Some people learn history by reading books. But many people who are not used to reading books have a desire to know history and can easily learn it through films, so such films have a special status among fans.
Madrasapatanam: The story of this film is based on the pre-independence era of India under British rule. The film, which had an interesting romantic and patriotic screenplay, was well received by the audience. Released in Tamil Telugu in 2010, this film is directed by AL Vijay and stars Amy Jackson as Arya.
Hey Ram: Kamal Haasan wrote the screenplay and directed this movie which was released in two languages Hindi and Tamil in 2000. The film was India’s most distinguished entry for that year’s Oscars. Along with Kamal Haasan, Shah Rukh Khan, Rani Mukerji and others will be playing the lead roles. The film explores the Hindu-Muslim divide during the British period.
Aravan: The screenplay of this 2012 film, Su. A companion story to the Sahitya Akademi Award-winning novel Kaval Kottamhil by Venkatesan. Vasanthapalan will direct this film. Aadhi, Pashupati, Tanshika, Bharat and others will play the main roles. In this film, they have explained about espionage and how they defended their villages from the spies.
One in thousand: The final chapter of the reign in the year 1279 and the Pandyar Cholas fought with the Pandyar Cholas to rescue the idol of the Pandyar family, and they made this film based on the young generation of Chola and Pandya descendants who defied many obstacles and went to the dangerous island. Following the success of the first part, director Selvaraghavan is keen to make the second part of this film. There is a high possibility that the second part of this film will be made soon.
Bonner Shankar: Artist M. Karunanidhi has penned the screenplay and directed by Thiagarajan, Prasanth will play dual roles in this film. The story of the film is based on the historical story of two goldsmiths named Annamar Sami story told in Kongu region. The story of this film is that the small land kings wage war on Ponnar and Shankar due to their previous enmity, and in the end Ponnar and Shankar are victorious.
Thus, despite the release of films with different storylines for Tamil cinema, fans are keenly watching films based on historical stories. Especially these 5 films have received good reception from the fans in terms of collections and have been included in the list of fans’ favorite films till date.