Ethir Neechal And Mandela: Tales Of Greed And Oppression
While watching Madonne Ashwin’s Mandela (2021), I felt happy to find an invisible and purely coincidental link to K. Balachander’s 1968 film Ethir Neechal
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How Rajinikanth Got His Name
An excerpt from Aleph Book Company’s latest Rajinikanth: A Life, authored by journalist Vaasanthi
Director Suresh Krissna On His SPB Memories
The director, who is credited with the Rajinikanth introduction song, speaks about his memories of SPB.
‘Dialogue Cassettes‘ To YouTube: 5 Tamil Films From The 80s
From Agni Saakshi to Achamillai Achamillai, directed by stalwarts such as K Balachander and Visu, here’s a listing of five films, first heard and then watched to travel back to simpler times
Kavithalaya Krishnan On K Balachander
The actor, who shared a long association with K Balachander, speaks about the director’s legacy, the lives he touched and the pool of talent he introduced to the industry.
Sivaji Ganesan’s ‘Vietnam Veedu’ Turns 50: A Rewind
This 1970 melodrama is a great place to begin looking for Sivaji Ganesan’s transition point from an actor who elevated a scene to someone who needed to keep acting far beyond the requirements of a scene.
A Tribute To Visu, Known For Middle-Class Melodramas
The Visu Character™ was a fixture in The Visu Film™. He is to families what a skilled mechanic is to a car: however bad the damage, he fixes it.
Tamil Cinema And The Evolution Of The Romcom
Tamil cinema has focussed on social and economic disparities between lovers, rarely throwing the spotlight on their relationship. However, films such as Adutha Veetu Penn, Mozhi and Kadhalil Sodhappuvadhu Yeppadi have stuck to their romcom roots.
Kamal Haasan At 65: The Forgotten Phase
The ‘Great Phase’ of the actor’s career, post ‘Pushpak’ and ‘Nayakan’, is well documented. But here’s a jumble of memories from the preceding phase, the early to mid-1980s, which had just as many misses as hits.
Telugu Cinema Of The 80s And 90s: Singeetham, RGV, Vamsy And Discovering A New Voice
Back to a time when technical ‘brilliance’ was used to take the audience closer to the film and not away from it
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Why You Need To Watch K Balachander’s Apoorva Raagangal
To kick off our FC South Flashback series, we pick this 1975 film that starred Kamal Haasan and Srividya, and introduced superstar Rajinikanth
