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5 best cliché stories in tamil cinema


1. A good-looking hero, heroine. One falls in love with other, after a lot of coaxing, the other reciprocates. One of them suddenly breaks the relationship. Interval. The other has no clue about what’s happening, later finds out that the partner is terminally ill (blood cancer). Moved by this he/she reiterates that his/her love for the other is for eternity. They both die after singing a song.

2. Smart, cultured but poor hero. Boastful, western-attired and rich heroine. Heroine insults culture, Hero teaches her a lesson, usually by singing a song. Heroine’s father exploits the poor people and that’s when Hero comes in his way and challenges him. Interval. Heroine changes her costumes to typical Indian style, falls in love with hero. Hero wins the fight against heroine’s father, who before going to Jail hands over his daughter to hero.

3. Hero does a double act, one evil and one good. The widow mother brings up the good one, while the evil twin is at Villain’s place. Mother often weeps in solitude, on imploring she gives the flashback of ‘how happy their family was until the villain murdered her husband and took away her second son’. Hero vows to settle the score. Interval. Heroes meet, study the cicumstances and conspire a plan against the villain. After a fight the villain dies, both the heroes live happily with their mother. In-between all these they may find time to fall in love with beautiful damsels and sing duets in hill-stations/gardens.

4. Wealthy, benevolent but innocent hero (usually Rajini). A beautiful, young girl gets attracted to him. Before you think everything is fine with their life, a trusted friend/relative cheats the hero. Hero is left stranded on the road, that’s when he roars back. Interval. Hero starts working hard – a song – he becomes a millionaire. Slowly the ex-friend starts loosing all his possessions, at one stage he falls at the hero’s feet and begs for mercy. The altruistic hero forgives him, they both together fight common villain’s men and kill them. And live happily ever after.

5. Young hero and heroine, fall in love with one another. But they are of different religions (always one of them is a Hindu, the other may be a Christian or Muslim). Interval. Lovers propose their plan to get married, which is meet with apposition from their parents/village. With friends’ help, they elope. People from both the sects start in search of the fled lovers and in due course fight against each other. After a while they catch the lovers and persuade them to get separated. A lengthy lecture by the lovers, the public gets confused – using this situation the lovers shun their religion and walk towards the sun at the horizon (or) commit suicide. A film by so-n-so.

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