[Raj_Copi_Jin]

Groucho, padmini in jis desh mein and mera naam joker; vyjayanthi in sangam - varalaaru miga mukkiyam amaichare
Theme, I thought I wrote down as much as I could without going outright into risque territory. Like the previous threads, the simplistic poll is to give a strand around which to discuss _ the larger interest is to discuss the victorian morality, the double standards and hypocrisies allowed with the focus on tamil society. So, the qualification criteria for candidates is quite wide
1) Suhasini types who, till date take care to maintain the sati image in TN but 'freed' up in other languages. Especially, if yo see her discography in 80's, gummidipoondi thandinavudane, there was a transformation in her. I have included her here precisely to kickstart that discussion. Why the pressure to maintain dignity here but loosen up there? What role did tamil society play in it? Is it that we are tighter than the telugus? Like that...
2)Take bhanumathy - strictly speaking, people can argue for her exclusion given vipranarayana but my interest is what made her make that exception? We don't have definitive answers ofcourse, but that's precisely why I am calling this psychoanalysis, howsoever amateur. Incidentally, a plausible reason I thought of for suhasini's case is contradicted here. So, this is another different mind to analyse...
3. Then the points you brought out - the defence mechanism these poor girls used against marauding heroes bringing in arms as first line of defence, and how a few felt free to break it. If those who broke it were accepted - padmini retained her image inspite of that didn't she - then why and how? Why didn't the tamizh samoogam stamp padmini etc as not chamarthu despite jdmgbh or mnj? What factors went into that acceptance?
4. Then anban cut to an orthogonal but important point - that is also a fascinating discussion to take forward.I am okay with that discussion here.
5.Some heroines start off with that image and then cut loose - amala for instance. What goes into those decisions? Some others actually calculatively - maybe guided by experienced agents - start off with a chamarthu image, and then steadily increase the stakes, which could actually be strategy - in that, your attraction increases depending on how slowly you kind of 'reveal' yourself. Ok, this is a bit crossing the line. But think rambha, she actually started off pothi pothi in uzhavan but exploded later.Well, I find her unattractive anyway, that's a different discussion but at some level, all of us fall prey to the pothi vecha malligai mottu being more attractive. Some actresses actually enhance their appeal by that decision not to reveal - I am sure we all have examples of that at various levels. Playing difficult to get, if you may.
6. Even as I am typing, I got another candidate and a prototype, will type in next post.