![]() ![]() Little did the duo then know that their cinematic journey would commence with Subramaniapuram. Vasanthan later introduced him to Satyajit Ray courtesy Pather Panchali, a film that left young Kumar stunned. The director, then a class eight student, found a companion to share his passion - his music teacher Vasanthan. ![]() It also features an interview with Kumar, who reveals how he got hooked onto cinema during his school days in a boarding school in Kodaikanal where films were screened during weekends. Written by director Sasi Kumar and edited by Anand Pandian, an associate professor of anthropology at John Hopkins University, this book includes the screenplay, essays on the film, movie stills and unseen photographs from the sets. The English translation of this film’s screenplay is in print and was recently released in Chennai. Sasi Kumar, for inspiring me to go back to my roots.” Remember composer James Vasanthan’s song Kangal Irandal?īollywood director Anurag Kashyap called it his favourite film of the last decade and in his Hindi remake of the film, Gangs of Wasseypur, he made an acknowledgement: “To the Madurai triumvirate, Bala, Ameer Sultan and M. It was a story that brought alive the Madurai of the 1980s on screen, a gritty tale of friendship and betrayal, of love and revenge told realistically. Subramaniapuram was a trendsetter in Tamil cinema in 2008. ![]()
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