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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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