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various aspects of filmmaking of yesteryears and how certain descriptions were pre-eminently present like that of a huge dining table and a dressing table scene where the protagonist would be having food or the heroine chooses her sari from a wardrobe. Images depicting luxurious bungalows, luscious surroundings and sumptuous meals formed the part of the films because the theatres were the only space where the subaltern could view those extravaganzas.

kaatchippizhai Magazine Description:

A group of writers and social scientists — many of them based in Madurai — have launched a full-fledged research journal, ‘Kaatchi Pizhai' (Refractive Error) in Tamil. The journal is dedicated to discuss, debate, criticise and review films and everything related to films. cinema was a theoretically challenging subject, a very complex area of study which needed to be explored more. “There is a crisis of academic criticism as we do not have separate disciplines such as cultural studies or film studies as in the West, and even if it is there, it is in a nascent stage.”