Came across this interview of Suresh on Indiaglitz (Link), and was interested to see him discuss his ideas on the strength of the 80s film industry and the reason for the successes of actors like him: namely, a consistent and dependable musical backbone (Ilaiyaraja), and a strong batch of local heroines. Both are increasingly absent today (with ARR having expanded outside of Tamil Nadu, and as for heroines…let’s not even discuss it). While I would add a few more things to that list myself, he earns points from me for the humble acknowledgement.
3 Oct
