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Is Trisha retiring or is she thinking
of getting married? Why on earth should
she do that, she seems to be ruling
the roost in Kollywood and Tollywood.
Well, she might not exactly be the
undisputed No.1, but at least she
is in contention for the queen's throne.
So, what gave the idea that Trisha
might be planning to take VRS from
Kollywood? The simple reason that
she seems to be taking up a few performance
oriented roles with substance in them
rather than just the song and dance
routine. That is certainly a good
thing and must be appreciated and
encouraged. But looking at the career
graphs of all the former queens of
Kollywood, a common pattern can be
noticed. They start looking for and
taking up strong and substantial characters
when they are no longer in the race
to be the top heroes eye candy in
commercial movies. Look at the graphs,
it is all the same. They begin slowly,
take off in style, hit the crescendo
with glamour and then gracefully land
with an award winning role or two
in their kitty. By the time Khushboo
did K.B's Jathimalli, she was no longer
being considered for lead roles opposite
Rajini or Kamal, it was going to the
Rojas and the Meenas. When Roja took
up Maayan, she had already passed
on the mantle to Jyothika, Simran
and the likes. When Meena took up
Kalaignarin Kannamma, she was at best
being paired with Sathyaraj or in
a few Malayalam movies. So, as you
can see the characters take precedence
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when
the star value faces a decline. That
is not a written rule but something
that has been followed for quite some
time now.
Remember Simran doing Kovilpatti Veeralakshmi
somewhere in 2002, a year before she
decided to call it quits. She also
dubbed herself for the first time
in her career believing that it was
a potentially award winning performance.
Then there was Jyothika who after
all the years as lead heroine gave
us a jolt when she signed off with
Mozhi. We never even imagined that
this lady had such a sensitive actress
within her and that it took the sight
of an impending retirement to bring
it out. That has been the case, it
has taken a glimpse of the sunset
to make the latent actresses within
Kollywood's heroines bloom. But that
blossom is engulfed in the darkness
that takes over after sunset, their
true colors are never seen, maybe
rarely in case of actresses who decide
to come back and are fortunate enough
to get some great roles, not the kind
that Simran got in Seval. Actresses
have made it a habit to reveal their
full potential only months away from
their retirement and this does not
give directors enough time to tap
them or fans enough time to appreciate
them. As a result most Kollywood heroines
are grossly underutilized and remain
so forever.
Coming back to Trisha. We hope she
is not into any VRS plans as yet.
But the symptoms are there to be seen
in the form of Abhiyum Naanum, Chennaiyil
Oru Mazhaikkalam and a compelling
eagerness to be part of Marmayogi
(which unfortunately is not happening).
The good thing here is that Trisha
has not taken these quality conscious
decisions in the face of a decline
in her career. She is still very much
hot property amongst fans and directors.
The fact that a leading lady has made
such decisions makes us reflect back
to the days of Revathy, Nadiya and
Suhasini who never gave preference
to any one kind of role. They did
all kinds of roles fearing neither
image nor relegation and that is why
we could see their acting skills and
enjoy them for a lengthy period and
still remember them as complete actresses.
They gave themselves the room to experiment
and pulled it off with ease. That
is what Trisha may be attempting now
and we sincerely hope that it comes
off marvelously so that others of
her generation, the likes of Nayanthara
and Shriya, feel secure to leave behind
glamour and go for something special.
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