Gained in Translation: On Padmavati, a Kannaki cue
Tamil women will gladly give a piece of advice to their Rajasthan sisters. Hey, beware of myths. They are nothing but old feudal traps to catch us.
Padmavati poster. (File)
I have now stopped watching TV news bulletins. There are nothing but angry faces, ferocious voices and words of chilling, murderous intent. Colourful attires, turbans, sabres, almost like in a carnival. More the TV cameras, higher the pitch. The provocation? An imagined assault by a filmmaker who has woven a dream contrary to their own. Who dared to retell a myth. It is an assault on their pride; an insult to their women, on whose shoulders remained the honour of their clan, tribe, community. They, men and women, the custodians of a sentiment long revered, cannot take it lying low.
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