Ah! Caught you there - unless a protagonist is defined only as a fighting-dancing hero, we have a precedent. Kannada Crazy Star V.Ravichandran(who is infact a tamilian) made his Tamil debut in a forgettable film, so forgettable that I have forgotten its name, where he starred as a football player who sells his kidney for his family's well-being etc. The focus was obviously not on his footballing skills - nevertheless,it played an important part on plot development what with the loss of kidney affecting his playing aboility etc. Surely, that must qualify as the first instance?
Raj : The film you are referring to is poi mukangal.Ravichandran made his debut in that film in a different name, rakesh and sulakshana was his pair.I have seen the film and i dont think the hero was a football player.
The film was based on Sujatha's kagitha changiligal. [years back, Panju Arunachalam took rights from sujatha and started a film in the same name with Suman and Ambika.The film was shelved in the midway]. Even in the original story, the protagonist was not a football player
Thanks for that clarification - my memory is vague so I will go by your assertion but I seem to vaguely remember a sports connection with the hero sacrificing his sporting ambitions for raising money through selling kidney. Strange - maybe I saw a telugu remake where the story was slightly twisted.
Ah! Caught you there - unless a protagonist is defined only as a fighting-dancing hero, we have a precedent. Kannada Crazy Star V.Ravichandran(who is infact a tamilian) made his Tamil debut in a forgettable film, so forgettable that I have forgotten its name, where he starred as a football player who sells his kidney for his family's well-being etc. The focus was obviously not on his footballing skills - nevertheless,it played an important part on plot development what with the loss of kidney affecting his playing aboility etc. Surely, that must qualify as the first instance?
ReplyDeleteif you can find its title, i will stand corrected.
ReplyDeleteRaj : The film you are referring to is poi mukangal.Ravichandran made his debut in that film in a different name, rakesh and sulakshana was his pair.I have seen the film and i dont think the hero was a football player.
ReplyDeleteThe film was based on Sujatha's kagitha changiligal. [years back, Panju Arunachalam took rights from sujatha and started a film in the same name with Suman and Ambika.The film was shelved in the midway]. Even in the original story, the protagonist was not a football player
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thanks for that clarification.
ReplyDeleteThanks for that clarification - my memory is vague so I will go by your assertion but I seem to vaguely remember a sports connection with the hero sacrificing his sporting ambitions for raising money through selling kidney. Strange - maybe I saw a telugu remake where the story was slightly twisted.
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