I’ve long suspected that ‘glamour’ is often used in the industry as a euphemism to commodify heroines. It appears to be used to persuade them into believing in the ‘commercial’ film system, as you put it; into believing that skin-show is an essential part of the system, of telling such stories.
Author: Sudhir Srinivasan
Dangal: A safe sports film that’s hard to dislike
I liked Dangal. It has everything you’d expect to see in a sports film. It has everything you’ve previously enjoyed in a sports film. Yet…
La La Land: The stuff of dreams
La La Land shows how songs can make for deeply satisfying exploratory adventures into the characters’ subconscious. It shows how such musical exaggerations can be beautifully escapist.
An obsessive compulsive quest for order
It’s more about the routine, about the ritual. It’s about knowing that these rituals indicate normalcy, and normalcy is usually safety.
I’m an actor, not a star: Jiiva
“Imagine if Kamal Haasan played Walter White (protagonist of Breaking Bad)?”
Sudhir Srinivasan 