Tamil Cinema Going Through Dark Period: Selvaraghavan
News
oi-IANS
By Ians English
Filmmaker
Selvaraghavan,
known
for
films
such
as
Pudupettai
and
Mayakkam
Enna,
on
Sunday
expressed
concern
over
the
Tamil
film
industry
which,
he
said,
is
still
not
open
to
creative
movies.
"In
the
last
few
years,
Tamil
cinema
has
witnessed
maximum
number
of
comedy
films.
Today,
producers
are
keen
to
invest
in
dark
comedy
and
sex
comedy
over
other
genres.
I
feel
we
are
going
through
a
dark
period
and
I
wish
it
changes
soon," Selvaraghavan
told
reporters
here
on
Sunday.
He
was
speaking
at
the
audio
launch
of
his
upcoming
Tamil
romantic-drama
Irandam
Ulagam.
"There
are
so
many
independent
filmmakers
waiting
for
a
break.
Most
of
them
are
denied
opportunity
because
their
scripts
have
no
scope
for
comedy.
Everybody
may
not
be
comfortable
with
the
idea
of
making
a
comedy
because
they
have
other
interesting
scripts,"
he
added.
He
is
happy
that
PVP
Cinema
agreed
to
fund
his
highly
project.
"We
need
more
producers
like
PVP
to
support
different
films.
I'm
glad
that
they
backed
my
project
and
I'm
confident
that
I
won't
let
them
down,"
he
said.
Irandam
Ulagam,
which
has
been
on
floors
for
nearly
two
years,
features
Arya
and
Anushka
Shetty
in
the
lead.