vipages: You Know You've been watching tamil movies if...

If you see characters wearing sneakers and walking on grass but you hear foot steps of that of boots on a concrete floor.

If any one is hit on their head with a wooden log or any similar material faints immediately.

If all the wooden logs that are used to make people faint are of the same type and dimensions.

If any character in the movie forgets everything after a head injury.

If the same character regains his / her memory after a consecutive head injury (which is by accident in most of the cases).

If the lead actor is not a cop then all other cop characters are portrayed as criminals, cheats and people without values or ethics.

If they show a guy getting beaten up all through the movie without suffering any serious injuries and call it comedy.

If all supporting actors (in most cases the lead actors too) have excess make up on them in order to change their skin color from brown to white.

If all the female lead actors have the same voice (if you have watched multiple movies).

If in a stunt scene when the lead actor kicks / punches a guy and the guy who got punched flies for more than a meter from where he or she originally stood.

If anyone trying to attack the lead characters always make an “aaaiii” sound prior to attacking.

If there is only one person attacking the lead actor at any given point of time in a stunt sequence though there are many who are waiting to beat the shit out of the lead actor. These guys will only come one at a time to fight the lead actor as the others will be recovering from the previous punch or kick.

If the lead actor keeps repeating a line thoughout the movie or if the lead actor utters similar phrases not because its making sense but simply because its rhyming.

If the lead actor speaks in English and the same is portrayed as the next best thing that has happened to mankind after the invention of wheel!

If the lead actor's name is shown with some some B grade graphics sequences before the name of the movie and if the lead actor's name has an adjective and or followed by 'star' before the actual name.

If all the terrorists shown in the movies are Pakistani's and if all the terrorist's names are the same - Wasim Khan! (This was declared as the official Pakistani Terrorst's name ever since Maniratnam's Roja become a super duper hit).

Regardless of which state or country the story is happening, one or more of that state's or country's native people speak tamil!

If characters from other states or countries in the movie have their first name as the name of their state / country and the last name as a popular surname in their state / country. Eg: Punjab Singh, Kerala Nair, Kerala Chechi, Dubai Sheikh, Bombay Bhai, Hindikaran' which means hindi man - anyone who speaks hindi, etc.

If the lead character is portrayed as vegetable seller, welder, mechanic or any other similar profession during the first half of the movie and then if they reveal that the lead actor is actually an Assistant Comissioner of Police who was on an undercover operations all this while.

If the lead character is playing the role of a cop, he / she (she is very unlikely) is always an Assistant Comissioner of Police.

Here are some of the Do's and Dont's to save yourself....

Dont's:

If you ever happen to watch any tamil movie in which the following actors are playing the lead role please don't. If God has gifted you with immense patience and you want to just have a good laugh then go on. None of these actors have done full and full comedy movies but if you watch their serious movies you'll laugh your guts out especially the first 3 and the last 2 shown below. If you don't have the parience to watch a whole movie then search on youtube.com with these stars names and what you will find is an array of hillarious videos....