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How Kumararaja changed the grammar of Tamil cinema - Kumararaja’s films are gritty but playful, referential but rooted, violent but funny, pulpy but formally ambitious, entertaining and prompting introspection through their plots; his film Aaranya Kaandam won a National Award, but its more enduring legacy was the filmmakers it inspired
Thehindu How Kumararaja changed the grammar of Tamil cinema Kumararaja’s films are gritty but playful, referential but rooted, violent but funny, pulpy but formally ambitious, entertaining and prompting introspection through their plots; his film Aaranya Kaandam won a National Award, but its more enduring legacy was… - ❤ 1