மைந்தரின் மண்
மண்ணிலை தேசம் என்னும் மனிதரே தேசமென்னும்
வண்ணமாய் உரைகள் செய்யும் கேட்டதை மீட்டொலிக்கும்
எண்ணிய மனதின் போக்கில் அவரவர் வாழ்வதற்கு
மண்ணொரு திடல்தான் மன்னோ அரங்கமா நகருளானே
(கலித்துறை)
Will KamalHassan apologise for Mahanadhi ?
Background For long, KamalHaasan’s classic Thevar Magan has been subjected to criticism that it was insufficiently aware of how the film - despite its patronising and pontifical tone - would be received with a warm glow of pride by the Thevars. Indeed, there is no contesting that ‘potri paadadi ponne’ - a Thevar paen - has come to become a peerless anthem of sorts. While the extent of ‘out-of-context’ celebration may have been surprising, one cannot lose sight of the fact that song itself realised a specific purpose within and for the film first: within the film’s narrative and for, one reasonably assumes, the film's commercial prospects then. To imbue the makers in the business of mainstream films with virtues of thorough naivete is unnecessary. That said, over the years, the criticism has gradually escalated to the absurd heights of accusing him of gross social irresponsibility for not anticipating everything that the song has come to stand for. This type of reductive engagemen
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