ExpertDabbler

Shankar:

I did see his Gentleman, Kadhalan, Jeans, Mudhalvan. I missed out on Indian and Boyz.Yet to see Anniyan.

I feel cinema is a bit more than fancy locales, painting a whole agraharam, “compooter” graphics, Robinhood, corruption, 7 wonders of the world etc. Its got something (cmon at least something) to do with human emotions, feelings, delicate situations.

In a movie conscious world like TN, each and every work of yours will be seen not only in the light of that product alone but also from your previous efforts’ perspective.

So unless one deliberately makes efforts to stay clear of known shores and tries different genres, one is surely going to get caught in a vicious circle. It is always better to take the bull by its horns. Otherwise it is difficult to retain the freshness and audience expectation.

I think Balachander was very successful because the themes/ genres he tried.

Mani is attempting that. As much as I love Mani Ratnam’s style I still think he needs to add more variety. Why not a crime thriller Mani? Some period stuff? And how about a full fledged comedy script like “Kaadhalikka neramillai”?

Kamal is doing good in his choice of movies.

Bhagyaraj, supposedly India’s best script writer lost his hold because the genre was always the same. Ditto with Bharathiraja. The village Bharathiraja captured repeatedly was the village he last saw before boarding the bus to Chennai for the first time years back.

Movie making is not a simple straighforward “Giving what the audience wants”. For the audience gets influenced by what is dished out too. Its a symbiotic thing. There is a constant feedback happening in both the directions.

There will be occasional failures. But failures sandwiched between successes is better than 4 conseutive hits and then 4 consecutive flops. because by the fourth flop, you are practically out of business.

So the message is, unless you are a Rajinikanth, you better do something different every time you venture to make a movie.

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