The Genius Of Kamal Haasan & Virumaandi #005
Queen is Dead - A Film, TV and Culture Podcast
English - February 02, 2021 07:03 - 35 minutes - 32.9 MBVisual Arts Arts Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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On the occasion of completing 17 years since its first release, the Kamal Haasan-starrer Virumandi has been released on Amazon Prime Video in India. We talk about how Kamal crafted the cult hit and how its ingenuity broke down the door for a new wave of filmmakers in the Tamil industry, such as Vetrimaaran and Lokesh Kanagaraj, to make culturally grounded commercial films ever since.