Analysing South Indian Heroines
Analysing Tamil,Telugu,Mallu and Kannada actresses
Its been roughly 7years for me in the southern part of India. I remember the day when I landed in Bangalore, in year 2000. I have spent enough time analyzing what works or does not work in the southern film industry.
I have spent 3 of the last 7 years in Chennai a lot of it trying to understand what motivates people to watch those over sized women on screen.
Well there are certain thumb rules I have come up with.
If you are fair, thin, big assets, thin arms, straight hair, 5 ft 4 inch – you don’t even need to audition for a Telugu movie. Just go to sets and start acting. No one will know the difference as most heroines look like that.
You are all the above, but instead of thin, you are plum, you are a sure selection for Kannada movie. Just make sure you bang chest to chest to a dark, villain looking hero.
Now come down further south. To be a good Tamil actress, you need to be slightly darker than kannada actress, with nice plum body. Moreover, you will need to showcase all your curves in the most hideous possible ways. The vulgar pictures will be the main posters for the movie and put up at all the important junctions in the city. However, someone wearing a sleeveless, or backless will be scorned upon and be labeled “Narth Yindian”
To succeed in Mallu movies, you need to be very plum and dark. You should look serious most of the time, like Prakash Karat does. Communism does not allow smiling I guess.
So here is in short the rule
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Fair |
Wheatish |
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Thin |
Telugu (need big assets, long straight hair, Be ready to run around a pathetic looking hero) |
(Try Hollywood) |
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Plum |
Kannada(need very big assets, curly hair, Chest-chest banging) |
Tamil (need gross clothing, poster will be put up across TN and people will stand for minutes and ogle)
Mallu(Curly hair must, remember Sakeela Aunty ?) |
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