[S.T.D.]

Prabhu Ram sonnadhu pol, since I must stick to my competence level, idhai oru poll-ave pannidalam.
The discussion was about ultra-pathivratha, touch-me-not heroines. Wait. Dont go off typing your pet hate heroine's name. I am only going to listen to people who articulate their choice here.

The discussion started with Nadia in the center, and she is the right way to explain this context. As equanimus said, there might have been a reason why she had to restrict herself to that image, and stick strongly to that vision. But accepting that takes the fun out of the thread. So, lets comeback to Nadia. Here was a heroine, who just didnt want to do anything remotely classifiable as 'touching business'. We saw how Rahman committed suicide in Nilave Malare after his experience in Anbulla Appa, where Nadia ran out of the first night room just when business could start into her father's hands. She was just...untouchable.

We want to decide who was the queen among these. This being a discussion with a lot of risk of high risque element coming in, we'll have to be very dijiplined and stick to some rules:

1. The heroine must have demonstrated consistent effort to remove any traces of intimacy from scenes involving the character - the last time I started this, the talk veered to heroines who refused to expose or so on. That is not what I am talking about here. It is more about people like Nadia, who even if the character demanded, would so much as refuse to allow the hero touch her hands. I am exaggerating ofcourse, but you can watch the respect and fear in the heroe's eyes when he is acting in duets or slightly proximate scenes with Nadia. She was a terror. Ofcourse, she had her reasons, but it was obvious she was carrying things too prudishly far.

2. The discussion also then veered to heroines, whom the particular Hubber wants to consider only a sister. This is out. This is not about who is attractive and who is not.
3. It is not about whether the heroine wasnt so prudish but hubbers didnt find it, for want of a better word, 'exciting'(yes, I am looking at you, PR!). A demonstrated, reasonably voluble, willingness to play necessary or unnecessary exposure or intimacy automatically disqualifies the candidate from this poll
4. Strict adherence to non-intimacy in most movies, but a willingness to be sensual if required, also disqualifies a candidate. This is where equanimus and I were placing Revathi in the last discussion - very admirably, while refusing unnecessary exposure etc, she did always go as sensual, for again want of better word, as the character required. We are not talking about such candidates, irrespective of
how strict they were about not being as 'free' as their peers.

In short, it is just about over-prudish heroines, who just went beyond the way to maintain a chamarthu homely girl image, and spoiled a movie or two in doing so.
These are the candidates I have thought of so far:
Nadia , the gold standard here.
Bhanumathy - just look at the terror she invokes in MGR almost slapping his hands away when he so much as touches her shoulders in his patented way. I assume none of the hubbers watched Vipranarayana, in which case I'll not talk about that which will ensure she remains in this list.
Suhasini who must be discussed, if only to provoke some hubbers into talking about her telugu films with Chiranjeevi . But Suhasini in tamil films did actually maintain that image, so I am going to discuss here because this is clearly an example of what equanimar said about morality, middle class etc. The very fact that she was free in telugu, shows that she was more worried about the victorian middleclass in TN, than any conviction that touching business was wrong. So she is a strong candidate here.
Shalini, just to provoke a discussion, and to ensure Nadia wins

This is a list which is difficult to get names from the post 80's tamil film world. So, idhukku mela thonalai.


RULES
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1. Just nominations without excplanations will not be accepted
2. When you nominate, explain the reason why you think the candidate qualifies. Examples involving specific attributes, or from specific films will help add weight to candidature
3. Counter-examples must be provided to remove from list. And that will involve demonstrate willingness to go with the character curve, and be sensual as required. Doesnt mean she should have done explicit scenes.
Idhukku mela pesina edagoodamayidum.