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Very well written. Out and out Ranjith movie. Rajnikanth has completely surrendered himself to the script hoping to gain political mileage while the core script contradicts his real life beliefs and persona completely
Its too easy to beleive a mere commercial film can derail the hindutva waves across the country. The writer of this article sees too many things conveneint from his view as a dalit activist. Its a commercial in which the director uses it as a platform to communicate symbolic things pertaining to dalit icons. Portraying Ravan as a ‘good’ character was already done by Mani ratnam in his film- what is new in this, reading roo much of dalit politics in this film is a stretch and just a convenient interpretation of one’s own perspective
Very well written. Out and out Ranjith movie. Rajnikanth has completely surrendered himself to the script hoping to gain political mileage while the core script contradicts his real life beliefs and persona completely
Mixing movie and politics is not fair to moviegoers who want entertainment not ideology
Shame on Rajni
Its too easy to beleive a mere commercial film can derail the hindutva waves across the country. The writer of this article sees too many things conveneint from his view as a dalit activist. Its a commercial in which the director uses it as a platform to communicate symbolic things pertaining to dalit icons. Portraying Ravan as a ‘good’ character was already done by Mani ratnam in his film- what is new in this, reading roo much of dalit politics in this film is a stretch and just a convenient interpretation of one’s own perspective