UNDERSTANDING MOVIES

Hi friends,

I have seen many movies in Tamil, Hindi, Malayalam, Telugu, Kannada, Bengali, English, French, Russian, Japanese, Chinese, and Korean films with subtitles. World cinema gives you in-depth knowledge about film making.

A movie should focus mainly on the story. Assuming that you are going to the railway station in an auto to catch a train, and if it is already late, to what extent you are focused en route? A movie should give such a feeling from start to finish.

Movies are now more popular. Though there is technical development, the quality of the movies is not up to the mark. It is spoiling younger generation with vulgar scenes, drinking alcohol and violence. Box office collection is the main concern.

People are hero-worshiping. Due to popularity, they demand exorbitant rate. This increases the price of the ticket.  This is not a healthy sign for a developing country like India. Hence I wish to say a few words about UNDERSTANDING MOVIES

The movie is the film medium on which a visual is photographed. A cinema is a place or hall where it is exhibited. A movie is classified either a talkie or a movie. A talkie is with more dialogues. Later, movies were made with more visuals.


Movies can be classified into classical and entertaining. A classical movie gives a useful message in an interesting way. A classical movie should have a good story and script with logic. It should be devoid of vulgarity, violence, and perversion. 

It should uphold our cultural and moral values. There must be good music, good lyrics and re-recording, should not be a talkie but a movie, the actors should perform well, editing must be good, and finally, the photography should be pleasing.


Previously, going for movies was only a pastime since people were economically weak and hence did not have an interest. The population, theatres, and number of shows were less. With better income, more people started seeing movies.

Earlier the story was mostly based on mythology. Later, it dealt with social issues. The price of the ticket also went up making it difficult for the common man. What was once 50 paise has gone up to Rs.200/. Going to movies nowadays is very expensive. 

Many people contribute to the making of a movie. The story writer, the dialogue writer, the cameraman, the editor, the art man, the actors, lyricist, the music scorer, and the director. Even if one person fails, the movie will fail at the box office. 

People give importance only to actors. Only the make-up makes a difference. They are paid for their work and they lead their life like others. Later on, they will lose their market and forgotten. There must be public awareness of this issue.

Sathyajit Ray, Mirunal Sen, Aparna Sen, MTV Nair, Adoor G, Thagazhi, Jayakanthan, Girish Karnad, K.Viswanath, GV Iyer, Guru Dutt, Rishikesh Mukherjee, Gulsar, Basu Chatterjee, Vijay Anand, Suraj Barjathya, Sridhar, Barathi Raja, A.Bhimsingh, Bagya Raj, Singitham Srinivasa Rao, L.V.Prasad, Balu Mahendra, Mani Ratnam, Balachandars are some of the directors  who produced classical movies.

I rate the following Tamil movies as classics. They are: 1. Chandraleka, 2. Uthama Puthiran [sivaji], 3.Pasa Malar, 4.Kalyana Parisu, 5. Thulabharam, 6.Nenjil Orr Alayam, 7.Moondram Pirai, 8. Badsha, 9. Nayagan. 10. Enthiran. I do not intend to list out movies in other languages.
MAY GOD BLESS YOU.