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Modern Love Chennai (2023)

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பாரதிராஜாவை பிறந்தநாளில் நினைவுகூர்ந்த கமல்ஹாசன் என்ன கூறினார்? முழு செய்தியை படிக்க 👇 #KamalHaasan #Bharathiraja #TamilCinema

Kamal Haasan: 'அவர் நம்முடன் இல்லையென்றாலும்…' - பாரதிராஜாவை நினைவுகூர்ந்த கமல்

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Bharathiraja, Master of Suburban Cinema - End of an Era

Bharathiraja, in his genre of films, was a filmmaker ahead of his time. His ability to depict realism, extracting outstanding performances from his lead actors and his contextual take on a divisive society was truly exceptional. I took 2 films as an example that showcases Bharathiraja’s brilliance on screen. Mudhal Mariyadhai (முதல் மரியதாய்) I know it features the thespian, Sivaji Ganesan. But…

Bharathiraja, Master of Suburban Cinema - End of an Era

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K. Bhagyaraj, Influential Tamil Filmmaker, Dies at 73

K. Bhagyaraj, the acclaimed Indian filmmaker, actor, and screenwriter, a central figure in Tamil cinema, died on 2026-06-27 at the age of 73. His passing marks the end of an era for an artist who profoundly influenced the trajectory of South Indian film through his distinctive narrative voice and multifaceted contributions as a director, writer, and performer. Bhagyaraj was celebrated for his…

K. Bhagyaraj, Influential Tamil Filmmaker, Dies at 73

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Bharathiraja Death: Tamil Cinema Legend Dies at 84 — Rajinikanth, Vijay & Suriya Pay Tribute; Last Rites With Full State Honours - Pulse By

Legendary filmmaker Bharathiraja passes away at 84, leaving behind a timeless legacy that transformed Tamil cinema through authentic storyte

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Movie Review | Tik Tik Tik (Bharathiraja, 1981)

There's a musical sequence here where the photographer hero falls in love with the model heroine, and it's told through an aggressively edited series of POV shots and reverse shots, him snapping pictures of her through his camera, her gazing back at him lovingly. The movie flips between the two images as their infatuation builds, as if to blend them into one, making us both voyeur and the object of observation. Normally you could hold it against a movie for montaging its way through the development of a romance rather than doing real narrative legwork, but when a movie does it this strikingly, I'm willing to give it a pass.

The premise, about a photographer who becomes embroiled in a series of gruesome murders, makes this sound like an Indian take on giallo, and there's some truth to that. It's neither as violent nor as sexually explicit as the real deal (most likely due to stricter censorship), and the eventual reveal of a criminal conspiracy and absence of the voyeur angle for most of the runtime certainly detract from the psychosexual charge one associates with the genre. And while the movie frontloads its musical sequences (all very stylishly edited and with a nice rock'n'roll flavour) so as to shift emphasis to the plot for the bulk of the runtime, I'm not sure how well it hangs together as a thriller. But that editing sensibility remains, with the movie finding interesting, off-kilter visual associations as it stitches together the action with a staccato rhythm.

More importantly, how many giallo have you seen where the hero relieves himself out a balcony onto the guy living downstairs, and loses his pants in an overlong comedy scene until he abruptly stumbles on a gruesome murder, at which point the editing style kicks into overdrive? I rest my case.