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Interview: Maaveeran director on cinematic choices, need for criticism, and Yogi Babu
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InterviewMadonne Ashwin, who directed ‘Maaveeran’, speaks on how he views cinema, not compromising a person’s dignity on screen, crediting the inspirations behind the film in its end titles, and more.Madonne AshwinMadonne Ashwin’s second feature Maaveeran has charmed many, and the director seems to be firmly set on the path of making films that are different yet fall within the commercial genre. A local politician’s attempt to move the people of a slum into substandard accommodation, citing ‘development’, forms the background of the Sivakarthikeyan-starrer Maaveeran. A timid illustrator Sathya (Sivakarthikeyan) prefers to lie low and not raise his voice against injustice, but a mind voice (Vijay Sethupathi) nudges him to discover the hero in him. Ashwin’s debut Mandela bagged two National Awards (Best Debut Film and Best Screenplay - Dialogue), but what people remember and thank the director for most is for gifting comedian Yogi Babu...
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  • 7/27/2023
  • by LakshmiP
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