Realism in Tamil Cinema...

[Bipolar]

"Realism" in "Tamil films" - I know it seems hard to believe, but there have been some films in Tamil that were believable at least to a certain extent... e.g.

"Udhiri PookaL" by Mahendran - one of my all-time favourites
"Autograph" by Cheran - good, but not perfect
"Thavamaai thavam irundhu" by Cheran - again, good, but not perfect
"Veedu" by Balu Mahendra - I haven't seen the whole film, but from what I saw, it looked really good

I am talking about "realistic" films here, not just "good" films... e.g. Mani Rathnam's "Mouna Raagam" was really good, but I felt it wasn't totally realistic, so it's not included on this list.

Can you guys name any more?

Then there was Balu Mahendra's experimental TV series "Kadhai Neram" - quite impressive, but unfortunately short-lived

Any more that you guys can think of?

Then there are some films that are somewhere close to being believable but not totally - e.g. "Vedham Pudhidhu", "Mugavari", etc...

And what about the film "MogamuL"? I heard it was really good - I heard it won an award - but what is the film's story? What was so great about that film? I seem to remember the film didn't do commercially very well, but that's not surprising - good films never do well in Tamil Nadu...

Let's discuss further, guys...