The numbers game: Tamil cinema’s numerical titles

Chennai | Thursday | 2nd November, 2017

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Kollywood also gave us Oruvan (Sarath Kumar), Ennaipol Oruvan (Sivaji Ganesan), Enakkul Oruvan, Unnaipol Oruvan (Kamal Haasan ) and Evano Oruvan (R.

Madhavan. more-inSince the release of Aayiram thalai vaangiya apoorva chintamani in 1949 and till the 2017 flick Ettu thottakkal, Tamil movie makers have tried and tested various methodologies for catchy titles. K.

Balachandar’s Moondru Mudichu (1976) had a successful combination of Kamal Haasan and Rajinikanth, which was a trend in the late 1970s. Though the movie released shortly after Jayalalithaa’s demise, it proved to be dark horse and ended year 2016 with a hit. Moondram Pirai, (1982) fetched Kamal Haasan his first National Award for acting and director Baalu Mahendra got he National Award for Best Cinematography..