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A point about NT.

NT started doing mass, or straight forward entertainer flicks, way before Tirusoolam. If you read Murali-sar's epic writeups, you will note that K. Balaji was the main factor behind pushing NT towards doing mass flicks.

It was also NT's own personal liking for Hollywood flicks that he did films like Tangga Churanggam (my favourite of his mass flicks) and the massive box office hit Raja.

So, nirbantham-um sollalam, athey time, producers urging, actors indulgence, fans' vendukol, ippadi parpala reasons.

Actors oru pakkam irukkattum. What about directors?

I am now thinking about Mahendran. He was making classics and they did okay, I guess (experts please help me with those films' BO). Then, he did a mass (though it had class elements) with Rajini called Kai Kodukkum Kai, which even had market place, high jumping, fight scene. Am not sure how the film did, but I read (and translated for a magazine) in an interview where Mahendran himself claiming, "athu romba moosamaana padam". Where is Mahendran now? Should he have done more mass films, and alternated with class? Sollunggapaa, sollungga!!!