Several moments in Madharaasi, recently released on Amazon Prime, echo a snake and ladder dance between life and death.
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Vijetha teaches Communicative English at St Joseph’s University, Bengaluru and writes at rumlolarum.com
In Ghaati, Anushka Shetty plays Sheelavathi, a fighter but also a lover. Together with Desi Raju, her man (played by Vikram Prabhu), they are the protectors of the Ghaatis.
India’s imagination of Pakistani men is interesting only insofar as they seem to cast extremely good-looking gentlemen. But their depictions of Pakistani villainy need to go beyond Alif Laila.
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