But did the director really mean it? If your answer to this question is ‘who cares?’, then join a bunch of film lovers as we take on a few scenes and discuss them to death. In other words, let’s forget about reviewing and begin critiquing. A familiarity with deconstructionist techniques will be useful. As also a sharp mind and a refusal to be cowed down by the ‘classics’.
BARADWAJ RANGAN is a film critic and Senior Deputy Editor at The Hindu . He won the National Award (Swarna Kamal) for Best Film Critic of 2005. His writings on cinema, music, art, books, travel and humour have been published in various national magazines like Open, Tehelka, Biblio, Outlook and Caravan . He has co-written the screenplay for the Tamil rom-com Kadhal 2 Kalyanam . He teaches a course on cinema at the Asian College of Journalism, Chennai. He has contributed to various anthologies, the most recent being an essay in Subramaniyapuram: The Tamil Film in English Translation . His first book, Conversations with Mani Ratnam , was published in 2012, and his second, Dispatches from the Wall Corner , in October 2014.
When: January 18, Sunday, 10.00 a.m. – 1.00 pm
Where: Sir Mutha Venkatasubba Rao Concert Hall, Harrington Road, Chennai
Fee: Rs.1,000
Seats: 30 people only
Age limit: 18 to 30 only
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