Rebellious Thoughts

Google defines an anti-hero as, “A central character in a story, drama or film who lacks conventional heroic attributes.” ------------------------ In Tamil Cinema, we’ve had the privilege of watching big superstars donning the role of an anti-hero. Surprisingly, fans have flocked into the theatres for such films and made them blockbusters. Just like how Arnold Schwarzenegger beautifully portrayed a genocidal machine in the Terminator series, many stars down south have done the same and reaped well-deserved rewards. Before we get into the listicle, we’ll talk about the distinguishing characteristics of a villain and an anti-hero. Villains are characters whose evil actions are important to the plot. Anti-heroes can have attributes that aren’t necessarily evil. A good example can be Robinhood who used to steal from the rich and give it to the poor. Even though he was stealing, which is a crime, we somehow empathised with him after he donated the bounty to the poor. We can conclude

In cinematography , the Dutch angle is one of the cinematic techniques used to portray psychological uneasiness or tension in the subject being filmed. This is a technique used by film makers to showcase a disturbing shot by giving the audience a clue of what they will witness in the screen later. In the below picture, we can see visualise the building as a normal one without any mysterious or scary elements associated with it. This doesn't have the oblique or Dutch Angle. In the picture below, after adding a filter and equipping the Dutch Angle we can totally visualise the same house as one which has mysterious elements attached to it.  This technique has been exploited to the fullest in most movies. I vividly remember the Mission Impossible movie released in 1996 which used this technique.  There's an argument involving witty monologues between Tom Cruise and the antagonist shown with the Dutch Angle. Then there's an explosion in the huge fish tank in the hotel. T

"Macha, come da! We'll go watch Chamak." "No da. Wait for one more week. We'll go watch Sketch. The trailer is kadak. I'm not watching Chamak and all." "Maga.. But you stay in Bengaluru and choose a Tamil movie over a Kannada movie. What ra macha?" "Macha, I don't want to watch a movie without a strong storyline and the ones whose slapstick humour makes me want to slap the director." It was a cold morning on the 23rd of July, 2016. My family had decided to watch ,'Kabali' in Rex Theatre on arguably the most famous street of Bangalore- Brigade Road. Everything was going fine until I saw cosplayers impersonating the look of Rajnikanth in the film. The original jet black hair of the cosplayer was dyed in white colour. He was also wearing a grey blazer coupled with a grey waistcoat to amplify the look. Those lennon glasses had a tint of grey to complete the look. Fans' associations were sporting Kabali T-shirts, each