Published : Sep 16, 2022 16:02 IST Pa. Ranjith’s latest film, Natchathiram Nagargiradhu, is a blazing cinematic experiment gone sour. For a director who brought the finesse of radical imagery to the gangster genre with Madras —think of the male protagonist casually reading Theendaadhu Vasantham, a book on Dalit oppression, and his bookshelf stacked with editions of Ambedkar’s memoirs despite …
What is love in its purest form? The majority of savarna people that surround pockets of queer community, this burgeoning presence in the every day lives of people that repeatedly tries to invalidate queer existence, and continues to invalidate the systemic oppression which is continuing to take place against the Dalit community is present just around the edges. The ideas …
Pa Ranjith’s new film, Natchathiram Nagargiradhu, often indulges in fades to black. It is also in keeping with the film’s set up—a theatre troupe and what conflicts they encounter within themselves when they try to improvise a play on love. In Ranjith’s film we see this editing technique married with some split screen and a dash of colours—blue and red …
August 30, 2022 05:56 pm | Updated August 31, 2022 09:25 pm IST Lovers in bed having a seemingly thoughtful yet uneasy conversation about their relationship shouldn’t ideally remind you of that unbroken shot in Jean-Luc Godard’s seminal Contempt. Iniyan gets “triggered” by Rene’s rendition of ‘En Vaanile’ from Johnny — a film that dealt with impersonation and identity crisis, …
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