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It seems to me lately Kerala audience taste is no different from Tamil audience taste. Whatever movies succeed in TN, do run successfully in KL as well!

true for successful, mass films featuring big stars.
but the "new-wave" films with the second-third rung stars don't even get a decent release, even if they do really well in TN.
about taste, the big difference is that the audience here have started to view Tamil films based on what they 'perceive' as Tamil films. the theatre-going viewer, generally, doesn't look for solid themes or out-of-the-box treatment in Tamil films. when he's in to watch a Tamil film, most of the time, he's out there to just have a good time.
that, perhaps, explains the shift.

[pushpak]

true for successful, mass films featuring big stars.
but the "new-wave" films with the second-third rung stars don't even get a decent release, even if they do really well in TN.
about taste, the big difference is that the audience here have started to view Tamil films based on what they 'perceive' as Tamil films. the theatre-going viewer, generally, doesn't look for solid themes or out-of-the-box treatment in Tamil films. when he's in to watch a Tamil film, most of the time, he's out there to just have a good time.
that, perhaps, explains the shift.

This has always been the situation. And that is why Kamal movies like Vikram, Kakki Sattai, SKV etc used to become block busters and he was almost on par with Mammootty and Lal.. and much much ahead of all other Tamil stars put together.
So the shift did not happen for the audience. Rather Kamal shifted to a new (and better) dimension.

[ActionHero]

This has always been the situation. And that is why Kamal movies like Vikram, Kakki Sattai, SKV etc used to become block busters and he was almost on par with Mammootty and Lal.. and much much ahead of all other Tamil stars put together.
So the shift did not happen for the audience. Rather Kamal shifted to a new (and better) dimension.

ellam ok boss. But Vikram blockbuster nu sollrathu konjam idikuthu.

[pushpak]

ellam ok boss. But Vikram blockbuster nu sollrathu konjam idikuthu.

It is a fact. In Kerala it was a block buster. I know it did not do well in TN.

Kamal almost got back his investment because of its great run in Kerala (his own words in an interview)

[shwas]

This has always been the situation. And that is why Kamal movies like Vikram, Kakki Sattai, SKV etc used to become block busters and he was almost on par with Mammootty and Lal.. and much much ahead of all other Tamil stars put together.
So the shift did not happen for the audience. Rather Kamal shifted to a new (and better) dimension.

he knew that if he did only vikram, ks, skv, ttt kind of films..fans will dig hard to talk abt the positives...so he gave us films like guna, mahanadhi for us to be proud