That directorial touch is just to remind the audience that it is KB .

Nothing beyond that. Every director has his own style but KBs is single track.

[Sanguine Sridhar]

Problem is KB thinks himself as a smarter director,he wants to give movie with a hollywood classical movies touch...hmmm i dunno how much it will fit tamil cinema....

[S.Balaji]

But KB is very successful in Small screen. I am not sure whether BR will do well on Small screen as BR is well known for visual medium of communication.

BR uses camera as a tool for conveying his thoughts . Small screen may not fit him.

[alwarpet_andavan]

But KB is very successful in Small screen. I am not sure whether BR will do well on Small screen as BR is well known for visual medium of communication.

BR uses camera as a tool for conveying his thoughts . Small screen may not fit him.

Yes, i think so too.
He is more poetic and the small screen will not give him the space for that (figuratively speaking, of course )
KB relies more on verbal communication and thats why his serials clicked

Sometimes his shots, the way his actors/actresses act, and the dialogues kind of irritate me, maybe because of their repititive nature and also with their "trying-to-be-oversmart" nature..........