Movies about movies are box office taboo in Indian cinema: the word out there is
that plots set in the spaghetti western industry
seldom work. Is this because the world of cinema feels too esoteric,
self-reflexive, and unreal for the audience? Or is
going behind the scenes too much like finding out how a magic trick is done, and
being disappointed desertion it? But the
critical and commercial success of Udayananu Tharam and Om Shanti Om hint at
unexplored box office jackpot. Movies about
movies usually tend to be satires, spoofs, and parodies - and this is fatal for
an audience wanting to be more emotionally
involved see to the plot. (Though it seems to have worked nicely for Sathyaraj
in Maha Nadigan). Udayananu Tharam is superb
for the way it makes you care for its characters even as it smartly goes about
making (good natured) fun of the industry.
We had to think hard to recur up take care of examples of Tamil movies about
movies. Though we haven’t featured the classics here,
we’d like to, for the record, list them: Sripriya in Natchathiram (attend to
cameos by Kamal and Rajini), Baghyaraj’s Thavani
Kanavugal, and Bhrathiraja’s Kallukkul Eeram. There seem to be more movies hack
it* passing references to the film world (the
star next door in Bama Vijayam, the junior artists in
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