A play as part of Vaanam Art Festival. Photo: Special arrangement April is a month of celebration for director Pa Ranjith’s Neelam Cultural Centre. It is BR Ambedkar’s birth month, Dalit history month and the time when Vaanam Art Festival comes alive each year. “It demands joy,” says Vasugi Bhaskar, the editor of Neelam publication […]
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Vikram in a still from ‘Thangalaan’ | Photo Credit: Studio Green/YouTube Actor Vikram, who is enjoying glowing responses to his performance in Mani Ratnam’s Ponniyin Selvan 2, suffered a setback when he injured his rib during a rehearsal of his next project Thangalaan and will take a break from the shoot . To be directed […]
Continue ReadingA still from ‘Sarpatta Parambarai’ | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Director Pa Ranjith will be teaming up once again with Arya for the sequel of Sarpatta Parambarai. Titled Sarpatta 2, Arya confirmed the sequel via social media. Match பாக்க ready-யா? ரோஷமான ஆங்கில குத்துச்சண்ட🥊 Round 2️⃣#Sarpatta2 விரைவில்😎😍😍 A @beemji film @officialneelam#TheShowPeople@NaadSstudios#JatinSethi@kabilanchelliah@pro_guna@gobeatroutepic.twitter.com/z00LlbFq5B — Arya (@arya_offl) March 6, […]
Continue ReadingDaniel Caltagirone and Vikram from ‘Thangalaan’ | Photo Credit: @chiyaan/Twitter, @studiogreen/YouTube Vikram’s upcoming film Thangalaan, directed by Pa Ranjith, which already features a host of actors, has gotten a new addition. English actor Daniel Caltagirone, known for starring in Hollywood films like Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life, The Pianist and The Beach, […]
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Pa Ranjith, Athiyan Athirai, and the title poster of ‘Thandakaaranyam’ | Photo Credit: @AthiyanAthirai/Twitter Thandakaaranyam is the title of filmmaker-producer Pa Ranjith’s production banner Neelam Productions’ next. The film will be helmed by Athiyan Athirai, who helmed 2019’s critically-acclaimed Irandam Ulagaporin Kadaisi Gundu. Neelam Productions released a title poster of the film to announce the […]
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Srimathi and Yogi Babu in a still from ‘Bommai Nayagi’ | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement An arrhythmic arrangement of musical notes that eventually becomes an ascending scale; this is how one can picture the tempo of writer-director Shan’s Bommai Nayagi. There’s a sense of disconnect between the scenes that set up the film. We see […]
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From ‘Vikram’ to ‘Ponniyin Selvan,’ it was a superb year for Tamil cinema | Photo Credit: Collage by Albert Francis J Mudhal Nee Mudivum Nee Pray, what we’d give to just go back to simpler times — of listening to music at Music World, shopping at Spencer’s Plaza or taking a stroll on a clean […]
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The filmmaker’s success over a decade has ensured that Dalit culture, traditions and anti-caste politics have become an important part of the mainstream The filmmaker’s success over a decade has ensured that Dalit culture, traditions and anti-caste politics have become an important part of the mainstream Filmmaker Pa. Ranjith emerged onto the scene 10 years […]
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This is Ranjith’s finest and purest film, till date. Not just in terms of what it stands for but also the form with which it presents. This visual language is a departure for the filmmaker too This is Ranjith’s finest and purest film, till date. Not just in terms of what it stands for but […]
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Filmmaker Pa Ranjith discusses the politics of love in ‘Natchathiram Nagargirathu’ and how he has fine-tuned his craft over the years Filmmaker Pa Ranjith discusses the politics of love in ‘Natchathiram Nagargirathu’ and how he has fine-tuned his craft over the years “Should love exist only between a man and woman?” asks a queer character […]
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