Comments on: Malayali Inferiority Complex (2) http://varnachitram.com/2009/03/06/the-pathbreaking-film/ A Blog on Cinema Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:26:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: Innocent, AMMA, Kamal Hassan | varnachitram http://varnachitram.com/2009/03/06/the-pathbreaking-film/comment-page-1/#comment-173711 Innocent, AMMA, Kamal Hassan | varnachitram Tue, 24 Aug 2010 04:22:38 +0000 http://varnachitram.com/2009/03/06/the-pathbreaking-film/#comment-173711 [...] song.  And this one takes the cake, we even honored a Tamil movie by giving it the award for Path breaking film in a Malayalam film award [...] [...] song.  And this one takes the cake, we even honored a Tamil movie by giving it the award for Path breaking film in a Malayalam film award [...]

]]> By: AK http://varnachitram.com/2009/03/06/the-pathbreaking-film/comment-page-1/#comment-137439 AK Fri, 27 Mar 2009 07:25:07 +0000 http://varnachitram.com/2009/03/06/the-pathbreaking-film/#comment-137439 Been following this thread for a long time and the way people have reacted to this is very interesting. I live in Hyderabad and also pointed this article to my friends here who are from Kerala (I am a Tamil born and bought up in Trivandrum) and still ONLY watch Big M movies or watch the 90's movies in these same channels. They didn’t seem concerned at all , one of them even arguing that Malayalam cinema no longer interests him and he prefers watching bollywood movies . A case in point is "Thirakatha" is releasing tomorrow here with only 1 show and nobody is ready to accompany me for the movie (I am going nevertheless),some of them have not even "heard" of the movie or others just enquire about the actors and as soon as it’s not M & M they say they are not interested. I was shocked because all of them turned up for “Madambi” and “Roudram” and of course “T:20” and I gave up trying to tell them that this is one of the good movies in Malayalam in recent times. The fear that Malayalam cinema will go down the gutter is not true – it has already gone down for people living outside Kerala and once the “Superstars” hang up their boots its curtains .Just remember it has already happened to the Kannada film industry. This is where the media both print and visual has to support and also why the above mentioned award ceremony is not in good taste. PS : The screen showing "Thirakatha" is only 30 % filled (till today 11 AM) for a mallu movie which in all probability is the only show we would be getting in Hyderabad. :( Been following this thread for a long time and the way people have reacted to this is very interesting. I live in Hyderabad and also pointed this article to my friends here who are from Kerala (I am a Tamil born and bought up in Trivandrum) and still ONLY watch Big M movies or watch the 90′s movies in these same channels. They didn’t seem concerned at all , one of them even arguing that Malayalam cinema no longer interests him and he prefers watching bollywood movies .

A case in point is “Thirakatha” is releasing tomorrow here with only 1 show and nobody is ready to accompany me for the movie (I am going nevertheless),some of them have not even “heard” of the movie or others just enquire about the actors and as soon as it’s not M & M they say they are not interested. I was shocked because all of them turned up for “Madambi” and “Roudram” and of course “T:20” and I gave up trying to tell them that this is one of the good movies in Malayalam in recent times.
The fear that Malayalam cinema will go down the gutter is not true – it has already gone down for people living outside Kerala and once the “Superstars” hang up their boots its curtains .Just remember it has already happened to the Kannada film industry.

This is where the media both print and visual has to support and also why the above mentioned award ceremony is not in good taste.

PS : The screen showing “Thirakatha” is only 30 % filled (till today 11 AM) for a mallu movie which in all probability is the only show we would be getting in Hyderabad. :(

]]> By: John http://varnachitram.com/2009/03/06/the-pathbreaking-film/comment-page-1/#comment-133556 John Sun, 15 Mar 2009 08:25:20 +0000 http://varnachitram.com/2009/03/06/the-pathbreaking-film/#comment-133556 this post made me roll on the floor laughing :) this post made me roll on the floor laughing :)

]]> By: froginthewell http://varnachitram.com/2009/03/06/the-pathbreaking-film/comment-page-1/#comment-132080 froginthewell Mon, 09 Mar 2009 18:08:33 +0000 http://varnachitram.com/2009/03/06/the-pathbreaking-film/#comment-132080 Guys, please be a wee bit more careful before recklessly diving in with counter-arguments and cutting capers. My point was not to compare the appropriateness of awarding Subramaniapuram to that of awarding slumdog. I was only saying that economic factors may force organizers of functions to take strange decisions. The slumdog example was merely for the sake of an example - I haven't seen the movie, and was only trying to paraphrase an argument of <a href="http://greatbong.net/2009/02/23/dog-day-afternoon/" rel="nofollow">greatbong</a>. If that particular example happens to be flawed, that still doesn't contradict the general argument that the survival instincts of those organizing the award ceremonies could have dictated the turn of events. Guys, please be a wee bit more careful before recklessly diving in with counter-arguments and cutting capers. My point was not to compare the appropriateness of awarding Subramaniapuram to that of awarding slumdog. I was only saying that economic factors may force organizers of functions to take strange decisions. The slumdog example was merely for the sake of an example – I haven’t seen the movie, and was only trying to paraphrase an argument of greatbong. If that particular example happens to be flawed, that still doesn’t contradict the general argument that the survival instincts of those organizing the award ceremonies could have dictated the turn of events.

]]> By: James http://varnachitram.com/2009/03/06/the-pathbreaking-film/comment-page-1/#comment-131868 James Mon, 09 Mar 2009 02:17:45 +0000 http://varnachitram.com/2009/03/06/the-pathbreaking-film/#comment-131868 http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081111/REVIEWS/811110297 http://rogerebert.suntimes.com...../811110297

]]> By: James http://varnachitram.com/2009/03/06/the-pathbreaking-film/comment-page-1/#comment-131867 James Mon, 09 Mar 2009 02:17:27 +0000 http://varnachitram.com/2009/03/06/the-pathbreaking-film/#comment-131867 Actually film critic Roger Ebert predicted an Oscar nomination way back in November 2008, when he saw it at the Toronto film festival (Sept 08). The article is timed at Nov, the film at the time only had a limited release in the US. Actually film critic Roger Ebert predicted an Oscar nomination way back in November 2008, when he saw it at the Toronto film festival (Sept 08).

The article is timed at Nov, the film at the time only had a limited release in the US.

]]> By: Karnan http://varnachitram.com/2009/03/06/the-pathbreaking-film/comment-page-1/#comment-131777 Karnan Sun, 08 Mar 2009 19:29:08 +0000 http://varnachitram.com/2009/03/06/the-pathbreaking-film/#comment-131777 It's not correct to draw comparisons between subramanyapuram and Slum Dog - Slum Dog is an English language movie and Hollywood studios were involved in producing and distributing it. Giving an award to Tamil movie in a Malayalam movie award function is beyond any logical reasoning. It's not only inferiority complex - it's a sign of surrender too. Let us adopt Tamil movies rather than trying to make better movies. It’s not correct to draw comparisons between subramanyapuram and Slum Dog – Slum Dog is an English language movie and Hollywood studios were involved in producing and distributing it. Giving an award to Tamil movie in a Malayalam movie award function is beyond any logical reasoning. It’s not only inferiority complex – it’s a sign of surrender too. Let us adopt Tamil movies rather than trying to make better movies.

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