Current Trends in Tamil Cinema and its Impact on Audience
Journal Title: Journal of Advanced Research in Journalism & Mass Communication - Year 2018, Vol 5, Issue 4
Abstract
The “CINEMA” is a mesmerizing word for the Tamil Audience and it is ruling the hearts and houses for more than 100 years. The larger than life images have played a major role in the socio, political and cultural lives of the people of Tamil Nadu. The images have participated in all emotion of the audience, when the nation was fighting for freedom, the images have spelled “Vanthe Matharam”, during the festival the images have sung “Unnaikandu Naan Aada… Ullasam Pongum inba Deepavali”, during the world war the images have narrated “Andhanal”. When television was entered, the cinema has embarrassed and made television as supplement screen. When people had communal riot, the cinema presented “BOMBAY”, at the time of water scarcity the screen offered “Thanneer Thanner”, when we were at romantic mood it screened “16 Vayathinile”, to empower the women and to criticize the male domination it showed “Pudhumai Pen”, it punished the pannyar in Uthiri Pookkal, exposed the life of the innocent tribals in “Mullum Malarum” it brought the historical characters to proximity like “Veera Pandiya Kattabomman”, “Raja Raja Cholan”, It was created docu-fiction on the lives of ethnic groups as “Devar Magan”, “Madhurai Veeran”, “Chinna Gowndar” and “Kala”.
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M Raju
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