Tag: Caste

Petta and Viswasam: Thalaivar, Thala and Caste

It has been over fifty days since the release of Rajinikanth’s Petta and Ajith’s Viswasam. It can be safely said that both, Thalaivar and Thala ,were winners at the box office.  Released during the Pongal season in Tamil Nadu earlier this year, and also across the country and the world, both the movies were unstoppable.... Continue Reading →

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Exploring new caste narratives in Masaan and Newton

Representation of caste on the big screen has seen an interesting departure from the established portrayals of the past. The offensive and unsavoury depictions of the defeated, helpless, dependent, unrefined, unimportant lower caste protagonist or supporting character bereft of agency has finally received criticism and is seeing gradual erasure.

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