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Non classé by 1916tamilcinemaDec 27, 201813 h 46 min27 December 2018
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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) have just fallen in love in the previous song sequence, […]

Non classé by 1916tamilcinemaDec 12, 201820 h 05 min14 December 2018
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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, un demi-dieu, diront certains, une figure charismatique et très influente, […]

Non classé by 1916tamilcinemaNov 24, 20185 h 40 min25 November 2018
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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 hair, stylish suits and a malaysian background. Director Pa.Ranjith said […]

Non classé by 1916tamilcinemaNov 18, 201817 h 53 min19 November 2018
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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 a nutshell. Ram (Vijay Sethupathi) is the soul of “96”, […]

Movies by 1916tamilcinemaAug 31, 201717 h 21 min31 August 2017
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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 is a new video series on Iconic dialogues of Tamil […]

Movies by 1916tamilcinemaNov 19, 201617 h 23 min21 November 2016
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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 random search for his songs or background music on Youtube […]

Movies by 1916tamilcinemaNov 12, 20161 h 58 min
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Miscellaneous touches : awaited masterpieces (Kaatru Veliyidai, Nenjam Marappathillai)

TRAILER : Nenjam Marappathillai, by Selvaraghavan. Darkness, craziness, freshness in tamil cinema. A baroque horror movie, like a dive into the intricacies of the eccentric Ramsay’s mind. A sophisticated cinematography by Arvind Krishna. A breath-taking acting […]

Movies by 1916tamilcinemaNov 12, 20161 h 46 min
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Miscellaneous touches : remembering Kamal Haasan’s movies.

Celabrating 20 years of Avvai Shanmugi Why I love AvvaiShanmugi : among other reasons, the lady’s walking style ! Some would say that the movie is the tamil version of Mrs Doubtfire. Indeed, it was […]

Movies by 1916tamilcinemaOct 11, 201619 h 03 min1 March 2020
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Frame(s) #2 : When the mother abandons her child in Mani Ratnam’s films.

When OK Kanmani was released last year, several articles and comments rightly highlighted a facet of Mani Ratnam’s brilliancy: he is the only tamil filmmaker who have made love stories for three generations (Mouna Ragam […]

Movies by 1916tamilcinemaSep 3, 201617 h 58 min11 October 2016
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Louis Malle on the set of Thillana Mohanambal : the unreachable otherness.

NB : you can turn on the english subtitles in the bottom bar of the video.  The unreachable otherness of tamil cinema for a french filmmaker  In 1968, french filmmaker Louis Malle went to a film festival […]

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