In the 1980s, there were only 63 Black films by, for, or about Black Americans. But in the 1990s, that number quadrupled, with 220 Black films making their way to cinema screens nationwide. What sparked this “Black New Wave?” Who blazed this path for contemporaries like Ava DuVernay, Kasi Lemmons and Jordan Peele? And how did these films transform American culture as a whole? Presenting The Class of 1989, a new limited-run series from pop culture critics Len Webb and Vincent Williams, hosts ...
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Q&A - Kaanal Neer vs Gangai Neer?
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Narasimhan raises this question from the Keladi Kanmani song (Pudhu Pudhu Arthangal) "How come Rahman (the hero) describes Sitara, his flirtation in the film, as Ganges water that quenches his thirst? He ultimately goes back to his wife so Sitara must be Kaanal neer (mirage) right?" Here we have three avid listeners of our podcast... Vanchinathan, Kaushik and Abhishek voicing out their views on the question. Vanchinathan and Kaushik answer based on the context of the song in the film, while Abhishek shares two other songs in which he has heard similar lyrics (one of them being a Thala Ajith film and the other from a film you perhaps would never even have heard of!)
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Narasimhan raises this question from the Keladi Kanmani song (Pudhu Pudhu Arthangal) "How come Rahman (the hero) describes Sitara, his flirtation in the film, as Ganges water that quenches his thirst? He ultimately goes back to his wife so Sitara must be Kaanal neer (mirage) right?" Here we have three avid listeners of our podcast... Vanchinathan, Kaushik and Abhishek voicing out their views on the question. Vanchinathan and Kaushik answer based on the context of the song in the film, while Abhishek shares two other songs in which he has heard similar lyrics (one of them being a Thala Ajith film and the other from a film you perhaps would never even have heard of!)
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