Category: Kollywood
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Retro: A Genre-Spliced Krishna Trip
There’s a scene in Jigarthanda DoubleX that doesn’t just whisper Karthik Subbaraj’s philosophy; it flaunts it. Caesar, the gangster-turned-gun-slinging film junkie, watches a Clint Eastwood western in a crumbling theatre, transfixed. Then, as if summoned by Eastwood himself, he walks not beside the screen but through it, literally exiting via a door carved into the…
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Bombay: Notes from a Burning House
This essay is part of the Pesum Padam – Mani Ratnam Retrospective Series and revisits Bombay. Watch the retrospective on youtube. It’s hard to say exactly when the house began to burn. Was it the moment Shaila Banu and Shekhar first exchanged glances on a quiet boat ride in Tirunelveli? Was it when their love, innocent…
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Mouna Ragam: Why Mani Ratnam’s Classic Still Hits Hard
Written as part of the Pesum Padam – Mani Ratnam Retrospective Series, this piece revisits Mouna Ragam. Click to watch the Mouna Ragam retrospective. A girl, a boy, an arranged marriage, the ghost of a lost love, the divorce papers, the heart that will not quit. That is Mouna Ragam in six beats, Mani Ratnam’s 1986 film that…
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Raayan: Intense, Violent, and Claustrophobic Fast Food
Remember how Vetrimaran’s Aadukalam begins? A frantic crowd tries to breach a brick house from every direction, and a piece of wood splinters as someone smashes it against the door, revealing a man inside watching with eerie detachment. Picture Dhanush in that moment—his face twisted with rage, a bloodied sickle in hand, anger bubbling beneath…
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Violence in Tamil Movies- PesumPadam
Explore the unseen repercussions of violence in Tamil films on our youth. Our latest PesumPadam podcast episode tackles this head-on, questioning where artistic license ends and social responsibility begins. Tune in!
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