Big Budget Rage

Thank God, I resisted my temptation to watch கந்தசாமி on Day 1 or even for that matter Week 1. From what I read and hear, the movie is silly and nothing but a disaster. Susi Ganesan in my books is NOT a big budget or mass director and I was surprised to see the promos and hype that was built up for this movie when Vikram is the only one in the entire crew who deserves such a hype.

Awesome locales, stylish dresses, big hero, pretty actress, slick camerawork etc does not always translate to a hit movie. I think the film directors in Tamil cinema is caught up with this "big budget" rage recently. Producers and directors think they can build the hype through big budgets and aggressive marketing and pull off a Sivaji or Dasa. This is where I believe Shankar is in a league of his own. His attention to details and his ability to bring some sort of grandeur on to his movies is exceptional. Of course, there will be some flaws and errors in his movies, but at least you wouldn't notice it or think about it till you are out of the movie hall.

Hindi cinema was caught up with this big budget rage for a while, but at least they have moved away from hero worships and chocolate boys and they are able to produce a lot more different and interesting movies recently.

Tamil cinema is at an all time low for this year with very few decent hits. Movies like பசங்க, யாவரும் நலம், நாடோடிகள் are good hits and are required for Tamil industry but they are not enough to cater the huge Tamil movie following audience. Hopefully, we will see some good movies before the end of the year.