The South Indian film industry had always been deemed as a separate genre and yet exists as being subdivided into diverse channels based on regionalism and diversity. Its existence has always occupied the hearts of viewers as a completely different existential plane. However, in terms of acceptance and entertainment, a large chunk of viewers from different regions have often imposed criticism and trolling due to the exaggeration across South Indian movies. Yet, as it stands now, the South never deviated away from their core philosophies in terms of entertainment and has instead shattered the differing glass ceilings that once divided entertainment in India due to differing “woods”.
Just as Bollywood, the South has had its fair share of flops and experts even have commented on how there have been endless flops when it comes to national and international boundaries. That occurred fairly due to film-makers sticking to their own norms and not incorporating modernism.
Yet, notable films such as Bahubali, KGF, RRR have emerged amongst the endless narratives of love and cliche romanticism. The originality that had been scrutinized has now become the key player of Indian films in general. The South now stands elevated. In terms of the philosophical transition, South Indian filmmakers have incorporated solid scripting, strategy-oriented marketing tactics and integral character development in order to build the perfect mood and orientation for their films.
Looking into the recent hits, each movie has solid character development, a proper narrative till the end and the entire approach seems more cinematic. Reddit and Quora users have shared their thoughts on how the South focuses on entertainment itself instead of demonstrating wokeness and glorified romanticism.
The film RRR has gone into winning the Oscars as an Indian film for the Best Original Song with the song “Naatu Naatu” and left a mark on how one’s core proposition should stick to originality instead of derived innovation.
However, entertainment itself tends to be subjective and does not cater to two people in the same way.