My opinion(wish) is that, he should drop the entire plan and come back here to chennai and take the movie in tamil. I don’t know what he is trying to prove by taking his movies in Hindi. If i am right, most of his movies, if not all, that earned him good name were originally made in tamil and later dubbed in Hindi. This time probably he is trying to make-up his image after the failure of Yuva.
I’m still thinking, when is the last time mani gave a blockbuster(in any language for that matter). It seems to me after Thalapathi & Roja none of his movies actually did well in box-office, though most of them like Kannathil Muthamittal, Aayutha Ezhuthu, Iruvar are acclaimed best by the critics.
These days Tamil cinema & cinema-goers comes off the age. Most of the young directors are bold enough to experiment & have the guts to come out of the so-called mainstream cinema. By saying “Guru is an universal subject, so i am taking it in Hindi”, Manirathnam serves as a bad example to the directors in Kollywood. This certainly creates a negative impact among them. What all the upcoming directors require is someone to give them the confidence that they can register whatever they want in the Tamil cinema, someone to captain the ship & control the helm. Who better than Manirathnam can do this???
So, Mani sir, manasai ‘alai-paya’ vidame, olungaa kollywood-ke thirumbi vandhuthunge!! Universal-subject-a Tamilaiyum edukalaam…..
By,
S.K.Ramachandran
An ardent Manirathnam fan.
