Click to play videoChennai: After the release of Hindi films on the World Cup, its now the turn of Tamil cinema to produce movies on a subject close to its heart.
Two Tamil films on the conflict in Sri Lanka are now ready for release.
They say movies reflect the society in which they are created. Perhaps this is why, the Tamil film industry is trying to get real on the reel with movies like Kuttrapathirikai and Kuppi – both inspired by the LTTE and Sri Lanka's conflict ridden history.
After a fifteen-year-long tussle with the Censor Board, R K Selvamani's Kuttrapathirikai finally got released this Friday.
The film traces the events that lead to Rajiv Gandhi's assassination in 1991. But the Director seems far from being happy.
"I didn't want to release the picture as they have released now. As a creator I have to justify, I've to tell the truth. I don't want to back only one guy," said Selvamani.
Meanwhile, Kuppi, the dubbed Tamil version of the Kannada film Cyanide will also hit the theatres by early April.
Kuppi chronicles the life of Rajiv Gandhi's assassins 21 days after they killed him.
And the film's director A M R Ramesh insists that the film's April release is not a matter of coincidence.
"I feel it's the right time to release because the message itself is there in the film that let peace return to Sri Lanka and the let the gun culture not come to India," said Ramesh.
A movie on LTTE is bound to have its share of drama associated with it.
But after an overdose of violence, romance and family drama, movies based on real-life incidents might be a breather for the Tamil audience.
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