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Should Tamil cinema resurrect the dead ?
The collective anxiety created by the AI-altered Raanjhanaa is quite understandable : a production house (Eros International) using artificial intelligence to resurrect Dhanush’s character in order to…
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International Conference on « Representation of Justice in Indian Cinema »
I will talk about the forms and reception of T.J Gnanavel’s ‘Jai Bhim’ tomorrow at the SARI International Conference on « Representation of Justice in Indian…
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Alaipayuthey : love, class and the possibility of a home
This article was first published on my Instagram page, in August 2024. Shakthi and Karthik, through a sociological lens Mani Ratnam’s love trilogy reflects his…
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‘Thenmozhi’ : an anti-soup song ?
‘Thenmozhi’ was one of last year’s hit songs and like many, I was hooked on, as much as I loved Thiruchitrambalam. The interesting thing when…
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Badass & beautiful : Bhanumathi.
Actress, producer, director, writer, music director, singer. Is there anything Bhanumathi didn’t try in the field of cinema ?Born in 1925 in a middle class…
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Iraivi, questions of feminism
To be noted : This was written two years ago, in February 2020, as posts in my Instagram page. Iraivi is often labelled as a…
Shakila Zamboulingame
Born in Pondicherry but living in France since childhood, I started this writing project in 2016 to analyze Tamil cinema through a diasporic point of view. I am working on a Phd in film studies and anthropology entitled “Tamil Cinema in Diaspora: Film Culture, Spectatorship, and Identities” (RiRRa21, Université of Montpellier Paul Valéry – Cesah, EHESS), about the experience of Tamil cinema in the communities of Tamil immigration and exile in France. I regularly write and give lectures on Indian cinemas, Tamil diaspora and diasporic audiences. You can read my writings here, on Instagram where I am more active, and in some publications.
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