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25 Hindi Movies For Your Bollywood-Illiterate Foreigner Friend

Posted on May 14, 2020May 14, 2020
by Prathyush Parasuraman

This is not a list that will shatter the stereotype of what a “Bollywood” film is. It is a list of films from the past 20 years, meant to breathe life into it- long films, class conflicts, colour and rage, dance-offs on stage.

Alaipayuthey Created A World That Is Believable, Which Is Why I Feel That It Has The Sense Of An Eternal Love Story: Madhavan

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Alaipayuthey Created A World That Is Believable: Madhavan

Posted on April 20, 2020May 13, 2020
by Team FC

In a free-wheeling conversation with Baradwaj Rangan, Madhavan speaks about 20 years of Alaipayuthey, the audience reaction at Devi theatre, the gooseflesh he gets even now while narrating that reaction, how it ensured he made the move from Bombay to Chennai, and more.

ks Back On The Bigness Of The Big Screen

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Memories Of The Movie Theatre: Nayakan, Mother India, Karma...

Posted on April 19, 2020May 19, 2020
by Baradwaj Rangan

The lockdown has only meant that we are craving for something we can’t have right now: Going to the movies

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Happy Birthday Vikram: 30 Years; 30 Dimensions

Posted on April 17, 2020May 15, 2020
by Ashutosh Mohan

Today, as Vikram rings in his 55th birthday, we mark 30 years of his acting career by listing 30 notable roles, from the explosive Saamy and the poignant Deiva Thirumagal to films such as Anniyan and I, where the star and the performer come together, something that Vikram has, uniquely, come to be known for.

Five Years Of O Kaadhal Kanmani: How This Dulquer Salman, Nithya Menen-Starrer Gave Us Back The Mani Ratnam We Love

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Five Years Of Mani Ratnam's OK Kanmani

Posted on April 16, 2020May 19, 2020
by Team FC

The film, which explored a live-in relationship, was probably just an intelligent rehash of Mani’s earlier works. But, it provided a whiff of fresh air in the romance film genre, writes FC Reader Sundar Rajan

Raghuvaran — Why The Spot He Occupied In Tamil Cinema Is Still Vacant?

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Raghuvaran: Why The Spot He Occupied In Tamil Cinema Is Still Vacant?

Posted on April 15, 2020May 19, 2020
by Team FC

One of the few actors who used his body as an instrument, his exceptional craftsmanship and unique voice are still missed, writes FC Reader Sundar Rajan

aipayuthey Created A World That Is Believable, Which Is Why I Feel That It Has The Sense Of An Eternal Love Story: Madhavan

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10 Memorable Moments From Mani Ratnam’s Alaipayuthey, Which Turns 20

Posted on April 14, 2020May 19, 2020
by Baradwaj Rangan

That the same filmmaker has — over a 30-year period — made a defining love story for three generations is itself something special. What makes Alaipayuthey even more remarkable is… well, read on.

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Which Indian Filmmaker Would Make The Perfect Pandemic Movie?

Posted on April 13, 2020May 15, 2020
by Team FC

Who could tell a love story in the age of social distancing? Or a social drama on the dark times we’re living in?

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After The Credits Roll: Karthik & Shakthi, 20 Years After Alaipayuthey

Posted on April 10, 2020May 13, 2020
by Vishal Menon

Have 20 years of marriage changed Karthik and Shakthi? Shaad Ali, who worked on the classic love story starring Madhavan and Shalini, and directed the film’s Hindi remake Saathiya, wonders…

Rana Daggubati Picks His Favourite Films

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Rana Daggubati Picks The 34 Films That Have Shaped Him

Posted on April 8, 2020May 9, 2020
by Team FC

The actor and producer shares a varied list of movies that range from Spielberg and Mani Ratnam to NT Rama Rao

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3 Years Of Kaatru Veliyidai: A Lockdown Perspective Of Love & Lust

Posted on April 7, 2020May 20, 2020
by Prathyush Parasuraman

Mani Ratnam’s film, on bruteness and fragility, made me think about how we negotiate love and sex in such fraught times.

#9 Of Lockdown: Mani Ratnam’s Only Malayalam Outing Unaru, Starring Mohanlal

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Day #9 Of Lockdown: Mani Ratnam’s Only Malayalam Outing Unaru

Posted on April 2, 2020May 9, 2020
by Vishal Menon

If one can look past the heightened melodrama in certain scenes and Ilaiyaraaja’s ear-piercing shehnai accompanying it, Unaru is a film with a lot to offer.

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