One more reason I think is that the Tamil audience has the highest exposure to world cinema. Even the same Anurag Kashyap has said in an interview 10 years ago that "In Chennai, if u go to Burma Bazaar, you'd mostly find pirated copies of Hollywood and Korean movies". The lockdown has definitely pushed a lot more people to watch quality world cinema. So it's not just the directors and screen writers who want to make innovative cinema, even the Tamil audience wants to watch something that they've never seen before. But there are two areas where Malayalam cinema is miles ahead of us: First one is the existence of independent screenwriters and mainstream directors who'd happily direct another writer's script with no ego. I think now that is slowly changing here as well with Lokesh having Rathna Kumar as an additional screenwriter and GVM directing VTK which was written by Jeyamohan. Even legends like Spielberg and scrosese have directed scripts written by others multiple times. I wish they'd realise that it's completely fine to be a director alone and there's no need write their own scripts if they're not good at it. Secondly, the obsession of fair skinned women is still prevalent in Tamil cinema. I wish to see more dark skinned actresses getting leading roles in big budget mainstream movies.
If we want to change that dark skinned oppression not only directors, both audience and directors must change... I donno how tamil girls are still tolerating that their own movie industry is not giving them opportunity.
What i see is here its very rare to find a tamil family allowing thier girl to be an actress..frm early days till now its tough to find tamil heroins..may b they r more Conservative..not sure...I a may be wrong too..
@@chitrag3114 It's true. But there are still a lot of Tamil actresses who broke that social and familial barriers and successfully launched themselves in the industry. But it has become increasingly difficult for them to get a stronghold because of the fair skinned women imported from the North.
@@rammckee6319 True..its actually unfair to..cause most if heros here are not good looking but want girls to look best...i guess they are feedings us this is beauty...we are nit able to admire dark skinned girls cause of this...but this is a prb for whole india too
The most important aspect of tamil cinema's strength is pointed rightly by AK - - 'here directors comes from all walks of life' and this is also the reason why we make better commercial films
Tamil cinemas biggest strength is its end consumers who never fail to appreciate good films and never got shy to accept bad films as bad films just because of the actor
I too accept that ANIRUDH is on next level to Tamil cinema right now. His contribution to each of his music directed film is phenomenal. I agree with ur opinion...bro
Avar ipo field illa bro … From to now romba year ah yaaru vetri mv kudukaranga tha pakamum ..yetho oru padam flop aagi nxt mv hit kudutha ok but thodarthu ok va na mv kudutha
One important aspect is how we celebrate even other language movies. Premam ran in theatres for more than 250 days in Chennai - probably the only instance of a non-native movie running for so long. We celebrated Bahubali like our own. All this appreciation for good cinema eventually trickles down, making Tamil cinema even better.
I love Tamil industry but idk if that's true, besides Bahubali (which is actually considered a billingual Telugu and Tamil movie) and maybe Pushpa I have yet to see big Telugu heroes consistently pull huge numbers at the Tamil box office, while Tamil heroes like Rajini Kamal Vijay Vikram and even smaller ones like Karthi always have had immense respect in Tollywood and always have their separate Telugu fanbases that consistently give them collections, and that goes for directors like Mani Ratnam too. Also not to stereotype or anything but based on my experiences online I've often found fans of other languages like Kannada Malyalam or Telugu appreciate other industries more than I have for Tamil, who kinda always try to mix something up bad regarding others like Kattappa being a bad character and misrepresentation of Tamil people (which I've still genuinely never understood), again I'm not at all saying all Tamil fans are like this, that couldn't be further from the truth, it's just what my experiences on the internet have been. A lot of great things about the Tamil industry to talk about but I don't know if the celebration of other language movies has ever been a standout positive charateristic of Kollywood compared to other industries
@@FullyFilmyTamil "Padam nalla illati ooda vekkathinga, athu yaar nadichalum seri" words of Kamal, Surya and other actors too. I don't think any other industry stars will say this.
malayalam create like mid stream cinemas (middle of mainstream and award movies) tamil create ( mix of mainstream and award movies) its good to say it is refined version of telugu movies but not like malayalam movies
Not a mixure, malaylam industry took realistic, story narration, from Tamil industry, Telugu industry took masala and heroisum from Tamil industry. Reason behind assumtion is before 90s all south Indian industries were based on chennai.
The point is Tamil cinema provides audience a taste of everything. Their storylines, action hero centric, family values, thriller, romance, historic epic e.t.c They provide audience all types of entertainment. So audience are never bored with one dimensional type of films. While in other film industries you see more of one dimensional theme/story lines. And you are right Tamil directors and producers never shy away experimenting. So as long the industry is open and gives merit to hard work and passion, Tamil film industry will continue to succeed. Also it’s important for Tamil Industry to see it succeed because as it is an important vessel in transporting Tamil culture and language all over the world. So it must continue to succeed to greater heights.
Very well said. Thats the main reason why our mainstream is so multi Genre. Suddenly in midst of all thrillers a movie like '96' semma podu poduthu in box office.
As a malayali i always have an interest to see Tamil cinema, unique things i see in Tamil cinema like any other industries trying movie genre like science based, technology, fantacy and using current issues in movies
I think you got all the points correct. Just to ADD 1. Supporting Cast : We have a deep bench of supporting cast that is very hard to find and we get new talented ones 2. Comedians : They are fine actors and I believe actor Vivek took it to next level, so the next generation is doing a better job 3. Acceptance: I observed that Malayalam, Telugu & Tamil have always shared the actor/actresses/support cast and audience have always accepted that. After telugu movie industry moved to Andhra we have done more export than import of actors except a very few.
To be honest as a Telugu person I prefer watching more Tamil movies than Telugu movies because of the quality of the films Kollywood make. Gripping storylines, talented actors, social message,music,emotions i think no other industry can produce all these together.
As a Telugu person, I definitely see the merit for your standpoint, but I think Tollywood has the same amount of talent if not more (not dumb heroes like Balayya but even mainstrea like AA and RC and etc.), it's just that Telugu directors and producers are still making that step to try more newer, better content-driven movies, but we're getting there. Newer promising directors like Tharun Bhascker Nag Ashwin B.V Nandini Reddy etc. and ofc are making that switch and so are more and more movies even with music as well, such as directors like Vivek Sagar. While the industry is still driven with nepotism, blind casteism & commercialism, Telugu films are making that change and perhaps in a decade from now, Tollywood will be the very definition of what the Tamil industry is praised for right now. You're bang on with your take on Tamil movies, though I don't think a lack of talent is the problem with Tollywood.
Yes tamil cinema has many strengths. A R Rahman, Anirudh, Yuvan Shankar Raja , Harris Jayraj and many more superb music directors . They add spice to Tamil cinema. Directors, actors, lyricists .....that's another story. They are just Awesome, Superb, Brilliant. Greetings from South Africa ❤️
Bollywood directors mainly from big cities.. but our directors Are from every part of tamilnadu Thirunelvali, Madurai, coimbatore, tiruchirapalli and many rural areas
VIKRAM OST is pretty much goated, I don't even think Ani can reach this level again. And for me Agent vikram score composition is pretty underrated among the scores.
From watching Fully Filmy from its 2 Minute Review days in 9th standard to seeing myself feature in one of their videos, I grew up🥰🥰 Thank you Raunaq, it made my day to hear you say my name and read my tweet out. Much love 💕
I think that Tamil cinema benefitted from the fact that it was a film hub for south Indian cinema. So they are able to combine both telugu and Malayalam flavor so well. and directors like mani Ratnam and Shankar, and heroes like Suriya, Rajini, kamal Hasan takes special care when it comes to Telugu release.
We need a video on best script writers in tamil cinema.. one of the most important pillars in tamil cinema, who are usually denied recognition. We need to celebrate them as well.
Some other biggest strengths: 1. Excellent supporting cast - neraya per irukkanga 2. Well developed neighborhood 3 states. We can beautifully get inspired and influenced 3. Cinema knowledge of audience 4. Audiences only accept actors who can actually act
I see comedy as another strong point in tamil cinema v have had consistently good comedians who have matched heroes with their presence in the movies .v dont resort to senseless slapstick stuff like Bollywood . Our directors also seem to have a better hold of presenting satire and black humor. Good times to watch tamil movies
Yes, as a telugu audience, I especially agree with the music aspect, especially bgm is on another level. Even though we have good bgms, atleast used to (during vintage dsp time). Our TFI is very inconsistent in that aspect. It has always been Tamil music directors, Raja sir, Rehman to Yuvan, Harris, and now ANIRUDHh. They're too good. Many telugu people I know, follow Tamil movies OST's a lot. Also songs. You can tell that from few songs which have more views in dubbed version than original. I'm glad that kollywood exists, without you we, Our TFI wouldn't have tried harder to stand out, make better films. Even though now we are making very good films and trying different genres.,it's not as consistent as yours. Keep pushing the limits!!
Part 2 katayama venum bro... Tier 1 / Tier 2 audience... Healthy competition within stars/ sensible producers like AGS in case of Love today/ mukiyama Audience who don't get offended by political or other innuendos / excellent support provided to young RU-vid webseries makers ( we have ardent followers for some webseries)..
the reason for love today biggest Blockbuster is songs and bgm of U1 and recently naane varuven bgm was praised by everyone Tamil industry biggest strength is U1 waiting for 7 kadal 7 malai ❤️❤️
Fact: This film love today will work well in a biggest screens like devi, sathyam,sangam,vetri,etc main screens when compared to the PVR,Inox and any other small screens. If the total audience in the screen are 100 or less than 100 the impact of the comedy scenes will not blast well as compared to main screens(500 - 900 audience)(hope so) I am glad to watch this film with a jam-packed audience - Madurai vetri main screen
@@FullyFilmyTamil well This is my personal experience with the comedy movie OKOK - The film worked well when i watched it in a screen with minimum 500 people. But for the same movie in Inox screen with less than 100 people not worked well.. i really dont know why people are not even laughed for any scenes (Satday afternoon show).. well in that moment i decided to not watch any comedy movies with a minimal audience
Avanga la different type of audience like santhanam said in vaanam movie joke pannalum sirik matanga sethalum aluva matanga anga pakkanum na enjoy panna theva padatha films thn poi pakkanum silent ta irruku padatha nalla follow panlam
@@FullyFilmyTamil Some humor are contagious. I also felt this effect when I watched Doctor movie in OTT, humor sometime will work only in crowd. Imagine you are watching a stand up comedy show without any audience and laughter, I bet definitely you will not enjoy it. That is why most comedy shows add laughter voice through out the show.
Sooperb video Raunaq. You pretty much covered everything spot on. Only small missing point was Ghibran's BGM in Ratchasan. It still gives me chills when i listen to Ratchasan BGN in youtube. Apple , android analogy was nice btw. North india la ticket prices ivlova!!!
Tamil cinema can change aspect view of audience The Biggest strength of cinema Encourage new director with trying new different movies " Good movies promote itself " By AK Prediction of Good movies Tamil cinema is star droven cinema big stars commercial cinema it's because of MGR started because cinema mixed with politics and audience is the pillar of cinema some people something explore all kind of cinema Thank U Ranauq anna explore Tamil cinema different form others Cinema in India The Way of Nalayai iyakumar effect new age new different view of tamil cinema
Semma video but in the video sila important artists and technicians ah mention pannama vitutenga... Suriya, PC Sriram, Sudha Kongara, Venkat Prabu, Nirav Shah, Ram and VJS
we love cinema ! we are culturally rooted with cinema from our parents era , maybe we are one of the best audiences any film can get , we should appreciate ourselves for having good taste in films , we enjoy cinema of all genres , like the chocolate box in forest gump , we have our own individual collection of favorite films , this is our life language , whenever i go through something in my life , good or bad , cinema has been an constant driving force for me , also i was wondering , why didn't you upload this video on your channel ?
One more thing I felt about the strength of Tamil Cinema is, the writer-director combination. What i meant is, the main stream or majority of directors in tamil film field are writers themselves. They are the writer of their films. And I think the process of filmmaking starts at the very beginning of writing. When the writer and director is the same person it surely back up the entire outlook of the movie.
Excellent video. After OTT rise in India, people have a good trust on content creators (especially directors/writers) rather than stars. Also, a question. Any reason for not showing Dir. Manikandan's picture ?
Your thoughts are very genuine... i expect the next video will be the topic about 'what are the things tamil cinema have to change?'.. For eg:- actors get more than enough salary for their films..
Hey bro being a #Telugu guy and maybe some day you could make a video on #TeluguCinema also, i really like the way you analyse the movies and speak very wholeheartedly and thank you for making such type of content.
@The Real Wolf of the Wall Street why the need to attack him? Every film industry has its advantages. And mind you Telugu cinema is doing extremely successful in recent years outshining both Bollywood and Kollywood globally.
@The Real Wolf of the Wall Street recent years later bo la tollywood outsold kollywood and bollywood they r doing good on their own so plz don't attack someone just because they from others..
Well summarised. One more thing i feel the entertainment option is comparatively less here apart from cinemas. When this phenomenon coupled with polically aware audience, better eonomical structure compared to rest of india…you get kollywood
When u started the topic of politically driven cinema, I thought whether u would mention about malayalam cinema.. Rightly pointed out.. Your whole video is superb..
I agree with the effect music directors have on elevating a scene. A hat tip to Deva for those iconic Superstar soundtracks would have been nice though :)
It's interesting that point u brought up abt what Ranbir Kapur said - as to y he's not on social media. I think besides some of the super stars of Tamil cinema, the others are all very active on social media and this has only increased their fan following by making them more accessible. Recently when the ps movie team were touring all around India, I read lot of positive comments abt how down to earth they were and approachable to the public. That could be another strength, esp in this day and age.
The actors here not only act but also work in other fields like singing, lyricist, direction etc. the film gets more strength and good marketing. Small films or big actors are giving sensational promotions from films And theater owners are re-releasing underrated films and fans enjoyed films. And theater technology upgrades (4k screens, Dolby sound) it's welcoming fans easily.
This may not be a defect or degradation I'm pointing out that like Malayalam cinema, Tamil industry needs to give importance to script writers and more directors should come forward directing those scripts, by that they can deliver a quality film....just my opinion
@@win-ve8ld Bro script writing and direction are related, but 2 different tasks... mostly in Tamil industry, our directors write the script & direct themselves
I watched this movie in theatre despite being from mumbai it never felt like I am watching a diff lang film in diff state the films vibe is just Amazon
Whole heartedly accepted every point. But as good as Anirudh music and bgms. Santhosh Narayanan is class apart . And is probably the finest music producer of his time. His music is something you can go back and listen all the time . Be it bgms or songs . Before this Yuvan is the one who used to both . Cater people who like different music as well the popular sounding ones . Now the roles is split between Sana and anirudh.
Been binging your videos Raunaq! Love the quality and the topics, keep it up!! And 2 BGMs off the top of my head that you should definitely add to your playlist are the Veeraraghavan theme and the main theme from Beast and the main theme from Theri 😊
One of the bane as well as boon of Tamil cinema is, there is no parallel cinema, here everything is Mainstream. Movies like Aruvi, Kadaisi vivasyi etc. can be successful commercially because of that. But, at the same time because of this commercial aspect we are not able to produce full art movie without any commercial element, is this good or bad? well, that is never ending debate, for one eye it is good and bad for another eye.
Producers also play a major part in upbringing talented directors and experimental content worthy movies...Thy are ready to invest in new talents... CV Kumar, SR Prabhu etc
I just got goosebumps when u say the director gets whittle and clapping..showing the picture of thiyagaraja kumaraja .. I still remember the first day show of "Super deluxe " while they shown the name of him..mind blowing
Point 1 - Treating stars as a Demigod and ensuring a big box office opening or even total gross should not be considered a strength of Kollywood. It is actually a weakness for Kollywood because even bad movies of these Demi gods are celebrated. It will not be helpful in uplifting Kollywood to next level ie 1000 or atleast 600 crore grosser/celebrated across India, get nominated for Academy/International awards etc. These Demi Gods will never come out of their comfort zone and provide a good quality movie that takes Kollywood to next level. And also the fans/kannis are not realising when they support/celebrate a bad movie, they are getting similar bad content films. And these actors will again charge 100 crore salaries in their next film. It is like we always aim for 400,300,200 crore grosser max(most of them are bad content) even though we have enough potential and talent to produce a 1000 crore grosser movie/global reach. We never learn and end up with hashtags waiting for T67, TrustinT67 etc or next Ajith movie.And the cycle repeats.
