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Interview: Basil Joseph (A spoilery deep dive into the writing and making of ‘Minnal Murali’)
Posted on January 4, 2022
Baradwaj Rangan 
MANK
January 5, 2022
Damn, i got that “Thaniyavarthanam” connection just right :). Of course, what the director intended and what i felt doesn’t have to be in sync for my appreciation of a film, but it feels good when one gets what the director intended.
Great conversation btw
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MANK
January 5, 2022
Kudos to Basil for putting so much layering, detailing and originality into a superhero movie. The motif about crows, the St. George iconography, all those mirror images regarding fire and personal relationships etc. makes it a very enriching experience. Lazy, plagiarist directors like Priyadarshan should learn from these youngsters how to make a mainstream commercial film with great production and aesthetic value. Watching Minnal Murali after watching Marakkar was like getting a shot of insulin after falling prey to diabetes.
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krishikari
January 5, 2022
Fantastic interview. The conversation went into every detail, and looked very enjoyable.
I loved that Basil even talked about Shibu’s blanket. In every village or small town there used to be a long haired, long nailed guy with some tragic history, dragging around, living in a ditch, wrapped in a black blanket with the red stripe. That blanket was so evocative to me. We used to call them beedi blankets as they always smelled of beedi smoke even newly purchased. I had one in my faux hippie phase.
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krishikari
February 1, 2022
As you were speaking of outside reach of South Indian movies on another post, I thought I would share this reaction video which I found quite enjoyable and these two found a lot of references which I not being a big superhero genre fan missed. Interesting also how foreigners who have a obviously watched a lot of Indian movies look at these village based movies. Other than very language specific nuances they don’t miss much and are very admiring of the most effective use of special effects.
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