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Manusangada: A powerful film at an important time
Minutes into Manusangada, Kolappan (Rajiv Anand) receives a phone call. His dad has passed away at the crack of dawn. He is shocked, tears breaking out, but first, he has to take care of the practicalities. He asks the person on the call to get an ice box and promises to be there as soon as possible. Kolappan gets up from his bed and disappears off camera. We hear the sound of water first and then the howl of Kolappan. The camera then dutifully follows each of Kolappan’s four friends as they wake up and disappear off screen, much like Kolappan. He is a grown man, who cries under the…
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The many lilts of Manmarziyaan
In Marmaziyaan, Rumi (Taapsee) says, “I don’t know where love ends and where marriage starts”. It is a throwaway line but somehow it resonates and acts as a fitting summary of what the film tries to convey. The film’s dialogues aren’t simply used to move the story forward; they also do a lot to add depth to its characters. In the case of this line, it adds vulnerability to Rumi’s otherwise confident persona. Dialogues aside, the beauty of Manmarziyaan, like it does usually in Anurag’s films, unravels in its music — specifically in four interludes: 1. The dhol in Dhayaan Chand The loud, brash, unbridled young love that throbs to the beats of the…
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The Nelson Dilipkumar Interview
The director's Kolamaavu Kokila that released last Friday has been lauded for its portrayal of women