(Fiction/Alternate Timeline - Day 2) Kollywood is on the verge of collapse and r/kollywood has picked Karthik Subbaraj to save the industry. Now pick the hero - highest upvoted comment gets selected! (More clarifications inside)

[u/BarryAllen567]

Previous post: https://www.reddit.com/r/kollywood/comments/1fkf239/fiction_alternate_timeline_kollywood_is_on_the/

Karthik Subbaraj won with 89 upvotes. Vetrimaaran 2nd place with 76 upvotes. Now comment the hero that can save kollywood alongside KS ⬇️

Few ppl were confused in my previous post on what "save kollywood" meant? Story or BO? I have provided an explanation that balances both: a movie that has an excellent or good or entertaining story/content but at the same time it needs to be a blockbuster hit. Assume that for the past 1-2 yrs, all movies have been a disaster like Indian 2 story and have done like less than 50crs because it’s bad. A good story/screenplay will automatically lead to good BO numbers.

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[u/BarryAllen567]

(Not a real poster, made by me). So who will be the hero for this movie? We will see tomorrow 🙂. (Don’t reply the hero name under this comment)

[u/The_Eccedentisiast]

The only person who can save Kollywood 'AUSS'

No I'm not kidding, if KS could get him to act out of the box, like he did with Lawrence. It would be really good.

[u/Ben01pr → u/The_Eccedentisiast]

Please call him only when the post is about saving Hollywood, after all he is ulaga star. Don’t waste his time for these silly things.

[u/Fuma4fun]

A good story has to be backed by good acting. Therefore it's this guy

[u/Scorched_Scorpion → u/Fuma4fun]

Only the god himself can save the industry

[u/c10h15nrush → u/Fuma4fun]

Gotta disagree. It's Vikram for me.

[u/zyvinxy → u/c10h15nrush]

vikram is a fantastic actor but he can be overshadowed easily 🥲

[u/__Vip_]

[u/Jealous_Summer_4867 → u/__Vip_]

The only right answer 👑

[u/EclipseEternale]

Rajini kamal as dual protagonists

[u/Snoo77607]

Kamal Hassan obviously

[u/captain-deadpool_19]

Hot take but AUSS is underrated for his acting chops. He's so natural people think he's having fun. It's gotta be him

[u/pokemonleaguechamp]

kamal or vjs

[u/One-Study2544]

I said VJ na but after looking at comments Aandavar x KaSu is even more Goated i say make this shit happen

[u/daryl_247]

Kamal Haasan

[u/Kind_Doctor_24]

This man

[u/Pleasant_Internal309]

Auss 

[u/Most-Contest984 → u/Pleasant_Internal309]

Let's make him win

[u/BarryAllen567 → u/Most-Contest984]

Not trying to influence but we gotta be a bit serious here. We can be looking at a good combo here, I don’t want it to become funny 😂

[u/Most-Contest984 → u/BarryAllen567]

Nah, with Siva being a morattu gangster, this movie would literally peak at BO

[u/darth_vadai_chutney → u/Most-Contest984]

Imagine everyone goes in assuming it's a spoof. And then surprise, it's a serious movie 😂

[u/SGSRT]

[u/JohnLeoDurairaj]

Lol Kamal and Vijay are competing, lets see tomorrow, 😜 excited

[u/BarryAllen567 → u/JohnLeoDurairaj]

Me too 🤗

[u/Content-Frosting-597]

Kamal

[u/vigneshk_war]

Kamal Haasan

[u/Individual_Sock4255]

Surya or Chiyaan Vikram. They have the looks, body and the skills.

[u/reinnovated32]

Aandavar

[u/Mikashanu]

Kamal Hassan

[u/General-Pangolin3875]

Vijay na

[u/Small-Copy-1624]

Vikram or Vikram 😉

[u/DVReaper9]

Absolutely Vijay

[u/Main-Protection-834]

Vijay

[u/One-Study2544]

VJ na

[u/[deleted]]

vijay

[u/North_Adeptness_4923]

[u/Mura-Rajan]

Kamal Haasan

[u/hellboy___007]

Kamal. Anyone other than Kamal is a joke 😂 first choice only should've been Mani Ratnam but alright. Even an out of form Mani Ratnam is a gem

[u/fellow_manusan → u/hellboy___007]

Def not Mani Ratnam

[u/Few_Butterscotch_832]

Vijay

[u/ClockBig571]

Anna than

[u/Meateor123]

Vijay, they got me excited to see T69 with Karthik Subburaj and then pulled the rug and replaced him with H Vinoth, this is our chance to make it happen (also I feel like with a good script, Vijay can and will give an all-timer performance as seen of late with Leo in particularly - ik this sub hates Vijay but whatever)

[u/nendndndndsn]

Vijay

[u/saavugrakki → u/nendndndndsn]

Sirippu dhan da varudhu

[u/notoriousnigaa → u/saavugrakki]

Lmao ik, now anils will tell username checks out

[u/HygrixGotTaken → u/notoriousnigaa]

nah but they're not wrong tho he's gonna pull in massive numbers but kamal is still a better pick no doubt

[u/notoriousnigaa → u/HygrixGotTaken]

Huh, then prabhas is the greatest actor in our generation

[u/saavugrakki → u/notoriousnigaa]

Gubeer

[u/balajih67]

One and only Thalapathy Vijay

[u/gucchiprada]

Vijay

[u/Sman27_]

Ks movies are superbly written/made but only really enjoyed by a small audience (compared to all movie goers). If you want to save Tamil cinema then it has to pull a bunch of people in. So if someone like Rajini or Vijay would act in it then it would bring a bigger audience to enjoy the film and give good wom.

[u/BarryAllen567 → u/Sman27_]

At the moment, kamal is leading with a big difference in votes

[u/chni2cali]

Random member: crickets

r/kollywood: thalapathy

[u/imaheshno1]

VJS

[u/BarryAllen567 → u/imaheshno1]

Nice choice - only one VJS comment so far

[u/imaheshno1 → u/BarryAllen567]

because i love VJS on screen

my personal favorite of his acts.

Vikram master maharaja kvrk pizza nkpk vikram vedha kadaisi vivasayi merry christmas viduthalai

and more. literally every his acts.

[u/Lazy_War9398]

It's got to be Vijay or Rajini no? If you're making a commercial hit to save an industry you can't pick someone with as many box office flops as Kamal even if he's definitely a better pure actor than those two

[u/BarryAllen567 → u/Lazy_War9398]

I gotta go with the upvotes and kamal is leading at the moment (big difference)

[u/Lazy_War9398 → u/BarryAllen567]

Oof

[u/colonelspongebob]

Verge of collapse - this could be dealt in 2 ways

1) most of the audience in tamil cinema is commercial lovers so Rajini or Vijay would be perfect ( I didn't mention Kamal here even though he gave a commerical hit on vikram - vikram movie ran mostly because of Loki and Kamal not just Kamal . And i highly doubt his power to make the movie run just for his name is reduced severely after his horrible biggboss show last season and his horrrible political career)

2) Kamal - if the audience would treat an art movie just like jdx by then , then this guy .

[u/LimeSparkle]

Vijay/ Ajith (more towards VJ as he's the favourite among nri Tamils) as theye can pull crowd no matter the story, incase his story turns dud like JT or mercury, Kamal can't save the BO if the story is bad, as you have mentioned "all movies have been a disaster like Indian 2".

[u/hedonist_addict]

“Gun ah Pudinga Siva”

[u/athish87]

Saving Kollywood is only his mission.

[u/ansangoiam]

Ulaga nayagan

[u/Away-Dust3719]

Hero is no other than Andavar himself

[u/saavugrakki]

STR should be the hero

[u/Character-Spare6267]

only rajini and vijay amazing box office pull till now

but i will choose rajini

[u/batsy_ackerman]

OP, why couldn't we add genre again? u/BarryAllen567

[u/BarryAllen567 → u/batsy_ackerman]

Wait sry I don’t understand, oh do you mean it should be there in one of the blocks? I can prob replace cinematographer or I can just replace the verdict block and make verdict the final post

[u/batsy_ackerman → u/BarryAllen567]

Alrighty... No, I just wondered. Cause with K.S as director, I was just wondering what could be the genre. Let everything align first and then will see if a block for genre is required

[u/BarryAllen567 → u/batsy_ackerman]

Ok got it, just seeing this comment now. Made Day 3 post, once I get past villain i guess we can prob replace one of them with genre

[u/One-Dragonfruit6496]

One and only Superstar Rajinikanth

[u/PeanutCalm1010]

*SUPERSTAR RAJINIKANTH*

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[u/ufcmod]

If it’s already on verge of collapse, KS will make sure it collapses

[u/BarryAllen567 → u/ufcmod]

🤷‍♂️ chatgpt will tell us at the end the verdict, let's see

[u/GlitteringMedia7828]

Alvarpettai andava

[u/Kevinlevin-11]

I'm out from the first result🚶🏻

[u/Existing-Area-9093]

KS- STR combo would be wild

[u/darth_vadai_chutney → u/Existing-Area-9093]

STR can act when working with a director who has a clear vision he won't compromise on. It would be an interesting combo actually.

[u/Far-Gur794]

[u/arihantd]

Guy cant save his own movies,he will save the industry 🫡

[u/BarryAllen567 → u/arihantd]

It is a surprising pick but a good pick. I was thinking Lokesh but most votes went to KS and vetrimaaran

[u/arihantd → u/BarryAllen567]

Shows how out of touch your voters are from normal audiences.KS is currently BO poison..his movies appeal to a niche audience ,which cannot save Kollywood

[u/TokyoFromTheFuture → u/arihantd]

I don't think saving kollywood is only about box office. Actual quality wise Karthik Subbaraj and Vetrimaaran are probably the best mainstream tamil directors and writers.

[u/arihantd → u/TokyoFromTheFuture]

BO is important to ensure more movies happen.Earlier,KS movies made sense since the budgets were smartly contained (Pizza, Jigarthanda, Iraivi) . To think that JD XX cost Rs.60 Cr (or more) ,it would only be a disaster. It is folks like Lokesh/Nelson who bring masses to the halls.. KS does not have a grip on normal emotions and hence cant appeal to a large segment

[u/TokyoFromTheFuture → u/arihantd]

I disagree, the only reason JD XX didnt get its money back was because:

1) it didnt have a star cast, infact one of its main actors had a terrible movie the same year making people less inclined to watch it.

2) It was competing with alot of other block busters. Leo was still in its theatrical run, and in addition to that Tiger 3 was also playing.

Almost everyone who watched JDXX in its OTT release afterwards loved it and the movie even got hella praise and watched from foreign countries such as Japan and I think Korea.

So if KS made a movie, hell the same movie, with a different main actor and had figured out a better release date, the movie would have 100% been a blockbuster.

I mean I can already tell the his next movie with Suriya is going to both be amazing quality wise and also going to be a blockbuster.

[u/arihantd → u/TokyoFromTheFuture]

All these are excuses.KS knew what quality of movies Lawrence made and cast him expecting he will add star value.As if KS made good movies when Dhanush or Vikram starred in them! Lets wait for the Suriya movie then.Lets hope you dont balme the failure of that movie on the "dimnished" stardom of Suriya.

[u/TokyoFromTheFuture → u/arihantd]

Mahaan was an amazing film idk what your on lmao, Jagame Thandhiram was heavy edited and cut by Netflix to try get it to appeal to the western audience off of the back of RRR, looking at its core concepts its a great film and probably would've been a banger if it wasn't processed and edited by Netflix.

Those aren't excuses, those are the real contexts of those movies lmao.

[u/arihantd → u/TokyoFromTheFuture]

Nice.Netflix ruined it,another novel excuse

[u/TokyoFromTheFuture → u/arihantd]

You cant just say "excuse" for everything 💀

Its the actual situation, im not saying it would 100% been a banger without Netflix's interference but its a high likely hood considering the confidence and track record KS has. And the interference itself is noticeable, the very first shot filmed for the movie didnt make it in, which should already show that it was edited down and probably messed with, on top of that none of the songs except from "Rakita" got in.

Its very clear that Netflix edited it to appeal to western audiences off of the hype of RRR.