Tamannaah Bhatia is someone who has had tremendous success in Tamil, Telugu, and Hindi cinema. Juggling between these industries, Tamannaah ensures she feels at home in all three, delivering one blockbuster after another. The Stree 2 actor recently opened up about the one fundamental aspect of South cinema, and why emotions will always be the primary driving force behind any film. “In the South, the stories are very rooted. As in, it is well contained within their geographical area. That is why their content is translating globally,” said Tamannaah, who simplifies the variety of South films in a rather succinct way.
“They go for basic human emotions. Be it a drama, or a revenge film, it revolves around relationships. They don’t see the audience as specific segments of people. They are not trying to service different kinds of people. Also, the emotion level is so strong that it communicates through even if you are watching the film in its original language, and not the dubbed version. You don’t need the language, you need the emotion to come through.”
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Drawing parallels with Hindi cinema, Tamannaah points out that she has definitely been inspired by the work done there, but it is important to get to the roots. “When you create work that is catered to work for different audiences, and everybody’s consumption, khichdi ban jaati hai (it becomes a hotchpotch of a film). Take, for instance, Laapataa Ladies. It was a village story, but managed to resonate with the urban audience, right? So, it is important to understand that what really matters is not the people and their setting, but the emotions,” said the Babli Bouncer actor.
It is also interesting how Tamannaah has been a part of blockbuster successes, and era-defining films in the recent past. She had special numbers in films like Stree 2 and KGF, an extended cameo in Jailer, and a starring role in the Baahubali franchise. “I’ve had the good fortune to have been part of these commercial successes. I am not complaining at all,” said Tamannaah while taking time to explain that the primary need for the audience is to get entertained, even if the film deals with a rather profound theme. “What Amar Kaushik has done intelligently in Stree 2 is that he is using a commercially viable genre like horror comedy to say something really profound. No one wants to listen to profound conversations if the communication isn’t interesting.”
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Tamannaah also took the opportunity to talk about how horror comedy is a difficult genre to crack, but she did not once but twice in 2024. “Earlier this year, my Tamil film, Aranmanai 4 made more than Rs 100 crores. It was a female-lead film with Raashi Khanna starring alongside me. The glory was all ours. Of course, films fronted by men do make a lot of money in the South, but it is only a handful of films lead by women that make so much money. More than anything, it is testament to the fact that when you make stories about what is happening in every street and village, that film will run,” said Tamannaah.
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