Tamil Movie Round-up - 2013
Saumesh Thimbath
Saumesh Thimbath
The Tamil film industry, even while hobnobbing with big stars and huge budgets, was the first in the country to trust the
talent of new filmmakers and actors. Movies made by
youngsters that drew from their immediate surroundings or with a
sense of humor that had a strong undercurrent of self-mockery, had
struck a chord with the audience. One could trace this trend back to
movies like Paruthiveeran and
Veyil through
Angaditheru and
Tamizhpadam starting
from the more recent Naduvila Konjam Pakkatha Kanom.
In a culture where cinema holds major stakes and with crazed star devotions that erect temples, this wide armed acceptance of new talent might come across as an anomaly. But it is this attitude that sets the Tamil industry apart from all others. It is the same attitude that midwifes star-births like Vijay Sethupathy's – an actor who knows the local meaning of subtlety and underplay. Sethupathy is the best embodiment of the transition that one sees in Tamil film industry now.
In a culture where cinema holds major stakes and with crazed star devotions that erect temples, this wide armed acceptance of new talent might come across as an anomaly. But it is this attitude that sets the Tamil industry apart from all others. It is the same attitude that midwifes star-births like Vijay Sethupathy's – an actor who knows the local meaning of subtlety and underplay. Sethupathy is the best embodiment of the transition that one sees in Tamil film industry now.
The films with big stars remained a force to contend with in 2013. Kamal
Hassan's Viswaroopam
and Ajith's Arrambam
did good business. Vijay's Thalaiva,
ostensibly due to the political undertones it had, did not hit
the mark. Another factor that did not change this year was Tamil
cinema's strange relationship with controversies. There were calls to
ban Viswaroopam, a
Mumbai businessman moved against Thalaiva and
there was Nazriya Nazim's complaint against the director of
Naiyaandi. One should
be conspiracy theory aficionado to believe that all this is carefully
orchestrated, but lets just stop at some healthy cynicism. All that
is to be said in the matter is - Kamal Hassan's tears did sell his
movie.
Here
is the list of our top ten movies in no specific order. Please leave
your comments to let us know what you feel.
Soodhu Kavvum
Directed By Nalan Kumaraswamy
Starring Vijay Sethupathy, Ashok Selvan, Bobby Simha and RJ Ramesh
Misfits are here to stay!
Arrambam
Directed By Vishnuvardhan
Starring Ajith, Nayanthara, Arya and Tapsee
Next lap of Ajith's race on the 'style track'.
Directed By Gokul
Starring Vijay Sethupathy, Swati Reddy and Pasupathi
The ultimate 'soup boys' movie.
Onayum Aattinkuttiyum
Directed By Mysskin
Starring Sri and Mysskin
Dark and gritty, yet poignant.
Directed By Shaheed Khader
Starring Sarath Kumar, Cheran, Prakash Raj, Prasanna and Parvathi
Thrilling to the core.
Directed By Venkat Prabhu
Starring Karthi, Hansika and Premgi Amaran
All is fair in love and...food!
Directed By
Starring Nayanthara, Arya, Jai and Nazriya Nazeem
The boy-meets-girl, girl-meets-boy, another girl meet this boy. This boy meets another girl. Period.
Directed By Naveen
Starring Naveen, Sentrayan, Rajaji and Kuberan
Chance meetings, brilliant plans, inevitable disasters - all rolled in one.
Directed By RS Prasanna
Starring Prasanna and Lekha Washington
Puts anxiety on the wedding menu hilariously.
Directed By Kamal Hassan
Starring Kamal Hassan, Pooja Kumar, Rahul Bose and Andreah Jeremiah
A 'bare-all' act from Kamal Hassan.
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