Ranjani

I was just reading @gradwolf’s article on Tamil independent cinema. It ends with the speculation that the indies will eventually be “absorbed” into the mainstream. After two decades as an independent filmmaker, I’ve found myself making a film with the Tamil mass audience firmly in mind. But I don’t feel “absorbed”. I feel “expansive”. I’ve self-produced the film, so my creative autonomy remains intact. I’ve changed my audience, not my allegiance. Now comes the interesting bit: distribution. I’m curious to see if I can navigate that beast with the same vigour—and what happens when the film meets the audience it was made for. Maybe the question isn’t whether the indies will be absorbed into the mainstream, but whether the mainstream has room to be expanded by the indies. Sharing a photograph from the first day of recce for the film I’ve just completed. Article shared in the first comment.