{"id":24360,"date":"2013-08-16T23:55:29","date_gmt":"2013-08-17T03:55:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=24360"},"modified":"2013-08-17T11:48:49","modified_gmt":"2013-08-17T15:48:49","slug":"ace-filmmaker-j-mahendran-who-redefined-tamil-cinema-by-his-movies-planning-to-make-a-comeback-soon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=24360","title":{"rendered":"Ace Filmmaker J. Mahendran who Redefined Tamil Cinema by his Movies Planning to Make a Comeback Soon"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Kavitha Muralidharan<\/strong><\/p>\n

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“Mullum Malarum”<\/p><\/div>\n

As a young student in 1958, J. Mahendran could poke fun at Tamil cinema, even when the legendary MGR was seated on the dais. \u201cWe too fall in love. But we never sing duets,\u201d he said. MGR appreciated his nerve instead of taking offence, happily cheering him and the audience too joined him in the applause. Two decades later, Mahendran came up with another stunner. The crowd was only more than willing to applaud. Mullum Malarum (1978) had no duets.<\/p>\n

In a career that spanned more than two decades, Mahendran directed only 12 films, but redefined Tamil cinema with an authority that remains unchallenged till date.<\/p>\n

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Seven years after his last film Sasanam (2006), the ace director is planning a comeback. \u201cI always thought I was in cinema by accident, but that is the only thing I know,\u201d he says. He is currently working on a script, and hopes it will go on floors soon. \u201cIt could be like Uthiripookal (1979) or something different. But there is one thing I am sure of. My next film, too, will be women-centric. I am only concerned with telling the story more beautifully and originally than before.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mahendran says he has learnt a lot on filmmaking after Sasanam. \u201cI began watching a lot of international movies and have come to realise what a powerful medium cinema can be.\u201d Coming from a director who has pulled off unparalleled classics such as Uthiripookal and Mullum Malarum, the statement comes as a surprise.<\/p>\n