Add Balaji to the mafia who never got tired of remaking :-( And promoter of heroism stuff too, spoiling artists like KH-RK!
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Add Balaji to the mafia who never got tired of remaking :-( And promoter of heroism stuff too, spoiling artists like KH-RK!
See, any "golden" period in the field of art had to be an equal-opportunity period as well.
Not some one or two powerful heroes controlling majority stake.
Not some studios controlling what can be produced and what not.
Not some few production / distribution houses mandating and dictating terms.
எப்படிப்பார்த்தாலும், இளைஞர்கள் நிறைய வந்து புகுந்து விளையாடிய பின் எழுபதுகள் மற்றும் முன் எண்பதுகள் போல ஒரு காலகட்டம் என் அறிவில் இல்லை. (எம்ஜிஆர், சிவாஜி வளருமுன் இருந்திருக்கலாம்)
:not-that-way: :arrow-pointing-back:
The movies which I have listed of 60's has no heroism tagged before someone jumps on 1000:1 please check JM's MM which has more ex-aggregated annan-thangachi sentiments and heroism tailed to it. raaman aandalum, punch dialoqs, thundu beediya thooki pottu vayila pidikirathu. one side of the frame doesnt have a glass still suthifying to the mooku. :ergh:
By this yardstick, 1000:1 does more justice to its film making an hallmark heroic/adventure movie aimed purely for commercial success! And the epic story demands that kind of action. Ppl often mistake this classic as SR's 1000:0's.
App_ selladhu!
So by Scale's yardstick, 1000-1 is a better film than MMum because the former is more *honest*. And Scale is trying to hint that raaman aandaalum == en pEru padaiyappaa. Ada ada adddaddaaa kalvettu stuff :bow:
Nanbar nerd, we are talking about "shackles of heroism" what dominated the industry. Ofcourse +((Music, Lyrics,Action, etc....) :rotfl: 1000:1 is a great movie and the only one I include.[/u]
When I came to this thread I initially thought late 70's and early 80's are the best periods in Tamil cinema. But after seeing meaningful and neutral discussions, I also tend to agree that 60's is the golden era of tamil cinema.Quote:
Originally Posted by Nerd
Take a long breath TA!
app_engine.. you are trying to show your anger on few heroes and the production companies..
Who stopped anyone from making movies.. I dont believe if it was AVM or Devar controlled others.. many new producers came and they produced 2 or 3 movies and vanished because they couldnt withstand the pressure etc..
Story telling wa different in different era..
Paasamalar still pulls crowd not just for shivaji and savitiri but there was a well told story even MM which showed brother sister relationship didnt show anything to this level.. except for the word simplicity.nowadays you might even say yuck if they show bro-sis relationship like this. but those were days where in brother -sister relationship was felt and meant too.
A.Bhimsingh the PA series director chose good stories for all his PA series films but he proved even more in sila nerangalil sila manidhargal etc because the story was by Jayakanthan and it all happened. We also need to understand how much people appreciated out of the box stories, or novels being made as movies..
70's as you said yes the hero image was broken by few creators but they also couldnt continue because in the box office those films bombed and finally they were under pressure to use the star value heroes in their movies to make the money which they lost .. in those period they were Called "ART FILMS" and were never considered as main stream films..we are mature enough to watch Veyyil or any other critically acclaimed movie these days but not those days .. how many would have watched Nandu compared to udhiri pookal ?
any discussions which are praising other than 60's are rejetted. :twisted:Quote:
Originally Posted by app_engine
I just want to add a point here. Also, I am not trying to conclude 70’s is the golden era for Tamil film industry.
When we discuss about movies made in different era, we should not forget to consider the people’s mindset at that time. This is not only applicable to Tamil film industry but also to Hollywood and other film industries. My point here is people mind set in mid and late 70’s in India was not the same in 50’s and 60’s.
In Hollywood, the counter-culture was peak during the period of late 1960’s and early 1970’s. During the time, at the most all the movie genre was tried in hollywood. (action, adventure, comedy, crime, drama, epic, horror, musical/dance, science fiction, war and western). In addition, violence and nudity was ruling the roost in main stream cinema. In my opinion, the change that happened in Hollywood cinemas was due to people’s mind set.
On the same token, those cultural changes started to strike Indian society especially film industry in 70’s. In addition, our film industry was not completely under hero’s hands where film makers had more room to try new things. On the other hand, for a short period of time, Hindi movies were quite popular even small villages in Tamil Nadu. what i mean here is, people started to accept more new things. Also, it was the time people tired of watching movies made in set. This cultural change in society deeply influenced the film industry which is a mirror image of society. I am giving few examples on different movie genre that made in 70’s.
Female centric movies (not just made and also succeeded in BOX office) - aval oru thodarkathai, moondru mudichu, aval apadithan, thappu thalangal, uthiri pookal, avargal,
Eccentric/different genre movies: arangatram, aboorva raagangal,
Sex comedy - manmatha leelai
Thrillers (based on sex/psycho) – Sigappu rojakkal, gayathri,
Village stories (not just stories, but the way making movies) – pathinaru vayathiniley, kizhakey pogum rail, mullum malarum,
Musical movies – ninaithaley innikum, johny (1980)
Cow boy movies – camera man karnan’s movies.
Historical movies – probably people tired of watching this type…( I am not sure)
The above mentioned movies were new to film industry at that time.