Maara, co-starring Shraddha Srinath, and directed by Dhilip Kumar, shows that a new set of minds has been at play to interpret Charlie differently. Here’s a breakdown of both films that discuss what’s different.
The beauty of this fable, based on Charlie, is how much of a love story it is, and yet how it’s not really the love story of the “hero” and the “heroine”.
Maara streams from January 8 on Amazon Prime Video. As you get ready to watch Madhavan and Shraddha Srinath recreate the charm of Dulquer Salmaan and Parvathy in Charlie, Satvik Sampath Kumar lists 11 Tamil films that have Malayalam roots.
The director of the Madhavan, Shraddha Srinath-starrer, which releases on January 8 on Amazon Prime Video, speaks about how Maara is an adaptation not a remake, and why the takeaway of Maara is different from that of Charlie.
Actor Madhavan on coping with the pandemic, the changes it brought about personally and professionally and why he wanted to adapt Charlie into Maara, not just remake it.
While she got slotted playing roles that tapped into her amazing comic timing, Kalpana also shone in roles that demanded gravitas, and others that needed her lightness of touch, writes Soumya Varier.
Whatever be the hero’s mission, in the end he’d manage to woo and walk away with the girl. But do they make for good partners? Meera Venugopal lists a few with whom it’d be impossible to survive this pandemic.