Bharathiraja Movies List Tamil ((install)) May 2026
Even today, when a Tamil director shoots a song in a mustard field or a sunset by a windmill, they are walking a path first lit by Bharathiraja.
When one speaks of the revolution in Tamil cinema during the late 1970s and 1980s, one name stands tall as the architect of the "realism movement"— Bharathiraja . Born as Chinnasamy Perumal, he broke away from the studio-era, formulaic films dominated by grandiose sets and melodrama. Instead, he took his camera to the villages, capturing the raw, earthy essence of rural Tamil Nadu. bharathiraja movies list tamil