Visaranai

2/9/2016

Visaaranai is an uncompromising, hard-hitting and spine-chilling account of abuse of power. When the film begins, we see Pandi (an effective Dinesh), a migrant in Andhra Pradesh, leaving the park where he and his friends have been spending the nights (it is their way of saving the money that they might have to spend on a residence) in the wee hours of the morning and rushing to open the provisional store where he works. It is still not dawn yet but the store's owner is slightly miffed that Pandi is late. A group of men come to the shop asking for an address, but Pandi makes them out as cops from Tamil Nadu and tries to distance himself from whatever their agenda is. The group moves on and moments later, a man comes and asks him if his name is Pandi. The instant he replies yes, the man catc

4/24/2016

> The dark side of the Indian police force. Another sensational movie from Dhanush K. Raja, the producer of 'The Crow's Egg' that I recently reviewed in this site. This time he joined the hands with the writer, director who bought him a best actor award at the Indian Academy Award for the movie 'Playground'. The film was based on the novel 'Lock Up' that loosely inspired by the experiences of the author who is an autorickshaw driver now. I already mentioned that Indian cinema is waking up, knocking the doors of the international film critics, films festivals and film buffs. Thanks to the young generation in the film industry, looking for the international market expansion. It's time for you to check it out some of the Indian parallel cinemas, not the masala films. If you think you're

6/23/2026

(CASTELLANO) Interrogation —Visaranai— es una película durísima. De esas que no se ven para pasar el rato, sino para salir con mal cuerpo y con la cabeza dando vueltas. Está basada en hechos reales, y eso pesa en cada escena. No porque la película lo subraye constantemente, sino porque todo lo que cuenta tiene esa sensación terrible de realidad posible, de abuso cotidiano, de gente pobre atrapada en un sistema que puede triturarla sin que casi nadie pregunte por ella. La historia arranca con varios trabajadores tamiles detenidos por la policía y torturados para que confiesen un delito que no han cometido. Ya solo esa parte es difícil de ver. La violencia no aparece como espectáculo, sino como método. Golpes, humillaciones, miedo, cansancio, indefensión. La película te mete en un lugar d