Topic started by Aku (@ 212.202.96.26) on Tue Oct 28 05:53:38 EST 2003.
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If you compare the way tamil films are made nowadays to the malayalam ones, you will see the tamilians have gone way ahead of the malayalees. Technically they are no.1 in the whole India (this is my personal opinion). The musicians and technicians are also incomparable to the malayalee counterparts. I am not saying that malayalam movies are bad in any way (pls don't misunderstand the intension of his thread). We have great actors, technicians and of course, other potentials. But why aren't there that many remakes of malayalam movies? I do reckon that some of the action movies were dubbed to some other south indian landuages sometime back. But we still have't achieved the fame that our neighbours have. What dou do think the reason for this could be? Pls post your valuable comments.

Responses:

• From: Jom (@ 61.11.56.237) on: Tue Oct 28 06:08:03 EST 2003
  
  There is no scope for diplomacy when giving a verdict... the quality of current day malayalam cinema is downright pathetic... it is way, way behind Tamil in every aspect...
  
  The blame for this has to go to the audiance, if the audiance accepts only good, different movies then movie makers will make them, if the audiance reject good ones and appreciate crap then the makers will feed the with crap...
  
  Can you remember the last good Malayalam movie that became a megahit... in my memory it is Manichitrathazhu in 1993... none of the megahits since then have had a different story or anything new...
  
  The latest edition of the national award is a clear indicator of facts... Zero awards to Malayalam and 6 awards to Tamil...
  
  
• From: thomas (@ 150.18.139.152) on: Tue Oct 28 07:15:07 EST 2003
  
  hi jome..
  don't forget 'devasuram'.........I feel devasuram is after manichithratharhu or may be I am wrong...........
  But definitely devasuram is one of the best movie
  
  
• From: Jom (@ 61.11.56.237) on: Tue Oct 28 07:31:49 EST 2003
  
  Devasuram was 1993 Vishu and Manichitrathazhu is 1993 Christhmas
  
  
• From: Aku (@ 212.202.96.26) on: Tue Oct 28 07:48:40 EST 2003
  
  Hi all,
  To be honest, I was expecting a hotter discussion. But if the problem seems to be the fault of the audience, I think we better stop the discussion. Thanks
  
  
• From: thomas (@ 150.18.139.152) on: Tue Oct 28 08:07:42 EST 2003
  
  Hi aku
  Don't worry, people will come.......this is an interesting thread
  
  
• From: Jom (@ 61.11.56.237) on: Tue Oct 28 08:19:21 EST 2003
  
  Aku, how can you absolve the audience from blame... they have got to encourage good movies and reject bad movies... currently I feel that the better movies are failing miserably making the movie makers to follow the trend and deliver dumb stuff...
  
  At the end of the day movie making is a business, money is put in only if there is some hope of getting returns...
  
  Take for example if a Kireedam or Vadakan Veeragatha is released today, at most it may be an average grosser with every possiblity of failure... so the movie may have never been made in the first place...
  
  
• From: Jom (@ 61.11.56.237) on: Tue Oct 28 08:20:51 EST 2003
  
  At the same time, if an Akkare Akkare Akkare was released today it may have been a megahit... but in the early 90's it was completely rejected by the audience... That movie is comparable to the CID Moosa's and Meesha Madhavan...
  
  
• From: thomas (@ 150.18.139.152) on: Wed Oct 29 08:48:33 EST 2003
  
  I agree with Jom. The taste of our kerala people have changed very much. And these points we have already discussed in some other thread.
  
  
  
  

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