Tamil director Bharathiraja’s masterpiece movie ‘Mudhal Mariyathai’: a Russian connection and initial misgivings
Actors Sivaji Ganesan and Radha in the Tamil film ‘Mudhal Mariyathai’ | Photo Credit: The Hindu Archives One of diretor Bharathiraja’s masterpieces,Mudhal Mariyathai, which portrayed the love between an ageing hero and a young woman, had its genesis in the love story of Russian writer Fyodor Dostoevsky and Anna Snitkina, who was 25 years younger…