You have a classic example "Martin Scorsese" He never made a bad film, supported by strong screenplay writers & writers! 45+ years and still going. Wait for "The Irishman" Tarantino on the other hand who wrote most of his movies, well he takes time and T kumararaja is getting there. Vetrimaran is a great writer come, director, we have now!
Martin Scorsese made bad films just not in the standards of what a bad film is in Indian cinema. Even if some of his films aren't cohesive as a whole, he still makes sure to not lose the fundamentals in directing a film.
problem is that he has the same love story for every generation. though he tried something with ok kanmani it gained few points in the relevance factor but it lacks the magic his 90s movies had. i couldnt relate with the story, characters were not memorable.
Directors of Hollywood don't give to hero characterization commercial moments preference they give respect script, filmmaking and moreover had a lot of passion regarding movies & vision that's why directors like Steven Spielberg, James Cameron and Clint Eastwood still had some range in Hollywood These above things are missing in Indian filmmakers
my father's era one ticket rate 5rs my era ticket rate 120 to 200 + parking charge + shit that they give in theaters to eat and we don't have any choice, it is difficult to watch movies without popcorn these all cost around 500rs this also a reason for people to be choosey
12:52 I think of RGV who’s completely lost his creative mind and lost in his own eccentricities. And I kind of understand it has to do with the personality. In his case, his nihilistic view of the world makes him approach films dishonestly and ruin it completely. Again this is my POV of someone whom I have followed from almost his initial days. A film like Bhoot was well made immediately a potentially interesting idea like Rann (2010) suffers writing issues.
@@tejaskrishna6953 Minority of movie lovers like Bombay velvet also. He is heavily inspired with QT. His movies are not bad kind. He makes gulaal kind of movies, GOW kind and No Smoking kind. He wants to make something different. Not in a single genre. A single movie can't decide him a worst.
Surya Prakash M Black Friday is my fav AK film too followed by GoW & Gulaal. If someone claims to be an AK fan, then they have to have watched these films.
The sudden fall of Shankar is because he lost his grandeur writer Sujatha to support his grandeur vision, it's evident in his works after Enthiran, Nanban's basically 3 Idiots, so it doesn't count, I and 2.0 didn't have Sujatha's writing, I think it's not revivable with other writers because now Shankar is a giant by himself unlike when he started and his ego is not letting him explore more with other writers, I feel bad for Shankar...
I think great artists lose their craft with age because of ego that builds up over time and the people around then don't have the authority to point if the story they have written is not working out.
I believe a director can and will be relevant if he can create opinions, start a debate after each of his creations. And I think the only director who still has a style and draw (or lack of it) is Selvaraghavan. For example, NGK, even with a huge star like Surya, people decide to go or boycott the movie because it's a Selvaraghavan movie. Mysskin has his touch and style but it has become monotonous, tiring and predictible. Whereas Selva keeps reinventing his stories as he grows. I personally dislike Aayirathil Oruvan but love Mayakkam Enna. But after watching each of his movie, one thing I can be certain of is Selvas sincerity #AskBR
But after watching #irvai why Karthick made ""all the mens are villains to their wives even radha ravi-vadivukarasi"" #mercury like #dontbreathe & I see after release Andra 1st day 1show in Tamilnadu,I'm disappoimted bcaz Karthick says""this is a silent movie""But subtitles on movie and boring 2nd off ...Cinematography is the best.....but #BR give #3/5 for #mercury ???????.....But Karthick Made #Petta on cliche styles,but I like petta 1st half bcaz of commercial elements....Story is entirely like Giri...... #Arjun-Rajini #Prakashraj-Sasi #Reemasen-Simran #Priya-Trisha #Devayani-Malavika #Vadivelu-Munishkanth #Devayani son-Sanath #Fefsi vijayan-vettai(singaram elder brother) #Anandaraj-Singaram(N.siddiqui) #Vj_sethupathi is just bacz of audience pulled to see the film ....Bcaz Today VJ sethupathi have lot of fans .... In climax of #petta #singaram is minister but no police in singaram house, bomb blasts &Lots of gun shots but no one people come to the house.....Bcaz this is a mass movie & mass hero film...... No logic Only magic
@@mukund.5151 I like first three movies. But he made his two movies very early. I think he didn't take too much time for thinking. He made these just as a normal directors. Above commentors said about copy. We saw 100 movies to criticize the movie. Directors saw 1000 movies to direct movies. So he didn't think about the watched movies. He wants to make a movie only. Petta maybe his worst movie. But mercury is not a bad movie. When you compare movies with others your curious level becomes low. So watch the movie as fresh. Enjoy it. If you not like it. Then you criticize.
I don't know why people missed out Myskin.. He is the one of the very few directors holding an entirely new signature of his own.... He may not be called a superstar director coz for movies like Pisasu and Onaiyum aatukkuttiyum he is the one who pulled the crowd into the movies as you referred Bharathiraja did.. And I also wish to give an example which shows his effect of his signature in film making. I watched Mugamoodi FDFS in theatre in my home town Theni... The audience clapped for the very first shot where the camera is placed in the middle of the street at a mid night...
Any director who consistently taps the basic emotions is remembered. K Viswanath did it in Telugu cinema by dissecting complex social problems into digestible basic emotions and we love him in the Telugu states. Rajamouli has made it big by creating an incredible setup in the movie where he just drives acute emotions in a short time. He does this consistently and people remember him. But an average director these days would like to take a shortcut - use the actor’s star image to drive these emotions in the audience. Essentially, they are not equipped to move the audiences with stories or plain lazy. Hence, the star is remembered for his/her aura. Not the director. So, we have star actors alone. Not many star directors. Cause extremely few number believe they can move people with their stories and stories alone.
We have a Tarantino and a Scorsese movie releasing this year. So I would say that a big shot director movie still pulls in a lot of audience globally. But also keeping in mind that both these movies that I have mentioned also have really famous and great actors in them.
The hateful eight and Silence both are not hugely successful movies. Unfortunately Irishman may not have wide release so we may not be able to judge Scorsese's pull this year.
As movie watcher growing up in 90s, apart from Mani Ratnam and Shankar, we used to look forward from Vikraman, Vasanth, Kathir and so on. It was mostly director based those days. These days people don’t get it when I say I watch a movie for directors. Like I watched STM for Rajiv Menon, but not many watched the movie just because it was GV movie.
#askbr why should the box office be the only way to term the movie as successful. Way of consuming a movie have gone beyond theatres and producers also have the ability to sell their movies. So, movie's success or the term Superstar (actor/writer/director) should depend on the views the movie has got across platforms and only that way, movie would be valued beyond just the actors..
This video was dominated by an important topic 'Watching movies in theatre vs Streaming platforms' The viewership of movies in streaming platforms shouldn't be dismissed very easily. People nowadays have good home theatre systems and watch movies at homes instead of spending big bucks at theatres. A movie watching experience is so freaking expensive nowadays. In the 80s, 90s era movie releases were limited in number and the cost was less. Now we have many movies in various languages releasing and it becomes impossible to catch it all in theatres. Theatres should introduce movie passes which will bring in more people. And in the current generation of directors, like Ram whose movies don't generally involve big stars and glamour but still pull a specific kind of cinema lovers to the theatre. But since there are many other big budget films releasing the following weekend, films without big stars end up losing screens and audience count drops if the timings don't work out for them. Nowadays, the directors who work with big stars and big budgets get longer theatrical run than well made films.
Bharadwaj sir in Hollywood you mentioned directors all have taken either adapted screenplays from brilliant novels or screenplay written by some brilliant writers so one of the box is filled they can concentrate comfortably and without any pressure in their craft where as Indian movies lack brilliant novelists or screenwriters with the exception of raju hirani who is a brilliant screenwriter remaining are just not concentrating on screenplay
@@fireisawesome1466 That's not a problem man. Everytime he came with neo. Then why u worried about years. I read an article about his retirement. Is it true?
Directors go and forget their craft in their new films bcos they may get their success on their heads or the people may expect more from them as their older movies were satisfied without expectations and now they want satisfaction by expecting
SS Rajamouli made a blockbuster film even with an Insect as the protagonist. The commercial success of EEGA was only because of his superstardom as a director and of course his Strong emotional Narrative.
Yes to me Rajamouli is indeed a superstar of commercial cinema. Shankar has passed his mojo and he's struggling alot, witnessed by his recent films(writing basically). Shankar is not solely depending on grandeur vfx than story
The question 'How is that Hollywood directors like Spielberg can consistently make good films compared to Indian film directors' ,as a cinema buff, have intrigued me for years. I believe, firstly, The directors and others know what is cinema compared to Indian film makers. The difference is also in the way a director works in Hollywood as against in India. The director there, I guess, spends time in understanding the right choice of cinematographers, the art directors, and each HOD and 'directs' to get his vision translated in celluloid without any compromise. As an example Balachander's late 90's and 2000's films the craft is really low point compared to his earlier works. And as a rarity Mani Rathnam's films from the start till now it keeps improving with regard to his craft as a director - the films are not that good is a different question to deal with, but the cinema is rich.
It's a good point. Maniratnam s craft has grown tremendously but his writing has become poorer. If only he had a good writer his movies would be a treat to watch.
@@ajayarjunk agree to your point. That's exactly my point too. His craft as a director has grown unlike most of the biggies like Balachandar, Bharathiraja. Thus making him consistently a good director and becoming a bad writer.
You forget K.V Anand, for my generation A very good director and also a writer They way he chooses story premises Its more interesting, something new and at the same time entertaining, catering all the audience
I think it's very important to know the written aspect of the film. I think the reason people sometimes just stop looking out for content by directors is because the screenplay of a particular film wasn't that great and that kills the film thereby pulling down the film as a whole which further stops people from going to his/her movies.On the contrary almost every director who works with good script writers, eg: Syam pushkaran or Vineeth Sreenivasan are touted to be great because they are people who write fantastically which kind of guarantees a good experience irrespective of which director it goes to because the deep rooted emotion is already present and all the director has to do is set the frame.
The term of super star director changes with every generation of movie making, where a director had a fan base, but thus has been diluting as more and more directors feed the growing audience in story and making. With the always changing of film making, what the future has in store of us in terms of super star director may even be not relevant as the making of a movie or the success of the movie does not depend or not recognised as the directors movie but rather the teams movie. With the exposure of movie making to the common people that has increased in context in time, the term director in the future may just mean the person who directed the movie, and not recognised as in the past the face or selling point of the movie. Lots of factor are contributing into it now in film making, and we can just always, make a analysis the BR is making, which makes us think, what changes we have been experiencing as the common people and as cinema lovers. Anyway, thanks BR for bringing up topics like this and love your work and point of view.
May be star director have something that makes him or her find a tune that is attractive for example Gotham menon has his nior detective narration or Sukumar of rangasthalam who makes high concept films or Myskin sir who mixes traditional hollywood concept like zombies, possession, detective storyline and presents in an Indian way Or Siva of viswasam fame gets family emotions right even from his first film souryam That's what a star is about delivering consistency that attracts audiences to the cinemas .
I could quote Ram's answer to your question of why directors lose their craft? I can recall that Ram noted that Balu Mahendra advised him "Onakku varra varaikum nee padam pannuva, oru naal onakku adhu varadhu, Then you have to move out! " So I think it's something to do with your creativity and mind of a film maker..
I think one of the reasons for directors losing out on their craft could be that they delegate work after a certain stage, maybe? What if they don't invest the same commitment to making a film as they did earlier?
#AskBR.... In my opinion, I can say that, there are some directors that give their best shot in the beginning and some who would willing to ensure their shot till the very end... Now, discussing the topic above, superstar directors can be retained if directors can bring in brand new and entertaining ideas on screen... It does not only help the director by having a unique idea... But it will really help him/her if they know how to pull off the excecution of that idea on screen with an interesting plot... This can be said for all directors.... And it doesnt neccessarily have to be the popular ones we know today... Because audiences nowadays tend to look for variety in movies, instead of a tested and tried formula.... This type of directors can set up a new generations of fans as well as redeem the position of the superstar director....
The directors are now only starting to take control of the film. Vetrimaaran, mysskin, Ranjith, selvaraghavan, Karthik subburaj, kumararaja. But these directors are mostly in their initial phase. So we need to wait and watch.
I think these are the reasons: 1. Movie production is becoming expensive. Lot of money is now involved with big stars. Audience want to watch their fav stars in a well defined heroism template masala movie or expect some social movies from actors like Aamir. Director don't have much leeway now to drift away from such template movies, because at the end of the day movie making is a business defined by return on investments. Especially in bollywood, such director movies often go unnoticed or don't find appreciation everywhere and becomes an average or flop affair at box office. 2. Watching movies at cinema halls/multiplexes is very expensive. If audience are spending 300-400 for a movie, they want to play it safe and watch a movie where they expect entertainment and worth the money movie. 3. Piracy of movies, penetration of digital streaming platforms another huge factor. People simply can wait 3-4 months to watch niche movies. But there are still some exceptions like Rajamouli (biggest director in India right now), Shankar, Raju Hirani.
A few instances, BR, answer is yes, to quote a hot example, Sujoy Ghosh who made Kahaani, left a deep imprint in my mind that he is a tasteful maker. He showed the soul of Calcutta blending with script and Vidya's spectacular performance. Though I knew it had my favorite Bachchan in Badla with a damn good maker in it, I deep down knew it's gonna be an average flick, adding fuel to fire, it was a remake/ freemake of Uninvited guest! Though not completely, we are in the pipeline of getting there in a while or so.
Wether it's 80s or 2200 if movies are good irrespective of scale of the movies, not people will go n watch it but they urge others to watch it n watch it only in theater. Example kaka muttai in Tamil n Lucia in Kannada many more
the fact that even fans of superstars are interested in movies with a good director combo rather than a newbie tells that director is still enjoying the stardom comparable to stars. for example bairavaa didnt evoke as much excitement as mersal/sarkaar. at the same time, audiences arent going to theater unless they have a strong promise either in the form of director/star's reliable filmography or good word of mouth. the shelf life of so called big directors is getting short day by day. the reason is that they are taking their reputation/successes seriously and trying to repeat themselves on and on, feeling that the success formula would work. they must allow themselves to new writers and stories, the problem with writer/directors imo.
I want to interpret Super Stardom as "easily sold to the large mass of audience (with less effort on promotions)". Internet, as a whole, snatched the "Super Star of Entertainment" title from Cinema. It gives humongous choices of entertainment in innumerable forms. I think the age of super-star in any cinema crafts are over way long back. Having said that, I would say the Super Stardom of Actor was over with Baba, Music with Sivaji(VTV was one of the rare exceptions later), Direction with Sivaji (with Rajamouli as an exception because of Bahubali).
Replying to Santhosh Raju, craft of the director will be still same even after a decade but the audience keep updating.. The big directors doesn’t want to come out of their making style.. this is what happened with KB’s Paarthale paravasam, Barathiraja’s Tajmahal etc.. but this is not the case with director Kamal Hassan, Aamir Khan.. they keep updating themselves..
I think the requirement of big producer director combo to collaborate is more than ever. It will take something special to bring the urban audience to theatre. There’s a certain sense of disparity where we have more screens in metropolitan city whereas the theatre going audiences in the rural parts don’t have enough places to watch movies. Sample this. I watched Uri, Simmba, Vikram Vedha, Geetha Govindham, Pyaar Prema Kadhal on ZEE5 because 1. Availability 2. Comfort 3. Subtitles Even the concept of multiplex audience will diminish because they have access to Prime Video, ZEE5, JioCinema etc where you get to watch new movies within 3 months. Think of the time when we were not patient enough to wait for that timeline. I watched 96 on Sun NXT app through my friend. I think the distributors should focus on pockets where people watch a good movie more than once irrespective of its repeat factor. That’s the game!
I believe Director got huge confidence that they understood all about audience and stopped extending their boundaries and they strongly believe their movie gonna be huge blockbuster yet utterly failed in cinemas also they all keep circling in the same circle as for scriptwriting i.e hero , heroine and villian must be their...and remaining half recently thought to make fake art films..I don't know where that goonna end may be BR will make a video in future about it..
Craftsmanship is just a state of mind once they get old they fall out of this garden of eden here in India but in Hollywood they were supported by studios
I'm guessing there are mainly 2 factors for directors degrading in quality to the point where they forget their basic craft: 1) The bigger their budgets get, the more pressure they get from their producers and actors. So I'm guessing they lose their voice somewhere in that process. 2) Another factor, which I think could be much more of a reason, is being surrounded by too many yes men & advisers, especially in times of insecurity. Even the most intelligent and capable directors can lose objectivity in such times.
#AskBR I feel now even for actors to become Super Stars is quite difficult, people are more interested in the content. Even for actors like Vijay Sethupathi or Vijay Devarakonda people believe in their script selection and not go for their persona. And for the new directors unless their movie has strong word of mouth, it is difficult to run for more than a week in theatre thanks to all the digital platforms and off course piracy. Also I feel making more than one or 2 films per year was a factor for the older directors to maintain their stardom which is not the case for the new ones.
For me, I watch the movies based on the Filmography of the actors, writers, and directors I like. (Example: Joel and Ethan Coen, Leonardo DiCaprio, Quentin Tarantino). But in Kollywood, it is slightly different. We know what type of movie we will get when a particular actor and director get together. So the surprise element is lost. We loved Django Unchained because we witnessed Tarantino-brand action with Dicaprio in it. That is why I loved Thalapathy and Sivaji. We saw the director's signature with the actor's best. Yes, I agree the trend of 'Superstar Director' is vanishing. I don't think they will go to an ARM or GVM directed movie if the lead was Jai or Mahat. It has to be a star. So, it has to be the credibility of the actor more than anything now in Tamil Cinema. Special mentions: Karthik Subbaraj and Thiagarajan Kumararaja!
Exactly it is a real problem. If directors don’t care about content they are digging their own grave. But having long careers is probably impossible for masala directors. However, Indian population is huge so there will be certain masala directors who will exist for a section of society. Honestly super deluxe is a great movie but I still feel it caters to the educated, elite, or too philosophical ordinance. Content then caters to a small group of people. I wish it caters to more just like a matrix.
Sir...on the other hand we had directors like Akira Kurosawa, Stanley Kubrick, etc., to name a few who made movies on their own terms irrespective of their box office draws and everyone one of their films remains a classic and one which all cinephiles will admire for all ages...do you think they enjoyed the "superstar director" tag then....
But, many people in the west criticise Spielberg's new movies too harsh even though I like it. The same applies here too. Many criticise Mani's latest flicks, I seem to quite like Kaatru Veliyidai and Chekka Chivantha Vaanam.
@@Ronin1444 lol... You didn't quite catch me what I was trying to tell. I compared the 'CRITICISM' of latest Spielberg's and Mani's movies, Not their movies itself.. I pulled Spielberg here since some critics and people feel that, 'Spielberg is not that good now as once as he was' as they do the same with Mani.
May be there is more focus on Craft in Hollywood as the focus is more on method or science of it vs..it is more ART here? Also the focus is divided by writing vs directing in the case of writer director!
A thought on why Indian directors seem to loose "craft" after a few films. As you said, Indian filmmakers are both writers and directors. A possibility is that they run out of ideas while writing new film. Take a filmmaker named X, his first 4 films make him a superstar director which a signature style etc. Then he runs out of ideas for his next film ( always a possibility in art), but he has to make films, so tries to make a film with his signatures and some sort of a story. Unfortunately the writing doesnt excite him. This excitement a director has for a script is converted into craftsmanship, a director can give his all when he loves it. So when the script doesnt excite him much the film which is made by him seems to miss the "craft" that the director possessed in his initial films. Just a possibility.
This sounds like a good theory. After reading many comments I notice that majority of the answers are about "writing". I would like to believe it's because they lose out the long game as they are not writers themselves. Writer - Director collaboration is the only way I see a director having an illustrious career .
No.. Super star director will be the new trend now! No matter what, Mani, Vetrimaran, GVM.. These movies have to be seen in the big screen! But the actors may not be superstar anymore!
If u are taking Rajkumar as the frame of reference then in what way does makers like Ameer and ram differ from?All the 3 has made around 5 films with great potential in direction with different plots.He has made only 5 films eventhough worth making 5 isn't still a trendsetting artist
If you don't belong to Nativity of Tamilnadu u won't get that feel which flows in Ameer films .And Sanju is the worst biopic that has ever been made till now with exception of performance.And padayappa,ghilli are films with shitty commercial elements and entertainment factors.Im talking about fucking technically strong well written movies.
you are talking about Steven Spielberg but that's a good question that's a good thought which come up into your mind but there are such producer they do not want to make certain film. They always go for a commercial that is why we are lacking behind. and every director wants to make like a Hollywood film but no one is here to care about Indian parallel cinema.
Shankar disappointed with 2.0 the hyped collection is far below the fake numbers. Shankar completed deteriorated from his earlier level with I and 2.0. New directors are kind of fresh air for Tamil audience.
Jithu no dude it's official that 2.0 grossed 850 cr . And wait for China relase . I do agree 2.0 was not great but we should thake it as a futuristic fantasy commercial thriller with social message. Overall 2.0 is worth for money you spend as it offers the best graphics and vfx.
@@mahishaji7660 dude it's good we support these kind of films, but only if we point out the errors, the director will not repeat his errors in his movie.... Idu avar enna panalum mass nu solra madri irruku, appo avanga tappa seri pakave matanga
Totally agree with, its not the directors that pull normal audience to the theaters anymore. Movie lovers - yes but not others atleast in the current context. And imho, I think the difference between the longevity of hollywood vs Indian "superstar" directors are - In hollywood, "superstar" directors collaborate with the best technicians in the industry and completely trust them .. whereas indian directors still hold/control a lot of things themselves .. Lets take Spielberg or Scorsese, they completely trust their team of technicians and they supervise it from a aerial POV and add their touches to it.. this makes the writing, making, and other aspects very different and new .. I think Indian directors are too involved in the ground level and control a lot of things hence making it repetitive or all over the place after a decade or so..
What was that about Mari Selvaraj? I think the OP failed to realise that Pariyerum Perumal caught the attention and managed to pass the theme to its audience without depending much on these so called new age marketing gimmicks like motion poster. Mari Selvaraj was a bad example for this case. Atlee might have been more suitable
Looks like you've really lost the track and started talking about your favourite directors, even in Hollywood there was an extinction of Speilbergs era, but they made sure of the ressuraction from it, but in India the life span of the Directors stardom depends on the style of film making and not the kind of quality it has...Once the style becomes outdated, they'll run out of stock... If you ask me there is no such thing called Super star directors in India unless they have a super star in it.. As a general audience i like Tarentino but his style of film making has remained the same throughout his career Also he dint compromise in the quality aspects as well which is the point that's missing in the entire video.. That makes him a superstar director in my view
Since we are giving too much importance for the film technicians after their hits they are thinking themselves as more than idols. Even directors start to have this kind of euphoria. That's why craft quality declines.
Sir you're comparing the carrier in terms of ups and downs with maniratnam and Rajkumar kirani. No of years and no.of films also matter in it. Before bahubali or ega can u give best list from rajmauli
In my opinion superstar director era is not over yet. we can clearly state it with following examples.rrespective of the trailer being an mediocre one there was house ful fdfs for mani ratnams kaatru vilyadai and K V being a flop even CCV has an great response though film got mixed reviews ( of course its got big names in star list except V.sethupathi others ( simbu, arun vijay are going through a rough patch ) another example is selvaraghavan who was not impressive in his last few films is still able to bring in AO 2 PP re releases.. then thyagarajan kumararajan is rare superstar director after giving not so sucessful debut is having a good hype for his 2nd film ( i beleieve big names in this film are secondary since buzz & huge hype is created after the brilliant creative trailer. of course super star directors can be a few not all of them who ave given a continuos hit film is super star i think.
It’s all about hype now, not about content. All these directors and actors burn down eventually. Even look at all these movies, how they release it, they want to release it in as many as cinemas as possible Cos they know the movie won’t last long. Make all the money in the first few days. Yes there is a big jump in streaming content but it’s not just the reason why people don’t do to movies much. All this marketing, it’s in your face stuff, then you go watch the movie and think if only they put half as much effort in to the making of the movie it will be decent. It puts me off movies. There is no soul to the making, it just half baked stuff, now let the marketing team make it big.
I think directors are looking at Hollywood and complicating themselves...the prob is that Tamil audience have now more exposure and hence directors are trying hard to cater to their new taste but actually they should stick to their roots for a longer career is the what i guess
Why a Murugadoss couldn't make a Post like Speilberg today which has good craft but is not great is compromising your focus on box office than the film being good by itself. Spielberg/Tarantino can easily get another big film after a flop way easier than Murugadoss. So Murugadoss has to focus on the star, stars agenda in real life, etc
Murugadoss is a interesting case, if you see his first 4 films you won't actually find glaring mistakes in staging or casting. The problem is he became very big post Hindi Gajini... The bigger he became the craft took the beating
why only rajkumar hirani he has made movie like sanju compare to his previous movies sanju has nothing except ranbir kapoor performance may be your showing Tamilian hypocracy to rajamouli we have lot of respect o you BR SO dont make these kind of silly comments
I feel "The Superstar Director" trend is not existent now because of the volume of movies that are getting released and we are exposed to works of great directors in other languages. when the options are more the importance of certain brand automatically gets reduced. However i see signs of this trend change. I'm sure there are lot of exciting directors working in TC today who's gonna bring the Superstar Director culture back(slowly). Here are few directors whose movies i'm gonna watch in next few yrs irrespective of the cast and setup 1. Karthik Subburaj (ironically has made his 1st average film this yr in Petta) 2. Manikandan (Kakka Muttai fame) 3. H Vinoth 4. Ram Kumar (Mundasupatti & Raatchasan) 5. Ofcourse Thiyagarajan Kumaraja
kd ams 510 sorry bro Selva is way too inconsistent. Maybe he was a superstar when 7G released he followed it with terrific Pudupettai. But something happened to him afterwards. His films are great concept films not sure they are great films.
@@suryaprakashm1136 sry bro....with respect i disagree ur opinion...every film has a theory which many other filmmakers don't get...when u call his artworks are great concepts that itself tells u that he's a star filmmaker...every filmmaker who loves to take tamil cinema to another level in terms of writing is a superstar director & selva was,is&will always be the beginning of it...and i don't get it when u call him inconsistent...tq for ur reply ✌️😁
I think this is the beginning of the age of superstar director...celebrating Selvaraghavan after 10 & 13 years is a proof....
You have a classic example "Martin Scorsese" He never made a bad film, supported by strong screenplay writers & writers! 45+ years and still going. Wait for "The Irishman"
Tarantino on the other hand who wrote most of his movies, well he takes time and T kumararaja is getting there.
Vetrimaran is a great writer come, director, we have now!
Martin Scorsese made bad films just not in the standards of what a bad film is in Indian cinema. Even if some of his films aren't cohesive as a whole, he still makes sure to not lose the fundamentals in directing a film.
ManiRatnam is classic example....He has love stories for every genration.
He updates himself
problem is that he has the same love story for every generation. though he tried something with ok kanmani it gained few points in the relevance factor but it lacks the magic his 90s movies had. i couldnt relate with the story, characters were not memorable.
Directors of Hollywood don't give to hero characterization commercial moments preference they give respect script, filmmaking and moreover had a lot of passion regarding movies & vision that's why directors like Steven Spielberg, James Cameron and Clint Eastwood still had some range in Hollywood
These above things are missing in Indian filmmakers
Yeah it is true
my father's era one ticket rate 5rs
my era ticket rate 120 to 200 + parking charge + shit that they give in theaters to eat and we don't have any choice, it is difficult to watch movies without popcorn these all cost around 500rs this also a reason for people to be choosey
Don't eat popcorn just watch movie. Dude that's inflation the price will increase.
12:52 I think of RGV who’s completely lost his creative mind and lost in his own eccentricities. And I kind of understand it has to do with the personality. In his case, his nihilistic view of the world makes him approach films dishonestly and ruin it completely. Again this is my POV of someone whom I have followed from almost his initial days.
A film like Bhoot was well made immediately a potentially interesting idea like Rann (2010) suffers writing issues.
Satya, company, Sarkar, were all classics. Now his films r looking cheaper than RUclips short films.
But if you see rann is also different film compared to masala potboiler
Also I think Anurag Kashyap has his fans & his base flocks to his films no matter what!
Not really, a lot of his films are flops.
Bombay Velvet??
@@tejaskrishna6953 Minority of movie lovers like Bombay velvet also. He is heavily inspired with QT. His movies are not bad kind. He makes gulaal kind of movies, GOW kind and No Smoking kind. He wants to make something different. Not in a single genre. A single movie can't decide him a worst.
Not sure about that. Many including me feel Ugly & Black Friday are his best work. Even after so many yrs Not many people have watched those movies
Surya Prakash M Black Friday is my fav AK film too followed by GoW & Gulaal. If someone claims to be an AK fan, then they have to have watched these films.
The sudden fall of Shankar is because he lost his grandeur writer Sujatha to support his grandeur vision, it's evident in his works after Enthiran, Nanban's basically 3 Idiots, so it doesn't count, I and 2.0 didn't have Sujatha's writing, I think it's not revivable with other writers because now Shankar is a giant by himself unlike when he started and his ego is not letting him explore more with other writers, I feel bad for Shankar...
I think great artists lose their craft with age because of ego that builds up over time and the people around then don't have the authority to point if the story they have written is not working out.
I believe a director can and will be relevant if he can create opinions, start a debate after each of his creations. And I think the only director who still has a style and draw (or lack of it) is Selvaraghavan. For example, NGK, even with a huge star like Surya, people decide to go or boycott the movie because it's a Selvaraghavan movie. Mysskin has his touch and style but it has become monotonous, tiring and predictible. Whereas Selva keeps reinventing his stories as he grows. I personally dislike Aayirathil Oruvan but love Mayakkam Enna. But after watching each of his movie, one thing I can be certain of is Selvas sincerity #AskBR
There's Karthick Subbaraj for my generation 🎶.
But after watching #irvai why Karthick made ""all the mens are villains to their wives even radha ravi-vadivukarasi""
#mercury like #dontbreathe & I see after release Andra 1st day 1show in Tamilnadu,I'm disappoimted bcaz Karthick says""this is a silent movie""But subtitles on movie and boring 2nd off ...Cinematography is the best.....but #BR give #3/5 for #mercury ???????.....But Karthick Made #Petta on cliche styles,but I like petta 1st half bcaz of commercial elements....Story is entirely like Giri......
#Arjun-Rajini
#Prakashraj-Sasi
#Reemasen-Simran
#Priya-Trisha
#Devayani-Malavika
#Vadivelu-Munishkanth
#Devayani son-Sanath
#Fefsi vijayan-vettai(singaram elder brother)
#Anandaraj-Singaram(N.siddiqui)
#Vj_sethupathi is just bacz of audience pulled to see the film ....Bcaz Today VJ sethupathi have lot of fans ....
In climax of #petta #singaram is minister but no police in singaram house, bomb blasts &Lots of gun shots but no one people come to the house.....Bcaz this is a mass movie & mass hero film......
No logic
Only magic
@@SuperMukunthan why the comparisons out of nowhere? 🙄I was only saying KS' name has become very promising among us..
@@mukund.5151 I like first three movies. But he made his two movies very early. I think he didn't take too much time for thinking. He made these just as a normal directors. Above commentors said about copy. We saw 100 movies to criticize the movie. Directors saw 1000 movies to direct movies. So he didn't think about the watched movies. He wants to make a movie only. Petta maybe his worst movie. But mercury is not a bad movie. When you compare movies with others your curious level becomes low. So watch the movie as fresh. Enjoy it. If you not like it. Then you criticize.
petta was a damp squib
To copy all the other language films(korean)😂😂😂😂
I don't know why people missed out Myskin.. He is the one of the very few directors holding an entirely new signature of his own.... He may not be called a superstar director coz for movies like Pisasu and Onaiyum aatukkuttiyum he is the one who pulled the crowd into the movies as you referred Bharathiraja did.. And I also wish to give an example which shows his effect of his signature in film making. I watched Mugamoodi FDFS in theatre in my home town Theni... The audience clapped for the very first shot where the camera is placed in the middle of the street at a mid night...
Very true
He will just copy the Korean films scene to scene
Any director who consistently taps the basic emotions is remembered.
K Viswanath did it in Telugu cinema by dissecting complex social problems into digestible basic emotions and we love him in the Telugu states.
Rajamouli has made it big by creating an incredible setup in the movie where he just drives acute emotions in a short time. He does this consistently and people remember him.
But an average director these days would like to take a shortcut - use the actor’s star image to drive these emotions in the audience. Essentially, they are not equipped to move the audiences with stories or plain lazy.
Hence, the star is remembered for his/her aura. Not the director.
So, we have star actors alone. Not many star directors. Cause extremely few number believe they can move people with their stories and stories alone.
Good point
We have a Tarantino and a Scorsese movie releasing this year. So I would say that a big shot director movie still pulls in a lot of audience globally. But also keeping in mind that both these movies that I have mentioned also have really famous and great actors in them.
The hateful eight and Silence both are not hugely successful movies. Unfortunately Irishman may not have wide release so we may not be able to judge Scorsese's pull this year.
As movie watcher growing up in 90s, apart from Mani Ratnam and Shankar, we used to look forward from Vikraman, Vasanth, Kathir and so on. It was mostly director based those days. These days people don’t get it when I say I watch a movie for directors. Like I watched STM for Rajiv Menon, but not many watched the movie just because it was GV movie.
#askbr why should the box office be the only way to term the movie as successful. Way of consuming a movie have gone beyond theatres and producers also have the ability to sell their movies. So, movie's success or the term Superstar (actor/writer/director) should depend on the views the movie has got across platforms and only that way, movie would be valued beyond just the actors..
This video was dominated by an important topic 'Watching movies in theatre vs Streaming platforms' The viewership of movies in streaming platforms shouldn't be dismissed very easily. People nowadays have good home theatre systems and watch movies at homes instead of spending big bucks at theatres. A movie watching experience is so freaking expensive nowadays. In the 80s, 90s era movie releases were limited in number and the cost was less. Now we have many movies in various languages releasing and it becomes impossible to catch it all in theatres. Theatres should introduce movie passes which will bring in more people.
And in the current generation of directors, like Ram whose movies don't generally involve big stars and glamour but still pull a specific kind of cinema lovers to the theatre. But since there are many other big budget films releasing the following weekend, films without big stars end up losing screens and audience count drops if the timings don't work out for them. Nowadays, the directors who work with big stars and big budgets get longer theatrical run than well made films.
Bharadwaj sir in Hollywood you mentioned directors all have taken either adapted screenplays from brilliant novels or screenplay written by some brilliant writers so one of the box is filled they can concentrate comfortably and without any pressure in their craft where as Indian movies lack brilliant novelists or screenwriters with the exception of raju hirani who is a brilliant screenwriter remaining are just not concentrating on screenplay
Tarantino says every director has 10 good films in him, do you agree?
Yes but he make films one's every 2-3 year and gets a solid script to back him
@@fireisawesome1466 That's not a problem man. Everytime he came with neo. Then why u worried about years. I read an article about his retirement. Is it true?
Directors go and forget their craft in their new films bcos they may get their success on their heads or the people may expect more from them as their older movies were satisfied without expectations and now they want satisfaction by expecting
SS Rajamouli made a blockbuster film even with an Insect as the protagonist. The commercial success of EEGA was only because of his superstardom as a director and of course his Strong emotional Narrative.
Yes to me Rajamouli is indeed a superstar of commercial cinema. Shankar has passed his mojo and he's struggling alot, witnessed by his recent films(writing basically). Shankar is not solely depending on grandeur vfx than story
The question 'How is that Hollywood directors like Spielberg can consistently make good films compared to Indian film directors' ,as a cinema buff, have intrigued me for years.
I believe, firstly, The directors and others know what is cinema compared to Indian film makers.
The difference is also in the way a director works in Hollywood as against in India. The director there, I guess, spends time in understanding the right choice of cinematographers, the art directors, and each HOD and 'directs' to get his vision translated in celluloid without any compromise.
As an example Balachander's late 90's and 2000's films the craft is really low point compared to his earlier works. And as a rarity Mani Rathnam's films from the start till now it keeps improving with regard to his craft as a director - the films are not that good is a different question to deal with, but the cinema is rich.
It's a good point. Maniratnam s craft has grown tremendously but his writing has become poorer. If only he had a good writer his movies would be a treat to watch.
@@ajayarjunk agree to your point. That's exactly my point too. His craft as a director has grown unlike most of the biggies like Balachandar, Bharathiraja. Thus making him consistently a good director and becoming a bad writer.
You forget
K.V Anand, for my generation
A very good director and also a writer
They way he chooses story premises
Its more interesting, something new and at the same time entertaining, catering all the audience
But kv anand gave some bad movies like anegan
@@mahishaji7660 who said it's a bad movie
Critically it got reasonable review and commercially it was successful
Vasanth is my pick - he is an auteur from Balachander school of cinema, be it the cast or his story, he is one hell of a director of pure cinema.
ManiRatnam....STILL RUNNING
Mani ratnam is not running.actors are running away from maniratnam
Mohammed Naseef Very funny
I think it's very important to know the written aspect of the film. I think the reason people sometimes just stop looking out for content by directors is because the screenplay of a particular film wasn't that great and that kills the film thereby pulling down the film as a whole which further stops people from going to his/her movies.On the contrary almost every director who works with good script writers, eg: Syam pushkaran or Vineeth Sreenivasan are touted to be great because they are people who write fantastically which kind of guarantees a good experience irrespective of which director it goes to because the deep rooted emotion is already present and all the director has to do is set the frame.
The term of super star director changes with every generation of movie making, where a director had a fan base, but thus has been diluting as more and more directors feed the growing audience in story and making. With the always changing of film making, what the future has in store of us in terms of super star director may even be not relevant as the making of a movie or the success of the movie does not depend or not recognised as the directors movie but rather the teams movie. With the exposure of movie making to the common people that has increased in context in time, the term director in the future may just mean the person who directed the movie, and not recognised as in the past the face or selling point of the movie. Lots of factor are contributing into it now in film making, and we can just always, make a analysis the BR is making, which makes us think, what changes we have been experiencing as the common people and as cinema lovers. Anyway, thanks BR for bringing up topics like this and love your work and point of view.
May be star director have something that makes him or her find a tune that is attractive for example
Gotham menon has his nior detective narration
or
Sukumar of rangasthalam who makes high concept films
or
Myskin sir who mixes traditional hollywood concept like zombies, possession, detective storyline and presents in an Indian way
Or
Siva of viswasam fame gets family emotions right even from his first film souryam
That's what a star is about delivering consistency that attracts audiences to the cinemas .
Frankly speaking only 1 nenokidne was a great film from sukumar
I could quote Ram's answer to your question of why directors lose their craft? I can recall that Ram noted that Balu Mahendra advised him "Onakku varra varaikum nee padam pannuva, oru naal onakku adhu varadhu, Then you have to move out! " So I think it's something to do with your creativity and mind of a film maker..
I think one of the reasons for directors losing out on their craft could be that they delegate work after a certain stage, maybe? What if they don't invest the same commitment to making a film as they did earlier?
#AskBR.... In my opinion, I can say that, there are some directors that give their best shot in the beginning and some who would willing to ensure their shot till the very end... Now, discussing the topic above, superstar directors can be retained if directors can bring in brand new and entertaining ideas on screen... It does not only help the director by having a unique idea... But it will really help him/her if they know how to pull off the excecution of that idea on screen with an interesting plot... This can be said for all directors.... And it doesnt neccessarily have to be the popular ones we know today... Because audiences nowadays tend to look for variety in movies, instead of a tested and tried formula.... This type of directors can set up a new generations of fans as well as redeem the position of the superstar director....
People would have accepted Nadunisi Naaigal if it were a “good” Gautham Menon film!
The directors are now only starting to take control of the film. Vetrimaaran, mysskin, Ranjith, selvaraghavan, Karthik subburaj, kumararaja. But these directors are mostly in their initial phase. So we need to wait and watch.
I think these are the reasons:
1. Movie production is becoming expensive. Lot of money is now involved with big stars. Audience want to watch their fav stars in a well defined heroism template masala movie or expect some social movies from actors like Aamir. Director don't have much leeway now to drift away from such template movies, because at the end of the day movie making is a business defined by return on investments. Especially in bollywood, such director movies often go unnoticed or don't find appreciation everywhere and becomes an average or flop affair at box office.
2. Watching movies at cinema halls/multiplexes is very expensive. If audience are spending 300-400 for a movie, they want to play it safe and watch a movie where they expect entertainment and worth the money movie.
3. Piracy of movies, penetration of digital streaming platforms another huge factor. People simply can wait 3-4 months to watch niche movies.
But there are still some exceptions like Rajamouli (biggest director in India right now), Shankar, Raju Hirani.
Ssr is not India biggest director.
@@mahishaji7660 he is India's biggest director
A few instances, BR, answer is yes, to quote a hot example, Sujoy Ghosh who made Kahaani, left a deep imprint in my mind that he is a tasteful maker. He showed the soul of Calcutta blending with script and Vidya's spectacular performance. Though I knew it had my favorite Bachchan in Badla with a damn good maker in it, I deep down knew it's gonna be an average flick, adding fuel to fire, it was a remake/ freemake of Uninvited guest! Though not completely, we are in the pipeline of getting there in a while or so.
Wether it's 80s or 2200 if movies are good irrespective of scale of the movies, not people will go n watch it but they urge others to watch it n watch it only in theater. Example kaka muttai in Tamil n Lucia in Kannada many more
the fact that even fans of superstars are interested in movies with a good director combo rather than a newbie tells that director is still enjoying the stardom comparable to stars. for example bairavaa didnt evoke as much excitement as mersal/sarkaar. at the same time, audiences arent going to theater unless they have a strong promise either in the form of director/star's reliable filmography or good word of mouth.
the shelf life of so called big directors is getting short day by day. the reason is that they are taking their reputation/successes seriously and trying to repeat themselves on and on, feeling that the success formula would work. they must allow themselves to new writers and stories, the problem with writer/directors imo.
I want to interpret Super Stardom as "easily sold to the large mass of audience (with less effort on promotions)". Internet, as a whole, snatched the "Super Star of Entertainment" title from Cinema. It gives humongous choices of entertainment in innumerable forms. I think the age of super-star in any cinema crafts are over way long back. Having said that, I would say the Super Stardom of Actor was over with Baba, Music with Sivaji(VTV was one of the rare exceptions later), Direction with Sivaji (with Rajamouli as an exception because of Bahubali).
Replying to Santhosh Raju, craft of the director will be still same even after a decade but the audience keep updating.. The big directors doesn’t want to come out of their making style.. this is what happened with KB’s Paarthale paravasam, Barathiraja’s Tajmahal etc.. but this is not the case with director Kamal Hassan, Aamir Khan.. they keep updating themselves..
I think the requirement of big producer director combo to collaborate is more than ever. It will take something special to bring the urban audience to theatre. There’s a certain sense of disparity where we have more screens in metropolitan city whereas the theatre going audiences in the rural parts don’t have enough places to watch movies. Sample this. I watched Uri, Simmba, Vikram Vedha, Geetha Govindham, Pyaar Prema Kadhal on ZEE5 because
1. Availability
2. Comfort
3. Subtitles
Even the concept of multiplex audience will diminish because they have access to Prime Video, ZEE5, JioCinema etc where you get to watch new movies within 3 months. Think of the time when we were not patient enough to wait for that timeline. I watched 96 on Sun NXT app through my friend. I think the distributors should focus on pockets where people watch a good movie more than once irrespective of its repeat factor. That’s the game!
Good observation
I believe Director got huge confidence that they understood all about audience and stopped extending their boundaries and they strongly believe their movie gonna be huge blockbuster yet utterly failed in cinemas also they all keep circling in the same circle as for scriptwriting i.e hero , heroine and villian must be their...and remaining half recently thought to make fake art films..I don't know where that goonna end may be BR will make a video in future about it..
Craftsmanship is just a state of mind once they get old they fall out of this garden of eden here in India but in Hollywood they were supported by studios
I'm guessing there are mainly 2 factors for directors degrading in quality to the point where they forget their basic craft:
1) The bigger their budgets get, the more pressure they get from their producers and actors. So I'm guessing they lose their voice somewhere in that process.
2) Another factor, which I think could be much more of a reason, is being surrounded by too many yes men & advisers, especially in times of insecurity. Even the most intelligent and capable directors can lose objectivity in such times.
#AskBR I feel now even for actors to become Super Stars is quite difficult, people are more interested in the content. Even for actors like Vijay Sethupathi or Vijay Devarakonda people believe in their script selection and not go for their persona. And for the new directors unless their movie has strong word of mouth, it is difficult to run for more than a week in theatre thanks to all the digital platforms and off course piracy. Also I feel making more than one or 2 films per year was a factor for the older directors to maintain their stardom which is not the case for the new ones.
For me, I watch the movies based on the Filmography of the actors, writers, and directors I like. (Example: Joel and Ethan Coen, Leonardo DiCaprio, Quentin Tarantino). But in Kollywood, it is slightly different. We know what type of movie we will get when a particular actor and director get together. So the surprise element is lost. We loved Django Unchained because we witnessed Tarantino-brand action with Dicaprio in it. That is why I loved Thalapathy and Sivaji. We saw the director's signature with the actor's best. Yes, I agree the trend of 'Superstar Director' is vanishing. I don't think they will go to an ARM or GVM directed movie if the lead was Jai or Mahat. It has to be a star. So, it has to be the credibility of the actor more than anything now in Tamil Cinema. Special mentions: Karthik Subbaraj and Thiagarajan Kumararaja!
Exactly it is a real problem. If directors don’t care about content they are digging their own grave. But having long careers is probably impossible for masala directors. However, Indian population is huge so there will be certain masala directors who will exist for a section of society.
Honestly super deluxe is a great movie but I still feel it caters to the educated, elite, or too philosophical ordinance. Content then caters to a small group of people. I wish it caters to more just like a matrix.
Sir...on the other hand we had directors like Akira Kurosawa, Stanley Kubrick, etc., to name a few who made movies on their own terms irrespective of their box office draws and everyone one of their films remains a classic and one which all cinephiles will admire for all ages...do you think they enjoyed the "superstar director" tag then....
But, many people in the west criticise Spielberg's new movies too harsh even though I like it.
The same applies here too. Many criticise Mani's latest flicks, I seem to quite like Kaatru Veliyidai and Chekka Chivantha Vaanam.
Comparing mani with speilberg.what are you smoking?
@@Ronin1444 lol... You didn't quite catch me what I was trying to tell.
I compared the 'CRITICISM' of latest Spielberg's and Mani's movies, Not their movies itself..
I pulled Spielberg here since some critics and people feel that, 'Spielberg is not that good now as once as he was' as they do the same with Mani.
May be there is more focus on Craft in Hollywood as the focus is more on method or science of it vs..it is more ART here? Also the focus is divided by writing vs directing in the case of writer director!
A thought on why Indian directors seem to loose "craft" after a few films. As you said, Indian filmmakers are both writers and directors. A possibility is that they run out of ideas while writing new film. Take a filmmaker named X, his first 4 films make him a superstar director which a signature style etc. Then he runs out of ideas for his next film ( always a possibility in art), but he has to make films, so tries to make a film with his signatures and some sort of a story. Unfortunately the writing doesnt excite him. This excitement a director has for a script is converted into craftsmanship, a director can give his all when he loves it. So when the script doesnt excite him much the film which is made by him seems to miss the "craft" that the director possessed in his initial films. Just a possibility.
This sounds like a good theory. After reading many comments I notice that majority of the answers are about "writing".
I would like to believe it's because they lose out the long game as they are not writers themselves. Writer - Director collaboration is the only way I see a director having an illustrious career .
No.. Super star director will be the new trend now! No matter what, Mani, Vetrimaran, GVM.. These movies have to be seen in the big screen! But the actors may not be superstar anymore!
If u are taking Rajkumar as the frame of reference then in what way does makers like Ameer and ram differ from?All the 3 has made around 5 films with great potential in direction with different plots.He has made only 5 films eventhough worth making 5 isn't still a trendsetting artist
If you don't belong to Nativity of Tamilnadu u won't get that feel which flows in Ameer films .And Sanju is the worst biopic that has ever been made till now with exception of performance.And padayappa,ghilli are films with shitty commercial elements and entertainment factors.Im talking about fucking technically strong well written movies.
you are talking about Steven Spielberg but that's a good question that's a good thought which come up into your mind but there are such producer they do not want to make certain film. They always go for a commercial that is why we are lacking behind. and every director wants to make like a Hollywood film but no one is here to care about Indian parallel cinema.
I disagree with the point that people didn't come to watch MTM just bcoz of OTT platforms. Even star films are get released in ott
Shankar disappointed with 2.0 the hyped collection is far below the fake numbers. Shankar completed deteriorated from his earlier level with I and 2.0. New directors are kind of fresh air for Tamil audience.
Both they were average films only I and 2.0
Jithu no dude it's official that 2.0 grossed 850 cr . And wait for China relase . I do agree 2.0 was not great but we should thake it as a futuristic fantasy commercial thriller with social message. Overall 2.0 is worth for money you spend as it offers the best graphics and vfx.
@@mahishaji7660 okay please do share lycas official statement.... By the way please avoid photoshop 😁🙏😊
@@mahishaji7660 dude it's good we support these kind of films, but only if we point out the errors, the director will not repeat his errors in his movie.... Idu avar enna panalum mass nu solra madri irruku, appo avanga tappa seri pakave matanga
@@SnehaKumari-zw1rr exactly agreed ❤️
More of askBR plz!!
Totally agree with, its not the directors that pull normal audience to the theaters anymore. Movie lovers - yes but not others atleast in the current context. And imho, I think the difference between the longevity of hollywood vs Indian "superstar" directors are - In hollywood, "superstar" directors collaborate with the best technicians in the industry and completely trust them .. whereas indian directors still hold/control a lot of things themselves .. Lets take Spielberg or Scorsese, they completely trust their team of technicians and they supervise it from a aerial POV and add their touches to it.. this makes the writing, making, and other aspects very different and new .. I think Indian directors are too involved in the ground level and control a lot of things hence making it repetitive or all over the place after a decade or so..
This is an interesting point. I can see some directors who will try to edit the movie themselves.
Very interesting and the best of all others
Do stuff like this constantly.
What was that about Mari Selvaraj? I think the OP failed to realise that Pariyerum Perumal caught the attention and managed to pass the theme to its audience without depending much on these so called new age marketing gimmicks like motion poster.
Mari Selvaraj was a bad example for this case. Atlee might have been more suitable
Pre Thugs of Hindostaan 😂😂😂🤣🤣
Lijo Jose Pellisery has earned some fans now. He works for me too
Looks like you've really lost the track and started talking about your favourite directors, even in Hollywood there was an extinction of Speilbergs era, but they made sure of the ressuraction from it, but in India the life span of the Directors stardom depends on the style of film making and not the kind of quality it has...Once the style becomes outdated, they'll run out of stock... If you ask me there is no such thing called Super star directors in India unless they have a super star in it.. As a general audience i like Tarentino but his style of film making has remained the same throughout his career Also he dint compromise in the quality aspects as well which is the point that's missing in the entire video.. That makes him a superstar director in my view
Maniratnam survived 4 Decade.... He is Superstar director!!!!
Since we are giving too much importance for the film technicians after their hits they are thinking themselves as more than idols. Even directors start to have this kind of euphoria. That's why craft quality declines.
Sir you're comparing the carrier in terms of ups and downs with maniratnam and Rajkumar kirani. No of years and no.of films also matter in it. Before bahubali or ega can u give best list from rajmauli
In my opinion superstar director era is not over yet. we can clearly state it with following examples.rrespective of the trailer being an mediocre one there was house ful fdfs for mani ratnams kaatru vilyadai and K V being a flop even CCV has an great response though film got mixed reviews ( of course its got big names in star list except V.sethupathi others ( simbu, arun vijay are going through
a rough patch ) another example is selvaraghavan who was not impressive in his last few films is still able to bring in AO 2 PP re releases.. then thyagarajan kumararajan is rare superstar director after giving not so sucessful debut is having a good hype for his 2nd film ( i beleieve big names in this film are secondary since buzz & huge hype is created after the brilliant creative trailer. of course super star directors can be a few not all of them who ave given a continuos hit film is super star i think.
It’s all about hype now, not about content. All these directors and actors burn down eventually. Even look at all these movies, how they release it, they want to release it in as many as cinemas as possible Cos they know the movie won’t last long. Make all the money in the first few days.
Yes there is a big jump in streaming content but it’s not just the reason why people don’t do to movies much. All this marketing, it’s in your face stuff, then you go watch the movie and think if only they put half as much effort in to the making of the movie it will be decent. It puts me off movies. There is no soul to the making, it just half baked stuff, now let the marketing team make it big.
I think directors are looking at Hollywood and complicating themselves...the prob is that Tamil audience have now more exposure and hence directors are trying hard to cater to their new taste but actually they should stick to their roots for a longer career is the what i guess
You most reply to comments end with "Your thought's" what is your thoughts Mr.Rangan.!?
How do we know what the next #askBR topic is and post questions/comments?
bcz
=people are getting adopted to new platforms
= promotion of films is very loose
=also new good dir. are also coming
=changing youth mind
He answered to my bro's question at 6:10.
Do ask br on nayanthara. She has an interesting journey
Din Shankar try making a small film already with 'Boys'?
Why a Murugadoss couldn't make a Post like Speilberg today which has good craft but is not great is compromising your focus on box office than the film being good by itself. Spielberg/Tarantino can easily get another big film after a flop way easier than Murugadoss. So Murugadoss has to focus on the star, stars agenda in real life, etc
Murugadoss is a interesting case, if you see his first 4 films you won't actually find glaring mistakes in staging or casting. The problem is he became very big post Hindi Gajini... The bigger he became the craft took the beating
There is only one Super Star director in India on whose name itself the movie sells : one and only SS Rajamouli 🏹
why only rajkumar hirani he has made movie like sanju compare to his previous movies sanju has nothing except ranbir kapoor performance
may be your showing Tamilian hypocracy to rajamouli
we have lot of respect o you BR SO dont make these kind of silly comments
People have disposable income but no avenue to invest so shit crowd come to theatres.....NO GENUINE MOVIE LOVERS....MANIRATNAM ROCKS
What I see is, no director is consistent in today’s world. Secondly, some directors are overrated, for example Karthik Subbaraj, atlee to name a few.
Why Karthik subbaraj bro?
All the writer director combinational technical persons in Hollywood made very low movies if compare with carrer span
Myskin , selvaragavan,Bala....
Sairan sound at last
I feel "The Superstar Director" trend is not existent now because of the volume of movies that are getting released and we are exposed to works of great directors in other languages. when the options are more the importance of certain brand automatically gets reduced.
However i see signs of this trend change. I'm sure there are lot of exciting directors working in TC today who's gonna bring the Superstar Director culture back(slowly). Here are few directors whose movies i'm gonna watch in next few yrs irrespective of the cast and setup
1. Karthik Subburaj (ironically has made his 1st average film this yr in Petta)
2. Manikandan (Kakka Muttai fame)
3. H Vinoth
4. Ram Kumar (Mundasupatti & Raatchasan)
5. Ofcourse Thiyagarajan Kumaraja
Surya Prakash M what about Vetrimaaran?
naveen dwarampudi
Damn I missed him. He is the best of lot👍🏻 But many ways he’s already a legend
En thalaivan Selvaraghavan a uttutinglae bro😪
kd ams 510 sorry bro Selva is way too inconsistent. Maybe he was a superstar when 7G released he followed it with terrific Pudupettai. But something happened to him afterwards. His films are great concept films not sure they are great films.
@@suryaprakashm1136 sry bro....with respect i disagree ur opinion...every film has a theory which many other filmmakers don't get...when u call his artworks are great concepts that itself tells u that he's a star filmmaker...every filmmaker who loves to take tamil cinema to another level in terms of writing is a superstar director & selva was,is&will always be the beginning of it...and i don't get it when u call him inconsistent...tq for ur reply ✌️😁
look for Michael cimino
Mark my words, vetrimaaran is the next big thing
MANIRATNAM HAS SET STANDARD....CARTOONS LIKE BALA, CANNOT GO
Everyone needs Super Star name to gain views.
Sir do late reviwe on kgf pleas
Shankar is a legend......he will come back with a bang
NightHawk is not a he it is a she :)
உங்களுக்கு இங்கிலிஷ் வேனுமா subscriber வேனுமா... pls speak in Tamil...
2nd like😌
I lik kgf ditector prashant neeeeeeeeel , just 2nd film he explored lik landmine
Explode not explore