The rise of Velu Nayakkar into a DON is the classic God Father take that gained authenticity through Kamal's stellar performance, Mani Ratnam's staging and Illayaraja's background score. Mani Ratnam's masterpiece featuring Kamal Haasan is the tale of Velu Nayakkar who thrives on his social interests to protect the land ofВ Tamil people in Mumbai. The phenomena to get inspired by the medium of one art to create a whole new perspective is a sheer pleasure to the creator and the consumer as well. Inspirations never cease to conquer people of various fields let alone the creative space. The 1969 novel was adapted for the big screen by Francis Ford Coppola in 1972 and subsequently The God Father Trilogy turned out to be a cult gangster film and inspired filmmakers around the globe.

Mario Puzo's The God Father book explores man s hunger for power and the extent to which it can lead them through the exploits of the Corleone family. Ever since the inception of modern civilisation, humans consistently worked hard to exploit and gain power.В Christopher Nolan's inception quote says 'Once an idea has taken hold of the brain it's almost impossible to eradicate',В which is relevant at all period irrespective of political movements with myriads of ideologies. The idea to form/expandВ territory and be its kingВ is not new to human society. We have compiled a list of Tamil gangster films that followed The God Father template.

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