Exploring unconventional relationships with Kalki Koechlin, Anjali and Vignesh Shivan on Netflix’s Tamil anthology Paava Kadhaigal
The HinduStories of forbidden love have always made the news for all the wrong reasons, more so now with Uttar Pradesh’s ‘love jihad ’ law. This underlying theme of unconventional relationships ties in with the topic of her Tamil film debut, as part of Netflix’s upcoming anthology, PaavaKadhaigal. “There aren’t too many vellaikaara actors who can speak Tamil, so it was hard to turn down a role that fit me so perfectly,” says Koechlin, who was born in Puducherry and is known for portraying unconventional characters on both the big screen and OTT platforms. “When Vignesh narrated the story, I liked what he was trying to do, which was to take a serious subject and approach it with a unique perspective,” she says of this film, which throws back to her role in Margarita with a Straw — on same-sex relationships and how they are perceived. From a filmmakers’ perspective, Shivan says that the platform gives him the opportunity to work on projects that would otherwise never see the light of day, not to mention the massive reach across countries.
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