“For one, they are all about conflicted parents frightened of social persecution, parents who are not above considering murder. All of these films speak of the pressure of a big, bad system and how it influences individuals to do that which they would otherwise shudder to even consider.”
Tag: Gautham Menon
Putham Pudhu Kaalai Review: Sudha Kongara stars in an anthology that evokes mixed feelings
“It’s also fascinating to note that old people are integral parts of this new anthology. It’s a welcome development, is it not, that liberated from the rules surrounding feature films and star-centric cinema, these filmmakers are able to talk about an important section of society that’s damagingly stereotyped, even in the off-chance that they get depicted at all?”
After Maa, I’m motivated to make a short film myself: Gautham Menon
“Imagine if directors like Selvaraghavan and Lingusamy released such short films on YouTube every once in a while. These films barely take a couple of days of shooting, after all.”
Maa: An extraordinarily sensitive foray into the world of a middle-class family
Maa feels like Sarjun sneaked into your average middle-class family household and shot them without their knowledge.
The X man
Imagine if people, about 50 years later, still didn’t know who composed the music for this film. That would have been quite cool, no?”
Sudhir Srinivasan 