How Tamil cinema romanticises agriculture by ignoring issues of caste and gender
With the ‘save farmers’ trope coming back to mainstream discussion after the jallikattu protests in 2017, movies once again began connecting Tamil identity to agriculture. Any threat to agriculture was seen as a threat to Tamil identity itself. Akchayaa Rajkumar writes.
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Rajinikanth visits under-construction Ram temple in Ayodhya
The Superstar, accompanied by his wife Latha, also visited the Hanumangiri temple in Ayodhya.
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Mari Selvaraj, ‘Maamannan’, and the cinema of caste in Tamil Nadu
A new generation of Tamil filmmakers are confronting the caste-glorification films of the past – but controversy is often quick to follow, and Tamil cinema’s history with caste is more complex than many recognise. Karthik Ram Manoharan writes.
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In a first for Tamil Cinema, only women-centric films release over New Year weekend
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Portrait of Shivaji Ganesan by Lata Mangeshkar's sister Usha Mangeshkar.
This was gifted to Shivaji Sir by Lata Di herself with whom she had a close bonding.
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