[tgs]

Amaithipadai !!!!

[softy54534]

Originally Posted by littlemaster1982 JJ's period when she introduced that scheme.

oohh...appo politically VERY VERY correct allov master,.. indha padam enakku therinju early 90'sla vandhadhu... indha scheme 2001-2006 periodla pottadhu...

[MannoFr]

politically correct movies means as of now pen singam.

few days back uliyin osai.

How about thottil kuzhandhai?

[9mm_fan]

I am closer to NOV's defn of Politically Correct - as in what is obvious from his choice of movie to represent the concept - in that it seems like politically correct is being interpreted close to the rationalist thought as prevalent in TN - in its purest form,and in some cases the extreme form as represented by Paalam and the likes and not as represented by the parties that have been in power from that movement.

But that is just another bandwidth of the political spectrum, isnt it? For instance, it might be politically correct to ridicule, even abuse Hindu Gods in TN but in North India, that would be terribly politically incorrect, leading to violent consequences. Or, for that matter, religion in general - going by the definition we seem to have here, it is ok to ridicule or reject religion but how politically correct would that be in America?

[LottiFurmann]

Just by coincidence, in recent weeks I saw both Avan oru Sarithram and Komal Swaminathan's Anal Kaatru. Both of them are Gandhians debate Naxalites movies, no prizes for guessing who wins the debate but there are some good lines for both sides. The masses get one or two lines in Anal Kaatru, the women revolutionaries are pretty token in both.

Anyway, it got me daydreaming about politically correct movies. There was a low-budget movie called Ilakkanam a few years ago which boasted that it was purely in Tamil (no English or Sanskrit), about a Periyarite newspaper writer with feminist leanings (that he gets to teach feminism to his wife is another story). It was actually not bad, hero worshipping of course but interesting to watch.

[9mm_fan]

Amaithipadai !!!!

one scene want to remember..

SR giving speech about peN sudhandhiram & similar stuffs... in the background they will show the "kasturi episode"

[Raj_Copi_Jin]

aanest, nInga andha kasturi episode-ai maRakkaradhE illai. adikkadi quote pandringa . remba baadhikka pattirikkinga pOlirukke

[MannoFr]

:P

next one:

Vinnai Thandi Varuvaaya

[Big A]

பாலம்

[TorryJens]

My name is Khan

One Indian movie where there're no ultra-stereotypes or incorrect picturisations. Mostly close to reality (cinematic exaggerations are there but at very tolerable levels).

That doesn't mean the movie is extremely interesting (I felt a little too long and BGM was horrible and irritating) but very politically correct A few of my A-A friends here have loved and appreciated the movie heartily!

[Raj_Copi_Jin]

பாலம்

What is this about? I've never heard of it.

I don't think Amaithipadai really counts as politically correct, just having a corrupt policitian is not enough. Maman Magal would though, I think the self-respect marraige at the end is the only one i've seen on screen.

Vinnai Thandi Varuvaaya -- my mind is boggling at the thought of a Gautam Menon movie being pc. I'm afraid to ask why.

[Slonopotam845]

PC films? Take any MGR movies, anytime.

[Big A]

The only politically correct movie made in Tamil is Mozhi.

None before, none after.

[tgs]

PC films? Take any MGR movies, anytime.

Actually, I would say MGR movies are fascist rather than pc -- the emphasis on taming women into patriarchal values, the exaggerated hero uplifting the cowering masses etc.

A pc movie like Avan oru Sariththiram has an element of hero worship as well, but it's a bit more explicitly inclusive of women, workers etc., talks about collective action, the role of the press etc. The disdain for religion as an opiate of the masses expressed in Anal Kattru is something I could not imagine in a MGR movie!

I was remiss in not mentioning Prabhakaran's movies, I've never seen Puratchikaran (though I want to), I saw the one with Khushboo as a battered wife and it was pretty bad though in an entertaining way, the epilogue was great though.

[LottiFurmann]

To make my view clearer, if one took newspapers as a field of study for this aspect, one would call THE HINDU politically correct, despite the pro-China, pro-communist stance taken by the editorial team explicitly and otherwise - because of their tendency to circumvent controversy and the intent to avoid sensationalism and the determination to euphemise for certain insinuating terms.

[9mm_fan]

Actually, I would say MGR movies are fascist rather than pc -- the emphasis on taming women into patriarchal values, the exaggerated hero uplifting the cowering masses etc.

Taming women ellam appo jagagamungga. What I thought of PC is what I'd call, "safe". No beating up the conventions, no stirring up the emotions, no battering of rules and regulations. MGR films operate within the cultural context of that time. Taming women, at the same time, mother worshipping. All within the acceptable norms of that time. Plus you don't see bloodshed. Villains do not die, most even apologise at the end. Except for three occasions, films with MGR as the lead, does not kill the hero. It's black and white. Safe. Therefore politically correct.

Films like Ratta Kaneer, on the other hand, sought to question values of the time, criticise certain accepted norms of that time, and portrayed characters that are dark, grey and dirty, usually avoided in those "black & white" films. Ratta Kanner is as unPC as it comes, for its time, and heck, even now to some quarters. Everything I said here, are all my humble opinions

[Big A]

KB in - Achamillai Achamillai.

inniki varaikum idhu dhanae nadakudhu.......

[doctorzlo]

Politically correct means you don't offend any parties. what is this abusing believers, and calling it politically correct?

Any film that degrades women in any context (be it bar dances etc) is immediately politically incorrect. so goodbye to all MGR movies.

Only if the movie is not offensive to culture, religion, race, disability, occupation, gender, sexual orientation, age, etc etc, can it ever be considered to be politically correct.

I don't think there is any movie other than Mozhi that fits these criteria.

While taking on a subject of a woman with a disability, it did not focus on that. It was not even patronising, and thats why my conclusion.

[Drugmachine]

NOV - I agree with your definition. I was just applying a different definition based on the movies suggested here - it seemed to me that a particular bandwidth of political spectrum was being called as politically correct here - that is to say, the definition seemed to be a mix of liberalist notions around the world, and in particular, the rational movement in TN. Again, nobody defined but the movies they quoted and the reasons pointed to that.

If you define politically incorrect as something that will raise a storm in its milieu, then abusing Hindu Gods is not a big deal in TN; nobody bothers much except a tiny sub-section, and there too, it is muted. This is not to say TN is full of non-believers - just that the tolerance levels for that particular stream of thought against religion are high even if a majority would subscribe to religion. In that sense, TN is evolved as Joe keeps pointing out. However, we seem to have new Gods now as similar thoughts against the new Gods of TN will evoke severe reprimand.

Religion holds sway, one way or the other. If you kill a religion, then you end up creating a new religion. Man just cant win, eh?

[Lillie_Steins]

If you define politically incorrect as something that will raise a storm in its milieu,

no, that is not correct at all.
women have been demeaned in every single movie, without a whimper from the masses.