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KollywoodWith all travel plans stalled for the foreseeable future, we take you on a trip from Singapore to Peru to Norway, with Tamil music playing in the background.Anjana Shekar“Andha dupatta va nenga thooki erinjeenga. Adhu apdiye parandhu poi, Dubai la vizhundhuchu dupatta. […] Anga oru song vekarom. ‘Dupatta dupatta… Un kannathila appata appata?’” (You pick up that dupatta and fling it. It flies and falls down in Dubai. […] We’ve got a song there: ‘Dupatta dupatta… shall I smear it on your cheek?’”). With this popular comedy reference from a Sathyaraj film, we open our listicle. Because this is perhaps the best explanation anyone could give for the logic, or the lack thereof, for why most film songs suddenly cut to an exotic foreign location. Indian cinema and its audience are a little too acquainted with this practice that at least one of the four songs from a film...
- 2/21/2021
- by Anjana
- The News Minute
![Song Kang-ho, Jung Ik-han, Jung Hyun-jun, Lee Joo-hyung, Lee Ji-hye, Lee Sun-kyun, Cho Yeo-jeong, Park Myeong-hoon, Park Keun-rok, Jang Hye-jin, Choi Woo-sik, Park Seo-joon, Park So-dam, Lee Jeong-eun, and Jung Ji-so in Parasite (2019)](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYWZjMjk3ZTItODQ2ZC00NTY5LWE0ZDYtZTI3MjcwN2Q5NTVkXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyODk4OTc3MTY@._V1_QL75_UX140_CR0,0,140,207_.jpg)
![Song Kang-ho, Jung Ik-han, Jung Hyun-jun, Lee Joo-hyung, Lee Ji-hye, Lee Sun-kyun, Cho Yeo-jeong, Park Myeong-hoon, Park Keun-rok, Jang Hye-jin, Choi Woo-sik, Park Seo-joon, Park So-dam, Lee Jeong-eun, and Jung Ji-so in Parasite (2019)](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYWZjMjk3ZTItODQ2ZC00NTY5LWE0ZDYtZTI3MjcwN2Q5NTVkXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyODk4OTc3MTY@._V1_QL75_UX140_CR0,0,140,207_.jpg)
Ott‘Parasite’ is the first foreign language film to win an Oscar for best picture. Tnm StaffParasite/FacebookMissed watching Bong Joon-Ho’s highly acclaimed film Parasite in the theatres? Or just want to watch it again to notice all the subtext? You can now watch it as many times as you like on Amazon Prime. Parasite’s release on Prime Video marks its exclusive India debut of the film. It has been released in Korean with English as well as Hindi subtitles. The South Korean film made history by becoming the first foreign language film to bag an Academy Award in the Best Picture category. It also won Bong Joon-Ho the Best Director award for a non-English film. The film won a third Oscar as well, for Best Original Screenplay. Full of dark humour, poignancy and suspense, Parasite revolves around two families – one quite rich and well-to-do, the other one poor,...
- 3/27/2020
- by Geetika
- The News Minute
![Song Kang-ho, Jung Ik-han, Jung Hyun-jun, Lee Joo-hyung, Lee Ji-hye, Lee Sun-kyun, Cho Yeo-jeong, Park Myeong-hoon, Park Keun-rok, Jang Hye-jin, Choi Woo-sik, Park Seo-joon, Park So-dam, Lee Jeong-eun, and Jung Ji-so in Parasite (2019)](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYWZjMjk3ZTItODQ2ZC00NTY5LWE0ZDYtZTI3MjcwN2Q5NTVkXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyODk4OTc3MTY@._V1_QL75_UX140_CR0,0,140,207_.jpg)
![Song Kang-ho, Jung Ik-han, Jung Hyun-jun, Lee Joo-hyung, Lee Ji-hye, Lee Sun-kyun, Cho Yeo-jeong, Park Myeong-hoon, Park Keun-rok, Jang Hye-jin, Choi Woo-sik, Park Seo-joon, Park So-dam, Lee Jeong-eun, and Jung Ji-so in Parasite (2019)](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYWZjMjk3ZTItODQ2ZC00NTY5LWE0ZDYtZTI3MjcwN2Q5NTVkXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyODk4OTc3MTY@._V1_QL75_UX140_CR0,0,140,207_.jpg)
Ott‘Parasite’ is the first foreign language film to win an Oscar for best picture. Tnm StaffParasite/FacebookMissed watching Bong Joon-Ho’s highly acclaimed film Parasite in the theatres? Or just want to watch it again to notice all the subtext? You can now watch it as many times as you like on Amazon Prime. Parasite’s release on Prime Video marks its exclusive India debut of the film. It has been released in Korean with English as well as Hindi subtitles. The South Korean film made history by becoming the first foreign language film to bag an Academy Award in the Best Picture category. It also won Bong Joon-Ho the Best Director award for a non-English film. The film won a third Oscar as well, for Best Original Screenplay. Full of dark humour, poignancy and suspense, Parasite revolves around two families – one quite rich and well-to-do, the other one poor,...
- 3/27/2020
- by Geetika
- The News Minute
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ControversyWhile the premise might be similar, the characters, motives and trajectory of the plot are completely different in 'Parasite'.Anjana ShekarMrs Doubtfire - Avvai Shanmugi, Memento - Ghajini, A Dirty Carnival - Jigarthanda. There are quite a few examples of Tamil films taking "inspiration" from a foreign language film or Hollywood. But recently, after the South Korean film Parasite picked up four Academy Awards at the recently concluded award ceremony, comparisons are being made between the film and a 1999 Tamil romantic comedy called Minsara Kanna. While most people who read these claims on social media laughed it off, the issue has now taken a serious turn with producer Pl Thenappan, who now holds the rights to this Tamil film, expressing his decision to file a case seeking compensation from the makers of Parasite. “On Monday or Tuesday, I will be filing a case with help from an international lawyer. They...
- 2/14/2020
- by Anjana
- The News Minute
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ControversyWhile the premise might be similar, the characters, motives and trajectory of the plot are completely different in 'Parasite'.Anjana ShekarMrs Doubtfire - Avvai Shanmugi, Memento - Ghajini, A Dirty Carnival - Jigarthanda. There are quite a few examples of Tamil films taking "inspiration" from a foreign language film or Hollywood. But recently, after the South Korean film Parasite picked up four Academy Awards at the recently concluded award ceremony, comparisons are being made between the film and a 1999 Tamil romantic comedy called Minsara Kanna. While most people who read these claims on social media laughed it off, the issue has now taken a serious turn with producer Pl Thenappan, who now holds the rights to this Tamil film, expressing his decision to file a case seeking compensation from the makers of Parasite. “On Monday or Tuesday, I will be filing a case with help from an international lawyer. They...
- 2/14/2020
- by Anjana
- The News Minute
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