The cliché is that Bollywood represents a fantasy India constructed just for the vicarious entertainment of the cinema audience. When I watch the Tamil films, I really do wonder why anyone bothers to watch the majority of Bollywood films. Although my experience of Mani Ratnam’s work is limited, I’m reasonably confident in asserting that his films shot in the South are better than those made elsewhere in India. The other was Alai Payuthey (2000), one of my favourite films that I have watched several times. Kannathil Muthamittal ( A Peck on the Cheek) is one of two films made back in Tamil Nadu by Mani Ratnam after his Hindi experience with Dil Se. The summer is a chance to watch some of my archive of videotapes and transfer those worth using to DVD. Keerthana and Simran as adopted daughter and her legal mother
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