![]() If it is said that devil lies in the the details, originality, angelically, lies in its simplicity.īommarillu is a textbook example (can even be made a textbook in itself) for originality. Pick a simple single flaw of human nature, like an easily identifiable (particularly in the Indian culture) trait of over-bearing nature of the parents to provide the necessary conflict, frame the construct around the everyday happenings of any household, resolve the conflict in a manner that pleases both the mind and the heart at the same time, stay clear from the temptations of yeilding to the regular trappings of the commercial cinema to build the framework for originality. Specially in movies that indulge in pure human drama, from which facet does originality ooze, that which hasn't been explored, exploited, investigated and done to death yet, in the 50 or so odd years that telugu films blazed the silver screen. The chase scene that is picturized with Sumos instead of helicopters, the fight scene that is composed with cycle chains and hockey sticks instead of the usual blows and acrobatics, the song that is picturized in a never before seen foreign locale instead of the regular standard visuals - it is only the apparatus that is changed here and not the modus operandi. ![]() Often times, originality and freshness and mistaken for the phrase 'different'. A scene here or there, a dialogue here or there, a song that is picturized differently or a characterization that is a little off-kilter - the buzz words, originality and freshness, are immediately summoned to sum up the entire movie. ![]() Club the two together and combination becomes a cinematic cliche. ![]() Where does originality in a movie lie? When the movie in question is talked about for its originality, what exactly does that mean? The term that is often tagged to originality is another industry buzz word - freshness. ![]()
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