Originally Posted by
irir123
'Baasha' was/is an evergreen classic that will forever be etched in tamil/Indian/world cinema on par with Citizen Kane, Bicycle Thief, Jurassic Park et al - particularly for its mesmerizing punch lines etc etc.. Academy Awards committee wanted to give Awards for Best Film, Best Direction, Best Actor, the Best Music(al score) for 'Baasha' - but the Baasha team graciously/magnanimously refused and instead recommended to give them away to the 'Forrest Gump' team of Tom Hanks, Zemeckis and the Lion King score by Hans Zimmer..
'Devar Magan' is a dubakoor film that ppl hardly remember..
And 'Indian'? common dont joke, even in Hyderabad, Bengaluru, Mumbai and Kolkata, the film was forcibly run for weeks in empty halls..
There was a mafia/don film 'Nayagan' - if you all recall, most of you might have forgotten - the film that ran for exactly a week in every center and barely passed muster - andha padamellaam 'baasha'ngra oru leviathan monster munnadhi, pisaathu padamungo..
Matter/case closed - lets move on..