DOTW - Movie Names!!!

   Edited by honeydaisy - 13 years ago

I think the main reason is to raise people's expectations, create a hype and hope to repeat the same magic and achieve the 'hit' status the old films did, by having the same names.

What you say its true, Thamizh being a beautiful language, I'm sure they can find better, alternative titles. I guess its just a belief they hold that a film will become as successful as the original one, if they repeat the names.

But, this can only happen if the story is as good as the old one to keep the audience engaged. The new Vettaikaaran was a mega flop compared to the old one with MGR. On the other hand, Billa, which was repeated and adapted from the old Rajinikanth movie and also Don, was a super duper hit. So I guess it still depends on the story.

you rae right khpriya..but for Billa its different because its remake but others are not. it huge dissapointment for me something..i want watch new maya bazaar but its seems old maya bazaar..

Great topic Daisy 👏👏👏

Hmm.. never thought about it that way

 

but like others mentioned above.. the whole point is to create all that hype and raise expectations..

it's an advertising technique... especially to get the audience interested in the film

 

in a way... the producers do dig a hole for themselves because they end up raising the bar tooo high...

so unless the movie becomes a hit... it'll be a great fall for the people related to the film

 

plus.. even though the film may not be a remake of the earlier one... people will obviously end up comparing the older one to the newer one just 'cause of the title itself

Edited by supercool3 - 13 years ago

Nice Topic Daisy.

Reusing the names has Pluses and negatives.

One of the disadvantage as I agree with others that people tend to compare the old movies to new ones. Also when you are searching fr movies or songs any where you need to make sure you are picking up the right one. For example I was looking for Aayirathil oruvan old movie and I ended up with the new one(Which I hate it).

The Positive side is it is just reusing the name and eventually people may not remember the old movies. If the names are good enough then they can reuse. In addition it adds up the hype.

One suggestion maybe they should not reuse recent*80s or 90s names.

Well I agree with everyone above :)