opinion

Director V Sekhar made a handful of Tamil films in the 1990s that beautifully and endearingly reflected on the lives of ordinary people.

The meet revolved around the topic of the moral responsibility of actors and their ethics to turn down a role that sets a bad example for the public.

I am not diminishing the importance of this day; I am interested in the way it has changed in its text, tenor and tone. Maybe it needs to be re-examined?

The metrics for being a good child are very different for boys and girls. There exists a soft bigotry of low expectations when it comes to boys, and a very high degree of expectations from a girl

Bala's life is a complete mess. His girlfriend dumps him even before the film opens, his career isn’t going anywhere and as far as his confidence is concerned – it doesn’t exist.

The Kartik Aaryan brand of movies ooze misogyny and dear good men of the world, you need to reject this, loudly, clearly, unequivocally.