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Kaatru Veliyidai
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Kaatru Veliyidai, An Unconventional And Underrated Mani Ratnam Love Story

  • Posted on April 13, 2021
  • by Anmol Mahato
What is love? Is it respect? Should love account for respect? Is it possible to love someone and not respect them? Is it possible to love someone and be okay if they disrespect you?
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Sulthan | Karthi, Rashmika Mandanna
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Sulthan: A Generic ‘Mass Movie’ That Could Have Been So Much More

  • Posted on April 2, 2021April 2, 2021
  • by Baradwaj Rangan
The writer-director doesn’t trust his premise. He wants to keep throwing in more, more, more.
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Sulthan Trailer Talk: Karthi’s Sulthan Is A One-Man Army In An Action-Packed Trailer
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Sulthan Trailer Talk: Karthi’s Sulthan Is A One-Man Army

  • Posted on March 24, 2021March 24, 2021
  • by Team FC
Directed by Bakkiyaraj Kannan and starring Karthi, Rashmika Mandanna, Lal, Napoleon, and Yogi Babu, Sulthan is set to release on April 2, 2021.
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How Did Lokesh Kanagaraj Write A Script For A Superstar Like Vijay?
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Master: How Lokesh Kanagaraj Wrote A Script For A Superstar Like Vijay

  • Posted on January 27, 2021January 27, 2021
  • by Baradwaj Rangan
The director, who has hit a purple patch, speaks about matching his sensitivities to those of a star vehicle and finding a middle ground, song placement, introduction shots, and more.

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Lokesh vijay
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Vijay Asked Me To Add ‘Makkal Selvan’ Before Vijay Sethupathi On The Master Poster:...

  • Posted on January 11, 2021January 11, 2021
  • by Baradwaj Rangan
“Everyone thinks that there’s a lot of pressure on me. Truth is, it’s impossible to make a film under that kind of pressure,” says the director just days before the release of Master
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The Many Mirrors Of Mani Ratnam: The Audience Views His Characters Framed Inside Them Through Another Prism
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The Many Mirrors Of Mani Ratnam

  • Posted on October 27, 2020October 27, 2020
  • by Sagar Tetali
Working with trusted cinematographers such as PC Sreeram, Santosh Sivan, Rajiv Menon and Ravi Varman, the veteran filmmaker uses mirrors to lend dimension, to allow the audience to view a scene indirectly…
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film companion disruptors 25
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FC Disruptors 2020: 25 Indian Artists Who Shook Things Up In Entertainment

  • Posted on October 17, 2020
  • by Team FC
From actors, musicians and social media creators, these are the names that created new ways of seeing or found the beating pulse of an audience
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Avengers Assemble: What Would The Tamil Version Of Malayalam All-Starrer Twenty:20 Look Like?
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Imagining The Tamil Version Of Malayalam All-Starrer Twenty:20

  • Posted on August 11, 2020
  • by Team FC
Back in 2008, the Joshiy film was a miracle in the way it involved every major Malayalam actor to create the industry’s biggest-ever hit. What would a similar reunion look like, especially in the Tamil film industry, wonders Meera Venugopal.
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Five Hindi Blockbusters And Their Tamil Remakes Nobody Asked For
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Five Hindi Blockbusters And Their Tamil Remakes Nobody Asked For

  • Posted on May 13, 2020May 13, 2020
  • by Vishal Menon
Sivaji Ganesan as the Big B, Suriya as SRK and GVM replacing Farhan Akhtar for the Dil Chahta Hai remake. As blasphemous as this may sound, here’s a back-of-the-school bus conversation we’ve all indulged in at some point in time.
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New-Age Tamil Cinema: 25 Recent Films With Subtitles And Where To Find Them
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New-Age Tamil Cinema: 25 Recent Films With Subtitles On OTT

  • Posted on May 2, 2020May 13, 2020
  • by Ashutosh Mohan
You’ve all heard about the big Vijay and Ajith entertainers. What about small films with big hearts, like Sillu Karupatti or Aruvi? Or exciting director-star collaborations like Vikram Vedha or Super Deluxe? Tamil cinema has something for every film lover, and now is a great time to sample some of the best films in recent years.
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From Vikram Vedha To Vijay’s Theri: Seven Places You Need To Make A 'Madras Film'
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Vikram Vedha, Theri... 7 places to shoot a Madras film.

  • Posted on March 17, 2020May 13, 2020
  • by Team FC
Anirudh AR on places that go far beyond Central Station to establish a film as being unmistakably Chennai.
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Even Stars Like Rajinikanth, Vijay And Ajith Can’t Escape Stereotyping. Here Are 10 Tamil Cinema Tropes We Can Live Without
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Even Stars Like Rajinikanth And Vijay Can’t Escape Stereotyping

  • Posted on March 16, 2020May 13, 2020
  • by Ashutosh Mohan
From North Indian villains and elaborate hero introduction scenes to dying mothers and wives and heroes who farm just because it’s in fashion… Tamil cinema is a gift that keeps giving.
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