'Dada'ism Trends in Tamil Cinema

Well, Tamil Cinema has seen enough of Dada movies.

The mother, (or should i say father) of 'Dada'movies started out with Mani Rathnam's God Father-style epic 'Nayagan'.
The hero sees the unbearable atrocities of the villain and bashes him up in a momentary fit of rage.
He's an overnite celebrity in town and is forced to become a dada himself (but one with a heart of gold, of course) in order to save himself!

A Trend was born. A success formula seemed to have been created for the Tamil Industry!

To this date, no hero has been successful in Tamil Cinema after that era without succumbing to the role of a rowdy-do gooder!
To grow a beard and appear in a rowdy-with-a-heart-of-gold role has become the customary path for a hero to break into the B & C centres!
If the hero happens to be an Orphan, all the more better to win audience empathy!

Cases in Point:

Ajith - Dheena, RED (beard and bald pate!), Kreedom

Vijay - Nenjinilae, Thirumalai, Thirupachi

Madhavan (would you believe that!) - Thambi

Shaam (yes, the chocolate boy tried his hand at this too!) - Bala

Vikram - Gemini (with a beard!)

Dhanush - 'Parattai Engira Azaghu sundaram', Pudhuppettai

Simbu - Thotti Jeya (beard!)

Srikanth - Joot

Prashanth - Tamizh (with a beard, classical example of the trend!)

Sibiraj - Lee

Jeyam Ravi's Deepavali had him adored by the crowds who heaped praises and performed pujas on him.

and last but not the least,
RAJINIKANTH - In Dalapathi, he bashes up a goon and ends up as key member in a rival dada's camp!

And the latest 'Kreedom' has Ajith bashing up a local don and taking the weapon himself!

Vijayakanth is probably the rare one who hasn't been shown as a Rowdy?
Well, he can bear electric shocks and perform flying kicks so he doesnt need weapons to save himself!

Scores of other movies have come and gone, with this theme as the convenient plot element!

Times change, but Tamil cinema's fascination with the subject has survived more than 20 years!

Cheers to a trend that has turned many a hero's careers around (some in the wrong way, though)!