I lived in TN for some time , a few yrs. The politics of TN is unique compared to the rest of India. Only AP has shades of cinema cum politics interwined.
I remember in the 60's and 7o;s there were mythological claasics starring Sivaji Ganesh and others were superhits. I could not enjoy them then, but I used to take a Tamil friend who acted as an interpreter. Yes , even with the semblance of the Tamil being understood , I found these mythologicals very interesting and well presented. One film Danveer Karna was dubbed in Hindi and it ran very well in North India. One was always thinking why these films have not been expanded into 70 mm and redigitised for the whole Indian audience again. It can be dubbed into several languages. It has an all India appeal. This was discuused by many in our group several times.
Now seeing this annoucement , which was made several days ago, there has been discussion about this in all the Tamil circles.
The question is why does not somebody expand all the mythologicals of the 60's and 70's into 70 mm and digitise it and give a new look and rerelease it with this film sponsored by the Karunanidhi and company. One cannot remember the names , but the one in which Shivaji Ganesh acts as Lord Shiva would be the best competitor to be released on the same day with this film. No funding reqd . No external agencies required . Good luck and compete with this film to succeed. May the force be with redigitising. Many have like this idea.
