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Topic: Tamil cinema

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

Tina Das - August 6, 2022

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 - March 25, 2022

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 - March 23, 2022

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 - December 21, 2021

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 - November 20, 2021

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 - October 16, 2020

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 - May 23, 2020

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 - March 22, 2020

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 - October 17, 2018

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 - October 1, 2018

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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