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Tamil director Bharathiraja’s masterpiece movie ‘Mudhal Mariyathai’: a Russian connection and initial misgivings

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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…

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Bharathiraja, ace film director, passes away

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Bharathiraja, ace film director, passes away

Renowned Tamil film director Bharathiraja passed away in Chennai on Wednesday (June 10, 2026). The ace director who had been ailing for a while, was 84. Celebrated for shifting Tamil cinema from studio-bound film-making to authentic rural landscapes, and for his iconic opening line, “Yen Iniya Tamil Makkale,” delivered in his distinctive voice, he was…

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