One of the best habits one could ever possess is reading books and if the person happens to pick right ones on top of gaining knowledge it can also trigger the whole thinking process. Books can literally influence your way of life; For example if a person is very religious and happen to pick a book on Atheism by a good author there is a good chance the person may stop worshipping altogether. One of the reason why Malayalam cinema is proving to be class apart is because the industry possess lots of good script writers. If you take one of Tamil cinema's evergreen blockbuster movie 'Basha' the dialogues are written by Balakumaran sir and even Rajini has said that he tried to rope him for many of his movies but he politely refused saying he is inclined towards literary work. If you take dialogues out of Basha, film may not have been very captivating. Similarly Sujatha sir has been a great source of strength for Director Shankar, Mani Ratnam himself is an excellent writer and off late Vetrimaran is able to produce magic in celluloid purely due to the script. Recently Director Mari Selvaraj who made Karnan said in an interview that he is okay to compromise as a director but as a writer he cannot compromise.
I am going to pull some examples of some scenes which has pretty much etched into my memory merely due to the brilliance in writing.
Raghuvaran's story to Ajith in Mugavari:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVmssTHyw4Y
Mugavari is one such movie which was very practical and highlighted hardships faced by a youngster who wanted to achieve his dream. Raghuvaran tells a story to Ajith on perseverance and though the story is nothing new but still it leaves a a positive impact on the audience as it was used in the right context. So what's the big deal in writing may be the question ...Director has shown Ajith in failing on many attempts ..he has established his characterization well and upon the process he adds this scene to reinstate motivation .....So a rather preachy scene becomes more impactful through his writing.
Old Kamal's piece of information to Manisha & Suganya in Indian
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdXo66yYNPY
Old kamal comes in search of Chandru to his house and Manisha pleads not to kill him saying 'Budhiku theriyudhu aana manasuku therila" and older kamal replies enaku manasum budhium ellam onnu thaan and when older kamal almost leaves his house he looks at Suganya who is seen worshipping and Kamal says "Budhi salithanama rendu perum uyir ooda irukananu vendikaadha". Sujatha sir has been absolutely brilliant through his writing ....
Interview scene in Mudhalvan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_te-QMC_tso
Arjun grills Raghuvaran on the interview ...He picks Election manifesto and goes over the list to Raghuvaran and suddenly you see Raghuvaran saying "Ellorukkum elavasa Kalvi ..kalavi nu achaagiruku ..lanala pulli podala" Once again Sujatha's sir dialogues were brilliant and many regret the movie would have gone great heights had Superstar acted in it but personally am happy Arjun acted because if Rajini would have acted superstar would have stolen the show completely. Since it was Arjun audience was able to enjoy the writer ....another dialogue where Arjun's parents feel had life had a remote control they would rewind and go back into the past just shows dialogues can be simple enough to reach masses too.
Best scene from Anbe Sivam
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ABrdY5xITo
When Madhavan is disturbed on seeing misery around him he questions existence of God and that is when Kamal opens up ...writer excels on coming up withthe scene and title ..
Basketball scene in Pursuit of Happiness
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZb2NOHPA2A
When daddy advises son that nobody should let him say that he can't do something and not even him ...Dialogues such as "You got a dream? You gotta protect it. You want something? Go get it. PERIOD." "People can't do something themselves, they wanna tell you you can't do it." are just so beautiful and it was impactful only because director has established Will Smith's character well enough going through all the hardships he has to face from career as well as family life.
There are so many more movies where dialogues form the backbone of the movie. Spider man movie series were celebrated by kids and adults and apart from all the graphics there are so many sweet little dialogues between hero and granny which connected well within the audience. Bahubali was a phenomenal hit not just for the graphics but also for the lovely story and wonderful screenplay written by Rajamouli. Drishyam 1 and 2 are classic examples of what a pen can do in this modern world by Jeetu joseph. You have a story, you create characters and situations and finally marrying all these elements through your writing forms the screenplay.
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