Panbu Selvan, P and Brindha, D (2020) CINEMA AND CULTURE: AN OVERVIEW ON IMAGE WORSHIP OF FILM STARS IN TAMIL NADU. Studies in Indian Place Names UGC Care Listed Journal, 40 (66). ISSN 2394-3114

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Abstract

Image worship has been deeply entrenched in the Tamil culture for thousands of years. From ancient times, Tamils people have worshipped and sought the blessings of gods, animals, trees, mythical creatures and kings in the form of images. Image worship holds a pertinent and long history in Tamil culture. Heroes have been glorified and venerated as gods and goddesses. Tamil Nadu is a state where temples have been built for film stars and rituals performed to their images. Richard Dyer (1998) notes that in early the period, stars were considered gods and goddesses, heroes, models as embodiments of ideal ways of behaving. The convention of trusting protagonists began right from folklores, music, theatres to the digital cinema today. The researchers have attempted to study the culture of image worship of film stars in Tamil Nadu. This research is a qualitative approach
wherein 35 articles have been chosen to study the culture of image worship of Tamil film stars by the people of Tamil Nadu. Film stars have been adulated on and off the screen even in today’s new age of technologies. Everything changes or evolves with time, but the images remain the same and
continue to carry the history, life and thoughts for generations to follow.

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Date Deposited: 09 Dec 2021 05:05
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URI: http://ir.psgcas.ac.in/id/eprint/128

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