There were
plenty of comedians in Tamil
cinema just a few years ago.
All of them were never solo
artists but performed as a
comedy team in films. They
were very popular with the
audience. Some examples are,
Manivannan, Kumarimuthu(of
the famous squint), Loose
Mohan(for his Chennaithamizh),
Mayilsami(mimicry), Omakuchi
Narasimhan, Bonda Mani, Thideer
Kannaiah, Sahadevan-Mahadevan,
King kong etc. They have not
been seen of late. May be
the present crop of films
do not require their brand
of comedy. However, they will
all be working in a soon-to-be-shot
film called Vizhi mozhi
azhagi. The producer
and director were very keen
to give them the chance to
act in the film because of
the arrogant attitude and
exorbitant rates of the current
crop of comedians including
Vadivelu and Vivek. |