Fortnight of flops on Tamil screen

Chennai, Feb 19 (IANS) There was a spate of releases in February to coincide with Valentine's Day, but not a single film - except of course "Dishyum" - did well at the box office. It is indeed a bad time for the Tamil film industry.

Here's a look at the top five:

1. "Dishyum" (Dir. Sasi): This love story between a stuntman in films and a sculptor has appealed to the young audience. What worked for the film are the novelty in the story and treatment, and good acting by Jeeva and Sandhya.

2. "Paramasivan" (Dir. P. Vasu): Because "Paramasivan" is a hit, there is a lot of excitement in the market about Ajith's next release "Godfather", a film everybody thought was dead! "Godfather" has Asin, the most happening actress of today.

3. "Idhaya Thirudan" (Dir. Saran): This romantic action film from K. Balachander's banner Kavithalaya has Jeyam Ravi and Kamna Jethmalani in the lead role. But what Saran has served is old wine in old bottle and no wonder the film flopped. Bad time for Jeyam Ravi!

4. "Sandakozhi" (Dir. Lingusamy): Films that came after "Sandakozhi" have disappeared but it is still doing good business.

5. "Kodambakkam" (Dir. Jagganji): Everybody expected this film with unknown faces to disappear the way it appeared but the novelty in the story - about the film industry - has made it an average success.

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