Varusham pathinaaru: Eighties were the best period I would reckon so far with a balanced evolution all over. The advent of computersand its pervasive nature in the next 10 years hampered all the thrills in our life by totally transforming the life of a common man in a steadfast pace.

The best invention according to me is telephone. Mr. Grahambell wouldn't have ever imagined that his creation would fetch "arai kilo chakkarai" (1/2 kg sugar) in 2 minutes time sitting at home. Telephone has even played an important role in movies and Fazil's Arangetra Velai featured a telephone playing an important role.

Fazil's another immortal movie was Varusham 16, which was released in the year 1989. The transliteration goes like this:

Varusham Pathinaaru. If we translate this it means "16 years". This movie ran successfully for 175 days and celebrated its silver jubilee. There were so many important aspects for the success of this movie. The screenplay, direction, acting and MUSIC. Yes, Ilaiyaraaja has done yet another.....            [ More ]