Edhu thevayo, adhu dharmam, Aaranyakaandam says at the beginning and at the end. Righteousness is whatever is necessary at any point. It means there can be no objective morality in a world that isn’t an equal playing ground. For some privileged and comfortable enough, a belief in virtue and righteous behaviour may be possible. For some others, survival…

I have a feeling I’m going to end up repeating a lot of what I said about the first Dhurandhar film. So, let me get it out of the way and summarise quickly: terrific use of music, dynamic action choreography whose repeated gore blunts its own effect, propaganda that’s more in-your-face this time… and a…

There’s a wicked moment in Vaa Vaathiyaar, when a minister is forced to read off a script over the phone, so a group of eavesdropping young activists can be conned by the performance, and walk themselves into trouble. The minister totally aces the performance, and you already know why. The damning assessment of Vaa Vaathiyaar is…

At one point in Parasakthi, someone observes that language isn’t merely a tool to express thought. It is thought itself. Languages aren’t clothes you can change for convenience and still remain the same person inside. Each alters you. To suffocate one language or impose another, then, isn’t simply a superficial shift. It is a demand for transformation. It…