Iruvar: Okay, Is It My Fault That I Didn’t Understand This Movie? Or Is It Because I Needed To Know 60 Years of DMK History?

I was watching this movie so closely!  So closely!  I know the drill with Ratnam films, he just drops in these little bits and then moves on so you can’t look away for a second.  And yet, I was still completely lost.  But I don’t think it’s my fault!  Or at least, not my fault because I wasn’t watching closely enough, but because I didn’t have the expected background.

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Fitoor Review: FanFic for Armchair Political Theorists (No Spoilers!)

I saw Fitoor!  Opening night!  There were, maybe, 20 other people in the theater!  Not good.  I’ll be curious to see how the box office shakes out.  I’ll also be curious to read the reviews.  Because I was expecting some subtle political statement, and oh my gosh!  It’s just an anthropomorphized debate on the Kashmir Question!

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