Couldn't find a name.... Recycle the Old

I observed two identical news headlines this week.



Dhanush & KasturiRaja in a soup for naming their next venture as 'Thiruvizhaiyadal' (also mentioned somewhere as 'Naveena Thiruvizhaiyadal') in which Shreya is rumoured to be his pair. Eventhough his earlier association with Director BhoopathiPandian in 'Devathayai Kanden' was not a great hit, this new movie has been given to him again. The controversy is that some fan clubs of Sivaji Ganesan, have raised flags against naming the new movie after the old classic.

Once Arvind had mentioned in the comments section of my earlier post 'What's there in a name?'. But, there are people out there, ready to raise flags..... against names.

The next news which I observed was about a new movie 'Anbe Vaa' being made out by the nephew of a MGR associate (former minister KA.Krishnaswamy). He is tipped to be pairing with Sridevika (of 'Ramakrishna' & some other junkies) and Vivek is there to fill in. I may classify this movie as one among the movies, which I discussed earlier here. They are just trying to cash on the hit name. I believe the persons involved may not face protests like Dhanush.

On and Off, this trend continues.. the trend of naming a new one with an old classical hit, just to cash on its popularity. With the help of our DBI team, let us chew some more ...

Apoorva Sagotharargal - The title of this old classic (supposed to be a family drama) was nicely adapted by Kamal and proved his risk taking ability. Does anyone remember 'Apoorva Sagotharigal' (with Radha and two other heroines), which got released before Kamal's version?

Nadodi Mannan - Eventhought MGR's release was a classical hit with his dual role, Sarathkumar couldn't repeat that magic in a big way in his version. For few scenes, Meena appeared with Grey hair & a big glass (to show off her old age) which didn't fit at all. [Either she should have made up like Sukanya of 'Indian' or like a young Mom Nadhiya of 'MKSOML']

Sathi Leelavathi - This debut movie of MGR became famous among this generation, after he turned into politics. Whenever he was quoted, his first movie used to be referred. It gained fame even after his demise, that Kamal & Balu Mahendra decided to adapt the same name to make their release a hit with super comedy.

Parthipan Kanavu - Gemini's 'Parthipan Kanavu' had the historic background based on Kalki's novel and the title suited well for the story. Karu.Palaniappan also matched the story with the title - by making the hero 'Parthipan' (Srikanth) to have his own dreams of his would-be wife (Sneha). I liked it very much.

Anbe Aaruyirae - I came to know about this old classic of Sivaji, only thru kavingar Vaali's talk during the audio release of 'Ah..AAh' (Anbe Aaruyirae). I am not sure if that was a hit or not. But, I don't think it would have had any resemblances to SJ.Suryah's latest super(!!!) release.

Athisaya Piravi - You may think why I am including this average B.O. runner of Rajini. Our team found a comedy movie of 80s with an additonal 3 letters '..gal'. 'Athisaya Piravigal' with Mohan / SV.Sekar did a decent business in B&C centres, even before Rajini's release. Another techinque of naming movies...

Pasamalar - There were so many versions of this brother-sister sentimental hit of Sivaji-Savithiri. But the ArvindSamy-Revathy starrer 'Pasamalargal' just added the '..gal' to the old classic. Suresh Menon couldn't succeed in his venture, even then. Was it due to lack of ARR in the movie (music by the violinist, V.S.Narasimhan) or a repeated theme not well presented?

Kalvanin Kathali - The title of this old classic based on Kalki's novel (Sivaji / Banumathi) has been named again for SJ.Suryah-Nayanthara combination. As usual he is playing around with Nayanthara's glamour... and his first venture directed by another person.

Supposed to be released soon... Need to wait and see, whether it will click in the B.O. and among the audience...


Do you remember any old movie by the name 'Sathi Savithiri'? I observed a new tamil movie (multi lingual or telugu dubbing) with Sriman in the lead with the same name. Looks like it may be a treat for front benchers, if the Censor clears the movie (!!).

Some more similar movies???? You can share them..

Other posts of 'Naming the film' Series
Listen.. Pick.. Name
Name the month - Decide your film name
A Naming convention with difference - Teaching Basics
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