Quest, Rebirth and Learning a difficult task: Analysing the Plots and Types of the selected Tamil films and a Tamil short film suitable for Videotherapy Sessions for Elderly People in Madurai

Abstract

Everyone likes watching films and short films and they also enjoy and watching films. Sometimes the films would also be inspiring and some films would also offer life lessons and tips on how to overcome the challenges in professional and private lives to the audience. Thus the audience can also watch the films and can apply the lessons and tips which they have learnt from the films to overcome challenges in their lives and the principle of cinematherapy or videotherapy functions is also based on the aspect of watching films. However, interestingly, videotherapy involves using the films and short films for treatment purposes and it is practiced frequently overseas as a part of regular therapy and by organizations. It is still a nascent field in India and videotherapy or related activities is carried out by some organizations such as Doctor Drama, a creative arts organizations in Mumbai which organizes videotherapy workshops for the general public often. This study aims to analyze and study about the nature and type of plots of the suitable Tamil films and Tamil short film for videotherapy sessions for elderly people in Madurai so as to organize videotherapy sessions using these films and a short film to help the elderly people to successfully overcome their mental health issues and/or to improve their emotional and psychological wellbeing. The methodology adopted by this study is qualitative analysis based on watching the films, also based on pages of the films and short film on the IMDb website and also through the concept of The Seven Basic Plots listed and explained by Christopher Booker in his book THE SEVEN BASIC PLOTS : Why we tell stories?.