I am no fan of Kerailits, but their talent is amazing. Take the most common field,cinema. Mallu actors/directors can come and make full tamil movies here - Fazil, Priyadarshan, Mamooty, Pritviraj,Jayaram etc. And they have made some of the most memorable movies of the 90s.
And no need to talk about Jesudas - the greatest ever clasiical musician .
Chennai was a de facto capital so there is nothing wrong in people coming and being successful here. Hence, Even though I ama conservative, I would cal it foolish to argue that we cannot go and rule Kerala or Andhra or Karanataka whereas they can rule us..
In the very early 1950s, SS Vasan produced Chandralekha at a cost of more than 50 lakhs, which was a major hit. Vasan established the first colour lab in South.
In 1952, a film, which was termed controversial and banned by Congress Govt., introduced a hero who subsequently became one of the all time greats and another one became actor/politician - film Parasakthi - actors Sivaji Ganesan & SS Rajendran. The ban was lifted when DMK came to power.
When songs were plenty in 1950s, a film released in 1954 with Sivaji in the lead role and directed by the versatile Veenai Balachander had no songs. Andha Nal was the film.
In 1964, Thruvilayadal was a massive hit. The film was based on a mythological story.
Tamil film world produced some wonderful directors - AP Nagarajan, Krishnan and Panju, KS Gopalakrishnan, Bharathi Raja, Mahendran, K Balachander (to a certain extent) and the one and only Bhim Singh.
No other film industry in the world has so much of comedians - N S Krishnan, Kali N Rathnam, Pulimuttai Ramaswamy Iyer, Thangavelu, Chandrababu, Nagesh, Cho, Goundamani/Senthil, Vivek, Vadivelu etc.
Tamil film was not short of talents in 1950s and 1960s. It was actually the gateway for so many regional film industries.
Jesudas is probably one of the leading carnatic musicians but not the greatest. For Keralites, he may be the greatest.
Whether it is vocal (male & female), instrument playing and, of course, Vagyakaras, Tamil Nadu occupies a supreme position. Carnatic Music cannot survive without Tamilians support. Any musician other then Tamilian, cannot become popular without performing in Tamil Nadu, more particularly during Music Season.
Caste and communal politics play a major role throughout india and Kerala is no exception. Nair Service Society is in Kerala only.
Each and every district of Tamil Nadu has a popular Shiva Temple and famous temples dedicated to Vinayaga, Pillaiyar, Ambal and Perumal. But no temple has multiple stories as in the case of Sabarimala. What is the real story of Sabarimala?
Tamil is one of the root languages like Persian, Sanskrit, Mandarin, Hebrew. Those who don't know much about Tamil Nadu please go to a library and read about Tamil and Tamil Nadu.
The achievement of Dravidian Parties in the last 50 years is creation of division among various communities of Tamil Nadu, which pave the way for others to dominate here.
It is a curse.
