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according to me the most powerful men in tamilcinema were

actors:

kamalhaasan
rajnikanth
vijayakanth

directors:

maniratnam(has a production company of his own and can make any actor act in his film all over india)

shankar(has a production company of his own and as a director also he is powerful)

producers:

Oscar Ravichandran-superstar of producers and distributors

AVM Productions-No need to explain

music directors:

noone is powerful imho!

but ilayaraja has a respect from cine superstars to political people...

sorry arr fans....arr is not so close to kollywood or tamilnadupolitics ...thats reality!

nadigar sangam:

radharavi - ultimately powerful...he decides the victory of the president itself...

last but not least!

an old cinema technician....but the most powerful guy who can do anything in cinefield

Dr.Mu.Karunanidhi


this is the final list

1.Mu.karunanidhi
2.kamalhaasan
3.rajnikanth
4.vijayakanth
5.Oscar Ravichandran
6.AVM
7.Ilayaraja
8.Radharavi
9.Maniratnam
10.Shankar

IMHO this is the list of most powerful men in Tamil cinema