bowl_out Posted February 2, 2021 Posted February 2, 2021 (edited) Inspired by @zen's thread, many people think of only Bollywood while talking about Indian films.. There's a plethora of great content in non-Hindi Indian films - Tamil, Malayalam in particular and more recently Telugu. I've heard great things about the Bengali film industry as well.. What are your favorite movies from these film industries? Often, these industries don't get the recognition that they deserve. SRK and Rohit Shetty stereotyping some random masala flicks only adds to the bad perception. There are brilliant content oriented movies all the way back from 60s-70s till date that deserve praise. Honestly, I find Bollywood content lot less intriguing. Here are some top of the mind: Great content : Most Maniratnam and Balachander movies of the 80s and 90s (Nayagan and Unnal mudiyum thambi / Rudraveena stand out for me)..Davayan was a poor excuse for a remake Kadhalikka Neramilla, Anbe Sivam, Mozhi, Karuthamma, Mahanadi Good entertainers (last decade) : Baahubali, Eeda Premam, Drishyam, Bangalore Days Duruvangal 16, Ratsasan, Kalayna Samayal Sadam, Yuddham Sei, Thani Oruvan, Vikram Vedha Edited February 3, 2021 by bowl_out
coffee_rules Posted February 3, 2021 Posted February 3, 2021 Shankarabharanam Hamsageethe Tabbali Neenade magane Aadukalam
Mariyam Posted February 3, 2021 Posted February 3, 2021 5 hours ago, Jimmy Cliff said: Iruvar. Trolling much? I think I've seen this. Is this the one with Rajni and the title track is also Iruvar iruvar and he's a tonga driver and a secret zamindar?
coffee_rules Posted February 3, 2021 Posted February 3, 2021 (edited) 4 minutes ago, Mariyam said: Trolling much? I think I've seen this. Is this the one with Rajni and the title track is also Iruvar iruvar and he's a tonga driver and a secret zamindar? No way off, Aishwarya Rai's first movie, with Mani Ratnam directing and Mohanlel playing the role of MGR, Prakash Raj playing the role of Karunanithi and Aishwarya playing the role of Jayalalitha. Kind of a biopic. Edited February 3, 2021 by coffee_rules
EnterTheVoid Posted February 3, 2021 Posted February 3, 2021 Shubhalagnam - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subhalagnam 7G Brindhavan Colony - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/7G_Rainbow_Colony Care Of Kancharapalem - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C/o_Kancharapalem Aadavari Matalaku Arthale Verule - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aadavari_Matalaku_Arthale_Verule Leader - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leader_(2010_film) Appula Apparo - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appula_Appa_Rao Gang Leader - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gang_Leader Shankar Dada MBBS - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shankar_Dada_M.B.B.S. Maya Bazaar - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayabazar Shiva - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siva_(1989_Telugu_film) Khsana Khsanam - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kshana_Kshanam Gitanjali - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geethanjali_(1989_film) Nuvvu Naaku Nachav - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuvvu_Naaku_Nachav There are a few others. maniac 1
Austin 3:!6 Posted February 3, 2021 Posted February 3, 2021 There was a Bengali director named Rituporno Ghosh...his movies were good. Chokher Baali was a brilliant movie
Ankit_sharma03 Posted February 3, 2021 Posted February 3, 2021 hard to pick one Angamaly diaries Super deluxe Periyum perummal Harishchandrachi factory Iruvar 96 Kumbalangi nights Maheshinte prathikaram vada chennai kaakka muttai Visaaranai Care Of Kancharapalem bowl_out 1
bowl_out Posted February 3, 2021 Author Posted February 3, 2021 12 hours ago, Mariyam said: Trolling much? I think I've seen this. Is this the one with Rajni and the title track is also Iruvar iruvar and he's a tonga driver and a secret zamindar? The one you are talking about is Muthu - that's commercial masala Mariyam 1
maniac Posted February 3, 2021 Posted February 3, 2021 Movies made by K.Vishwanath Promoted Indian culture- dance, classical music and other arts Told stories about simple people in a simple setting. Got the best performances out of even some commercial stars Had music in his movie that has lasted the test of time Clean family movies with no vulgarity The women in his movies are actually shown in such a respectful and strong way. Made artsy subjects commercially successful and watchable. Shankarabaram starred a retired classical dancer and a 50+ year old man playing a 70 year old and made it an all time classic. one of the greatest filmmakers in Indian cinema.
Yoda-esque Posted February 4, 2021 Posted February 4, 2021 Movies made by K.Vishwanath Promoted Indian culture- dance, classical music and other arts Told stories about simple people in a simple setting. Got the best performances out of even some commercial stars Had music in his movie that has lasted the test of time Clean family movies with no vulgarity The women in his movies are actually shown in such a respectful and strong way. Made artsy subjects commercially successful and watchable. Shankarabaram starred a retired classical dancer and a 50+ year old man playing a 70 year old and made it an all time classic. one of the greatest filmmakers in Indian cinema. Yeah good film ,but telugu cinema really had regressed
Yoda-esque Posted February 4, 2021 Posted February 4, 2021 Court (Marathi) Virus (Malayalam) Court put me to sleep
bowl_out Posted February 4, 2021 Author Posted February 4, 2021 8 hours ago, maniac said: Movies made by K.Vishwanath Singeetam Srinivas rao, Balu Mahendra, Sridhar, Bharatiraja are other notable film makers with quality content
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