On May 18,1982, all hell broke loose when the Tamil Nadu police nabbed two Sri Lankan youths who tried to take each other's lives outside a theatre in Pondy Bazaar in Chennai. These are subjects that have the potential to not only jeopardise one's career, but also earn the stamp of an 'anti-national'. Mani Ratnam should direct his biopic and who all should play the leadīut what makes Mani Ratnam a trailblazing filmmaker? Is it just his vision of cinema or his audacity? Speaking of audacity, no director would have had the gall to helm a subject like Iruvar (1997), which was a fictionalised exploration of the relationship and dirty politics between Dravidian stalwarts MG Ramachandran and ex-Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, Kalaignar Karunanidhi.Įven further, Mani Ratnam went on to direct a biographical drama on the life story of Dhirubhai Ambani in Guru (2007), which depicted the emergence of crony capitalism in Mumbai. Now that his life is back in focus, we take a look at why
However, if you look at his life from an alternate perspective, he was a rebel who actually had a larger-than-life image among his people.ĪLSO READ: Kaatru Veliyidai- Mani Ratnam to shoot action sequence in LadakhĪLSO READ: Before Prithviraj and Dhanush- 5 South actors who moved to directionĪt the same time, Prabhakaran's tumultuous journey has enough potential to become one of the finest films of Indian cinema, even commercially, so to speak. Prabhakaran, the militant leader and a mass murderer, who spearheaded the intermittent insurgency against the Sri Lankan government for 28 years, was killed on May 19, 2009. To the world, Prabhakaran is known as a guerilla leader, an extremist and a terrorist, who pioneered the usage of suicide bombings to annihilate two prominent leaders of the world - Ranasinghe Premadasa, former Sri Lankan President and Rajiv Gandhi, former Prime Minister of India.īut to the Tamils in Sri Lanka, he is known by the sobriquet Thambi (little brother), who was a freedom fighter, a demigod and a martyr.
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