“Once I noticed these banners, it struck me that every one of them had been ladies. If I additionally bear in mind it proper, there are not any males featured prominently in these posters. I used to be in awe of the factor, having all the time grown up watching films with males on the centrestage, flexing their muscle groups within the banner, exhibiting masculinity,” Deepan says, including that he was glad that the tweet resonated with folks. However what does this truly imply for Tamil cinema at this time? “One thing that basically struck me was how even ladies actors had been capable of relate to it, which implies that they see this as a serious hole.”
‘It took me again to KB sir’s period of robust feminine leads’
When Prabhu Solomon, the director of Sembi noticed the banners exterior Vettri, he was reminded of filmmaker Ok Balanchander’s oeuvre of movies. “It has been so a few years since movies like these, launched collectively. Solely throughout Ok Balachander sir’s period did we see so many movies with feminine leads.” Behind Prabhu’s pleasure was yet one more important motive. Sembi sees the comeback of veteran actress and comedienne Kovai Sarala in a starring function after years. “Kovai Sarala is an actress who’s so proficient, however the truth that she is getting the popularity that she deserves on the age of 60 is a factor to be happy with.”
Filmmaker Leena Manimekalai, then again, was reminded of a time when Balu Mahendra’s Veedu and Ok Balachander’s Thaneer Thaneer grew to become hits within the Eighties. “When Balu Mahendra’s Veedu launched in Doordharshan, the central character that actor Archana performed resembled my mom, as I grew up seeing my mom constructing our home brick by brick as a child. When my late father, who was additionally a movie scholar, confirmed me Thanneer Thanneer, Saritha appeared and felt like the ladies from my native village within the deep south of Tamil Nadu,” she says, including that feminine performers deserve good scripts and author-backed cinema.
