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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

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

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.

Train Of Thought In Mani Ratnam’s Alaipayuthey

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Train Of Thought In Mani Ratnam’s Alaipayuthey

Posted on March 27, 2020May 19, 2020
by Team FC

The symbolism and metaphors in the movie, starring Madhavan and Shalini, render the film timeless and set its creator Mani Ratnam apart from the rest, writes FC Reader Hariharasudhen Nagarajan

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The Debate Over Dhanush’s Voiceovers In Gautham Vasudev Menon’s ‘Enai Noki Paayu...

Posted on December 2, 2019May 13, 2020
by Baradwaj Rangan

Every time someone tries something new, audiences are amused. Take Mani Ratnam’s dialogues. People used to laugh: “Mani Ratnam padam hero maadhiri pesaadhe.” (As in, don’t speak in those clipped tones.)

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PC Sreeram Talks About His Collaborations With Mani Ratnam, Kamal Haasan And Balki

Posted on December 8, 2018May 14, 2020
by Team FC

‘Ashok Kumar and Mahendran were rock stars’, says the National-Award winning cinematogrpaher

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