COPYING - IN TAMIL FILM HISTORY - PART2

[ajaybaskar]

LOL. Same thoughts. There for calls for stripping the Oscars off Rahman for the alleged resemblance between Adiye and the other song. But when NoV annan posted KITES link, now it has come down to pressure on the MD.

[JamesDap]

LOL. Same thoughts. There for calls for stripping the Oscars off Rahman for the alleged resemblance between Adiye and the other song. But when NoV annan posted KITES link, now it has come down to pressure on the MD.

I was only speculating on the reasons for why he might have done that, I never said that is THE reason. Don't put words in my mouth. Furthermore, I have said that irrespective of the reasons, Akkarai Cheemai is a blatant copy or did you omit to read that?

I also never said ARR's Oscar should be stripped and in fact I had also refuted dochu's claims of Adiye being copied, so why don't you talk about that too? Selective, much? Grow some...

I think those reasons which I said apply to all MDs. Unless there is a climate that encourages risk taking in art in this country, copying will continue. People should welcome an artist who takes risks rather than insisting on only feel good timepass all the time. I watched a British film Brick Lane yesterday based on a struggling Bangladeshi family in UK with 9/11 as backdrop. Satish Kaushik acted brilliantly in that film whereas he is usually wasted as a clown/comedian in Hindi films. If there is more originality in Western music - notwithstanding the prominent copycats - that is also because the people there encourage originality. We don't. What is the incentive for making good art in a country where R Rajkumar becomes a big hit.