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Topic: Tamil cinema

‘People’s man’ of Tamil cinema Vijay Sethupathi never plays a character. He becomes them

Tina Das -
In Sethupathi's latest film 19(1)(a), his character is silenced by a bullet. But the actor is much like the film—he speaks only through his performances.

SS Rajamouli’s RRR is everything you expect it to be – freedom struggle on Baahubali scale

Tina Das -
SS Rajamouli’s RRR may be a good ol' tale of good vs evil, but it packs everything that Indian cinema offers, plus spectacular VFX.

Ashokamitran — Tamil writer who ‘no historian of 1960s Indian Cinema’ could ignore

Aananth Daksnamurthy -
Ashokamitran was the first Tamil writer invited to attend the writers-in-residence program at Iowa University in 1973. He actively wrote even in his dotage.

2021 was the year of anti-caste cinema — from Jai Bhim to Karnan

Ravikiran Shinde -
Tamil films showed that it was possible to be anti-caste and not be ‘anti-box office’. Bollywood needs to catch up.

Bollywood has miles to go before it can produce Kaala, Asuran, Karnan or even a Jai Bhim

Dilip Mandal -
Tamil film industry used to be like any other Indian film Industry about a decade ago. But then it delved into anti-caste movies that even Hindi and Bengali new wave films didn't.

‘Betrayer of Tamils’ — Muralitharan biopic becomes flashpoint in Tamil Nadu, actor slammed too

Rohini Swamy -
The movie is titled 800 — the number of wickets taken by Muralitharan in test cricket — and stars popular Tamil actor Vijay Sethupathi in the lead.

Sadma is an achingly beautiful story about a love that defies labels

Samira Sood -
Balu Mahendra's Hindi remake of his Tamil classic, Moondram Pirai, was a milestone in his, Sridevi's and Kamal Haasan's careers.

Gemini Ganesan, the unusual Tamil superstar who never ventured into politics

Aananth Daksnamurthy -
Gemini Ganesan, the King of Romance, was a voracious reader who did not own a single romantic novel.

Remembering Kannadasan, the Tamil lyricist who wrote over 5,000 songs & 4,000 poems

Aananth Daksnamurthy -
Credited with bringing prominence to lyric writing in Tamil cinema, Kannadasan also won a Sahitya Akademi award for his novel Cheraman Kadhali.

Sivaji Ganesan, the actor who even Marlon Brando was said to be in awe of

Aananth Daksnamurthy -
In a 40-year career, Sivaji Ganesan emerged as the doyen of Tamil cinema, a rare actor who used the method acting style to reach the top.
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Opinion

Nur Jahan to Chand Bibi—Indian women in sports have been erased from history

Anirudh Kanisetti -
Dice have been found dating to the Bronze Age in various Harappan sites in present-day northwest India and throughout Pakistan. And it’s very possible that some had female owners.

Zohran Mamdani is an authentic representation of modern India

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Nehru is suddenly back in the news. This time, the BJP could not criticise him

Economy

Vodafone Idea AGR case, explained: SC breather to cash-strapped telco & what it means for industry

Banudas Athreya -
Telecom industry keeping close tabs on the case. Government is single largest shareholder in Vodafone Idea, at 49 percent.

Defence

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

Keshav Padmanabhan -
At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

National Interest

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

Shekhar Gupta -
This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.

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