I
am an avid fan of Tamil cinema. I would
like to share some experiences after watching
numerous films from my child hood. Tamil
cinema has been seeing its growth from
its olden days. There has been a constant
growth and improvement in each and every
aspect like story, screen play, direction,
technical competence, acting, budget etc
of Tamil film making. I have been in awe
after seeing many films which challenges
international film making. Still there
is a vacuum in Tamil cinema that needs
to be filled. Still there are some areas
that need to be explored. Yes, I am talking
about genres. Tamil cinema has covered
genres like Drama, Action, Comedy, Family,
mystery, Romance, Thriller. But there
are many genres that need to be covered
and taken care. But I am going to discuss
two important genres which need special
care and importance. War and Sci-fi. I
haven’t seen any movie which is
based on these two genres. Thank God.
One Sci-Fi movie is on the roll which
is going to come up next month. Thanks
to Shankar. But on War, have we seen any
movie on War? I guess one Malayalam movie
was dubbed in Tamil (Aran) tried to cover
war genre. But no war movie has been produced
In Tamil. Have not we seen Wars in India?
From olden days we have seen many wars.
Kargil war, war between India and China,
we can even take war between Tamil nations
during sanga kaalam. But who gives a damn
about it? No one! We have seen many Hollywood
war films portrayed realistic to the core.
How far we are on this? Many films like
Saving Private Ryan, Full Metal Jacket,
Platoon, and Apocalypse now are classics
in Hollywood cinema. There is a civil
war going on Srilanka. Have we taken any
movie on that? No. |
