Golden Period of Tamil Cinema

From what I have seen,60s movies - I believe when it comes t consistency will be better than 80's era - simple nice stories,good melodies and good performances.

Social dramas,family dramas and Historic movies - all meatly done.

Its definetely more consistent than 80's movies - which had too much of masala movies.

But the 80's movies have too many peaks reached by balumahendra,mahendran,barathiraja,maniratnam - which will defintely win over those consistent movies from 60's.

And then there is Ilayaraja - who introduced BGM to Tamil cinema and introduced rollercoster orchestrations in his interludes and preludes - and we get to hear violins,guitars,flutes in that ride.

Holier than thou holier than thou holier than thou
Oh yeah
I yaam holier than thou
I am a holy cow, dizzy dizzy, iam a holy cow
Holier than thou, holier than thou, holier than thou

Inge oruthar idhai theme songA vechukkalaaam - msv, ir, arr yaaru tune pottalum prachnai illai

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Originally Posted by Vivasaayi

well if 90's can be considered as a transitionary period,the Kamal haasan deserves the credit.

in the first half of the 90's,kamal haasan shouldered Tamil cinema single handedly.

mmkr
thevar magan
guna
mahanadhi
kurudhipunal
sathileelavathi
Indian
Avvai shanmugi

in a span of five years - most of them own banners and scripted by him - the main reason for the transition of tamil cinema from the 80's style to the next phase.

Mahanadhi and Guna has been the inspirations for most of the top directors of the next generation

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8-) 8-) :exactly:

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Originally Posted by Vivasaayi

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Originally Posted by m_23_bayarea

Though I voted for the 80s (mainly because of Rajini, Kamal, IR, SPB, KJY, Balumahendra, Bharathiraja, Manirathnam, etc.), I think every era has its own strengths and weaknesses as we may agree.

But from a high level, it looks like the 60s, 80s, and 00s were and are more stabilized, whereas the 70s and 90s were more transitionary - one generation passing on to another!

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well if 90's can be considered as a transitionary period,the Kamal haasan deserves the credit.

in the first half of the 90's,kamal haasan shouldered Tamil cinema single handedly.

mmkr
thevar magan
guna
mahanadhi
kurudhipunal
sathileelavathi
Indian
Avvai shanmugi

in a span of five years - most of them own banners and scripted by him - the main reason for the transition of tamil cinema from the 80's style to the next phase.

Mahanadhi and Guna has been the inspirations for most of the top directors of the next generation

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Wow good to know ! :)

1950 களில் எனக்குப் பிடித்த படங்கள்
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அந்த நாள்
மனோகரா
பராசக்தி
மதுரை வீரன்
அவ்வையார்
ரத்தக்கண்ணீர்
மதுரை வீரன்
உத்தம புத்திரன்
நாடோடி மன்னன்

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Originally Posted by Bala (Karthik)

PR,
Appo Kannadasan, TMS pathiyum neenga pesanume. Yen IR/BGM a pathi mattum (andha alavukku) mukkiyam illa nu solreenga?
Ellame yen ya Raaja fans a mattum kekkareenga? :twisted:

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Isn't it largely the IR fans around here who talk about how his music is apposite, weaved into the narrative etc.

And I am not even denying all that. Heck, I am myself quite a glutton of such movie-making. All I am saying it is not that important in the overall scheme of things.

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Originally Posted by venkkiram

1950 களில் எனக்குப் பிடித்த படங்கள்
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மனோகரா
பராசக்தி
மதுரை வீரன்
அவ்வையார்
ரத்தக்கண்ணீர்
மதுரை வீரன்
உத்தம புத்திரன்
நாடோடி மன்னன்

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All the above moves are in my list except Avvayar..... but undobtedly, andha naal which is not in the list will top the list with ratha kanner....... :clap:

Please could someone add more movies in the list?

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Originally Posted by jaiganes

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Originally Posted by Bala (Karthik)

Path-breaking is a very important phrase in this discussion...

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http://passionforcinema.com/aval-app...ma-take-a-bow/

this was something I wrote sometime back.

As far as udhiripookal is concerned, I am too overwhelmed by the beauty of the movie, the poignancy of it and the emotional manipulation that it indulges in it without being sentimental, is absolutely Great for cinema from any geography - It is about universal emotions and feelings, the pluses and minuses of human nature all in display. words fail me when i want to write more about it ... in short

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Thanks jaiganesh....

one of the best review i red it in recent time.....if i am not wrong, aval appadithan is considered to be the best movie made in 1970s... probably top five/ten movies ever made in tamil film history....

Rudriyaa.... is this man still alive?

From this blog:

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Originally Posted by jaiganes

This strong recollection scene is something to be seen to be believed. The acting by Sripriya is absolutely TOP NOTCH and look for the reactions of Kamal here too.

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:exactly:

i know that this is not the right thread to pose this question, but anyway...

i am trying to recollect a sivaji black and white film..

story line goes like this...similar to the 10 commandments in bible, there are six principals in tamil literature (or something like that). sivaji is a honest person.... and then by some turn of fate he starts breaking every single commandment (including stealing from sister's house or something like that)...

can anyone help me find the movie name?