Abstract

Right to live equity and social justice are watch words that determine quality of life in a society There is always a fight between the haves and have nots in the end the powerful would not only prevail in the society but dominate the have nots to the utter dismay of the social thinkers 1 Question arises whether films and film songs address the issue of social inequality and voice against the sufferings of the lowest rung of the people of Tamil Society In his scholarly article Robert L Hardgrave states that Film had become increasingly pervasive in almost all aspects of Tamil society and perhaps most prominently in political life He also states that although Bombay is usually considered the capital of the Indian film world it is within south India that film has made its greatest impact 2 Robert L Hardgrave also states when the takie was first introduced in 1931 in the South India around 1500 films were produced in Tamil Virtually no village in Tamil Nadu was isolated to be beyond the reach of film and even the poorest laborer can afford the few paisee to see the latest film