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Trends
The year was fairly good. Last year -the movies with the big heros were a hit, however, this year music and marketing played a good role in determining success. AZHAGI was definitely an exception. Star craze was at its peek and Soft Porns like THULLUVATHO ILLAMAI became trend setters! GEMINI, RUN, YOUTH and VILLAN helped derive the answer to the million dollar question on what an average cinema goer wants. The answer: "An Entertainer".
The no of tamil movies has increased again!!!
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Year
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Direct Tamil Films
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Films Dubbed to Tamil
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Total (Direct + Dubbing)
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1999
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85
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64
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149
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2000
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68
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72
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140
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2001
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75
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80
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155
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2002
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83
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85
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168
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What a relief !! Over the last few years the number of direct Tamil films was decreasing and for the first time in the last 6 years, the number of direct Tamil films has gone up. Also the number movies dubbed to Tamil has been constantly increasing. An evident trend is that more english movies are dubbed in Tamil and they do well too. This has significantly reduced the release of other regional movies (dubbed / direct) in Tamil Nadu. Pierce Brosnan (James Bond) saying "O Podu" was "Joke of the Year".
Hits of 2002
The year was indeed a good one for the Tamil film industry. Out of 83 direct Tamil films released in 2002, there were two Silver Jubilee Film (175 Days), one 150 day film and two films touched 125 days.Twelve movies reached the 100 Day mark. Six Diwali and post Diwali release are doing well.
| GEMINI and THULLUVATHO ILAMAI |
175 Days
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| RUN |
150 Days
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| UNNAI NINAITHU and AZHAGI |
125 Days
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| KANNATHIL MUTHAMITTAL, THAMIZH, ROJA KOOTTAM, YOUTH, BABA, THENKASIPATTANAM, UNIVERSITY, CHARLIE CHAPLIN, PAMMAL K SAMMANDAM, PANCHATHANTHIRAM, SAMASTHANAM and VARUSHAMELLAM VASANTHAM |
100 Days
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| THAVASI released during the end of 2001 completed its 100 day run in 2002 | |
| APRIL MADHATHIL, RAMANA, VILLAN, BAGAVATHY, KADHAL AZHIVATHILLAI and MOUNAM PESIYADHE released during end 2002 are marching(some dragging) towards 100 days. | |
How They Fared
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Who
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How
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Rajini
(1 Film - After 3 years)
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BABA (Average - Though the movie did not make the expected huge profit, it made good money. Rajini took a salary cut) |
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Kamal (2 Films) |
PAMMAL K SAMMANDAM (Average) PANCHATHANTHIRAM (Average) |
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Vijayakanth (2 Films)
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RAAJIYAM (Flop) RAMANA (Super Hit) |
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Vijay (3 Films)
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THAMIZHAN (Flop) YOUTH (Hit) BAGAVATHY (Average) |
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Ajeeth (3 Films)
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RED (Flop) RAJA (Flop) VILLAN (Hit) |
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Vikram (3 Films)
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GEMINI (Super Hit) SAMURAI (Flop) KING (Flop) |
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Vivek
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Comedian of the year. His comedy in YOUTH, RUN, UNIVERSITY and YEI NE ROMBA AZHAGA IRRUKEY were widely enjoyed. |
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Deva
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Again scores music for most number of films (for the 7th year in a row). Except for BAGAVATHY and VIRUMBUGIREN, nothing else clicked. However this year, there were many good numbers from all the other music directors |
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Simran
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Made a great comeback. Figured in atleast 8 movies of which 6 were a hit! |
Tit Bits
Simran and Raju accepted that they have split. They fell in love during EDHIRUM PUTHIRUM (Opposite Poles)and parted as friends(?) during I LOVE YOU DA. Ladies and Gentlemen - Thats what we call as fate.
Simran's cousin Monal commits suicide. Simran blames Prasanna (brother of dance master Kala). Kala warns Simran on making Simran's hidden secrets(?!)public. Mumtaj was accused of stealing in Monal's house during her funeral.
Simran makes news again. This time with Kamal. Kamal and his wife Sarika split. Strong rumours that Kamal and Simran are in love. Kamal followed Simran everywhere. Magazines had special issues covering their love affair. Kamal spoke to the press and his interview confused us even more.
It took just one "All Thotta Bhoopathy" dance for Simran to come out of all her troubled times and regain her spot.
Praktyusha, the heroine in Bharathiraja's KADAL POOKAL commits suicide. Her death raised a lot of questions and CBI inquiry was ordered.
The entire film industry conduct star nights in Singapore and Malaysia to clear the debts of "Nadigar Sangam".
The unity was short lived when politics made them fight during the procession asking for Cauvery water. Rajini gained browny points. Bharathiraaja was at the receiving end.
Rajini's BABA was sold for an unprecedented sum. The film created history in film business. An overdose of Spiritualism hampered its gains at the box office. Rajini took a salary cut and returned money back to his distributors.
Fans of Vijay and Ajeeth went ga-ga over them. The walls in Chennai was painted with writings on their so called legends. I called this as "The Fan War".
Finally, Roja marries Selvamani. The 10 year old love story had a happy beginning of love life in Thirupathi.Hats-off to Selvamani who stood beside Roja during her troubled times.There was a time when magazines published articles on Roja being affected with AIDS. She is also a undergoing trial on a check bounce case. True Love Triumphs.
Students gave attendance in THULLUVATHO ILLAMAI theatres. Sherin was the teacher and could have easily become the Chief Minister :-)............Sex Bomb(?!), Mumtaj lost her charm or should we say she bombed.
Shyam (hero in Jeeva's 12B) gets married to the girl he was in love for 12 years.
Venugopal of Lakshmi Movie Makers was elected as Chairman of Film Distributor's Association.
Vindhiya (the heroine in SANGAMAM), comes out of her house to lead an independent life.
A R Rehman's BOMBAY DREAMS created news across the world.
Rumours that Parthiban and his wife Seetha are living separately
T Rajender's missile might have landed in the Bay of Bengal, but Silambarasan definitely impressed people as a singer. He has sung songs in RED, KADHAL VIRUS, APRIL MADATHIL and KADHAL AZHIVATHILLAI.
V K Ramaswamy (Actor) who has acted in over 700 movies would be missed by Tamil cinema.
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