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Sundaram started his list with a Tamil remake. “Imagine,” he said, drawing on a coffee stain. “Balakrishna as a dual role. One, a gentle philosophy professor in Coimbatore. Two, a rustic warlord in Tirunelveli.”
Sundaram was a rarity in Mylapore, Chennai. While his friends argued over Rajinikanth’s style and Kamal Haasan’s genius, Sundaram’s bookshelf was a shrine to a Telugu god: Nandamuri Balakrishna.
The next morning, Kumar handed Sundaram a note: “Add ‘Legend’ (2022) to the list. Balakrishna plays a hippie who becomes a gangster. In Tamil, it’s called ‘Ketta Payale.’” balakrishna tamil movie list
Sundaram’s third entry was personal. He had seen Simha in a grainy VCD with Tamil subtitles. The line still shook him: “Naan evvalavo pera saaptu irukken... aana eppavum simha maamsam saptathu illa!” (I’ve eaten many things… but never lion meat!). He reimagined it with Tamil actor Nassar as the father. The interval block—where Balakrishna arrives on a bullock cart smoking a beedi—became legendary in Sundaram’s head.
For the final entry, Sundaram went wild. Akhanda as a Tamil-Telugu bilingual. He cast Vikram as the villain and gave Balakrishna a dialogue about the river Cauvery. In the climax, his Aghori character curses the villains using ancient Tamil from the Tirukkural . “They will not just die,” Sundaram laughed. “They will be reincarnated as mosquitoes in a drainage pipe.” Sundaram started his list with a Tamil remake
Sundaram smiled. The list had grown. Since Nandamuri Balakrishna has not acted in direct Tamil cinema (primarily Telugu), this story creatively imagines a "Tamil movie list" through the lens of a fan reinterpreting his legendary films for a Tamil audience.
“This doesn’t need a remake,” Sundaram said. “It is already Tamil.” He pointed to the map. “Satakarni ruled Kanchipuram. In my list, the Tamil dubbing is so powerful that school textbooks change.” He imagined Balakrishna, armor shining, screaming at the sea: “Engal veeram engal moochu!” (Our bravery is our breath). He even cast Trisha as the queen. One, a gentle philosophy professor in Coimbatore
That night, Kumar finally watched Simha with Tamil subtitles. When Balakrishna roared, Kumar’s tea glass shattered.