From ‘Ayan’ to ‘Anegan’: How KV Anand picked unique Tamil titles for his films
The Hindu
Late Tamil filmmaker KV Anand was known to opt for names with a deep literary meaning
Film titles have always been a window into a storyline’s essence. And Tamil filmmaker KV Anand, who passed away on Friday morning, is well known for putting in a lot of thought into his titles. He might have been a filmmaker who followed a lot of international cinema, but Anand was also a voracious reader of Tamil classical and contemporary works. With the exception of his debut directorial (Kana Kanden), all his six films are one-word titles. They all bring back Tamil words that have largely gone missing in the contemporary context. “He (Anand) had a knack of picking titles with a deep literary meaning. A lot of filmmakers do not do that, thinking that common audiences might not understand it. But he would go in search of such words,” recalls lyricist Madhan Karky.More Related News