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‘Cinema Is An Important Part Of the Tamil People. Just Being a Tiny Speck In That Ecosystem Gives Me a Sense Of Belonging.’

We catch up with Ranjani Krishnakumar, writer and marketer, about her passion for films and what it means to review movies!

Yaar Kaiyyil Kannagi: In Whose Imagination is Kannagi?

Kannagi, the revolutionary protagonist of Tamil epic Silappadikaram, has fascinated Tamil Nadu for several centuries as embodying various virtues — female subservience, perseverance, devotion, chastity, anger, power and justice. Ranjani Krishnakumar traces what she has meant to Tamil filmmakers, who continue to be fascinated to this day!