Roja holds a special place in my life as a cinephile. Growing up in Mumbai as a Tamilian, my movie universes were always mutually exclusive, it was always Kamal / Rajini at home and Amitabh outside. Mani Ratnam was celebrated thanks to Sunday Afternoon Doordarshan viewings of Mouna Raagam, Anjali and Nayakan. But even with …
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Adhisaya Kadhal: How I Learned to Love Good Tamil Cinema
I am a cinema fanboy who grew up in Matunga during the 80s and 90s. For the uninitiated, Matunga is a sleepy suburb in Bombay that was once the western-most bastion for Tamil Brahmins in India; it is still considered by many to be part of the holy triumvirate of Iyer suburbs along with Malleshwaram …
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