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”, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Na. Muthukumar : when poetry meets cinema
Last year, at the London Indian Film Festival, director Mani Ratnam answered the interviewer about the use of songs in indian cinema : « In a flow of a film, it lets you reach an arc […]
Frame #1 : Avargal, K.Balachander, 1977.
N.B : Small spoilers ahead…Another article with a detailed analysis of this movie will be written soon. Avargal (« They ») is a landmark and cult movie released in 1977, written and directed by K.Balachander. It takes us […]
1916 : the lost movie
Why did i choose “1916”, as the name of this blog ? 1916 is not an ordinary year for tamil cinema : it’s the date of birth, the first cry, the “pillayar suzhi” of this industry. […]
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