Saturday, April 27, 2024

Topic: Tamil Movies

Peranbu: a letter to life

A staircase, Mammootty sitting, and his eyes give away subtly the mountainous tiredness of a daily fight of a father. His lips vibrate minutely, as he keeps staring into something. The scene closes, and without even giving out a loud wail, or a drop of tear, or even a properly visible expression, he dominates the scene to its completeness.

Simple and aching: ’96

With no spoilers given, let me assert that the film will leave you hanging, incomplete and hoping for something more to come, maybe even a cliché ending we have seen and is ever seen to. 

Kaala: Multiple voices that take on Capitalism and Hindutva: A Review

Kaala is not about creating one large icon like Hari Dada but celebrating the thousands of icons of Dharavi who face the brutality of capital, caste, and religious bigotry.

I am that which you refuse to see. Pa Ranjith on music, caste and uncomfortable questions

'I am that which you refuse to see, that which you refuse to acknowledge. I am angry when I am told that I am unwanted, that I am being neglected'