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Based on CPI(M) MP Su Venkatesan’s novel, 'Velpari' traces the life of the legendary Tamil ruler Vel Paari and his resistance against the Chera, Chola, and Pandya dynasties.
Shankar's vision feels socially dated. It’s not that his brand of storytelling has changed; the problem is that it’s still the same.
Director Shankar’s latest, is an attempt at a return to form. At times, it feels like an aging band playing their greatest hits. At others, it feels like covers by a tribute act—there’s warmth in the familiar melodic turns and an ability to surprise yet.
If television had advertisements, Shankar’s films had music, where the narrative takes a pause and unhinges itself, stretching the imagination in a yawn that bends the logic of time and space. But, as we push forward into a new era, and as fears further change, the form must bend—or the form shall wither.
