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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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Frame #4 : Love struggles in “Minsara Kanavu”
Film : Minsara Kanavu Director : Rajiv Menon Cinematography : Ravi K.Chandran Cast : Prabhu Deva, Kajol, Aravind Swamy Deva (Prabhu Deva) and Priya (Kajol)…
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“Annamalai” ou la fabrique de la Superstar Rajinikanth
Rajinikanth, de son vrai nom, Sivaji Rao Gaekwad, a, depuis longtemps, quitté le costume trop étriqué de simple acteur pour devenir une icône populaire,…
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Kaali and Kabali : mirroring characters of “Superstar” Rajinikanth
NB : Take a look at the video before reading this quick analysis. Kabali is a modern reminiscence of Mullum Malarum Kaali, with graying…
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“Still the same” : thoughts about ’96 Ram
Ram : the loner “96” could have been named the Life of Ram, as the opening song is, in my view, the whole movie in…
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Iconic dialogues of Tamil cinema #1 : “Thiruppura Sundari” (Michael Madana Kama Rajan, 1990)
After some months of break, 1916 is back with some new articles and other stuff that people who love tamil cinema will like ! Here…
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Enchantment in the making : Ilaiyaraaja’s re-recordings for Bharathiraja’s films
In the mood for Ilaiyaraaja. That’s a very ordinary and quite daily feeling for anyone who grew up listening to his music. In fact, 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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