Kamal to launch ‘The Best of Tamil Cinema’

  • IndiaGlitz, [Tuesday,January 25 2011]

Moser Baer Entertainment head honcho G Dhananjayan who is a producer, writer and columnist in his own right has done a marvelous duty to cinema. The avid film buff has written a 600-page book titled ‘The Best of Tamil Cinema’ which encapsulates the best 1000 films of Tamil cinema from 1931 to 2010. The collection is treasured in two volumes. The first volume will have films released between 1931 and 1976 and the second from 1977 to 2010.

The book is going to be a valuable treasure for all movie lovers and in fact they have been waiting for something like this to happen for very long. The book traces the beginning of Tamil cinema and ends with the highly evolved cinemas of 2010. It also provides critical insights and discusses the difference between popular cinema and trendsetter cinema.

The book is filled with images of films, promotional materials, actors and technicians. The one of its kind book will be launched by Kamal Haasan on March 2 in Chennai. Living legends of Tamil cinema like K Balachander, K. Bhagyaraj, Balu Mahendra and others will grace the event.