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**9mm_fan** · 07-28-2008, 08:06 PM

coming to most influential ppl in tamil cinema, I think our focus should be on the present and then the list would be limited. Legends like MGR, Sivaji, KB, MSV, Kannadhasan, IR, TMS all need to prove nothing anymore.

so, looking at tamil cinema today, who would be the influential ppl?

1. M. Karunanidhi - with a stroke of genius he changed the stupid titling of movies from nonsense, english and hindi titles to sensible tamil titles for tamil movies.

2. AR Rahman - still looked upon as a trendsetter, with each new album looked forward on what it has new.

3. Is Kamal influential? If so, how? He has raised the benchmark on good movies - barring a few lapses here and there - but more importantly has it changed the trend of tamil cinema? dada movies and masala movies are being churned out continuosly.

4. Shankar (selva ) not so much for his directed movies, but more for his produced movies. New talents have risen and have provided alternative cinema.

I cant think of anyone else, although there are a few candidates for not-so-positive influence, but we shan't get into that.

Yenna ippidi kettutteenga? Kamal has always been one of the most influential of Tamil actors. Actinga vidunga, even the hairstyle he sports in every movie is copied by many of his fans. Most of the facial expressions of our TV serial actors are just copy+paste from Kamal movies.
He has always been a trend setter. After the release & success of Thevar magan, there were at least a dozen movies which had a caste name in them or ended with a 'magan' or 'magal'. Even the dada movies you are referring to were spawned by the classic Nayakan. Hasnt he influenced the younger generation of actors/directors who made movies like Kadhal Konden, Manmadhan?

07-28-2008, 08:06 PM	#27
9mm_fan Join Date May 2007 Age 53 Posts 5,191 Senior Member	coming to most influential ppl in tamil cinema, I think our focus should be on the present and then the list would be limited. Legends like MGR, Sivaji, KB, MSV, Kannadhasan, IR, TMS all need to prove nothing anymore. so, looking at tamil cinema today, who would be the influential ppl? 1. M. Karunanidhi - with a stroke of genius he changed the stupid titling of movies from nonsense, english and hindi titles to sensible tamil titles for tamil movies. 2. AR Rahman - still looked upon as a trendsetter, with each new album looked forward on what it has new. 3. Is Kamal influential? If so, how? He has raised the benchmark on good movies - barring a few lapses here and there - but more importantly has it changed the trend of tamil cinema? dada movies and masala movies are being churned out continuosly. 4. Shankar (selva ) not so much for his directed movies, but more for his produced movies. New talents have risen and have provided alternative cinema. I cant think of anyone else, although there are a few candidates for not-so-positive influence, but we shan't get into that. Yenna ippidi kettutteenga? Kamal has always been one of the most influential of Tamil actors. Actinga vidunga, even the hairstyle he sports in every movie is copied by many of his fans. Most of the facial expressions of our TV serial actors are just copy+paste from Kamal movies. He has always been a trend setter. After the release & success of Thevar magan, there were at least a dozen movies which had a caste name in them or ended with a 'magan' or 'magal'. Even the dada movies you are referring to were spawned by the classic Nayakan. Hasnt he influenced the younger generation of actors/directors who made movies like Kadhal Konden, Manmadhan?
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