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Mukesh Manjunath • The Age Of Heroes: The Incredible World of Telugu Cinema
Thierry Frémaux, head of the Cannes Film Festival and a vocal critic of streamers, understood this well when he presented the dilemma at a Cannes press conference in 2021. “What directors have been discovered by [streaming] platforms?” he asked. It wasn’t a rhetorical question. Frémaux began calling on journalists to name an auteur whose career had... See more
Will Tavlin • Casual Viewing | Will Tavlin
The film’s protagonist, Arjun, is abusive, misogynistic, and an all-round terrible human being. This much has been understood. Even his Hindi counterpart, Kabir, did not differ much.
Mukesh Manjunath • The Age Of Heroes: The Incredible World of Telugu Cinema
In the film SP Parasuram (1994), Chiranjeevi, playing the titular role, teamed up with Sri Devi after their phenomenal success in Jagadekaveerudu Athilokasundari (1990). Despite the star power, the film only did average business owing to the clichéd and weak character assigned to Sri Devi, which left audiences disappointed.