Prerna Singh The recent movie ’12th Fail’ has captured immense attention, becoming one of the most captivating and thought-provoking films in recent times. It tells the story of a poor Brahmin youth from a village, struggling to crack the UPSC exams. Featuring characters like Manoj Sharma, Pritam Pandey, Shraddha Joshi, and Gauri Bhaiya, the film …
Caught in a Traffic jam: Liberation in Malayalam cinema
Rupesh Kumar The Malayalam movie ‘Traffic’ has the actor Sreenivasan essaying complex roles; narrator, convict and the hero. I find it significant to analyze his role transformations and examine the explicit and implicit messages being conveyed in the movie as a reflection of Malayali society. The Narrator Why was Sreenivasan chosen to be the ‘philosophical’ …