On Women’s Day, here’s remembering some women characters in Tamil cinema who charmed and impressed with their gravitas, dignity and ability to rise above circumstances. Women with hearts of molten wax but spines of steel
Sometimes, the very first shot can give you a good feeling about the staging. Here, it’s just an empty street and a swaying door — and you get that feeling.
We never engage with the film’s main characters or their real-world situations. They feel like they are tools representing a large message but they seldom feel like real people.
From true stories and rom-coms to dark humour and even presumed space travel, here is a line of 16 Tamil films on ZEE5. Check out your mid-week and weekend watchlist.