Dorothy is almost a horror film, isn’t it? The setting of period Madurai feels like a ghost town, where anecdotes of murders and suicides are casually shared. “This is where my mother and sister’s bodies were found!” says young Subbu. Something about this young boy being so nonchalant about it broke me, just as it…
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The Ilaiyaraaja interview
“Dressed in white, as though he needed further deifying, he sits in front of you, waiting for your first question. You blurt out astonishment that he’s worked on more than 1,000 films, more than 7,000 songs, and more than 20,000 concerts. It’s astronomical, and it’s almost frightening. “
Nagarvalam: An unaffecting, even if sincerely shot, drama
I suppose you have to be grateful that the second half is at least generally devoid of attempts at humour. Small mercies.
Revathi: Divya was a lot like me
“That’s what amazed me about Mani—that a man could think about these things. It’s not easy. Even when my friends got married, I didn’t think about this.”
Rudraiah: The man whose film shook the Tamil industry
“His debut film was a pet project of our gang. That differentiated all of us from being just talkers. We were also doers.”
