Just a quick visual ode to the maestro KB and these remarkable actresses… Eyes are the windows of the soul in K.Balachander’s films. That’s why close-ups are very frequent in his cinematic language, especially for […]
Month: January 2019
Frame #8 : When stairs stare at you in “Anjali”
I love Anjali for many cinephile and personal reasons. One of them is the way Mani Ratnam depicts the life of a upper middle class neighborhood. Chitra (Revathi) and Shekar (Raghuvaran) move on in a […]
Frame(s) #7 : Aishwarya Rajesh framed within frames
In her young career, Aishwarya Rajesh has boldly played an interesting range of characters, often depicted on the screen with frames within frames. This visual technique is very meaningful as it shows little painting canvas, […]
Frame(s) #6 : Trees and humans in “Merku Thodarchi Malai”
Trees are important characters in Merku Thodarchi Malai. Firstly, they are used as benchmarks in the vast landscape to express the mountain people identities, to hang their flags. Thus, Rangu hangs his “kayli” at the […]
2018, a year of tamil cinema
Here is a panorama of tamil cinema in 2018, not exhaustive, but only made as a tribute to my favorite films, without any will of ranking them. This year of tamil cinema was marked by […]
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