#I will always be irritated that the adaptation is less progressive in its portrayal of the women characters

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Ponniyin Selvan + text, 3/?

Vallavarayan Vandiyadevan and Arulmozli Varma in Ponniyin Selvan (2022), dir. Mani Ratnam / Vallavarayan Vandiyadevan and Arulmozli Varma in Ponniyin Selvan (1950-1955), written by Kalki, trans. by Indra Neelameggham

#ponniyin selvan #kollywood #ponniyin selvan text #I will always be irritated that the adaptation is less progressive in its portrayal of the women characters #and that they removed a lot of the homoeroticism (though I understand that's not always the creators' decision) #but at least they kept the drama of arulmozli rescuing vandiyadevan #and poonkuzlali being involved in this episode #hopefully they keep how she helps them after this in the next movie #also I like how comfortable vandiyadevan and arulmozli are together in the adaptation...I watched one of the subtitled interviews and- #-the actors said they are friends and I think that came through in the characters too #anyway. vandiyadevan damsel in distress poonkuzlali his knight several times and arulmozli his knight in the pirate ship sequence #adventures in gifmaking