The Malayalam superstar Mammootty has slammed the IIFA awards show in Dubai over the weekend for completely ignoring South Indian cinema. "You should not limit this ceremony to just Hindi movies. You must recognise movies in other languages also. And you should stop identifying us as South Indian movie stars alone because we are Indians," Mammootty said.
Questions: Is Mammootty right or wrong? Does Hindi cinema represent Indian cinema merely because Hindi is spoken and understood by more people than any other language? Given the quality and quantum of South Indian films, which is more than the combined output of Bollywood, don't films in Telugu, Tamil, Kannada and Malayalam deserve better recognition? And, let's say it, aren't South Indian movies superior to Hindi movies in substance and style?
KP – good choice of a topic for discussion.
Mammootty is bang on target with his comments.
South Indian movies are light-years ahead of Hindi movies when it comes to substance and quality. But if one wants style over substance, bollywood moviews seems to be the option.
I don’t know about Telugu, Tamil and Malayalam, but sadly Kannada movies don’t do much for me. Since America America, I have yet to come across a Kannada movie that I really wanted to see. I get my movie kicks from old Kannada movies, which really did have substance. The faster our industry gets away from remakes, the better it will be.
Let us face it: More Hindi films are better produced than Kannada films. Many Tamil films match and even surpass Hindi films in quality. But why is Hindicinema as popular in the urban South than Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam films in the urban North? One reason is that most of the North Indian janta do not know the difference between Kannada and Tamil. Everything south of Vindhyas is Madrasi to them. They first need a thorough geography lesson, considering they would prefer to know the temperature in Alabama (USA) than knowing the capital of Kerala.
But what are the distributors of South Indian films doing to promote our films in the North? They target only the specific linguistic communities in the cities and end their efforts right there. A well sub-titled, well positioned film can be marketed very well, if only we try. The fact that we see so many Hindi films in the South has more to do with good marketing, publicity and distrbution networks.
The answer to the poll question is NO. Indian cinema is not synonymous with Bollywood, just as Hollywood is not synonymous with international cinema. If we want to be treated equal among Indian cinema, then what is stopping us? Certainly not a bunch of people running to Dubai to make a song and dance…
I heard all Kannada movies are tax free!! need some sense here. Tamil and Malayalam film industry also went through the same phase but they were too fast to recover. No comments on Telugu and Marathi movies.
Recent hits: my autograph, aapthamitra etc are pure remakes of Tamil/Malayalam movies and would not get a chance to represent at festivals.
Mammootty is ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. Hindi is only one of the many languages in which cinema is made in this country. Bollywood is getting away with this simply because it has the money for all the glitz and marketing to make it ‘global’ The quality of Bollywood films is nothing compared to the other languages. Some of the south indian films have far surpassed hindi movies even in terms of style. One look at Shankar’s films and you will know what I am talking about. The subjects that have been experimented in Kannada, Telugu, Malayalam and Tamil cinema will NEVER even be thought of in Bollywood, let alone made into cinema.
Kannada Film !! ! .I never heard there was a movie Industry until some Rajkumar guy died recently .
I have hardly seen cinema halls showing any kannada movie in Bangalore
South has horrible heroes and heroines are horribly dressed .
On average, South Indian cinema is substantially superior in story telling and technique to Bollywood cinema. Has been for decades. The reason Bollywood cinema has attained a size disproportionate to its quality and quantity is because of the ‘Punjabification’ of our culture. Bollywood stars are in our faces because of endorsements, events, etc. Bollywood songs are in our FM radios because radio stations find remixes cheaper. Plus the national media whether it is newspapers, magazines or television are so skewed in favour of Hindi it is not funny.
Mammotty, Mohan Lal, Chiranjeevi, Rajnikanth, Kamal Hassan, Raj Kumar have all been as good as or better than any Hindi actor you can name, including Amitabh, but they will not get their due recognition because individually their languages are smaller than Hindi, if not tiny. Our actresses whether it is Sreedevi, Jaya Prada, Jaya Sudha, Vijayshanthi, Kalpana, Jayanti have been qualitatively better but Bollywood actresses are all over the place because of obvious reasons. As for music and dance, can anybody hold a candle to Ilayaraja, M.S. Viswanathan, G.K. Venkatesh, A.R. Rehman?
There is, in the South, an inverted snobbery associated with watching Bollywood cinema and appreciating it, often at the cost of the local language especially in Karnataka. It is not Bollywood’s fault that it is so big, it is our fault that we haven’t been able to cry about what we do with much more fervour. That said, I wonder why Mammooty & Co need the approval and appreciation of Bollywood for the kind of work they do. Is it some kind of inferiorty complex?
Mamooty is right. Hindi cinema do not represent Indian cinema for me it not even represents hindi speaking populace. All you have stinking rich people who dine and dance is some exotic locales. Hindi cinema is no more socially relevant.
South indian cinema is way way ahead of Hindi movies, people may not appreciate it. But it’s south indians who are making waves by their technical work in bollywood.
80% of hindi movies – straight lifts from hollywood
15% are remakes from the south
5% are soft porns. where’s creativity in bollywood.
who the hell wants to watch these substandard hindi movies.
i challenge, bollywood can’t come even close to dr.rajkumar in kasturi nivasa, bangaradha manushya.
how many directors in bollywood can match upendra’s directorial skills in OM- all time classic.
girish kasaravlli- towers above the rest among contemporary directors in india.
men without moustache smooching hard – thats not a movie.
Answer to the Poll question : NO.
And Aatmasakshi: Mammooty is not asking for any kind of approval from Bollywood. It looks like what pisses him off, like most of us here, is that the dumbass organisers of IIFA or whatever have the gall to label an all-bollywood event “Indian”. X-(
AJ = Anonymous Joker?
get a life man.
NO hindi cinema doesn,t represent indian movies and one who thinks there is no kannada film industry is a big dumb. hogi ellaru nenu hakikolli. Kannadada eshto picture bere bhashege remake aagide swami aadare navu bombadi bajaysalla ashte. Kannada Aptha Mithra remaku aadare Rajani Chandramukhi Swamekha Swami adhu kannadada remake rights thogondu madorodu ayitha. Tamilnoru chennagi remake maduthare thilidirali. Kannadada Anuraga Aralithu hindinalli Ladala aagide. The earlier one is annavara movie based on a kannada novel.
Ellaru ottige kannada industryge yake attack maduthira whether it becomes big or small it depends on the audience
About the pole as per my knowledge goes the only person with a oscar is Styajit Ray who made only one hindi movie so Hindi Cinema is one among the other languages cinema may be it has got global market it doeasn’t mean it represent whole india
Answer to poll question: NOOOOOOOOOO
Indian movie industry has a long way to go. Bollywood appears more “stylish” because all they do is ape hollywood. They also have larger budgets and audiences compared to non-Hindi movies. A few non-Hindi movie makers try to make up for this by trying to be creative. But non-Hindi means non-Indian to these jokers in Bollywood and we have events like IIFA to showcase such stupidity.
Lack of creativity, copying from hollywood, lack of experimentation, blatant promotion of their own children whether they have talent or not is common across movie industries in all the Indian languages. However, the Hindi movies and its stars are something else when it comes slavish attitude towards everything that is western (right down to the silly, foreign flag draped clothes), superficiality and unbounded greed. None of the major Hollywood stars hawk cheap prodcuts on TV and print commercials like Bollywood stars do!! It is sickening to see top “stars” from bollywood modeling for everything from toilet cleaners to cars.
Bollywood could not even come up with an original name for itself!! They had to put “ollywood” somewhere in their name and added a “b”. Sadly, others followed the same stupidity.
I think it is time to form an alternate group to promote non-Hindi movies and conduct award ceremonies in a fair manner.
Might be Mammootty got peeved as he didnt get a ticket to dubai ( as we all know middle east is the 15th disctrict of Kerala) :)))
The name Bollywood itself is a twaeking of Hollywood- so there is creativity for you!!? Well dont political parties call themselves- Indian national/ Bharatiya Janata etc- does that make them truly representational of a billion people- if a piddling association calls itself Indian whatever Mammoty himself is too big to critisize such clowns. The immensity of regional Indian Cinema is known to every real film aesthete. Why beat our breasts if silly people dont know of it.
Oh by the way Bhanu Atthaiyya too won an Oscar for her costumes in Gandhi- so is that Hindi or English or British?
batthini
@ AJ
So south has horrible movies huh??? well AJ lets do a small quiz here…
you name the 10 best hindi movies over the past decade and i will then list out the 10 best south movies and lets do a comparison…
there is no bollywood director who can match Mani Ratnam, Adoor Gopalakrishnan, and Padmarajan… Plz… and if your idea of a good movie is Kabhi Kushi and whatever Ghum then lets not talk further
according to the world of hindi cinema is all about the people of punjab and the northern plains. bade bade builder, bussinessman, industrialist, scientist, imaandaar affsar, pulees inspector, jawan, kisan, coolie, shayar, lover, bekaar naujawan, NRI whatever the role it is always kappor saab ka beta who coverts malhotra saab ki beti.
rest of india, including mumbai, is their play ground and its inhabitants are useful fools with typecast roles and funny accents.
a maharastrian can only be a bayee or pandu hawaldar, a south indian is a madrasi who utters ayyayyo at the drop of his shalya, a bengali is a babu and a sardar is loud or one with vain bravado, gujarathi is a miser.
assami, manipuri, ladhaki, goan, odiya, kannadiga, telugu, malayali, santhali you’ll neither see them or hear their tongue, forget about their culture. ofcourse there will shots in keral, bunglore, maharastr and goa.
covets
Bombat aagi bardhidhya VADI.
Kannada Cinema bagge nanna vivaraNe kaadhu nodi
Kannada dhindha yaar yaar remake maadidhare .Hosa cinemagaLalli yaavdhu chennagidhe . Hodha varsha Bharathadhalle athayntha HIT CinemagaLannu needidha KFI ( Kannada Film Industry ) ya parinaMa yenu.
Ithyaadhi bagge SayankaLa manege bandhmele bareetheeni .
Allivarege kelsa
Snehithare/friends
kannada Cinema gaLu remakes bagge ‘Sridhar Rajanna from kannada Audio has written in a thread ”
Dr Raj,”Bangarada panjara” was done by Govinda in hindi as “Jis Desh mein ganga rehta hein”
Swades from Chiguridha kanasu ( orig Novel : K.Shivarama Karanth )
Amruthavarshini (made in 1996) was remade in malayalalam as “mazhavillu” (in 1999/2000) by Dinesh babu
Gharaana mogudu, mannan and LaaDlaa (telugu, tamil and hindi) ella dodda stars (Chiranjeevi, rajnikanth and anil kapoor).. all scene to scene copied from Dr.Raj’s Anuraga araLithu
Upendra made “Operation antha” with Ambarish and the same remade as INDIAN in Tamil ( Shankar directed )
paduvarahalli paandavaru – hum paanch
gejje pooje – aahista aahista
sandhya raaga – basant bahaar
chakravyooha – inquilaab
school master – baghban
Govinda movie.. had this song “bin tere kuch bhi nahi mein..” which was directly lifted from “endendu ninnanu maretu badukiralaare”
manasa sarOvara ( based on life of Puttanna 1982 ) made as Moonram Pirai(1983) and Sadma(1984) from balachander
Mallammana pawaada (kannada) —>enga chinna raasa (Tamil)
Appu na “IDIOT” antha telugu remake banthu
OM -> Arjun Pandit
BhagyavaMtaru – sada suhaagan
Nammoora mandara hoove was remade in Tamil
bELadingaLa baale remade in Telugu as “hello
Anuraga Sangama was remade in Tamil 6 years after the movie was made in Kannada
kilaaDigaLu – the (1994) movie by Vishnu/Dwarki which was actually loosely based on parts of Shruti sEridaaga (1990) actually “inspired” a tamiL movie called “uLLattai aLLittaa”, (1996) that again came full cycle into kannada as “galaaTe aLiyandiru” (2000).
THAAYIGE THAKKA MAGA” –> telugunalli “AMMA NAA O TAMIL ABBAI” –> Maurya(Kannada)
maduve- 1996 –> pelli – 1997
http://www.kannadaaudio.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1759&highlight=remakes
Ok All said , Last year 2005-06 , kannada Movies gave 36 Hits which has a record of sort in long time unseen in any language .This has prompted several Hindhi Producers and telugu producers to start producing Kannada Movies .
Does Hindi cinema represent Indian cinema?
Does Mughlai cuisine represent Indian cuisine?
Does Hindustani music represent Indian classical music?
Does kurta pyjama represent trditional Indian dress?
Does Hindi represent Indian language?
Does a Punjabi wedding represent Indian weddings?
We can come up with a lot of similar questions about the Indian identity.
The answer to all these is not easy to answer as yes or no.
There is no point comparing or criticising cinema from different parts of the country. They are unique in some ways and they also share some things. While representing cinema from India in international forums, the film makers must try to represent good films from different regions or mention clearly which part of the country that film represents.
DG,
Good collection of remake films.
I have had some interesting arguments about which film or song or film is copied from Kannada films. In the case of Endendu Ninnannu Maretu.. a Telugu friend mentioned that it was originally from a Telugu film & I was saying it came from Kannada ‘Eradu Kanasu’. But somebody told me that even though it came in both languages the music director was the same (I am not sure about this) so it is hard to say if it is a remake or not :)
Prasadu,
You left one thing ..Churidhaar and Salwaar Kameez is not national dress .
Last kannada function here everyone used to wear Jubba/Pyjama for programs..I started a new trend Panche & Bili Shirtu and HMT .( hegal mele Towellu) . Naavu sumne yee north india na naqal maadbardhu .
Another one
Main Meri Patni Aur Woh ( rajpal yadav starrer ) is remake of ‘nanna hendathi chenngidale’ ( starring Kasi ,Anant Nag and Vishnu )
If someone said there were no good movies after America America .here are a list of movies
1.Preethi Prema Pranaya
2.Amruthavarshini
3.Nanna Henadthi Chennagidhale
4.Mouni
5.Nagamandala
6.Chiguridha Kanasu
7.Jogi ( if can bear Machu culture )
8.Apthamitra
9.Thaayi Saheba
10.HoomaLe
11.Mungarina Minchu
..yistu nodi saaku yeega.
First things first, what Mammooty told is absolutely right.
Next, about the discussion on our Kannada film industry. Whenever somebody tells anything about Kannada films, all we Kannadigas say is GK Venkatesh, Puttanna Kanagal or Rajkumar. Agreed! They were really good, no questions about that. We had a great history. Fine! But, I am surprised that many of you are not even ready to acknowledge the pathetic state of our industry today.
Somebody commented that there were many hits last year and our industry is doing well. All Darshan films, though below average, are “muchch” profitable(pun intended ;)) and become hits. Does that make you feel good? Sudeep, quite a good actor, believes in only tamil remakes. A senior actor like Vishnuvardhan also sticks to remakes and I have not seen him taking risks to act in any path breaking movie off late. Nagathihalli makes all “tourism” movies (showing Paris, US and what not!) Indrajit lifts scenes from other movies and makes senseless urbane hep films. Even a guy like Upendra stopped direction and acting in just telugu remakes. The very popular Puneet Rajkumar movies are all full of telugu type songs and mannerisms. Do you feel these are signs of creativity? Why have we not seen a really good original film after “America America” and “Amruthavarshini”? Do you feel you can really boast about remakes like Aapthamitra, My autograph or Rama Bhama Shama when someone comments about us?
Forget history for a moment, have we done anything in the last 10 years that would get noticed at the national level? Are you not hurt like me? Do I feel proud about our movies? Sadly, the answer is no!
Vasuki.
Yaake swamy yee message nodlilla
idhralli yaavdhu remake yilla
1.Preethi Prema Pranaya
2.Amruthavarshini
3.Nanna Henadthi Chennagidhale
4.Mouni
5.Nagamandala
6.Chiguridha Kanasu
7.Jogi ( if can bear Machu culture )
8.Apthamitra
9.Thaayi Saheba
10.HoomaLe
11.Mungarina Minchu
12.Amaruthadhaare
13.Rishi
Dont feel SAD , every industry is the same . Have you seen telugu movies they are worse than Kannada .Yella bari Glamour and SHOW .
Every Indisutry has 80% CRAP including Hollywood. I dont know why you have to be SAD .There are people to watch Darshan ,Sudeep movies too .Thats why they make such movies. Maybe you and Me dont watch ..But we donot represent all strata of society ?? Do we..
Samaja andre yella tharah ni yorthare adralli dukha yaake .
Melina Cinemagalanna Nodi .Nimge kanditha yista aagbahudhu
Hello,
What Mammooty says is absolutely wrong!! IIFA was organised by the Bollywood film industry and they have every right to promote their movies. If Mamootty’s grouse is the word “Indian” in IIFA, everybody has the right to that word. I have every right to conduct a singing competition in my apartment complex, ask people to sing only Carnatic music, and stilll call it “Indian National Singing Talent Search” or some such name.
What Mammooty should do is to use his clout and organise a similar event with South Indian stars. Call it “Indian xyz..”. He should also consider other Indian movies for the awards, make sure that awards are decided by eminent film personalities only (like the Oscar awards) and not by popular vote (like the IIFA / Filmfare awards).
He should not forget to add a couple of Hindi item numbers in the show, just to include the “best” of bollywood :-) !!
few days back, i was going thru kannada weekly AGNI, there was a interesting piece of information,
today every one is talking about hindi movie BLACK( a remake ,ofcourse) around thirty years back in the kannada movie NAANDI ,DR RAJKUMAR AND HARINI HAD GIVEN A MORE POWERFUL AND RESTRAINED PERFORMANCE THAN AMITABH AND RANI. THE MOVIE HAD DEALT WITH ISSUE THEN WITH A GREATER DEGREE 0F FINESSE. NAANDI TURNED OUT TO BE A MASTERPIECE.
DR RAJKUMAR AND HIS PRODUCTION HOUSE HAVE PRODUCED THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF LITERARY WORK -BASED MOVIES IN THE ENTIRE COUNTRY.- A FEAT UNPARALLELED.
There was a time when Rajnikanth, Balachander, Mani Rathnam, Ilayaraja, Prabhu and people from other states used to come to Bangalore to see Kannada films of Rajkumar, Puttanna, Girish Kasaravalli, and others. And they used to silently envy the treasure we had in the Film industry.
Dialogues by Chi. Udayashanker, hunsur Krishnamurthy, Music by Rajan-Nagendra, GK Venkatesh and others and singers like PBS, SPB, S Janaki, Rajkumar were legends in their own right.
Really sad that we don’t have people with that expertise anymore. Chi. Udayashanker could write a song like “If you come today” and also like “Yava kaviyu Bareyalara”. Very versatile.
Today Hamsalekha is OK. But he can deliver better I feel. Upendra is better off Directing than Acting. Sudeep is pretty good. Puneeth needs to act in different variety of roles. Shivanna is getting good roles. Music directors must be less Dhamal-Dhimil. Very few songs are soothing to the ear. Kannada singers must be given priority over other singers. We do have a good talent pool. Actresses must be from our land. Didn’t the Directors of yore find them from here and extract the best out of the new faces? Why can’t we do it today? Why do we have to get girls from other states? Directors also have to read and read good novels and make them into top class movies. Ray and Kanagal did just that. We do have a Kasaravalli, Nagabharana and a select few who dish out some excellent stuff. It is worth remembereing Adoor Gopalakrishnan. Hardly 10 movies in 30-35 years. but what quality. and what selestion of stories.
I don’t know if my comments are off the mark. But thought this as the right place to voice them.
amd rk used to reserve tickets for them!!!
By the way Mamooty’s only hindi movie is ‘Dharthiputhra’ which is a big flop. (Year 1990)
amd rk used to reserve tickets for them!! !
By the way Mamooty’s only hindi movie is ‘Dharthiputhra’ which is a big flop. (Year 1990)
Kannada abhimaanigaLe
http://www.kannadigaru.com nalli neevu kannada cinema Live/Streaming nodabahudhu.Idhakke Broad band connection avashyaka
To all the people who say kannada industry is a dumb I have an answer i live in Chennai, where there is no kannda movie release. But only kannda movie i watched in theatre is Thayi saheba by Kasaravalli. This was a private screening. The occassion was a german cultural secretary was retirede and returning to germany on her request thhe movie was sscreened. . She was a fan of girsh and loved his works she had wathced all his movies it seems Now we should Know the caliber of our directors.
it is not the case of representation of hindi movies and alienation of south indian movies, actually the reality about this is that india which is consirered as single homogenoue entity and a nation with rich history and diversity.
basically it is a myth it is not only the case of representation of south indian films but the question is whether all regions of the country are reprented the same way as dominated hindi areas.like it was in delhi sultanate that indias ruling centre was delhi,,it is the case even now also where whole of india is controlled by delhi by parliament and national leaders.
This alienation of certain areas,classes raises a big question about the homogenity claim of india
yes he is right. while many of the hindi films are remakes of southern movies they don’t have any recognization.
It seems that most of the comments passed here are from very bias south indians. I am not from indian and am a malaysian. The fact is that bollywood movies are internationally accepted. Everyone here seem to be claiming that hindi movies are remakes of south indian movies. I think this is bull. There have been so many original hindi movies, yes some may be copied from hollywood movies or from other indian movies, but there are also lots of tamil and other indian movies that copy other films. Everyone copies something from someone. Just because one scene is taken from somewhere does not mean the whole movie is copied.
Another fact is that in Malaysia Hindi films are watched by all races, including the north and south indians, malays and chinese who do not even understand hindi yet they love hindi movies and even hindi songs, so much so Malaysia even has a local radio programme which just plays hindi songs at night and hosted by a Malay guy. In contrast, tamil movies are only watched by the south indians.
Lets not forget that movies are suppose to entertain and as long as it has done that, means it has served its purpose. I see so many bias views here claiming that south indian movies are better, south indian actors and actresses are better, if that is so why have not any south indian movie or south indian actor gained international recognition. Some even dare to compare the great Amitabh with rajnikant who in Malaysia is made fun of by the non indians as he seems more like a clown with his antics. Again fact is Amitabh has gained international recognition and won many international awards, even has his wax statue in Madame Toussauds. 2 other hindi film actors/actresses have also recently got the wax statue in Madame Toussauds. Has any south indian actor even managed to get one international award. Great hollywood actor even praised Amitabh and said that from then on he wants to be known as Big W as in Big B.
I dont understand why south indians are so envious of north indians and of bollywood. Aren’t all you guys indians, you should be proud that any indian dialect or anything indian makes it internationally. Instead you guys condemn your own. In that case you should all be ashamed of calling yourself indians.
As for the IIFA, including south indian movies which have not gained international recognition would be a waste of time and money as IIFA is held in international venues where south indian films are not watched by many but only by south indians in that country. For awards in india, I believe Filmfare also has awards for the south indian film Industry, that fine as its held in India itself so people know the actors.
As for Mamoothy, he is wrong as yes Hindi films is an indian thing and they have every right to call themself IIFA and yet at the same time, they owe it to themself to show the best. Not some fat man with a big stomach and a funny moustache which most south indian actors seem to look like. From the tamil movies I have seen, most of the south indian actors look more like villians, and I dont think they can be compared to the Hindi film stars even in terms of acting nor in looks. The hindi film industry is way ahead of the south indian film industry in every way. Its only the south indians that seem to claim that tamil films are superiors. Again facts speaks for itself. If south indian films are superior, why have they not managed to achieve even half the international recognition that bollywood movies have.
And for the person who said that Bollywood even its name is a rip off from hollywood, dont forget, even the tamil, malayalee etc has taken similar names for their film industry such as kollywood, mollywood etc, and yet they cant achieve what bollywood has.
So all you indians out there, stop complaining and be proud that bollywood has managed to do what no other indian films have managed to do, that is to be recognised worldwide and internationally after all it is very indian as every other indian film.
As for kannada movies, have never even heard of them here in Malaysia as they are unknown. I dont think they even show them here for the south indian community. So what is so great about kannada movies or their actors when they have achieved nothing. Its seems that this Mamoothy is just jeolous that he could not achieve even what a low grade bollywood actor has.
Bollywood movies are rediculous.South indian film industry is way ahead of Bollywood.
fainessforall
1. First scroll to the top and see what mammotty has said
“You should not limit this ceremony to just Hindi movies. You must recognise movies in other languages also. And you should stop identifying us as South Indian movie stars alone because we are Indians,”
He is asking to promote all Indian movies instead of Hindi movies which is a valid concern. Also he says that Hindi movies should compete with all movies produced in India to win awards which I feel is a reasonable expectation from any Indian.
2. In contrast, tamil movies are only watched by the south indians.
It has a big market even in Japan!!
3. The hindi film industry is way ahead of the south indian film industry in every way.
Dude I think you know nothing about movies…Anyone with resonable knowledge of indian movies will acknowledge that south Indian film industry is miles ahead of Hollywood movies..
4. If south indian films are superior, why have they not managed to achieve even half the international recognition that bollywood movies have.
This is another stupid statement…Hindi film has market only with the NRI population not with any local population of the country. It is popular only because of the population of bhaiyas not with quality.
5.As for the IIFA, including south indian movies which have not gained international recognition would be a waste of time and money as IIFA is held in international venues where south indian films are not watched by many but only by south indians in that country.
You mean to say that all local people in the IIFA venue countries watch hindi movies?? this is another stupid statement …a tamil watches tamil movie..telugu guy watches telugu movies.. etc for all south indian languages but there is no movie industry for other states …so they have to watch the stupid hindi movies… IIFA held in international venues are watched only by the stupid north indians only.
Hello..
@Goldstar
Dear Friend..
U said what ever mamooty said is absolutely wrong..First of all u try to learn things from others before pointing others. Because what ever he said about the ceremony is quite right. At International point of view these type of scenarios arises and every person has right to ask about it if something is going wrong.IIFA ..the title itself mentions International Indian Film Awards. It means the Film Awards globally which includes all the Indian produced best films. ..if the sponsors and founders of the awards are only from bollywood then why they invited delegates from south if they are not interested to give any awards to the southern produced films.
@Goldstar..
I think u are only thinking in the regional point of view mentioning Bollywood as the only brighter star in India .First the people should stop thinking like that.for example do u think globally southindian films doesnt have any type of reputation..
1.Most of the South Indian Films are being remade in Hindi and other Languages.
2.Tamil Superstar Rajinikanth have fans worldwide including Countries like Japan, Malasyia and Germany where most of the people see his films.
3.somebody told Kannada films are tax-free..but the noble path on the cross is also to encourage the research oriented lowbudget films and small producers..
4.Southern Superstar Kamal Hassans most of the movies went to the entry of Oscar (internationally) as official entries from India.
5.Telugu Films like SHOW and INK(Sira) won awards in the International film festivals
@thank u
what a joke…bollywood films outside of india still carry the image of us indians dancing around trees singing a song every 5 mins, its hilarious entertainment to all my no indian friends and quite frankly im apalled by a lot of hindi movies, new kannada movies i don’t even want to talk about!
fainessforall
If you dont know anything about indian film industry then plz dont make a comment. South Indian actors and movies are recognized and accepted internationally. I’m not saying that Hindi films are all poor. But after 80s, no Hindi movies could match the quality of South Indian movies and actors. With all due respect to good actors like Aamir Khan, most of the hindi actors are dumb and care more about the wrinkles in their face rather than showing emotions. The Hindi stalwart Amitabh Bachchan is nowhere near the south indian stars in terms of acting. I can clearly say that even before the bollywood started its fashion parade in Cannes, the small budgeted malayalam movies were being screened regularly in festivals like Cannes, Berlinale etc. Isn’t that international??? And about not having wax statue in Madame Tussauds…… WHO CARES??? :D. You’re sounding as if a wax statue in MT is some kind of recognition for their quality. Gosh!
If you have sense, look at the number of movies being remade (officially) and copied into Hindi from South. Bollywood is nothing but a parasite thriving on south films.
fairnessforall
What mammootty said is absolutely right. If they put ‘Indian’ in the title they should show the guts to accept the competition from southindian movies. Its as simple as that. Or else let they change the name.
fairnessforall
some INTERNATIONAL awards won by Malayalam directors
Adoor Gopalakrishan
-Commander of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (2003)
-British Film Institute Award — Most Original Imaginative Film of 1982 — Elippathayam
-London Film Festival — Sutherland Trophy — in 1982 for Elippathayam
-International Film Critics Prize (FIPRESCI) — won CONSECUTIVELY for five feature films
-Legion of Honour (2003) France
Shaji N. Karun
– Ordre des Arts et des Lettres; 1999
-Cannes International Film Festival, La Caméra d’Or (Special Mention) : Piravi (1989)
-London Film Festival, Outstanding Film : Piravi (1989)
-Locarno International Film Festival, Grand Jury Prize (Silver Leopard) : Piravi (1989)
-Eastman Kodak Award for the Excellence, Hawaii International Film Festival 1989 (as cinematographer)
Padmarajan
-Best Film, Best Script – International (Kualalumpur) – Oridathoru Phayalvan 1982
I agree with mammootty. It is not fair to restrict the label “Indian” with Hindi movies. If you consider the way of story telling, the topics chosen south indian movies are of world class. And again if you go for a search to find out the best talented Indian artists south indians will be the majority. How can you have best indian artists list without including A R Rehman, Ilaya Raja, Mani Ratnam, Adoor, Padmarajan, Kamal hassan, Mammootty, Mohan lal etc…
So I hereby would like to appreciate Mr. Mammootty for opening up on a suitable platform.
yeah..mammootty is rite…
these northees think that they are real INDIANS or som thing….
i hav always notices media saying INDIAN ACTOR SRK or AMITHABH and not north indian actor……
but wen it coms to south,they will say tamil star Rajnikanth ,malayalam star mohanlal etc,as if the 4 southern states belong to some othe country….
hindi is not INDIAN…
INDIAN includes everything hindi,tamil,malayalam,teluge etc
Mammootty is absolutely right..till the end of past millennium one can hardly find many bollywood movies which can be claimed before world proudly as “indian movies” as they called..At those times its the southern industry which carved beautiful,brilliant movies and world class artists..After this era the bollywood began to make stereotype craps like they are meant for NRIs only..Rather most of them are just the clones of some hollywood movies..If some good works were there, its nothing but the remakes of southern movies..Till thr malayalam director priyadarshan has forayed into bollywood with the remakes of malayalam movies can anyone point out a cult-comedy in bollywood..Still they call only the hindi movies as INDIAN just like the we..the so called ‘madrasis’ are not the part of India…