By Uditha Devapriya The female dancer’s form figures prominently in Sinhalese art and sculpture. Among the ruins of the Lankatilake Viharaya in Polonnaruwa is a series of carvings of dwarves, beasts, and performers. They surround a decapitated image of a standing Buddha, secular figures dotting a sacred space. Similar figures of dancing women adorn the […]
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Kanda vara solunga’ song in the upcoming Dhanush-starrer,
Karnan, has also captured millions of hearts. “The movies help cement the space for Madurai s folk artists,” says Murugadoss.
Some of the famous plays Swamigal wrote include
Sathyavaan Savithri, Pavazhakkodi Charithram, Valli Thirumanam, Harichandra Mayaana Kaandam, Kovalan Charithram, Rama Ravana Yuddham, Veera Pandya Katta Bomman, Madurai Veeran, Chitraangi Vilaasam and
Nala Damayanthi. “These are still loved. Call sheets are put up regularly on the walls of the sangam calling for artistes to perform,” says Murugadoss.
Theatre lover and blogger, K Arasu says, “Though Madurai has a reputation of making a movie a hit or a flop, it has also always celebrated and respected theatre artists.” The State Government, he says, erected a statue honouring Swamigal in 1967 at the Tamukkam grounds. “The auditorium inside the grounds was also named after him.”
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Moulee has the Midas touch. Be it theatre, screenwriting, film direction, the 73-year-old veteran has made significant strides on all his undertakings. Having started his career in the black-and-white era, he has now made his foray into the flourishing Tamil OTT space with Madhavan’s Maara, the Tamil remake of Malayalam film Charlie.
Directed by debutant Dhilip Kumar, the film impressed many with its fresh take on Dulquer Salmaan’s pop phenomena. One of the major talking points of the film is Moulee’s Velayya and his moving love story. Some might even argue that Velayya is the protagonist of Maara. We got in touch with Moulee to speak about the film, and about his journey and place in Tamil cinema. Excerpts from the interview: