Ultimately, both Draupadi and Rudra Thaandavam, despite containing an interesting premise, feel simply like crafty arguments, mounted on exceptions, to defend the privileged and the powerful Director Mohan G is slowly perfecting the sinister art of turning the tables on the oppressor-oppressed relationship through some careful writing choices. His protagonists—on evidence of the two films…
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Bakasuran Movie Review: Mohan G’s latest film trains its furious, problematic gaze on women
The film identifies the right problems, offers superficial solutions, vilifies the wrong things, and exposes its own skewed perceptions The title, Bakasuran, is aglow in red flames, and the background music is simply a demonic scream. Director Mohan G is angry again, and this time, he is pissed off about young women and mobile phones. All…
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