Best script writer

[shobana_in]

who is is the best script writer in tamil cinema

can people give me the list so that i can start a poll

[thilak4life]

Don't forget Dr.Kamal haasan and K.Bhagyaraj, no matter what!

[shobana_in]

ok done.

kamalhaasan
baagyaraj


then...

[shobana_in]

karunanithi

[groucho070]

Contemporary? Or old films. I suggest you do contemporary, since there are many writers in the past.

Plus you get to get similar bloodshed as in Best Director if you put contemporary writers.

First....scriptwriters mean story and dialogue? or just Script. In Hollywood, Scriptwriters are credited for all...and occasionaly there is a Story credit.

So how? Can I say the name that will get the ball rolling?

Kamal Haasan.

Let the battle begin.

[shobana_in]

groucho

both script and dialogues!

in tamil cinema normally script writer writes the dialogues....so no problem

[joe]

I don't think Kalainjar comes in 'Script writer' .He is more of Dialogue writer.

[thilak4life]

Then Crazy too...

[shobana_in]

I don't think Kalainjar comes in 'Script writer' .He is more of Dialogue writer.

i think he wrote the script for the movies for which he wrote the dialogues!

:roll:

[joe]

OK ..In that case

Sakthi Krishnasamy
Kalainjar
Kamal Hassan
BhagyaRaj
Sreedhar
KB (Ananthu?)

[groucho070]

Yeah. Then, I think they write both. Kannadhasan wrote some decent scripts too.

How Shobana? Pazhasaa Puthusaa? Or you wanna break it like pre and post 1978?

[shobana_in]

what abt anandhu

[joe]

I don't think Kalainjar comes in 'Script writer' .He is more of Dialogue writer.

i think he wrote the script for the movies for which he wrote the dialogues!

:roll:

Appadi solla mudiyathu ..Few movies he wrote only dialogues.

[shobana_in]

Yeah. Then, I think they write both. Kannadhasan wrote some decent scripts too.

How Shobana? Pazhasaa Puthusaa? Or you wanna break it like pre and post 1978?

may be after 1978...because we are not aware of pazhaya script writers...

[shobana_in]

so..

kamalhaasan
bagyaraj
sreedhar
anandhu

then

[groucho070]

Joe, you forgot KS Gopalakrishnan. And what about the trio NT-centric directors, Bandhulu, Bheem Singh and APN.

BS used a KSG in early days before KSG became director himself. APN writes himself, right? And Bandhulu? Shakti Krishnaswamy?

[shobana_in]

who wrote scripts for barathiraja.

[groucho070]

so..

kamalhaasan
bagyaraj
sreedhar
anandhu

then

Post '78 Sreedhar is not so compelling.

What about directors who wrote their stuff?

Some of Visu's writing in the early days were pretty good. Or TR before he suddenly woke up and thought the world revolved around him (pre Tangggaikkor Geetham)?

[joe]

Joe, you forgot KS Gopalakrishnan. And what about the trio NT-centric directors, Bandhulu, Bheem Singh and APN.

BS used a KSG in early days before KSG became director himself. APN writes himself, right? And Bandhulu? Shakti Krishnaswamy?

:roll:

Neenga sollura ellorume super script writers thaan..

But oldies-llam vittutu discuss pannurathu thaan nallathu..

Allathu yaaravathu vanthu... APN enna periya paruppa..SJ surya maathiri varuma-nnu kepparu..ithu thevaiya :cry:

[joe]

who wrote scripts for barathiraja.

Many intial movies by Bhagyaraj

later movies by SelvaRaj

[groucho070]

But oldies-llam vittutu discuss pannurathu thaan nallathu..

Allathu yaaravathu vanthu... APN enna periya paruppa..SJ surya maathiri varuma-nnu kepparu..ithu thevaiya :cry:

:rotfl:

Amaaa. Namma mathiri Pazhaya Alungga konjam othunggi iruntha nallathu.

[shobana_in]

so..

kamalhaasan
bagyaraj
sreedhar
anandhu

then

Post '78 Sreedhar is not so compelling.

What about directors who wrote their stuff?

Some of Visu's writing in the early days were pretty good. Or TR before he suddenly woke up and thought the world revolved around him (pre Tangggaikkor Geetham)?

many have seen sridhars movies...so no problem.

kamalhaasan
bagyaraj
sreedhar
anandhu
visu

tr venuma... :roll: lets see....who wrote for barathiraja and mahendran?

[raaja_rasigan]

who wrote for barathiraja and mahendran?

Mahendran is originally a writer turned director

For Barathiraja - he himself does the screenplay (i.e. script) but won't write the dialogues but extracts the best dialogue from the dialogue writer like he gets the best music from IR :D

Can u remember a scene in dhavani kanavugal where BR expecting a good dialogue from his writer for a critical scene.... i hope same thing happens in reality

[Nerd]

Bharathiraja -- R. Selvaraj aint it :confused2:

[raaja_rasigan]

Bharathiraja -- R. Selvaraj aint it :confused2:

But mostly i have scene in the titles:

screenplay - Direction
R.BARATHIRAJA

R.selvaraj shud be story writer

[groucho070]

who wrote scripts for barathiraja.

Many intial movies by Bhagyaraj

later movies by SelvaRaj

Manivannan may have a few hand in some of BR's early stuff. I am sure he wrote Nizhalgal.

Plus he is good when on his own. Some of the early works are compelling.

[Lddtxs]

SUJATHA
selvaraj

[HonestRaj]

yaruyya 5 varusa pazhaya thread ellam revive senju flashback'ku kondu poradhu :)

[ecureuhapis]

bagyaraj.

karunananidhi-ya option-ah potta antha kavariman yar?