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Review: ‘Vettaiyan’ (2024)

Nov 29, 2024 4 min read
Culture Annaatthe encounter killing Fahad Faasil fridging Maharaja mass film Rajinikanth Rana Daggubati Ritika Singh Rohini Molleti Tamil cinema Velailla Pattadhaari Vettaiyan Vikram Vedha

Watch it, but fast-forward through some parts. Vettaiyan steers clear of unconditionally qualifying “encounter killings” as the only way out — a line many Tamil films have been only too happy to tout…

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Bollywood, Kollywood, etc.

May 22, 2017 2 min read
Uncategorized Bahubali Bollywood BR Ambedkar caste Dalits Kabali Kollywood Rajinikanth Tamil cinema The Economist Tollywood Vaasanthi

Tamil cinema has been able to touch upon societal ills more often and better than Bollywood has been able.…

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If Rajinikanth regrets some of the roles he played, and other questions

Nov 27, 2016 5 min read
Uncategorized astrology circlejerk fair skin fat jokes John Berger Kalathur Kannamma Kamal Haasan Kollywood love misogyny moral policing motherhood punch dialogues Rajinikanth Santhanam stalking Tamil cinema Ways of Seeing

In most of Tamil cinema, "men act and women appear. Men look at women. Women watch themselves being looked at."…

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