Heroism and Social reflection in the Screen Plays of Ramarajan

Abstract

Screen plays are always dominant in the history of Tamil cinema. Commercially many movies faced failures and some songs of those movies became very successful. Screen play songs are usually formed according to each story and screenplays. Some songs captures the mind of people and it remains in their mind throughout their life. Not just the songs or music gets popular, the actors who acted in the songs also sometimes became very popular and attains high status. and for this, apart from the acting, the song's grand scenery and the social environment depicted in the story play a major role. Thus, in the 1980s in the Tamil film industry, actor Ramarajan earned the title of 'People's Hero'/'Village Hero' and star status through village background stories and screen play songs. Most of Ramarajan's stories are set in rural settings, and the characters of those films are folk singers and actors. In such films, the cultural rituals of the villages, other rituals, dialects, worship methods, natural environment, etc. are clearly visualized in the lyrics of the songs. Therefore, Tamil people also enjoyed and celebrated it easily. It is a fact that the success of a movie depends on people's support. This article briefly examines the social reflection and heroism of Ramarajan’s stories.